Rewrite DVD

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Once upon a time screenwriter Keith Michaels (Hugh Grant) was on top of the world – a Golden Globe Award & a hit movie to his name a beautiful wife & son & a seemingly inexhaustible supply of sexy British wit & charm But that was fifteen years ago now he’s divorced approaching fifty hasn’t written a hit film in years & is going broke Luckily his agent has a gig for him – albeit far away from Hollywood A university in upstate New York is looking for a writer-in-residence to teach a course on screenwriting & with an empty wallet as his motivation Keith can’t say no In bucolic Binghamton he quickly discovers that his celebrity status hasn’t faded & he finds himself in a compromising position with a star-struck pupil Karen (Bella Heathcote) who is enrolled in his class & his other students seem naïve & simple Hoping to give minimal attention to his duties & focus on writing a new script Keith inadvertently gets off on the wrong foot with a ranking faculty member (Allison Janney) a humourless Jane Austen scholar; though he does quickly befriend two eccentric faculty colleagues who promise to show him the ropes (Chris Elliott JK Simmons) Keith’s attitude begins to turn when he meets Holly (Marisa Tomei) a single mom working two jobs to earn her bachelor’s degree Though Holly has a new boyfriend – & Keith isn’t very savvy about covering up his romance with Karen – the two find themselves connected by their mutual need for a second chance When one of his pupils comes up with a screenplay that Keith knows will sell he sees an opportunity to get out of teaching & go back to living the good life But he’s also discovered that teaching has given him that second chance at becoming a better man – & finds himself equally tempted to stay & see where his new talents take him