Kate & Leopold
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James Mangold
Meg Ryan
Hugh Jackman
Liev Schreiber
Breckin Meyer
Bradley Whitford
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When two strangers meet in New York City, a century's worth of differences come crashing together. Kate McKay is a modern-day executive, a 21st century woman driven to succeed in the corporate world. Leopold, the Third Duke of Albany, is a charming 19th century bachelor. Each has grown weary of waiting for love. But when a dramatic twist of fate lands Leopold in present-day New York, they must confront the prospect of a love affair 100 years in the making.
Director
James Mangold
Cast
Meg Ryan
Hugh Jackman
Liev Schreiber
Breckin Meyer
Bradley Whitford
Philip Bosco
Ray Seiden
William Sanford
Dennis Rees
Nai Yuan Hu
Mark Ricker
Stan Tracy
Joe Mosso
Brittney Startzman
Viola Davis
John Rothman
Robert Ray Manning Jr.
Russell Di Perna
Martha Madison
Mario R. Ventenilla
Francis Dumaurier
Cole Hawkins
Frank Arcuri
Matthew Sussman
Chazz Menendez
Andrea Barnes
George Hahn
Natasha Lyonne
Jonathan Fried
Brian Letscher
Stephanie Montalvo
Paxton Whitehead
Timothy Metzger
Andrew Jack
Henry Boyle
David Aaron Baker
Michael Shelle
Bill Corsair
Kristen Schaal
Cornelius Patrick Byrne
Josh Stamberg
Stephanie Sanditz
Brandon Parrish
Matthew Beisner
Ebony Jo-ann
Michael Cassady
Kevin Daniels
Arthur Nascarella
Meg Gibson
Charlotte Ayanna
Roma Torre
James Mangold
Spalding Gray
Crew
Thomas Ahlers
Danny Aiello Iii
Amy Andrews
Mary Andrews
Jessica Archer
Max De Armon
Joann Atwood
Curtis Augspurger
Curtis Augspurger
John Baer
Stephen A Baker
Kerry Barden
Ted Barela
Robert Barnett
Eric Bart
Steven Barth
Lisa Beach
Christine Beebe
Andrew Benepe
Mark Bennett
Bill W Benton
Christopher Biggins
Tony Blondal
Tracy Bolt
Charlie Bouis
David Boulton
Daniel Brandes
Terri Brennan
David Brenner
Connie Brink Jr.
Connie Brink
Andrew Buckland
Thomas Buckman
Paul Bucossi
Pete Bucossi
Victor Bucossi
Kristine Bulakowski
Sandra Bullock
Diana E Burton
Gene Buser
Jay Carrado
Stephanie Carroll
Jerry Cetrulo
Victor Chan
Guy Charbonneau
Nicolas Charuet
Michael Chock
Ellen Christiansen
Molly Clayton
Dominick Cocuzzo
Steve Coleman
Buckley Collum
Buckley Collum
Steve Comesky
Stephen Consentino
Stephen Consentino
Joseph Conti
Brian Cooper
John Copeman
Pete Corby
Tom Costabile
Sara Cueva
Gavin Curran
Robert Currie
Alan Dangerio
Marie Davis
Eva Davy
Aaron Dawley
Bob Descaine
Stracy Diaz
Katy Dilkes
Deborah Maxwell Dion
Stuart Dryburgh
Guy Efrat
Gene Engels
Alyson Evans
Roy Farfel
Michael Farrow
Debora Fearon
Armando Fente
Carrie Fisher
Jamie K Fitzpatrick
Brian Fitzsimons
Andrew Fleming
Donald Flick
Mark Friedberg
Charley Furey
John Gallas
Anthony Gamiello
Christopher Gamiello
Dennis Gamiello
Dennis Gamiello
Ellen Gannon
Shannon Blake Gans
Heather Gauntt
Daniel Geary
Howell Gibbens
Peter Gleaves
James Glisson Iii
Harvey Goldberg
Jess Gonchor
Christopher Goode
Christopher Goode
Anthony Gore
Matthew Gratzner
Michael Odell Green
Thomas Gregory
Roman Greller
Lee Grubin
Dan Guachione
Carlos Guerra
Vincent Guisetti
Jeffrey J. Haboush
James Harker
Barbara Harris
Kenneth Harris
Joanna Hartell
Arlene Hellerman
Michael Herlihy
Don J Hewitt
Don Hewitt
Jery Hewitt
Nicholas Hill
Elizabeth Hirsch
Mark S Hoerr
Billy Hopkins
Ian Hunter
Alex Jablonski
Andrew Jack
Josh Jacobs
Zachary Jasie
Lukasz Jogalla
Justin Johnson
Dr. Ken Jones
Pamela Nedd Kahn
Janet Kalas
Henry Kaplan
Karen Kawahara
Bruce Kaye
Kathleen Kearny
Kristen Keck
Stephen M Kelley
Larry Kemp
Rolfe Kent
Elizabeth Kenton
Paul Kinghan
Claire L Kirk
Cathy Konrad
Adam Kreps
Steve Kupp
Rob Landoll
Victoria Lang
Amy Lauritsen
Hoang Le
Hoang Le
Christine Leaman
Keri Lynn Lederman
Iris H. Lemos
Elizabeth Linn
Lily Lodge
Howard London
Miguel Lopez-castillo
Edward W Lowry
James Mah
James Mangold
Nicholas C Mastandrea
Francis J Mcbride
Marilyn Mccoppen
Michael Mccusker
An Mclaughlin
Jack Mclaughlin
Timothy Metivier
John Milcetic
F Ron Miller
Monique Mitchell
Suzanne Mitus-uribe
James Morioka
Kellie Morrison
Kevin Mullins
Bob Murphy
Kip Myers
Don Nace
Ana Nasser
Hilary Niederer
Gretchen O'neal
Gregory Oehler
Donald Oldaker
Kerry Orent
Neil Orlowski
Janine Pesce
Kristie Phillips
Mike Phillips
Patricia Porter
Meryl Poster
Mathew Price
Romano Pugliese
Jodi Michelle Pynn
Robert Pyzocha
John D Quaglia
James Quinn
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Spalding Gray (1941-2004)
