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Serendipity
Serendipity film poster
Directed by	Peter Chelsom
Produced by	Simon Fields, Robert Levy
Written by	Marc Klein
Starring	John Cusack Kate Beckinsale John Corbett Jeremy Piven Eugene Levy Bridget Moynahan
Distributed by	Miramax Films
Release date(s)	October 5, 2001
Running time	90 minutes
Language	English, French
Budget	~ US$28,000,000
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Serendipity is a 2001 romantic movie, starring Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack. It is written by Marc Klein and directed by Peter Chelsom.

• Tagline: Can once in a lifetime happen twice?

On a bustling shopping day in winter, Jonathan meets Sara when both try to buy the same pair of gloves at Bloomingdale's department store. Two strangers amid the masses in New York City, their paths collide in the mad holiday rush as they feel a mutual attraction. Despite the fact that each is involved in another relationship, Jonathan and Sara spend the evening travelling Manhattan. But when the night reaches its inevitable end, the two are forced into determining some kind of next step. When the smitten Jonathan suggests an exchange of phone numbers, Sara balks and proposes an idea that will allow fate to take control of their future. If they are meant to be together, she tells him, they will find their way back into one another's life.

The majority of the film takes place seven years later, and consists largely of repeated "almost coincidences" where the two romantic leads almost, but not quite, meet. (One character is seen walking in to one door of a building at the exact same instant as the other character walks out of a different door in the same building, etc).

(in credits order)

• John Cusack - Jonathan Trager
• Kate Beckinsale - Sara Thomas
• Lilli Lavine - Bloomingdale's Stock Girl
• Michael Guarino Jr. - Customer at Bloomingdale's (as Michael Guarino)
• Abdul Alshawish - Customer at Bloomingdale's
• Ann Talman - Bloomingdale's Saleswoman #1
• Crystal Bock - Bloomingdale's Saleswoman #2
• Stephen Bruce - Host at Serendipity
• David Sparrow - Josh's Dad
• Gary Gerbrandt - Josh
• Jeremy Piven - Dean Kansky
• Bridget Moynahan - Halley Buchanan
• Kate Blumberg - Courtney Kansky
• Ron Payne - Louis Trager
• Marcia Bennett - Mrs. Louis Trager

• Never A Day - Wood
• Moonlight Kiss - Bap Kennedy
• January Rain - David Gray
• Waiting In Vain - Annie Lennox
• The Distance - Evan & Jaron
• Like Lovers Do - Heather Nova
• When You Know - Shawn Colvin
• Northern Sky - Nick Drake
• Cool Yule - Louis Armstrong
• This Year - Chantal Kreviazuk
• (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me - Brian Whitman
• 83 - John Mayer
• Fast Forward - Alan Silvestri

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• The film is named after the real-life restaurant Serendipity 3 which is featured in the film as the site of the couple's first date.
• In the DVD, among the several special features, there is a deleted scene where, in the airport, Sara tries to explain to her friend why she is confused about her love for Lars and why she needs to look for Jonathan. She mentions a painting she saw in Madrid, called "Desnudos en la Playa." This is a painting by Jose Togores I Llach, that is part of the permanent collection of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, in Spain. In this painting, the woman looks into the man's eyes, who's gazing into space, and wonders if he loves her. Sara then compares herself to the man, wondering if she really loves Lars.
• In the film the two main characters look at and discuss constellations in the sky over Manhattan. In real life stars can not be seen over New York City, thus making viewing constellations impossible.

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