Bridget Jones's Diary (film)
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| Directed by | Sharon Maguire |
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Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding |
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| Music by | Patrick Doyle |
| Cinematography | Stuart Dryburgh |
| Edited by | Martin Walsh |
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97 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $281.9 million |
| Bridget Jones's Diary: Music from the Motion Picture | ||||
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UK cover
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | 3 April 2001 | |||
| Genre | Mixed | |||
| Length | 59:54 | |||
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Mercury Records (Europe) Universal (US) |
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| Producer | Nick Angel | |||
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| Bridget Jones's Diary 2: More Music from the Motion Picture and Other V.G. Songs | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | 29 October 2001 | |||
| Genre | Mixed | |||
| Length | 72:53 | |||
| Label | Mercury Records | |||
| Producer | Dave Allen | |||
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Bridget Jones's Diary is a 2001 British-American-French romantic comedy film directed by Sharon Maguire and written by Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies, and Helen Fielding. It is based on Fielding's novel of the same name, which is a reinterpretation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The adaptation stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget, Hugh Grant as the caddish Daniel Cleaver, and Colin Firth as Bridget's "true love", Mark Darcy. Production began in May 2000 and ended in August 2000, and took place largely on location in London and the Home Counties. The film premiered on 4 April 2001 in the UK and was released to theatres on 13 April 2001 simultaneously in the UK and in the US.
Bridget Jones's Diary received positive reviews and was a commercial success, grossing over $280 million worldwide. Zellweger was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film. A sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, was released in 2004 and another sequel, Bridget Jones's Baby, was released in 2016.
Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) is 32 years old, single, very accident-prone and worried about her weight. She works in publicity at a book publishing company in London where her main focus is fantasising about her boss, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). At a New Year party hosted by her parents, she re-encounters Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), the barrister son of her parents' friends. They had known each other as children. After their initial encounter, Mark thinks that Bridget is a fool and vulgar and Bridget thinks that he is arrogant and rude, and is disgusted by his novelty Christmas jumper. After overhearing Mark grumble to his mother about her attempts to set him up with "a verbally incontinent spinster who smokes like a chimney, drinks like a fish and dresses like her mother", she decides to turn her life around. She starts her own diary, which covers all her attempts to stop smoking, lose weight and find her Mr. Right.
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