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Shortcut to Happiness is a 2007 film adaptation of the Stephen Vincent Benet classic 1936 short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster". It stars Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Anthony Hopkins. Baldwin also directed the film. Shot in early 2001 in New York City, the film was plagued with financial difficulties and was shelved for several years. Yari Film Group eventually bought and released the film to theaters in 2007.

Shortcut to Happiness
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alec Baldwin (credited as "Harry Kirkpatrick")
Written by	Pete Dexter Bill Condon Nancy Cassaro
Based on	"The Devil and Daniel Webster" by Stephen Vincent Benet Scratch by Archibald Macleish
Produced by	David Glasser Carol Gillson Jonathan Cornick Alec Baldwin
Starring	Alec Baldwin Jennifer Love Hewitt Anthony Hopkins Dan Aykroyd Kim Cattrall Amy Poehler
Cinematography	Adam Holender
Edited by	John Carter Mark Winitsky Jeff Wood
Music by	Ramin Djawadi Christopher Young
Production company	Emmett/Furla Films
Distributed by	Yari Film Group
Release date	July 13, 2007 (2007-07-13) (U.S.)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$35 million
Box office	$605,294

Plot

Jabez Stone is a desperate, down-on-his-luck writer who hits rock bottom when his close friend, Julius Jensen, finds success. In his attempts to get his work published, he meets a beautiful stranger who offers him a chance at fame and fortune in exchange for his soul. Stone, having lost faith in himself, agrees to the offer.

After accepting the deal, Jabez is quickly lavished with all he had ever dreamed of: a book deal, money, women, notoriety, Stone now has it all. However, despite the success, he is losing the friendship, respect and trust of those around him. Coming to the realization that he did not quite get everything that he bargained for, Stone begs the devil to release him from their deal. When the devil scoffs, he turns to famed orator Daniel Webster. The two conclude that they should take the battle to court with Webster defending Stone in an otherworldly trial against the devil in the ultimate battle of wits in a fight over the fate of Stone's soul.

Cast

• Alec Baldwin as Jabez Stone
• Jennifer Love Hewitt as the devil
• Anthony Hopkins as Daniel Webster
• Dan Aykroyd as Julius Jensen
• Kim Cattrall as Constance Hurry
• Jason Patric as Ray
• Amy Poehler as Molly Gilchrest
• Darrell Hammond as Andrew Bailey
• John Savage as Johnny
• Frank Sivero as Luigi
• Barry Miller as Mike Weiss
• Mike Doyle as Luke

Production history

Shot in early 2001 in New York City, the film was plagued with financial difficulties. Baldwin said the movie was taken from him during post-production.[1] Due to this and other creative differences, Baldwin had his name removed from the directing credit; the name was ultimately replaced with the pseudonym "Harry Kirkpatrick".[2] Bob Yari bought the film from a bankruptcy court for an undisclosed amount, which was said^[who?] to be several million dollars. Once the film was cleared to be sold for distribution, a rough cut was screened at film festivals in 2003 and 2004, though much of the film's post-production work was not finished. The film needed further financing to complete the editing and special effects, and to replace temporary music.

In July 2006 it was announced that Yari's company would work on finishing the film.[3] In 2007 the Yari Film Group announced the acquisition of the film and distribution plans.[4]

Rating

This film is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for language and sexual content.

Reception

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Shortcut to Happiness received mostly negative reviews.[5]

References

External links

• Official website
• Shortcut to Happiness at IMDb
• Shortcut to Happiness at AllMovie
• Shortcut to Happiness at Rotten Tomatoes

На других языках

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- [en] Shortcut to Happiness

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[ru] Дьявол и Дэниел Уэбстер

«Дьявол и Дэниел Уэбстер» ( англ. Sexy Devil, досл. «Сексуальный дьявол») (англ. Shortcut to Happiness, досл. «Короткий путь к счастью») — экранизация одноимённого рассказа американского писателя Стивена Винсента Бене. Роль Дэниела Уэбстера исполняет Энтони Хопкинс, Алек Болдуин играет Джабеза Стоуна, а Дженнифер Лав Хьюитт — Дьявола. В центре сюжета: сделка писателя с дьяволом, Дэниел Уэбстер продал душу за возможность успеха. Разочарованный в последствиях, писатель опротестовывает сделку в суде. Название фильма — фраза из неизданного романа героя фильма.

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