Noel (film)
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| Noel | |
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 Noel film poster |
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| Directed by | Chazz Palminteri |
| Produced by | Al Corley, Howard Rosenman |
| Written by | David Hubbard |
| Starring | Paul Walker Penélope Cruz Susan Sarandon Alan Arkin Marcus Thomas Robin Williams Chazz Palminteri |
| Distributed by | Convex Group |
| Release date(s) | September 12, 2004 |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Language | English |
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Noel is a 2004 drama film, directed by Chazz Palminteri. The film was set in New York City.
Noel is a perplexing and mystifying Christmas movie about people who have trouble making interpersonal connections. It stars Susan Sarandon as Rose, a single, childless woman "over 40" who keeps trying to reconnect with her hospitalized mother who has Alzheimer's and does not talk or recognize anyone. She lies to escape an encounter with an old schoolchum and accepts a date with the most desirable man in her office building on Christmas Eve. Despite his correct manners, he is cold and manipulative, and when she invites him to her apartment after dinner out, she rejects his advances.
Meanwhile, a jealous cop with a a pretty and pregnant fiancee (Penelope Cruz) assaults her gay tree-decorator friend and has a mysterious encounter with Artie, a bald man running a restaurant who seems to know him. Artie thinks the cop is the reincarnation of his wife, who ran away (and was killed in a car crash) the nightt Artie killed a man in a jealous rage.
It all gets tied together when we discover that the man (Robin Williams) Rose met in the room across from her mother was having an out of the body experience (i.e., was a ghost) and saved her life when she went down to the river contemplating suicide. Like Clarence in A Wonderful Life, he'd have to throw himself in to save her.
[edit] Plot summary
- Tagline: Miracles are closer than you think.
The film revolves around five strangers who are linked together by a series of events on Christmas Eve. Rose (played by Sarandon) is a widowed editor who is caring for her mother, who has Alzheimer's. Nina (played by Cruz) and Mike (played by Walker) are a young couple who are on the verge of breaking up due to Mike's jealous behaviour. Artie (played by Arkin) is an old waiter who searches for his deceased wife every Christmas Eve. Finally, Jules is a young man who deliberately damages his hand so he can attend a Christmas party in the emergency room, as that was the only happy memory of his childhood.
[edit] Main cast
- Susan Sarandon — Rose Harrison
- Penélope Cruz — Nina Vasquez
- Paul Walker — Mike
- Alan Arkin — Artie Venzuela
- Marcus Thomas — Jules
- Chazz Palminteri — Arizona
- Robin Williams — Ghost (uncredited)
