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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Title: Shortcut to Happiness (2003)
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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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Daniel Webster: The drunk Mr. Hardy.
Aging Writer: Better drunk than a whore, I always say.
Daniel Webster: Better neither than both.
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Written and Performed by Richard Glasser
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This is the only directorial effort of Alec Baldwin to date (May 2019). See more »Goofs
While showing Jabez his new apartment, the Realtor says Irving Berlin wrote "White Christmas" there. In fact, the song was written while sitting at the pool at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona in 1940. See more »Quotes
Aging Writer: Ah, the great Daniel Webster!Daniel Webster: The drunk Mr. Hardy.
Aging Writer: Better drunk than a whore, I always say.
Daniel Webster: Better neither than both.
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Soundtracks
Jazzy SoulWritten and Performed by Richard Glasser
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This is one of those films that I remember being in the can for years before anything happening w/it. I don't think it's terrible, but it's not really good either. Alec Baldwin was pretty good, but the plot is it kind of flimsy at best. The cast is pretty good in what they're given, but again you are only as good as the script. Baldwin directing this although I could have sworn he didn't direct all of it, I thought I read somewhere or lots of re-shoots wasn't bad but he definitely has some potential in there. Although his work on "30 Rock" is nothing short of genius & should keep him busy for a little while longer. I just hope the show bows out gracefully a la Seinfeld, but maybe not even that long. 9 years it went. So if you want to see a film that you won't get much from, but won't really hate either well this is for you. I can't remember the last time a film had been wrapped so long before finally being released & only on DVD at that. It was nice to see Alec Baldwin & Anthony Hopkins again together since their excellent yet not much people have seen "The Edge." Now pick up that excellent film for some real entertainment.