Alex & Emma is a 2003 American romantic comedy directed by Rob Reiner and starring Kate Hudson and Luke Wilson. Written by Jeremy Leven, the film is about a writer who must turn out a novel in thirty days or face the wrath of loan sharks. Alex is the author, who must repay a USD$100,000 debt to the Cuban mafia or face dire consequences. After his laptop is destroyed, he hires Emma , a stenographer who talks as much as she writes. As Alex dictates his novel to Emma, the movie cuts away to scenes from the novel, where Adam interacts with a series of nannies falling for the last one.... Eventually life imitates art, and Alex and Emma fall in love. Developed under the working title, Loosely Based on a True Love Story, the movie is loosely based on a true love story of author Fyodor Dostoevsky, who dictated his novel, The Gambler, in 30 days in order to pay off a gambling debt—and in the process, fell in love with his young stenographer. The film was modeled after the Audrey Hepburn movie, Paris When It Sizzles.
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| Release date: | June 16, 2003 |
| Directed by: | Rob Reiner |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 96 Minutes |
| Producer: | Rob Reiner, Alan Greisman, Jason Blumenthal |
| Editor: | Alan Edward Bell, Robert Leighton |
| Music by: | Marc Shaiman |
| Cinematography: | Gavin Finney |
| Screenplay by: | Jeremy Leven |
| Estimated budget: | $30,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |