Shortcut to Happiness
(2003)
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Shortcut to Happiness
(2003)
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Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Virl Andrick | ... | ||
Ray Aranha | ... | ||
Kaniel Arocho | ... | ||
Jorge Arocho | ... | ||
Mary Ashton | ... | ||
Howard Atlee | ... | ||
Dan Aykroyd | ... | ||
Alec Baldwin | ... | ||
Gregg Bello | ... | ||
Bobby Cannavale | ... |
Cop
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Jann Carl | ... |
Herself
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Kim Cattrall | ... | ||
Antoni Cornacchione | ... | ||
Bill Corsair | ... | ||
Grenville Cuyler | ... |
In Manhattan, the aspirant writer Jabez Stone is a complete loser: he is not able to sell his novels, he lives in a lousy apartment and he does not have success with women. When one of his friends Julius Jenson sells his novel for US$ 190,000.00 to an editor, Jabez fells envy and promises to sell his soul to the devil for success and accidentally kills a woman with his typing machine. The Devil knocks on his door, fixes the situation and seals a contract with Jabez. His low quality novels have bad reviews but become best-sellers; Jabez enriches; has success with women, but has no time for his friends. Jabez meets with the publisher Daniel Webster who offers him a chance to break the contract with the devil. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
One of the reviews says there were three versions of the film. I'd like to see Baldwin's original cut of this movie. The last version was cut badly, there are many unnatural breaks in the film. like it was edited for commercial breaks. The breaks where scenes were cut seem apparent.
Apparently the 1941 movie suffered a similar fate, with many titles and severe editing.
The story runs counter to the traditional American ethic of money equaling happiness.
The film was purchased out of bankruptcy for a fraction of production costs, and renamed and hacked for a fast return on investment.