Lasse Hallstrom is known for directing "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" and which 2000 romantic comedy based on a book by Joanne Harris?
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Lasse Hallström Lars Sven "Lasse" Hallström (] ; born 2 June 1946) is a Swedish film director. He first became known for directing almost all music videos by pop group ABBA, and subsequently became a feature film director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for "My Life as a Dog (Mitt liv som hund)" (1985) and later for "The Cider House Rules" (1999). His other celebrated directorial works include "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" (1993) and "Chocolat" (2000).
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Chocolat (2000 film) Chocolat (] ) is a 2000 British-American romantic comedy-drama film based on the novel "Chocolat" by Joanne Harris, and was directed by Lasse Hallström. Adapted by screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs, "Chocolat" tells the story of a young mother, played by Juliette Binoche, who arrives at the fictional, repressed French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes with her six-year-old daughter and opens "La Chocolaterie Maya", a small chocolaterie. Her chocolate quickly begins to change the lives of the townspeople.
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Holiday Heart Holiday Heart is a 2000 TV movie starring Ving Rhames, Chandra Currelley, Alfre Woodard, and Mykelti Williamson. It was directed by Robert Townsend, aired on the cable TV channel Showtime, and was distributed on DVD by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was based on a play by Cheryl L. West, and involves a gay drag queen befriending a single mother and her daughter and trying to protect them from the criminal environment around them. It was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, for Woodard's performance, among other award nominations.
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Pretty Things (2001 film) Pretty Things (French: Les Jolies Choses ) is a 2001 French drama film directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner and based on Virginie Despentes's 1998 novel "Les Jolies Choses". It won the Prix Michel d'Ornano at the 2001 Deauville American Film Festival.
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Love 101 Love 101 is a 2000 comedy film that was directed by Adrian Fulle. The movie first released to theaters on February 14, 2000 and stars Michael Muhney and Jeff Anderson as two college students that find their friendship threatened by the introduction of a new girl.
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Together (2000 film) Together (Swedish: "Tillsammans" ) is a Swedish comedy-drama film, which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 25 August 2000. It is Swedish director Lukas Moodysson's second full-length film. Set in a Stockholm commune called "Tillsammans" (Swedish for "Together") in 1975, it is a satirical view of socialist values and a bittersweet comedy.
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Merci pour le Chocolat Merci pour le Chocolat is a 2000 French thriller film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Isabelle Huppert. The film is based on the novel "The Chocolate Cobweb" by Charlotte Armstrong.
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The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (also known as The Flintstones 2 or The Flintstones 2: Viva Rock Vegas) is a 2000 American science fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Brian Levant, written by Jim Cash, Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan, and Jack Epps, Jr., and is the prequel to Levant's "The Flintstones" (1994), based on the 1960-66 animated television series of the same name. It is set before the events of the first film, showing how Fred and Barney met Wilma and Betty.
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Summer Solstice (2003 film) Summer Solstice tells a story set in coastal Maine, a reflective coming-of-age tale starring George Fivas as Joshua Ballard, a brilliant but aimless and misunderstood college student who finds solace in composing music and writing. But when his anguished state of mind leads him to cross paths with contemplative lighthouse keeper Seth Arden (Joe Estevez) and his niece Andrea Bettencourt (Brook Jenell Slack, voiced Jelly Otter in Disney's "PB&J Otter" from 1998–2000), the encounter leads Joshua to transcend a personal crisis through an odyssey of self-discovery, and accept the compassion of his friends, old and new, which ultimately saves his life. Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Karen Black ("Five Easy Pieces" and "The Great Gatsby") plays a stern university professor. Joshua's college friends are played by Lindsay Pulsipher (HBO's "True Blood", A&E's "The Beast") and Nathan Rollins. The screenplay is based on a story by playwright, composer, physicist, and mathematician Jeffrey Gold. The film features the lighthouse Pemaquid Point Light and surrounding coastal areas and towns of Maine and music by popular Maine native, Tim Janis (known for his numerous specials on the American Public Broadcasting Service). The film was directed by George Fivas, a published scientist and a founder of the jazz and popular music group, Apollo.
