Notting Hill

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When writer Richard Curtis viewed the film for the first time, he found it to be too similar to his [...]	D
During the opening scene where William spills coffee on himself, it wasn't real coffee but Coca Cola [...]	D
Kate Winslet: as an attendee at the press conference.	D
The casting of Hugh Bonneville, Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee, Emma Chambers, and Rhys Ifans as Will's f [...]	D
The Marc Chagall painting featured in the movie, and eventually given to William by Anna, is entitle [...]	D
The rooftop scene in which William and Anna practice her lines for the submarine movie was shortened [...]	D
(at around 1h 20 mins) In a strange coincidence, William says, "Meat Loaf has a very nice pair," whe [...]	D
In the final shot of the movie, where they have found their own bench on which to grow old together, [...]	D
As he explains in the published screenplay, in Richard Curtis's original conception of the story, Ho [...]	D
Richard Curtis repeatedly listened to "Downtown Train" by Everything But The Girl while writing the [...]	D
(at around 6 mins) The film features the book Istanbul: The Imperial City (1996) by John Freely. Wil [...]	D
Marc Chagall was a modernist painter who was also known for his work in stained glass, tapestry, and [...]	D
The bench used in the final scene is a Hoggman Buckingham four-seater, which continues to be a popul [...]	D
Mike Newell was approached but rejected it to work on Falso tracciato (1999). He said that in commer [...]	D
(at around 38 mins) When Bernie, unaware of Anna's level of fame, asks her how much she made in her [...]	D
(at around 1h 40 mins) Despite Thacker's protestations, it seems that his store does not just sell [...]	D
(at around 19 mins) Before Anna and William meet in the book store again, a man asks William if he h [...]	D
At the time of production and release, both Polygram Filmed Entertainment and Polygram Music were co [...]	D
The movie was remade in Hindi (Bollywood) as Quando torna l'amore (2006).	D
Interior scenes were the last to be filmed, at Shepperton Studios.	D
(at around 1h 13 mins) The newspaper that William is reading while Anna mentions the size of his fee [...]	D
Alec Baldwin: (at around 55 mins) as Jeff King, Anna Scott's American boyfriend.	D
Throughout the movie, Anna never says William's name, either in conversation, or when addressing him [...]	D
Hugh Grant, in jest, was critical about kissing Julia Roberts because of her large mouth. He said sh [...]	D
(at around 1h 20 mins) Julia Roberts took issue with paraphrasing Rita Hayworth's famous line, "They [...]	D
Stuart Craig, the production designer, was pleased to do a contemporary film, saying "we're dealing [...]	D
The house with the blue door used in the movie was sold the year following the release of the movie. [...]	D
The location manager Sue Quinn, described finding locations and getting permission to film as "a mam [...]	D
Matthew Modine: (at around 17 mins) as Anna's costar in the black-and-white movie that William and S [...]	D
The shots in the lobby of the Ritz were actually filmed at the Ritz, but between 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 [...]	D
Anthony Minghella was originally meant to direct.	D
Richard Curtis chose Notting Hill as the movie's setting as he lived there and knew the area, saying [...]	D
(at around 18 mins) The fictional Anna Scott/Matthew Modine film William and Spike are watching, des [...]	D
(at around 1h 15 mins) As William and Anna are walking up the stairs after sitting eating ice cream [...]	D
Omid Djalili plays the Cashier at the Coffee Shop (uncredited). He was filming La mummia (1999) at t [...]	D
Humorously enough, "Rufus the Thief," who attempts to steal a book from William's book shop early in [...]	D
(at around 10 mins) There is a reference in the movie to actor Topol, who shares the same birthday w [...]	D
When he was being interviewed on The Howard Stern Show (1990), Hugh Grant knew the film was going to [...]	D
(at around 1h 30 mins) Mention of Anna Scott winning an Oscar may be providence as Julia Roberts won [...]	D
During their first meeting in the bookshop, the background street scene shows some distinctivel [...]	D
The real Travel Bookshop had a sign in its window saying, "We're almost famous." It would sell non-t [...]	D
One of the final scenes takes place at a film premiere, which presented difficulties. Roger Michell [...]	D
Richard Curtis developed the film from thoughts while lying awake at night. He described the startin [...]	D
(at around 1h 28 mins) The long shot where William Thacker walks through Notting Hill during summer, [...]	D
David Threlfall was seen for a part for this project.	D
The film features the 1950 Marc Chagall painting La MariÃ©e. Anna sees a print of the painting in [...]	D
Art Malik was offered a major role.	D
(at around 3 mins) There is some stained glass in the film which features the likeness of MTV charac [...]	D
The house with the blue door where William lives is a real residence; it once belonged to this movie [...]	D
The final cut was 3.5 hours long; 90 minutes was edited out for release.	D
(at around 56 mins) Richard Curtis previously dated Anne Jenkin, before her marriage to Bernard Jenk [...]	D
Thacker's bookshop was actually an antiques shop in real life, next to a butcher. One or two doors d [...]	D
Comedian Sally Phillips had a small role as a dog walker, but it was cut from the final film.	D
(at around 53 mins) The bit where Anna Scott tells off the diners in the restaurant was not in the s [...]	D
The blue door was auctioned at Christie's Film and Entertainment sale in London. Soon after, graffit [...]	D
According to Richard Curtis, Anna Scott was a hybrid of Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn.	D
Many of the shots of Julia Roberts used in the opening credits came from the show Entertainment Toni [...]	D
(at around 1h 28 mins) In the beginning of the long take through the seasons a pregnant woman is see [...]	D
(at around 53 mins) When they are out having dinner and Anna tells off the men she overhears talking [...]	D
The park bench used in this film now 'lives' in Queens Gardens in East Perth, Western Australia. Aft [...]	D
Nicole Kidman was considered for Anna Scott.	D
Director Roger Michell and writer Richard Curtis both said Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts were the fir [...]	D
According to Richard Curtis, while going through candidates to play Julia Roberts's husband, she poi [...]	D
This movie would become Hugh Grant's highest grossing release as of December 2002, having earned $36 [...]	D
Hugh Grant walked around the set complaining that Julia Roberts' voice was "significantly lower" tha [...]	D
Julia Roberts was the "one and only" choice for the role, although Roger Michell and Duncan Kenworth [...]	D
There is a chain on the outside of Spike's door, so he could conceivably be locked in rather than ha [...]	D
The decision to cast Hugh Grant was unanimous, as he and Richard Curtis had a "writer/actor marriage [...]	D
The Henry James movie in which Anna stars is based on James's novella "The Siege of London", as indi [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2002 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 top 1 [...]	D
(at around 1h 55 mins) At William and Anna's wedding at the end of the film, their wedding cake inco [...]	D
Roger Michell was worried, "that Hugh and Julia were going to turn up on the first day of shooting o [...]	D
In the first scene inside the house in Notting Hill, William (Hugh Grant) opens the cupboard. On the [...]	D
(at around 1h 55 mins) The book William reads as he sits on the park bench at the end of the movie i [...]	D
(at around 38 mins) During the birthday dinner scene, Anna Scott is asked how much she made on her l [...]	D
Has a similar theme to Quattro matrimoni e un funerale (1994), in that Hugh Grant's character falls [...]	D
Most of Ann Beach's part was deleted.	D

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