Love Actually is a 2003 Christmas-themed romantic comedy film written and directed

by Richard Curtis. It features an ensemble cast, many of whom had worked with Curtis in
previous film and television projects. The screenplay delves into different aspects of love as
shown through ten separate stories involving a wide variety of individuals, many of whom are
shown to be interlinked as their tales progress. Most of the film was filmed on location in
London. The story begins five weeks before Christmas and is played out in a weekly
countdown until the holiday, followed by an epilogue that takes place one month later.
The film was released in the United States on 14 November 2003, receiving mixed reviews. It
opened in the United Kingdom one week later, to positive reviews. The film was a box-office
success, grossing almost $247 million worldwide on a budget of $40 million.

Love Actually

Theatrical release poster

Directed by Richard Curtis
Duncan Kenworthy
Tim Bevan
Produced by Eric Fellner
Debra Hayward
Liza Chasin
Written by Richard Curtis
Hugh Grant
Liam Neeson
Colin Firth
Laura Linney
Emma Thompson
Starring
Alan Rickman
Keira Knightley
Martine McCutcheon
Bill Nighy
Rowan Atkinson
 Music by Craig Armstrong
Cinematography Michael Coulter
Edited by Nick Moore
StudioCanal
Production
Working Title Films
company
DNA Films
Distributed by Universal Pictures
• 14 November 2003(United States)
Release date
• 21 November 2003(United Kingdom)
Running time 136 minutes
United Kingdom
Country United States
France[1]
Language English
Budget US$40 million[2]
Box office $246.9 million[3]
Love Actually is a 2003 Christmas-themed romantic comedy film written and directed
by Richard Curtis. It features an ensemble cast, many of whom had worked with Curtis in
previous film and television projects. The screenplay delves into different aspects of love as
shown through ten separate stories involving a wide variety of individuals, many of whom are
shown to be interlinked as their tales progress. Most of the film was filmed on location in
London. The story begins five weeks before Christmas and is played out in a weekly
countdown until the holiday, followed by an epilogue that takes place one month later.
The film was released in the United States on 14 November 2003, receiving mixed reviews. It
opened in the United Kingdom one week later, to positive reviews. The film was a box-office
success, grossing almost $247 million worldwide on a budget of $40 million.

Contents

• 1Plot
• 1.1Billy Mack and Joe
• 1.2Juliet, Peter and Mark
• 1.3Jamie and Aurélia
• 1.4Harry, Karen and Mia
• 1.5David and Natalie
• 1.6Daniel, Sam, Joanna and Carol
• 1.7Sarah, Karl and Michael
• 1.8Colin, Tony and the American girls
• 1.9John and Judy
• 1.10Rufus
• 1.11Epilogue
• 2Connections between stories
• 3Cast
• 4Production
• 5Soundtrack
• 6Reception
• 6.1Box office
• 6.2Critical response
• 6.3Awards and nominations
• 7Other adaptations
• 8Red Nose Day Actually
• 9See also
• 10References
• 11External links

Plot[edit]
The film begins with a voiceover from David (Hugh Grant) commenting that whenever he gets
gloomy about the state of the world he thinks about the arrivals terminal at Heathrow Airport,
and the pure uncomplicated love felt as friends and families welcome their arriving loved
ones. David's voiceover also relates that all the messages left by the people who died on
the 9/11 planes were messages of love and not hate. The film then tells the 'love stories' of
many people:

Billy Mack and Joe[edit]

With the help of his longtime manager Joe (Gregor Fisher), rock and roll legend Billy Mack (Bill
Nighy) records a Christmas variation of The Troggs' "Love Is All Around". Although he thinks
the record is terrible, Mack promotes the release in the hope it will become the Christmas
number one single; it does and after briefly celebrating his victory at a party hosted by
Sir Elton John, Billy discerns that Joe is in need of affection and suggests that he and Joe
celebrate Christmas by getting drunk and watching porn.

