What movie, starring Renée Zellweger, was based on a book by the director's close friend?
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Sharon Maguire Sharon Maguire (born 17 August 1961) is a film director who came to prominence with "Bridget Jones's Diary". The film was based on the book by her close friend Helen Fielding, and one of the main characters – "Shazza" – is allegedly based on Maguire.
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Bridget Jones's Diary (film) Bridget Jones's Diary is a 2001 British-American-French romantic comedy film directed by Sharon Maguire and written by Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies, and Helen Fielding. It is based on Fielding's novel of the same name, which is a reinterpretation of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice". The adaptation stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget, Hugh Grant as the caddish Daniel Cleaver, and Colin Firth as Bridget's "true love", Mark Darcy. Production began in May 2000 and ended in August 2000, and took place largely on location in London and the Home Counties. The film premiered on 4 April 2001 in the UK and was released to theatres on 13 April 2001 simultaneously in the UK and in the US.
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A Price Above Rubies A Price Above Rubies is a 1998 British-American drama film written and directed by Boaz Yakin and starring Renée Zellweger. The story centers on a young woman who finds it difficult to conform to the restrictions imposed on her by her community. Reviews of the movie were mixed, though generally positive to Zellweger's performance.
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Closer (2004 film) Closer is a 2004 U.S. melodrama film written by Patrick Marber, based on his award-winning 1997 play of the same name. The movie was produced and directed by Mike Nichols and stars Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, and Clive Owen. The film, like the play on which it is based, has been seen by some as a modern and tragic version of Mozart's opera "Così fan tutte", with references to the opera in both the plot and the soundtrack. Owen starred in the play as Dan, the role played by Law in the film.
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Hotel Berlin Hotel Berlin is a drama film set in Berlin near the close of World War II, made by Warner Bros. in late 1944 to early 1945. Directed by Peter Godfrey, it stars Faye Emerson, Helmut Dantine, Raymond Massey and Andrea King. It is based on the novel "Hotel Berlin '43" by Vicki Baum (New York, 1944), a sequel to "Menschen im Hotel", which was itself adapted to film as "Grand Hotel" (1932).
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Polsky Films Polsky Films is a film production company based in Los Angeles, California created by brothers Alan Polsky and Gabe Polsky. "" directed by Werner Herzog and starring Nicolas Cage was Polsky Films first film. They also own the rights to turn the novels "Flowers for Algernon", "Gun, with Occasional Music", and "Butcher’s Crossing" by John Edward Williams into films and the rights to turn the lives of Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud into films.
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J. Edgar Hoover (film) J. Edgar Hoover is a 1987 made-for-television biopic starring Treat Williams as the eponymous J. Edgar Hoover, the long-serving (1924 - 1972) Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The film is based on the book "" by William C. Sullivan and William S. Brown and dramatises key points in Hoover's life between the time he joined the U.S. Justice Department in 1919 and his death in May 1972.
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The French Connection (book) The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy is a non-fiction book by Robin Moore first published in 1969 about the notorious "French Connection" drug trafficking scheme. It is followed by the book "The Setup". The book was adapted to film in 1971 as "The French Connection", written by Ernest Tidyman and Directed by William Friedkin.
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Die Feuerzangenbowle Die Feuerzangenbowle ("The Fire Tongs Bowl", "The Punch Bowl") is a German novel, later adapted into several films, which tells the story of a famous writer going undercover as a pupil at a small town gymnasium after his friends tell him that he missed out on the best part of growing up by being educated at home. The story in the book takes place during the Weimar Republic in Germany. The novel by Heinrich Spoerl was published in 1933 and was adapted to film three times. The 1944 movie of the same name directed by Helmut Weiss is the most notable adaptation of the material. This German comedy classic was one of the last big movie productions in Germany before the end of the Nazi era and has gained cult status at German universities since the 1980s.
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Beaches (film) Beaches (also known as Forever Friends) is a 1988 American comedy-drama film adapted by Mary Agnes Donoghue from the Iris Rainer Dart novel of the same name. It was directed by Garry Marshall, and stars Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, Mayim Bialik, John Heard, James Read, Spalding Gray, and Lainie Kazan.
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Dirty Weekend (novel) Dirty Weekend (1991) is a novel by Helen Zahavi, adapted into a film two years later by Zahavi and director Michael Winner. In the US it was first published under the title The Weekend; some editions are subtitled "A Novel of Revenge".
