After seeing i love you phillip morris, the new film by the writers of bad santa, glenn ficarra and john requa, i immediately went to do further research, because surely this. Ewan mcgregor plays the titular character in i love you phillip morris, opposite jim carey playing reallife con artist steven jay russell as his homosexual lover. Jim carrey likes to keep his career surprisingand few choices could be more unexpected. Watch i love you phillip morris online 2009 movie yidio. The craziest based on a true story film ever when i see that a film is based on a true story, i usually take it with a grain of salt. A second feature trailer for i love you phillip morris. Watch i love you phillip morris 2009 full movie streaming. I love you phillip morris jim carreys star turn in the truelife story of conman convict steve russell is one of his best movies yet, writes philip french published. 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. 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.
Mar 03, 2010 bandeannonce i love you philip morris vf sortie du film le 10 fevrier 2010. With jim carrey, ewan mcgregor, leslie mann, rodrigo santoro. Jan 20, 2019 a cop turns con man once he comes out of the closet. After morris is released from prison, russell escapes from prison four times to be. I love you phillip morris combines farce and romance. I love you phillip morris combines farce and romance las. 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.
The story begins with russell, played by jim carrey, on his deathbed recalling the events of his life that led him there. 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. A random car accident makes steven russell rethink his life, turning him from a married pillar of the community into a gay conman. I love you phillip morris is the improbable but true story of a spectacularly charismatic conmans journey from smalltown businessman to flamboyant whitecollar criminal, who repeatedly finds himself in trouble with the law and on the lam, brilliantly escaping from the texas prison system on four separate occasionsall in the name of love. Jim carrey likes to keep his career surprisingand few choices could be more unexpected than this unrepentantly gay romantic comedy. During one of his stints in prison, he meets phillip and becomes determined to do anything possible and often very illegal to. This is the true story of texas con man steven russell, who wakes up after surviving a major car crash convinced he is homosexual and determined to shake up his. Aug 23, 2010 i love you phillip morris is smart filmmaking and its easily carreys funniest and best film in over a decade. 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. I love you phillip morris 2009 john requa, glenn ficarra.
Costarring ewan mcgregor, i love you phillip morris is an unbelievably true comedy thats being called the best performance of carreys career village voice. Directed by glenn ficarra and john requa screenplay by john requa and glenn ficarra. Held up for over a year because no one could decide if the damn thing was too gay for public consumption, i love you phillip morris finally sees the. Jan 14, 2010 a second feature trailer for i love you phillip morris. During one of his stints in prison, he meets phillip and becomes determined to do anything possible and often very illegal to give the two of them the life he thinks they deserve. Rent i love you phillip morris 2009 on dvd and bluray. Watch i love you phillip morris online stream full movie. I love you phillip morris is the improbable but true story of a spectacularly charismatic conmans journey from smalltown businessman to flamboyant whitecollar criminal, who repeatedly finds himself in trouble with the law and on the lam, brilliantly escaping from the texas prison system on four separate occasions all in the name of love.
You would need an actor who can seem both instantly lovable and always up to no good. 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. I love you phillip morris is a 2009 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. A cop turns con man once he comes out of the closet. 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. The mask 1994, liar liar 1997, bruce almighty 2003, ace ventura movies, batman movies 19891997, i love you phillip morris, the dead pool 1988 general audiences no archive warnings apply. Dec 02, 2010 held up for over a year because no one could decide if the damn thing was too gay for public consumption, i love you phillip morris finally sees the light of day. In prison, steven meets phillip ewan mcgregor, a mildmannered inmate who becomes the love of his life. The film opens with a dying russell telling his life story. Jim carrey melegszex, i love you phillip morris, jim.
If youre among the hordes that prefer carrey less ace ventura, more joel barish, know this. I love you phillip morris etre gay est vraiment cher. Lhistoire vraie dun exflic, exmari, exarnaqueur aux assurances, exprisonnier modele et eternel amant du codetenu phillip morris. I love you phillip morris sortie le 10 fevrier 2010. I love you phillip morris 2009 works archive of our own.
While incarcerated, russell falls in love with his fellow inmate, phillip morris ewan mcgregor. I love you, phillip morris 2010 financial information. Rated r for sexual content including strong dialogue, and language. I love you phillip morris movie trailer, cast, pictures. Incarcerated at the state penitentiary, con artist steven russell carrey meets the love of his life. He begins with his life in texas as a happily married police officer who plays the organ at church, prays every night with his wife leslie mann and spends his off. A comedy drama starring ewan mcgregor and jim carrey, i love you phillip morris is based on the life of a grifter named steven russell. This is i love you phillip morris by xavier grobet on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Its a shame most of his american fans arent being given the chance to. Financial analysis of i love you, phillip morris 2010 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. 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. Once imprisoned, he meets the second love of his life, whom hell stop at nothing to be with. You cant take your eyes off him, even with the charming though underdeveloped, characterwise mcgregor by his side. In i love you phillip morris, journalist steve mcvicker goes right to the heart of this improbablebuttrue story of crime, punishment, and passion.
The mask 1994, liar liar 1997, bruce almighty 2003, ace ventura movies, batman movies 19891997, i love you phillip morris, the dead pool 1988 general audiences no. Lionsgate has announced the dvd, bluray disc and digital download release of i love you phillip morris. If you wanted to make a movie about the life of steven russell, you might start with this question. Dec 03, 2010 the making of i love you phillip morris 11. I love you phillip morris critics consensus this factbased romantic comedy has its flaws, but theyre mostly overcome by its consistently sweet, funny tone and one of the best performances of jim. Dec 22, 2010 ewan mcgregor plays the titular character in i love you phillip morris, opposite jim carey playing reallife con artist steven jay russell as his homosexual lover.
In this years i love you, phillip morris, a true story about a gay texas conman, he whips out a performance that is funny, silly, and believable. 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. Official i love you phillip morris movie trailer youtube channel. Steven jay russell born september 14, 1957 is an american con artist, known for escaping from prison multiple times. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. He finds his religious life in the south boring and dissatisfying one and eventually he abandons it and his wife in order to embrace his true sexuality. As a free man, his passion results in a series of improbable cons to bust phillip from jail and build the perfect life together. Russell is a con man, and his lifelong con is selling himself. Nevertheless, it would be better if the story wasnt quite so slack and untethered. Check out the official i love you phillip morris 2009 trailer starring jim carrey and ewan mcgregor. In 2011, his crimes were featured on the television series i almost got away with it, in the episode got a boyfriend to support.
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