The Rewrite

The Rewrite (2014)

Timing: 1:47 (107 min)

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Release date

2014-06-15

Country

United States

Production

Castle Rock Entertainment

Genre

Romance, Comedy

Budget

$0

Revenue

$4 453 524

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Director

Marc Lawrence

Actors

Hugh Grant, Marisa Tomei, Bella Heathcote, J.K. Simmons, Chris Elliott, Allison Janney, Caroline Aaron, Steven Kaplan, Annie Q., Emily Morden
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Marc Lawrence

Producer

Martin Shafer, Liz Glotzer, David Koplan

Operator

Jonathan Brown

Composer

Clyde Lawrence

Artist

Audition

Ilene Starger

Editing

Ken Eluto
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• Hugh Grant’s character, Keith Michaels, watches online as Grant delivers a speech in 1995 upon receiving a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Mike Newell’s comedy “Four Weddings and a Funeral” (1993). The speech itself was re-recorded for the film according to a fictional plot, which is the subject of “Ticket to Paradise.”
• The film was shot, among other places, in Binghamton, home to a state research university where the film’s director and screenwriter, Mark Lawrence, once studied. Some elements of the script are based on his memories of his college years.
• The main character worries about his car being stolen, and Holly, played by Marisa Tomei, tries to comfort him, referring, among other things, to the car’s make – Hyundai. Between 2011 and 2022, this manufacturer released several models with immobilizers (an electronic anti-theft device).
• When the character Allison Jenny complains that students compare her to Elinor from Jane Austen's novel adaptation, "Sense and Sensibility", Kate replies that she knows the character. In 1995, Ang Lee directed a film of the same name, starring Hugh Grant as Edward, with Elinor being in love with him.
• The students are watching one of the episodes (the first episode of the fifth season) of the series "The Twilight Zone" (1959-1964). The script was written by Rod Serling, and Gig Young starred in the leading role.
• When the character played by Marisa Tomei mentions the book "Late Bloomers" (about how it's never too late to succeed) in a conversation with the protagonist, she states that Alan Rickman got his first film role at the age of 48. In reality, Rickman's film debut was in John McTiernan's action film "Die Hard" in 1988, and he was 42 years old when the film was released.