Maid In Manhattan

Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes Director: Wayne Wang Original UK Premiere: 2003 Dvd Release: 15th September, 2003 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding

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Maid in Manhattan is a 2002 romantic comedy film, directed by Wayne Wang. Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel & dreams of a better life for her & her young son. One fateful day, hotel guest & senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall meets Marisa & mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. After an enchanting evening together, the two fall madly in love. But when Marisa’s true identity is revealed, issues of class & social status threaten to separate them. This Christmas. love checks in The story line of the movie is similar to Pretty Woman, in that Lopezs character is at the bottom & gets invovled with someone at the top. This is exactly what happens to Roberts & Gere. Lopez & Fiennes follow a similar story line in their relationship. Maid in Manhattan at The Internet Movie Database.

In the breezy Maid in Manhattan, a maid in a top-flight hotel chances to dress in a guests clothes just when a handsome political candidate walks in. Naturally, hes bowled over & pursues her; hes initially drawn to her gorgeous good looks but soon comes to appreciate her honesty & common sense. Of course, she cant let him know that shes only a maid, & various high jinks ensue, its all pretty formulaic, but lurking in the edges of this glossy, brainless romance are a wealth of sly turns by Natasha Richardson & Amy Sedaris , Bob Hoskins , Stanley Tucci , & many less familiar faces. All help to give Maid in Manhattan the life & texture that has been processed out of the main characters.

Ralph Nathaniel Fiennes is a British actor. Born in Suffolk, he is the older brother of actor Joseph Fiennes. Having trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1988. He is the only actor ever to have won a Tony Award for playing Hamlet on Broadway. In 2001 Fiennes received the William Shakespeare Award from the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington. Fiennes film debut was in 1992, when he played Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights opposite Juliette Binoche. But it was in the following year that he became known internationally, portraying Amon Goeth, the amoral Nazi concentration camp commander in Schindlers List, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 1994 he portrayed New England aristocrat Charles Van Doren in Quiz Show & in 1996 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for The English Patient. Fiennes career has gone from horror to animated Biblical epic to campy nostalgia to romantic comedy. He married actress Alex Kingston in 1993, but they divorced in 1997. Posters Of Ralph Fiennes

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