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Picture Perfect movie storyline. Kate (Jennifer Aniston) is struggling in the advertising business in New York City: she cannot move forward despite her talent. Her boss, Mr. Mercer (Kevin Dunn), passes her up for a promotion because she is “not stable enough”. Her co-worker, Darcy (Illeana Douglas), invents a story claiming Kate is engaged to Nick (Jay Mohr), a freelance videographer who lives in Massachusetts, with whom Kate had her picture taken during a friend’s wedding.
All seems to work out well for Kate and she got her promotion. After Nick saves a little girl from a fire and winds up in the news, Kate is forced to bring her alleged fiancé to dinner with Mercer and his wife. She asks Nick to “break up” with her. Nick, who already likes Kate, complies to please Kate. Meanwhile, Sam (Kevin Bacon), a colleague that Kate had always wanted, takes notice of her. They have sex twice.
As Kate and Nick get to know each other, she starts to like him. The night of the dinner arrives and Kate and Nick are prepared for their “big fight”. But, Nick tries to suppress the “fight” by complimenting her and expressing the desire for a future with Kate. However, Kate just wants the “fight” to happen.
At the dinner table, Kate tries to drive Nick into a fight but it doesn’t work. She pays a restaurant employee to call her number and tries to make it seem like Nick is having an affair with an ex-girlfriend. At first Nick is a bit lost but figures it out and finally plays along.
Picture Perfect is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by Glenn Gordon Caron and starring Jennifer Aniston, Jay Mohr, Olympia Dukakis, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Dunn, Kevin Bacon, Anne Twomey, Faith Prince, Meg Gibson and Paul Cassell.
The film opened at number 5 at the North American box office making $7.8 million in its opening weekend. It eventually earned over $44 million worldwide, making it a moderate success commercially by beating out its $19 million budget.
Academy Award winner Tom Fleischman is the re-recording mixer of the film. Picture Perfect also consists of other Academy Award nominees such as Les Lazarowitz, Jane Robinson, and Debra Schutt. The movie was shot in June and July 1996.
Picture Perfec (1997)
Directed by: Glenn Gordon Caron
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Jay Mohr, Olympia Dukakis, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Dunn, Kevin Bacon, Anne Twomey, Faith Prince, Meg Gibson, Paul Cassell
Screenplay by: Arleen Sorkin, Paul Slansky, Glenn Gordon Caron
Production Design by: Larry Fulton
Cinematography by: Paul Sarossy
Film Editing by: Robert M. Reitano
Costume Design by: Jane Robinson
Set Decoration by: Debra Schutt
Art Direction by: John Wright Stevens
Music by: Carter Burwell
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sensuality and related dialogue.
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: August 1, 1997
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