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As Good as It Gets is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by James L. Brooks from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mark Andrus.It stars Jack Nicholson as a misanthropic, bigoted and obsessive–compulsive novelist, Helen Hunt as a single mother with a chronically ill son, and Greg Kinnear as a gay artist.
As Good as It Gets is a 1997 American romantic comedy film. As Good as It Gets may also refer to: As Good as It Gets, a 1988 album by Deniece Williams (see Deniece Williams discography) As Good as It Gets: The Best Of, a 2001 compilation album by Gene "As Good as It Gets" (song), from the 1999 album Revelations by Gene
James Lawrence Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Gracie Films.He co-created the sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and The Simpsons and directed the films Terms of Endearment (1983), Broadcast News (1987), and As Good as It Gets (1997).
"This Is as Good as It Gets " is a song written by R. Boustead and recorded by Deniece Williams for her 1988 album As Good as It Gets. Produced by George Duke, the song was released as a single in 1988 by Columbia Records, [1] reaching number 29 on the US Billboard Hot Black Singles chart. [1] [2]
That year Nicholson also appeared in the Rob Reiner-directed A Few Good Men. He collaborated with Burton again on Mars Attacks! (1996). His next role in As Good as It Gets (1997) garnered him the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. [15]
Mark Andrus (born December 13, 1955) is an American screenwriter. [1]After receiving a Master of Business Administration from UC Riverside, Andrus decided to take a creative writing class while waiting to hear from the law schools to which he had applied.
He won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for As Good as it Gets. Nicholson won six competitive Golden Globe Awards for Chinatown (1974), One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Terms of Endearment (1983), Prizzi's Honor (1985), As Good as it Gets (1997), and About Schmidt (2002).
In 1997, he was cast in James L. Brooks' comedy-drama As Good as It Gets, and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also starred in A Smile Like Yours with Lauren Holly, as part of a couple trying to have a baby. His next film was the popular You've Got Mail as Kathleen's significant other.