Love Actually [WS]

Overview

"Hugh Grant heads up the ensemble cast of this charming romantic comedy from Richard Curtis, who took his first turn behind the camera after penning the scripts for such well-received films as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Bridget Jones's Diary. Love Actually criss-crosses the love lives of several characters over the course of the Christmas holiday and makes its way to DVD with a widescreen transfer and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. For Spanish- or French-speaking viewers, there are dubbed audio tracks and optional subtitles. Fans of the film can get a glimpse into the production process and set happening with a full-length audio commentary track by Curtis, Grant, and cast members Bill Nighy and Thomas Sangster. Additionally, there are deleted scenes introduced by Curtis, a feature covering the music on the film's soundtrack, and the video for Kelly Clarkson's ""The Trouble With Love Is."" A full-screen version with identical features is also available."

Product Details

Release Date:	04/27/2004
UPC:	0025192329326
Original Release:	2003
Rating:	R
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:15:00
Sales rank:	9,024

Special Features

Closed Caption;Feature commentary with actors Hugh Grant, Bill Nighy, Thomas Sangster and director Richard Curtis; Deleted scenes with introductions by Richard Curtis; The music of Love Actually with introductions by Richard Curtis; Music video: Kelly Clarkson "The Trouble With Love Is

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bill Nighy	Billy Mack
Hugh Grant	Prime Minister
Liam Neeson	Daniel
Emma Thompson	Karen
Colin Firth	Jamie
Martine McCutcheon	Natalie
Alan Rickman	Harry,Harry
Laura Linney	Sarah
Keira Knightley	Juliet
Billy Bob Thornton	President of the United States of America
Rowan Atkinson	Rufus,Billy's Video Vixen
Rodrigo Santoro	Karl
Gregor Fisher	Joe,Airport Guard
Kris Marshall	Colin Frissell
Sienna Guillory	Jamie's Girlfriend
Heike Makatsch	Mia
Martin Freeman	John
Chiwetel Ejiofor	Peter
Andrew Lincoln	Mark
Nina Sosanya	Annie
Elisha Cuthbert	Carol-Anne, American Goddess
Joanna Page	Just Judy
Billy Campbell	Natalie's Octopus Brother, Keith
Claudia Schiffer	Carol
Denise Richards	Carla, the Real Friendly One
Rory MacGregor	Engineer
Lulu Popplewell	Daisy, Her Daughter
Frank Moorey	Terence, Who's in Charge
Jill Freud	Pat the Housekeeper
Tim Hatwell	Vicar
Lynden David Hall	The Wedding Singer
Jont Whittington	Guitarist
Dan Fredenburgh	Jamie's Bad Brother
Julia Davis	Nancy the Caterer
Abdul Salis	Tony
Alan Barnes	Movie Director
Shaughan Seymour	Movie Cameraman
Helen Murton	Funeral Priest
Edward Hardwicke	Sam's Grandfather
Caroline John	Sam's Grandmother
Gemma Aston	Family Mourner
Matt Harvey	Family Mourner
Adrian Preater	Family Mourner
Joanna Thaw	Family Mourner
Junior Simpson	Wedding DJ
Brian Bovell	Radio Watford DJ
Sarah McDougall	Receptionist
Marcus Brigstocke	Mikey, DJ Interviewer
Richard Hawley	Alex, Deputy Prime Minister
Wyllie Longmore	Jeremy
Gillian Barge	Cabinet Minister
Richard Wills-Cotton	Cabinet Minister
Kate Bowes Renna	Cabinet Minister
Kate Glover	Cabinet Minister
Nicola McRoy	Cabinet Minister
Anthony McPartlin	Ant
Declan Donnelly	Dec
Elizabeth Margoni	Eleonore
Peter Marinker	U.S. Expert
Keir Charles	Press Conference Reporter
Doraly Rosen	Press Conference Reporter
Meg Wynn Owen	PM's Secretary
Carol Carey	Natalie's Replacement
Jo Whiley	Radio DJ
Clare Bennett	Billy's Video Vixen
Sarah Holland	Billy's Video Vixen
Vicki Murdoch	Billy's Video Vixen
Meredith Ostrom	Billy's Video Vixen
Katherine Poulton	Billy's Video Vixen
Tuuli	Billy's Video Vixen
Michael Parkinson	Parky
Michael Fitzgerald	Michael, Sarah's Brother
Ciaran O'Driscoll	Hospital Patient
William Wadham	Bernie, Karen's Son
Catia Duarte	Language Student
Igor Urdenko	Language Student
Nat Udom	Language Student
Ines Boughanmi	Language Student
Yuk Sim Yau	Language Student
John Sharian	Wisconsin Taxi Driver
Glenn Conroy	Barman
Ivana Milicevic	Stacey, American Dreamgirl
January Jones	Jeannie, American Angel
Wes Butters	Radio 1 Chart Show DJ
Laura Rees	Record Company Executive
Emma Buckley	Jamie's Sister
Terry Reece	PM's Chauffeur, Terry
Colin Coull	PM's Bodyguard, Gavin
Margery Mason	Harris Street Old Lady
Katharine Bailey	Harris Street Little Girl
Tiffany Boysell	Her Friend
Georgia Flint	Her Friend
Joanna Bacon	Natalie's Mum
Bill Moody	Natalie's Dad
Paul Slack	John's Brother
Adam Godley	Mr. Trench
Olivia Olson	Joanna Anderson
Ruby Turner	Mrs. Jean Anderson
Amanda Garwood	Backing-Singer Teacher
Arturo Venegas	Mr. Anderson
Patrick Delaney	Tommy, Carol's Son
Helder Costa	Mr. Barros
Carla Vasconcelos	Sophia Barros
Stewart Howson	Airport Gate Man
Jamie Edgell	Airport Guard
Paul Heasman	Airport Guard
Tony Lucken	Airport Guard
Raul Atalaia	Restaurant Proprietor
Nancy Sorrell	Greta
Shannon Elizabeth	Harriet, the Sexy One
Thomas Brodie-Sangster	Sam
Lúcia Moniz	Aurelia,Actor
Craig Armstrong	Composer
Thomas Sangster	Sam
Sheila Allen	Jamie's Mum
Megan Owen	PM's Secretary
Margus Tuuling	Billy's Video Vixen
Cecilia Weston	Conductor