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Friends (1988 film) Friends is a 1988 Japanese-Swedish drama film directed by Kjell-Åke Andersson. Peter Mokrosinski won the award for Best Cinematography at the 24th Guldbagge Awards.
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The Margin (film) The Margin (French: "La Marge" , also known as "The Streetwalker" and "Emmanuelle 77") is a 1976 French erotic drama film written and directed by Walerian Borowczyk and starring Sylvia Kristel. It is loosely based on the novel "The Margin" by André Pieyre de Mandiargues.
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Ripley's Game (film) Ripley's Game is a 2002 thriller film directed by Liliana Cavani. It is adapted from the 1974 novel of the same name, the third in Patricia Highsmith's ""Ripliad"", a series of books chronicling the murderous adventures of con artist Tom Ripley. John Malkovich stars as Ripley, opposite Dougray Scott and Ray Winstone. Highsmith's novel was previously adapted in 1977 as "The American Friend" by director Wim Wenders, starring Dennis Hopper and Bruno Ganz.
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Betrayal (1978 film) Betrayal is a 1978 American made-for-television drama film directed by Paul Wendkos and starring Rip Torn and Lesley Ann Warren, based on a non-fiction book by Julie Roy with Lucy Freedman. The subject is a real life lawsuit about a woman who sued her psychiatrist after he allegedly lured her into a sexual relationship. The film was first aired on "NBC Monday Night at the Movies" on November 13, 1978.
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The Ogre (1996 film) The Ogre (German: Der Unhold ) is a 1996 French-German drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff and starring John Malkovich, Gottfried John, Marianne Sägebrecht, Volker Spengler, Heino Ferch, Dieter Laser and Armin Mueller-Stahl. It was written by Jean-Claude Carrière and Schlöndorff, based on the novel "The Erl-King" by Michel Tournier. The story follows a simple man who recruits children to be Nazis in the belief that he is protecting them.
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Just Friends Just Friends is a 2005 American romantic comedy film directed by Roger Kumble, written by Adam 'Tex' Davis and starring Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris, Chris Klein and Christopher Marquette. The plot focuses on a formerly overweight high school nerd (Reynolds) who attempts to free himself from the friend zone after reconnecting with his lifelong crush and best friend (Smart) while visiting his hometown for Christmas.
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Four Friends (1981 film) Four Friends is a 1981 American Comedy-drama film directed by Arthur Penn. The semi-autobiographical screenplay by Steve Tesich follows the path of the title characters from high school to college during the often turbulent 1960s and beyond. The cast features Craig Wasson, Jodi Thelen, Jim Metzler and Glenne Headly.
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Sex and the City (film) Sex and the City (advertised as Sex and the City: The Movie) is a 2008 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Michael Patrick King in his feature film directorial debut, and a sequel to the 1998-2004 HBO comedy series of the same name (itself based on the book of the same name by Candace Bushnell) about four female friends: Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), Charlotte York Goldenblatt (Kristin Davis), and Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon), dealing with their lives as single women in New York City. The series often portrayed frank discussions about romance and sexuality.
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Bookwars BookWars is an award-winning independent film from New York City by Jason "Jack RO" Rosette  produced by Camerado, about the life and times of New York City street booksellers. Made on an ultra-low budget in a jazzy, impressionistic style reminiscent of the films of Robert Frank and poetry of the Beat Generation, "BookWars" is the only first-person documentary made during then-New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's controversial "Quality of Life" campaign, which sought to limit and control individuals engaged in informal economic activities on the streets of New York City.
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Tina Rathborne Tina Rathborne (born 1951) is American film director and screenwriter. She is best known for directing and writing the 1988 film "Zelly and Me", her feature film directorial debut. Prior to this, she directed television film "The Joy That Kills" (1984), which later became an episode of the anthology series "American Playhouse". Rathborne also went to direct two episodes of the television series "Twin Peaks" ("Episode 3", "Episode 17").
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Turkish Delight (1973 film) Turkish Delight (Dutch: Turks fruit ) is a 1973 Dutch film directed by Paul Verhoeven and filmed by Jan de Bont. The film is a love story of an artist and a young woman, starring Rutger Hauer and Monique van de Ven. The story is based on the novel "Turks fruit" by Jan Wolkers.