Love and Other Disasters (2006)

Director:

Alek Keshishian

Writer (WGA):

Alek Keshishian (written by)

Release Date:

25 April 2007 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

An American intern at U.K. Vogue helps her friends find love.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Intern | Photographer | Movie Theatre | Self Referential

Cast

Brittany Murphy	...	Emily Jackson-Jacks
Matthew Rhys	...	Peter Simon
Catherine Tate	...	Tallulah Riggs-Wentworth
Santiago Cabrera	...	Paolo Sarmiento
Elliot Cowan	...	James Wildstone
Stephanie Beacham	...	Felicity Riggs-Wentworth
Jamie Sives	...	Finlay McMillian
Will Keen	...	David Williams
Michael Lerner	...	Marvin Bernstein
Dawn French	...	Therapist
Richard Wilson	...	Registrar
Adam Rayner	...	Tom / Fantasy David
Angus Deayton	...	Celebrity
Frédéric Anscombre	...	Sascha Santori
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu	...	Daphne Spring (as Phillipine Leroy-Beaulieu)
Samantha Bloom	...	Pandora
Daniel Lobé	...	Freedom
Tony MacMurray	...	Klauss Fassbinder (as Anthony MacMurray)
Jamie Honeybourne	...	Unicorn Gallagher
Ben G.	...	Erin
Gwyneth	...	Model 1
Natalia Khutkubia	...	Model 2
Nicholas Mead	...	Chancery Front Desk
J.J. O'Neil	...	Fireman Stripper
Jade Parfitt	...	Jade
Joanna Dickens	...	Bride 1
Leelo Ross	...	Bride 2
Jason Stracey	...	Groom 1
Ross Hammond	...	Groom 2
Feyi Babalola	...	Female Secretary
Juliet Howland	...	Passenger Rep
Lorna Gayle	...	Heathrow Female Guard
Gwyneth Paltrow	...	Hollywood Jacks
Orlando Bloom	...	Hollywood Paolo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aidan Williams	...	Art Patron (uncredited)

Directed by
Alek Keshishian

Writing credits (WGA)
Alek Keshishian		(written by)

Produced by
Luc Besson	....	executive producer
Steve Clark-Hall	....	co-producer: UK
David Fincher	....	executive producer
Alek Keshishian	....	producer
Alison Owen	....	producer
Virginie Silla	....	producer (as Virginie Silla-Besson)

Original Music by
Alexandre Azaria

Cinematography by
Pierre Morel		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Nick Arthurs

Production Design by
Alice Normington

Art Direction by
Steve Carter

Set Decoration by
Barbara Herman-Skelding

Costume Design by
Michele Clapton

Makeup Department
Francesca Crowder	....	hair designer
Sinden Dean	....	makeup artist: Brittany Murphy (as Sinden)
Belinda Hodson	....	chief makeup designer
Sarah Owen	....	makeup artist
Rupert Simon	....	hair stylist
Rupert Simon	....	makeup artist
Amy Byrne	....	crowd hair stylist (uncredited)
Amy Byrne	....	crowd makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Eric Bassoff	....	post-production supervisor
Jo Farr	....	production manager
Mark Grimwade	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Bennett	....	additional third assistant director
Stewart Hamilton	....	third assistant director
Andrew McEwan	....	first assistant director: plate unit
Alex Oakley	....	second assistant director
Matthew Penry-Davey	....	first assistant director
Emily Perowne	....	daily trainee assistant director
Lance Roehrig	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Thomas Brown	....	draughtsman
Craig Cheeseman	....	dressing props
Guy Cope	....	daily rigger
Noel Cowell	....	property master
Clive Drinkall	....	stagehand
Stuart Headley-Read	....	stand-by props (as Stuart Read)
Martin Kane	....	dressing props
Frankie Mathieson	....	work experience
Ben Munro	....	stand-by art director
Alan Payne	....	graphic designer
Zoe Smith	....	props buyer
Jo Sweeney	....	assistant buyer
Anna Thomas	....	art department trainee: FT2
Amelie von Harrach	....	art director assistant
Graham Ward	....	props
Stuart Watson	....	construction manager
Greg White	....	stand-by props
Lee Wiseman	....	props

