An almost perfect couple
an almost perfect couple (The Next Best Thing) is a comedy American Réalisée out by John Schlesinger and left in July 2000
Synopsis
Abbie and Robert are the best friends of the world. They in common have a rather light approach of the life, a smoothness of spirit, an attaching spontaneousness and a disastrous love life. They would form an ideal couple, so only Robert was not homosexual. One evening however, after having drowned their sorrow of the loss of a friend in alcohol, they go further.
Data sheet
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English original Title: The Next Best Thing
- Realization: John Schlesinger
- Production: Leslie Dixon, Tom Rosenberg and Linne Radmin
- Sénario: Tom Ropelewski
- Director of the photography: Elliot Davis
- Assembly: Peter Honess
- Executive producer: Gary Lucchesi, Lewis Manilow and Ted Tannebaum
- Coproducer: Marcus Viscidi and Richard S. associated Wright
- Producing: Meredith Zamsky
- Lasted: 108 minutes/99 minutes (German television)
- Kind: comedy
- Distributer:
- Paramount Pictures ()
- Touchstone Pictures (rest of the world)
Distribution
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Madonna: Abbie Reynolds
- Rupert Everett: Robert Whittaker
- Benjamin Bratt: Ben Cooper
- Douglas Illeana: Elizabeth Ryder
- Michael Vartan: Kevin Lasater
- Josef To summon: Richard Whittaker
- Malcolm Stumpf: Sam
- Lynn Redgrave: Helen Whittaker
- Neil Patrick Harris: David
- Mark Valley: The cardiologist
- Suzanne Krull: Annabel
- Stacy Edwards : End
- John Carroll Lynch: The lawyer of Abbie
- Fran Bennett: Judge Bennett
- Ricki Lopez: Angel
Around film
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has the origin the film was to be entitled The Red Curtain (the red Curtain).
- In original script, Abbie was swimming instructor but after having read it, Madonna decided qu" she was to be a professor of Yoga.
- the house which Rupert Everett occupies is actually the house of Cecil B. DeMille
- the black Labrador which appears in film is the proper dog of Rupert Everett
- the credits of film, “ American Pie ”, is a resumption of Don MacLean.
- At the time of the Razzie Awards 2000, the film gained the price of the worst actress (Madonna), and was nominated for worst film, the worst couple with the screen (Madonna and either Rupert Everett, or Benjamin Bratt), the worst realizer and the worst scenario.
Original soundtrack