Con
Ed worker Gus (Matt Dillon) hopes to partner with his
co-workers and realize his dream of refurbishing his old
neighborhood bowling alley. There's only one hitch in
Gus's business venture: he doles out so much alimony to
his ex-wife Lee (Annabella Sciorra)--a continuing
education student dating her married English lit
professor (William Hurt)--that it keeps him in a
financial straitjacket.
To relieve himself of the monetary
burden and be able to invest in the bowling alley, Gus
decides to marry Lee off. First, however, he has the
onerous job of finding her "Mr. Right." Gus
seeks potential mates for Lee at his job site, at
traffic lights and anywhere else he can find them,
resulting in a series of hopeless dates for his ex. In
the matchmaking process, Gus realizes that Lee's perfect
mate is closer than either of them ever suspected.
Gus (Matt Dillon)
wants to invest in an old, dilapidated bowling alley
with his Con Edison co-workers, but alimony payments to
his ex-wife, Lee (Annabella Sciorra), make his dream
unattainable. The only way that Gus can regain his
financial stability is to stop paying alimony, which he
can only do if Lee remarries. Gus starts a crusade to
find Lee the perfect man with results that surprise
everyone involved. British director Anthony Minghella's
first American film also features William Hurt as Lee's
married boyfriend and Mary-Louise Parker as Gus's love
interest.
The film was shot
on location in New York City.
MR. WONDERFUL was directed by Anthony Minghella, who
also made the romantic comedy TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY. The
film is the British director's first American
production.
Screenwriter Vicki Polon scripted the semi-autobiographical
movie GIRLFRIENDS, and a second semi-autobiographical
piece entitled HEARTS before writing MR. WONDERFUL. The
film is loosely taken from her life; Polon told reporter
Susan Shapiro that the script for MR. WONDERFUL draws on
her father's attempt to marry off her mother in order to
avoid paying alimony after their divorce!!
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- Attractive Retail Box
- Genre: Comedies,
Comedy, Romance, Self-Discovery
- Rating:
PG (Canadian Home Video Rating)
- Starring:
Matt Dillon, David Barry Gray, William Hurt,
Mary-Louise Parker, Mary Louise Parker, Annabella
Sciorra
- Directed By:
Anthony Minghella
- Release Information:
- Studio: Warner Studios
- Theatrical Release Date: October
15, 1993
- DVD Release Date: February 3, 2004
- Run Time: 99 minutes
- Production Company: Warner Home
Video
- Package Type: Snap Case
- DVD Features:
- Encoding:
Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only).
This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other
countries.
- Aspect Ratio(s):
- Widescreen anamorphic - 1.85:1
- Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
- Available Audio Tracks:
- English (Dolby Digital 2.0
Surround)
-
French (Dolby Digital 2.0
Surround)
- Languages: English and
French
- Closed Captioned:
Yes
- Bonus Features:
- No Extras
- Interactive Features:
- Scene Access
- Interactive Menus
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