Juliet, Peter and Mark[edit]

Juliet (Keira Knightley) and Peter's (Chiwetel Ejiofor) marriage is videotaped by the best man,
Mark (Andrew Lincoln). Although both Juliet and Peter believe that Mark dislikes Juliet, he is in
love with her. When Mark evades Juliet's requests to see the video he made at the wedding,
Juliet visits Mark. She says she wants them to be friends and when she finds and views the
wedding video, it turns out to be just adoring close-ups of her. After an uncomfortable silence,
Mark blurts out that he snubs her out of "self-preservation." On Christmas Eve, Juliet answers
the doorbell to find Mark, carrying a boombox playing Christmas songs and large cue cards on
which he has written, without expectation of reciprocation, that he loves her. As he walks
away, Juliet runs after him to give him a quick kiss before she returns inside.

Jamie and Aurélia[edit]

Writer Jamie (Colin Firth) is pushed to Juliet and Peter's wedding by his girlfriend (Sienna
Guillory) as she feigns illness. He returns between the ceremony and the reception to check
on her, and discovers that she is having an affair with his brother. Crushed, Jamie withdraws
to his French cottage where he meets Portuguese housekeeper Aurélia (Lúcia Moniz), who
does not speak English. Despite their inability to communicate, they become attracted to
each other. When Jamie returns to England, he realises he is in love with Aurélia and begins
learning Portuguese. He returns to France to find her and ends up walking through town,
gathering people as they walk to her job at a restaurant. In his broken Portuguese he declares
his love for her and proposes. She says yes in broken English as the crowd erupts in applause.
Harry, Karen and Mia[edit]
Harry (Alan Rickman) is the managing director of a design agency; Mia (Heike Makatsch) is his
new secretary. Harry is comfortably married to his wife, Karen (Emma Thompson), who stays
home to raise their children. Harry becomes increasingly aroused by Mia's overtly sexual
behaviour at the office and does nothing to dissuade her. At the company Christmas party
held at Mark's gallery, he not only inquires if Mark is her boyfriend, but dances closely with
her. While at the shops, he calls Mia to find out what she wants for Christmas and ends up
almost caught by his wife purchasing an expensive necklace from the jewellery department
thanks to the salesman Rufus (Rowan Atkinson). Later on, Karen discovers the necklace in
Harry's coat pocket and happily assumes it is a gift for her. When she finds a similarly shaped
box under the tree to open on Christmas Eve, she is heartbroken to find it is a Joni
Mitchell CD, meaning that the necklace was for someone else. She confronts Harry and asks
him what he would do if he was her. Harry begs her forgiveness. She responds that he has
made a mockery of their marriage and of her.

David and Natalie[edit]

Karen's brother, David (Hugh Grant), is the recently elected Prime Minister. Natalie (Martine
McCutcheon) is a new junior member of the household staff at 10 Downing Street. During a
meeting with the U.S. President (Billy Bob Thornton), they run into Natalie and the president
makes some inappropriate comments to David about Natalie's body. Later, David walks in on
Natalie serving tea and biscuits to the president, and it appears that something untoward is
happening. Natalie seems ashamed, but the President has a sly grin on his face. At the
following joint press conference, David is uncharacteristically assertive while taking a stand
against the President's intimidating policies. Finding that his relationship with Natalie has
become strained and a distraction, David has her moved to another job. However, he is
spurred to action on Christmas Eve when he finds a Christmas card from Natalie declaring
that she is his and no one else's. After a door to door search of her street, he comes across
Mia, who informs him that Natalie lives next door. The entire family is on their way out the
door to a multi-school Christmas play and he offers to drive them so he can talk to her. After
Natalie sneaks him in to the school, he runs into his heartbroken sister who believes he is
there for his niece and nephew. As the two try to keep from being seen and watch the show
from backstage, they finally kiss. All their hiding was for nothing because as the curtain rises,
they are seen kissing by everyone.

