The Good Night is a 2007 romantic comedy film written and directed by Jake Paltrow. The film stars his sister Gwyneth Paltrow, Penélope Cruz, Martin Freeman, Danny DeVito, Simon Pegg and others. The movie takes place in London and New York, where a former pop star who now writes commercial jingles for a living experiences a mid-life crisis. The movie was released on the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The movie follows a man's search for perfection in a world where life rarely measures up to the idealized images that constantly bombard us. Freeman plays Gary Shaller, who gained commercial... success in previous years as the keyboard player in the fictional band "On The One". He is in a dull relationship, and working for his former band mate Paul, played by Simon Pegg, writing and recording commercial jingles. Gary eventually discovers that he is having lucid dreams about a woman named Anna, played by Penelope Cruz, with whom he is deeply infatuated. He aims to learn more about lucid dreaming by buying books and even attending classes taught by an eccentric lucid-dreaming enthusiast, Mel .
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| Release date: | October 5, 2007 |
| Directed by: | Jake Paltrow |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 93 Minutes |
| Producer: | Donna Gigliotti, Bill Johnson |
| Editor: | Rick Lawley |
| Music by: | Alec Puro |
| Cinematography: | Giles Nuttgens |
| Screenplay by: | Jake Paltrow |
| Genre: | Comedy, Fantasy |