Alex and Emma
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Template:Infobox Film Alex & Emma is a Warner Bros. romantic comedy starring Luke Wilson and Kate Hudson. It was directed by Rob Reiner based on a screenplay by Jeremy Leven. It opened June 20 2003.
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Is it love... or are they just imagining things?
Story
Developed under the working title, Loosely Based on a True Love Story, the movie is loosely based on the story of author Fyodor 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 Cuban mafia 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.
Widely panned by reviewers[1][2][3]), the movie made just over USD$14 million at the box office.
Main cast
- Luke Wilson .... Alex Sheldon/Adam Shipley
- Kate Hudson .... Emma Dinsmore/Ylva/Elsa/Eldora/Anna
- David Paymer .... John Shaw
- Sophie Marceau .... Polina Delacroix
- Cloris Leachman .... Grandmother
- Rob Reiner .... Wirschafter
- Chino XL .... Tony/Flamenco Dancer #2
- Lobo Sebastian .... Bobby/Flamenco Dancer #1
- Jordi Caballero .... Flamenco Dancer #3
- Paul Willson .... Whistling John Shaw
- Alexander Wauthier .... Andre Delacroix
- Leili Kramer .... Michele Delacroix
- Rip Taylor .... Polina's Father
- Gigi Bermingham .... Madame Blanche
- Jordan Lund .... Claude
- François Giroday .... Croupier
- Robert Costanzo .... Bus Driver
- Earl Carroll .... Bernard Pompier
- Michael St. Michaels .... Casino Owner
- Danica Sheridan .... Receptionist
Producers
- Todd Black .... producer
- Jason Blumenthal .... executive producer
- Alan Greisman .... producer
- Peter Guber .... executive producer
- James A. Holt .... co-producer
- Jeremy Leven .... producer
- Joseph Merhi .... co-producer
- Rob Reiner .... producer
- Elie Samaha .... producer
- Adam Scheinman .... co-producer
- Tracee Stanley .... co-producer
- Jeffrey Stott .... executive producer
- Steve Tisch .... executive producer