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Something's Gotta Give
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Directed by	Nancy Meyers
Produced by	Nancy Meyers
Written by	Nancy Meyers
Starring	Jack Nicholson Diane Keaton Keanu Reeves
Music by	Hans Zimmer
Cinematography	Michael Ballhaus
Editing by	Joe Hutshing
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	December 12, 2003
Running time	128 min.
Country
Language	English French
Budget	$60 million
Gross revenue	$124,590,960
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Something's Gotta Give is a 2003 romantic comedy film from Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros.. It is not to be confused with the unfinished 1962 film of a similar title. The original music score was composed by Hans Zimmer.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Trivia 4 Goofs 5 Soundtrack 5.1 Track listing 6 Reception 6.1 Awards 6.2 Nominations 7 Pop culture references 8 External links

Harry Sanborn (Jack Nicholson) is a wealthy New York businessman who has had a habit of dating women under 30 for 40 years. When he and his latest conquest, Marin Barry (Amanda Peet), drive to her mother's Hamptons beach house on the coast, his life turns upside down.

Expecting to be alone, Harry and Marin are surprised by Marin's mother, successful playwright Erica Barry (Diane Keaton), and her sister Zoe (Frances McDormand). After an awkward dinner, the night turns disastrous when — during foreplay with Marin — Harry has a heart attack and is rushed to hospital. The handsome young doctor, Julian Mercer (Keanu Reeves), tells Harry to stay in the area for a few days, and so Harry ends up staying with Erica. Their differing personalities initially make for awkward living arrangements, until the two begin to get to know each other.

Soon, the two have fallen in love, they live very different lifestyles — Erica's determination to be single and independent, and Harry's constant desire for new women and experiences — combined with the fact that Harry is dating Marin and Julian has fallen for Erica, leave the two struggling to deal with their current relationships with others, but also work on their own. Marin soon breaks up with Harry after she suspects that he's in love with her mother. The break up is not out of anger, but rather she wants her mother to be able to have a relationship with him and for her own life to move on. Harry and Erica spend more time together and the relationship they have with each other gets even more serious. Harry's improving health means that he no longer has to stay with Erica, and in a very awkward decision, he heads home.

Meanwhile, Marin receives news that her father, Erica's ex-husband who she still allows to direct her plays, is getting remarried. Although Erica is unaffected by the news, Marin is devastated, exhibiting self-centered behavior which implies that she is the only one this concerns. She pressures her mother into going to dinner with Marin to see her ex-husband and his new fiancée. At dinner, Erica is the life of the party until she sees Harry at another table with another woman, and is crushed, because she realizes that she still loves him. Harry spots Erica and tries to convince her that the woman was just a friend and that they weren't in a relationship. In the argument that follows, Harry suffers from what he believes is another heart attack and is rushed to the hospital where he is told that it is only a panic attack but he must rest if he doesn't want to end up in the hospital every week. The female doctor tells him that if he was her 'Dad' she would not want him out alone so soon after a heart attack, clearly emphasizing his age. Harry goes home in an attempt to get some rest.

Erica, on the other hand, also goes back home and breaks down into tears. Although she is heartbroken, she figures that the events that are happening in her own life would be great to use in a play, and thus she starts to write a play on the whole experience. While at lunch with a friend, presumably an actress, Harry hears her ramble about a new play that she is auditioning for and starts to summarize it while explaining how funny it is. Harry nearly chokes when he realizes the play is about him and rushes to the stage where it is being rehearsed, and sees Erica. They don't manage to heal the wounds that have been made and Erica tells Harry to get on with life.

The story then opens up six months later in Paris where Erica is spending her birthday with her new boyfriend, Julian, whom she met when Harry had his first episode. Harry shows up to the restaurant where she is eating because of an agreement they made earlier, that they'd spend their birthdays (Erica in January, Harry in February) together in Paris. Harry and Erica are extremely happy to see each other and once again realize how much they love each other. Erica's boyfriend interrupts when he enters the restaurant a little late. They never have time to really tell each other their true feelings until hours after the dinner.

While Harry is gazing over a canal in the Paris night, Erica pulls up in a taxi. She gets out and explains to Harry that Julian figured that they both still loved each other. Harry and Erica kiss and it's assumed that they get married. The movie resumes about one year and a half later at another restaurant in New York. Erica and Harry are eating out with Marin and her new husband with their year old daughter.

