Down-and-out writer Jabez Stone (Producer and Director Alec Baldwin) sells his soul to The Devil (Jennifer Love Hewitt) in exchange for fame and fortune.
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Cast
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Virl Andrick | ... | Dick |
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Ray Aranha | ... | Mailman |
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Kaniel Arocho | ... | Skateboard Kid #1 |
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Jorge Arocho | ... | Skateboard Kid #2 |
| Mary Ashton | ... | Production Assistant | |
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Howard Atlee | ... | Award Audience Man |
| Dan Aykroyd | ... | Julius Jensen | |
| Alec Baldwin | ... | Jabez Stone | |
| Gregg Bello | ... | Rick Fusco | |
| Bobby Cannavale | ... | Cop | |
| Jann Carl | ... | Herself | |
| Kim Cattrall | ... | Constance Hurry | |
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Antoni Cornacchione | ... | Security Guard |
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Bill Corsair | ... | Aging Writer |
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Grenville Cuyler | ... | Taxi Hailer |
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In Manhattan, ambitious writer Jabez Stone (Producer and Director Alec Baldwin) is a complete loser. He is not able to sell his novels, he lives in an awful apartment and he does not have success with women. When one of his friends, Julius Jensen (Dan Aykroyd), sells his novel for one hundred ninety thousand dollars to an editor, Jabez feels envious and promises to sell his soul to the devil for success and accidentally kills a woman with his typing machine. The Devil (Jennifer Love Hewitt) knocks on his door, fixes the situation, and seals a contract with Jabez. His low quality novels have bad reviews but become best-sellers; Jabez enriches; has success with women, but has no time for his friends. Jabez meets with publisher Daniel Webster (Sir Anthony Hopkins) who offers him a chance to break the contract with the devil. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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17 August 2007 (Kazakhstan) See more »Also Known As:
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$25,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Written and Performed by The Baldwin Brothers
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Sir Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin appeared in The Edge (1997). See more »Goofs
When buying the house, Jabez Stone sees the Devil on the beach. He runs to her with his shirt's collar over his jacket. But when he is there and talks to the Devil the collar is carefully tucked under. See more »Quotes
The Devil: Hmm. You know what they say. In order for one to succeed, another must fail.See more »
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Are You There, Margaret? It's Me GodWritten and Performed by The Baldwin Brothers
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In Manhattan, the aspirant writer Jabez Stone (Alec Baldwyn) is a complete loser: he is not able to sell his novels, he lives in a lousy apartment and he does not have success with women. When one of his friends Julius Jenson (Dan Aykroyd) sells his novel for US$ 190,000.00 to an editor, Jabez fells envy and promises to sell his soul to the devil for success and accidentally kills a woman with his typing machine. The Devil (Jeniffer Love Hewitt) knocks on his door, fixes the situation and seals a contract with Jabez. His low quality novels have bad reviews but become best-sellers; Jabez enriches; has success with women, but has no time for his friends. Jabez meets with the publisher Daniel Webster (Anthony Hopkins) who offers him a chance to break the contract with the devil.
"The Devil and Daniel Webster" is an original and delightful version of Faust, alternating comedy and drama and giving great messages in the end. The lovely and cute Jeniffer Love Hewitt "steals" the movie with her interpretation of a sexy and smart devil. Anthony Hopkins has another top-notch performance. Kim Cattrall is very comfortable performing Constance Hurry that recalls Samantha, from "Sex and the City". Dan Aykroid shows talent in his dramatic interpretation and is a good surprise. Alec Baldwyn has a good performance too in spite of some bad reviews, and I did not know that the director Harry Kirkpatrick is actually a pseudonym of Alec Baldwyn. In the end, this movie is a pleasant and worthwhile entertainment. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "O Julgamento do Diabo" ("The Trial of the Devil")