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White-collar worker
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In many countries (such as Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States), a white-collar worker is a person who performs professional, managerial, or administrative work. White-collar work may be performed in an office or other administrative setting. Other types of work are those of a blue-collar worker, whose job requires manual labor and a pink-collar worker, whose labor is related to customer interaction, entertainment, sales, or other service-oriented work. Many occupations blend blue, white and pink (service) industry categorizations.[1]
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1 Etymology
2 Demographics
3 Health effects
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Etymology[edit]
The term refers to the white dress shirts of male office workers common through most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Western countries, as opposed to the blue overalls worn by many manual laborers.
The term "white collar" is credited to Upton Sinclair, an American writer, in relation to contemporary clerical, administrative, and management workers during the 1930s,[2] though references to white-collar work appear as early as 1935.
Demographics[edit]
Formerly a minority in the agrarian and early industrial societies, white-collar workers have become a majority in industrialized countries due to modernization and outsourcing of manufacturing jobs.[1]
The blue-collar and white-collar descriptors as it pertains to work dress may no longer be an accurate descriptor as office attire has broadened beyond a white shirt and tie. Employees in office environments may wear a variety of colors, may dress business casual or wear casual clothes altogether. In addition work tasks have blurred. "White-collar" employees may perform "blue-collar" tasks (or vice versa). An example would be a restaurant manager who may wear more formal clothing yet still assist with cooking food or taking customers' orders or a construction worker who also performs desk work.
Office work
Health effects[edit]
Less physical activity among white-collar workers has been thought to be a key factor in increased life-style related health conditions such as fatigue, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, cancer, and heart disease.[3] Workplace interventions such as alternative activity workstations, sit-stand desks, promotion of stair use are among measures being implemented to counter the harms of sedentary workplace environments.[4] A Cochrane systematic review published in 2016 concluded that "at present there is very low quality evidence that sit-stand desks can reduce sitting at work at the short term. There is no evidence for other types of interventions." Also, evidence was lacking on the long term health benefits of such interventions.[5]
See also[edit]
Knowledge worker
Designation of workers by collar color
References[edit]
Notes
^ Jump up to: a b Van Horn, Carl; Schaffner, Herbert (2003). Work in America: M-Z. CA, USA: ABC-Clio Ltd. p. 597. ISBN 9781576076767.
Jump up ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd edition. Electronically indexed online document. White collar, usage 1, first example.
Jump up ^ Schröer, S; Haupt, J; Pieper, C (January 2014). "Evidence-based lifestyle interventions in the workplace--an overview". Occupational Medicine. 64 (1): 8–12. doi:10.1093/occmed/kqt136. PMID 24280187. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
Jump up ^ Commissaris, DA; Huysmans, MA; Mathiassen, SE; Srinivasan, D; Koppes, LL; Hendriksen, IJ (18 December 2015). "Interventions to reduce sedentary behavior and increase physical activity during productive work: a systematic review". Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health. 42: 181–91. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3544. PMID 26683116. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
Jump up ^ Shrestha, N; Kukkonen-Harjula, KT; Verbeek, JH; Ijaz, S; Hermans, V; Bhaumik, S (17 March 2016). "Workplace interventions for reducing sitting at work". The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 3: CD010912. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD010912.pub3. PMID 26984326. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
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Further reading
Mills, Charles Wright. White Collar: the American Middle Classes, in series, Galaxy Book[s]. New York: Oxford University Press, 1956. N.B.: "First published [in] 1951."
External links[edit]
Look up white-collar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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Into the Wild (film)
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Into the Wild
Theatrical poster
Directed by
Sean Penn
Produced by
Sean Penn
Art Linson
Bill Pohlad
Screenplay by
Sean Penn
Based on
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
Starring
Emile Hirsch
Marcia Gay Harden
William Hurt
Jena Malone
Catherine Keener
Brian Dierker
Vince Vaughn
Zach Galifianakis
Kristen Stewart
Hal Holbrook
Music by
Michael Brook
Kaki King
Eddie Vedder
Cinematography
Eric Gautier
Edited by
Jay Cassidy
Production
company
Paramount Vantage[1]
River Road Entertainment[1]
Square One C.I.H.[1]
Linson Film[1]
Distributed by
Paramount Vantage[1]
Release date
September 21, 2007 (2007-09-21)
Running time
148 minutes[2]
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$56.3 million[3]
Into the Wild is a 2007 American biographical survival film written, co-produced, and directed by Sean Penn. It is an adaptation of Jon Krakauer's 1996 nonfiction book of the same name, based on the travels of Christopher McCandless across North America and his experiences in the Alaskan wilderness in the early 1990s. The film stars Emile Hirsch as McCandless, and Marcia Gay Harden and William Hurt as his parents, and features Jena Malone, Catherine Keener, Vince Vaughn, Kristen Stewart, and Hal Holbrook.
