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There's Something About Mary is a 1998 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly, who co-wrote it with Ed Decter and John J. Strauss.The film features Cameron Diaz as the title character, while Ben Stiller, Matt Dillon, Lee Evans, and Chris Elliott all play men who are in love with Mary, and vying for her affection.
Diaz was only five years into her acting career when There's Something About Mary premiered in theaters. She was a working model prior to her film debut, the 1994 Jim Carrey superhero farce The Mask .
The comic anthology 2000 AD produced a Shaun of the Dead strip called "There's Something About Mary" which was written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, with art by Frazer Irving and published in 2000 AD #1384, 2004). [1] It was published as part of the run up to the film and followed Mary, the first zombie, and other characters. [2]
On September 23, 1998, Vince Offer filed a suit against 20th Century Fox and the co-directors of There's Something About Mary, Bobby and Peter Farrelly. Offer claimed that 14 scenes in Mary were lifted from his film. The Farrellys released this statement: "We've never heard of him, we've never heard of his movie, and it's all a bunch of baloney."
Burnt Offerings is a 1976 American supernatural horror film co-written and directed by Dan Curtis and starring Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Bette Davis, and Lee H. Montgomery, with Eileen Heckart, Burgess Meredith and Anthony James in supporting roles. It is based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Robert Marasco. [4]
Aspects of Mary’s character in the movie are based on passages of the New Testament (the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke) and an early Christian text called the Proto Gospel of James.
The song "Mary's Prayer" is featured in the 1998 film There's Something About Mary and is listed on the movie soundtrack. "Nothing Ever Goes to Plan" is bossa nova . The album also boasts an appearance by American jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie 's Brass Fantasy .
Burnt is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by John Wells and written by Steven Knight, from a story by Michael Kalesniko. [4] The film stars an ensemble cast including Bradley Cooper , Sienna Miller , Omar Sy , Daniel Brühl , Matthew Rhys , Riccardo Scamarcio , Alicia Vikander , Uma Thurman and Emma Thompson .