Director:
Peyton Reed (2003)
Cast:
Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Sarah Paulson, David Hyde Pierce
The
Story
An homage to the
early 1960s sex comedies that starred Rock Hudson and Doris Day. The
story follows a best-selling female advice author who has all the answers
until a sly journalist playboy starts asking the questions.
Barbara
Novak (Renee Zellweger) has just come down from Maine to New York after
writing a book called Down With Love. The book instructs women to have
sex the way a man does, and to detach oneself from love completely.
Catcher Block (Ewan McGregor) is a successful journalist tapped to write
a cover story on Novak. He blows her off at every opportunity to cuddle
with flight attendants. However, when Novak's book is a complete success,
Catcher finds himself being blown off by her! So he starts to write
an expose and disguises himself as a naive astronaut named Zip Martin.
But he can't imagine what happens next!
Activities
for E.O.I. students
1st
level
Write a description
of the main characters: Barbara Novak and Catcher Block.
2nd
level
Write a few lines
about your favourite scene of the film.
3rd
and 4th levels
Read this text about
the actress Renée Zellweger and insert the words given at the botton
in the gaps.
Renée Kathleen Zellweger
was born on April 25, 1969, in Katy, Texas, USA. Renée got interested
in _______ in high school while working on the drama club. She also
took an acting class at the University of Texas, where she began looking
towards acting as a _______. After graduation, she wanted to continue
acting, but Hollywood is a tough town to _______. So Renée decided to
stay in Texas, and auditioned for roles around Houston where she managed
to grab roles in _______ films as Reality Bites (1994) and Empire
Records (1995). She then took a role in the sequel to The Texas
Chainsaw Massacre, where she met Matthew McConaughey, another Hollywood
_______. He was working on a project at the time that Renee was interested
in, auditioned for and won the role in the film Love and a .45
(1994), which earned her enough critical praise that she decided to
move to Los Angeles. Another role in Whole Wide World (1996)
followed which _______ to her big break. Cameron Crowe was busy casting
his next film, Jerry Maguire (1996), starring Tom, when he heard of
Zellweger's _______ in Whole Wide World. He auditioned Zellweger
and was sure he'd found his Dorothy Boyd. Renée followed her huge success
with a few small independent films and after receiving further critical
praise, she felt _______ enough to re-enter the world of big-budget
Hollywood films. She starred opposite Meryl Streep in the tear-jerker
One True Thing (1998). She also took a role in Me, Myself
& Irene (2000), opposite Jim Carey. And soon after began dating
Carey. The two denied their relationship at first, but finally gave
in and _______ their love; but today they are no longer together. Also
in 2000 she starred in the title role in Nurse Betty (2000),
where she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical. In
2001, she received even more critical and commercial _______ in the
yet again title role in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001).
ACTING -- ADMITTED
-- BREAK INTO - CAREER -- CONFIDENT -- LED -- PERFORMANCE -- SUCCESS
-- SUCH -- UP-AND-COMER
4th
and 5th levels
"Accepted as
fluff, it is enjoyable, but look for more than that and you'll be disappointed."
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