Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)

In New York City, an estranged couple who witness a murder are relocated to small-town Wyoming as part of a witness-protection program.

Director:

Marc Lawrence

Writer:

Marc Lawrence

Stars:

Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Elisabeth Moss

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hugh Grant	...	Paul Morgan
Sarah Jessica Parker	...	Meryl Morgan
Natalia Klimas	...	Monique Rabelais
Vincenzo Amato	...	Girard Rabelais
Jesse Liebman	...	Adam Feller
Elisabeth Moss	...	Jackie Drake
Michael Kelly	...	Vincent
Seth Gilliam	...	U.S. Marshal Lasky
Sándor Técsy	...	Anton Forenski (as Sandor Tecsy)
Kevin Brown	...	U.S. Marshal Henderson
Steven Boyer	...	U.S. Marshal Ferber
Sharon Wilkins	...	U.S. Marshal King
Sam Elliott	...	Clay Wheeler
Mary Steenburgen	...	Emma Wheeler
Kim Shaw	...	Nurse Kelly

Storyline

Meryl and Paul Morgan have separated since his infidelity. He's a Manhattan lawyer, seeking forgiveness. She's moved on, focusing on real estate sales. As he walks her to an appointment one evening, pleading his case, they witness a murder; the murderer sees them. The FBI wants them in witness protection until the killer is caught. He's already hunting them. The FBI sends them to Ray, Wyoming, a tiny ranch town, where they stay with the aging sheriff and his gun-toting wife (who's his deputy). Meryl and Paul must sort out their relationship while their New York ways bump up against those of the West. Meantime, Meryl knows two things that Paul doesn't.

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Plot Keywords:

witness | murder | witness protection | fbi | wyoming | 

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Taglines:

We're not in Manhattan anymore.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some sexual references and momentary violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [fr]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Ukrainian Italian Spanish

Release Date:

18 December 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Untitled Hugh Grant/Sarah Jessica Parker Project

Filming Locations:

Galisteo, New Mexico, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$58,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,155,060 (UK) (1 January 2010)

Gross:

£3,553,569 (UK) (29 January 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Castle Rock Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sarah Jessica Parker's character's wedding vows to Hugh Grant's character ("Let me not to the marriage of true minds...") are taken from William Shakespeare's Sonnet 116, published in 1609.

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Goofs

When Paul and Meryl are alone at the ranch after she talks with him at the rodeo dance, he's outside chopping wood. One camera angle shows him whacking at a round log with the axe, to no avail in splitting it. However, after Meryl walks outside the next camera angle shows he's splintered the log into 4ths or 5ths.

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Quotes

Meryl Morgan: I've never been to a Bargain Barn.
Clay Wheeler: Are you pulling my leg?
Paul Morgan: They don't have them in New York.
Clay Wheeler: What's that got to do with anything?
Meryl Morgan: Well, that's why I've never been to one.
Clay Wheeler: I'm still not following you.
Meryl Morgan: They don't have Bargain Barns in New York, so that's why I've never been to one.
Paul Morgan: We've also never been to one in Chicago, which is where we're from.
Clay Wheeler: Oh. I see.

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Crazy Credits

After the credits Meryl Morgan's answering machine is heard once again

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Connections

Referenced in Cowboys and Cosmopolitans: The Stars of 'Did You Hear About the Morgans' (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Harry's Juke Box"
from Dirty Harry
Written by Lalo Schifrin

User Reviews

nothing special and forgivable

Did you hear about the Morgans? a movie that tells the story of a highly successful couple Meryl (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Paul Morgan (Hugh Grant) have almost-perfect lives-except for one notable failure - their dissolving marriage but their lives are about to change when they witness a murder that makes them enter into the witness protection program moving them from NY to a tiny town in Wyoming. It is a romantic comedy with some good jokes, specially from Hugh Grant and a story way to predictable. The locations are great, you can see all the lights and glamour from New York in one moment and immediately you admire the naturalness of Wyoming. The Cast is mainly carried out by Hugh Grant, and expert in this kind of movies, and Sarah Jessica Parker that I felt her like she was in the role of Carrie Bradshaw. I think that the supporting roles of Sam Elliot and Mary Steenburgen were way better and convincing. In conclusion, there's nothing special about Did you hear about the Morgans? A movie that could be enjoyable but instantly forgivable. If you wanna watch it, you better wait for it on DVD.