A
look back at the early 1960s romantic Doris Day and Rock Hudson
features with an eye towards a comedic look at relationships between
men and women. Things have changed and yet, nothing has.
DOWN WITH LOVE
(2003) This page was created on May 15, 2003
This page was last updated on
May 17, 2005
Directed
by Peyton Reed
Screenplay by Eve Ahlert & Dennis Drake
Renée Zellweger .... Barbara Novak
Ewan McGregor .... Catcher Block
David Hyde Pierce .... Peter MacMannus
Sarah Paulson .... Vikki Hiller
Tony Randall .... Theodore Banner
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
John Aylward .... E.G.
Dorie Barton .... Sally
Lynn Collins .... Beatnik Girl
Rachel Dratch .... Gladys
Michael Ensign .... J.R.
Norman Fessler .... Barbara's Photographer
Melissa George .... Elkie
Brad Hanson .... Quarterback
Basil Hoffman .... C.W.
Will Jordan .... Ed Sullivan
Laura Kightlinger .... Receptionist
Vivien Latham .... Judy Garland
Ivana Milicevic .... Yvette
Warren Munson .... C.B.
Timothy Omundson .... R.J.
Chris Parnell .... TV Emcee
Jack Plotnick .... Maurice
Matt Ross .... J.B.
Jeri Ryan .... Gwendolyn
Peter Spruyt .... Waiter
Seth T. Walker
Produced
by
Bruce Cohen .... producer
Paddy Cullen .... executive producer
Dan Jinks .... producer
Arnon Milchan .... executive producer
Original Music by Marc Shaiman
Cinematography by Jeff Cronenweth
Film Editing by Larry Bock
MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sexual humor and dialogue.
Runtime: USA:100 min
For rating reasons, go to FILMRATINGS.COM,
and MPAA.ORG.
Parents, please refer to PARENTALGUIDE.ORG
Book Description
Abstain from love ... Indulge in chocolate ... Enjoy sex à
la carte! Can a woman living in the early '60s lead such a life?
Barbara
Novak believed so and made it the premise of her revolutionary bestseller
-- a feminist manifesto inviting women to say no to love and yes to
career, self-fulfillment, and independence.
Follow Barbara as she conquers the bestseller lists and quickly becomes
the target of notorious ladies' man Catcher Block, a hotshot journalist
determined to prove her book a lie.
What happens when the woman with all the answers meets the man of
many questions?
Filled with frantic roundelays, wild instances of mistaken identities,
and ever-changing perceptions about love and sex, this tantalizing
tell-all—penned by Novak herself -- provides the low-down on
her showdown with this man-about-town. Inside you'll find:
--Scandalous
passages from the book that started it all
--An excerpt from the latest issue of Now, the magazine Barbara started
as a follow-up to her groundbreaking book
--Catcher's unpredictable exposé on the mystifying Miss Novak.
So wacky is this tale of love that it inspired a soon-to-be-released
movie by Twentieth Century Fox starring Renée Zellweger and
Ewan McGregor! That’s right, this is the story of a book that
inspired a love, which inspired a movie, which inspired this book!
About
the Author
After shedding her past as a farmer's daughter and a librarian from
New England, Barbara Novak worked her way up from the secretarial
pool of a publishing house and ultimately became the President, CEO,
Publisher, and Cofounder of one of the largest media companies in
the world. Her first best-seller, a feminist call-to-arms entitled
Down with Love, helped change the face of the working world for women
all around the globe. She currently lives in New York City with her
husband.
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DOWN
WITH LOVE is an old-fashioned romantic comedy with a twist, starring
"Chicago's" Oscar-nominated Renee Zellweger and "Moulin
Rouge's" Ewan McGregor. Putting a hip spin on the golden age
of the classic Rock Hudson-Doris Day comedies, the film is the story
of a spark-filled collision between a woman who has sworn off love
and a ladies' man who thinks he doesn't need love.
Set
in the early 1960s, by way of the early 2000s, every frame pops
with the super-saturated palette of sixties Technicolor. Process
shots, stock shots, backlot New York City street scenes, snazzy
apartments, and elegant supper clubs are the backdrop for DOWN WITH
LOVE's characters, including Zellweger's best-selling advice author
and McGregor's hotshot journalist/playboy.
Barbara
Novak (Renee Zellweger) hits New York City with her new book DOWN
WITH LOVE, a pre-feminist manifesto on saying "no" to
love and "yes" to career, empowerment - and sex. As Barbara's
revolutionary tome rockets to the top of best-seller charts, she
becomes the target of ace journalist Catcher "Catch" Block
(Ewan McGregor), ladies' man / man's man/ man about town, who is
determined to take her down.
Catch's
best friend and boss, the neurotic and lovesick Peter McMannus (David
Hyde Pierce), tries to rein in his star writer, while haplessly
pursuing the object of his affections, Vikki Hiller (Sarah Paulson),
Barbara's brilliant and feisty editor. Vikki plays tough in a man's
world, which includes her old-style chauvinist boss, Theodore Banner
(Tony Randall).
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suspecting that fame and romance await her.
EWAN McGREGOR and RENEE ZELLWEGER star in DOWN WITH LOVE, the story
of a spark-filled collision between a woman who has sworn off love
and a ladies’ man who thinks he doesn’t need love.
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