Peter Hedges

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

The heights

In 1969 suburban Iowa, seven-year-old Scotty Ocean finds his life turned upside down when his mother abandons the family and, after realizing that she will not return, first sets out to replace her and then takes action to remain forever seven

A Novel

An Ocean in Iowa

Paul Rudnick

Howard Michael Gould

Aline Brosh McKenna

Don Roos

The Devil Wears Prada

Chris Weitz

Paul Weitz

Screenplay, revised primarily in April, through June 2001.

About a Boy

THE STORY: GOOD AS NEW follows the disintegration of an educated, affluent Chicago family--parents and teenage daughter--following Mom's face-lift. Devastated by what she views as a violation of who her mother is--an enlightened feminist--the daughter

Good as New

Tim Welch is a popular history teacher at the Montague Academy, an exclusive private school in Brooklyn Heights. As he says, "I was an odd-looking, gawky kid but I like to think my rocky start forced me to develop empathy, kindness, and a tendency to be enthusiastic. All of this, I'm now convinced, helped in my quest to be worthy of Kate Oliver." Now, Kate is not inherently ordinary. But she aspires to be. She stays home with their two young sons in a modest apartment trying desperately to become the parent she never had. They are seemingly the last middle-class family in the Heights, whose world is turned upside down by Anna Brody, the new neighbor who moves into the most expensive brownstone in Brooklyn, sending the local society into a tailspin. Anna is not only beautiful and wealthy; she's also mysterious. And for reasons Kate doesn't quite understand, even as all the Range Rover- driving moms jockey for invitations into Anna's circle, Anna sets her sights on Kate and Tim and brings them into her world. Like Tom Perrotta, Peter Hedges has a keen eye for the surprising truths of daily life. The Heights is at once light of touch and packed with emotion and depth of character. Watch a Video

The Heights

Tim e Kate Welch conducono un'esistenza felice: lui è uno stimato professore di storia nell'esclusiva scuola privata di Brooklyn Heights, lei si occupa dei figli e della casa, tentando di essere quella mamma perfetta che non ha mai avuto. Fino al giorno in cui Kate non decide di accettare un'inattesa e superpagata offerta di lavoro e Tim prende un anno sabbatico per seguire i figli e completare la tesi di dottorato che sta trascinando da anni. Una brusca inversione di ruoli, non c'è che dire, cui fa seguito il trasloco nel quartiere dell'affascinante Anna Brody, una donna ricca e misteriosa, che trascina nel suo mondo di privilegi ed eccessi i coniugi Welch..

Colazione a Brooklyn

New in the acclaimed series—the new film starring Hugh Grant and Toni Collette, adapted from the acclaimed novel by Nick Hornby (High Fidelity). Coming from Universal Pictures in April 2002, produced by Tribeca Productions and Working Title Films. Based on Nick Hornby's popular novel, About A Boy is a comedy-drama starring Hugh Grant as Will, a rich, child-free and irresponsible Londoner in his thirties who, in search of available women, invents an imaginary son and starts attending single parent meetings. As a result of one of his liaisons, he meets Marcus, an odd 12-year-old boy with problems at school. Gradually, Will and Marcus become friends, and as Will teaches Marcus how to be a cool kid, Marcus helps Will to finally grow up. The cast also includes Toni Collette (Sixth Sense, Shaft), Rachel Weisz (The Mummy Returns, Sunshine), and Nicholas Hoult. 20 b/w photos.

The Shooting Script

It all begins with widowed father and family advice columnist Dan Burns (Steve Carell), who is still reeling from the heartache of loss and takes refuge by trying to maintain order with his three rebellious young girls, while dodging anything unexpected or outside the box. But when Dan heads to Rhode Island, his miffed daughters in tow, for the annual Fall weekend thrown by the large and boisterous Burns family, everything changes. Soon after his arrival, he runs into an alluring woman named Marie (Juliette Binoche) in a bookshop. For the first time in a very, very long time, Dan experiences real live sparks—only to have to douse them liberally when he discovers Marie is, in fact, the brand-new girlfriend his brother Mitch (Dane Cook) is about to proudly introduce to the family. As the weekend gets under way in the close quarters of a crowded house filled with quirky, prying relatives, Dan and Marie try to squelch and cover up their growing mutual attraction at every turn, leading to one comical situation after another.Yet, no matter how hard they try to do the very opposite, Dan and Marie can't help but fall in love. Now Dan is about to realize that no matter how wise safety might seem, when it comes to real life, he's going to have to break all the rules.

Dan in Real Life

The loving marriage of Tim and Kate is unexpectedly challenged by their efforts to retain normalcy, the unsolicited attentions of a society newcomer and an unsettling secret. By the Academy Award-nominated author of What's Eating Gilbert Grape.

THE STORIES: IMAGINING BRAD. The action takes place in Nashville, where two women meet after church and strike up a conversation. One is Dana Sue Kaye, a brassy, voluble bleach-blonde, who chatters on about her wonderful, perfect husband--her high-s

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