Notting Hill

Notting Hill

1999 film by Roger Michell
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Notting Hill is a 1999 romantic comedy film directed by Roger Michell. The screenplay was written by Richard Curtis, author of Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), and the film was produced by Duncan Kenworthy. The film stars Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Rhys Ifans, Emma Chambers, Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee, and Hugh Bonneville. The story is of a romance between a London book seller played by Grant and a famous American actress played by Roberts, who happens to walk into his shop.

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  • Spinel Entertainment (International)
  • Universal Pictures (United States)
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  • 21 May 1999 (1999-05-21) (United Kingdom)
  • 28 May 1999 (1999-05-28) (United States)
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124 minutes
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  • United Kingdom
  • United States
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English
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$42 million
Box office
$364 million

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William: Ah, that's not yogurt, that's mayonnaise...
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  • The park bench used in this film now `lives` in Queens Gardens in East Perth, Western Australia. A local Perth resident anonymously donated the bench to the City of Perth and it now *really does* live in a beautiful garden that is locked at night.
  • Many of the shots of Julia Roberts used in the opening credits came from the show "Entertainment Tonight" (1981).
  • As he explains in the published screenplay, in Richard Curtis`s original conception of the story, Honey (Emma Chambers) was a worker in the record store across from his bookshop and Anna`s romantic rival for his affections. The film would have ended with William choosing her over the fantasy that Anna represented. Curtis decided that he could not just dismiss Anna, however, and so he made Honey into William`s sister instead.
  • The Marc Chagall painting featured in the movie, and eventually given to William by Anna, is entitled "La MariĆ©e" ("The Bride") and depicts a young bride (and a violin-playing goat).
  • The real Travel Bookshop had a sign in its window saying "We`re almost famous." It would sell non-travel books when it fitted in with a theme. For example, selling Martin Amis`s "London Fields" when doing a Notting Hill theme.

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