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Stranger than Fiction
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Stranger than Fiction is a 2006 American fantasy comedy-drama set and filmed in Chicago, directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by Zach Helm. It stars Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman and Queen Latifah, with cinematography by Roberto Schaefer, editing by Matt Chesse, and a score by Brian Reitzell. Columbia Pictures distributed the film, later making it available on Netflix.
Running 113 minutes, it was made on a budget of $30 million and earned $53,653,224 at the box office.
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Film · TMDB
7.3Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.
Cast
- Will Ferrell as Harold Crick
- Maggie Gyllenhaal as Ana Pascal
- Dustin Hoffman as Professor Jules Hilbert
- Emma Thompson as Karen Eiffel
- Queen Latifah as Penny Escher
- Tony Hale as Dave
Themes
- literature
- professor
- writer's block
- love
- fate
- author
- death
- dying
- novelist
- publisher
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
243,394 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
73%
Metacritic
67/100
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 3 wins & 15 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Marc Forster
- Written by
- Zach Helm
- Produced by
- Lindsay Doran
- Starring
- Will Ferrell Maggie Gyllenhaal Dustin Hoffman Queen Latifah Emma Thompson
- Cinematography
- Roberto Schaefer
- Edited by
- Matt Chessé
- Music by
- Britt Daniel Brian Reitzell
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures Mandate Pictures Three Strange Angels
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing (United States, France, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom), Mandate Pictures (Overseas)
- Release date
- November 10, 2006 ( 2006-11-10 )
- Running time
- 114 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $30 million
- Box office
- $53.7 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Marc Forster
- Screenwriter
- Zach Helm
- Cast member
- Kristin Chenoweth
- Composer
- Brian Reitzell
- Cinematographer
- Roberto Schaefer
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Filming location
- Chicago
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 931318
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.sonypictures.com/movies/strangerthanfiction
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- publication date
- 2007-02-08
- title
- Stranger than Fiction
- film editor
- Matt Chesse
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 73%
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Encyclopedic overview
Stranger than Fiction is a 2006 American fantasy romance comedy drama film directed by Marc Forster, produced by Lindsay Doran and written by Zach Helm. Partially inspired by Playtime by Jacques Tati, the film stars Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah and Emma Thompson. The main plot follows Harold Crick (Ferrell), an IRS agent who begins hearing a disembodied voice narrating his life as it happens – seemingly the text of a novel in which it is stated that he, the main character, will soon die – and he frantically seeks to somehow prevent his death.
Stranger than Fiction was released by Sony Pictures Releasing under its Columbia Pictures label on November 10, 2006. Upon its release, the film received positive reviews.
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