Feature-length audio commentary by Luke Wilson and director Rob Reiner
Theatrical trailer
Français (dubbed in Quebec)
DVD Release: Alex & Emma [WS]
Release Date: 2003
Languages: English & Français (dubbed in Quebec)
Subtitles: English, Français, & Español
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Feature-length audio commentary by Luke Wilson and director Rob Reiner
Theatrical trailer
Rating:
Genre: Romance
Movie Type: Romantic Comedy
Themes: Workplace Romance, Creative Block, Writer's Life
Director: Rob Reiner
Main Cast: Kate Hudson, Kate Hudson, Kate Hudson, Kate Hudson, Kate Hudson, Luke Wilson, Luke Wilson, Jordan Lund, Sophie Marceau, David Paymer, Alexander Wauthier, Earl Carroll, Leili Kramer, Rip Taylor, Chino XL
Release Year: 2003
Country: US
Run Time: 96 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
Rob Reiner directs Luke Wilson and Kate Hudson in Alex & Emma, a romantic comedy about an author and his secretary. Gangsters will kill Alex (Wilson) in 30 days if he doesn't pay back his gambling debts. The only way he can do that is to finish his new novel. He hires sassy court stenographer Emma (Hudson) to transcribe his dictation. The film intercuts between the two of them writing the story, and the story within the story. Hudson plays three roles in the film, and Wilson plays two. Sophie Marceau and David Paymer round out the cast. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Rob Reiner - Wirschafter; Francois Giroday - Croupier; Lobo Sebastian - Bobby; Lobo Sebastian - Flamenco Dancer #1; Chino XL - Flamenco Dancer #2; Cloris Leachman - Grandmother; Robert Costanzo - Bus Driver; Michael Rapaport - Casino Owner; Paul Wilson - "Whistling" John Shaw; Danica Sheridan - Receptionist; Gigi Bermingham - Madame Blanche; Jordi Caballero - Flamenco Dancer #3
Credit
Leigh French - ADR Loop Group; Todd Black - Producer; John Connor - First Assistant Camera; Shay Cunliffe - Costume Designer; Dennis Dion - Special Effects Coordinator; Alan Greisman - Producer; Peter Guber - Executive Producer; Robert Leighton - Editor; Jeremy Leven - Producer; Jeremy Leven - Screenwriter; Joseph Merhi - Co-producer; Rob Reiner - Director; Rob Reiner - Producer; Rob Reiner - Screenwriter; Andrew Scheinman - Screenwriter; Marc Shaiman - Composer (Music Score); Jeffrey Stott - Executive Producer; Jeffrey Stott - Unit Production Manager; Steve Tisch - Executive Producer; Donna Evans - Stunts; Frank Capra III - First Assistant Director; Robert Eber - Sound Mixer; Jane Jenkins - Casting; Janet Hirshenson - Casting; Gavin Finney - Cinematographer; Adam Scheinman - Co-producer; Adam Scheinman - Screenwriter; Jason Blumenthal - Executive Producer; Lon E. Bender - Supervising Sound Editor; Elie Samaha - Producer; Alan Edward Bell - Editor; Tim Boyle - Sound Mixer; Gary Burritt - Negative Cutter; Carlos Gallardo - Dolly Grip; Nerses Gezalyan - Foley Mixer; Robbie Goldstein - Location Manager; Bob Gorelick - Steadicam Operator; James Moriana - Foley Artist; Charles Saldana - Production Assistant; Suzanne Tenner - Still Photographer; Cheryl Voss - Makeup; Jeffrey Wilhoit - Foley Artist; Patty York - Department Head Makeup; James Holt - Co-producer; Ronnie Specter - Makeup; Helen Harwell - Art Director; John Larena - Production Designer; Paul Soucek - ADR Editor; Christopher Hogan - ADR Editor; Greg Smith - Steadicam Operator; Laura Z. Wasserman - Consultant/advisor; Pete Anthony - Conductor; Kerry Lyn McKissick - Script Supervisor; Melissa V. Barnes - Second Second Assistant Director; Scott Buckwald - Properties Master; David Clark - Assistant Properties; Jeremy Fitzgerald - Stunts; Melissa Hofmann - Re-Recording Mixer; Alice S. Kim - Post Production Supervisor; Dan Hegeman - Sound Effects Director; Mark L. Mangino - Sound Effects Director; Steve Borgese - Greensman; Marci Rosenberg - Production Coordinator; Mike Sweeney - Electrician; Bill Hardy - Production Assistant; Michael S. Pryor - Producer; Michael S. Pryor - Visual Effects Producer; Timothy Wegman - Costume Designer; Anna MacKenzie - ADR Editor; Anthony Gaudioz - Camera Operator; Rita Troy - Hair Styles; Todd Y. Murata - Second