Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

Timing: 1:48 (108 min)

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Release date

2004-11-10

Country

France, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States

Production

Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Miramax, Working Title Films, Little Bird, Atlantic Television, Working Title Films

Genre

Comedy, Romance

Budget

$40 000 000

Revenue

$261 703 979

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Director

Beeban Kidron

Actors

Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jacinda Barrett, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Sally Phillips, Celia Imrie, James Faulkner, Shirley Henderson
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Scenario

Producer

Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jonathan Cavendish, Oswald Wolkenstein, Debra Hayward, Liza Chasin

Operator

Adrian Biddle

Composer

Harry Gregson-Williams

Artist

Audition

Michelle Guish

Editing

Greg Hayden, Santa Pestonji
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• The film is based on Helen Fielding's novel "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" (1999).
• Daniel Cleaver's (Hugh Grant) presence in the second part of the book was minor, almost episodic. But Hugh Grant's character turned out to be so memorable and popular with audiences that his role was significantly expanded for the film.
• George Clooney was supposed to appear as himself in the film, but it didn't happen.
• Bridget makes a remark to Mark when his shirt is wet. This is how Colin Firth recreated the famous scene from the miniseries "Pride and Prejudice" (1995), where he appears before Elizabeth in a wet shirt after swimming in the lake.
• The quotes from the poem that Daniel reads to Bridget on the yacht in Thailand are nothing more than a translation of the famous epic poem “Phra Aphai Manee” about a prince-hero who, among other feats, courts many princesses and takes them as wives. The cited passage tells of Phra Aphai Manee’s courtship of his eldest wife, Suwan Mali.
• On the plane, Jed and Shezzer are reading the book “The Beach” by Alex Garland, which also partially takes place in Thailand.
• The film is based on the novel "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" (1999) by Helen Fielding.