Begin Again

Year:

2014

Duration:

104 min

Genres:

Drama | Music

IMDB rate:

7.5

Director:

John Carney

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 7 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2014-07-11

Filming Locations: Washington Square Park, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $134,064 (USA) (29 June 2014)

Gross: $16,135,671 (USA) (28 September 2014)

Cast

Actor

Character

Jennifer Li Jackson

James Corden

Steve

Keira Knightley

Gretta

Mark Ruffalo

Dan

Hailee Steinfeld

Violet

Mos Def

Saul (as Yasiin Bey)

Karen Pittman

Business Woman

Paul Romero

Bartender

Catherine Keener

Miriam

Andrew Sellon

Christian Father

Ed Renninger

Barman

Eric Burton

Singer Songwriter 2

Adam Levine

Dave

Marco Assante

Marco

Mary Catherine Garrison

Jill

Jen Jacob

Dave Fangirl

Rob Morrow

CEO

Ian Brodsky

Malcolm

Shannon Maree Walsh

Rachel

David Abeles

Glen

Ann McGowan

Ballet Teacher

Ron Voz

Butler

CeeLo Green

Troublegum (as Cee Lo Green)

Kena Onyenjekwe

Troublegum Posse 1 - Rappa DD (as Kena Anae)

Harvey Morris

Troublegum Posse 2 - Phat Jimmy

Terry Lewis

Troublegum Crew Member - Benson (as Terry Lewis aka Kid Lucky)

Colin Love

Singing Basketball Player

Jimmy Palumbo

Guy Shouting from Window

Simon Delaney

Lawyer

Danielle Brisebois

Singer

Keen Ruffalo

Keen

Melissa Maria Gonzalez

Chris

Nicholas Daniel Gonzalez

Zach

Maddie Corman

Phillis

Aya Cash

Jenny

David Pendleton

Homeless Man

Madison Love

Singer Songwriter 1

Joanna Mauer

On Camera Musician

Erik Detusch

On Camera Musician

Rich Mercurio

On Camera Musician

Emilie Cardinaux

On Camera Musician

Curtis Fowlkes

On Camera Musician

Emily Yarbourgh

On Camera Musician

Erin Benin

On Camera Musician

Alexis Sykes

On Camera Musician

Julia Bruskin

On Camera Musician

Siddhant Adlakha

Concert Attendee (uncredited)

Pete Bischoff

Himself (uncredited)

Jasmine Hope Bloch

Concert-Goer (uncredited)

John Buscemi

Homeless drunk (uncredited)

Justin Chauncey

Dave's Guitarist (uncredited)

Sheena Colette

Band Wife (uncredited)

Alix Cross

Hipster (uncredited)

Lindsay Davis

Model (uncredited)

Mathew Dunlop

Record Executive (uncredited)

Edward Furs

Superintendent (uncredited)

Haley Ganis

Steve's Friend (uncredited)

Les Gardonyi

Moshpit Fan (uncredited)

Brandon Lee Harris

Documenter (uncredited)

Wayne Heckler

Audience Member (uncredited)

Jaiden Kaine

A&R President (uncredited)

Zivile Kaminskaite

New Yorker

Joe Kane

Concert Patron (uncredited)

Conrad Korsch

Bassist (uncredited)

Sharman Macdonald

Diner Costumer (uncredited)

Stacey Maltin

Young Girl (uncredited)

Dee Morris

Band Member (uncredited)

Chris Nuñez

Barfly (uncredited)

Philip Odango

Record Executive (uncredited)

Niyi Oni

Florist (uncredited)

Karen Summerton

Summer (uncredited)

Raquel Toro

Model (uncredited)

Erika Wester

Cheering Girl (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

In the scene where Gretta (Keira Knightley) and Dan (Mark Ruffalo) have dinner at a small café before Dan storms out, Knightley's mother Sharman Macdonald makes a cameo appearance as a customer at the table directly behind them.

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Keira Knightley had to learn play the guitar for the role and her husband, musician James Righton, offered his help. However, according to Knightley herself, his lessons were atrocious for their relationship, and almost led to a "divorce and murder".

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The red electric guitar Adam plays at the end of the movie is his actual guitar he plays at concerts.

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Goofs

When Dave returns from Los Angeles and gets into a fight with Gretta, the clock on the oven switches from 9:45 to 11:30 within a minute or two.

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When recording the song on the roof Miriam is apparently recording or taking photographs of the session as you can see her walking around the band. About 40 seconds into the song she just appears behind the band only to disappear a few seconds later.

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When Gretta and Dave are in the kitchen and listening to the song he recorded in LA the clock under the kitchen counter is at 9:45 at the beginning of the song but when Gretta is unplugging the speaker the clock is 11:38.

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Quotes

Dan: Musicians for the most part are monosyllabic teenagers who really don't have a whole lot to say.

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Dan: I love you.

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Greta: You know, I wasn't trying to win you over. I was telling you to fuck off.

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Faq

Q

What is the Cessyl Orchestra?

A

The songwriter on many of the songs is Gregg Alexander who scored big hits in the '90s with his band New Radicals. He was assisted in both efforts by Danielle Brisebois who started her career as a child actress on All in the Family.Alexander's distinctive voice and guitar sound can be heard on the two tracks on the soundtrack by Cessyl Orchestra.

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