The movie looks beautiful, is very romantic and jackman is incredibly handsome. He does so and the two fall asleepfully clothedin her bed. Her exboyfriend, stuart, lives above her apartment. All images and subtitles are ed to their respectful owners unless stated otherwise. With career and social expectations looming, each has grown cynical about the very notion of falling in love. The irresistible force that is hugh jackman or was it his swoony leopold. The film is directed by james mangold and stars meg ryan, hugh jackman and liev schreiber. On the set of new york kate and leopold film locations. If they lived in the same century theyd be perfect for each other when her scientist exboyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time and brings back a 19thcentury nobleman named leopold to prove it a skeptical kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing. With meg ryan, hugh jackman, liev schreiber, breckin meyer. Kate mckay meg ryan is a modern day executive, a 21st century woman driven to succeed in the corporate world. This not only diverges from the real prince leopolds.
At the height of kate and leopolds romance, kate asks him to snuggle with her. Due to a time incident, they meet each other in the present days and they fall in love to. Dec 25, 2001 leopold a man living in the 1870s is puzzled by stuarts tiny camera, follows him back through the gap, and they both ended up in the present day. He even falls in love with the beautiful kate mckay, a harried, heartsick lady who is not sure whether to trust him.
Time travel involves so many paradoxes that it is wise, in a romantic comedy like this, to simply ignore them. Where i come from, the meal is the result of reflection and study, menus are prepared in advance, timed to perfection. Girls night in triple feature collection with seredipity, bridget jones leading ladies of romantic comedy pack. I wasnt a big hugh jackman fan when i watched this movie. Im too old for that kind of thing, but the character leopold has a stillness, a. He pulls out a chair for her and kneels beside her. When a rip in time brings together a charming 19thcentury bachelor and a 21stcentury woman, the potential for an oldfashioned modern romance ignites. Infographics and archival footage deliver bitesize history lessons on scientific breakthroughs, social movements and worldchanging discoveries. I will one of the days watch this movie again and relieve it again and again. But when a rip in the fabric of time thrusts leopold into present day. Mangolds cameo was deleted, as were a brief shot of kate in a 19thcentury party sequence and all references to the fact that stuart and leopold are.
Kate s apartment is made up of at least 3 locations. Sep 29, 2011 leopold hugh jackman gets acquainted with modern conveniences as well as stuarts exgirlfriend, kate meg ryan. A successful, 21st century woman meets the duke of albany circa 1876, via a hiccup in the timespace continuum. E 2001online playing with fire 2019 full movie ryan reynolds reveals whether hugh jackman has any flaws duration. Kate and leopold parents guide jumping from a bridge or any tall structure would result in deathnot time travel.
Filmmaker james mangold follows his oscarwinning drama girl. But if he doesnt return to his own time, his absence will forever alter. The scene where kate loses her purse with the thief while leopold is on a horse and says give me your hand woman was rather hilarious too. The movie leopold gives his full names as leopold alexis elijah walker thomas gareth mountbatten. A woman meg ryan falls for a duke hugh jackman from the 19th century. Here she plays kate mckay a woman who is working as a market executive in new york city. The movie has some nice moments by a firstrate group of sidekicks and supporting actors, including breckin meyer as kate s actor brother the lessons he gets from leopold on women on are delightful, natasha lyonne as kate s assistant, bradley whitford as kate s boss, and liev schrieber as kate s exboyfriend. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny. Do you think it is reckless or irrelevant that the movie makes this depiction.
Kate mckay lives in a new york city apartment with her brother and works as an adexecutive. Meg ryan stars as kate mckay, a modern female executive in new york city whose drive to succeed in the cutthroat corporate world has left little time for romance. Meg ryan and hugh jackman are paired as starcrossed lovers who discover that passion and chivalry never go out of style. The trio make it to the portal just before it closes and kate goes to 1876 to find a resigned leopold prepared to do what his uncle expects and marry a woman he doesnt love to get her fortune. Mar 06, 2012 meg ryan youve got mail and hugh jackman real steel, xmen come together as starcrossed lovers who discover that passion and chivalry never go out of style.
He gets help and insight from charlie who thinks that leopold is an actor who is always in character. Leopold is an english and broken baron living in new york in the end of the nineteenth century. The film is directed by james mangold and stars meg ryan, hugh jackman, and liev schreiber. Though jackman charms, kate and leopold is bland and predictable, and the time travel scenario lacks inner logic. Movie details if they lived in the same century theyd be perfect for each other. But if he doesnt return to his own time, his absence will forever alter history. Kate and leopold is a delightful, fun, romantic movie that will make the audience swoon and dream. I had, with astonishing complacency, squandered my life, waiting for some incentive to force me into action. Her next door neighbor stuart somehow discovers a portal in time and visits the. Starring meg ryan, hugh jackman, liev schreiber, breckin meyer. Kate mckay meg ryan is a modern female executive in new york city whose drive to succeed in the cutthroat corporate world has left little time for romance. I think enchanted the disney movie stole ideas from this movie. Yes the film is predicable and you know what is gonna happen,but overall i actually liked this movie.
Leopold, the third duke of albany, is a charming gent and bachelor of the late 18oos. When a rip in time brings together a charming 19th century bachelor and a thoroughly 21st century woman, the potential for an oldfashioned modern romance ignites. The bbc is not responsible for the content of external websites. Leopold kate, i had never before been a considerate man. Kate and leopold similar films to watch if you like kate. When her scientist exboyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time and brings back a 19thcentury nobleman named leopold to prove it a skeptical kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing leopold the 21st century.
His uncle schemes to have him marry a wealthy american heiress and bolster the depleted family fortunes. The movie has some nice moments by a firstrate group of sidekicks and supporting actors, including breckin meyer as kates actor brother the lessons he gets from leopold on women on are delightful, natasha lyonne as kates assistant, bradley whitford as kates boss, and liev schrieber as kates exboyfriend. May 14, 2015 kate and leopold trailer ve youtube movies. As the courtly leopold and the decidedly liberated kate tour the town, a mutual attraction develops into something deeper, a relationship thats threatened by leopold s temporary chronological status. After leopold hugh jackman takes kate meg ryan to his home from the past, she begins to believe his story. A charming bachelor and the royal third duke of albany in his own time, leopold is fascinated by the 21st century. Later she comments that passersby must think that the resplendently dressed leopold is gay. Kate and leopold 2001 where to stream and watch decider. Rated pg by the motion picture association of america. In 1876 he is an unmarried thirty year old who dreams of bigger things than what his family has planned for him. Kate and leopold is a diverse little romantic movie about a duke hugh jackman from the 19th century, and modern day wanderers, including a lovedepressed kate, meg ryan, her exboyfriend, stuart, liev shrieber, and her brother, charlie, breken meyer.
The photos show her there with leopold and kate chooses the man shes fallen in love with over her career. What cultural barriers do you see as possible concerns for a couple that have been raised over one hundred years apart. Kate is a successful businesswoman living also in new york, but in 2001. Romantic comedy queen meg ryan stars opposite oscar nominee hugh jackman in this sweet timewarp tale. A presentday woman takes responsibility for guiding a charming timetraveling 19thcentury nobleman through the 21st century. As previously mentioned the lower lobby where she and leopold exit the building was at 88 white street. She just broke up with her boyfriend stuartplayed by liev schreiber who happens to be a timetraveler. The movie is not really about time travel anyway, but about elegant british.
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