Notting Hill
Notting Hill (1999)

Notting Hill

2/5
(27 votes)
7.1IMDb66Metascore

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Cast

Goofs

Honey starts the film with shoulder length hair.

In the "Ain't No Sunshine" montage, Honey's hair is cut short, understandable in the passage of time, but in a subsequent scene in the book shop when she gives Will Anna's agents' phone numbers, her hair is long again.

When she announces she's getting engaged to Spike at the closing of Tony's restaurant, it is short again.

The film only spans about a year.

When Anna first comes into William's house, William tells her, "The bathroom's on the top floor, and the telephone's just.

just up there" (pointing to the landing, one flight up).

However, we see later that the bathroom's only two flights up; William's bedroom is on the top floor, three flights up.

(While there's a phone in the kitchen, he presumably wants to let her have some privacy.

) When Anna first comes into William's house and William tells her the way to the bathroom, the blackboard beside William says in big letters "SPIKE CLEAN UP".

In the next shot from behind William the letters on the blackboard are much smaller.

Near the end of the movie, Anna Scott goes to the store to talk to William Thacker.

When he comes out of his office and stands in front of a desk, behind him is a stack of books, all the same style.

They are all facing the same way.

The next scene the top two are facing another way from the bottom one.

Will heads out wearing a belt.

When he is in the orange juice shop the belt is gone, but it reappears as he leaves the shop.

Three separate times during the movie, the same mother and child are seen in the alley beside William's book shop.

All three times this person and child are wearing the same clothes and are in the same physical position.

According to the chronology of the film, they would have been stood in that same spot, not moving, for over a year.

Just after Anna and William have collided in the street, the camera operator is clearly visible reflected in Anna's sunglasses for one shot.

An addled customer enters William's travel bookstore and asks for books by Charles Dickens.

He's sent away with an admonished, "This is a travel bookstore", but a true travel book professional would know that Dickens wrote several notable travel books, including "American Notes" and "Pictures from Italy".

While William and Martin are talking about Topol and Ringo Starr, a man with red hair walks past twice in the same direction.

When Anna and William are together in his house and he is reading the newspaper and she is reading her lines, the picture on the paper he is reading changes.

Honey puts on the necklace when she is opening her birthday presents.

It disappears and reappears between shots.

When William is listening to Anna at Kenwood House, he is wearing his glasses.

When he stands up and gives his earphone back to Harry, the soundman, his glasses are gone.

The orange juice on William's shirt disappears after the kiss in the kitchen.

At Honey's birthday party it is revealed that William's nickname is "Floppy.

" After Anna climbs the fence into the private garden she says "Come on, Flopsy.

" When Anna wants to use the bathroom, it is the door seen from the bottom of the stairs.

Later on that same day it becomes William's bedroom door.

Also, in one shot, the bathroom door has windows.

Later in the movie, it becomes a plan wooden door.

Towards the end when Anna gives William the painting, over William's right shoulder is an orange coloured book called Comics, Comix and Graphic Novels.

Not, in fact, a travel book.

When William Thacker visits the set at Hampstead Heath he is stopped by a security guard at a checkpoint.

When he enters the set after speaking with Anna Scott not only is the guard gone but so is any type of security checkpoint.

In the opening montage of Anna (before William and Anna meet), the shot of her getting out of the limousine is from the scene at the end, when William is actually with her.

When William leaves Hampstead Heath after overhearing Anna talking to the other actor on set, he is wearing a dark blue shirt and has no jacket.

The next shot has him entering the book shop with a light blue shirt and a jacket slung over his shoulder.

(The next scene, which is set the next day, has him wearing the pink shirt for the remainder of the film.

) Although Bella is in a wheelchair and complains of the fact that her house needs ramps for her to get around, there is a step without a ramp leading to her front door.

In one scene she is seen about to leave the house in her wheelchair, unassisted.

In the first scene where William encounters Anna, Rufus (the book thief) is shown several times in the background.

Initially he has several days growth of beard, and in one of the shots he appears to be freshly shaven, then back to the growth of beard.

As William first enters the elevator at the Ritz, he asks the other person what floor they're going to.

They respond "three", but when they both leave the elevator, the number "1" is clearly visible on the elevator's floor indicator.

In the scene at Kenwood House, William is given headphones to listen in to the dialogue as they're filming, yet he overhears a casual conversation between Anna and her lead actor who aren't miked up.

After Anna and William collide in the street, the microphone shadow is visible on the left side of the screen (widescreen version).

The coffee stain on William's shirt changes size and shape during scenes several times.

Spike manages to let himself out of the boot of Max's Peugeot 406 estate car when he gets out to stop the traffic, but in reality there wouldn't be any handle to open the liftgate from the inside.

