(500) Days of Summer (2009)

Director:

Marc Webb

Writers (WGA):

Scott Neustadter (written by) &
Michael H. Weber (written by)

Release Date:

7 August 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't.

Plot:

An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.

Plot Keywords:

Summer | Love | Friend | Greeting Card | Wedding

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 9 wins & 17 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Aug. 7

8:30 AM

MAX

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt	...	Tom Hansen
Zooey Deschanel	...	Summer Finn
Geoffrey Arend	...	McKenzie
Chloe Moretz	...	Rachel Hansen
Matthew Gray Gubler	...	Paul
Clark Gregg	...	Vance
Patricia Belcher	...	Millie
Rachel Boston	...	Alison
Minka Kelly	...	Autumn - Girl at interview
Charles Walker	...	Millie's New Husband
Ian Reed Kesler	...	Douche
Darryl Alan Reed	...	Bus Driver
Valente Rodriguez	...	Employee #1
Yvette Nicole Brown	...	New Secretary
Nicole Vicius	...	Partygoer

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual material and language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | Swedish

Color:

Color | Black and White (some sequences)

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #45018) | Australia:M | South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG | Ireland:15A | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A | Japan:PG12 | Finland:S | Netherlands:AL | Hong Kong:IIA | Norway:A | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Sweden:Btl | Brazil:12 | Argentina:Atp | Mexico:B | Germany:o.Al.

Filming Locations:

Bradbury Building - 304 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Trivia:

Paul says "humjob" instead of "blowjob" to avoid an 'R' rating.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Tom dances down the street he passes his bag to a woman who walks to the left of the screen. In the next shot she appears at the right side of the screen.

Quotes:

Tom:People should be able to say how they feel - how they really feel - not, you know, some words that some strangers put in their mouths.

Movie Connections:

Features Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

Soundtrack:

SUGAR TOWN

This is Not a Love Story

Greetings again from the darkness. The narrator warns us upfront ... this is not a love story. Still, we are so preconditioned by Hollywood, that directive merely floated around in my head until near the end of the film when I realized it was perfectly accurate.

Joseph Gordon-Levit and Zooey Deschanel are the leads and each bring a certain quirkiness and sensitivity to their roles. Watching them grow as a couple just never quite clicks for the viewer the way it does for JGL's character. He buys in hook, line and sinker and believes his destiny for love is being fulfilled by Summer (Zooey).

Director Marc Webb throws a bit of everything at us - just to prove this is not a traditional love story. We get the fun of memory blender - flashbacks like Day 488, Day 2, Day 159 - well you get the point. That is how most of us remember anyway: non-linear. We also get a funny musical number in the park, a b & w Bergmanesque dramatization, and a leading man whose poetic musings are limited to his writing quips for a greeting card company. Oh, he also takes love advice from his 11 year old soccer-playing sister (Chloe Moretz), but wisely declines most of it from his best friend played by sexist, drunken (and funny) co-worker, Geoffrey Arend.

What I really like about the film is that it is different, yet very realistic. So often our "dream" girl is just not quite a fit in this world, yet she and the next guy are just right. Doesn't seem fair, but in reality, it is not only fair, but perfectly just. And remember, there is always another season ... maybe Autumn?