"a worldwide gross of US$363,889,678. It totalled US$27.7 million over its opening weekend, an American record, the biggest opening for a romantic comedy film, beating ""My Best Friend's Wedding"" (which also starred Julia Roberts). ""Notting Hill"" made another US$15 million the following week. One month after its release, ""Notting Hill"" lost its record for highest-grossing opening weekend for a romantic comedy film to ""Runaway Bride"" (again starring Roberts). It was the sixteenth highest-grossing film of 1999, and in February 2014 was the 215th highest-grossing film of all time. In 1999, it became the then highest-grossing British film. It opened the"
"Pretty Woman Pretty Woman is a 1990 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall, from a screenplay by J. F. Lawton. The film stars Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, and features Hector Elizondo, Ralph Bellamy (in his final performance), Laura San Giacomo, and Jason Alexander in supporting roles. The film's story centers on down-on-her-luck Hollywood sex worker Vivian Ward, who is hired by Edward Lewis, a wealthy businessman, to be his escort for several business and social functions, and their developing relationship over the course of her week-long stay with him. Originally intended to be a dark cautionary tale"
"Julia Roberts Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress and producer. She became a Hollywood star after headlining the romantic comedy ""Pretty Woman"" (1990), which grossed $464 million worldwide. She has won three Golden Globe Awards (out of eight nominations) and has been nominated for four Academy Awards for her film acting, winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in ""Erin Brockovich"" (2000). Her films have collectively brought box office receipts of over US$2.8 billion, making her one of the most successful actresses in terms of box office receipts. Her most successful films"
"garnered Roberts a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. Julia Roberts filmography Julia Roberts is an American actress director who made her acting debut in the 1987 direct-to-video feature ""Firehouse"". She made her breakthrough the following year by starring in the coming-of-age film ""Mystic Pizza"" (1988). For her supporting role in the comedy-drama ""Steel Magnolias"" (1989), she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Roberts' next role was opposite Richard Gere in the highly successful romantic comedy ""Pretty Woman"" (1990), for which she won the Golden Globe Award"
"of gold. Roberts won the role after Michelle Pfeiffer, Molly Ringwald, Meg Ryan, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Karen Allen, and Daryl Hannah (her co-star in ""Steel Magnolias"") turned it down. The role also earned her a second Oscar nomination, this time as Best Actress, and second Golden Globe Award win, as Motion Picture Best Actress (Musical or Comedy). ""Pretty Woman"" saw the highest number of ticket sales in the U.S. ever for a romantic comedy, and made US$463.4 million worldwide. Roberts starred as one of five students conducting clandestine experiments that produce near-death experiences in the supernatural thriller ""Flatliners"", in 1990."
"the company and as chair of the company's newly formed Advisory Board promoting the use of renewable fuels. She also supports Gucci's ""Chime For Change"" campaign that aims to spread female empowerment. Roberts was the voice of Mother Nature in a 2014 short film for Conservation International, intended to raise awareness about climate change. Julia Roberts Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress and producer. She became a Hollywood star after headlining the romantic comedy ""Pretty Woman"" (1990), which grossed $464 million worldwide. She has won three Golden Globe Awards (out of eight nominations) and has"
"Julia Roberts filmography Julia Roberts is an American actress director who made her acting debut in the 1987 direct-to-video feature ""Firehouse"". She made her breakthrough the following year by starring in the coming-of-age film ""Mystic Pizza"" (1988). For her supporting role in the comedy-drama ""Steel Magnolias"" (1989), she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Roberts' next role was opposite Richard Gere in the highly successful romantic comedy ""Pretty Woman"" (1990), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress (Musical or Comedy). In 1991, she appeared in the psychological thriller ""Sleeping with the Enemy"", and"
"Hackford's ""Everybody's All-American"". Ziskin's success came with the hit comedy ""Pretty Woman"" in 1990, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, that Ziskin executive produced for Touchstone Pictures. The following year was difficult for Ziskin. On ""What About Bob?"", Ziskin and star Bill Murray had spirited disagreements during production. Both that film and ""The Doctor"" were not as strong at the box office as ""Pretty Woman"". A switch to Columbia resulted in Stephen Frears' ""Hero"" in 1992, a loose remake of 1941's ""Meet John Doe"", for which Ziskin both produced and supplied the story. Ziskin directed her first short film in"
"1987. Her first critical success with moviegoers was her performance in the independent film ""Mystic Pizza"" in 1988; that same year, she had a role in the fourth-season finale of ""Miami Vice"". In 1989, she was featured in ""Steel Magnolias"", as a young bride with diabetes, and received both her first Academy Award nomination (as Best Supporting Actress) and first Golden Globe Award win (Motion Picture Best Supporting Actress) for her performance. Roberts became known to worldwide audiences when she starred with Richard Gere in the Cinderella–Pygmalionesque story, ""Pretty Woman"", in 1990, playing an assertive freelance hooker with a heart"
"1988 album ""Look Sharp!"", Touchstone Pictures approached Roxette and their label about contributing a song to the soundtrack of the upcoming romantic comedy release ""Pretty Woman"", starring Richard Gere and then-Oscar nominee Julia Roberts. The film was released in March 1990 and went on to make more than US$460 million at the worldwide box office. The corresponding soundtrack album was also a commercial success, which was certified triple-platinum in the US. The soundtrack went on to sell more than nine million copies worldwide. Dave Sholin from the ""Gavin Report"" wrote about the song: ""Per and Marie are on target again."
