The Rewrite
The Rewrite is a 2014 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Marc Lawrence. It stars Hugh Grant as a washed-up screenwriter who begins teaching at Binghamton University, and Marisa Tomei as a single mother with whom the screenwriter finds romance. It began development at Castle Rock Entertainment in October 2012, and filming began in New York in April 2013.
Plot
Keith Michaels is a divorced and depressed screenwriter whose only successful work was Paradise Misplaced, which won the Best Screenplay Award fifteen years ago. Unemployed and low on funds after a long period of unsuccessful pitching, he reluctantly takes up a job teaching screenwriting at Binghamton University in Upstate New York.
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| author | Marc Lawrence |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York |
| director | Marc Lawrence |
| editor | Ken Eluto |
| genre | comedy-drama romance |
| keywords | binghamton university coach confuse depressed depression develop divorce epiphany estranged son flash help jane austen late bloomer manhattan meet nerd nothing reject screenwriting shy shyness single mother solve teach unemployed upstate new york write |
| musicBy | Clyde Lawrence |
| producer | Liz Glotzer Martin Shafer |
| publisher | RLJE Films |
| recordedAt | New York City |
| theme | romantic comedy |