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Music and Lyrics (2007) -- A washed up singer is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he's never written a decent lyric in his life, he sparks with an offbeat younger woman with a flair for words.
Music and Lyrics (2007) -- Clip: You're Destroying My Apartment
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Music and Lyrics (2007) -- A washed up singer is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he's never written a decent lyric in his life, he sparks with an offbeat younger woman with a flair for words.

Overview

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Writer (WGA):
Marc Lawrence (written by)
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Release Date:
14 February 2007 (USA) more
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Share the music with someone you love.
Plot:
A washed up singer is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he's never written a decent lyric in his life, he sparks with an offbeat younger woman with a flair for words. full summary | full synopsis
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5 nominations more
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Interesting and funny movie more (259 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Hugh Grant ... Alex Fletcher

Scott Porter ... Colin Thompson
Nick Bacon ... Pop Bass Player
Andrew W. Blakemore ... Pop Guitar Player (as Andrew Wyatt Blakemore)
Dan McMillan ... Pop Drummer
Tom Foligno ... Has-Beens Promo Announcer (voice)

Zak Orth ... David Newbert - TV Executive #1
Brooke Tansley ... Janice Stern - TV Executive #2
Daniel Stewart Sherman ... Willy

Brad Garrett ... Chris Riley

Aasif Mandvi ... Khan

Drew Barrymore ... Sophie Fisher

Haley Bennett ... Cora Corman

Matthew Morrison ... Ray

Jason Antoon ... Greg Antonsky
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Additional Details

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Music and Lyrics by... (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some sexual content.
Runtime:
USA:96 min | Philippines:105 min | Hong Kong:104 min | Argentina:106 min | Croatia:95 min (DVD)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Hugh Grant had to be convinced to sing himself and initially wanted nothing to do with his singing parts. After practicing and performing in the studio, he then felt so comfortable with it and announced he would perform the big concert scene live. When it was played back he was highly amused and humbled by how terrible it sounded and was then happy to use the pre-recorded sound. more
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Continuity: When Alex and Sophie are having breakfast, Alex has a muffin. When you see him talking to Sophie facing her, you see his muffin. It goes from eaten out of to untouched repeatedly during the scene. more
Quotes:
Alex Fletcher: [singing Greg's lyrics] # Give it up, I'm a bad hot witch / I look real good, but I'm a nasty bitch / I'll scream and claw and curdle your blood / But you'll die on your way back into love # more
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Referenced in "Top Gear: (2007-02-04)" (2007) more
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143 out of 164 people found the following comment useful.
Interesting and funny movie, 8 February 2007
8/10
Author: cegeon from United States

I must warn you -- Being a guy, I had pretty low expectations to begin with. However, there were a couple of things I enjoyed:

1) The movie was funny.

-- Hugh Grant's one-sentence witty remarks came out natural and funny.

-- Their ability to poke fun of two distinct musical decades could be better, but still turned out pretty funny.

2) The plot was novel (at least to me).

-- "Meshing" the two music periods (the 80's and today) in the same movie provided a good way to contrast the two styles.

-- Since I'm not so familiar with the music industry, I enjoyed the "behind the scenes" with the trial and error of coming up with lyrics (at least in the way the movie portrays it.)

Other than that, it was the typical "chic-flick." Guy has problem with girl, he says some bad things, stir up some emotional scene and the usual -- will they get back together?

Other than that, if you're just looking for a good laugh, I'd give it a go!

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