New Year's Eve
The one night anything is possible.
Country
Production
Budget
$56 000 000
Box office
$142 044 638
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Garry Marshall, Mike Karz, Wayne Allan Rice, Diana Pokorny, Toby Emmerich, Josie Rosen, Michael Disco, Samuel J. Brown
Camera operator
Charles Minsky
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Short description
The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.
What's left behind the scenes
- Matthew Broderick played Mr. Bullerton in the film "Old New Year", and in John Hughes' "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986), he played Ferris Bueller.
- Reese Witherspoon turned down a role in the movie.
- For the sake of secrecy, the film was distributed to cinemas under the title "The Last Romance".
- Halle Berry was originally slated to star in the film, but she left the project due to scheduling conflicts, and the role intended for her went to Katherine Heigl. After the completion of legal proceedings regarding child custody, Berry rejoined the film's cast, but in a different role.
- When Paul (Zac Efron) receives a phone call in the restroom (around the 63rd minute), the soundtrack from the Russian computer game "Space Rangers," titled Awakening, plays.
- When Cominsky, played by Hector Elizondo, appears, the phrase "The Eagle has landed" is heard on the radio. Elizondo's character said these same words in the movie The Princess Diaries.
- Gary Marshall often casts his daughter Kathleen, sister Penny, Hector Elizondo, Larry Miller, and Joel McCreary in cameo roles in his films.
- This was Carey Elwes' eighth role as a doctor in his acting career.
- When Kominsky, played by Hector Elizondo, appears, the phrase "The Eagle has landed" can be heard on the radio. Elizondo's character uttered the same words in the film "The Princess Diaries".
- Juliette Binoche turned down the role of Ingrid offered to her.
- The kissing scene between Jake T. Austin and Abigail Breslin was filmed on the 15th take.
- Halle Berry and Michelle Pfeiffer played Catwoman in different adaptations. Anne Hathaway also played the role, and she also starred in Garry Marshall's romantic comedy 'Valentine's Day' (2010).
- The film was distributed to cinemas under the title "The Last Romance".
- When Paul's (Zac Efron) phone rings in the restroom (around the 63rd minute), the soundtrack playing is called "Awakening" from the Russian computer game Space Rangers.
- The film was announced as a sort of continuation of Garry Marshall's romantic comedy 'Valentine's Day' (2010). The filmmakers redistributed roles among the actors, made some changes to the plot, and the resulting film differed somewhat from what was originally intended and announced.
- Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro starred together in Luc Besson's black comedy "Malavita" (2013). These actors do not appear together on screen in the film "Old New Year".
- Halle Berry was originally set to star in the film, but she left the project due to scheduling conflicts, and the role intended for her went to Katherine Heigl. After the legal proceedings regarding child custody were concluded, Berry returned to the cast, but in a different role.
- This is the second collaboration between Zac Efron and Michelle Pfeiffer. In 2007, the musical film "Hairspray" directed by Adam Shankman, starring them both, was released.
- Reese Witherspoon turned down the role in the film.
- Reese Witherspoon turned down the role offered to her in the film.
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