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Rules Don't Apply (2016)

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The unconventional love story of an aspiring actress, her ambitious driver, and their eccentric boss, the legendary billionaire Howard Hughes.

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Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 9 nominations. See more awards »
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Cast

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TV Newsman #2
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Vernon Scott
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Gene Handsaker
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T.V. Newsman #1
Dan Desmond ...
Gladwin Hill
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Nadine Henly
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Colonel Willis
Karl Florine ...
Air Traffic Controller (as Karl J. Florine)
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Storyline

It's Hollywood, 1958. Aspiring actress, songwriter, small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey (Lily Collins) has a contract with movie mogul Howard Hughes (Warren Beatty) and arrives with her mother (Annette Bening) in Los Angeles to do a screen test for one of his film projects. At the airport, they meet their driver Frank Forbes (Alden Ehrenreich). Forbes is an ambitious young man with a business plan and engaged to his 7th grade sweetheart, both deeply religious Methodists. The instant attraction that Marla and Frank feel for each other not only puts their religious convictions and moral values to the test, but also defies Hughes' #1 rule: No employee is allowed to have any relationship whatsoever with a contract actress. Hughes' enigmatic behavior intersects with Marla and Frank in separate and unexpected ways, and as they are drawn deeper into his bizarre world, their values are challenged and their lives are changed. Written by 20th Century Fox

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Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Rated PG-13 for sexual material including brief strong language, thematic elements, and drug references | See all certifications »
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23 November 2016 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

L'Exception à la règle  »

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Box Office

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$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,589,625, 25 November 2016, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$3,647,836, 16 December 2016
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The film cast includes one Oscar winner: Warren Beatty; and six Oscar nominees: Alec Baldwin, Amy Madigan, Ed Harris, Steve Coogan, Candice Bergen and Annette Bening. See more »

Goofs

The movie begins with a "1964" dateline and later has a "five years before" card on screen. At one point, a radio broadcast informs listeners that the Brooklyn Dodgers will soon be moving to Los Angeles. By 1959 they had already done so and in fact played the Chicago White Sox in the World Series that year. See more »

Quotes

Frank Forbes: [to Marla] You're an exception. Rules don't apply to you.
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Crazy Credits

The end credits contain the standard disclaimer that all characters are fictional. But Howard Hughes, as well as his aides Noah Dietrich (played by Martin Sheen) and Robert Maheu (Alec Baldwin) are real people. See more »


Soundtracks

La Ragioni Del Silenzio
(from the Original Soundtrack of the Film Pane e libertà (2009))
Composed by Ennio Morricone
Performed by Nuova Sinfonietta Orchestra
Conducted by Ennio Morricone
(c) Rai Com Music Publishing
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Candice Bergen
12 September 2017 | by See all my reviews

I love Warren Beatty, I always have. First time I saw him in a movie was in Bonnie and Clyde. For me his name had something magic. Splendor In The Grass, The Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone, Lilith. The beauty of the man didn't seem to interfere with the character he was playing, remember All Fall Down? I waited for Rules Don't Apply with feverish anticipation, like I haven't waited for a movie since I was a kid. I sat through it for the first time, amused, surprised and delighted. But a few hours later the film started unreeling in my mind. Candice Bergen? Did I see Candice Bergen playing a secretary, handing papers, standing in the background, staring at the TV, on the phone? No, it couldn't be. Candice Bergen for goodness sake, an American icon. The thought muddled my memory of the film. I saw Rules Don't Apply again last night. Yes, it was Candice Bergen. Wow! What one will do for friends. On a second viewing I saw it as an unsentimental valentine to what it was, with a hopeful wonderous future beyond us way beyond us. I'll see it again soon and see what happens. Cheers Mr Beatty.


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