"Date Night," a movie from Twentieth Century Fox, stars Steve Carell and Tina Fey.
Action-comedy maestro Shawn Levy, the director of the blockbuster "Night at the Museum" franchise, teams up with two of the comedy world's biggest talents, Steve Carell ("The 40 Year Old Virgin," "The Office") and Tina Fey ("Baby Mama," "30 Rock," "Saturday Night Live") for an adventure that turns a run-of-the-mill married couple's date upside down—way upside down, in "Date Night."
Phil (Carell) and Claire
After seeing two of their best friends—another married couple with kids in suburban New Jersey—split apart from living the same life they themselves lead, Phil and Claire begin to fear what may lie ahead: a state of bland indifference and eventual separation.
In an attempt to take date night off auto-pilot, and hopefully inject a little spice into their lives, Phil decides a change of plans is in order: take Claire into Manhattan to the city's hottest new restaurant. The Fosters, however, don't have reservations. Hoping to be seated sometime before the clock strikes twelve, they steal a no-show couple's reservations. What could it hurt? Phil and Claire are now the Tripplehorns.
The real Tripplehorns, however, it turns out, are a thieving couple who are being hunted down by a pair of corrupt cops for having stolen property from some very dangerous people. Forced on the run before they've even finished their risotto, Phil and Claire soon realize that their play-date-for-parents has gone hilariously awry, as they embark on a wild and dangerous series of crazy adventures to save their lives... and their marriage.
The ritual "date night" dinner is something all too familiar to most married couples—even directors of blockbuster movies. "I was in the process of making the second 'Night at the Museum' film," recalls filmmaker Shawn Levy, "and, as is kind of our ritual, once a week, my wife and I go out to dinner."
At one such dinner, the Levys found themselves sitting at the restaurant they frequented, ordering the same food, talking about the kids, what's coming up that weekend, who's going to buy the gift for which birthday party, etc., etc. "In the middle of all that, I said to my wife, 'Wouldn't it be cool to do a movie about a date night, where you just did one thing differently? And, from there, you have an unraveling of everything, to the point of it threatening your life and your marriage, with all kinds of crazy stuff going on. But, in the midst of all that crazy stuff, you end up recapturing the vitality that date night was invented in the first place to preserve."
The next morning, Levy came in to his production company office and told his staff, "Okay, we're going to do a movie called 'Date Night,' and here's what it's about, and let's get a writer. Let's go."
Action-comedy maestro Shawn Levy, the director of the blockbuster "Night at the Museum" franchise, teams up with two of the comedy world's biggest talents, Steve Carell ("The 40 Year Old Virgin," "The Office") and Tina Fey ("Baby Mama," "30 Rock," "Saturday Night Live") for an adventure that turns a run-of-the-mill married couple's date upside down—way upside down, in "Date Night."
Phil (Carell) and Claire
Steve Carell and Tina Fey in "Date Night"
Steve Carell and Tina Fey in "Date Night" - © Twentieth Century Fox
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Foster (Fey) are a sensible, loving couple with two kids and a house in suburban New Jersey. The Fosters have their weekly "date night"—an attempt at reexperiencing the spice of the dates of yesteryear, involving the same weekly night out at the local Teaneck Tavern. Their conversations quickly drift from barely-date talk to the same chore-chat they have at the dinner table at home. Exhausted from their jobs and kids, their dates rarely end in fore—or any other kind of play, let alone romance.After seeing two of their best friends—another married couple with kids in suburban New Jersey—split apart from living the same life they themselves lead, Phil and Claire begin to fear what may lie ahead: a state of bland indifference and eventual separation.
In an attempt to take date night off auto-pilot, and hopefully inject a little spice into their lives, Phil decides a change of plans is in order: take Claire into Manhattan to the city's hottest new restaurant. The Fosters, however, don't have reservations. Hoping to be seated sometime before the clock strikes twelve, they steal a no-show couple's reservations. What could it hurt? Phil and Claire are now the Tripplehorns.
The real Tripplehorns, however, it turns out, are a thieving couple who are being hunted down by a pair of corrupt cops for having stolen property from some very dangerous people. Forced on the run before they've even finished their risotto, Phil and Claire soon realize that their play-date-for-parents has gone hilariously awry, as they embark on a wild and dangerous series of crazy adventures to save their lives... and their marriage.
The ritual "date night" dinner is something all too familiar to most married couples—even directors of blockbuster movies. "I was in the process of making the second 'Night at the Museum' film," recalls filmmaker Shawn Levy, "and, as is kind of our ritual, once a week, my wife and I go out to dinner."
At one such dinner, the Levys found themselves sitting at the restaurant they frequented, ordering the same food, talking about the kids, what's coming up that weekend, who's going to buy the gift for which birthday party, etc., etc. "In the middle of all that, I said to my wife, 'Wouldn't it be cool to do a movie about a date night, where you just did one thing differently? And, from there, you have an unraveling of everything, to the point of it threatening your life and your marriage, with all kinds of crazy stuff going on. But, in the midst of all that crazy stuff, you end up recapturing the vitality that date night was invented in the first place to preserve."
The next morning, Levy came in to his production company office and told his staff, "Okay, we're going to do a movie called 'Date Night,' and here's what it's about, and let's get a writer. Let's go."
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