Something's Gotta Give Page #2

Synopsis: Harry Sanborn is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin, his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother Erica. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Nancy Meyers
Production: Sony Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
72%
PG-13
Year:
2003
128 min
$121,400,000
Website
1,006 Views


company, among other things.

- Which record company?

- Drive-By Records.

Drive-By Records?

Is that a joke? I mean, what is that?

It's a hip-hop label.

Hip-hop? Oh, rap. Right, right.

Well, that's interesting.

Let me see if I get

where you're headed here.

I'm sorry, but look,

I hate rap. I do. I really do.

It's just crude and violent

for my taste...

...not to mention

just a tad misogynistic.

Hey, some people see rap as poetry.

Yeah, but how many words

can you rhyme with "b*tch"?

Next, please.

How we doing?

Should have left

when she tried to arrest me.

How's the new play?

Are you getting happy with it?

You know the thing about me.

I'm 90 percent hard work,

10 percent talent.

And so far, the talent part

hasn't exactly kicked in yet.

Right. Right.

- What's your play about?

- About?

I'm not exactly sure,

which is a bit of a problem.

But so far, it's about

a divorced woman, a writer.

She's a high-strung, over-amped,

controlling, know-it-all neurotic...

...who's incredibly cute and lovable.

It's a comedy.

So how did you two meet?

At a wine auction at Christie's.

Harry was the big buyer

of the night.

I kept raising my paddle

just to get her to smile at me.

Before I knew it,

I bought the entire collection.

Every known bottle

of Chateau Margaux.

After that, the least she could do...

...was share a bottle with me.

Ever been married, Harry?

No.

- No, I haven't.

- Mom.

Wow. Now, why do you think that is?

Well, some people just don't

fit the mold, and so far, you know...

Hey, if it ain't broke...

- Exactly.

- Wait a second.

Aren't you a famous bachelor?

Well, I wouldn't say I'm famous.

Yeah, didn't I read an article

about you in New York magazine?

I guess some people find it interesting

I've escaped the noose for so long.

That was the title,

"The Escape Artist. "

I read that article.

That was you?

Well, you were once engaged

to someone really big.

- Who was it? Joan Collins? No.

- No.

- Okay. Carly Simon?

- Somebody cool like that.

- Someone like that.

- Not Martha Stewart.

- No! Not Martha Stewart!

- You could ask him.

No, this is more fun.

It's like I'm not here.

Harry was once

engaged to Diane Sawyer.

- What?

- Right. Diane Sawyer. I love her.

- I'm impressed.

- Yeah.

Women your age

love that about me.

- You know what I mean.

- Yes, I do.

I mean, it's not a bad thing

to say, "women your age. "

Oh, no. I'm sure it was a compliment.

It's just...

...an accurate observation. It's...

- So when was this?

- The engagement?

- Long time ago.

She was this adorable,

lanky girl from Kentucky...

...with the greatest pair of legs

I have ever seen.

Never understood her ending up on a

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Nancy Meyers

Nancy Jane Meyers (born December 8, 1949) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. She is the writer, producer and director of several big-screen successes, including The Parent Trap (1998), What Women Want (2000), Something's Gotta Give (2003), The Holiday (2006), It's Complicated (2009) and The Intern (2015). more…

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