Kate and Leopold

Director: James Mangold James Mangold

Overview

Filmmaker James Mangold follows his Oscar-winning drama Girl, Interrupted (1999) with this whimsical fantasy. Meg Ryan stars as Kate McKay, a modern female executive in New York City whose drive to succeed in the cutthroat corporate world has left little time for romance. When her genius ex-boyfriend Stuart (Liev Schreiber) opens a portal in time, the experiment transports Leopold (Hugh Jackman) from 1867 to the present day. A charming bachelor and the royal "Third Duke of Albany" in his own time, Leopold is fascinated by the 21st century. As the courtly Leopold and the decidedly liberated Kate tour the town, a mutual attraction develops into something deeper, a relationship that's threatened by Leopold's temporary chronological status. Kate & Leopold (2001) was originally developed by co-screenwriter Steve Rogers as a project for star/producer Sandra Bullock, who had a hit with his film Hope Floats (1998).

Product Details

Release Date:	04/15/2011
UPC:	0031398137719
Original Release:	2001
Source:	LIONSGATE - 600000-AEC LGE
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:58:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Meg Ryan	Kate
Hugh Jackman	Leopold
Liev Schreiber	Stuart
Breckin Meyer	Charlie
Natasha Lyonne	Darci
Bradley Whitford	J.J.
Paxton Whitehead	Uncle Millard
Spalding Gray	Dr. Geisler
Josh Stamberg	Colleague Bob
Matthew Sussman	Phil
Charlotte Ayanna	Patrice
Philip Bosco	Otis
Andrew Jack	Roebling
Stan Tracy	Photographer
Kristen Schaal	Miss Tree
Andrea Barnes	Clara
James Mangold	Movie Director
William Sanford	Barry
David Aaron Baker	Studio Executive
Arthur Nascarella	Gracy
Robert Manning	Passerby
Henry Boyle	Cab Driver
Roma Torre	TV Newscaster
Viola Davis	Policewoman
Ray Seiden	Sanitation Worker
Jonathan Fried	Faux Wolfgang
Francis Dumaurier	Faux Emeril
Cole Hawkins	Hector
Stephanie Montalvo	CRG Intern
Ebony Jo-Ann	Nurse Ester
George Hahn	Assistant Director
Joe Mosso	Cameraman,Cameraman
Chazz Menedez	Purse Thief
Cornelius Byrne	Carriage Driver,Carriage Driver
Chazz Menendez	Purse Thief
Brandon Parrish	Dennis
Brittney Startzman	Monica
Martha Madison	Office Woman
Stephanie Sanditz	Gretchen
Nai Yuan Hu	Rooftop Violinist
Michael Shelle	Distinguished Actor
Matthew Beisner	Commercial Director
Bill Corsair	Limo Driver
John Rothman	Executive No. 1
Dennis Rees	Executive No. 2
Michael Cassady	Executive No. 3
Brian Letscher	Ad Executive
Meg Gibson	Executive's Wife
Kevin Daniels	Doorman at Party
Henry Doyle	Cab Driver
Russell Di Perna	Bridge Cop
Frank Arcuri	1876 Doorman
Robert Ray Manning Jr.	Passerby
Rolfe Kent	Composer

Technical Credits

James Mangold

James Mangold	Director,Screenwriter
Bob Weinstein	Executive Producer,Executive Producer,Producer,Producer
Kerry Barden	Casting
Peter Bucossi	Stunts
Billy Hopkins	Casting
Cathy Konrad	Producer
Menace FX	Special Effects
Kerry Orent	Executive Producer,Producer
Meryl Poster	Executive Producer,Producer
Suzanne Smith	Casting
Robert Stromberg	Special Effects
Danny Aiello III	Stunts
Roy Farfel	Stunts
Jay Carrado	Stunts
Jodi Pynn	Stunts

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Opening Credits: "Born With Everything"
2. A Suspicious Fellow
3. Telling Kate the Truth
4. "Where Am I?"
5. Bart Needs a Walk
6. Exploring Inventions
7. Keeping an Eye on Leopold
8. "Fresh Creamery Butter"
9. A Chivalrous Pursuit
10. Who's the Merry Andrew Now?
11. Humbling the Braggart
12. Cleaning Up the Mess
13. An Exquisite Evening
14. Rhythm & Nostalgia
15. "Peddling Pond Scum"
16. Feeling Time
17. The Pretzel of Time
18. A Future in the Past
19. End Credits
1. Opening Credits: "Born With Everything"
2. A Suspicious Fellow
3. Telling Kate the Truth
4. "Where Am I?"
5. Bart Needs a Walk
6. Exploring Inventions
7. Keeping an Eye on Leopold
8. "Fresh Creamery Butter"
9. A Chivalrous Pursuit
10. Who's the Merry Andrew Now?
11. Humbling the Braggart
12. Cleaning Up the Mess
13. An Exquisite Evening
14. Rhythm and Nostalgia
15. "Peddling Pond Scum"
16. Feeling Time
17. The Pretzel of Time
18. A Future in the Past
19. End Credits

