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clipping, which he still keeps in his files in London. “I was looking for an excuse to come back to France to shoot a film, and this story idea offered the perfect opportunity. I bounced this idea off Peter Mayle, and he said, ‘That would make a good novel’. “And I said, ‘You write the book, then I’ll get the film rights.’ So, he wrote the book.” Screenwriter Marc Klein was brought in after Scott read an adaptation he did of
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dubbing him "A Mellow Fellow". Crowe said of his life at the time: " relaxed ... Work isn't the most important thing in my life now. It's not even in the top ten." The actor also stressed the importance of his family. Scott also stated one of the reasons for the project was that he had "not done much
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may be one of his most easily enjoyable and emotionally satisfying efforts, in a long career that has traversed so many times and places, in this world and others. He and Crowe have made five films together, but not since 2010. Hopefully, as rumours have periodically suggested, a sixth collaboration
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Klein had to expand and alter the story of the book to make the adaptation "more movie-like". A particular focus was to add conflict, with changes such as turning Fanny from a gentle character to a stubborn woman who starts without sympathy for Max. Another addition was the scene where Max falls in
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Max becomes enamoured with Fanny, who is rumoured to have sworn off men. He successfully woos her into his bed. She leaves him the next morning, expecting him to return to his life in London. A disillusioned Christie also decides to move on. Max finds his uncle's memoirs, which contain proof of her
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To assist in his planned sale of the property, Max hurriedly snaps some photos and, in the process, falls into an empty and very dirty swimming pool. He is unable to escape until Fanny finds him and in retaliation for his running her over simply turns on the water so that the pool eventually fills
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of the French property. He travels to Provence to prepare a quick sale. Shortly after arriving, by driving while fumbling with a cell phone, he unknowingly causes a local café owner, Fanny Chenal, to crash her bicycle. Subsequently, he discovers that his latest City financial stunt has caused real
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As Max did earlier, Christie finds the house wine unpalatable but is impressed by Max's casual offering of the boutique Le Coin Perdu ("the lost corner") vintage, noting some intriguing characteristics. During dinner at the Duflot house, while slightly inebriated, Max exposes his concern that she
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Christie Roberts, who is backpacking through Europe and claims to be Henry's previously unknown illegitimate daughter. Max realizes, but does not tell her, that French law decrees that even though she is not his uncle's legitimate daughter, she still becomes the rightful heir to the Chateau and
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He puts his London residence up for sale and returns to Provence, entering into a relationship with Fanny, both of them remembering their connection as kids. Christie also returns and she and Francis jointly run the vineyard while trying to reconcile their vastly different philosophies of wine
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wines – which commanded huge prices without a chateau or pedigree. Yet, people paid a fortune for them”,Mayle said. “I saw this piece in the newspaper business section of the Times about a vineyard in France that was selling garage wine for over £30,000 a case,” Scott recounted about the 1996
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Max invalidates the estate's sale with the farewell letter he gave to Christie, which he forged, along with real photos confirming Christie as Henry's daughter with a valid claim to the entire estate. (As a child, Max signed checks for his uncle and is able to replicate his handwriting.)
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the swimming pool, which Scott said was to demonstrate " the house had not let him go". The director wanted to portray Uncle Henry on screen instead of just describing him. While writer Marc Klein first suggested depicting him as a ghost, Scott's attempts at that did not work so he used
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Max bids her farewell while handing her an unexplained note inside a book she was reading. While informing Duflot of the pending estate sale, Max learns that the mysterious expensive Le Coin Perdu was made by Henry and Duflot with "illegal vines" from the estate, bypassing
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did not fit the one Scott had envisioned from the scene, only the scenes outside the pool were filmed there. The one after Max had fallen was dug and concreted nearby, and the original one had its bottom replaced digitally to match. The production team could not film the
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The estate is sold and Max returns to London where Sir Nigel, the company chairman, offers him a choice: either a large discharge settlement, or the partnership in the trading firm. Max asks about Nigel's art in the conference room, van Gogh's
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as "it just seemed more fun to go into this smaller place, where the problems weren't as vast." The character was considered a change from Crowe's usual roles, with some noting it may reflect "maturity" or "contentment", with Australia's
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initially struggles to find its footing. Some early comic bits don’t quite land as Scott tries to play things with a light touch, contrary to some of his more ruggedly serious output; we’re not used to seeing Crowe channelling
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On Henry's estate, Max must deal with a gruff, dedicated winemaker, Francis Duflot, who fears being separated from his precious vines. Duflot pays a vineyard inspector to tell Max that the soil is bad and the vines worthless.
