High Fidelity (Original title)
Dates: 2000 (Copyright), April 1999 (Production), 21 July 2000 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirector: Stephen Frears
Synopsis: Comedy drama. Rob Gordon is a man in his 'thirties who is obsessed with pop and rock music, to the exclusion of most other things. When his long-time girlfriend, Laura, decides to leave, Rob tries to take stock of his life. An obsessive list maker, Rob spends most of his time, along with fellow employees at his Championship Vinyl record store, compiling top five lists of songs and singers. However, when Rob finds himself putting together a list of his five more memorable split-ups, he is forced to recall his lost loves, and begins to realise it is about time he grew up.Synopsis: Based on the novel by Nick Hornby, follows the mid-life crisis of a thirty-something record store owner, obsessed with pop and rock music, who has to take stock of his life when his latest long-term girlfriend leaves.
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Subjects: Relationships, Music
Dates: 2000 (Copyright), April 1999 (Production), 21 July 2000 (Release)Countries: USA, United KingdomDirector: Stephen Frears
Synopsis: Comedy drama. Rob Gordon is a man in his 'thirties who is obsessed with pop and rock music, to the exclusion of most other things. When his long-time girlfriend, Laura, decides to leave, Rob tries to take stock of his life. An obsessive list maker, Rob spends most of his time, along with fellow employees at his Championship Vinyl record store, compiling top five lists of songs and singers. However, when Rob finds himself putting together a list of his five more memorable split-ups, he is forced to recall his lost loves, and begins to realise it is about time he grew up.Synopsis: Based on the novel by Nick Hornby, follows the mid-life crisis of a thirty-something record store owner, obsessed with pop and rock music, who has to take stock of his life when his latest long-term girlfriend leaves.
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Subjects: Relationships, Music
Credits
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[originally set to direct]: Mike Newell, ©/Presented by: Touchstone Pictures, Production Company: Working Title Films, In association with: Dogstar Films, New Crime Productions, Author: Top Five Productions, Executive Producer: Mike Newell, Executive Producer: Alan Greenspan, Executive Producer: Liza Chasin, Producer: Tim Bevan, Producer: Rudd Simmons, Co-producer: John Cusack, Co-producer: D.V. Devincentis, Co-producer: Steve Pink, Working Title Executive i/c Production: Jane Frazer, Unit Production Manager: Billy Higgins, Production Co-ordinator: Anne Johns, Working Title Company Co-ordinator: Nina Khoshaba, Assistant Production Co-ordinator: Margaret J. Orlando, New Crime Co-ordinator: Grace Loh, Production Accountant: Joan Altman, Location Manager: Demetra Diamantopoulos, Post-production (Supervisor): Tania Windsor Blunden, Post-production (Consultant): Steeple Post Production Services Ltd, Production Consultant: Dan Koretsky, Assistant Director (1st): Jeffrey Wetzel, Assistant Director (2nd): Aiman Humaideh, Assistant Director (2nd 2nd): Anne Berger, Script Supervisor: Chiemi Karasawa, Casting: Victoria Thomas, Casting (Associate): Kim Coleman, Wendy Weidman, Casting (Chicago): Claire Simon, Casting (Atmosphere): Joan Philo, Casting (ADR Voice): Brendan Donnison, Lyps Inc, Written by: D.V. De Vincentis, Written by [&]: Steve Pink, John Cusack, Written by [and]: Scott Rosenberg, Based upon the book by: Nick Hornby, Director of Photography: Seamus McGarvey, Camera