Nine (Nine)

Nine (Nine) - The musical drama remake of the Broadway musical of the same name in 1982. Famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) is experiencing a midlife crisis - both in work and in personal life. He's trying to figure out the relationships with women - and there he was very much: his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), a movie star (Nicole Kidman), his girlfriend and assistant (Judi Dench), an American journalist (Kate Hudson), the prostitute (Fergie), and, of course, with his mother (Sophia Loren).

US 2009
Director: Rob Marshall
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren, Kate Hudson, Marion Cotillard
Produced by: Kelly Carmichael, Michael Cole, John DeLuca
Operator: Dion Beebe
Writers: Michael Tolkin Anthony Minghella, Federico Fellini
Composer: Maury Yeston
Premiere: December 18,
Budget: $ 50 million

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Interesting facts:
 - Daniel Day-Lewis took Italian lessons for the role.
 - On the role of Claudia, originally planned to take Catherine Zeta-Jones, but the actress refused to shoot in the negotiation process. Zeta-Jones wanted her role was more important, but the director did not want Marshall to alter the script. After giving up the role of Katherine Claudia considered as an actress Amy Adams, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Hathaway, Demi Moore and Juliette Binoche.
 - Carla Renee Zellweger could play, but after a few plays the role went to Penelope Cruz.
 - Nicole Kidman start rehearsals just four weeks after birth. At the time of signing the contract star was in the seventh month of pregnancy, but said it was ready in the shortest time to get back in good shape and get to the set.
 - In July 2007, the newspaper The New York Post reported that Katie Holmes and Demi Moore are actively pursuing roles in the musical "Nine." The newspaper wrote that both stars have passed tests in the office of Marshall - singing, dancing, reading passages, as if aspiring actress. "Tom Cruise's wife really wants to become a star of the musical genre - the newspaper wrote.
 - But it is rumored that Rob Marshall rejected her by actress Marion Cotillard ».
 - Nicole Kidman told that her vocal abilities shocked Day-Lewis. "Daniel had never starred in musicals, but he is a born singer - she said. - I think people will be excited when they hear him sing ».
 - The possible role of Guido performers were George Clooney, Johnny Depp and Antonio Banderas (who performed the role on Broadway and was nominated for «Tony Award»). But the main challenger was Javier Bardem, who loved the script of the film, but the actor was filming exhausted tense lately and took a gap year to recuperate.
 - Anne Hathaway and Sienna Miller auditioned for the role of Stephanie Nekropulos, which eventually went to actress Kate Hudson.