Sound Department
Thomas Bernard	....	sound recordist
Simon Bysshe	....	sound trainee
Arthur Fenn	....	boom operator
Martin Gleitze	....	dubbing recordist
Simon Hayes	....	production sound mixer
François-Joseph Hors	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robin Johnson	....	boom operator
Robin Johnson	....	sound recordist: second unit
Laurent Kossayan	....	supervising sound editor
Frédéric Le Louet	....	assistant sound editor
Jean-Pierre Lelong	....	foley artist
Mario Melchiorri	....	foley assistant
Igor Thomas-Gerard	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Andrew McEwan	....	first assistant director: plate unit
Scott Peters	....	special effects technician
Nick P. Phillips	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Stephanie Boutinaud	....	visual effects coordinator
Antoine Douadi	....	Flame artist
Roxane Fechner	....	visual effects set supervisor
Émilie Feret	....	visual effects coordinator
Elodie Glain	....	visual effects coordinator
Marc Latil	....	digital artist
Joyce Menger	....	visual effects supervisor
Ugo Pierantoni	....	digital artist
Fred Roz	....	titles

Stunts
Nick Chopping	....	stunt driver
George Cottle	....	stunt driver
Kelly Dent	....	stunt driver
Tracey Eddon	....	stunt driver
Bradley Farmer	....	stunt performer
David Garrick	....	stunt driver
Mark Henson	....	stunt driver
Paul Herbert	....	stunt coordinator
Rob Inch	....	stunt driver
Rowley Irlam	....	stunt driver
Peter Miles	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Stuart Bell	....	grip camera
Sarah Jane Brown	....	camera trainee: second unit
Jason Coop	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Camilla Drennan	....	central camera loader
James Foster	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Vincent Gallot	....	first assistant camera
Vincent Gallot	....	focus puller
Steve Hideg	....	crane technician
Paul Holley	....	generator operator
Steve Kitchen	....	best boy
David Maund	....	key grip
Liam McGill	....	electrician
James Perry	....	daily camera trainee
Christopher Raphael	....	still photographer
Roy Rowland	....	electrician
Pat Sweeney	....	gaffer
Jonathan Sykes	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Tom Taylor	....	central loader
Tom Taylor	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Garie Wetherill	....	key video assist operator
Ang Richards	....	daily camera trainee (uncredited)

Casting Department
Vanessa Baker	....	adr voice casting
Julie David	....	casting assistant
Brendan Donnison	....	adr voice casting
Kate Dowd	....	casting: UK
Kirsty Kinnear	....	casting associate
Laray Mayfield	....	casting: US
Swan Pham	....	casting: France

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Katarina Borosova	....	costume assistant
Tabitha Doyle	....	wardrobe supervisor
Suzie Harman	....	assistant costume designer
Katie Hill	....	principal dresser

Editorial Department
Fabrice Blin	....	colorist
Nicolas Criqui	....	digital conformation
Laura Morrod	....	editor trainee
Thy Quach	....	editor trainee
Amy Quince	....	assistant editor
Philippe Reinaudo	....	digital intermediate technical director
Agnès Sébenne	....	post-production assistant
Clara Vincienne	....	post-production assistant
Sidonie Waserman	....	post-production assistant
Clement Zveguintzoff	....	digital conformation

Music Department
Alexandre Azaria	....	arranger
Alexandre Azaria	....	music producer
Patrick Azaria	....	musician: guitar
Lohengrin Braconnier	....	assistant music mixer
Lohengrin Braconnier	....	music editor
Raoul Duflot-Vérez	....	musician: piano (as Raoul Duflot)
Nicolas Duport	....	music mixer
Aurelie Guillier de Chalvron	....	vocalist
Christophe Guiot	....	musician: solo violin
Gisèle Gérard-Tolini	....	conductor (as Gisele Gerard-Tolini)
Gisèle Gérard-Tolini	....	orchestrator (as Gisele Gerard-Tolini)
Alek Keshishian	....	music supervisor
Jérôme Lateur	....	music production director (as Jerome Lateur)
Vincent Lebegue	....	music legal coordinator
Elise Luguern	....	music supervisor
Alexandre Mahout	....	music production assistant
Daniel Mille	....	musician: accordion
Emmanuel Patris	....	musician: guitar
Dominique Pisani	....	manager: music publishing
Samuel Potin	....	music editor (as Sam Potin)
Bruno Ribera	....	musician: saxophone and flute
Mehdi Sayah	....	music production assistant

Transportation Department
Alex Aben	....	camera driver
Jimmy Carruthers	....	unit transportation coordinator
Ben Dillon	....	picture car supervisor
Lawrence Duncan	....	facilities captain
Richard Eksteen	....	facilities driver
Gary Mavor	....	facilities driver
Piotr Walczak	....	transport facilities department

