Katie: Funny, we thought you were our Fred and Ethel Mertz.
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| THE STORY OF US (1999) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Two jilted lovers spend fiften years of marriage together, only to find that they might no longer love each other. In this time they have two children and go through various (dramatic and comical) events that take place in an average marriage. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bruce Willis (Ben Jordan), Michelle Pfeiffer (Katie Jordan), Colleen Rennison (Erin), Jake Sandvig (Josh), Casey Boersma (Josh at Two and a Half), Tim Matheson (Marty), Rob Reiner (Stan), Julie Hagerty (Liza), Rita Wilson (Rachel), Dylan Boersma (Josh at Three), Ken Lerner (Dr. Rifkin), Victor Raider-Wexler (Dr. Hopkins), Albert Hague (Dr. Siegler), Jayne Meadows (Dot), Tom Poston (Harry), Betty White (Lillian), Red Buttons (Arnie), Daniel Henson (Josh at Seven), Tara Blanchard (Erin at Five), Adam Sweibel (Camper), Alan Zweibel (Uncle Shelly), Paul Reiser (Dave), Phil Hawn (Restaurant Patron, uncredited). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CAN A MARRIAGE SURVIVE 15 YEARS OF MARRIAGE? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| DIRECTOR: Rob Reiner (North). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WRITERS: Alan Zweibel and Jessie Nelson. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PRODUCERS: Jessie Nelson, Rob Reiner and Jessie Nelson. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Tammy Glover. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Frank Capra III and Jeffrey Stott. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ORIGINAL MUSIC: Eric Clapton and Marc Shaiman. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FACTS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DISTRIBUTOR: Universal Pictures. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RELEASE DATE: October 13th, 1999 (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| BOX OFFICE OPENING: $9.6 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| QUOTES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BOX OFFICE RESULT: $27.0 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BUDGET: $50 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rachel: You were our Fred and Ethel Mertz! Katie: Funny, we thought you were our Fred and Ethel Mertz. |
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| SHOOTING DATES: November 1998 -- ???????? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CRITICAL COMMENTS | Stan: Love is just lust in disguise, and lust fades, so you damn well better be with someone who can stand you. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "This one gets stuck in a rut pretty early on and has difficulty rising out of it." -- Jay Carr, Boston Globe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rachel: Marriage is the Jack Kevorkian of romance. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| "There is a desperate phoniness about director Rob Reiner's The Story of Us." -- Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Other people's problems can usually get to you after an hour and 45 minutes. But in Rob Reiner's heartstring-plinking comedy The Story of Us, you just might lose interest during the first 10." -- Stephanie Zacharek, Salon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Yet, for its flaws, you really want it to work out, and the strong performances from its leads, some sharp writing and some truly funny and touching moments are clearly beneficial to the overall proceedings." -- Screen It! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "The entire film is a haphazard scrapbook of highs and lows." -- Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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