I Love You Phillip Morris

[Beate]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045772/

Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven realizes he's gay and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lifestyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another. Written by The Film Catalogue

[Beate]

I found the link where the Brighton code came from, it gives a bit more info about the film: http://thelatest.co.uk/7/ticket-giveaway-odeon-cinema

[elski]

Trailer

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and another on
http://www.phillipmorristhemovie.com/

[elski]

The other day I was reading Ewan McGregor's interview here: http://www.out.com/detail.asp?page=1&id=26508
The film was shown at last year's sundance and been on the shelf since because it's 'too gay'.

“There was talk,” says McGregor, “that Disney fended off the release until after A Christmas Carol came out. They didn’t want kids thinking [Carrey’s] Ebenezer Scrooge was a bender.”

going by the trailer it looks a really funny film!

[Beate]

There's a pa*d preview at the Greenwich Picturehouse on 15 March at 8.50pm, so basically right after the Dirty Oil screening, for which they are also selling tickets btw. I am always so hopeful when I see a film being shown by Picturehouses, I love their Sunday morning previews!

[superhero]

That would be sacrilegious showing an overtly gay film on a sunday morning!

[Ms Thrifty]

Another connotation that would perhaps (from the studio's viewpoint) be unfortunate is that the name "Phillip Morris" surely brings to mind cigarettes?

[elski]

Another connotation that would perhaps (from the studio's viewpoint) be unfortunate is that the name "Phillip Morris" surely brings to mind cigarettes?

I know it does for me! my dad worked for Phillip Morris during the late 70s early 80s, before hearing what the film was about I thought it was about cigarettes!

[valda]

I've been waiting to see this for over a year. I'll even get my purse out to see Ewan

[Diane65]

I'm really looking forward to this, just seen the trailor and I too have a soft spot for Ewan, I love anything he's in.
I'm so happy I've got cinema tickets 4 weeks on the row.