Shortcut to Happiness
2003 · 102 min · Director: Alec Baldwin, Alec Baldwin
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In Manhattan, ambitious writer Jabez Stone (Producer and Director Alec Baldwin) is a complete loser. He is not able to sell his novels, he lives in an awful apartment and he does not have success with women. When one of his friends, Julius Jensen (Dan Aykroyd), sells his novel for one hundred ninety thousand dollars to an editor, Jabez feels envious and promises to sell his soul to the devil for success and accidentally kills a woman with his typing machine. The Devil (Jennifer Love Hewitt) 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 publisher Daniel Webster (Sir Anthony Hopkins) who offers him a chance to break the contract with the devil.
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Shortcut to Happiness (2003) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 28%, Envy 20%, Confusion 18%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Envy, Confusion. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy. AI estimate.
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Cast
Kee
Woman at Elaine's
Joan Jensen
Old Man
Johnnie
Messenger
Daniel's Agent
Details
- Directed by
- Alec Baldwin, Alec Baldwin
- Written by
- Bill Condon, Peter Dexter, Stephen Vincent Benet, Archibald Macleish, Nancy Cassaro
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2003
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Humor
- Data updated
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