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| Directed by | Farrelly brothers |
| Produced by | Farrelly brothers Bradley Thomas |
| Written by | Farrelly brothers Sean Moynihan |
| Starring | Jack Black Gwyneth Paltrow Jason Alexander Joe Viterelli |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | November 9, 2001 |
| Running time | 113 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ~ US$40,000,000 |
| Gross revenue | US$70,703,043 |
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Shallow Hal is a 2001 romantic comedy film starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Black and Jason Alexander. The Farrelly brothers, Peter (b December 17 1956 and Bobby (b The Farrelly brothers, Peter (b December 17 1956 and Bobby (b The Farrelly brothers, Peter (b December 17 1956 and Bobby (b Thomas Jack Black Jr (born August 28 1969 is an American Actor, Comedian and Musician. Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (born September 27 1972 is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - and double Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American Jason Alexander (born September 23 1959 as Jay Scott Greenspan) is an American television cinema and Musical theatre comedic actor best known for his role Joseph Viterelli ( March 10, 1937 – January 28, 2004) was an American Character actor most famous for his role as "Jelly" Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 2001 in film involved some significant events (For more about non-English films check sources in those languages Romantic comedy films, colloquially known as romcom, are movies with light-hearted humorous plotlines centered around romantic ideals such as a True love able to Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (born September 27 1972 is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - and double Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American Thomas Jack Black Jr (born August 28 1969 is an American Actor, Comedian and Musician. Jason Alexander (born September 23 1959 as Jay Scott Greenspan) is an American television cinema and Musical theatre comedic actor best known for his role It was directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly, and filmed in and around Charlotte, North Carolina as well as Sterling and Holden, Massachusetts. Peter John Farrelly (born December 17 1956 is an American film director screenwriter producer and novelist Robert Leo "Bobby" Farrelly Jr (born June 17, 1958) is an American film director screenwriter and producer Sterling is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. The population was 7257 at the 2000 census Holden is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Plot
Hal Larson (Black), a superficial man and his equally-shallow friend Mauricio Wilson (Alexander) both share an interest in beautiful women, and try to act cool and hip when around them, but most women interpret their wild dance moves as obnoxious and want nothing to do with them. At work, Hal's co-workers accuse him of being shallow and caring about nothing but physical appearance, and ask him "when he's gonna get it. Variations in the physical appearance of humans, known as human looks, are believed by Anthropologists to be an important factor in the development of personality and " Hal wants to see women for their inner beauty, but his appreciation of physical beauty gets in the way. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE-ROMEOS*************** While going to work one day, by an unexpected twist of fate, Hal meets the famous American life coach Tony Robbins while stuck in an elevator, and has a talk with him about himself and Tony. Anthony Robbins or Tony Robbins (born February 29 1960) is an American Self-help Writer, professional Speaker Robbins, understanding Hal's situation, hypnotizes him into seeing people's inner beauty, not their external selves. Hypnosis is often thought to be a wakeful state of focused attention and heightened suggestibility with diminished peripheral awareness Subsequently he falls in love with Rosemary (Paltrow), a woman who appears to him to look slender and beautiful due to her kind, generous nature, but is, in actuality, very obese. Obesity is a condition in which excess Body fat has accumulated to such an extent that health may be negatively affected At first, she accuses him of being childish, because she thinks he's pretending to date her, but later realises his feelings for her are genuine.
His concerned friend Mauricio is worried about Hal's new taste in women, especially when he finds Hal dancing with a fat woman, thinking he's gone crazy. Mauricio believes what Robbins did to him was deceitful and wrong, and he talks to Robbins. One night, while Hal is on a date, Mauricio catches him after having confronted Robbins and says the trigger phrase,"Shallow Hal wants a gal", to break Hal's hypnosis. Discovering that his own sight had misled him, Hal, with Mauricio's assistance, begins to avoid Rosemary, whom he initially fails to recognize. In Psychology, visual perception is the ability to interpret information from Visible light reaching the Eyes The resulting Perception is also She becomes melancholic without him around. Erich Adickes, Eduard Spränger, Ernst Kretschmer, and Erich Fromm all theorized on the four temperaments (with different names and greatly Still distraught, Hal decides to get to know his neighbor, Jill, and the two get together at a restaurant and have a nice chat. Rosemary, suspicious of Hal's staying away, goes to the same restaurant where Hal and his friend are. Making assumptions about his relationship with Jill, she calls him a 'psycho' over the phone, which depresses Hal greatly. The day after, he meets a girl at a hospital where Rosemary works. Previously, due to Robbins' hypnosis, he saw her as a perfect looking little girl, he is now seeing her as a pretty little girl with severe burn marks on her face. This experience clarifies that he doesn't need hypnosis to see people's true inner beauty. Meanwhile, Rosemary decides to leave the country to re-join the Peace Corps. The Peace Corps is an independent United States federal agency. During his search for Rosemary to tell her the truth, he finds that Mauricio himself has his own reason for stopping Hal's hypnosis: he has a vestigial tail which has prevented him from ever getting close to a woman, and he was jealous that his friend found someone with whom he was happy. The tail is the section at the rear end of an Animal 's Body; in general the term refers to a distinct flexible Appendage to the Torso. Hal eventually makes up with Mauricio, comes to terms with his feelings and his true love for Rosemary and decides to talk to her again. He arrives at his destination, the backyard of the Shanahans' mansion, where he makes up with Rosemary. He discovers she still loves him and decides to accompany her on her trip.
