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Bridget Jones's Diary

Year:

2001

Duration:

97 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.7

Director:

Sharon Maguire

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 9 wins & 30 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2001-04-13

Filming Locations: Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

Earnings

Budget: $26,000,000

Opening Weekend: $10,733,933 (USA) (15 April 2001)

Gross: $71,500,556 (USA) (5 August 2001)

Cast

Actor

Character

Renée Zellweger

Bridget Jones's Diary

Sarah Alexander

Sally Phillips

Bridget Jones's Diary

Gemma Jones

Bridget's Mum

Celia Imrie

Una Alconbury

James Faulkner

Uncle Geoffrey

Jim Broadbent

Bridget's Dad

Colin Firth

Mark Darcy

Charmian May

Mrs. Darcy

Hugh Grant

Daniel Cleaver

Paul Brooke

Mr. Fitzherbert

Felicity Montagu

Perpetua

Shirley Henderson

Jude

James Callis

Tom

Charlie Caine

Handsome Stranger

Gareth Marks

Simon in Marketing

John Clegg

Elderly Man

Embeth Davidtz

Natasha

Matthew Bates

Kafka Author

Jeffrey Archer

Himself

Patrick Barlow

Julian

Rebecca Charles

Receptionist

Honor Blackman

Penny Husbands-Bosworth

Dominic McHale

Bernard

Joan Blackham

Shirley

Lisa Barbuscia

Lara

Joseph Alessi

Interviewer 1

Rhydian Jai-Persad

Interviewer 2

Neil Pearson

Richard Finch

Paul Ross

Mr. Sit Up Britain

Stewart Wright

Stage Manager

Claire Skinner

Magda

Dolly Wells

Woney

Mark Lingwood

Cosmo

Toby Whithouse

Alastair

David Cann

Cameraman

Lisa Kay

Eleanor Ross Heaney

Sulayman Al-Bassam

Kafir Aghani

Donald Douglas

Mr. Darcy

Renu Setna

Mr. Ramdas

Emma Amos

Paula

Sara Stockbridge

Melinda

Julian Barnes

Himself (uncredited)

Amber Batty

Bride (uncredited)

Crispin Bonham-Carter

Greg

Stefan Booth

Drunken Man (uncredited)

Max Digby

Office Worker (uncredited)

Ray Donn

Journalist (uncredited)

Campbell Graham

Hamish (uncredited)

Christine Hewett

Guest at the Darcy's (uncredited)

Ben Illis

Michael (uncredited)

Edmund Kente

Harry - Party Guest (uncredited)

Christopher Kouros

Chef Nikos (uncredited)

Rebecca Lock

Bridesmaid

Camilla Mathias

Journalist (uncredited)

Ben Peyton

Bridegroom (uncredited)

Salman Rushdie

Himself (uncredited)

June Smith

Extra (uncredited)

Jimmy White

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

First cinema feature of James Callis.

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To prepare for the role, Renée Zellweger gained 25 pounds, and then actually worked at a British publishing company for a month in preparation for the role. She adopted an alias as well as her posh accent and was apparently not recognized. On her desk in this office she kept a framed picture of then boyfriend Jim Carrey. Workers who did not recognize her found this to be odd, but never mentioned it to her for fear of embarrassing her.

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In order to make her English accent seem more natural, Renée Zellweger retained it on set even while not shooting. Hugh Grant once noted that he did not hear her speak in an American accent until the wrap party, after the film was completed, where he heard her speak "in a very strange voice" that he soon found out was her own natural tone.

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Goofs

When they are in the lake, and Daniel is about to fall down, the overtaking gets close to Bridget and she is combed, when you go away his uncombed hair is seen, you approach and again he right now is combed with the totally straight hair.

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We see Bridget struggling to pull on her granny knickers with nothing else on her lower behalf, but a few scenes later, Daniel pulls up her skirt to reveal them over her tights/pantyhose

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Tom's phone (a Nokia 3210) is in its American, not European, packaging.

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Quotes

Bridget: [as Una Alconberry] No, Pam. Besides, the gravy needs sieving.

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Mark Darcy: [pauses during fight to sing] Happy birthday dear what's-his-name...

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Daniel Cleaver: Fuck me, I love Keats.

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Faq

What are the differences between the BBFC-15 Version and the R-Rated Version?

In order to get around an '18'-Rating, the word "cunt" was replaced with the word "cow" on the British DVD. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.

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