Happy Accidents (2000)

Director:

Brad Anderson

Writer:

Brad Anderson (written by)

Release Date:

12 September 2001 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi | Romance

Tagline:

Sometimes the future is better than it used to be

Plot:

Ruby Weaver has man trouble: she tries to fix them, so she's stuck herself with a string of losers. Her current lover...

Plot Keywords:

Time Travel | Reverse Footage | Time Travel Romance | Independent Film

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Marty Davey	...	Directory Operator (voice)
Marisa Tomei	...	Ruby Weaver
Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Sam Deed
Nadia Dajani	...	Gretchen
Holland Taylor	...	Therapist, Maggie Ann "Meg" Ford
Tovah Feldshuh	...	Lillian Weaver
Sean Gullette	...	Mark
Bronson Dudley	...	Victor
José Zúñiga	...	Jose
Sanjay Chandani	...	Sunil (as Jason Chandani)
Cara Buono	...	Bette
Lianna Pai	...	Claire
Tamara Jenkins	...	Robin
Richard Portnow	...	Trip
Saidah Arrika Ekulona	...	Nurse

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

UK:15 | South Korea:15 | Canada:14A | France:U | Norway:11 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Connecticut, USA

Company:

Independent Film Channel (IFC)

Trivia:

Holland Taylor, who plays the therapist, is actually Brad Anderson's aunt.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Sam is trying to operate a record player on his first date with Ruby, what appears to be fishing line is clearly visible pulling the arm back across the record.

Quotes:

Sam Deed: [Ruby is relating to her therapist what Sam said about love and time and we cut to witness it] Your heart is like a clock measuring time and one's emotional state determines the flow of time. It speeds it up or slows it down.
Ruby: So, time is a personal thing?
Sam Deed: Yes. Sure.
Ruby: Time is an emotional thing. That's what you're saying?
Ruby: Yeah, yeah, sure. Don't bad things always seem to last longer than good ones? But good things seem to just fly by... like the best times in life.
Ruby: Yeah...
Sam Deed: Like what?
Ruby: Like...
Sam Deed: Like falling in love.
Ruby: [Dreamy look in her eyes and tone in her voice] Yeah...
[...]

Movie Connections:

References Weird Science (1985)

Soundtrack:

Hippie

An intelligent movie which features one of Marisa Tomei's best performances.

I happened to see this film of Brad Anderson (Next Stop, Wonderland) recently at the Nantucket film festival. It was such a popular film there they added an 3rd screening Marisa Tomei and Vincent D'onofrio are in an interesting relationship. Thats all I will say about the plot. A very witty script, good characters, interesting editing, plus a cameo by one of the brat pack (A.M.H.) all add up to an entertaining story. See this movie!!!