From the new bachelor Prime Minister (HUGH GRANT)
instantly falling in love with a refreshingly real
member of the staff (MARTINE McCUTCHEON) moments after
entering 10 Downing Street…
To a writer (COLIN FIRTH) escaping to the south of
France to nurse his re-broken heart who finds love in a
lake…
From a comfortably married woman (EMMA THOMPSON)
suspecting that her husband (ALAN RICKMAN) is slipping
away…
To a new bride (KEIRA KNIGHTLEY) mistaking the distance
of her husband’s best friend for something it’s
not…
From a schoolboy seeking to win the attention of the
most unattainable girl in school…
To a widowed stepfather (LIAM NEESON) trying to connect
with a son he suddenly barely knows…
From a lovelorn junior manager (LAURA LINNEY) seizing a
chance with her long-tended, unspoken office crush…
To an aging “seen it all, remember very little of
it” rock star (BILL NIGHY) jonesing for an
end-of-career comeback in his own uncompromising way…
Love, the equal-opportunity mischief-maker, is causing
chaos for all. These London lives and loves collide,
mingle and climax on Christmas Eve—again and again and
again—with romantic, hilarious and bittersweet
consequences for anyone lucky (or unlucky) enough to be
under love’s spell.
Acclaimed screenwriter RICHARD CURTIS (Four Weddings and
a Funeral, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones’s Diary) now
steps behind the camera for his directorial debut on his
latest project, Love Actually—the ultimate romantic
comedy that weaves together a spectacular number of love
affairs into one amazing story. Curtis is re-teamed with
producers DUNCAN KENWORTHY and Working Title’s TIM
BEVAN and ERIC FELLNER—the filmmakers responsible for
some of the most popular looks at modern love in all its
guises, including Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting
Hill and Bridget Jones’s Diary. The powerhouse cast
brought together for this look at love and laughter also
includes ROWAN ATKINSON, ANDREW LINCOLN, MARTIN FREEMAN,
KRIS MARSHALL, THOMAS SANGSTER, JOANNA PAGE, LUCIA MONIZ,
BILLY BOB THORNTON and many others.
Joining Curtis and producers Kenworthy, Bevan and
Fellner are an esteemed group of behind-the-camera
talent, including director of photography MICHAEL
COULTER, B.S.C. (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting
Hill, Sense and Sensibility), production designer JIM
CLAY (Captain Corelli’s Mandolin), editor NICK MOORE (Notting
Hill, The Full Monty, About a Boy), costumer JOANNA
JOHNSTON (The Sixth Sense, Contact), composer CRAIG
ARMSTRONG (William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet,
Moulin Rouge!, The Quiet American) and casting director
MARY SELWAY, C.D.G. (Notting Hill, Gosford Park)!!
Features/Specifications
Attractive Retail Box
Genre:
Comedies, Comedy, Romance, Christmas, Sex
Rated: 14A
(Canadian Home Video Rating)
Rating Reason:
For Sexual Content and Coarse Language.
Starring:
Rowan Atkinson, Colin Firth, Hugh
Grant, Keira Knightley, Laura Linney, Martine
McCutcheon, Liam Neeson, Bill Nighy, Alan Rickman,
Emma Thompson
Directed By:
Richard Curtis
Release Information:
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: November
14, 2003
DVD Release Date: April 27, 2004
Run Time: 135 minutes
Production Company: Universal
Package Type: Keep Case
DVD Features:
Encoding:
Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only).
This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other
countries.
Aspect Ratio(s):
Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
Available Audio Tracks:
English (Dolby Digital 5.1
Surround)
French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Languages: English, French and
Spanish
Available Subtitles: French and
Spanish
Closed Captioned:
Yes
Bonus Features:
Feature Commentary with Actors Hugh
Grant, Billy Nighy, Thomas Sangster and
Director Richard Curtis
Deleted Scenes with Introductions
by the Director Richard Curtis
The Music of Love Actually
with Introductions by the Director Richard Curtis
Music Video: Kelly Clarkson - The
Trouble With Love Is