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Ruby Sparks

Year:

2012

Duration:

USA:104 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

IMDB rate:

7.2

Director:

Jonathan Dayton

Awards:

1 win & 9 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2012-09-06

Filming Locations: Big Sur, California, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $140,822 (USA) (29 July 2012)

Gross: $2,535,819 (USA) (21 October 2012)

Cast

Actor

Character

Mary Jo Deschanel

Paul Dano

Calvin Weir-Fields

Zoe Kazan

Ruby Sparks

Chris Messina

Harry

Annette Bening

Gertrude

Antonio Banderas

Mort

Aasif Mandvi

Cyrus Modi

Steve Coogan

Langdon Tharp

Toni Trucks

Susie

Deborah Ann Woll

Lila

Elliott Gould

Dr. Rosenthal

Alia Shawkat

Mabel

Jane Anne Thomas

Saskia

John F. Beach

Adam

Eleanor Seigler

Mandi

Emma Jacobs

Party Goer at Langdon's (as Emma Julia Jacobs)

Wallace Langham

Warren

Rightor Doyle

Party Goer 1 - Hammer

Eden Brolin

Part Goer 2 - Hammer

Michael Silverblatt

Kai Lennox

Sort of Weird Guy

Ole Olofson

Older Dude

Jack Levinson

Party Goer 2 - Book Release

China Shavers

Party Goer 1 - Book Release

Casey Genton

Busboy

Michael Berry Jr.

Silverlake Passerby

Lindsay Fishkin

Box Office Teller

Claudia Bestor

Lecture Curator

Oscar

Scotty the Dog

Humphrey Bogart

Linus Larrabee in Sabrina (archive footage) (uncredited)

Brittany King

Literary Fan (uncredited)

D'Janine King-Lasky

Literary Fan (uncredited)

Diana Parros

Book Club Member (uncredited)

Barrett Perlman

Gym Girl (uncredited)

Mark Roman

Literary Fan (uncredited)

Tatiana Sarasty

Book Club Member (uncredited)

Marco Tazioli

Book Club Groupie (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

In a couple of scenes, you can clearly spot a book by Jonathan Franzen.

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The book that has been torn apart by Scotty the dog, is a copy of the novel 'The Catcher in the Rye' by J.D. Salinger. Both the writer and the novel are referenced several times in the movie.

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Zoe Kazan, who plays Ruby, also wrote the screenplay for "Ruby Sparks". Zoe's grandfather is Elia Kazan, who directed "On the Waterfront (1954)". Her mother, Robin Swicord, wrote the screenplay for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)". Her father, Nicholas Kazan wrote the screenplay for "Reversal of Fortune (1990)".

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Goofs

In their way to Big Sur, when they stop a while near the sea and leave the car, Ruby is carrying a purse. Immediately later, when they are playing "who kills the other first" you can see no purse at all.

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When continuing to write on a page with the typewriter, the main character inserts the page the wrong way.

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When Calvin is talking to his brother, there are two other people at the right side training on the stepper. After the camera swaps, the two people from the stepper are now at the treadmill.

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Quotes

Calvin Weir-Fields: Do you remember what you told me when you met Susie?

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Ruby Sparks: Were you disappointed when you got to know me?

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Ruby Sparks: [controlled by Calvin] You're a genius. You're a genius. You're a genius

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Faq

What is the first song at the gym?

"Ready" by Kovas. The complete list of songs can be found here with their corresponding scene descriptions.

At the end what did Ruby actually mean by asking Calvin to "Start Over"??

Ruby in the literal sense meant that she thought she made a bad "first impression" on Calvin, so she asked if they could start over so she could make a better impression.In the more symbolic sense Ruby asked to start over because she had no recollection of Calvin, and they actually had the chance to start their relationship over.

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