Notting Hill (1999)

Director:

Roger Michell

Writer:

Richard Curtis (written by)

Release Date:

28 May 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Can the most famous film star in the world fall for just an ordinary guy?

Plot:

The life of a simple bookshop owner changes when he meets the most famous film star in the world.

Plot Keywords:

Bookstore | Actress | Love | Fame | Male Nudity

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 12 wins & 14 nominations

Cast

Julia Roberts	...	Anna Scott
Hugh Grant	...	William Thacker
Richard McCabe	...	Tony
Rhys Ifans	...	Spike
James Dreyfus	...	Martin
Dylan Moran	...	Rufus the Thief
Roger Frost	...	Annoying Customer
Henry Goodman	...	Ritz Concierge
Julian Rhind-Tutt	...	'Time Out' Journalist
Lorelei King	...	Anna's Publicist
John Shrapnel	...	PR Chief
Clarke Peters	...	'Helix' Lead Actor
Arturo Venegas	...	Foreign Actor
Yolanda Vazquez	...	Interpreter
Mischa Barton	...	12-Year-Old Actress

Also Known As:

The Notting Hill Project (UK) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and brief strong language.

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Chile:14 | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:M | Norway:A | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | Philippines:G

Filming Locations:

Coronet Cinema, Notting Hill Gate, Notting Hill, London, England, UK

Company:

Polygram Filmed Entertainment

Trivia:

Omid Djalili plays the Cashier at the Coffee Shop (uncredited) - he was filming The Mummy (1999) at the same time at the same studios so was conscripted to fill in the part, very conveniently. (Blink and you could miss him serving Hugh Grant the orange juice that he soon spills on 'Julia Roberts'.)

Goofs:

Continuity: When Anna first comes into the book shop, and William is speaking to her about books on Turkey, he holds up a hardback with an orange cover, mentioning the "amusing incident with a kebab". Later, when he decides to give her that book for free, he picks it up again to show her, but it is clearly a different book, with a blue cover.

Quotes:

Anna Scott: Busy tomorrow?
William: I thought you were leaving tomorrow?
Anna Scott: I was.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999) (TV)

Soundtrack:

SHE

Sweet Film

Notting Hill proves one thing -- jokes lie in the oddest places. This film is an excellent vehicle for Julia Roberts to put her own life as an actress under the microscope. While Roberts' "Anna Scott" character isn't an autobiographical figure, the Scott character allows for some biting satire at the life of Roberts herself. Need I mention some excellent one liners in the film like the sister of Hugh Grant... "I feel like we are sisters", an excellent throw-back to "My Best Friend's Wedding"... or my favourite, a discussion about nude body doubles just before a nude Julia Roberts (or a Julia Roberts body double) crosses the screen.

Apart from the small bit of satire, Grant's character plays on the emotions of every guy who has ever unexplainably fell in to, threw orange juice-on, lost out on, and fell back in to love. Roberts character can only help us understand how such a relationship as the one her and Grant share in the movie, could be "Surreal, but nice."

A sweet film surely not to be missed!