The film premiered during the 2007 Rome Film Fest and later opened outside Fairbanks, Alaska on September 21, 2007. It was nominated for two Golden Globes and won the award for Best Original Song: "Guaranteed" by Eddie Vedder. It was also nominated for two Academy Awards, namely Best Editing and Best Supporting Actor: Hal Holbrook.[4]
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Filming
4 Release
4.1 Critical reception
4.1.1 Top ten lists
4.2 Awards
4.2.1 Winnings
4.2.2 Nominations
4.3 Box office
4.4 Home media
5 Soundtrack
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Plot[edit]
In April 1992, Christopher McCandless arrives in a remote area just north of the Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Noting Chris' unpreparedness, the stranger who drops him off lends him a pair of boots. Chris travels into the wilderness and sets up a campsite in an abandoned city bus, which he calls "The Magic Bus". At first, McCandless is content with the isolation, the beauty of nature around him, and the thrill of living off the land. He hunts with a .22 caliber rifle, reads books, and keeps a diary of his thoughts as he prepares himself for a new life in the wild.
Two years earlier, in May 1990, McCandless graduates with high honors from Emory University. Shortly afterwards, McCandless rejects his conventional life by destroying all of his credit cards and identification documents. He donates nearly all of his savings to Oxfam and sets out on a cross-country drive in his Datsun B210 to experience life in the wilderness. McCandless does not tell his parents, Walt and Billie McCandless, or his sister Carine what he is doing or where he is going. He refuses to keep in touch with them after his departure, causing his parents to become increasingly anxious and eventually desperate.
At Lake Mead, McCandless' car is caught in a flash flood, causing him to abandon it and begin hitchhiking. He burns what remains of his cash and assumes a new name: "Alexander Supertramp." In Northern California, McCandless encounters a hippie couple named Jan Burres and Rainey. Rainey tells McCandless about his failing relationship with Jan, which McCandless helps rekindle. In September, McCandless arrives in Carthage, South Dakota and works for a contract harvesting company owned by Wayne Westerberg. He is forced to leave after Westerberg is arrested for satellite piracy.
McCandless then travels on the Colorado River and, though told by park rangers that he may not kayak down the river without a license, ignores their warnings and paddles downriver until he eventually arrives in Mexico. There, his kayak is lost in a dust storm, and he crosses back into the United States on foot. Unable to hitch a ride, he travels on freight trains to Los Angeles. Not long after arriving, however, he starts feeling "corrupted" by modern civilization and decides to leave. Later, he is forced to resume hitchhiking, after being beaten by railroad police.
In December 1991, McCandless arrives at Slab City, in the Imperial Valley, and encounters Jan and Rainey again. There, he also meets Tracy Tatro, a teenage girl who shows interest in McCandless, but he rejects her because she is underage. After the holidays, McCandless decides to continue heading for Alaska. One month later, camping near Salton City, McCandless encounters Ron Franz, a retired man who recounts the story of the loss of his family in a car accident while he was serving in the United States Army. He now occupies his time in a workshop as an amateur leather worker. Franz teaches McCandless the craft of leatherwork, resulting in the making of a belt that details McCandless' travels. After spending two months with Franz, McCandless decides to leave for Alaska, despite this upsetting Franz, who has become quite close to McCandless. On a parting note, Franz gives McCandless his old camping and travel gear, along with the offer to adopt him as his grandchild, but McCandless simply tells him that they should discuss this after he returns from Alaska.
Four months later, at the abandoned bus, life for McCandless becomes harder, and he begins to make poor decisions. As his supplies begin to run out, he realizes that nature is also harsh and uncaring. McCandless concludes that true happiness can only be found when shared with others, and he seeks to return from the wild to his friends and family. However, he finds that the stream he had crossed during the winter has become wide, deep, and violent due to the snow thaw, and he is unable to cross. Saddened, he returns to the bus. In a desperate act, McCandless is forced to gather and eat roots and plants. He confuses similar plants and eats a poisonous one, falling sick as a result. Slowly dying, he continues to document his process of self-realization and imagines his family for one last time. He writes a farewell to the world and crawls into his sleeping bag to die. Two weeks later, his body is found by moose hunters. Shortly afterwards, Carine returns to Virginia with her brother's ashes in her backpack.
