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Melinda and Melinda (2004)

TV_MA  99 min  -  Comedy | Drama   -  29 October 2004 (Spain)
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Two alternating stories about Melinda's (Mitchell) attempts to straighten out her life.

Director:

Woody Allen

Writer:

Woody Allen
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Melinda and Melinda -- Two alternating stories about Melinda's (Mitchell) attempts to straighten out her life. Melinda and Melinda -- Two alternating stories about Melinda's (Mitchell) attempts to straighten out her life.
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chiwetel Ejiofor ...
Will Ferrell ...
Jonny Lee Miller ...
Lee
Radha Mitchell ...
Amanda Peet ...
Chloë Sevigny ...
Laurel
Wallace Shawn ...
Sy
David Aaron Baker ...
Steve Walsh
Arija Bareikis ...
Sally Oliver
Josh Brolin ...
Steve Carell ...
Walt
Stephanie Roth Haberle Stephanie Roth Haberle ...
Louise
Shalom Harlow ...
Joan
Geoffrey Nauffts ...
Bud Silverglide
Zak Orth ...
Peter
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Storyline

Over a meal in a French restaurant, Sy poses a conundrum to his fellow diners: Is the essence of life comic or tragic? For the sake of argument, he tells a story, which the others then embellish to illustrate their takes on life. The story starts as follows: A young Manhattan couple, Park Avenue princess Laurel and tippling actor Lee, throw a dinner party to impress Lee's would-be producer when their long-lost friend Melinda appears at their front door, bedraggled and woebegone. In the tragic version of what happens next, the beautiful intruder is a disturbed woman who got bored with her Midwestern doctor-husband and dumped him for a photographer. Her husband took the children away and she spiraled into a suicidal depression that landed her straight-jacketed in a mental ward. In the comic version, Melinda is childless and a downstairs neighbor to the dinner hosts, who are ambitious Indy filmmaker Susan and under-employed actor Hobie... Written by Sujit R. Varma  

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Plot Keywords:

Actor | Party | Dinner Party | Filmmaker | Repetition In Title  | See more »

Taglines:

Life can be a comedy or a tragedy, it all depends on how you look at it. See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for adult situations involving sexuality, and some substance material See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

(Spain) See more »

Also Known As:

Melinda y Melinda See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

€769,112 (Spain) (31 October 2004) (156 Screens)

Gross:

$3,825,351 (USA) (19 June 2005)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (Mono)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Winona Ryder was originally cast as Melinda, but was forced to drop out because no agency would insure her due to her famous arrest for shoplifting. Woody Allen stated in the book "Conversations with Woody Allen" that he wanted to cast Ryder, but he couldn't get a bonding on her. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: When Melinda, Walt and Hobie are watching the first race at the race track, Walt says, "No! You did not bet on Bedazzler! That's a nine-to-one horse!" There then follows a scene of Melinda and Hobie talking, following by another scene of them watching a horse race with Walt, in which the dialogue track has been removed from underneath the musical score. However, if you look at Walt's lips during this second scene, he is clearly saying, once again, "No! You did not bet on Bedazzler! That's a nine-to-one horse!" See more »

Quotes

Susan: I wish we could afford a place in the Hamptons. Everybody who's anybody has one.
Hobie: Yeah, but if you're somebody who's nobody, it's no fun to be around anybody who's everybody.
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Connections

References "The Simpsons" (1989) See more »

Soundtracks

"Darn That Dream"
(1939)
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen
Lyrics by Edgar De Lange (as Eddie DeLange)
Performed by Dick Hyman See more »