Daniel, Sam, Joanna and Carol[edit]

Daniel (Liam Neeson), Karen's friend, mourns the recent death of his wife Joanna, as he tries
to raise his stepson Sam (Thomas Sangster) alone. Sam has fallen for an American classmate,
also named Joanna (Olivia Olson), and, after discussion with his stepfather, decides to learn
the drums so that he can accompany her in the big finale for their school's Christmas pageant
(the same one that David's nephew and Karen and Harry's children are in). After Sam feels
that he missed his chance to make an impression on her, Daniel convinces Sam that he must
go catch Joanna, who is returning to the US, at the airport that night and show her how he
feels, lest he regret it. Sam runs away from the airport security and says hi to Joanna, who
then kisses him on the cheek. Meanwhile, Daniel meets Carol (Claudia Schiffer), the mother of
one of Sam's schoolmates.

Sarah, Karl and Michael[edit]

Sarah (Laura Linney) first appears at Juliet and Peter's wedding, sitting next to her friend
Jamie. She is an American who works at Harry's graphic design company and has been in love
for years with the company's creative director, Karl (Rodrigo Santoro). They finally connect at
the firm's Christmas party and he drives her home. They kiss, but before more can occur, they
are interrupted by her mentally ill brother, Michael, phoning from a mental care facility. Sarah
and Karl's evening tryst is aborted and Karl leaves. Both are working late on Christmas Eve
and when Karl leaves, he just wishes her a Merry Christmas. Michael phones Sarah and she
goes to stay with him, sharing her Christmas scarf.

Colin, Tony and the American girls[edit]

After unsuccessfully attempting to woo various English women, including Mia and Nancy (Julia
Davis), the caterer at Juliet and Peter's wedding, Colin Frissell (Kris Marshall) informs his friend
Tony (Abdul Salis) he plans to go to America, where he is convinced that his Britishness will be
an asset. Landing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Colin meets Stacey (Ivana Miličević), Jeannie
(January Jones), and Carol-Anne (Elisha Cuthbert), three stunningly attractive women who fall
for his Basildon accent and invite him to stay at their home, where they are joined by
roommate Harriet (Shannon Elizabeth).

John and Judy[edit]

John (Martin Freeman) and Judy (Joanna Page) are professional body doubles for films. They
meet for the sex scenes in a film for which Tony is a production assistant. John tells Judy that
"It is nice to have someone [he] can just chat to." While the two are perfectly comfortable
being naked and simulating sex on-set, they are shy and tentative off-set. Carefully pursuing
a relationship, they attend the Christmas pageant (involving David and Natalie, Harry and
Karen's children, Daniel and Sam, et al.) at the local school with John's brother.

Rufus[edit]
Rufus (Rowan Atkinson) is the jewellery salesman, whose obsessive attention to gift-wrapping
nearly results in Harry being caught buying a necklace for Mia by Karen. Also, it is his
distraction of staff at the airport which allows Sam to sneak through to see Joanna. In the
director and cast commentary, it is revealed that Rufus was originally supposed to be a
Christmas angel; however, this was dropped from the final script.

Epilogue[edit]
One month later, all of the characters are seen in Heathrow Airport. Billy tells Joe that his
Christmas single has spurred a comeback. Juliet, Peter, and Mark meet Jamie and his bride,
Aurélia. Karen and the kids greet Harry, but Karen's reaction suggests that they are struggling
to move past his indiscretion. Sam greets Joanna, who has returned with her mother from
America, and Daniel is joined by his new girlfriend Carol and her son. Newlyweds John and
Judy, heading off to their honeymoon, run into Tony who is awaiting Colin as he returns from
America. Colin returns with Harriet and her sister Carla (Denise Richards) who greets Tony
with a hug and a kiss. Natalie welcomes David back from his flight in view of the press,
indicating that their relationship is now public. These scenes dissolve into footage of actual
arrivals at Heathrow, as the screen is divided into an increasing number of smaller segments
which form the shape of a heart.

