Must Love Dogs

Director:
Gary David Goldberg

Writers (WGA):
Claire Cook (novel)
Gary David Goldberg (screenplay)

Release Date:
29 July 2005 (USA)

Genre:
Comedy | Romance

Cast :
* Diane Lane as Sarah Nolan: Lane took the part because she wanted to do something different from anything she has done recently and wanted to keep the shoot local. She was extremely nervous about any improv that Cusack added to the film. When Cusack tried to make her improv she thought, "I don’t feel that confidence. I start blushing profusely and I get all sweaty and, I don’t know. Old school."[3]
* John Cusack as Jake Anderson: Cusack was about to do another film in Europe but it fell through at the last minute. He met with Goldberg and after reading the script they asked him to be in the film. Impressed with the actors that were already signed on, Cusack thought, "that’s a pretty great pedigree, so I was kind of happy to be asked to join such a great group." Cusack had always wanted to work with Lane and had been following her career for some time.[4]
* Elizabeth Perkins as Carol Nolan: Kyra Sedgwick was originally cast in the part.[5]
* Brad William Henke as Leo: Henke took the role because he "fell in love with the fact that it wasn’t a stereotypical character." The crew did not mind what the character looked like and he was able to play a normal guy.[6]
* Stockard Channing as Dolly
* Christopher Plummer as Bill Nolan
* Ali Hillis as Christine Nolan
* Dermot Mulroney as Bob Connor
* Victor Webster as Eric
* Julie Gonzalo as June

Original Sound Track :
1. Brown Penny
2. When Will I Be Loved
3. The First Cut Is The Deepest
4. Hey There Lonely Girl
5. Don't It Feel Good
6. I Never
7. I'd Rather Be In Love With You
8. Dance All Night
9. Shell
10. What Kind Of Love
11. Prelude And Lara's Theme From Dr...
12. This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)
13. Come On Get Happy
( source : http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Must%20Love%20Dogs%20%2F%20O.S.T.:1922192104 )

Plot :
Dating is never easy. Early in the search for love, people find the golden formula for meeting a soul mate is one part humiliation, two parts aggravation, and a little blind luck thrown in for the fortunate. Today's dating game is a blur of websites, speed lunches and hordes of friends and relatives who know just the wrong person for you.

Thirty-something pre-school teacher Sarah Nolan (Diane Lane) has been divorced for eight months, which is much too long for her co-workers and family to bear. With the best of intentions and only her happiness in mind, Sarah's sisters, Carol (Elizabeth Perkins) and Christine (Ali Hillis), begin lining up less-than-savory potential suitors. Meanwhile, their widowed father, Bill (Christopher Plummer), is way ahead of the curve, having already cornered the market on internet dates, including his new web squeeze, the free-spirited Dolly (Stockard Channing).

Eager to launch her sister's cyber-dating debut, Carol pretends to be Sarah, goes online and puts her profile on perfectmatch.com, with the last line being "Must love dogs." Sarah soon endures a torrent of eager wannabes and one very possible maybe, the handsome and accomplished but surprisingly awkward web date Jake (John Cusack) as well as Bob (Dermot Mulroney), the newly-divorced dad of one of her students, a hot prospect who may prove too good to be true.

As she braves a series of hilariously disastrous mismatches and first dates, Sarah begins to trust her own instincts again and learns that, no matter what, it's never a good idea to give up on love.

Based on the best-selling book by Claire Cook.

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