Cast[edit]
Emile Hirsch as Chris McCandless
Marcia Gay Harden as Billie McCandless
William Hurt as Walt McCandless
Jena Malone as Carine McCandless
Catherine Keener as Jan Burres
Hal Holbrook as Ron Franz
Brian H. Dierker as Rainey
Kristen Stewart as Tracy Tatro
Vince Vaughn as Wayne Westerberg
Zach Galifianakis as Kevin
Thure Lindhardt as Mads
Signe Egholm Olsen as Sonja
Merritt Wever as Lori
Jim Gallien as Himself
Leonard Knight as Himself
R. D. Call as Bull
Cheryl Harrington as social worker
Production[edit]
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Filming[edit]
The scenes of graduation from Emory University in the film were shot in the fall of 2006 on the front lawn of Reed College. Some of the graduation scenes were also filmed during the actual Emory University graduation on May 15, 2006.[5] The Alaska scenes depicting the area around the abandoned bus on the Stampede Trail were filmed 50 miles (80 km) south of where McCandless actually died, in the tiny town of Cantwell. Filming at the actual bus would have been too remote for the technical demands of a movie shoot.[6] A replica bus used in the movie is now a tourist attraction at a restaurant in Healy, Alaska.[7]
Release[edit]
Critical reception[edit]
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The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 82% of 194 reviews of the film were positive, resulting in a "Certified Fresh" rating. Its consensus read: "With his sturdy cast and confident direction, Sean Penn has turned a complex work of nonfiction like Into the Wild into an accessible and poignant character study."[8] Metacritic assigned the film an average score of 73 out of 100 based on 38 reviews from mainstream critics.[9]
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film four stars out of four and described it as "spellbinding." Ebert wrote that Emile Hirsch gives a "hypnotic performance," commenting: "It is great acting, and more than acting." Ebert added, "The movie is so good partly because it means so much, I think, to its writer-director, Sean Penn."[10]
The American Film Institute listed the film as one of ten AFI Movies of the Year for 2007.[11][12]
National Board of Review named it one of the Top Ten Films of the Year.[13]
Into the Wild also ranks 473rd in Empire magazine's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time.[14]
Top ten lists[edit]
The film appeared on many critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2007.[15]
1st: Ben Lyons, The Daily 10[16]
2nd: Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post[15]
2nd: Tasha Robinson, The A.V. Club[15]
3rd: James Berardinelli, ReelViews[15]
3rd: Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times[15]
3rd: Peter Travers, Rolling Stone[17]
4th: Kyle Smith, New York Post[15]
5th: Claudia Puig, USA Today[15]
5th: David Germain, Associated Press[18]
5th: Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal[15]
6th: Carrie Rickey, The Philadelphia Inquirer[15]
6th: Steven Rea, The Philadelphia Inquirer[15]
7th: A.O. Scott, The New York Times (tied with The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)[15]
7th: Noel Murray, The A.V. Club[15]
9th: Christy Lemire, Associated Press[18]
10th: Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times[19]
Awards[edit]
Winnings[edit]
65th Golden Globe Awards[20]
Best Original Song – Motion Picture ("Guaranteed")
Gotham Awards
Best Feature Film
Mill Valley Film Festival
Best Actor (Emile Hirsch)
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Director of the Year Award (Sean Penn)
Rising Star Award Actor (Emile Hirsch)
National Board of Review
Breakthrough Performance – Male (Emile Hirsch)
Rome Film Festival
Jury Award (William Pohlad), (Art Linson), (Sean Penn)
São Paulo International Film Festival
Best Foreign Language Film (Sean Penn)
Italian Online Movie Awards
Best Motion Picture Of The Year
Best Motion Picture soundtrack
Nominations[edit]
80th Academy Awards[21]
Best Supporting Actor (Hal Holbrook)
Best Film Editing (Jay Cassidy)
65th Golden Globe Awards[22]
Best Original Score – Motion Picture (Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder)
American Cinema Editors
Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic (Jay Cassidy)