Awards

ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 2000


ASCAP Award
Top Box Office Films

BAFTA Awards 2000


BAFTA Film Award
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 2000


Blockbuster Entertainment Award
Favorite Actor - Comedy/Romance
Favorite Actress - Comedy/Romance
Favorite Supporting Actor - Comedy/Romance
Favorite Supporting Actress - Comedy/Romance

Brit Awards 2000


Brit
Best Soundtrack

British Comedy Awards 1999


British Comedy Award
Best Comedy Film

Csapnivalo Awards 2000


Golden Slate
Best Actor in a Leading Role

European Film Awards 1999


European Film Award
European Film

Evening Standard British Film Awards 2000


Peter Sellers Award for Comedy

Huabiao Film Awards 2000


Huabiao Film Award
Outstanding Translated Foreign Film

Teen Choice Awards 1999


Teen Choice Award
Film - Movie of the Summer

Box Office

DateAreaGross
3 October 1999 USA USD 116,006,080
26 September 1999 USA USD 115,882,070
19 September 1999 USA USD 115,724,325
12 September 1999 USA USD 115,469,460
5 September 1999 USA USD 115,189,735
29 August 1999 USA USD 114,701,760
22 August 1999 USA USD 114,133,485
15 August 1999 USA USD 113,423,125
8 August 1999 USA USD 112,658,155
1 August 1999 USA USD 111,679,705
25 July 1999 USA USD 109,927,965
18 July 1999 USA USD 107,111,680
11 July 1999 USA USD 103,142,720
4 July 1999 USA USD 98,270,315
27 June 1999 USA USD 89,510,375
20 June 1999 USA USD 79,748,215
13 June 1999 USA USD 67,516,100
6 June 1999 USA USD 49,419,470
30 May 1999 USA USD 27,689,760
USA USD 116,089,678
19 September 1999 UK GBP 30,403,825
12 September 1999 UK GBP 30,254,753
5 September 1999 UK GBP 30,018,871
29 August 1999 UK GBP 29,609,832
22 August 1999 UK GBP 28,993,086
15 August 1999 UK GBP 28,135,866
8 August 1999 UK GBP 27,057,971
1 August 1999 UK GBP 25,949,418
25 July 1999 UK GBP 25,015,839
18 July 1999 UK GBP 23,996,924
11 July 1999 UK GBP 22,941,973
4 July 1999 UK GBP 21,807,843
27 June 1999 UK GBP 20,090,023
20 June 1999 UK GBP 17,882,406
13 June 1999 UK GBP 14,983,103
6 June 1999 UK GBP 10,815,820
30 May 1999 UK GBP 4,571,361
23 May 1999 UK GBP 152,532
31 December 2001 Worldwide USD 247,000,000
12 September 1999 Worldwide USD 184,300,000
5 September 1999 Worldwide USD 165,800,000
29 August 1999 Worldwide USD 151,400,000
22 August 1999 Worldwide USD 148,700,000
15 August 1999 Worldwide USD 126,100,000
8 August 1999 Worldwide USD 113,700,000
worldwide USD 363,889,678
Non-USA USD 247,800,000
Argentina USD 3,961,076
Spain EUR 12,460,000
30 December 1999 Sweden SEK 62,089,941
28 October 1999 Sweden SEK 59,368,062
30 September 1999 Sweden SEK 54,618,477
DateAreaGrossScreens
30 May 1999 USA USD 27,689,760 2,747
23 May 1999 UK GBP 152,532 1 screen
DateAreaGrossScreens
4 July 1999 USA USD 5,501,520 1,944
27 June 1999 USA USD 5,527,440 2,559
20 June 1999 USA USD 6,909,280 2,786
13 June 1999 USA USD 11,259,035 2,780
6 June 1999 USA USD 15,013,295 2,752
30 May 1999 USA USD 27,689,760 2,747
19 September 1999 UK GBP 60,122 59
12 September 1999 UK GBP 105,372 124
5 September 1999 UK GBP 157,218 185
29 August 1999 UK GBP 270,825 190
22 August 1999 UK GBP 340,082 228
15 August 1999 UK GBP 497,905 272
8 August 1999 UK GBP 577,304 324
1 August 1999 UK GBP 380,844 295
25 July 1999 UK GBP 457,425 293
18 July 1999 UK GBP 499,715 266
11 July 1999 UK GBP 539,921 296
4 July 1999 UK GBP 773,673 312
27 June 1999 UK GBP 1,075,259 437
20 June 1999 UK GBP 1,513,287 475
13 June 1999 UK GBP 2,329,133 473
6 June 1999 UK GBP 3,004,696 457
30 May 1999 UK GBP 4,323,678 457
23 May 1999 UK GBP 152,532 1 screen

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Reviews

I'm not big into romcoms but I found this one a lot more entertaining and engaging than the usual. The lead male is a very lovable guy and the lead girl is fascinating and surprises you many times.

Watching Notting Hill I came to the realization that it's been a while since I have seen a movie that is so unabashedly romantic. Today's romantic comedies tend to add layers of cynicism in lieu of two people, on screen who actually have chemistry.

William Thacker (Hugh Grant) owns an unsuccessful Notting Hill bookstore in London. Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) is a movie star considered as the world's most beautiful woman.

Its one of the best romantic comedies zo far. Great interaction between grant and Roberts.

If you want to watch a romance drama, it is appropriate if you choose Notting Hill. But you'll find more than your expectations.

I would imagine it's many people's dream to meet a movie star and fall in love over the course of one day & Notting Hill plays this very premise out with major success. Over 20 years old and just as charming as I assume this movie was praised for all those years ago.

The male and female owners use their eyes to narrate, the male owner's dark blue eyes like the sea, the female owner's confident and calm temperament. The eyes are opposite, everything is just fine.

The life of a simple bookshop owner (Hugh Grant) changes when he meets the most famous film star in the world (Julia Roberts).What I really enjoyed about this film is the guest stars.

As perfect as it can get for a romantic movie which you dont want to end.

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