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Marley & Me
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Marley & Me is a 2008 English-language comedy drama film directed by David Frankel. The screenplay was written by Scott Frank and Don Roos, based on the work by John Grogan. The cast includes Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane, and Kathleen Turner. Theodore Shapiro composed the music, while Mark Livolsi served as the film editor. Arnon Milchan acted as an executive producer.
The production was handled by 20th Century Studios, Regency Enterprises, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, and Sunswept Entertainment. It was distributed by 20th Century Studios and Netflix in video on demand format. The narrative is set in the 1980s, with locations in Florida, Miami, and Pennsylvania. The film has a runtime of 115 minutes and a budget of 60,000,000.
Released on December 25, 2008, the film earned 255,700,000 in revenue. It received various review scores, including 6.1/10, 63%, and 53/100, with an IMDb rating of 7.0 based on 175,847 votes. The tagline for the movie is "Heel the love."
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7.2A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.
Cast
- Owen Wilson as John Grogan
- Jennifer Aniston as Jennifer Grogan
- Eric Dane as Sebastian Tunney
- Kathleen Turner as Ms. Kornblut
- Alan Arkin as Arnie Klein
- Nathan Gamble as Patrick (Age 10)
Themes
- journalist
- based on novel or book
- melancholy
- puppy
- love
- dog
- nostalgic
- duringcreditsstinger
- pets
- columnist
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Key facts
- Directed by
- David Frankel
- Screenplay by
- Scott Frank Don Roos
- Based on
- Marley & Me , by John Grogan
- Produced by
- Karen Rosenfelt Gil Netter
- Starring
- Owen Wilson Jennifer Aniston Eric Dane Alan Arkin
- Cinematography
- Florian Ballhaus
- Edited by
- Mark Livolsi
- Music by
- Theodore Shapiro
- Production companies
- Fox 2000 Pictures Regency Enterprises Sunswept Entertainment Dune Entertainment
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release date
- December 25, 2008 ( 2008-12-25 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 115 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $60 million
- Box office
- $247.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Marley & Me
- Director
- David Frankel
- Screenwriter
- Don Roos
- Composer
- Theodore Shapiro
- Production company
- RatPac-Dune Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Florian Ballhaus
- Narrative location
- Pennsylvania
- Filming location
- Miami
- Duration
- 120
- FilmAffinity ID
- 954414
- Performer
- Theodore Shapiro
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.marleyetmoi-lefilm.com
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- title
- Marley & Me
- after a work by
- John Grogan
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Mark Livolsi
- executive producer
- Arnon Milchan
- set in period
- 1980s
- box office
- 242717113
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 53/100
- publication date
- 2008-12-25
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Encyclopedic overview
Marley & Me is a 2008 American comedy-drama film directed by David Frankel from a screenplay by Scott Frank and Don Roos, based on the 2005 memoir of the same name by John Grogan. The film stars Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston as the owners of Marley, a Labrador retriever.
Marley & Me was released by 20th Century Fox in the United States and Canada on December 25, 2008, and set a record for the largest Christmas Day box office ever with $14.75 million in ticket sales. The film was successful and went on to gross $247.8 million against a $60 million budget, but received mixed reviews from critics.
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