Broadcast Film Critics Association
Best Film
Best Actor (Emile Hirsch)
Best Supporting Actor (Hal Holbrook)
Best Supporting Actress (Catherine Keener)
Best Director (Sean Penn)
Best Writer (Sean Penn)
Best Song ("Guaranteed")
34th César Awards
Best Foreign Film
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Best Picture
Best Screenplay – Adapted (Sean Penn)
Best Supporting Actor (Hal Holbrook)
Directors Guild of America Awards
Best Director – Film (Sean Penn)
Cinema Audio Society
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures
Costume Designers Guild Awards
Excellence in Costume Design for Film – Contemporary
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
Best Foreign Film – English Language (Sean Penn)
Grammy Awards
Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media ("Guaranteed")
Gotham Awards
Breakthrough Award (Emile Hirsch)
Satellite Awards
Best Original Song ("Rise")
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Emile Hirsch)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Hal Holbrook)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Catherine Keener)
USC Scripter Award
USC Scripter Award (Sean Penn) (screenwriter), (Jon Krakauer) (author)
Writers Guild of America Awards
Best Adapted Screenplay (Sean Penn)
Box office[edit]
In North America, Into the Wild initially opened in limited release, in four theaters and grossed $212,440, posting a per-theater average of $53,110. For the next several weeks, the film remained in limited release until it expanded to over 600 theaters on October 19, 2007; in its first weekend of wide release, the film grossed just $2.1 million for a per-theater average of $3,249. As of December 25, 2008, the film grossed $18,354,356 domestically and $37,281,398 internationally. In total, the film has grossed $55,635,754 worldwide.[23]
Home media[edit]
Into the Wild was released on March 4, 2008 on standard DVD,[24] Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition DVD,[25] and standard HD DVD.[26] The special edition DVD and HD DVD contain two special features entitled The Story, The Characters and The Experience. The Blu-ray Disc edition was released in France on July 16, 2008.[27] The Blu-ray edition for the US was released on December 16, 2008.[28]
Soundtrack[edit]
Main article: Into the Wild (soundtrack)
The songs on the soundtrack were performed by Eddie Vedder, lead singer of Pearl Jam, and Jerry Hannan. Vedder won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song for the song "Guaranteed". The score was written and performed by Michael Brook and Kaki King. The music at the end of the theatrical trailer is "Acts of Courage" by X-Ray Dog, a company that supplies music for many movie trailers. Eddie Vedder said whilst writing the songs on the album "I spent three days giving him (Sean Penn) colors that I could paint with. Different sounds. It would be pump organ and vocal, or it would be an uptempo song. I just gave him 25 minutes of music, stuff I felt that were colors on the palette. And I really didn’t think anything was gonna come out of it. Maybe a little piece or something".[29]
"Hard Sun" (Eddie Vedder and Corin Tucker)
"Society" (Eddie Vedder and Jerry Hannan)
"No Ceiling" (Eddie Vedder)
"Rise" (Eddie Vedder)
"Long Nights" (Eddie Vedder)
"The Wolf" (Eddie Vedder)
"Guaranteed" (Eddie Vedder)
"Going Up The Country" (Canned Heat)
"King of the Road" (Roger Miller)
"Emory and Old St. Andrews March" (The Atlanta Pipe Band)
"U Can't Touch This" (M.C. Hammer)
"The Water Ran This Way Back and Forth" (Pedro)
"I Thought I Was You" (Kelly Peterson)
"Kaa" (Claude Chaloub)
"Fork And File" (The Crooked Jades)
"Dakota Themes" (Peter Ostroushko)
Slab Song (Everett 'Insane Wayne' Smith)
"Tracy's Song" (Kristen Stewart)
"Angel from Montgomery" (Kristen Stewart and Emile Hirsch)
"Picking Berries" (Gustavo Santaolalla)
"Porterville" (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
See also[edit]
Survival film, about the film genre, with a list of related films
The Call of the Wild, a 2007 documentary about McCandless made by Ron Lamothe.
Vagabond (film)
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Into the Wild". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
Jump up ^ "View Title". classification.gov.au.
