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Hitch
Hitch
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Andy Tennant
Written by	Kevin Bisch
Produced by	James Lassiter; Will Smith; Teddy Zee
Starring	Will Smith; Eva Mendes; Kevin James; Amber Valletta
Cinematography	Andrew Dunn
Edited by	Troy Takaki; Tracey Wadmore-Smith
Music by	George Fenton; Alan Elliott
Production; company	Overbrook Entertainment
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	February 10, 2005 (Puerto Rico); February 11, 2005 (United States);
Running time	118 minutes
Country	Template:Film US
Language	English
Budget	$70 million
Box office	$368,100,420

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Hitch is a 2005 romantic comedy film directed by Andy Tennant and starring Will Smith. The film, which was written by Kevin Bisch, co-stars Eva Mendes, Kevin James, and Amber Valletta. Smith plays a professional matchmaker, who makes a living teaching men how to woo women. It was released on February 11, 2005 by Columbia Pictures.

Plot summary

Alex "Hitch" Hitchens (Will Smith) is a professional "date doctor" who coaches other men in the art of wooing women.

While coaching one of his clients, Albert Brennaman (Kevin James), who is smitten with celebrity Allegra Cole (Amber Valletta), Hitch finds himself falling for Sara (Eva Mendes), a gossip columnist who is determined to unmask and ruin the so-called date doctor after one of his "clients" (whom Hitch had refused to work with, unknown to Sara) had a one-night stand with her best friend. However, where Albert and Allegra's relationship continues to progress, Hitch finds that none of his tried and tested methods are working on himself, despite being a master of the art. After Hitch is unmasked, he and Sara break up, and Allegra and Albert follow soon. Finally, Hitch confronts Allegra and convinces her to reunite with Albert, before reconciling with Sara. In the process, he makes the startling discovery that he doesn't really do anything significant besides giving confidence to his clients, and that most of his customers (particularly Albert) really were successful by just being themselves.

Cast

Will Smith as Alex "Hitch" Hitchens
Eva Mendes as Sara Melas
Kevin James as Albert Brennaman
Amber Valletta as Allegra Cole
Julie Ann Emery as Casey Sedgewick
Adam Arkin as Max
Robinne Lee as Cressida Baylor
Nathan Lee Graham as Geoff
Michael Rapaport as Ben
Jeffrey Donovan as Vance Munson
Paula Patton as Mandy

Production

The production budget was $70,000,000. Smith alleged that actress Eva Mendes, a Latina, was offered the female lead because the producers were worried about the public's reaction if the part was played by a White actress (creating a potential interracial taboo) or a Black actress (creating a studio fear that two black leads would alienate the white audiences). It was believed that a Latina and a Black lead would sidestep the issue.^[2] Robinne Lee's character (Cressida) was originally offered to Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai, but she could not take it due to scheduling conflicts.^[3] The working title of the movie was The Last First Kiss, referring to a line that Hitch delivers to Albert: "This could be her last first kiss". Parts of the movie were filmed in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, at Columbia University, at Ellis Island, in the Fulton Fish Market, at the Wall Street Bull and the North Cove Marina.

Home video release

The DVD release was released by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment and was one of the first films to employ Sony's ARccOS copy protection. The film is also available on UMD (Universal Media Disc) for the Sony PSP (PlayStation Portable).

References

^ "Hitch (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
^ "Was race an issue in Hitch casting?". MSNBC. 2005-02-23. Retrieved 2007-03-23.
^ "Aishwarya was almost in Hitch: director". IndiaGlitz.com. 2005-04-16. Retrieved 2007-03-23.
^ "Exploits of a date doc". The Hindu. April 15, 2005. Retrieved 2009-03-15. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

[1] "Hitch (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2009-03-06.

[2] "Was race an issue in Hitch casting?". MSNBC. 2005-02-23. Retrieved 2007-03-23.

[3] "Aishwarya was almost in Hitch: director". IndiaGlitz.com. 2005-04-16. Retrieved 2007-03-23.

[4] "Exploits of a date doc". The Hindu. April 15, 2005. Retrieved 2009-03-15. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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 ==Plot summary==
+Alex "Hitch" Hitchens ([[Will Smith]]) is a professional "date doctor" who coaches other men in the art of wooing women.
-''''''WHAT THE HELL YOU DOING?!''''''''''''
+While coaching one of his clients, Albert Brennaman ([[Kevin James (actor)|Kevin James]]), who is smitten with [[celebrity]] Allegra Cole ([[Amber Valletta]]), Hitch finds himself falling for Sara ([[Eva Mendes]]), a gossip columnist who is determined to unmask and ruin the so-called date doctor after one of his "clients" (whom Hitch had refused to work with, unknown to Sara) had a [[one-night stand]] with her best friend. However, where Albert and Allegra's relationship continues to progress, Hitch finds that none of his tried and tested methods are working on himself, despite being a master of the art. After Hitch is unmasked, he and Sara break up, and Allegra and Albert follow soon. Finally, Hitch confronts Allegra and convinces her to reunite with Albert, before reconciling with Sara. In the process, he makes the startling discovery that he doesn't really do anything significant besides giving confidence to his clients, and that most of his customers (particularly Albert) really were successful by just being themselves.
 ==Cast==
 * [[Will Smith]] as Alex "Hitch" Hitchens
-* AMERICA EH as "What the hell you doing" guy
 * [[Eva Mendes]] as Sara Melas
 * [[Kevin James (actor)|Kevin James]] as Albert Brennaman