Silver Linings Playbook

Silver Linings Playbook
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Directed by	David O. Russell
Produced by	Donna Gigliotti Bruce Cohen Jonathan Gordon
Screenplay by	David O. Russell
Based on	The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
Starring	Bradley Cooper Jennifer Lawrence Robert De Niro Jacki Weaver Chris Tucker
Music by	Danny Elfman
Cinematography	Masanobu Takayanagi
Edited by	Jay Cassidy Crispin Struthers
Distributed by	The Weinstein Company
Release date	September 8, 2012 (2012-09-08) (TIFF) November 16, 2012 (2012-11-16) (United States)
Running time	122 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$21 million
Box office	$236.4 million

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Silver Linings Playbook is a 2012 American romantic comedy drama film written and directed by David O. Russell, adapted from the novel The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick. The film stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, with Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Anupam Kher, and Julia Stiles in supporting roles.

Cooper plays Patrick "Pat" Solitano, Jr., a man with bipolar disorder who is released from a psychiatric hospital and moves back in with his parents, played by Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver. Determined to win back his estranged wife, Pat meets recently widowed Tiffany Maxwell, portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence, who offers to help him get his wife back if he enters a dance competition with her. The two become closer as they train and Pat, his father, and Tiffany examine their relationships with each other as they cope with their problems.

Silver Linings Playbook premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2012, and was released in the United States on November 16, 2012. The film opened to major critical success and earned numerous accolades. It received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay. It became the first film since 1981's Reds to be Oscar-nominated for the four acting categories and the first since 2004's Million Dollar Baby to be nominated for the Big Five Oscars, with Lawrence winning the Academy Award for Best Actress. It also achieved four Golden Globe Award nominations, with Lawrence winning Best Actress; three BAFTA nominations, with Russell winning for Best Adapted Screenplay; four Screen Actors Guild nominations; and five Independent Spirit Award nominations, winning in four categories, including Best Film. The film was a blockbuster at the box office, grossing over $236 million worldwide, more than eleven times its budget.