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Bridget Jones's Baby
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Bridget Jones's Baby
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Directed by
Sharon Maguire
Produced by
Tim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Debra Hayward
Screenplay by
Helen Fielding
Dan Mazer
Emma Thompson
Based on
Characters
by Helen Fielding
Starring
Renée Zellweger
Colin Firth
Patrick Dempsey
Jim Broadbent
Gemma Jones
Emma Thompson
Music by
Craig Armstrong
Cinematography
Andrew Dunn
Edited by
Melanie Ann Oliver
Production
companies
StudioCanal
Miramax
Perfect World Pictures
Working Title Films
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release date
5 September 2016 (2016-09-05) (London)
16 September 2016 (2016-09-16) (US/UK)
5 October 2016 (2016-10-05) (France)
Running time
123 minutes[1]
Country
United Kingdom
United States
France
Language
English
Budget
$35 million[2]
Box office
$212 million[2]
Bridget Jones's Baby is a 2016 romantic comedy film directed by Sharon Maguire and written by Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer and Emma Thompson, based on the fictional columns by Fielding. It is the third film in the franchise and a sequel to 2004 film Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. The film stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones, who after becoming pregnant is unsure if Mark Darcy (Colin Firth, also reprising his role) or Jack Qwant (Patrick Dempsey) is the father.[3]
Filming began on 2 October 2015 in London, England. The film was released theatrically on 16 September 2016 in the United Kingdom and United States and on 5 October in France. It received generally positive reviews and grossed over $211 million worldwide.
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
3.1 Filming
3.2 Music
4 Release
5 Reception
5.1 Box office
5.2 Critical response
6 Awards and nominations
7 References
8 External links
Plot[edit]
On her 43rd birthday, Bridget Jones is awoken by her mother who reminds her that her time to have children is running out. She goes to attend the funeral of Daniel Cleaver, who is presumed dead after a plane crash. While there she sees her ex, Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), and his new wife. They bump into one another somewhat awkwardly and then go their separate ways.
Bridget now works as a television producer and is close friends with the anchor of the show she runs, Miranda (Sarah Solemani), who offers to take her out for her birthday. Bridget turns down her offer to spend time with her old group of friends, but is heartbroken when they cancel on her due to commitments to their children.
Deciding to celebrate her single life Bridget accepts Miranda's offer to take her away for the weekend. They go to a music festival where Miranda challenges her to sleep with the first man she meets. Falling in the mud, Bridget is helped out by a random stranger. After attending an Ed Sheeran concert a drunk Bridget crawls into a yurt she thinks belongs to her and Miranda, but actually belongs to the handsome stranger she met earlier. The two have sex and in the morning Bridget makes her escape. The stranger returns disappointed that she is gone.
Returning home Bridget goes to the christening of Jude's youngest child where she is the godmother and Mark has been asked to be the godfather. Mark tells her that he and his wife are planning on divorcing and Bridget has sex with him. When Mark reveals he is travelling the next day Bridget is reminded that he had always put work before their relationship and leaves in the morning before he wakes up, leaving behind a note telling him that reconnecting with him is too painful.
Bridget finds that she is gaining weight. Shazzer suggests that Bridget might be pregnant, especially when she realises that Bridget used old, expired condoms when having sex. Taking a pregnancy test at work, Bridget confirms she is pregnant and decides that she wants to keep the baby as it is her last chance to have a child.
After a visit to the obstetrician and gynecologist, Dr. Rawlings, she realises that she does not know who the father is and doesn't even have a way of contacting Jack, the handsome stranger. However Miranda spies him on TV where they realise that Jack Qwant is a billionaire and the inventor of a dating site that has an algorithm to match couples together. Miranda conspires with Bridget to have Jack on the show to take hair samples so that Bridget will be able to test it against the DNA of her baby to either confirm or eliminate Jack as the father. At the taping the hair and makeup artist is able to nab samples of Jack's hair for Bridget but Jack recognises Bridget, and she decides to tell him that she is pregnant and that he is the father, without mentioning Mark Darcy. Initially taken aback Jack decides to throw himself into the role of supporting Bridget.
Feeling things are going too quickly with Jack, Bridget decides to go forward and tell Mark. However Mark is so thrilled at the news that he is about to be a father that Bridget does not tell him about Jack. Bridget also decides not to go forward with testing the DNA while her child is still in the womb as she is terrified by the possibility that she might miscarry. She persuades Dr. Rawlings to go through appointments twice, once with Jack and another time with Mark.
Bridget invites Jack to a work event and is startled when Mark shows up as well. The two men immediately take a liking to one another, finding the other's accomplishments impressive. They go out to dinner where Bridget finally comes clean and tells them that she is unsure who the father is. Jack takes the news well, telling Bridget that the child is the priority. Mark Darcy is upset and walks out of the restaurant.
At an ante-natal class, Jack arrives early and Bridget is gratified when Mark shows up as well. Jack and Mark are mistaken for a gay couple with Bridget as their surrogate, much to Mark's discomfort and Jack's amusement. Mark is also jealous at the easy rapport that Jack has with Bridget and his warmth in taking care of her.