"accepted by the Sundance Institute in the late 1980s. Executives at Touchstone Pictures, a division of The Walt Disney Studios, became interested in making the movie. He changed the title to ""Pretty Woman"", and with over $400 million in worldwide box office, the movie became the largest grossing live-action film in Disney history. Directed by Garry Marshall, with Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, the film is a story about Vivian Ward, a prostitute who is hired by a wealthy businessman, Edward Lewis, to be at his beck and call for one week while he is in town on business. Although"
"film was a global box-office hit and is considered to be one of the best romantic comedy films of all time. In 1998, Roberts appeared on ""Sesame Street"" opposite the character Elmo, and starred in the drama ""Stepmom"", alongside Susan Sarandon, revolving around the complicated relationship between a terminally-ill mother and the future stepmother of her children. While reviews were mixed, the film made US$159.7 million worldwide. Roberts paired with Hugh Grant for ""Notting Hill"" (1999), portraying a famous actress falling in love with a struggling book store owner. The film displaced ""Four Weddings and a Funeral"" as the biggest"
"1990 film ""Pretty Woman"", Vivian Ward (played by Julia Roberts) is portrayed as a kind-hearted prostitute. A 2003 episode of ""Firefly"" titled ""Heart of Gold"" has the crew of ""Serenity"" defending a brothel called the Heart of Gold from a wealthy, misogynistic local rancher. Acclaimed Bollywood actor Rani Mukerji plays the hooker with a golden heart in three films. In """", she plays a compassionate courtesan. In ""Laaga Chunari Mein Daag"", she plays a lower middle class woman who turns into a high profile escort. In ""Saawariya"", Mukerji appeared in a small but highly appreciated cameo of a street-smart prostitute"
"about class and sex work in Los Angeles, the film was reconceived as a romantic comedy with a large budget. It was widely successful at the box office and was the third highest-grossing film of 1990. The film saw the highest number of ticket sales in the US ever for a romantic comedy, with Box Office Mojo listing it as the number-one romantic comedy by the highest estimated domestic tickets sold at 42,176,400, slightly ahead of ""My Big Fat Greek Wedding"" (2002) at 41,419,500 tickets. The film received positive reviews, with Roberts's performance being praised, for which she received a"
"two shared relatively little screen time together. ""The Mexican"" earned $66.8 million at the U.S. box office. Her next film, the romantic comedy ""America's Sweethearts"" (also 2001), starred Roberts along with Billy Crystal, John Cusack, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Directed by Joe Roth, the Hollywood farce centers on a supercouple, Gwen and Eddie, who separate when she dumps him for another man. Roberts portrayed Gwen's once-overweight sister and assistant who has been secretly in love with Eddie (Cusack) for years. Reviews of the film were generally unfavorable: critics' felt that despite its famous cast, the movie lacked ""sympathetic characters"" and was"
"at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. In 2010, Roberts co-starred as Grace in the film ""Valentine's Day"" in which her aunt, Julia Roberts also appeared, although they were never together on-screen. She also appeared that year in ""Twelve"" and ""It's Kind of a Funny Story"". The following year, she co-starred in the film adaptation of ""Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac"". She also starred alongside Freddie Highmore in the romantic comedy ""The Art of Getting By"". In 2011, she played the role of Jill Roberts in the Wes Craven film ""Scream 4"". In 2013, Roberts co-starred with John Cusack and"
"they come from different backgrounds and lifestyles, they end up developing a relationship based more on genuine love than money and convenience. ""Pretty Woman"" was a huge success and got Lawton nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award and a British Academy Award for his screenplay. Julia Roberts won a Golden Globe Award for her role and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. Lawton was given an executive producer credit for his next original screenplay, ""Under Siege"", based on his million-dollar spec script ""Dreadnought"". The idea came when Lawton, who had served time in the Coast"
