In the most dramatic scene kates purse is snatched as. A presentday woman takes responsibility for guiding a charming timetraveling 19thcentury nobleman. Her exboy friend, stuart, lives above her apartment and finds this space near the brooklyn bridge where there is a gap in time. The last time she ran for the bridge, he had been right behind her and almost discovered her secret. I had, with astonishing complacency, squandered my life, waiting for some incentive to force me into action. Kate and leopold, the story continues, a kate and leopold. Near to the end of the film kate is able to confirm that leopolds actually from the past by looking at a photograph thats she in. Her ex says hes found a portal for time travel and has brought 19th century nobleman leopold back.
But if he doesnt return to his own time, his absence will forever alter history. Besser is a descendent of mountbattens and having discovered a number of portals in time around new york wanted to explore the past. Meg ryan youve got mail and hugh jackman xmen are paired as starcrossed lovers who discover that passion and chivalry never go out of style. Excuse it, if you like, as a case of mistaken identity, but clearly leopold had not seen kate before.
Leopold is an english and broken baron living in new york in the end of the nineteenth century. Here she plays kate mckay a woman who is working as a market executive in new york city. He goes back to the eighteen hundreds and takes pictures of the place. Director james mangold was convinced that she was the one for the role of kate. A successful, 21st century woman meets the duke of albany circa 1876, via a. Kates boss invites her to dinner and comes on to her, making her uncomfortable. Leopold hugh jackman gets acquainted with modern conveniences as well as stuarts exgirlfriend, kate meg ryan. While the scientist who transported him tries to figure out how to correct their mistake, kate meg ryan, a friend of one of the scientists, keeps leopold busy by showing him new york city. Her exboyfriend, stuart, lives above her apartment. Andrew jack, bradley whitford, breckin meyer and others.
On the set of new york kate and leopold film locations. The trio make it to the portal just before it closes and kate goes to 1876 to find a resigned leopold prepared to do what his uncle expects and marry a woman he doesnt love to get her fortune. Leopold hugh jackman is accidentally transported through time from the late 19th century to present day new york. For example, the part when he keeps talking in the background and nobody is listening to him. Was there an actual book written before the movie that starred meg ryan. During his visit to the past, he takes a number of photographs and accidentally brings back leopold. Kate mckay meg ryan is a modern day executive, a 21st century woman driven to succeed in the corporate world. Time travel involves so many paradoxes that it is wise, in a romantic comedy like this, to simply ignore them.
If so, was it called kate and leopold or did it have another name. Later that night, when kate has dinner with her slimy boss, leopold and charlie show up, and leopold masterfully puts the boss in his place. Kate and leopold was directed by james mangold copland, girl interrupted and stars meg ryan and hugh jackman. Leopold and charlie show up and leopolds remarks show the boss to be a liar and a cad, embarrassing kate. The photos show her there with leopold and kate chooses the man shes fallen in love with over her career. He pulls out a chair for her and kneels beside her. When a rip in time brings together a charming 19thcentury bachelor and a 21stcentury woman, the potential for an oldfashioned modern romance ignites.
The movie has some nice moments by a firstrate group of sidekicks and supporting actors, including breckin meyer as kates actor brother the lessons he gets from leopold on women on are delightful, natasha lyonne as kates assistant, bradley whitford as kates boss, and liev schrieber as kates exboyfriend. Kate ends up looking after the chivalrous stranger and falls in love. Leopold kate, i had never before been a considerate man. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. If they lived in the same century theyd be perfect for each other when her scientist exboyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time and brings back a 19thcentury nobleman named leopold to prove it a skeptical kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing leopold the. A woman meg ryan falls for a duke hugh jackman from the 19th century. Stuart finds a space near the brooklyn bridge where there is a gap in time. Most of those were delivered from breckin meyer, who plays kates brother. Kate and leopold, the story continues prologue she couldnt remember running so fast in her life. Leopold invites kate to dinner the next night, in apology. Kate and leopold fanfiction archive with over 31 stories. She just broke up with her boyfriend stuartplayed by liev schreiber who happens to be a timetraveler. See more ideas about travel movies, hugh jackman and romantic times. With meg ryan, hugh jackman, liev schreiber, breckin meyer.
When her scientist exboyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time and brings back a 19thcentury nobleman named leopold to prove it a skeptical kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing leopold the 21st century. If they lived in the same century theyd be perfect for each other. Due to a time incident, they meet each other in the present days and they fall in love to. Kate and leopold have a date on the roof, where leopold tells her, love is a leap. Why kate and leopold is slightly terrifying vr goggles. The more time kate spends with leopold, the harder she falls for him. An english duke from 1876 is inadvertedly dragged to modern day new york where he falls for a plucky advertising executive. Kate and leopold 2001 kate meg ryan and her actor brother live in n.
Ryan, in some recent interviews, has joked about getting into a 12step program to recover from always being cast in romantic comedies. In this rom com, market researcher kate has been burned by love. So she hid from him, hoping he would go away so that she could jump. Leopold, the third duke of albany, is a charming gent and bachelor of the late 18oos. Meg ryan and hugh jackman come together as starcrossed lovers who discover that passion and.
Filmmaker james mangold follows his oscarwinning drama. A scientist named stuart liev schreiber discovers a time portal that takes him back to 1876. Leopold never saw kate in the past until after he met her in the future, because she was not at the party until the very last moment, after all the dancing had ended. She had to get there, this time before her grandfather could reach her. Kate and leopold reads like a cheap dimestore harlequin romance novel. Financial analysis of kate and leopold 2001 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Kate is a successful businesswoman living also in new york, but in 2001. Leopold finds his uncles old mansion in new york and gives kate a tour.
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