A Life Less Ordinary
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Directed by	Danny Boyle
Produced by	Andrew Macdonald
Written by	John Hodge
Starring	Ewan McGregor Cameron Diaz Holly Hunter Ian Holm Delroy Lindo Dan Hedaya Maury Chaykin Ian McNeice Tony Shalhoub Stanley Tucci
Music by	David Arnold
Cinematography	Brian Tufano
Editing by	Masahiro Hirakubo
Distributed by	20th Century Fox (USA) PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (UK)
Release date(s)	24 October 1997
Running time	103 mins
Country	UK USA
Language	English
Budget	$12,000,000 (estimated)
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A Life Less Ordinary is a 1997 romantic/black comedy film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Boyle and John Hodge. Following the international success of Trainspotting, Hodge and Boyle sought to use funding from Channel 4 to make a film that would appeal to a U.S. audience, but this follow-up proved something of a mis-fire. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Danny Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an English director and film producer, best known for his work on films such as Trainspotting and 28 Days Later. ... William Luther Pierce (September 11, 1933 _ July 23, 2002) was an associate of the American Nazi Party (ANP), founder of the National Alliance and one of the most prominent ideologues of the white nationalist movement. ... John Hodge is a British screenwriter, most noted for his adaptation of Irvine Welshs novel Trainspotting into the script for the film of the same title. ... Ewan Gordon McGregor (born March 31, 1971; pronounced [1]) is a Scottish actor who has had significant success in mainstream, indie and art house films. ... Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress and former fashion model. ... Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Sir Ian Holm Sir Ian Holm CBE (born 12 September 1931), born as Ian Holm Cuthbert, is an English actor. ... Delroy Lindo (born November 18, 1952, Eltham, London, England, UK) is a British actor. ... Dan Hedaya Dan Hedaya is a prolific character actor who was born on July 24, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York to a Sephardic Jewish family. ... Maury Chaykin (born July 27, 1949) is a Canadian/American actor. ... McNeice as Vladimir Harkonnen in the Sci-Fi Channels Dune miniseries Ian McNeice (born October 2, 1950 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK) is an internationally known English television and movie actor. ... Tony Shalhoub (born October 9, 1953) is a three-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning American television and film actor. ... Stanley Tucci, Jr. ... David Arnold (born February 27, 1962 in Luton in Bedfordshire, England) is one of the most popular and successful young British composers[citation needed]. He is probably best known for the film scores to Stargate (1994), Independence Day (1996) and four James Bond films. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (PFE) was a London-based film studio, founded in 1991 as a European competitor to Hollywood, but eventually sold and merged with Universal Pictures in 1999. ... is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The year 1997 in film involved some significant events. ... This article primarily discusses philosophical ideologies in relation to the subject of romantic love. ... This article is about a tone of comedy. ... Danny Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an English director and film producer, best known for his work on films such as Trainspotting and 28 Days Later. ... John Hodge is a British screenwriter, most noted for his adaptation of Irvine Welshs novel Trainspotting into the script for the film of the same title. ... Trainspotting is a 1996 Academy Award-nominated, BAFTA-winning cult classic film directed by Danny Boyle based on the novel Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh. ... This article is about the British television station. ...

It stars Cameron Diaz, Ewan McGregor, Holly Hunter, and Delroy Lindo. Unusually, the film was serialised as a full-length comic strip within leading British comic 2000AD, written by then-editor David Bishop and drawn by Steve Yeowell - the first film to receive such treatment in Britain for almost a decade. Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress and former fashion model. ... Ewan Gordon McGregor (born March 31, 1971; pronounced [1]) is a Scottish actor who has had significant success in mainstream, indie and art house films. ... Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Delroy Lindo (born November 18, 1952, Eltham, London, England, UK) is a British actor. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... Cover of the first issue of 2000 AD, 26 February 1977. ... For other persons named David Bishop, see David Bishop (disambiguation). ... Steve Yeowell is a British comicbook artist, well-known for his work on the long-running science fiction and fantasy weekly comic 2000AD. Having trained in 3D design (specialising in silversmithing and jewellery), Yeowell began drawing comics purely for pleasure, with no particular intention to become a professional artist. ...

Synopsis

O'Reilly and Jackson (Hunter and Lindo) are two angels whose jobs are to unite man and woman. After a bad run that included several divorces and irreconcileable sexual disharmony, the two are in danger of being banished. Their latest job, however, can save them. Their mission: bring together Robert Lewis (McGregor) and Celine Naville (Diaz).

Robert is a dreaming, but hapless janitor, working for rich, spoiled, crazy Celine's father, Naville (Ian Holm). After Robert is fired, replaced with a robot, dumped by his girlfriend, and sent an eviction notice, he finally snaps. While demanding his job back from Naville, Robert shoots Naville in the leg (Celine distracted him) and takes Celine hostage. Robert, however, is an inept kidnapper. While making his ransom demand, he keeps making mistakes, like getting interrupted, dialing the wrong number and switching the main words ("Right, daughter. I've got your asshole here."). The rest of the film shows the two falling in love, while evading phony homicide attempts from O'Reilly and Jackson (disguised as bounty hunters, so Naville's goons don't split the couple up) who are just trying to keep the two together, by putting them in jeopardy (O'Reilly's brilliant idea). For the business meaning, see Wealth (economics). ... Sir Ian Holm Sir Ian Holm CBE (born 12 September 1931), born as Ian Holm Cuthbert, is an English actor. ... This article lacks information on the subject matters importance. ...

Supporting Cast

• Stanley Tucci as Elliot, Celine's ex-boyfriend
• Dan Hedaya as Gabriel
• Maury Chaykin as Tod Johnson

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Soundtrack

• "I Hear A Symphony" - Diana Ross and The Supremes
• "Velvet Divorce" - The Sneaker Pimps
• "Human" - Elastica
• "Oh" - Underworld
• "Peace In The Valley" - Alabama 3/A3 featuring Errol Thompson
• "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" - The Shirelles
• "Deadweight" - Beck
• "Dwr Budr" - Orbital
• "The Box" - Orbital
• "Full Throttle" - The Prodigy
• "BEYOND THE SEA Karaoke Version" - Written by Jack Lawrence and Charles Trenet
• "RUBY DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN" - Written by Mel Tillis
• "LEAVE" - R.E.M.
• "DON'T LEAVE" - Faithless
• "A LIFE LESS ORDINARY" - Ash
• "KINGDOM OF LIES" - Folk Implosion
• "IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG" - Faithless
• "IT'S WAR" - The Cardigans
• "BEYOND THE SEA" - Bobby Darin
• "ALWAYS ON MY MIND" - Elvis Presley
• "DEEPER RIVER" - Dusted
• "PUT A LID ON IT" - Squirrel Nut Zippers
• "ROUND ARE WAY" - Oasis
• "IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN" - G
• "LOVE IS HERE" - Luscious Jackson

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External links

• A Life Less Ordinary at the Internet Movie Database