"The plot concerns a performance of ""The Pirates of Penzance"" that becomes the setting for the climactic battle between the Musketeers and Captain Pete. In other films, there have simply been prominent references to one or more of the operas. For instance, in ""Pretty Woman"", Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) covered a social gaffe by prostitute Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts), who said that the opera ""La Traviata"" was so good that she almost ""peed in [her] pants"" by saying that she had said that she liked it almost as much as ""The Pirates of Penzance."" In ""Making Love"" (1982), Michael Ontkean"
"(1978). The crime drama ""American Gigolo"" (1980) significantly boosted his profile and the romantic drama ""An Officer and a Gentleman"" (1982) (co-starring Debra Winger) cemented Gere's ascent to stardom, grossing almost $130 million and winning two Academy Awards out of six nominations; Gere himself received his first Golden Globe Award nomination. For the remainder of the 1980s, Gere appeared in films of varying critical and commercial reception. His career rebounded with the releases of ""Internal Affairs"" (1990) and ""Pretty Woman"" (1990), the latter of which earned him his second Golden Globe Award nomination. The 1990s saw Gere star in successful"
"returned to acting to appear in ""The Big Town"" and ""Lady Beware"", but Lane had not made another big impression on a sizable audience until 1989's popular and critically acclaimed TV miniseries ""Lonesome Dove"", and was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role. She came very close to being cast as Vivian Ward in 1990's blockbuster hit ""Pretty Woman"" (which had a much darker script at the time), but due to scheduling conflicts, was unable to take the role. Apparently, costume fittings were made for Lane, before the role fell to Julia Roberts. She was given positive reviews for"
"Tom Cruise’s's character, and the comedy films ""Hot Shots!"" (1991) and ""Hot Shots! Part Deux"" (1993), as the girlfriend of the hero. (""Hot Shots"" was a direct spoof of ""Top Gun"".) Her character's nationality in ""Rain Man"" was changed from American to Italian-American to accommodate her accent. Even though she was known as a dramatic actress in Italy, most of the offers she received in Hollywood were for comedies. Golino auditioned for lead roles in ""Pretty Woman"" and ""Flatliners"", but both times she lost the part to Julia Roberts during the final audition. She was first runner-up for both roles"
"sparkling, performance. Smiling that killer smile, shedding those winning tears, delivering great lines with effortless charm, Roberts is back where she rightly belongs - not in grey period costume, but as the sexy queen of laughs"". The Review also said that """"My Best Friend's Wedding"" is a perfect date movie"", and a film that ""proves Roberts isn't as crap as we all thought she was"". Peter Travers of ""Rolling Stone"" called it ""the summer-date-film supreme for pretty women and the gay men they love"", despite criticisms of the script. He praises Roberts as ""riper, more dexterous with a comic line,"
"stars, stating ""When you hear that Dr. T is a gynecologist played by Richard Gere, you assume he is a love machine mowing down his patients. Nothing could be further from the truth"". Dr. T & the Women Dr. T & The Women is a 2000 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Altman. It features an ensemble cast that includes Richard Gere as wealthy gynecologist Dr. Sullivan Travis (""Dr. T"") and Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Laura Dern, Shelley Long, Tara Reid, Kate Hudson and Liv Tyler as the various women that encompass his everyday life. The movie was primarily"
"science fiction film. The film is one of two movies that triggered a resurgence of romantic comedy in Hollywood, the other being ""When Harry Met Sally"". Following this film's success, Roberts became the romantic comedy queen of the 1990s. Casting of the film was a rather lengthy process. Marshall had initially considered Christopher Reeve, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Denzel Washington for the role of Edward, and Al Pacino and Burt Reynolds turned it down. Pacino went as far as doing a casting reading with Roberts before rejecting the part. Gere initially refused but when he met with Roberts, she persuaded him"
"73% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 59 reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""Thanks to a charming performance from Julia Roberts and a subversive spin on the genre, ""My Best Friend's Wedding"" is a refreshingly entertaining romantic comedy."" On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 50 out of 100 based on 23 critical reviews, indicating ""mixed or average reviews"". Total Film praised the film, giving it four stars out of five and stating ""Here she banishes all memories of Mary Reilly and I Love Trouble with a lively, nay"
