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Katharine Towne was cast as Witherspoon's character's assistant who ultimately ends up marrying the Patrick Dempsey character, but all other scenes were dropped in the final cut. A mid-credits sequence shows that they have a baby daughter, Melanie continues to thrive as a designer, and Jake opens a "Deep South Glass" franchise in New York. Family man Clark Griswold is determined to stay at home and provide a warm, fun-filled Christmas for his family. When Melanie quietly returns to her hometown, Jake still refuses to give Melanie a divorce. Her quiet return turns into another loud argument with Jake. Melanie decides to take some drastic actions to force Jake’s hand.
Family movie reviews, movie ratings, fun film party ideas and pop culture news — all with parents in mind. Andy Tennant also directed romance movies set in historical times. Ever After is a retelling of the Cinderella story and Anna and the King is loosely based on the teaching experience of an English governess to the King of Siam.
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Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. In May 2006, National Review ranked the song #4 on its list of the 50 greatest conservative rock songs. In 2002, the song inspired the title and plot of the film Sweet Home Alabama.
SWEET HOME ALABAMA stars Reese Witherspoon as Melanie Carmichael, a New York fashion designer who hails from the South. Melanie finds herself engaged to the most eligible bachelor in town, Andrew, the son of the city’s glamorous female mayor. Not only has Melanie lied about her last name, she’s also lied about who her parents are. Instead of coming from a rich Southern family, Melanie actually comes from a working class home. To top it off, she’s still married to Jake, with whom she had a big argument before she decided to leave for New York City.
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Intimidated by the city and her success, he returned home to make something of himself first. She and Jake have a heart-to-heart, and Melanie realises why he never signed their divorce papers. Sophisticated Melanie Carmichael, a rising New York clothing designer suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. She has skeletons in her fashion-filled closet that include Jake - the backwoods husband she married in high school who refuses to divorce her. Determined to end their marriage and sever all ties with her past once and for all, Melanie returns to Alabama.
Melanie decides to not sign the papers, and that she does not want to marry Andrew, because she still loves Jake, which Andrew understands. She runs away from her wedding to go find Jake, who is on the same beach where, years ago, ten-year-old Jake had told her that he wanted to marry her "so I can kiss you anytime I want." The film starts at a beach in Alabama during a thunderstorm with two children chasing each other who kiss but get struck by lightning.
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Although Jake is surprised to see her, the last thing this redneck is willing to do is sign the forms. But with so much on the line, the chic creator is willing to stay in town with her working-class parents until her estranged spouse comes around. Witherspoon has the charm, sparkle, and impeccable comic timing to keep an entire movie afloat and make it look effortless. It takes every bit of her talent and all-around adorability to keep this romantic comedy aloft, considering the considerable weight of its uncertain script.
So, she goes back home for the first time in seven years, and she finds out that you can take the girl out of Pigeon Creek, but you can't take Pigeon Creek out of the girl. Her accent comes back, and, more disconcertingly, so do some of her feelings for her husband, Jake . Melanie visits Jake, who has repeatedly refused to sign divorce papers over the years since she left for New York. After he orders her out of his house, Melanie empties Jake's checking account, hoping to spur him into ending the marriage.
After pushing her daughter into beauty pageants for years, the extravagant engagement ring from Tiffany’s showroom seems like adequate payoff. But her father Earl , who spends his days reenacting Civil War battles for camera-wielding tourists, worries that his only child is running away from her past. Witherspoon celebrated the 20th anniversary of their movie in September with some fan-favorite scenes and a heartfelt tribute. "Twenty years ago, Sweet Home Alabama came out and completely changed my life," she wrote in the caption.
Comical complications ensue, especially when Andrew decides he’s going to make a surprise visit to Melanie at the Southern mansion that Melanie claimed as her family home. This story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Jake, identifying himself as Melanie's cousin, brings Andrew to Melanie. Andrew finds out that Melanie is still married to Jake and runs off angrily.
At the time, it had the highest September opening weekend, surpassing Rush Hour. For a decade, the film would hold this record until 2012 when Hotel Transylvania took it. By the end of its run in the United States, Sweet Home Alabama grossed over US$130 million, and another US$53,399,006 internationally.
Parents need to know that this CMT series plays a lot cleaner than other reality dating shows, thanks in part to the show's focus on "Southern" morality. Language and sexual content are extremely light, but there is violence in the form of brawling between contestants that produces a little blood. You'll also see social drinking -- and lots of stereotyping.
Melanie returns to her parents' house where her father walks in with Andrew. Andrew tells her how sorry he is and how he still wants to marry her. They decide to have the wedding in Alabama and Andrew's mother comes down from New York. On her wedding day, as she is walking down the aisle, her lawyer shows up and explains that Jake has signed the divorce papers, but she has not.
Melanie learns that Jake had once gone to New York City to try to find her, because he still loved her. That night, she goes to the cemetery to tell her old coon dog Bear good bye. Jake shows up and explains how he told the dog that her disappearance was his fault and they end up talking about why the marriage did not work, the baby they lost, and why she left. Jake gives a blessing for Melanie to have a good life with Andrew, but Melanie says she cannot do it and kisses Jake. The story is a love triangle involving two childhood Alabama sweethearts who married but became estranged, Jake Perry and Melanie Smooter , and Melanie's boyfriend of 8 months, Andrew Hennings . A terrific soundtrack helps, with a cover of the irresistible title tune and delicious songs by country greats.
With a reported budget of US$30 million, it was a box office hit, despite the mixed reviews. The streets and storefronts of Crawfordville, Georgia, were used as the backdrop for the Catfish Festival and other downtown scenes. The coonhound cemetery was on Moore Street in Crawfordville and the bar was located at Heavy's Barbecue near the town. Glass that forms when lightning hits sand, as in the film, is called fulgurite. SWEET HOME ALABAMA also contains a significant amount of foul language.
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