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Release Date:
17 August 2007 (Kazakhstan)
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Tagline:
the devil is in the details.
Plot:
A down-and-out writer sells his soul to the devil in exchange for fame and fortune. full summary | full synopsis
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Useless Trivia: Christopher Young track titles
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Baldwin Warns Fans Off Film
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(From Daily Film Music Blog. 27 January 2009, 12:59 AM, PST)
Baldwin Warns Fans Off Film
(From WENN. 11 July 2007)
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I was surprised at how good this film was
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Anthony Hopkins | ... | Daniel Webster |
 | Alec Baldwin | ... | Jabez Stone |
 | Jennifer Love Hewitt | ... | The Devil |
 | Ken Murton | ... | Daniel's Agent |
| Frank Sivero | ... | Luigi |
 | Dan Aykroyd | ... | Julius Jenson |
 | Gregg Bello | ... | Rick Fusco |
 | Kim Cattrall | ... | Constance Hurry |
 | John Savage | ... | Johnny |
| Al Palagonia | ... | Anthony |
| Barry Miller | ... | Mike Weiss |
 | Jason Patric | ... | Ray |
| Paul Thornton | ... | James Joyce |
 | Kevin Olson | ... | Tommy Anderson |
| Bill Corsair | ... | Aging Writer |
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Rated PG-13 for language and sexual content.
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106 min
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Long known as "The Devil & Daniel Webster" the films title was changed to "Shortcut to Happiness" after being acquired by Bob Yari productions.
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Factual errors: While showing Jabez his new apartment, the Realtor says Irving Berlin wrote "White Christmas" there. In fact, the song was written while sitting at the pool at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona in 1940.
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Quotes:
Aging Writer:
Ah, the great Daniel Webster!
Daniel Webster: The drunk Mr. Hardy.
Aging Writer: Better drunk than a whore, I always say.
Daniel Webster: Better neither than both.
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Daniel Webster: The drunk Mr. Hardy.
Aging Writer: Better drunk than a whore, I always say.
Daniel Webster: Better neither than both.
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Referenced in "Family Guy: Stuck Together, Torn Apart (#3.19)" (2002)
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When I first saw The Devil and Daniel Webster I was in amazement of how good it was. I was thinking about it for a long time after and when I got to watch it recently on a DVD, it made me think about it all over again but this time raises some questions.
I didn't find it as good the second time round since the time that I first saw it but in the recent viewing I was paying more attention than before. I still think Alec Baldwin was maybe not right as Jabez Stone. He has some good moments but I think he has to many moments where he is trying to act is ass off and making it look obvious. Is it me or in some scenes where Baldwin is talking he sounds kind of goofy and over the top. Just a thought.
Anthony Hopkins was perfect as Daniel Webster but again, isn't he always? Whatever shortfalls his film has, Hopkins makes up for it in his charm and charisma which he tackles head on easily throughout the movie.
The best acting we get here is from Dan Akroyd and Jennifer Love but especially Hewitt, which is no surprise to me considering how well she has done in some of her previous films.
The story doesn't really kick off till the very end where everything unfolds very fast to an entertaining climax which without this film would have failed badly. I don't know much about producer Michael Z. Gordon's previous work except with the good film "Narc", but I am impressed with how he handled this film.