Connections between stories[edit]

 Interconnections between the Love Actually characters
All the stories are linked in some way, with the exception of Billy Mack and his manager, who
are not acquainted with any of the other characters, but Billy appears frequently on
characters' radios and TVs, his music video twice providing an important plot device for Sam's
pursuit of Joanna; the pair also cross paths with the other characters in the closing Heathrow
scene. John and Judy work with Tony who is best friends with Colin who works for a catering
company that services the office where Sarah, Karl, Mia, and Harry work. Mia is friends with
Mark who runs the art gallery where the Christmas office party takes place. Mia also lives next
door to Natalie. Mark is in love with Juliet and friends with Peter. The couple are friends with
Jamie and Sarah. Harry is married to Karen who is friends with Daniel, and Karen's brother is
David who works with Natalie. Harry and Karen's children (and thus David's niece and
nephew), Natalie's siblings (and thus Mia's neighbours), and Carol's son are all schoolmates of
Sam and Joanna. An additional plot that was dropped in editing concerned the children's
headmistress (Anne Reid) and her dying lesbian partner (Frances de la Tour).

Cast[edit]
• Alan Rickman as Harry
• Emma Thompson as Karen
• Hugh Grant as David
• Keira Knightley as Juliet
• Colin Firth as Jamie
• Sienna Guillory as Jamie's Girlfriend
• Lúcia Moniz as Aurélia
• Liam Neeson as Daniel
• Thomas Sangster as Sam
• Bill Nighy as Billy Mack
• Gregor Fisher as Joe
• Martine McCutcheon as Natalie
• Chiwetel Ejiofor as Peter
• Andrew Lincoln as Mark
• Laura Linney as Sarah
• Rodrigo Santoro as Karl
• Michael Fitzgerald as Michael
• Kris Marshall as Colin
• Abdul Salis as Tony
• Heike Makatsch as Mia
• Martin Freeman as John
• Joanna Page as Judy
• Olivia Olson as Joanna
• Billy Bob Thornton as US President
• Rowan Atkinson as Rufus
• Claudia Schiffer as Carol
• Nina Sosanya as Annie
• Ivana Miličević as Stacey
• January Jones as Jeannie
• Elisha Cuthbert as Carol-Anne
• Shannon Elizabeth as Harriet
• Denise Richards as Carla
• Lulu Popplewell as Daisy
• Marcus Brigstocke as Mikey
• Julia Davis as Nancy
• Ruby Turner as Jean
• Adam Godley as Mr. Trench
• Élisabeth Margoni as Eleonore
• Meg Wynn Owen as Mary, PM's secretary

Production[edit]
Initially, Curtis started writing the film as two distinct movies with expanded versions of what
would be two of the characters' storylines in the finished film but he grew frustrated with the
process.[4] Partly inspired by the films of Robert Altman as well as films such as Pulp Fiction,
and partly inspired by the fact that Curtis became "more interested in writing a film about
love and what love sort of means" he had the idea of creating an ensemble film. [4] The film
initially did not have any sort of Christmas theme, although Curtis's penchant for such movies
eventually caused him to write it as one.[5]
Most of the film was made on location in London, at sites including Trafalgar Square, the
central court of Somerset House in the Strand, Grosvenor Chapel on South Audley Street
near Hyde Park, St. Paul's Clapham on Rectory Grove, Clapham in the London Borough of
Lambeth, the Millennium Bridge, Selfridges department store on Oxford Street, Lambeth
Bridge, the Tate Modern in the former Bankside Power Station, Canary Wharf, Marble Arch, the
St. Lukes Mews off All Saint's Road in Notting Hill, Chelsea Bridge, the OXO Tower, London City
Hall, Poplar Road in Herne Hill in the London Borough of Lambeth, Elliott School in Pullman
Gardens, Putney in the London Borough of Wandsworth, and London Heathrow Airport.
Additional scenes were filmed at the Marseille Airport and Le Bar de la Marine. Scenes set
in 10 Downing Street were filmed at the Shepperton Studios.[6]
Ant and Dec played themselves in the film with Bill Nighy's character referring to Dec as "Ant
or Dec". This refers to the common mistaking of one for the other, owing to their constant
joint professional presence as a comedy and presenting duo. The veteran actress Jeanne
Moreau is seen briefly, entering a taxi at the Marseille Airport. The soul singer Ruby
Turner appears as Joanna Anderson's mother, one of the backing singers at the school
Christmas pageant.
Curtis's original concept for the film included 14 different scenarios, but four of them were cut
(two having been filmed).[7] The scene in which Colin attempts to chat up the female caterer
at the wedding appeared in drafts of the screenplay for Four Weddings and a Funeral, but was
cut from the final version.[8] The music video for Billy Mack's song, "Love Is All Around", is a
tribute to Robert Palmer's video, "Addicted To Love".[7] Curtis has spoken negatively about the
editing process for the film, which he labeled in 2014 as a "catastrophe" and "The only
nightmare scenario that I've been caught in".[9] The film was rushed in order to be ready for
the 2003 Christmas season which he likened to "three-dimensional chess" [9]
Following Tony Blair's resignation as Prime Minister, pundits and speculators commented on a
potential anti-American shift in Gordon Brown's cabinet as a "Love Actually moment",
referring to the scene in which Hugh Grant's character stands up to the American president.
[10][11][12] In 2009, during President Barack Obama's first visit to the UK, Chris
Matthewsreferred to the president in Love Actually as an example of George W. Bush and
other former presidents' bullying of European allies. In commenting on Matthews'
view, Mediaite's Jon Bershad described the U.S. president character as a "sleazy Bill
Clinton/George W. Bush hybrid".[13] In the scene in question, the swaggering president bullies
the prime minister and then sexually harasses a member of the household staff. In September
2013, David Cameron made a speech in reply to Russia's comment that Britain was a small
insignificant country, which drew comparisons with Hugh Grant's speech during the film. [14]

