500 Days of Summer (2009)
Comedy, Drama, Romance |
500 Days of Summer is a American romantic comedy-drama film by first-time director Marc Webb from a screenplay written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, and produced by Mark Waters. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, and employs a nonlinear narrative structure, with the story based upon its male protagonist and his memories of a failed relationship.
As an independent production, the film was picked up for distribution by Fox Searchlight Pictures and premiered at the 25th Sundance Film Festival.
On January 8, Tom Hansen meets Summer Finn, his boss’ new assistant. Tom is trained as an architect but works as a writer at a greeting card company in Los Angeles. After discovering they have a similar taste in music, they have a conversation about love at a karaoke night; Tom believes in it, but Summer does not. Tom’s friend and co-worker McKenzie drunkenly reveals that Tom likes Summer, which Tom asserts is only “as friends”, something Summer agrees with. A few days later, Summer kisses Tom in the office. During the next few months Summer and Tom grow closer.
Tom shows Summer his favorite spot in the city, a park bench which overlooks a number of buildings he likes, though the view is somewhat spoiled by parking lots. After several months of dating, both Tom’s friends and his preteen half-sister Rachel push him to question Summer where they are in their relationship, though Summer brushes this off, saying that it should not matter if they are both happy.
Director: Marc Webb
Writers: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
Stars: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Geoffrey Arend, Chloë Grace Moretz, Matthew Gray Gubler, Clark Gregg, Patricia Belcher
►Cast:
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt | … | Tom |
| Zooey Deschanel | … | Summer |
| Geoffrey Arend | … | McKenzie |
| Chloë Grace Moretz | … | Rachel |
| Matthew Gray Gubler | … | Paul |
| Clark Gregg | … | Vance |
| Patricia Belcher | … | Millie |
| Rachel Boston | … | Alison |
| Minka Kelly | … | Autumn – Girl at Interview |
| Charles Walker | … | Millie’s New Husband |
| Ian Reed Kesler | … | Douche |
| Darryl Alan Reed | … | Bus Driver |
| Valente Rodriguez | … | Employee #1 |
| Yvette Nicole Brown | … | New Secretary |
| Nicole Vicius | … | Partygoer |
| Natalie Boren | … | Another Partygoer |
| Maile Flanagan | … | Rhoda |
| Darryl Sivad | … | Usher |
| Gregory A. Thompson | … | Minister |
| Michael Bodie | … | Man |
| John Mackie | … | Mime (as John Mackey) |
| Jacob Stroop | … | Cupid |
| Kevin Michael | … | Wedding Singer |
| Sid Wilner | … | Grossman |
| Richard McGonagle | … | Narrator (voice) |
| Jean-Paul Vignon | … | French Narrator (voice) |
| Bryan Anthony | … | Dancer |
| Sybil Azur | … | Dancer |
| Cheryl Baxter | … | Dancer |
| Gustavo Carr | … | Dancer |
| John R. Corella | … | Dancer |
| Nadine Ellis | … | Dancer |
| Alejandro Estornel | … | Dancer |
| Nathaniel Flatt | … | Dancer |
| Reshma Gajjar | … | Dancer |
| Tiffany Granath | … | Dancer |
| Jennifer Hamilton | … | Dancer |
| Brandon Henschel | … | Dancer |
| Michael Higgins | … | Dancer |
| Kenneth Hughes | … | Dancer |
| Alexandra Hulme | … | Dancer |
| John Jacquet Jr. | … | Dancer |
| Jennifer Lee Keyes | … | Dancer |
| Tim Lacatena | … | Dancer |
| Rebecca Lin | … | Dancer |
| Gelsey Weiss | … | Dancer |
| Katie Malia | … | Dancer |
| Anthony Marciona | … | Dancer |
| Christopher Shazar | … | Dancer |
| Vivian Nixon | … | Dancer |
| Tracy Phillips | … | Dancer |
| Nathan Prevost | … | Dancer |
| Jamie Shea | … | Dancer |
| Ryan Thomas | … | Dancer |
| Christian Vincent | … | Dancer |
| Jull Weber | … | Dancer |
| Olivia Howard Bagg | … | Summer – Age 12 |
| Joseph Buttler | … | Office Worker |
| Joshua Collins | … | Co-Worker 3 |
| Chris Connell | … | Marcus |
| Danny J. Dolan | … | Alto Sax Guy #1 |
| Adam Emery | … | Tom – Age 12 |
| Taylor Feldman | … | French Girl |
| Landall Goolsby | … | Office Worker |
| Maryke Hendrikse | … | Dancer / French Waitress |
| Jennifer Hetrick | … | Sarah |
| Janis Jones | … | Greeting Card Company Employee |
| Michael Justice | … | Rooftop Guy #1 |
| Samantha Krutzfeldt | … | Charlie |
| Suzanne LaChasse | … | Girl on Stairs |
| Kevin Leung | … | Chinese Father |
| Michelle Mason | … | The Most Beautiful Girl in the World |
| Christina Miller | … | Girl on Stairs |
| Eve Gwyneth Morrisey | … | Girl on the Stairs |
| Brigitte Ngo-Trinh | … | Wedding Goer |
| Keisha Ramdhanie | … | Wedding Guest |
| Jason Robinson | … | The Puma |
| Deborah Rombaut | … | Coffee Addict |
| Justin Ruse | … | Costume Character |
| Haley Smith | … | Dancer |
| Sarah Staitman | … | Soccer Girl |
| James Stratton | … | Dancer |
| Wesley J. Szabo | … | Summer’s Party Guest |
| Ellen Thompson | … | Partygoer |
| Ty | … | Conversing Woman |
| Georja Umano | … | French Lady |
| Pleasant Wayne | … | Tavern Patron |
| Maurice Webster | … | Wedding Guest |
| Kathryn Weisbeck | … | Summer Lookalike |
| Leland White | … | Wedding Guest |
| JonJon Wood | … | Theatre Patron |
| Jon Morgan Woodward | … | Wedding Guest |
| Eileen Álvarez | … | Summer Lookalike |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia
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