Bridget experiences cramps and goes to the hospital, taking Jack with her as she is unable to reach Mark. When at last Mark arrives he is upset to see the two laughing together and embracing. Mark and Jack fight and Bridget sends them out of the room. Outside, Jack implies that he and Bridget had sex without condoms, making Mark realise that he is less likely to be the father. He leaves once again.
Bridget continues to prepare for the arrival of her baby, now with only Jack by her side. They have a discussion where he asks her to move in with him and confesses that life for him is lonely. Bridget asks him what will happen if Mark is the father and he tells her he will need to re-evaluate their relationship if that is the case. He also confesses that the reason Mark has been absent is because Jack heavily implied that Mark was unlikely to be the father. An upset Bridget goes to talk to Mark, but sees his wife arriving at his house and decides to let him be.
At nine months, Bridget quits her job rather than being fired for numerous gaffes and unprofessional mishaps, notably inviting a guest onto the show with the sole intent of obtaining a sample of his DNA, live broadcasting bare arses during the launch event of a public news-gathering initiative and mixing up a guest with his chauffeur. Unemployed, exhausted, and hungry, she goes out shopping but has her card eaten by a cashpoint and locks herself out of the bank lobby, leaving her keys and her food inside. When no one buzzes her up to her building she stands outside in the rain feeling miserable. Mark arrives and breaks in for her. He informs her that he and his wife are going through with their divorce and she was only there to pick up the last of her things. Just as they are about to kiss Bridget's water breaks. When his phone rings for work he throws it out the window in a romantic gesture, which leaves them without a means to call transport to the hospital. They enlist the help of a local restaurant to get them to hospital, but a traffic jam due to protests forces them to walk. Overtaken by contractions Bridget cannot walk and Mark offers to carry her, but almost collapses. Jack arrives just in time and the two of them get Bridget to the hospital.
During labour both Mark and Jack try to help Bridget. However, during labour Bridget accidentally punches Jack in the nose. She also reaches to Mark for comfort and he reassures her that she can get through labour and he will love her no matter whether the child is his or not, while sustaining an agonising bite to the wrist by Bridget. While Jack and Mark wait outside, Jack apologises to Mark for his behaviour and Mark accepts. Bridget gives birth to a boy and all of Bridget's friends and relatives come to visit her in the delivery room. Meanwhile, Dr. Rawlings has both men come with her to perform the DNA test. After having bonded for the last 6 months Mark and Jack each wish each other luck.
A year later Bridget prepares to be married. At the altar she is greeted by Jack, holding her son, and then moves forward to marry Mark Darcy. After the wedding Mark and Jack, now friends, head to the reception together, while Bridget carries her and Mark's son, William.
A newspaper lying on a bench reveals that Daniel Cleaver has been found alive in the woods in the wreckage of the plane.
Cast[edit]
Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones
Colin Firth as Mark Darcy QC
Patrick Dempsey as Jack Qwant
Sally Phillips as Sharon "Shazzer"
James Callis as Tom
Shirley Henderson as Jude
Sarah Solemani as Miranda
Neil Pearson as Richard Finch
Emma Thompson as Doctor Rawlings
Jim Broadbent as Mr. Colin Jones
Ben Willbond as Giles
Gemma Jones as Mrs. Pamela Jones
Celia Imrie as Una Alconbury
Jessica Hynes as Magda
Kate O'Flynn as Alice Peabody
Joanna Scanlan as Cathy
James Faulkner as Uncle Geoffrey
Katia Elizarova as Glamorous ex
Ed Sheeran as himself
Erron Gordon as Breakfast TV Show Director
Production[edit]
In July 2009, Variety announced that a third instalment of the Bridget Jones films was in the early stages of development. Working Title Films confirmed that it would not be based on Helen Fielding's third Bridget Jones novel, but instead would be based on the columns she wrote for The Independent in 2005.[4][5] On 1 March 2011, it was reported that both Renée Zellweger and Colin Firth were interested in reprising their roles.[6] In July 2011, Paul Feig was in final talks to direct the film based on the script by author Fielding.[7] On 11 August 2011, Universal Studios and Working Title greenlit the third film.[8] On 4 October 2011, Deadline reported that Feig had exited the project due to creative differences with Working Title, and Feig had also worked on the recent draft of the script.[9][10] Production was slated to begin in January 2012 with the returning cast including Zellweger, Firth, and Hugh Grant.[9] On 30 November 2011, Peter Cattaneo came on board to direct the sequel, newly titled "Bridget Jones's Baby" from a script by Fielding, Feig, and David Nicholls.[11] Producers on board were Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title, along with Jonathan Cavendish of Little Bird.[11] On 3 February 2012, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that the production had been delayed due to creative differences between the script of the film and actors, especially Grant as he disliked the script and reportedly exited the project, though this was denied by producer Bevan.[10] However, the producer confirmed that they were working on the script and the film would be made as planned.[10]