Operator: William J. Nielson Jr, Digital Visual Effects: Double Negative, Special Effects (Co-ordinator): Sam Barkan, Special Effects (Foreman): Don Rio Mcnichols, Graphic Designer: Derrick Kardos, Editor: Mick Audsley, Assistant Editor: Mags Arnold, Production Designer: David Chapman, Production Designer: Thérèse Deprez, Art Director: Nicholas Lundy, Set Decorator: Larry P. Lundy, Property Master: Timothy W. Tiedje, Costume Designer: Laura Cunningham Bauer, Assistant Costume Designer: Margaret Morettini, Costume Supervisor: Jennifer Jobst, Make-up (Key): Jeanne van Phue, Make-up/Hair Design (Iben Hjejle): Naomi Donne, Hair (Key): Laura Connolly, Title Sequences Designed by: Richard Morrison, Fig Productions, Titles Producer: Dena Johnson, Titles Sequence Digital Effects by: Digital Film at The Moving Picture Company, Film Opticals The: The Magic Camera Company, Colour Timer: John Stanborough, Original Music Composed by: Howard Shore, Score Conducted/Arranged by: Howard Shore, Music Supervisor: Kathy Nelson, Music Supervisor: John Cusack, Music Supervisor: D.V. Devincentis, Music Supervisor: Steve Pink, Music Co-ordinator: Doug Dearth, Supervising Music Editor: Mike Higham, Music Editor: Shari Schwartz Johanson, Music Editor: Joe Lisanti, Supervising Production Music Engineer: Joseph Magee, Pre-recorded Music Recorded at: Electric Audio Studios, Pre-record Engineer: Robert Fernandez, Rick Norman, Score Recorded at: Clinton Recording Studios (New York City), Score Engineer: Ed Rak, Gareth Jones, Sound Mixer: Petur Hliddal, [Sound]: Curt Frisk, Boom Operator: Carl Fischer, Utility Sound: Jeffrey A. Williams, Re-recording Mixer: Adrian Rhodes, Assistant Re-recording Mixer: Howard Bargroff, Re-recorded at: De Lane Lea Studios, Supervising Sound Editor: Peter Joly, Dialogue Editor: Danny Longhurst, Foley Artist: Diane Greaves, Foley Artist: Jason Swanscott, Foley Artist: Claire Mahoney, Foley Mixer: Ted Swanscott, Foley Mixer: Terry Isted, Foley Editor: Mike Redfern, Stunt Co-ordinator: Rick Lefevour, Stunt Double (Tim Robbins): Thomas Coe, Stunt Double (John Cusack): Chris Nolte, Soundtrack Available on: Hollywood Records, Dialect Coach: Susan Hegarty
Cast
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John Cusack (Rob Gordon), Iben Hjejle (Laura), Todd Louiso (Dick), Jack Black (Barry), Lisa Bonet (Marie De Salle), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Charlie), Joan Cusack (Liz), Tim Robbins (Ian), Chris Rehmann (Vince), Ben Carr (Justin), Lili Taylor (Sarah), Joelle Carter (Penny), Natasha Gregson Wagner (Caroline), Shannon Stillo (Alison Jr. High), Drake Bell (Rob Jr. High), Laura Whyte (Laura's mom), Sara Gilbert (Anaugh Moss), Rich Talarico (Barry's customer), Matt O'Neill (Beta Band customer), Brian Powell (middle-aged customer), Margaret Travolta (Rob's mom), Jill Peterson (Laura's sister Jo), Dick Cusack (minister), Susan Yoo (19 year old girl), Chris Bauer (Paul), K.K. Dodds (Miranda), Marilyn Dodds Frank (Alison's mom), Duke Doyle (Kevin Bannister), Aaron Himelstein (boy in park), Jonathan Herrington (Chris Thompson), Daniel Lee Smith (rock guy), Leah Gale, David Darlow (mourner), Erik Gundersen (Marco), Bruce Springsteen (himself), Alex Désert (Louis), Alan S. Johnson (man in store), Ian Belknap, Andrew Micheli, Polly Noonan, Philip Rayburn Smith, Michele Graff, Susie Cusack (party guest), Liam Hayes (piano player), Damian Rogers (Green Day girl), Robert A. Villanueva (skateboarder), Joe Spaulding (flea market musician), Scott A. Martin (bartender), Heather Norris (Laura's friend), Beverly D'Angelo ([Too Tan woman]), Harold Ramis ([originally cast])