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as "lightweight as far as most critics were concerned" and that it "offer little in comparison to the combined commercial and critical success of the next venture, , the biopic of Harlem drug lord
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and he is able to get himself out. This delay causes Max to miss his flight and, having failed to report to the directors in person, he is suspended from work and trading activities for one week.
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as the weather makes them hard to maintain, Scott wanted one for its dirty and beaten-up aspect, so the tennis court was built from scratch, including posts straight from the
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Young Max Skinner, whose parents died in an accident, spends his childhood summer holidays learning to appreciate the finer things at his Uncle Henry's
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The film was shot throughout nine weeks in 2005, mostly in locations Scott described as "eight minutes from my house". French locations were filmed at
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which "occur just as another scene" where it would depict "the grooming of Max as child which will be used as payoffs for the three acts that follow".
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Max's assistant Gemma warns him of the ambitious antics of other employees. To ensure he is not usurped by Kenny, his second-in-command in
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is a fine example of a top-notch director and actor out of their elements, in a sappy romantic comedy lacking in charm and humor."
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for fifteen years, and wanted to film a production there. Scott Free president Lisa Ellzey recommended the works of author
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trouble for the owners of the trading company he works for, and he is ordered to return to London as soon as possible.
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was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 27 October 2006 and in the United States on November 10, 2006, by
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In a book-length study of Ridley Scott's film career, Adam Barkman summarized the general critical response to
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Klein described Henry as "sounding like Albert Finney" so Scott hired the actor, with whom he had worked in
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as the protagonist Max. The actor stated that it was a good opportunity for them to reunite after 2000's
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called it "a three-P movie: pleasant, pretty and predictable. One might add piddling". Writing for the
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and was invited by Scott to make his debut as a film score composer. The soundtrack includes "
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in the way of comedy" and it seemed to be a good opportunity to "keep challenging yourself".
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The film grossed $ 7,459,300 in the United States and a total of $ 42,269,923 worldwide.
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As of 2022, it has earned over $ 10 million in DVD sales in the United States.
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The film was theatrically released in the United States on November 10, 2006, by
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said, "the fact that we know exactly what will happen is not what's wrong with
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from a nearby hotel was turned into a cave. While southern France does not have
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from La Canorgue as they shot during the period where it was being used, so the
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did a videotaped audition for Ridley Scott only weeks before filming started.
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This article is about the film. For the novel on which it is based, see
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was "unbearably sweet and emotionally lifeless". British film critic
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considering the character would have done the same. Klaus employed a
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production. This enables Max to focus his entire attention on Fanny.
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that it was "a humourless cinematic slice of tourist gastro-porn".
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might lay claim to the estate and brusquely interrogates her.
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auditioned for the role of Fanny Chenal, which later went to
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Barkman, Adam; Barkman, Ashley; Kang, Nancy (8 March 2013).
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decoration on Duflot's estate to show it was "a character
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A Good Year (novel)

Ridley Scott
A Good Year
Peter Mayle
Russell Crowe
Albert Finney
Marion Cotillard
Tom Hollander
Freddie Highmore
Philippe Le Sourd
Dody Dorn
Marc Streitenfeld
Fox 2000 Pictures
Scott Free Productions
Dune Entertainment
Ingenious Film Partners
20th Century Fox
romantic
comedy-drama
Ridley Scott
Russell Crowe
Marion Cotillard
Didier Bourdon
Abbie Cornish
Tom Hollander
Freddie Highmore
Albert Finney
2004 novel of the same name
Peter Mayle

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