THE REWRITE (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Hugh Grant (Notting Hill), Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny), Bella Heathcote (Dark Shadows), Allison Janney (Juno), JK Simmons (Burn After Reading), Chris Elliott (Groundhog Day), Annie Q (Breathe In), Aja Naomi King (Four), Maggie Geha (A New York Winter’s Tale), Caroline Aaron (Edward Scissorhands), Nicole Patrick (Whatever Works)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Marc Lawrence (Two Weeks Notice), director, writer; Liz Glotzer (Friends with Benefits), producer; Clyde Lawrence (film debut), composer; Jonathan Brown (The Internship), cinematographer; Ken Eluto (30 Rock), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Keith Michaels (Grant), an award-winning screenwriter who has since floundered his career, reluctantly accepts a position at a small university in New York teaching a screenwriting course to students. There, not only does he fall for single mother Holly (Tomei) but also finds an undiscovered sense of self-respect…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Fanatics of the classic Hugh Grant rom-com will find plenty of material to savour here, and it should be mentioned that the editor of this website also did a screenwriting course at university so should definitely be a film right up their street (right?….)

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 10TH OCTOBER 2014

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