Au Pair (film)
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| Au Pair | |
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 Region 4 DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Mark Griffiths |
| Produced by | Lance H. Robbins Cheryl Saban |
| Written by | Jeffrey C. Sherman Cheryl Saban |
| Starring | Gregory Harrison Heidi Noelle Lenhart Jane Sibbett Katie Volding Jake Dinwiddie John Rhys-Davies |
| Music by | Udi Harpaz Inon Zur |
| Cinematography | Blake T. Evans |
| Editing by | John Gilbert |
| Distributed by | Saban Entertainment Fox Family Channel |
| Release date(s) | August 22, 1999 |
| Running time | 96 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Followed by | Au Pair II |
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Au Pair is a 1999 telefilm starring Gregory Harrison and Heidi Noelle Lenhart.
[edit] Plot
Jennifer Morgan (Lenhart) is an MBA looking for a job as an executive at Oliver Caldwell’s company. Through a series of errors, she is given a job as the au pair for his children, Katie (Volding) and Alex (Dinwiddie).
The kids have been spoiled by Oliver since their mother died, and they have become quite the trouble makers. Oliver is engaged to Vivian Berger (Sibbett), who dislikes the children and becomes jealous of Jennifer as she bonds with them. The kids, preferring Jennifer (though, in the beginning played pranks on her) to Vivian, play matchmaker, and expose the plotting Vivian for who she really is.
In the ending of this movie, when Oliver arrives at his splendidly beautiful castle, he discovers that his ruthless and corrupt fiancée, Vivian, has already made arrangements for their wedding and that they were going to get married that very evening. Later on, Jennifer, Alex, and Katie arrive, and Oliver orders to speak with Jennifer. To Alex and Katie's dismay, Jennifer is mercilessly fired by their father just moments before the ceremony begins. Alex, then, comes up with an idea to spy on Vivian and her clumsy, odd sisters. As the children, Nigel, and Oliver spy on Vivian in her boudoir, Vivian reveals her evil plots and schemes. Infuriated, Oliver bursts into the boudoir and breaks up with Vivian. Oliver storms out of the castle with Vivian and her whacky sisters chasing after him. Once they descend upon the bridge, Vivian demands Oliver to give her her ring. Oliver takes the ring out of his coat pocket, throws it over the bridge, and into the water. Vivian, then, blindly launches herself off the bridge in her silk bridal gown and plummets into the water. Vivian's sisters try to catch their sister as she falls, but they end up falling into the water as well. Vivian emerges from the depths of water and angrily pelts the water surface with her clenched fists. Later, Jenny and Oliver share a kiss.
[edit] Release
Au Pair was originally released in 1999, and continues to occasionally air on Fox Family's successor, ABC Family. It has had the most viewers in the network's TV Movie history.[1] The film has been released on Region 4 DVD.