In April 2013, Firth spoke to the Chicago Sun-Times, stating "unfortunately, it might be a bit of a long wait," and he said he "wouldn't say that it's completely dead in the water, but the way it's going, you might be seeing Bridget Jones' granddaughter's story being told by the time we get there."[12] In an interview on 10 October 2014, Grant mentioned an existing script for a sequel, though he also expressed his dislike for it, and stated that he would not star in the third film.[13][14][15] Later in the next week, producers hired Emma Thompson to rewrite the original script written by Fielding and Nicholls.[16]
On 25 June 2015, it was reported that final negotiations for the film were going on and Sharon Maguire, director of the first film would return to direct the third film.[14] Gemma Jones and Jim Broadbent were also in talks to return for the third film to join the cast.[14][17] On 9 September 2015, Patrick Dempsey joined the cast of the film.[18]
Filming[edit]
Set, Windsor Great Park, as Glastonbury
Filming for a short period began in July 2015 in Dublin, where the first scenes for the film were shot at Ed Sheeran's concert at Croke Park.[19][20] Official principal photography with the actual cast began on 2 October 2015 in London.[18][21]
On 13 October 2015, shooting was taking place at Borough Market,[22] and later in October in Windsor Great Park, at Rosy Bottom.[23] On 26 October 2015, filming took place at a church in Oxfordshire.[24]
Filming wrapped up on 27 November 2015.[25] Reshoots took place for one week starting 8 January 2016.[26]
Music[edit]
Main article: Bridget Jones's Baby: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Release[edit]
Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth and Patrick Dempsey in Paris at the film's French premiere, 2016.
In October 2015, Bridget Jones's Baby was set for a 16 September 2016 release.[27][28] On 23 March the first trailer was released.[29] Like the previous two films, the movie received an R rating.[30] Renee Zellweger's physical appearance in the trailer for the film has rekindled a debate about the possibility that Zellweger had plastic surgery, which began in 2014 when she re-emerged from a long hiatus.[31] An editorial focused on the trailer for the film by Variety critic Owen Gleiberman titled "Renee Zellweger: If She No Longer Looks Like Herself, Has She Become a Different Actress?"[32] triggered a firestorm of controversy including responses from Zellweger herself, who called the scrutiny over her appearance "sexist" and attributing her difference in appearance solely to "ageing," and wrote an open essay explaining her response in the weeks before the film's release.[33][34]
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
Bridget Jones's Baby grossed $212 million worldwide, including $24.1 million in the United States and Canada and $60 million in the United Kingdom, against a budget of $35 million.[2]
The film was released in North America on 16 September 2016 and was projected to gross $12–16 million in its opening weekend from 2,927 theaters.[35][36] It made $364,000 from its Thursday night previews and $3 million on its first day.[37] In total, the film made $8.2 million in its opening weekend, falling below projections and scoring the lowest opening of the series.[38]
Internationally, where Universal Pictures handled most of the releases, the film fared better and especially in the U.K. where the previous two installments registered the biggest grossers. It debuted day-and-date in conjuncture with its North American release in 41 countries, including big markets like the UK and Ireland, Russia, Australia, Mexico and Spain in its opening weekend.[35][39] The film will be released in a total of 62 countries.[40][41] It scored the biggest opening day in the franchise in the U.K., the Netherlands and Latin America including Mexico, Panama and Peru, and had No. 1 opening days in the U.K., Australia, Spain, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa and Ukraine.[40] Through Sunday, 18 September, it had an opening weekend of $29.9 million from 39 markets and debuted at No. 1 in 24 of them.[42] It was in second place at the box office, behind A Chinese Odyssey Part Three.[43] It topped the international box office in its second weekend, earning $21.9 million from 47 markets.[44] It recorded the biggest debut in the franchise and had No. 1 openings in certain markets like Australia ($4.2 million), the Netherlands ($1.9 million), Spain ($1.7 million), Iceland and New Zealand and bowed at second place in France ($3.7 million) and Russia ($1.4 million).[42][44][45]