"her film debut as a credited actor (in the 1988 movie ""Miles from Home"", her role as ""Sandy"" was not credited). Her work in the film was nominated for a Golden Globe, and she received a Los Angeles Film Critics Association ""New Generation Award"". The film was honored with the Cannes Film Festival's prestigious Grand Prize, the Palme d'Or. In 1990, San Giacomo played a supporting role as Julia Roberts' character's wisecracking friend Kit De Luca in ""Pretty Woman"". The blockbuster film ended up generating $178 million at the box office. San Giacomo has appeared in such films as ""Miles"
"Eat Pray Love Eat Pray Love is a 2010 American biographical romantic comedy-drama film starring Julia Roberts as Elizabeth Gilbert, based on Gilbert's best-selling memoir of the same name. Ryan Murphy co-wrote and directed the film, which opened in the United States on August 13, 2010. It received mixed to negative reviews from critics, but was a financial success, grossing $204.6 million worldwide against a $60 million budget. Elizabeth Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house, a successful career – yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused,"
"to the third spot the following week. The film ran for 133 days, grossing $57,890,460 in the United States and $112,238,000 in internationally, for a worldwide total of $170,128,460. Shall We Dance? (2004 film) Shall We Dance? is a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Peter Chelsom and starring Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, and Susan Sarandon. It is a remake of the 1996 Japanese film of the same name. John Clark is a lawyer with a charming wife, Beverly, and a loving family, who nevertheless feels that something is missing as he makes his way every day through the"
"Notting Hill (film) Notting Hill is a 1999 romantic comedy film set in Notting Hill, London, released on 21 May 1999. The screenplay was written by Richard Curtis, author of ""Four Weddings and a Funeral"" (1994), and the film was produced by Duncan Kenworthy and directed by Roger Michell. The film stars Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Rhys Ifans, Emma Chambers, Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee, and Hugh Bonneville. ""Notting Hill"" was well received by critics and became the highest grossing British film released in 1999. The film won a BAFTA, was nominated in two other categories, and won other awards, including"
"the world throughout most of the 1990s and in the first half of the 2000s. Her fee for 1990's ""Pretty Woman"" was US$300,000; in 2003, she was paid an unprecedented $25 million for her role in ""Mona Lisa Smile"" (2003). As of 2007 Roberts's net worth was estimated to be $140 million. She has been named the world's most beautiful woman by ""People"" a record five times. Roberts was born on October 28, 1967, in Smyrna, Georgia, to Betty Lou Bredemus (1934–2015) and Walter Grady Roberts (1933–1977). She is of English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, German, and Swedish descent. Her father"
"Dr. T & the Women Dr. T & The Women is a 2000 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Altman. It features an ensemble cast that includes Richard Gere as wealthy gynecologist Dr. Sullivan Travis (""Dr. T"") and Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Laura Dern, Shelley Long, Tara Reid, Kate Hudson and Liv Tyler as the various women that encompass his everyday life. The movie was primarily filmed in Dallas, Texas, and was released in US theaters on October 13, 2000. The film's music was composed by alternative country singer Lyle Lovett, who released an album of his score in"
"on Rotten Tomatoes. To prepare for the film, Richard Gere, Mike Figgis and Eric Roth did a tremendous amount of research and studying on bipolar disorder. Gere met with several people who have the disorder to gain insight and knowledge on what to accurately portray. There is a shorter director's cut that Figgis presented at the Munich film festival in 2006. Michelle Pfeiffer gave up the female lead to take on the part of Catwoman in ""Batman Returns"". As in his earlier hit film, ""An Officer and a Gentleman"", Gere's character rides a Triumph Bonneville motorcycle. Mr. Jones (1993 film)"
"which she played a dancer/nurse. Parker appeared in ""Married... with Children"" as a Go-Go Dancer in 2 episodes – ""Prom Queen: The Sequel"" (1989) and ""Prom Queen: Part 1"" (1989). Parker got her break in television playing a nurse on the award-winning ""Seinfeld"" episode ""The Contest"" in 1992. After that first speaking role, she had several other guest-starring roles in television series and movies, most notably a recurring role in ""ER"" as Linda Farrell, the love interest of Dr. Doug Ross, and as Caitlin Pike in ""JAG"". She was a body double for Julia Roberts in the movie ""Pretty Woman"";"