Serendipity (film)
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| Serendipity | |
| Directed by | Peter Chelsom |
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| Produced by | Simon Fields Peter Abrams Robert L. Levy |
| Written by | Marc Klein |
| Starring | John Cusack Kate Beckinsale |
| Music by | Alan Silvestri |
| Cinematography | John De Borman |
| Editing by | Christopher Greenbury |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
| Release date(s) | October 5, 2001 |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English French |
| Budget | $28,000,000 |
| Gross revenue | $77,516,304 |
Serendipity is a 2001 romantic comedy, starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. It is written by Marc Klein and directed by Peter Chelsom. The original music score is composed by Alan Silvestri.
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[edit] Plot
On a bustling shopping day in winter, Jonathan Trager (John Cusack) meets Sara Thomas (Kate Beckinsale) when both try to buy the same pair of gloves at Bloomingdale's department store. Two strangers amid the masses in New York City, their paths collide in the mad holiday rush as they feel a mutual attraction. Despite the fact that each is involved in another relationship, Jonathan and Sara spend the evening traveling Manhattan. But when the night reaches its inevitable end, the two are forced into determining some kind of next step. When the smitten Jonathan suggests an exchange of phone numbers, Sara balks and proposes an idea that will allow fate to take control of their future. Sara asks Jonathan to write his name and phone number on a $5 dollar bill, while she writes her name and number on the inside cover of a used copy of Love in the Time of Cholera. If they are meant to be together, she tells him, they will find their way back into one another's life.
The majority of the film takes place five years later, and consists largely of repeated "almost coincidences" where the two romantic leads almost, but not quite, meet. (One character is seen walking in to one door of a building at the exact same instant as the other character walks out of a different door in the same building, etc).
[edit] Cast
- John Cusack as Jonathan Trager
- Kate Beckinsale as Sara Thomas
- Molly Shannon as Eve
- Bridget Moynahan as Halley Buchanan
- Jeremy Piven as Dean Kansky
- John Corbett as Lars Hammond
- Eugene Levy as Bloomingdale's Salesman
[edit] Soundtrack
- Never a Day - Wood
- Moonlight Kiss - Bap Kennedy
- January Rain - David Gray
- Waiting in Vain - Annie Lennox
- The Distance - Evan & Jaron
- Like Lovers Do - Heather Nova
- When You Know - Shawn Colvin
- Northern Sky - Nick Drake
- Cool Yule - Louis Armstrong
- This Year - Chantal Kreviazuk
- (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me - Brian Whitman
- 83 - John Mayer
- Fast Forward - Alan Silvestri
- Someone Like You - Van Morrison
[edit] See also
- Serendipity
- Missed connection is a term that describes the kind of situation where two people want to reconnect after an initial meeting but do not have the other person's contact details. Ways now exist to help people reconnect when this occurs.
[edit] External links
- Serendipity at the Internet Movie Database
- Serendipity at Allmovie
- Serendipity at Box Office Mojo
- Serendipity at Rotten Tomatoes
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