Serendipity

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Serendipity is a 2001 romantic movie, starring Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack. It is written by Marc Klein and directed by Peter Chelsom.

Tagline: Can once in a lifetime happen twice?

Plot

On a bustling shopping day in winter, Jonathan meets Sara when both try to buy the same pair of gloves at Bloomingdale's department store. Two strangers amid the masses in New York City, their paths collide in the mad holiday rush as they feel a mutual attraction. Despite the fact that each is involved in another relationship, Jonathan and Sara spend the evening travelling Manhattan. But when the night reaches its inevitable end, the two are forced into determining some kind of next step. When the smitten Jonathan suggests an exchange of phone numbers, Sara balks and proposes an idea that will allow fate to take control of their future. If they are meant to be together, she tells him, they will find their way back into one another's life.

The majority of the film takes place seven years later, and consists largely of repeated "almost coincidences" where the two romantic leads almost, but not quite, meet. (One character is seen walking in to one door of a building at the exact same instant as the other character walks out of a different door in the same building, etc).

Cast

John Cusack - Jonathan Trager
Kate Beckinsale - Sara Thomas
Lilli Lavine - Bloomingdale's Stock Girl
Michael Guarino Jr. - Customer at Bloomingdale's (as Michael Guarino)
Abdul Alshawish - Customer at Bloomingdale's
Ann Talman - Bloomingdale's Saleswoman #1
Crystal Bock - Bloomingdale's Saleswoman #2
Stephen Bruce - Host at Serendipity
David Sparrow - Josh's Dad
Gary Gerbrandt - Josh
Jeremy Piven - Dean Kansky
Bridget Moynahan - Halley Buchanan
Kate Blumberg - Courtney Kansky
Ron Payne - Louis Trager
Marcia Bennett - Mrs. Louis Trager

Soundtrack
Never A Day - Wood
Moonlight Kiss - Bap Kennedy
January Rain - David Gray
Waiting In Vain - Annie Lennox
The Distance - Evan & Jaron
Like Lovers Do - Heather Nova
When You Know - Shawn Colvin
Northern Sky - Nick Drake
Cool Yule - Louis Armstrong
This Year - Chantal Kreviazuk
(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me - Brian Whitman
83 - John Mayer
Fast Forward - Alan Silvestri
Someone Like You - Van Morrison

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