Writer Alex Sheldon must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires typist Emma Dinsmore and begins dictating his novel. The book is about a doomed love affair between a character similar to Alex and a character named Polina Delacroix. But, as Alex falls for Emma, his work takes a different turn.
Costume
Hudson's four distinct looks as Emma channels each fictional heroine.
Production
Cuba location shoot that absolutely nobody asked for in this Boston story.
Director
Rob Reiner
Luke Wilson
Alex Sheldon / Adam Shipley
Kate Hudson
Emma Dinsmore / Ylva / Elsa / Eldora / Anna
Sophie Marceau
Polina Delacroix
David Paymer
John Shaw
Lobo Sebastian
Bobby / Flamenco Dancer #1
Chino XL
Tony / Flamenco Dancer #2
Rob Reiner
Wirschafter / Marty Van Buren
Cloris Leachman
Grandmother
Alexander Wauthier
Andre Delacroix
Rip Taylor
Polina's Farther
Gigi Bermingham
Madame Blanche
Jordan Lund
Claude
Paul Willson
'Whistling' John Shaw
Robert Costanzo
Bus Driver
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Loosely based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's real-life rush-write of 'The Gambler' to pay off casino debts, with a stenographer he later married.
This was Rob Reiner's follow-up to 'The Story of Us'—the beginning of his late-career slump that would eventually produce 'And So It Goes.'
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