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Five Quarters of the Orange Five Quarters of the Orange is a novel by Joanne Harris first published by Doubleday in 2001.
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All Over the Guy All Over the Guy is a 2001 American gay-themed romantic comedy film written by Dan Bucatinsky and directed by Julie Davis.
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A Question of Taste A Question of Taste (French: "Une affaire de goût" , also known as "A Matter of Taste" in the United States) is a 2000 French film directed by Bernard Rapp. Rapp and Gilles Taurand wrote the screenplay which was based on the book "Affaires de goût" by Philippe Balland. The film received 5 César Award nominations, including the nomination for Best Film.
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Canone inverso Canone inverso - Making Love, also known as "The Inverse Canon", is a 2000 Italian drama film directed by Ricky Tognazzi. It is based on the novel "Canone Inverso" written by Paolo Maurensig.
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Bread and Tulips Bread and Tulips or Pane e tulipani is a 2000 romance comedy film directed by Italian Director Silvio Soldini. The movie stars Licia Maglietta and Bruno Ganz as Rosalba Barletta and Fernando Girasole. The film was an official selection at numerous film festivals, including the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Beautiful Joe (film) Beautiful Joe is a 2000 American-British film written and directed by Stephen Metcalfe. It stars Sharon Stone and Billy Connolly, with supporting roles by Ian Holm, Dann Florek, and Gil Bellows.
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Friends (1971 film) Friends is a 1971 teen-romance film directed and produced by Lewis Gilbert and written by Gilbert, Vernon Harris, and Jack Russell. The soundtrack, with music composed by Elton John and lyrics written by Bernie Taupin, was released as the "Friends" album, and John's recording of the title selection charted when released as a single in the United States.
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20th Century Women 20th Century Women is a 2016 U.S. comedy-drama film directed and written by Mike Mills. The film is set in 1970s Southern California and based in part on Mills' childhood. The film stars Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Lucas Jade Zumann and Billy Crudup.
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Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen is a 2004 American teen musical comedy film directed by Sara Sugarman and produced by Robert Shapiro and Matthew Hart for Walt Disney Pictures. It stars Lindsay Lohan as an aspiring teenaged actress whose family moves from New York City to New Jersey, Adam Garcia as her favorite rock musician, Glenne Headly as her mother, and Alison Pill as her best friend. The screenplay was written by Gail Parent and is based on the novel of the same name by Dyan Sheldon.
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Sour Grapes (film) Sour Grapes is a 1998 American comedy film written and directed by Larry David. The film stars Steven Weber, Craig Bierko, Viola Harris, Karen Sillas, Robyn Peterman and Matt Keeslar. The film was released on April 17, 1998, by Columbia Pictures.
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The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars is the sixth novel by author John Green, published in January 2012. The title is inspired by Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar", in which the nobleman Cassius says to Brutus: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings." The story is narrated by Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16-year-old girl with cancer. Hazel is forced by her parents to attend a support group where she subsequently meets and falls in love with 17-year-old Augustus Waters, an ex-basketball player and amputee. A feature film adaptation of the novel directed by Josh Boone and starring Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort and Nat Wolff was released on June 6, 2014. Both the book and its film adaptation were met with strong critical and commercial success.
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A Midsummer Night's Rave A Midsummer Night's Rave is a film adapted from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" released in 2002. The film stars Corey Pearson, Lauren German, Andrew Keegan, Chad Lindberg, and Sunny Mabrey; and was directed by Gil Cates Jr.. It is set at a rave rather than a forest, as in the original. The film received little attention from professional movie critics, but is considered a success with teen audiences, and has been used as an exemplar for a category of movies (the "McShakespeare", an example of McDonaldization) in more academic publications.
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Cut (2000 film) Cut is a 2000 Australian comedy horror film, which was directed by Kimble Rendall and stars Kylie Minogue, Molly Ringwald and Tiriel Mora.