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Trailer Bulletin: Shopgirl
by Scott Weinberg | July 12, 2005
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MovieWeb.com is the first to offer the classy and amusing trailer for "Shopgirl," a grown-up romantic comedy starring Steve Martin ("The Jerk"), Claire Danes ("Terminator 3") and Jason Schwartzman ("Rushmore"). Martin adapted his own novella into screenplay form, and the director is Anand Tucker, a filmmaker whose last feature was 1998's "Hilary and Jackie."

For those who haven't read the book, the plot rundown is as follows: "Mirabelle (Danes) mans the glove counter at a high end department store in Beverly Hills, selling things that nobody buys anymore. An artist struggling to keep up with even the minimum payment on her credit card and student loans, she lives a quiet life and keeps to herself until a rich, handsome fiftysomething named Ray Porter (Martin) sweeps her off her feet. Mirabelle revels in the attention, the sex, and especially, being in love, but somewhere, subconsciously, she realizes that the relationship cannot last. Soon, she has to make a decision: will she stick with Ray, hoping that his feelings for her might grow, or does she take a chance with Jeremy (Schwartzman), a musician who may offer more?"

A dark horse hopeful for the award-season rush, "Shopgirl" opens on October 21st.

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Comments (1-5 of 5 posts) | Reply
VICVEGA06
VICVEGA06 writes:
on Jul 12 2005 09:15 AM

ill be looking forward to this one

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lovelykeira
lovelykeira writes:
on Jul 12 2005 12:54 PM

I'm up for anything by Schwartzman.

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speelbergo
speelbergo writes:
on Jul 12 2005 01:00 PM

[b]aw, how original...[/b]
you mean the girl has to choose between the rich, successfull dud and the fun but poor schmuck?! that's gold, baby! we've never seen that before!!!


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abehenry
abehenry writes:
on Jul 13 2005 10:17 AM

[b]aw, how original....indeed!![/b]
having read the book this was based on, i can assure you that this will be an original tale. martin doesnt take the easy way out like most would. dont expect the jerk pt2 or dirtier rotten scoundrels, just a good movie.


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darklydoug
darklydoug writes:
on Jul 13 2005 09:26 PM

as long as it follows the book it will be decent. every story has been done to death, there are very few basic plots in all of storytelling. it all depends on the execution.

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