Assistant Director; Stanley Johnston - Re-Recording Mixer; Andi Brittan - Set Designer; Bobby Bowman - First Assistant Sound Editor; Ian Watermeier - Production Executive; Mark Boucher - Painter; Smith & Webster-Davis Casting - Extra Casting; Norman Ash - Electrician; Neal Anderson - Dialogue Editor; James Basile - Properties; David Bedusa - Properties; Paul Birk - Electrician; Kathy Bondell - Hair Styles; Ken Carriveau - Set Dresser; Bridget Carroll - Production Assistant; Jeff Case - Key Grip; Angie Cobbs - Personal Assistant; Lisa Corbin - Assistant Properties; Brandon Cox - Camera Loader; Jimmy Crawford - Chief Lighting Technician; Michael Damski - Production Assistant; Candice Sabbah Dobkousky - Costume Designer; Mark Dobkousky - Assistant Production Coordinator; Perry Dodgson - Boom Operator; Don Estes - Grip; Diamond Farnsworth - Stunts Coordinator; Mike Gillis - Personal Assistant; Shari Gray - Costume Designer; Tom Greene - Grip; Renata Helfman - Makeup; Chip Herwegh - Properties; Scott Jackson - Best Boy Grip; Chris Jones - Construction Coordinator; Margaret Kibe - Production Assistant; Scott Kidner - Best Boy Electric; Keith Lesser - Personal Assistant; Michelle Lewitt - Casting Associate; Amanda Linder - Costumes Assistant; Stephen Lynd - Production Assistant; Megan Malley - Buyer; Aaron Marshall - First Assistant Editor; Catherine S. McComb - Production Manager; Kimberly McCord-Wilson - Dialogue Editor; Annette Montalvan - Production Assistant; Ron Newburn - Electrician; Serge Nolfield - Second Assistant Camera; Paulette Osorio - Unit Publicist; Greg Peregon - Properties; David Perez - Properties; John Pollard - Set Dresser; Bill Pollock - Best Boy Grip; Ira Proctor - Properties; Richard Read - Personal Assistant; Ring of Fire Studios - Animator; Ring of Fire Studios - Special Effects; Robin Roberts - Costumes Supervisor; Chris Roundtree - Grip; Mark Rubin - Grip; Jerry Spivack - Special Effects Supervisor; Jerry Spivack - Supervising Animator; Scott Stambler - Music Editor; Fred Steele - Grip; D. Erick Steinway - Leadman; Jim Towne - First Assistant Editor; Justin Van Fleet - Grip; Kenny Vasquez - Production Assistant; Karen Vassar - Sound Effects Director; Wally J. Weiss - Properties; Michael Wesley - Assistant Location Manager; Spencer Wilcox - Grip; K. Troy Zestos - Hair Styles; Jimmy Keys - Gaffer; Martin T. Charles - Graphic Design; Roger Baer - Construction Foreman; Jeffrey Caruso - Production Secretary; Scott Crabbe - Video Assist; Mike Cruz - Construction Foreman; Bart Dion - Special Effects Foreman; David Falicki - Set Medic/First Aid; Ryce Hetherington - Production Assistant; Travis Hjorth - Lead Scenic Artist; David Raymond - Cable Person; Thomas H. Scully - Assistant Editor; Abigail Sheiner - Art Department Coordinator; Jennifer Bell - Department Head Hair; Camilla Cox - Art Department Intern; Kristrun Eyjolfsdottir - Art Department Intern; Pamela Jones - Personal Assistant; John Ciampa - Compositor; Eric Heavens - Compositor; One Danny Yoon - Lead Compositor; M. Gwinn Alderson - Painter; Jerry Carr - Painter; Clifford Lecuyer - Painter; Joe Murton - Painter
Developed under the working title, Loosely Based on a True Love Story, the movie is loosely based on the story of
authorFyodor Dostoevsky, who dictated his
novel, The Gambler, in 30 days in order to pay
off a gambling debt—and in the process, fell in love with his young stenographer. In Alex and Emma, Alex (Wilson) is the author, who must repay a USD$100,000 debt to the Cubanmafia or
face dire consequences. After his laptop is destroyed, he hires Emma (Hudson), a stenographer who talks as much as she writes. As
Alex dictates his novel to Emma, the movie cuts away to scenes from the novel, where Adam (Wilson) falls for a series of nannies
(all played by Hudson). Eventually life imitates art, and Alex and Emma fall in love. Modeled after the Audrey Hepburn movie,
Paris, When It Sizzles.
Widely panned by reviewers ([1][2][3]), the movie made just over USD$14
million at the box office.
Main cast
Kate Hudson .... Emma Dinsmore/Ylva/Elsa/Eldora/Anna
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