Main Cast: J.D. Shapiro, William Dozier, Kylie Bax
Release Year: 2000
Run Time: 90 minutes
Plot
Two men forge a friendship under very, very difficult circumstances in this independent comedy. Jake and Rock are two guys with practically nothing in common -- Jake (J.D. Shapiro) is a neurotic New Yorker who will kvetch about his problems with anyone who will listen, while Rock (William Dozier) is a slobby and emotionally adolescent California surfer type. However, one important thing brings them together -- both Jake and Rock were married to the beautiful but extraordinarily temperamental Margo (Kylie Bax), and after Jake is dumped by Margo, he turns to Rock for emotional support. Before long, Jake and Rock become roommates, writing partners, and best friends, despite the fact that they drive each other up the wall, and as the two try to put together a film project about their lives with and without Margo, they discover just how many people have had their lives turned around sideways by her. We Married Margo features a number of celebrity cameos, including Cindy Crawford, Kevin Bacon, and Tom Arnold. Remarkably enough, We Married Margo was actually inspired by a true story, and writer, director, and star Shapiro did in fact meet Dozier after they were both involved with the same woman. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Cast
J.D. Shapiro - Jake
William Dozier - Rock
Kylie Bax - Margo
Credit
J.D. Shapiro - Director, Jennifer A. Davidoff Cook - Editor, John Cook - Editor, Robert D. Slane - Executive Producer, Jeff Baustert - Cinematographer, Nancy Shapiro - Producer, Stephen M. Zakman - Producer, J.D. Shapiro - Screenwriter, William Dozier - Screenwriter
We Married Margo is a 2000Americanindependentcomedy film directed by J. David Shapiro and co-written by Shapiro and William Dozier. The film tells a story of two friends who were married to the same woman and is loosely based on real events in that Shapiro and Dozier actually met after dating the same woman named Margaux.[1] The film was awarded the Audience Award for Comedy Film of the Year at the 2000 The Comedy Festival (formerly known as the US Comedy Arts Festival) and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Slamdance Film Festival the same year.
Margo (Kylie Bax) is a woman from New Jersey who marries a neurotic New Jerseyan Jake (J. David Shapiro). After it becomes evident that their marriage will not last, the two are divorced and Margo is remarried, this time to Rock (William Dozier), a Californian surfer. However, this marriage does not last long either and they are quickly divorced.
Jake and Rock were previously introduced to each other by Margo and, after they are both divorced from her, they form a friendship and live as roommates. The two have very little in common except for the fact that they married and divorced the same woman. They become best friends, even though they constantly irritate each other, and they decide to write a film based on their experience of being married to Margo. During their work on the project, they meet many more people just like them whose lives were impacted by Margo.
Cameos
The film featured cameo appearances by several actors, professional athletes and celebrities appearing as themselves. All of them claimed and had stories to tell about how Margo had an influence on their lives, some of them never having met her in person. The most notable of these cameos is Kevin Bacon’s explanation of Six degrees of Margo,[2] a clear reference to the popular trivia gameSix Degrees of Kevin Bacon.
The following is a partial list of cameo appearances in the film:
