Stevens mom contd were still gonna love you, youre still gonna be our happy little boy and youre still gonnastevens brother youre adopted. Perhaps its most distinctive features are giving a lot of time to distant fourthbilled actor rodrigo santoro and letting ewan mcgregor briefly talk about meeting the real phillip morris. I love you phillip morris nude scenes 12 images and 8 videos including appearances from jim carrey donovan guidry ewan mcgregor. With jim carrey, ewan mcgregor, leslie mann, rodrigo santoro. Dec 03, 2010 con man steven russell has walked out of prison four times all for love, reportedly, in an effort to reunite with his partner, phillip morris. I love you phillip morris my name is philip morris youtube. Rent i love you phillip morris 2009 on dvd and bluray. Apr 02, 2010 i love you phillip morris this really happened. Anyway i love you phillip morris is a film of considerable interest, handsomely photographed and designed and impressively performed, though at the end it isnt easy to know whether its. I love you phillip morris is a 2009 biographical black comedy drama film based on the 1980s and 1990s reallife story of con artist, impostor and multiple prison escapee steven jay russell, as played by jim carrey. The rest of i love you phillip morris is a series of crimes and arrests, each one more outrageous than the last. Jim carrey steven russell, ewan mcgregor phillip morris, leslie mann debbie, rodrigo santoro jimmy, antoni corone dan lindholm, brennan brown larry.
I love you phillip morris, le 10 fevrier au cinema. I love you phillip morris premiered nearly two years ago at the sundance film festival, and its been playing in other parts of the world since earlier this year. Aug 26, 2010 i love you phillip morris this really happened. You would need an actor who can seem both instantly lovable and always up to no good. Costarring ewan mcgregor, i love you phillip morris is an unbelievably true comedy thats being called the best performance of carreys career village voice. I love you phillip morris is a 2009 biographical black comedy drama film based on the 1980s. Their story has been turned into a romantic comedy. Houstonbased journalist who befriended russell and wrote the book on which the film is based.
I love you phillip morris certainly has an interesting story, a gay catch me if you can, and some good performances, but the filmmakers have tried to cram too much in and their films title only addresses one of their story lines, one which doesnt even crop up until the films well underway. Incarcerated at the state penitentiary, con artist steven russell carrey meets the love of his life. Dec 03, 2010 jim carreys portrayal of steven russell, a notorious reallife con man now serving a 144year sentence in a texas prison, hotwires i love you phillip morris, a nervy comedy that bills. To escape from a texas jail or prison once is unusual. After morris is released from prison, russell escapes from prison four times to be. I love you phillip morris by glenn ficarra, john requa. Ewan mcgregor plays phillip morris in i love you phillip.
I love you phillip morris, based on a reallife story, stars jim carrey as a. Komedie drama film geregisseerd door glenn ficarra en john requa. This factbased romantic comedy has its flaws, but theyre mostly overcome by its consistently sweet, funny tone and one of the best performances of. Thanks to unprecedented and exclusive access to russell, his family, and his friends, he retraces russells journey from smalltown businessman to flamboyant whitecollar criminal and jailhouse. Jun 25, 2003 in i love you phillip morris, journalist steve mcvicker goes right to the heart of this improbablebuttrue story of crime, punishment, and passion. A spell of incarceration in a state penitentiary leads steven to cross paths with handsome gay criminal phillip morris, resulting in a surreal romance that sees a lovestruck steven resorting to an allnew series of cons to spring the object of his desires from prison after he is freed. His later credits included the incredible burt wonderstone 20, kickass 2 20, and dumb.
I love you phillip morris film by ficarra and requa. Russell is a guy who can convince anyone of just about anything. A true story of life, love, and prison breaks by steve mcvicker. I love you phillip morris is kind of hitandmiss from a comedic standpoint, but fortunately, from a romance and emotional side of things, it is an absolute home run. I love you phillip morris a true story of life love. The plot is preposterous, some of the details are in quite bad taste. Jimmy carrey, ewan mcgregor, rodrigo santoro, and leslie mann at. That i love you, phillip morris is based on a true story is relevant only because it is too preposterous to be fiction. His story is retold in the romantic comedy i love you phillip morris. As a free man, his passion results in a series of improbable cons to bust phillip from jail and build the perfect life together.
The real phillip morris from i love you phillip morris talks to gina piccalo about being duped by steven jay russell. Dec 29, 2019 steven russell jim carrey helps phillip morris ewan mcgregor at the library to get his book in prison and they get to know each other. It just goes to show you how far superior peopleskills will get you in the world. Thousands of letters, some gifts, lots of books and magazines, and. Steven russell, the subject of this true crime story, is a rare individual, a genius who has run afoul of the law, a prodigious intellect endowed with boundless energy, audacity and guile. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. So read the subtitles at the beginning of i love you phillip morris, informing the audience that the mindboggling exploits of protagonist steven russell jim carreycon man, embezzler, impersonator and frequent jailbreakerare all true. In 2011, his crimes were featured on the television series i almost got away with it, in the episode got a boyfriend to support. The film was adapted from the 2003 book i love you phillip morris. Based on the book by houston chronicle journalist steve mcvicker, i love you phillip morris marvels at the impulsive, diabolical brilliance of. Hey, his brains up here for their directorial debut, i love you phillip morris, the writers of bad santa turn the tale of a brilliant con man into a series of gay gags. But in providing what he feels phillip would want in life, especially if they make it out of prison together, steven may feel like he has to resort to what he.
Poppers penguins 2011, based on the childrens book of the same name, carrey portrayed a businessman who inherits several gentoo penguins. I love you phillip morris, a film about his life and crimes, was produced in 2009. A cop turns con man once he comes out of the closet. Kathie lee, tom hanks, sean connery, burt reynolds snl duration. Eu te amo, phillip morris i love you phillip mor em portugues do brasil by steve mcvicker and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. If you wanted to make a movie about the life of steven russell, you might start with this question. He was also the subject of on the run, a 2005 episode of the. Russell is a con man, and his lifelong con is selling himself. Other articles where i love you phillip morris is discussed. Glenn ficarra and john requa, adapted from steve mcvickers book starring. A true story of life, love, and prison breaks by mcvicker, steve isbn. Rent i love you phillip morris 2009 starring jim carrey and ewan mcgregor on dvd and bluray. To do it four times in five years and always on a friday the th is the. Bored with his bland marriage to reverent wife debbie.
Ewan mcgregor plays phillip morris in i love you phillip morris. Once imprisoned, he meets the second love of his life, whom hell stop at nothing to be with. I love you phillip morris opens with the cheeky preface this really happened rather than the staid based on a true story or the standard inspired by actual events a creative decision that playfully prepares audiences for the sheer lunacy theyre about to witness. Jun 01, 2003 the book is a little dull at times, and frankly phillip morris doesnt seem worth all the fuss russell sees in him, he comes across as a bit of a ditz, like an owen wilson type.
The title of the book refers to russells only proven weaknesshis steadfast love for onetime fellow convict. I have never seen any other where it can move you to tears because this is how moving ewan mcgregor is in one scene in particular and have this so close to very funny things going on. Funny how both russells boyfriends loved little dogs and they really go for min pinsagain a term i never heard before reading i love you phillip morris. While incarcerated, russell falls in love with his fellow inmate, phillip morris ewan mcgregor. Jul 02, 2003 his love for fellow thief phillip morris is hardly the stuff of great romance. Steven jay russell born september 14, 1957 is an american con artist, known for escaping from prison multiple times. Jun 25, 2003 the book is a little dull at times, and frankly phillip morris doesnt seem worth all the fuss russell sees in him, he comes across as a bit of a ditz, like an owen wilson type. Jim carrey and ewan mcgregor are absolutely brilliant in this film as i love you phillip morris is kind of hitandmiss from a comedic standpoint, but fortunately, from a romance.
Buy a cheap copy of i love you phillip morris book. I love you phillip morris by glenn ficarra, john requa glenn. Leaving aside the extent in which the premise of i love you phillip morris is essentially very sad and serious, this is overall an extremely funny and at times very sweet romantic comedy. After seeing i love you phillip morris, the movie that starred jim carey as steven russell, i just had to read the book. Dec 10, 2010 i love you phillip morris written and directed by. How much fan mail did you receive when i love you phillip morris came out.
Steven russell possessed unusual talents he was a jailhouse houdini with a specialty in fraud. And, how far true love will drive you, even if its behind bars. In prison for committing those acts of fraud, steven falls in love at first sight with fellow inmate phillip morris, a shy, quiet gay man. The book is a little dull at times, and frankly phillip morris doesnt seem worth all the fuss russell sees in him, he comes across as a bit of a ditz, like an owen wilson type. The real phillip morris from i love you phillip morris, played by ewan mcgregor in the film, talks to gina piccalo about being duped by steven jay russell.
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