Technical Credits

Richard Curtis

Richard Curtis	Screenwriter,Executive Producer,Director
Tim Bevan	Producer
Richard Conway	Special Effects
Eric Fellner	Producer
Duncan Kenworthy	Producer
Mary Selway	Casting
Fiona Weir	Casting
Liza Chasin	Producer
Debra Hayward	Producer
Adam Daniel	Sound Effects,Sound Effects
Tracey Caudle	Stunts
Nigel Bennett	Sound Effects
Andy Burrow	Special Effects
Felicity Cottrell	Sound Effects
Gillian Dodders	Sound Effects
James Clarke	Special Effects
Avril Soards	Stunts
Mark White	Special Effects
Camilla-Valentine Isola	Casting
Sarah-Jane Wright	Executive Producer
Sam Conway	Special Effects
Shaheen Baig	Casting
Stephanie Corsalini	Casting
Talila Craig	Stunts
David A. Stephenson	Sound Mixer
Geoff Foster	Sound Mixer

Editorial Reviews

It isn't often that one gets to see a feature cobbled together from a dozen or so rejected script ideas, but that's exactly what prolific British romantic comedy writer Richard Curtis seems to have done with his first directorial effort. Tackling the venerable genre of ensemble comedy with an approach that's more Dr. Frankenstein than Robert Altman, Love Actually strives to encompass the romantic longings of a gaggle of characters both young and old, straight and rampantly straight, wealthy and merely middle-class. The film's prologue narration attempts to establish the overriding importance of love in a post-9/11 world, but many of the characters in Love Actually don't exactly support such a lofty theme; there's a crude bloke dying to get laid (Kris Marshall); an over-the-hill rocker just looking to get paid (Bill Nighy); and at least three randy employers (Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, and improbable Prime Minister Hugh Grant) longing to hook up with workplace subordinates. The film is packed with Curtis' trademark bon mots, stammering heroes, and wry melancholy, to be sure, but the cumulative aesthetic can best be described as "cute" -- certainly not the first word that popped to mind with the writer's more acerbic Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, or Bridget Jones's Diary. Any of Love Actually's plotlines -- well, at least six of them -- might have made a decent film on its own, but taken together, they buckle under the weight of the film's "all you need is love" mantra.