Wednesday 4 November 2015

New Film #3

Title: Serendipity
Year of Production: 2001
Type: Film
Director: Peter Chelsom
Producer: Peter Abrams, Simon Fields, Robert L. Levy, Julie Goldstein, Bob Osher, Amy Slotnick
Writer: Marc Klein
Production Company: Tapestry Films
Key Cast: John Cusack (Jonathan) and Kate Beckinsale (Sara)
Key Crew: Alan Silvestri (music), John De Borman (cinematography), Christopher Greenbury (edited)
Genre: Romantic comedy
Budget: $28,000,000
Box Office: $77,516,304
Themes: Love, relationships, fate, destiny, marriage, hope
Awards: n/a

Narrative:

A couple reunite years after the night they first met, fell in love, and separated, convinced that one day they'd end up together.
Jonathan and Sara met while shopping for gloves in New York. Though buying for their respective lovers, the magic was right and a night of Christmas shopping turned into romance. Jonathan wanted to explore things further but Sara wasn't sure their love was meant to be. They decided to test fate by splitting up and seeing if destiny brought them back together. Many years later, having lost each other that night, both are now engaged to be married. Still, neither can shake the need to give fate one last chance to reunite them. Jonathan enlists the help of his best man, while Sara ages her friend and flies from California to New York hoping destiny will bring her soulmate back.

Key Scenes:
-When they first meet in Bloomingdales
-In the elevators when they both are meant to end up on the same floor
-5 dollar bill with Jonathan's number on it and a book with Sara's


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