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The stage version of his book, which was also turned into a film starring John Cusack and Jack Black, failed to find an audience in New York and was cancelled and Hornby can't understand why the critics panned it. ... Full Article
High Fidelity makers Stephen Frears and D.V. DeVincentis are eyeing a reunion on dramedy Lay The Favorite . Screenwriter DeVincentis will adapt Beth Raymer's upcoming memoir Lay The Favorite, Take The Dog , which follows a thirtysomething woman as she... ... Full Article
THE WASHINGTON POST Sunday, October 04, 2009 "Juliet, Naked," Nick Hornby's charming new novel about love and music, sounds like a song we've heard before, but who's complaining? ... Full Article
From the second the newly arranged opening bars of the legendary 'Fame' theme tune blasted out of the cinema speakers, I feared the worst. Would this be just a useless rip-off of the original 1980 'Fame' film and subsequent hit... ... Full Article
Some of the best celebrity cameo appearances in movies are rock stars, even if they're not actually playing music. One of my favorite moments with a musician appearing briefly onscreen is Bruce Springsteen in High Fidelity , the 2000 film... ... Full Article
Pull out your lighter, turn up the volume, and get ready to throw up the horns. This jammin' compilation is my top seven compilation of climactic movie concerts. ... Full Article
This production of the musical (based on the Nick Hornby novel and the film of the same name) will open Aug. 17 at Pipers Alley Theater , the longtime Windy City home of Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding . ... Full Article
This weekend I caught High Fidelity on TV. It's a good movie and a great book about Rob (played by the timeless John Cusack), a hangdog record store owner with a long history of failed relationships. ... Full Article
HIGH FIDELITY
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2009-05-24
SYNOPSIS: When his girlfriend Laura (Iben Hjejle) dumps him, Rob (John Cusack), the thirty-ish owner of a record store specialising in vinyl and driven by obsessive attention to pop detail, finds himself going through a crisis of self confidence. ... Full Article
They have no superpowers, but they are heroic: They are the store employees across America who sell comics and, like the guys in " High Fidelity ," bicker with one another all day long about the true treasures of the... ... Full Article