• Jack Nicholson as Harry Sanborn
• Diane Keaton as Erica Barry
• Keanu Reeves as Julian Mercer
• Frances McDormand as Zoe
• Amanda Peet as Marin Barry
• Jon Favreau as Leo
• Paul Michael Glaser as Dave
• KaDee Strickland as Kristen

• Nancy Meyers wrote the role of Erica specifically for Diane Keaton.
• Nancy Meyers wrote the part of Harry with only Jack Nicholson in mind to play him.
• 20th Century Fox declined making the film citing that the leads were too old.
• Jack Nicholson actually sings the song "La Vie En Rose" during the ending credits.
• DVD includes a deleted scene where Harry sings "La Vie En Rose" for Erica in a karaoke bar.
• The title of the movie is from a 1954 song written by Johnny Mercer. As a tribute, Keanu Reeves' character is named Julian Mercer.
• The American poster for this film featured large pictures of Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton. In Japan, the poster also included a large picture of Keanu Reeves, presumably because of his popularity there at the time.
• Jack Nicholson turned down starring in Bad Santa to be in this movie.
• First (albeit brief) full frontal nudity scene for Diane Keaton.

• Continuity: The level of ice cream on Harry's cone changes between shots.
• Crew or equipment visible: When Erica and Harry walk at the beach the shadow of the tent-van is visible, actually moving with them
• Continuity: On the bridge in Paris, when Harry and Erika embrace and kiss, their arms repeatedly change positions between shots.
• Continuity: The scene with Julain and Erica in the kitchen starts with Erica's hand pouring water out of a teapot. When we cut fully to her, Erica holds the pot over what looks like a towel on the counter. When we cut to her again a moment later, the towel is gone and the teapot is on the stove, its spout pointed toward the wall.
• Continuity: When Harry and Marin arrive at the Beach house for the very first time, she can clearly be seen, from behind, wearing a small white thong under her white jeans. In the very next bedroom scene she has removed the jeans, and has suddenly changed into big knickers.
• Continuity: When Erica is on her Apple, the logo is lit but when it cuts to in front of her, it is no longer lit.
• Continuity: When Harry's assistant is introducing herself in the kitchen, she is wearing earphones which then disappear and reappear between shots.
• Factual errors: When Harry speed dials Erica in his apartment, we hear the rapid dial tones. However, cell phones don't make these sounds.

The soundtrack was released on December 9, 2003 from Warner Bros. Records.

1. "Butterfly" - Crazy Town
2. "Sing a Song" - Earth, Wind and Fire
3. "Oooh Baby" - C+C Music Factory
4. "Samba de mon coeur qui bat" - Coralie Clément
5. "Fibre de Verre" - Paris Combo
6. "Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye
7. "O Beijo (The Kiss)" - Claudio Ragazzi
8. "Here We Go" - Grits
9. "Que Reste-t-il de Nos Amours" - Charles Trenet
10. "It's On Tonight" - Johnny Rourke
11. "You Can Get It If You Really Want" - Jimmy Cliff
12. "Have Dinner" - Badly Drawn Boy
13. "Assedic" - Les Escrocs
14. "I've Got a Crush on You" - Steve Tyrell
15. "Graffito Disguise" - Mason Daring
16. "I Only Have Eyes for You" - The Flamingos
17. "La Vie en Rose" - Louis Armstrong
18. "So Nice (Summer Samba)" - Astrud Gilberto
19. "Boum!" - Charles Trenet
20. "Je Cherche un Homme" - Eartha Kitt
21. "Sunday Morning" - Maroon 5
22. "Julian Calls" - Badly Drawn Boy
23. "C'est Si Bon" - Eartha Kitt
24. "Brazil" - Django Reinhardt
25. "Exactly Like You" - Christopher Westlake and Bonnie Greenberg
26. "Sweet Lorraine" - Stephane Grappelli, Ilsa Eckinger, Ike Isaacs and the Diz Disley Trio
27. "I Only Have Eyes for You" - Michael Melvion, John Guerin, Tony Dumas, and Mitch Holder
28. "Learn How to Fall" - Paul Simon
29. "La Vie en Rose" - Jack Nicholson

Golden Globes:

• Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (Diane Keaton)

National Board of Review:

• Best Actress (Diane Keaton)

Satellite Awards:

• Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical (Diane Keaton)

Academy Awards:

• Academy Award for Best Actress (Diane Keaton)

Art Directors Guild:

• Excellence in Production Design Award: Feature Film - Contemporary Film

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards:

• Best Actress (Diane Keaton)

Casting Society of America:

• Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy (Jane Jenkins and Janet Hirshenson)

Golden Globes

• Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (Jack Nicholson)

Motion Picture Sound Editors:

• Best Sound Editing in a Feature: Music, Feature Film

Screen Actors Guild Awards:

• Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (Diane Keaton)

• Dead Like Me (2003) - There is an ad for the television show "Dead Like Me" on a bus that passes Marin by in the scene where she is on the phone with Erica.
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - Diane Keaton comments "I don't want to play the role of the uptight nurse to your bad-boy patient" to Nicholson, referencing Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched to Nicholson's Randle P. McMurphy.
• Casablanca (1942) - Erica says "We'll always have Paris".

• Official site
• Something's Gotta Give at the Internet Movie Database
• Something's Gotta Give at All Movie Guide
• Something's Gotta Give at Rotten Tomatoes

Preceded by ''The Last Samurai''

Box office number-one films of 2003 (USA) December 14, 2003

Succeeded by ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''

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