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All About Steve
After one short blind date, Mary Horowitz, a brilliant and eccentric crossword constructor, is convinced that Steve, a CCN cameraman, is her soul mate. Because his job takes him hither and yon, she crisscrosses the country following Steve, with the encouragement of a reporter, turning up at media events he's at to convince him they are perfect for each other. Along the way, she befriends an assortment of misfits who accept her for who she is, leading her to reassess her reasons for this strange journey.
2009 · Directed by Phil Traill · 99 min · Comedy · Screenplay in the scene database · 10 frames
Tagline
A comedy that clings.
Plot
Mary Horowitz, a crossword puzzle writer for the Sacramento Herald, is socially awkward and considers her pet hamster her only true friend. Her parents decide to set her up on a blind date.
Mary is pleasantly surprised when her date turns out to be handsome and charming Steve Miller, a cameraman for the television news network CCN. After an attempt at an intimate moment fails, in part because of her awkwardness and inability to stop talking about vocabulary, Steve fakes a phone call about covering the news out of town. Trying to get Mary out of his truck, he tells her he wishes she could be there.
Mary believes Steve, so she decides to pursue him. Her obsession gets her fired when she creates a crossword titled "All About Steve". Following her termination, Mary track Steve around the country in the hopes of winning his affection. She is encouraged by CCN news reporter Hartman Hughes, who hopes to use Mary's encyclopedic knowledge in his reports to help get promoted to news anchor.
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Crew
- Written by: Kim Barker
- Cinematography: Tim Suhrstedt
- Edited by: Rod Dean
- Music: Christophe Beck
- Production design: Maher Ahmad
- Produced by: Mary McLaglen, Sandra Bullock
Cast
- Bradley Cooper as Steve
- Sandra Bullock as Mary Horowitz
- Thomas Haden Church as Hartman
- Ken Jeong as Angus
- Katy Mixon as Elizabeth
- DJ Qualls as Howard
- Keith David as Corbitt
- Howard Hesseman as Mr. Horowitz
- Beth Grant as Mrs. Horowitz
- M.C. Gainey as Norm the Truck Driver
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: Spanish, English
- Studios: Dune Entertainment III, Fortis Films, Radar Pictures, 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $15,000,000
- Box office: $40,105,542
- Themes: normality, tornado, affectation, colorado, naive, news reporter, news report, cameraman, aftercreditsstinger, crossword puzzle
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