Menu

Side #1 --
   Original Theatrical Version
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      Scene Selection
      Bonus Material
         "On the Set" Featurette
         Deleted Scenes
            Bathtime With Otis
            Marty...4th Floor
            Elevator Repairman
            Dream of Otis
            Bathtime With Otis - Redux
            J.J.'s Life Lessons
            Taxicab Revelation
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         Photo Gallery
         Costume Featurette
         Sting "Until" Music Video
      Sneak Peeks
         Miramax Gold
         Kate & Leopold Soundtrack
         Serendipity
         The Others
         Strictly Ballroom
         Chocolat
         The Importance of Being Earnest
         Pinocchio
      Captions and Subtitles
         English for the Hearing Impaired
         Spanish
         Captions and Subtitles: None
   Director's Cut Version
      Play Movie
      Bonus Material
         "On the Set" Featurette
         Deleted Scenes
            Bathtime With Otis
            Marty...4th Floor
            Elevator Repairman
            Dream of Otis
            Bathtime With Otis - Redux
            J.J.'s Life Lessons
            Taxicab Revelation
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         Photo Gallery
         Costume Featurette
         Sting "Until" Music Video
      Set Up
         Spoken Languages
            English
            French
         Captions and Subtitles
            English for the Hearing Impaired
            Spanish
            Captions and Subtitles: None
      Scene Selection
      Sneak Peeks
         Miramax Gold
         Kate & Leopold Soundtrack
         Serendipity
         The Others
         Strictly Ballroom
         Chocolat
         The Importance of Being Earnest
         Pinocchio

Editorial Reviews

If chivalry isn't dead, it's certainly in need of resuscitation -- which is exactly what it gets in this cheerfully preposterous romantic comedy starring preternaturally perky Meg Ryan and rising star Hugh Jackman. She plays Kate, a brusque, cynical market-research professional dedicated to making unpalatable products appealing to consumers. He plays Leopold, the third Duke of Albany, a 19th-century English lord who designed the Brooklyn Bridge and invented the elevator. Their paths cross when Kate's eccentric inventor friend (Liev Schreiber) discovers an opening in the matrix of time, goes back to 1876, and returns to 21st-century New York City with a befuddled Leopold -- his great-great-grandfather -- in tow. Director James Mangold (Girl, Interrupted) milks the predictable fish-out-of-water gags for all they're worth, but Leopold's dislocation isn't the movie's focal point; his budding romance with Kate, who's initially nonplused by his courtly manner, gradually assumes narrative prominence. Mangold clearly laments the diminution of courtesy in our fast-paced, increasingly urbanized society, but that's not a message he pushes too forcefully. This is, after all, a comedy, and one that is perceptive, witty, and often dreamy. Kate & Leopold benefits enormously from the pitch-perfect performances of the two very personable stars, and is sure to find an ever-increasing audience on DVD. The disc affords two different versions of the film: the one released theatrically and Mangold's original cut. Supplemental features include a feature-length commentary by the director, a behind-the-scenes documentary, deleted scenes, a featurette on the period costumes used, a photo gallery, and a music video with Sting performing the movie's Oscar nominated theme, "Until." - Ed Hulse

Barnes & Noble - Ed Hulse

A fun, quirky romantic comedy-fantasy that is never entirely convincing in its romance, but finds hilarious purchase in the form of Hugh Jackman, who marvelously inhabits the script's best-written fish-out-of-water scenes. Jackman is superb as a 19th century nobleman encountering such modern abominations as pooper scooper laws and false advertising, but the passion that should be at the story's heart falls woefully flat. Mostly that's because the filmmakers have blown a prime opportunity for richer storytelling by calling upon Meg Ryan to deliver nothing more than another solid, if by now predictable, variation on her "klutzy modern gal pining for real romance" routine. How much better a film might have resulted if Ryan, a capable actress who has done underrated and complex work in such films as Restoration (1995) and Courage Under Fire (1996), had been required to play someone less familiar? What's so fascinating about the fictional concept of time travel is the contrast it provides between contemporary life and that of another era. In Leopold's relationship with the modern world, the film has a lot to say about what we've sacrificed at the altar of profit and career, but in his relationship with Kate, Kate and Leopold (2001) becomes about nothing more than packaging and marketing a product, sadly proving its own point.

All Movie Guide - Karl Williams

Essentially a Nora Ephron fairy tale with a sci-fi twist and a lot more plot than you might find in one of Ms. Ephron's cotton- candy daydreams.

New York Times - Stephen Holden

One of the reasons the movie works is because we like the goodness of the characters.

Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert

It's a charmer.

Boston Globe - Jay Carr