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Jerry Maguire (1996)
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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Cameron Crowe (written by)
Release Date:
13 December 1996 (USA)
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Tagline:
Everybody loved him... Everybody disappeared. more
Plot:
When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent with the only athlete who stays with him. full summary | add synopsis
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Sports Agent
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Agent
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Football
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Football Player
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 21 wins
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18 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(139 articles)
Farewell, My Dollhouse! A Love Letter to the Show Others Loved to Hate
(From thetorchonline. 15 November 2009, 9:45 PM, PST)
An open letter to Jay Mohr about Gary Unmarried
(From AOL - TVSquad. 12 November 2009, 1:02 PM, PST)
(From thetorchonline. 15 November 2009, 9:45 PM, PST)
An open letter to Jay Mohr about Gary Unmarried
(From AOL - TVSquad. 12 November 2009, 1:02 PM, PST)
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Successful multi genre
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tom Cruise | ... | Jerry Maguire |
 | Cuba Gooding Jr. | ... | Rod Tidwell |
 | Renée Zellweger | ... | Dorothy Boyd (as Renee Zellweger) |
 | Kelly Preston | ... | Avery Bishop |
 | Jerry O'Connell | ... | Frank Cushman |
 | Jay Mohr | ... | Bob Sugar |
 | Bonnie Hunt | ... | Laurel Boyd |
 | Regina King | ... | Marcee Tidwell |
 | Jonathan Lipnicki | ... | Ray Boyd |
 | Todd Louiso | ... | Chad the Nanny |
 | Mark Pellington | ... | Bill Dooler |
| Jeremy Suarez | ... | Tyson Tidwell |
| Jared Jussim | ... | Dicky Fox |
| Benjamin Kimball Smith | ... | Keith Cushman |
 | Ingrid Beer | ... | Anne-Louise |
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and sexuality.
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Runtime:
139 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Canada:PG (British Columbia) |
France:Unrated |
Iceland:L |
USA:R (certificate #34799) |
Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) |
South Korea:15 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Austria:6 |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-12 |
Germany:6 |
Netherlands:AL |
Norway:11 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG (cut) |
Spain:7 |
Sweden:7 |
UK:15
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Trivia:
Tori Spelling auditioned for the role of Avery, but withdrew due to her commitment with the TV series "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990).
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Goofs:
Continuity: When Jerry is in Dorothy's house she asks if he wants the frozen mugs, the next time they show the mugs, they are not frozen.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Jerry Maguire: So this is the world, and there are almost six billion people on it. When I was a kid, there were three. It's hard to keep up.
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Jerry Maguire: So this is the world, and there are almost six billion people on it. When I was a kid, there were three. It's hard to keep up.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "South Park: Butt Out (#7.13)" (2003)
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Soundtrack:
Titicaca
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This movie is a comedy, drama, romance, sports movie, and a money movie (e.g. Wall Street, where the main character is trying to make a lot of money). The problem such a movie faces is maintaining a consistent tone. Remember Prizzi's Honor? JM solves that problem by using restraint. It doesn't go over the top, although its characters sometimes do. It has funny moments, but it's not Animal House or American Pie. It's a drama, but it keeps the stakes low. This isn't Armageddon: they aren't trying to save the world. There are no life or death decisions. The romantic stakes aren't that high either: Renee Zellweger loves Tom Cruise, but she's been in love before and if this doesn't work out, she will be again. The only really high stakes are the money. By keeping the stakes low, JM let's us watch it with a bit of detachment.
This is more of a drama than a comedy. A good test is whether the characters change. Here, Tom Cruise starts off completely cynical, abruptly changes to ridiculously idealistic, then spends the rest of the movie finding the right balance. Renee Zellweger starts by loving Tom Cruise from afar, then gets him, then has to work out her ambiguous feelings.
JM is fun to watch. The characters, though flawed, are sympathetic. We enjoy watching them succeed, fail (sometimes in funny ways), and try to discover what they really care about. It's complicated, thoughtful, and surprisingly subtle.