Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie (John Cusack) are AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS, two wildly popular celebrities who share their love on and off the screen in this farcical romantic comedy. But a messy breakup sends Eddie to a New Age Hollywood healing center and Gwen into the arms of her current affair, a Spanish bohunk short on charm (Hank Azaria). When their relationship troubles begin to threaten their superstar celebrity status and the release of their final film together the studio heads call in legendary press agent Lee Phillips (Billy Crystal) to helm the troubled film's press junket. Julia Roberts costars as Kiki, Gwen's personal assistant and sister who has always lived to please her demanding diva sister. Once overweight and severely self-conscious, Kiki's life revolves around her sister's ridiculous demands in this send up of ego-driven movie star vanity, penned cleverly with cynical insider wit by Crystal and Peter Tolan. Phillips manages to gather the warring superstars and gaggles of press together at a remote desert location for the all important press junket where his best laid plans begin to unravel in this hysterical parody of the movie industry replete with neurotic actors, eccentric crazed directors (Christopher Walken in a gem of a cameo), maniacal studio heads, and gossip-starved press who will do anything or anyone for the next big story.
Theatrical Release: JULY 20, 2001
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen
Full Frame
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1- English
Dolby Digital Surround - French
Additional Release Material:
Trailers
Featurette- 1. CLOSE UP: AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Selection
Text/Photo Galleries:
Filmographies
Production Notes
Executive Producer
Charles J. Newirth: PRODUCER/EXECUTIVE
Executive Producer
Peter Tolan: SCREENWRITER
Director of Photography
Phedon Papamichael: Designer/Director Of Photography/Director
Review 1:
"...Catherine Zeta-Jones is gorgeously bitchy..."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.111-14 08/16/2001
Review 2:
"...There's a lot to like about AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS....It's well cast, with an excellent premise and a wicked sense of humor..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.1 07/20/2001
Review 3:
"...[Roth] exercises skilled control here, keeping the pace brisk and unforced..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.38 11/01/2001
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