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Storyline
Becky (Rachel McAdams) is a hard-working morning TV show producer, or at least she was until she got fired. Desperate to get a job, she finally gets an interview with Jerry (Jeff Goldblum) - who is desperate to hire a producer for the struggling show "Daybreak". Becky accepts the job and it proves to be more difficult than even she might be able to handle. She has to fire the sexist co-host, then try to convince egotistical news reporter, Mike Pomeroy (Harrison Ford), to take the job, and then try and get him to actually do the job, properly. And she has to do this while falling for handsome Adam (Patrick Wilson), and trying to save the show from plummeting ratings. Will Becky be able to hold on to her dream job and her sanity? Written by
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Motion Picture Rating
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Rated PG-13 for some sexual content including dialogue, language and brief drug references
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Details
Release Date:
10 November 2010 (USA)
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Box Office
Budget:
$40,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend:
£524,356
(UK)
(21 January 2011)
Gross:
£1,041,623
(UK)
(28 January 2011)
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Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Trivia
Shipped to theaters under the code name "Pepper 10".
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Goofs
The Cisco phones used in the IBS offices are obviously not connected, as their LCD displays are blank. This happens multiple times in the film, notably whenever shots are made from behind Jerry's desk. The display on his phone is in fact also cracked from top to bottom.
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Quotes
Becky's Mom:
Did you get any severance?
Becky Fuller:
Uh... there were some budgetary cuts last year, so they weren't really offering. But I have feelers outs. Lots.
Becky's Mom:
Yeah, great. Honey, you think "The Today Show" is gonna call you up and hand you a job, and you have since you were eight, and it's not gonna happen.
Becky Fuller:
I don't... I know that, I do. I get it.
Becky's Mom:
This is partly my fault. I... I let your father get your hopes up. He was not a happy person, let's face it. When he saw you aim high, he started to feel better about ...
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Soundtracks
Prelude & Fughetta in G Major
Written by
Johann Sebastian Bach (as J.S. Bach)
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Rachel McAdams is what makes this movie so likable and cute. Her spunky optimism and always-on attitude is what drives the movie forward and gives it heart.
This is one of Harrison Ford's funniest roles - he plays the grumpy, I'm too good for this, I will do what I want and you'll just have to deal with it, asshole extremely well.
The witty banter back and forth between Diane Keaton and Harrison Ford is at times laugh out loud hilarious. I loved their chemistry and the weatherman's antics were the beginning of when my ratings for the movie started to go up. Once it all got going I thought to myself, "I'd watch that morning show!"