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Midnight in Paris

Rated PG-13 for some sexual references and smoking.

PG-13 In Theaters 05/20/2011 , 100min.
Comedy
Available on DVD
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Plot & Details

Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, and Carla Bruni star in Woody Allen's romantic comedy about a family on a business trip in the City of Light. As a young couple engaged to be married experiences a profound transformation during their visit to Paris, an idealistic man with a romanticized view of the city finds that there's plenty of truth to that old adage about the grass being greener on the other side. Michael Sheen, Mimi Kennedy, and Kurt Fuller co-star.
  • MPAA Rating: PG-13
  • Genre(s): Comedy
  • Run Time: 100min.
  • Theatrical Release Date: 05/20/2011
  • DVD Release Date: 12/20/2011
  • Distributor(s): Sony Pictures Classics
  • Director(s): Woody Allen
  • Starring: Owen Wilson , Marion Cotillard , Rachel McAdams , Kathy Bates , Carla Bruni-Sarkozy
  • Themes: Time Travel,Writer's Life,Americans Abroad,Existential Crisis
  • Tone: Fanciful,Literate,Warm,Whimsical
  • Keywords: business-trip,fiancee,screenwriter
  • Country of Origin: USA (05-20-2011),USA - Limited (05-20-2011)
  • Language: English

Awards

Academy Awards

Year Award CategoryCast & Crew Result
2011 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture Letty Aronson Nominated
2011 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction Hélène Dubreuil Nominated
2011 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Director Woody Allen Nominated
2011 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction Nominated
2011 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay Woody Allen Won
2011 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture Stephen Tenenbaum Nominated
2011 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Art Direction Anne Seibel Nominated

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Year Award CategoryCast & Crew Result
2011 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Original Screenplay Woody Allen Nominated

Golden Globes

Year Award CategoryCast & Crew Result
2011 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Comedy or Musical Nominated
2011 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Director Woody Allen Nominated
2011 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Owen Wilson Nominated
2011 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Screenplay Woody Allen Won