In the United Kingdom and Ireland – the biggest market for the first two films – the film opened on Friday, 16 September, and recorded the biggest comedy/romantic comedy opening day ever, as well as the biggest Working Title and September opening of all time with $4 million at 641 theaters.[40] It went on to score a record breaking £8.11 million ($10.5 million) opening and dominated 57% of the total market share which is the biggest romantic comedy opening weekend ever in the UK; the biggest opening weekend ever for Working Title; and the biggest September launch weekend of all time.[42] Excluding previews, the film has the seventh biggest debut of the year.[46] The film fell just 20% in its second weekend to £6.4 million ($8.3 million)[47] and continued to lead the box office for the third consecutive weekend, despite the influx of a row of competitions.[48] After three straight wins, it was surpassed by The Girl on the Train in its fourth weekend.[45] It broke a number of records including the fastest romantic comedy to earn £30 million, doing so on its seventeenth day (the first film took 31 days and the second film took 24 days).[49] It has so far grossed a total of $54 million there becoming the biggest market outside of North America like its predecessors.[41] Adjusted for inflation it is the lowest-grossing film behind both the films (£73.1 million and £57.8 million respectively).[50]
After 31 days of playing in theaters, the film became the biggest film in the franchise in the United Kingdom with £42.24 million, surpassing the first film's final gross of £42 million. It currently sits as the third biggest film of 2016 behind Finding Dory (£42.25 million) and The Jungle Book (£46.1 million).[51] In Netherlands, it is the highest-grossing Working Title picture of all time with $8.1 million — passing Notting Hill (1999), which held the record for 17 years.[41]
Critical response[edit]
Bridget Jones's Baby received generally positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 77%, based on 188 reviews, with an average rating of 6.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Bridget Jones's Baby might be late on arrival, but fans of the series should still find its third installment a bouncing bundle of joy."[52] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a score 59 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[53] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[54]
Awards and nominations[edit]
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2017 Diversity in Media Awards Movie of the Year Bridget Jones's Baby Nominated
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The Practice Statement [1966] 3 All ER 77[1] was a statement made in the House of Lords by Lord Gardiner LC on July 26, 1966 on behalf of himself and the Lords of Appeal in ordinary, that they would depart from precedent in the Lords in order to achieve justice.
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Background[edit]
Until the year 1966, the House of Lords in the United Kingdom was bound to follow all of its previous decisions under the principle of stare decisis, even if this created "injustice" and "unduly restrict(s) the proper development of the law" (London Tramways Co. v London County Council [1898] AC 375). The Practice Statement 1966 is authority for the House of Lords to depart from their previous decisions. It does not affect the precedential value of cases in lower courts; all other courts that recognise the Supreme Court (formerly the House of Lords) as the court of last resort are still bound by Supreme Court decisions. Before this, the only way a binding precedent could be avoided was to create new legislation on the matter.
A germane example is the case of Anderton v Ryan (1985)[2] where the House of Lords interpreted the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 in such a way as to make the Act virtually ineffective. Only one year later in R v Shivpuri (1986)[3] Lord Bridge (a member of the erroneous majority in Anderton) acknowledged the error and said "the Practice Statement is an effective abandonment of our pretension to infallibility. If a serious error embodied in a decision of this House has been distorted by the law, the sooner it is corrected the better".[4]
By contrast, in Knuller v DPP,[5] Lord Reid, who had previously given a strong dissenting judgment in Shaw v DPP,[6] said while he still disagreed with the majority decision in that case, in the interests of certainty he would not overturn Shaw (even though the Practice Statement had given authority to do so).
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This is the text of the Practice Statement:
“ Their Lordships regard the use of precedent as an indispensable foundation upon which to decide what is the law and its application to individual cases. It provides at least some degree of certainty upon which individuals can rely in the conduct of their affairs, as well as a basis for orderly development of legal rules.
Their Lordships nevertheless recognise that too rigid adherence to precedent may lead to injustice in a particular case and also unduly restrict the proper development of the law. They propose therefore, to modify their present practice and, while treating former decisions of this house as normally binding, to depart from a previous decision when it appears right to do so.
In this connection they will bear in mind the danger of disturbing retrospectively the basis on which contracts, settlement of property, and fiscal arrangements have been entered into and also the especial need for certainty as to the criminal law.
This announcement is not intended to affect the use of precedent elsewhere than in this House.
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— Lord Gardiner's statement in the House of Lords, July 26, 1966.
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Jump up ^ Knuller (Publishing, Printing and Promotions) Ltd. v. DPP [1973] A.C. 435
Jump up ^ Shaw v DPP [1962] AC 220
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