America’s Sweethearts, Dirty Dancing, Sleepless in Seattle (Box Set)
Actors: Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal & Catherine Zeta-Jones
Rating: 15
Summary: Box set comprising:
- America’s Sweethearts: Gwen (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Eddie (John Cusack) are America’s Sweethearts, two wildly popular celebrities who share their love on and off the screen in this farcical romantic comedy. A messy breakup sends Eddie to a New Age Hollywood healing center and Gwen into the arms of her current affair, a Spanish bohunk short on charm (Hank Azaria). When their relationship troubles begin to threaten their superstar celebrity status and the release of their final film together the studio heads call in legendary press agent Lee Phillips (Billy Crystal) to helm the troubled film’s press junket. Julia Roberts costars as Kiki, Gwen’s personal assistant and sister who has always lived to please her demanding diva sister. Once overweight and severely self-conscious, Kiki’s life revolves around her sister’s ridiculous demands in this send up of ego-driven movie star vanity. Phillips manages to gather the warring superstars together at a remote desert location for the all important press junket where his best laid plans begin to unravel in this hysterical parody of the movie industry replete with neurotic actors, eccentric crazed directors (Christopher Walken in a gem of a cameo), maniacal studio heads, and gossip-starved press who will do anything, or anyone, for the next big story.
- Sleepless In Seattle: Hanks stars as Sam Baldwin, a widowed father who, thanks to the wiles of his worried son, becomes a reluctant guest on a radio call-in show. He’s an instant hit with thousands of female listeners, who deluge his Seattle home with letters of comfort. Meanwhile, inspired in equal parts by Sam’s story and by classic Hollywood romance, writer Annie Reed (Ryan) becomes convinced that it’s her destiny to meet Sam. There are just two problems: Annie’s engaged to someone else, and Sam doesn’t know – yet – that they’re made for each other…
- Dirty Dancing: Summer 1963: during her family’s annual summer vacation in the Catskills, teenager Baby (Jennifer Grey) meets dance instructor Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze), who sweeps her off her feet. Baby becomes Johnny’s dance partner, despite her parents’ disapproval, and now she must decide whether to obey them – or her own heart…