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 [France]

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 Meryl leaves Paul early and he keeps on running and she heads back to the farm. While running she wears tight fitting grey leggings, but when she shows up in the barn she wears loose fitting sweatpants.

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Quotes

Meryl Morgan: Now that we're on the jet, can you tell us where we're going?
U.S. Marshal Henderson: Ray, Wyoming.
Paul Morgan: Is that anywhere near Phil, Wyoming?

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Crazy Credits

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

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Connections

Featured in Late Show with David Letterman: Episode #17.59 (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Please Don't Leave Me"
Written by Jesse Ashlock
Performed by Vic Clay and The Retro Wranglers
Courtesy of Vic Clay Productions

User Reviews

Nothing more than a marketing ploy...

I attended the London movie premiere for this on Tuesday and there is always one BIG PROBLEM about premieres... if the movie is bad you can't leave. I realised very early on in this movie that I had a BIG PROBLEM.

Getting through this movie and hearing other people chuckle politely at the jokes just so as not to offend SJP and HG made the atmosphere unbearable. The storyline was terrible, the dialogue was predictable and the characters were as if plucked straight from other movies: HG was Charles from 'Four Weddings', Sam Elliot was Virgil from 'Tombstone', Mary Steenburgen was Clara from 'Back to the Future 3' and SJP was Paula from 'Failure to Launch'... and you spend the entire movie thinking about how much better all of those other movies were!

When this ended, I thought to myself "Why has this been made at all?" and then it dawned upon me... MARKETING PLOY. SJP has SATC 2 coming out next year and needs to get back into the public eye just before that and HG needs to help his Ex (Liz) raise awareness for her charity. This movie will get them some column inches in magazine and some exposure on the Internet. It makes perfect sense now...

PRO: I smiled at the last joke in the movie. CON: I only smiled at the last joke in the movie