Gray was born in Barrington, Rhode Island on June 5, 1941, one of three sons born to Rockwell and Elizabeth Gray. He began pursuing an acting career at Emerson College in Boston. After graduation, he relocated to New York, where he acted in several plays in the late '60s and early '70s. He scored a breakthrough when he landed the lead role of Hoss in Sam Shepard's Off-Broadway hit Tooth of Crime in its 1973 New York premiere. Three years later he co-founded the avant-garde theatrical troupe, The Wooster Group with Willem Dafoe.
It was this period in the late '70s, when he was performing in Manhattan's underground theater circles, did Gray carve out his niche as a skilled monologist. His first formal monologue was about his childhood Sex and Death to the Age 14, performed at the Performing Garage in Manhattan in 1979; next came his adventures as a young university student Booze, Cars and College Girls in 1980; and the following year, he dealt with his chronicles as a struggling actor, A Personal History of the American Theater. These productions were all critical successes, and Gray soon became the darling of a small cult as his harrowing but funny takes on revealing the emotional and psychological cracks in his life brought some fresh air to the genre of performance art.
Although acting in small parts in film since the '70s, it wasn't until he garnered a role in The Killing Fields (1984), that he began to gain more prominent exposure. His experiences making The Killing Fields formed the basis of his one-man stage show Swimming to Cambodia which premiered on Off-Broadway in 1985. Both haunting and humorous, the plainsong sincerity of his performance exuded a raw immediacy and fragile power. Gray managed to relate his personal turmoil to larger issues of morality throughout the play, including absurdities in filmmaking, prostitution in Bangkok (where the movie was shot), and the genocidal reign of the Pol Pot. Gray won an Obie Award - the Off-Broadway's equivalent to the Tony Award - for his performance and two years later, his play was adapted by Jonathan Demme onto film, further broadening his acceptance as a unique and vital artistic talent.
After the success of Swimming to Cambodia, Gray found some work in the mainstream: Bette Midler's fiance in Beaches (1988), a regular part for one season as Fran Drescher's therapist in the CBS sitcom The Nanny (1989-90), a sardonic editor in Ron Howard's underrated comedy The Paper (1994), and a recent appearance as a doctor in Meg Ryan's romantic farce Kate & Leopold (2001). He also had two more of his monologues adapted to film: Monster in a Box (1992) and Gray's Anatomy (1996). Both films were further meditations on life and death done with the kind of biting personal wit that was the charming trademark of Gray.
His life took a sudden downturn when he suffered a frightening head-on car crash during a 2001 vacation in Ireland to celebrate his 60th birthday. He suffered a cracked skull, a broken hip and nerve damage to one foot and although he recovered physically, the incident left him traumatized. He tried jumping from a bridge near his Long Island home in October 2002. Family members, fearing for his safety, and well aware of his family history of mental illness (his mother committed suicide in 1967) convinced him to seek treatment in a Connecticut psychiatric hospital the following month.
Sadly, despite his release, Gary's mental outlook did not improve. He was last seen leaving his Manhattan apartment on January 10, and witnesses had reported a man fitting Gray's description look despondent and upset on the Staten Island Ferry that evening. He is survived by his spouse Kathleen Russo; two sons, Forrest and Theo; Russo's daughter from a previous relationship, Marissa; and two brothers, Rockwell and Channing.
by Michael T. Toole
Spalding Gray (1941-2004)
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Released in United States May 2001
Released in United States on Video November 5, 2002
Released in United States Winter December 25, 2001
Shown at Cannes International Film Festival (market) May 9-20, 2001.
Andy Fleming was previously attached to direct.
Sandra Bullock was previously attached to star.
Began shooting February 20, 2001.
Completed shooting May 22, 2001.
Released in United States May 2001 (Shown at Cannes International Film Festival (market) May 9-20, 2001.)
Released in United States on Video November 5, 2002
Released in United States Winter December 25, 2001