The Farrelly Brothers admitted that this was a little bit different then some of their previous comedies, but as with all their movies they like for the audience to feel a connection with each of the characters. Shallow Hal was a more emotional movie and the producers spent a lot of time making sure it would not be portrayed as a mere "fat joke" type of movie, but one that has a strong message associated with it. They wanted a message about seeing the inner beauty in individuals.
Cast
- Gwyneth Paltrow. Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (born September 27 1972 is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - and double Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American . . . Rosemary Shanahan
- Jack Black . Thomas Jack Black Jr (born August 28 1969 is an American Actor, Comedian and Musician. . . . Hal Larson
- Jason Alexander . Jason Alexander (born September 23 1959 as Jay Scott Greenspan) is an American television cinema and Musical theatre comedic actor best known for his role . . . Mauricio Wilson
- Joe Viterelli . Joseph Viterelli ( March 10, 1937 – January 28, 2004) was an American Character actor most famous for his role as "Jelly" . . . Steve Shanahan
- Rene Kirby . Rene Kirby (born February 27, 1955) is an American Film and Television Actor. . . . Walt
- Bruce McGill . Bruce Travis McGill (born July 11, 1950) is an American Actor. . . . Reverend Larson
- Anthony Robbins . Anthony Robbins or Tony Robbins (born February 29 1960) is an American Self-help Writer, professional Speaker . . . as Himself
- Susan Ward . Susan Ward (born Michelle Susan Ward in Monroe Louisiana on April 15 1976) is an American Actress and . . . Jill
- Zen Gesner . Zen Brant Gesner (born June 23, 1970) is an American television and movie actor . . . Ralph Owens
- Brooke Burns . Brooke Elizabeth Burns (born March 16, 1978) is an American Actress and former Fashion model, perhaps best known for her role on . . . Pretty/Ugly Katrina
- Laura Kightlinger . Laura Kightlinger (born June 13 1969 in Jamestown New York) is an American Comedian and Actress. . . Jen
- Kyle Gass . Kyle Richard Gass (born July 14, 1960) also known as KG or Kage is an American Actor and a member of the bands Tenacious D . . Artie
Details
- In an interview with The Guardian on 27 January 2006, Paltrow admitted that Shallow Hal was in the category of "shite" films that she made only for money. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [1]
- Black admitted that he "sold out" by starring in this film. He stated that he was eager to work with the Farrelly Brothers but the film turned out to be different than he had anticipated. The Farrelly brothers, Peter (b December 17 1956 and Bobby (b "I wasn't proud of it, and I got paid a lot of money, so in retrospect it feels like a sell-out". [2]
- Celebrated film critic Richard Roeper picked this as the tenth best film of 2001, citing the fact that it was the best of a genre (comedy). Richard Roeper (born October 17, 1959) is a Columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and from September 2000 through August 2008 The year 2001 in film involved some significant events (For more about non-English films check sources in those languages
- Gwyneth Paltrow reportedly did some research for her role by donning the fat suit she used during filming, and going to a local bar to gauge the public perception of obese people. Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (born September 27 1972 is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - and double Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American She said that people refused to make eye contact with her, and she was treated quite rudely on multiple occasions, and the experience saddened her greatly, with regards to how people treat those who are overweight.
- Rapper Project Pat did a spoof of this movie in his music video "Back Clap (Make Dat Thang Clap)"
- This is the second film by the Farrelly brothers to feature a Foundations song; the song "Baby, Now That I've Found You" can be heard in the soda shop scene. Rapping (also known as emceeing, MCing, spitting, or just rhyming) is the Rhythmic spoken delivery of Rhymes wordplay and Patrick Stephen Houston (better known as Project Pat) is an American rapper originating from Memphis Tennessee. A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject The Farrelly brothers, Peter (b December 17 1956 and Bobby (b The Foundations were a British soul band active from 1967 to 1970 Another Foundations song, "Build Me Up Buttercup" was featured in the film, There's Something About Mary. " Build Me Up Buttercup " is the name of a song written by Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay, and released by The Foundations with Colin Young There's Something About Mary is a 1998 Romantic comedy film, directed by the Farrelly Brothers Bobby and Peter.
- Jason Alexander's character turns down a woman whose second toe is longer than her big toe. Morton's Toe is the common term for the second Toe (second from innermost extending further than the great toe ( Hallux) This is a reference to the Seinfeld episode "The Tape" where George inquires on his joke about the second toe becoming the leader of the toes when it is larger than the big toe. Seinfeld is an American Situation comedy, or sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5 1989 to May 14 1998 lasting nine seasons "The Tape" is the twenty-fifth episode of Seinfeld. The episode was the eighth episode for the show's third season
- The film was set in Charlotte, North Carolina, a first for the Farrelly Brothers, as most of their past films were set in and around Providence, RI.
- The woman with her second toe bigger than her big toe mentioned a reuniting of the Beatles, with Eric Clapton filling in for John Lennon. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born George Harrison died 20 days after this movie was released. George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author
- Features cameos by Molly Shannon, Ron Darling and Bruce McGill. Molly Helen Shannon (born September 16, 1964) is an American actress and writer Ronald Maurice Darling (born August 19 1960) is an American former right-handed Starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Bruce Travis McGill (born July 11, 1950) is an American Actor.
- The Spanish title of this movie is Amor ciego ("Blind Love"), the German one is Schwer verliebt ("Heavily in love"), the Portuguese is O Amor é Cego ("Love is Blind)" and the French one is L'amour extra-large ("Extra-large love").
- The film's score was composed by the band IVY, and has never been released.
References
External links
- Shallow Hal at the Internet Movie Database
- Shallow Hal at Rotten Tomatoes
- Shallow Hal at Box Office Mojo
- Shallow Hal Official Fox site
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