Other crew
Selina Akram	....	set runner: FT2
Philip Ball	....	stand-in
Carla Bartley	....	set runner: FT2
Alexandra Bouillon	....	assistant production coordinator
Chris Burton	....	location department runner
Jami Chan	....	production runner
Simon Cullen	....	location unit manager
Richard Daldry	....	production coordinator
Marie-Cecile de Faucigny	....	accounting assistant
Marie-Cecile de Faucigny	....	production assistant
Simon De Glanville	....	daily central loader
Romuald Drault	....	production accountant supervisor
Jo Farrugia	....	assistant: Alek Keshishian
Synnöve Godeseth	....	location trainee: FT2
Jacqueline Goldenstein	....	production assistant
Paul Harris	....	choreographer
Oliver Hazell	....	floor runner
Lisa Heathcote	....	food stylist
Mark Hopkins	....	set runner
Patrick Isherwood	....	production accountant
Paula Jack	....	dialect coach: Brittany Murphy
Romeo Julien	....	avid conformation
Paul Mindel	....	floor runner
Valarie Payne	....	assistant: Brittany Murphy (as Valerie Payne)
David Pinnington	....	location manager
Céline Pucheau	....	assistant: Virginie Silla-Besson
Ashton Radcliffe	....	location scout
Bill Ridealgh	....	unit nurse (as Bill 'The Pill' Ridealgh)
Patricia Rybarczyk	....	production assistant
Isaac Sananes	....	assistant accountant
Janice Schumm	....	script supervisor
David Seaton	....	assistant location manager
Faye Ward	....	assistant: Alison Owen

Production Companies

• EuropaCorp
• Ruby Films
• Skyline Films

Distributors

• EuropaCorp. Distribution (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• 3L Filmverleih (2008) (Austria) (theatrical)
• 3L Filmverleih (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Central Partnership (2007) (Russia) (all media)
• Deltamac Entertainment (2007) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Image Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Laptv (2009) (Argentina) (TV)
• Nelonen (2011) (Finland) (TV)
• Nordisk Film (2008) (Finland) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Éclair Numérique

Other Companies

• Shepperton Studios  movie studio
• ARRI Media  camera equipment provided by
• CaptionMax  closed captioning
• Compuhire  computer and video playback
• Mad Dog Casting  extras casting
• Studio Digital Factory  music mixed at
• Studio Digital Factory  music recorded at

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language, including sexual references

Runtime:

Canada:90 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

France | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | South Korea:15 | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIA | Finland:K-7 | USA:R | Argentina:13 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:M | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Charing Cross Underground Station, Charing Cross, London, England, UK

Company:

EuropaCorp

Quotes:

Peter Simon:Jack's?
Emily 'Jacks' Jackson:Hmm?
Peter Simon:What are you doing?
Emily 'Jacks' Jackson:Reading this delicious recipe for beet root salad with margarine and balsamic vinegar dressing.
Peter Simon:What are you doing with James?
Emily 'Jacks' Jackson:Nothing.
Peter Simon:You broke up with him a month ago.
Emily 'Jacks' Jackson:I know. It's just sex. He fills a void. Literally.
Peter Simon:I don't see how you expect to meet someone new if you spend all of your time with your ex.
Emily 'Jacks' Jackson:Good point. Maybe I should get back together with James so I spend less time with him.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References "The Naked Chef" (1999)

Soundtrack:

L.O.V.E.

Fast-paced, lighthearted comedy ...

If you're looking for a pleasant, upbeat innocent romantic comedy - this will fit the bill. The tone, dialog, goof-ball misinterpretations and even rich colors are reminiscent of the 1950s. But - it's made for a modern audience too. For instance, we see Brittany Murphy rolling around multiple times virtually nude (won't have seen that 50 years ago!), we also have her surrounding herself with gay men (who are also looking for love) - and to boot, she shares a room with a gay man.

This is a fun movie and something is always happening. Murphy plays an "assistant" at a fashion magazine and tries to play matchmaker for her gay roommate. What she doesn't know is that one of the potential beaus is actually straight and really interested in her ... and the story progresses from there.

Brittany Murphy is at the center of the story. She's got her hair dyed black and has a distinctive, glamorous Spanish image. She puts in a strong performance as a kind-hearted but romantically averse do-gooder. There are more than a few laugh-out loud moments here, which makes it a wonderfully watchable movie.