Runaway Bride is a 1999 American romantic comedy film starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere and directed by Garry Marshall. The screenplay was written by Josann McGibbon, Audrey Wells and Sara Parriott. Maggie Carpenter is a spirited and attractive young woman who has had a number of unsuccessful relationships. Maggie, nervous of being married, has left a trail of fiances. It seems, she's left three men waiting for her at the altar on their wedding day , receiving tabloid fame and the dubious nickname "The Runaway Bride". Meanwhile, in New York, reporter Homer Eisenhower Graham or "Ike" ,... writes a column about her that contains several factual errors, supplied to him by one of Maggie's jilted exes for revenge. He's fired for not verifying his source and then decides to write an in-depth article about Maggie in a bid to get his job back. He travels to Hale, Maryland, where he finds her living with her family and on her fourth attempt to become married. The fourth groom-to-be, Bob Kelly , a football coach at the local high school who treats Maggie like one of the players on his sports team.
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| Release date: | July 25, 1999 |
| Directed by: | Garry Marshall |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 116 Minutes |
| Producer: | Ted Field, Robert W. Cort, Scott Kroopf, Tom Rosenberg |
| Editor: | Bruce Green |
| Music by: | James Newton Howard |
| Cinematography: | Stuart Dryburgh |
| Screenplay by: | Sara Parriott, Josann McGibbon |
| Estimated budget: | $70,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |