The Rewrite
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| Directed by | Marc Lawrence |
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| Written by | Marc Lawrence |
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| Music by | Clyde Lawrence |
| Cinematography | Jonathan Brown |
| Edited by | Ken Eluto |
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106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $4.5 million |
The Rewrite is a 2014 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Marc Lawrence. It stars Hugh Grant as a washed-up screenwriter who begins teaching at a state university and Marisa Tomei as a single mom with whom the screenwriter finds romance. It began development at Castle Rock Entertainment in October 2012, and filming began in New York in April 2013.
The Rewrite premiered at a gala screening at the Shanghai International Film Festival on June 15, 2014. The theatrical release in the United States was on February 13, 2015.
Keith Michaels (Grant) is a washed-up British screenwriter who won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay in 1998. Since then, he has divorced and, after a few unsuccessful films, cannot sell another screenplay. He begins teaching a screenwriting course at Binghamton University in upstate New York and goes on a date with a student (Heathcote). Though, at first, he had no intention of actually teaching, he finds himself actually good at it.
The date ends badly and he almost loses the job that he realizes he likes; meanwhile, he finds he is in love with a single mother with whom he has been friendly (Tomei).
The Rewrite is written and directed by Marc Lawrence. The project began development at Castle Rock Entertainment. In October 2012, actor Hugh Grant was cast in the film's starring role. His casting marked the fourth collaboration between Lawrence, Castle Rock, and Grant. Their previous films were Two Weeks Notice, Music and Lyrics, and Did You Hear About the Morgans?
""I love Marc's stuff, and ['The Rewrite'] made me laugh," he said. "[I wasn't interested] in the sort of marketed, Hallmark, 'Valentine's Day' sense — I find that repugnant. Here, the romantic comedy part of it is only a small part; it's about this broken guy who mends himself."
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