Alex & Emma
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Rob Reiner
Robert Costanzo
Gigi Bermingham
Francois Giroday
Danica Sheridan
Kate Hudson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Alex Sheldon is an author whose writer's block is the least of his problems--he also happens to be flat broke and owes Cuban loan sharks $100,000. The thugs give Alex an ultimatum: pay up in 30 days or wind up dead. The only way Alex is going to get that kind of money is by finishing his novel, which is currently less than one sentence long. He's got some idea of what he wants the story to be, but he just can't seem to get it out onto paper. Now lacking both inspiration and a laptop, Alex secures the services of opinionated stenographer, Emma Dinsmore, to help him complete the novel and get paid by his publisher in time to save his skin. The story of Adam Shipley soon begins to emerge. The fictional Adam is a romantic young writer who has been hired to tutor the children of Polina Delacroix, a chic, gorgeous French woman in dire financial straits. The story that reveals itself is of the obsessive love that Adam develops for Polina, while ignoring the potential for true love with Polina's au pair, known in successive incarnations as the stern Swede Ylva, Elsa the bawdy German, Eldora the Spanish beauty, and down-to-earth American Anna. Meanwhile, Alex and Emma spend their days and nights working together on the novel. Emma challenges his ideas at every turn, and her initially irritating but undeniably intriguing input begins to influence Alex and his story. Soon, real life begins to imitate art--and art, to imitate life.
Director
Rob Reiner
Cast
Robert Costanzo
Gigi Bermingham
Francois Giroday
Danica Sheridan
Kate Hudson
Jordan Lund
Michael Rapaport
Earl Carroll
Jordi Caballero
Cloris Leachman
Rob Reiner
Erick D Steinway
Alexander Wauthier
David Paymer
Paul Wilson
Lobo Sebastian
Sophie Marceau
Luke Wilson
Rip Taylor
Leili Kramer
Crew
M Gwinn Alderson
Lee Alexander
H. Leah Amir
Neal Anderson
Pete Anthony
Norman Ash
Jeff Atmajian
Roger Baer
Melissa V Barnes
James Basile
Bostic Beard
David Bedusa
Alan Edward Bell
Jennifer M Bell
Lon Bender
Frank Bennett
Paul Birk
Todd Black
Jason Blumenthal
Kathy Bondell
Steve Borgese
Mark Boucher
Bob Bowman
Tim Boyle
Tim Boyle
Philip Braham
Richard M. Brasic
Andi Brittan
Les Brown
Scott Buckwald
Gary Burritt
Erik Butters
Robert C Campion
Adrian Cannon
Frank Capra
Jerry Carr
Ken Carriveau
Bridget Carroll
Michael Cartwright
Jeffrey Caruso
Jeff Case
Melvin G Cavett
Martin Charles
John Ciampa
Vincent Cirilli
Gary Claridge
David W Clark
Angie Lee Cobbs
John T Connor
Lisa Corbin
Brandon Cox
Camilla Cox
Tom Cozza
Ron Crabbe
Scott Crabbe
Jimmy Crawford
Michael A Cruz
Shay Cunliffe
Olivia D'albis
Michael Damski
Sandy De Crescent
Veronica Demartini
David Depalo
Bart Dion
Dennis Dion
Brian Dixon
Mark Dobkousky
Perry Dodgson
Antonin Dvorak
Robert Eber
Don Estes
Donna Evans Merlo
Kristrun Eyjolfsdottir
David Falicki
Diamond Farnsworth
Gavin Finney
Jeremy Fitzgerald
Paul Flinchbaugh
Bill Foley
Michael Frayeh
Michael Frayeh
Douglas Furber
Carlos M Gallardo
Anthony Gaudioz
Mark Gebaur
Nerses Gezalyan
Mike Gillis
Robert J Goldstein
Bob Gorelick
Shari D. Gray
Tom Greene
Alan Greisman
Peter Guber
Tom Hardisty
Bill Hardy
Jess Harnell
Helen Harwell
Robert Hatfield
Paul Hazard
Eric Heavens
Susan Hegarty
Dan Hegeman
Renata Helfman
Fletcher Henderson
James Henderson
Ray Henderson
Rudy Herrera
Chip Herwegh
Ryce Hetherington
Janet Hirshenson
Travis Hjorth
Melissa Hofmann
Chris Hogan
James A Holt
Robert Hunter
Scott Jackson
Jane Jenkins
James P Johnson
J. Stanley Johnston
Christopher Jones
Norah Jones
Pam Jones
Richard Julian
Richard Kamins
Gary Kelly
Jim Keys
Margaret Kibe
Scott Kidner
Alice S. Kim
Alice S. Kim
Kelsey Kimes
Kevin Knoeferl
David Kudell
Jon Kull
John Larena
Clifford Lecuyer
Robert Leighton
Hans Lengsfelder
Keith Lesser
Jeremy Leven
Jeremy Leven
Jeremy Leven
Michelle Lewitt
Amanda Blythe Linder
Stephen Lynd
Cecil Mack
Anna Mackenzie
Megan Malley
Mark L. Mangino
Maeve Mannion
David Marquette
Aaron Marshall
Kimberly R Mccord
Kathy Mccullen
Tim Mchenry
Kerry Lyn Mckissick
Patrick A Mclaughlin
Ted Mehous
Joseph Merhi
Mike Miliotti
David Millen
Andy Molina
Annette Montalvan
James Moriana
Todd Murata
Joe Murton
John Myers
Ron Newburn
Maria Nieves
Serge Nolfield
David Orr
Nancy Patterson
Greg Peregon
David Perez
John Pollard
Bill Pollock
Robert Poto
Ira I Proctor
Michael S Pryor
David Raymond
Richard Read
Rob Reiner
Rob Reiner
Andre Rieu
Robin A Roberts
Marci Rosenberg
Chris Roundtree
Bret Rubin
Mark A Rubin
Juan Murillo Ruiz
Patrick Russ
Claudia Ryan
Rick Ryan
Carl Rydlund
Candice Sabbah
Charles Saldana
Elie Samaha
David Sanfield
Adam Scheinman
Adam Scheinman
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer June 20, 2003
Released in United States on Video December 23, 2003
Project is loosely based on the story behind the creation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's short novel "The Gambler."
Dostoevsky's story was previously filmed as "The Great Sinner" (USA/1949), directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner.
Eastman Kodak Film
Released in United States Summer June 20, 2003
Released in United States on Video December 23, 2003
