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New Yorker Harvey Shine is on the verge of losing his dead-end job as a jingle writer. Warned by his boss that he has just one more chance to deliver, Harvey goes to London for a weekend to attend his daughter's wedding but promises to be back on Monday morning to make an important meeting--or else. Harvey arrives in London only to learn his daughter has chosen to have her stepfather walk her down the aisle instead of him. Doing his best to hide his devastation, he leaves the wedding before the reception in hopes of getting to the airport on time, but misses his plane anyway. When he calls his boss to explain, he is fired on the spot. Drowning his sorrows at the airport bar, Harvey strikes up a conversation with Kate, a slightly prickly, 40-something employee of the Office of National Statistics. Kate, whose life is limited to work, the occasional humiliating blind date and endless phone calls from her smothering mother, is touched by Harvey, who finds himself energized by her intelligence and compassion. The growing connection between the pair inspires both as they unexpectedly transform one another's lives.
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| Production Status: |
Released |
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| Logline: |
A struggling New York jingle writer and a lonely British bureaucrat meet by chance in London and transform one another's lives. |
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| Genres: |
Drama and Romance |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 39 min. |
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| Release Date: |
December 25th, 2008 (limited); January 23rd, 2009 (wide) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 for brief strong language. |
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| Distributors: |
Overture Films
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| Production Co.: |
Overture Films, Process Media
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$14,879,423 |
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| Filming Locations: |
London
London, England
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| Produced in: |
United States |
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