Hitch (film)

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Hitch

A promotional film poster for Hitch.
Directed by Andy Tennant
Produced by James Lassiter
Will Smith
Teddy Zee
Written by Kevin Bisch
Starring Will Smith
Eva Mendes
Kevin James
Music by George Fenton
Alan Elliott
Cinematography Andrew Dunn
Editing by Troy Takaki
Tracey Wadmore-Smith
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) United States:
February 11, 2005
Running time 118 min.
Country USA
Language English
Budget $70,000,000
Gross revenue Worldwide:
$368.1 million[1]
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Hitch is a 2005 romantic comedy film starring Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James and Amber Valletta. The film is directed by Andy Tennant and written by Kevin Bisch. Smith plays a professional matchmaker, who makes a living teaching men how to woo women.

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[edit] Plot summary

Alex "Hitch" Hitchens (Will Smith) is a professional "date doctor", or consultant as Hitch terms himself, who coaches other men in the art of having the perfect date with the woman of their dreams.

While coaching one of his clients, Albert Brennan (Kevin James), who is smitten with celebrity Allegra Cole (Amber Valletta), Hitch finds himself falling for Sara (Eva Mendes), a gossip columnist who is determined to unmask and ruin the so-called date doctor after one of his "clients" (with whom Hitch refused to work) had a one-night stand with her best friend. However, where Albert and Allegra's relationship continues to progress, Hitch finds that none of his tried and tested methods are working on himself, despite being a master of the art. After Hitch is unmasked, he and Sara break up, and Allegra and Albert follow suit. Finally, Hitch confronts Allegra and convinces her to reunite with Albert, before reconciling with Sara. In the process, he makes the startling discovery that he doesn't really do anything significant, and that most of his customers (particularly Albert) really were successful by just being themselves. In the end, Albert and Allegra get married and celebrate their marriage with Hitch and Sara, who are back together again. Hitch, reflecting on love's unpredictability, addresses the audience in the last line, "Basic principles... There are none."

[edit] Production

The production budget was $70,000,000. Eva Mendes, of Cuban descent, was alleged by Smith to have been the role opposite Smith because the producers were worried about the public’s reaction if the part was given to a White or Black actress.[2] Robinne Lee's character was originally offered to Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai, but could not take the role due to scheduling problems.[3] The working title of the movie was The Last First Kiss, referring a line Hitch delivers to Albert: "This could be her last first kiss." Parts of the movie were filmed in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, at Columbia University.

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[edit] Box office

The movie was a critical and commercial success, holding a 69% "Certified Fresh" approval rating from selected critics, a 61% "Certified Fresh" approval rating from top critics and a 73% "Certified Fresh" approval rating from users on Rotten Tomatoes.com, and ended up grossing $179,495,555 domestically, making it the tenth-highest grossing film of 2005. It also grossed $368,100,420 worldwide and broke Sony's record for best opening weekend for a romantic-comedy film.[4]

[edit] DVD

The DVD release was one of the first movies to employ Sony's ARccOS copy protection. Also available on UMD (Universal Media Disc) for the Sony PSP (PlayStation Portable). A Blu-Ray Disc Edition of the movie is also available.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Box Office Mojo: Hitch
  2. ^ Was race an issue in Hitch casting?. MSNBC (2005-02-23). Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
  3. ^ Aishwarya was almost in Hitch: director. IndiaGlitz.com (2005-04-16). Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
  4. ^ Will Smith's 'Hitch' Tops Box Office, Sets Record For Sony. AllHipHop.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-16.

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Preceded by
Boogeyman		 Box office number-one films of 2005 (USA)
February 13, 2005 – February 20, 2005		 Succeeded by
Diary of a Mad Black Woman