My Life in Ruins
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| My Life in Ruins | |
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 Movie Poster for My Life in Ruins |
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| Directed by | Donald Petrie |
| Produced by | Tom Hanks Gary Goetzman Michelle Chydzik Nathalie Marciano |
| Written by | Mike Reiss Nia Vardalos |
| Starring | Nia Vardalos Richard Dreyfuss Alexis Georgoulis |
| Cinematography | José Luis Alcaine |
| Distributed by | Echo Bridge Entertainment Hollywood Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | Greece: August 28, 2008[1] United States: September 04, 2008[2] |
| Country | United States Greece |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $17,000,000 (est.)[3] |
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My Life in Ruins is an upcoming romantic comedy film set amongst the ruins of ancient Greece, staring Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, and Alexis Georgoulis. The film is about a tour guide whose life takes a personal detour, while her group gets entangled in comic situations among the ruins with a series of unexpected stops along the way.
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[edit] Plot
Georgia (Nia Vardalos) is a Greek-American tour guide, who leads an assorted group of misfit tourists around Greece. Tourists who would rater buy a T-Shirt than learn about history. In an hysterical clash of personalities and cultures, everything seems to go wrong. Until one day when a very special tourist, Irv Gordon (Richard Dreyfuss), shows her how to have fun and take a good look at the last person she'd ever expect to find love with....Her quiet and sexy Greek bus driver. (Alexis Georgoulis).[4][5]
[edit] Tagline
Falling in love...in all the wrong places.
[edit] Cast
- Nia Vardalos as Georgia
- Richard Dreyfuss as Irv Gordon
- Alexis Georgoulis as Poupi
- Rachel Dratch as Kim
- Harland Williams as Big Al
- Caroline Goodall as Mrs. Tullen
- Ian Ogilvy as Mr. Tullen
- Alistair McGowan as Nico
[edit] Production notes
The film is set on location in Greece and Alicante, in Spain and will star Nia Vardalos in the lead role. This will mark the first time that an American film studio will be allowed to film on location at the Acropolis. The Greek government gave the studio its approval after Vardalos sought permission to do several scenes there.[6] The script is originally by Mike Reiss (The Simpsons, The Simpsons Movie), based on his travel experiences, but was later re-written by Nia Vardalos after she became involved. It is being produced by Gary Goetzman and Tom Hanks for Hanks' Playtone Productions and directed by Donald Petrie. The British comedy actor and impressionist Alistair McGowan will also appear in the film. Vardalos has stated that the film was a lifelong dream of her's for she had always wanted to do a film in her family's ancestral homeland.
[edit] References
- ^ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0865559/releaseinfo Release dates for My Life in Ruins]. IMDB. Retrieved on May 31, 2008
- ^ My Life in Ruins movie. Fluge.com. Retrieved on May 12, 2008
- ^ Nia Vardalos To Make 'My Life in Ruins'. Killer Movies, August 31, 2007. Retrieved on May 12, 2008
- ^ My Life in Ruins. Echo Bridge Entertainment. Retrieved on May 12, 2008
- ^ MY LIFE IN RUINS / Έρωτας αλά Ελληνικά.(Greek) Hollywood Entertainment. Retrieved on May 12, 2008
- ^ Acropolis to make Hollywood debut. The Guardian, September 18, 2006. Retrieved on May 12, 2008