Soundtrac[edit]
Love Actually
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released 17 November 2003
Genre Film soundtrack
Label Universal, Island
The film's original score was composed, orchestrated and conducted by Craig Armstrong.
UK CD Track listing[15]

1."Jump (for My Love)" by Girls Aloud

2."Too Lost in You" by Sugababes
3."The Trouble with Love Is" by Kelly Clarkson
4."Here with Me" by Dido
5."Christmas Is All Around" by Billy Mack
6."Turn Me On" by Norah Jones
7."Songbird" by Eva Cassidy
8."Sweetest Goodbye" by Maroon 5
9."Wherever You Will Go" by The Calling
10."I'll See It Through" by Texas
11."Both Sides Now" by Joni Mitchell
12."White Christmas" by Otis Redding
13."Take Me As I Am" by Wyclef Jean and Sharissa
14."All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Olivia Olson
15."God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys
16."All You Need Is Love" by Lynden David Hall
17."Sometimes" by Gabrielle
18."Glasgow Love Theme" by Craig Armstrong
19."PM's Love Theme" by Craig Armstrong
20."Portuguese Love Theme" by Craig Armstrong
The US disc replaces the Girls Aloud version of "Jump (for My Love)" with the original
recording by the Pointer Sisters. "Joanna" by Scott Walker was deleted from the film. Other
songs heard in the film, though not included on either soundtrack album, include "All Alone on
Christmas" by Darlene Love and "Smooth" by Santana, the Paul Anka song "Puppy Love"
performed by S Club Juniors, and "Bye Bye Baby" by the Bay City Rollers.
US CD Track listing

1."The Trouble with Love Is" by Kelly Clarkson

2."Here with Me" by Dido
3."Medley: Sweetest Goodbye / Sunday Morning" by Maroon 5
4."Turn Me On" by Norah Jones
5."Take Me As I Am" by Wyclef Jean and Sharissa
6."Songbird" by Eva Cassidy
7."Wherever You Will Go" by The Calling
8."Jump (for My Love)" by The Pointer Sisters
9."Both Sides Now" by Joni Mitchell
10."All You Need Is Love" by Lynden David Hall
11."God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys
12."I'll See It Through" by Texas
13."Too Lost in You" by Sugababes
14."Glasgow Love Theme" by Craig Armstrong
15."White Christmas" by Otis Redding
16."Christmas Is All Around" by Billy Mack
17."All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Olivia Olson
The soundtrack album reached the top 40 on the US Billboard 200 in 2004 and ranked second
on the Top Soundtracks chart. It achieved gold record status in Australia and Mexico.
The UK and US versions of the actual film contain two instances of alternative music. In the
UK cut, the montage leading up to and continuing through the first part of the office party is
set to the song "Too Lost in You", by the UK group Sugababes. In the US version of the film,
this song is replaced with "The Trouble With Love Is", performed by the American singer Kelly
Clarkson. In the UK version's end credit roll, the second song is a cover of "Jump (for My
Love)", performed by Girls Aloud. In the US version, this song is replaced with "Too Lost in
You", by Sugababes.

Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
The Working Title Films production, budgeted at $40,000,000, was released by Universal
Pictures. It grossed $62,671,632 in the United Kingdom, $13,956,093 in Australia [16] and
$59,472,278 in the US and Canada. It took a worldwide total of $247,472,278. [17]

Critical response[edit]
While Love Actually received generally positive reviews in Britain, United States reviews were
generally mixed. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 63% of critics
gave the film a positive rating, based on 194 reviews, with an average score of 6.3/10. Its
consensus states "'A sugary tale overstuffed with too many stories. Still, the cast
charms."[18] On Metacritic, the film holds a 55/100 rating, based on 41 reviews, indicating
"mixed or average reviews".[19]
Todd McCarthy of Variety called it "a roundly entertaining romantic comedy," a "doggedly
cheery confection," and "a package that feels as luxuriously appointed and expertly tooled as
a Rolls-Royce" and predicted "its cheeky wit, impossibly attractive cast, and sure-handed
professionalism ... along with its all-encompassing romanticism should make this a highly
popular early holiday attraction for adults on both sides of the pond".[20] Michael Atkinson
of The Village Voice called it "love British style, handicapped slightly by corny circumstance
and populated by colorful neurotics".[21] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film
31⁄2 out of four stars, describing it as "a belly-flop into the sea of romantic comedy ...The
movie's only flaw is also a virtue: It's jammed with characters, stories, warmth and laughs,
until at times Curtis seems to be working from a checklist of obligatory movie love situations
and doesn't want to leave anything out ... It feels a little like a gourmet meal that turns into a
hot-dog eating contest."[22] Susan Wloszczyna of USA Today wrote "Curtis' multi-tiered cake of
comedy, slathered in eye-candy icing and set mostly in London at Christmas, serves sundry
slices of love—sad, sweet and silly—in all of their messy, often surprising, glory." [23]
Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly rated it B and called it "a toasty, star-packed
ensemble comedy ... [that's] going to make a lot of holiday romantics feel very, very good;
watching it; I felt cozy and charmed myself."[24] Nev Pierce of the BBC awarded it four of a
possible five stars and called it a "vibrant romantic comedy ... Warm, bittersweet and
hilarious, this is lovely, actually. Prepare to be smitten." [25] Carla Meyer of the San Francisco
Chronicle opined "[it] abandons any pretext of sophistication for gloppy sentimentality, sugary
pop songs and bawdy humor -- an approach that works about half the time ... most of the
story lines maintain interest because of the fine cast and general goodwill of the picture." [26]
In his review in The New York Times, A. O. Scott called it "a romantic comedy swollen to the
length of an Oscar-trawling epic -- nearly two and a quarter hours of cheekiness, diffidence
and high-tone smirking" and added, "it is more like a record label's greatest-hits compilation
or a very special sitcom clip-reel show than an actual movie. ... the film's governing idea of
love is both shallow and dishonest, and its sweet, chipper demeanor masks a sour cynicism
about human emotions that is all the more sleazy for remaining unacknowledged. It has the
calloused, leering soul of an early-60's rat-pack comedy, but without the suave, seductive
bravado."[27] In Rolling Stone, Peter Travers rated it two stars out of a possible four, saying
"there are laughs laced with feeling here, but the deft screenwriter Richard Curtis dilutes the
impact by tossing in more and more stories. As a director ...Curtis can't seem to rein in his
writer. ... He ladles sugar over the eager-to-please Love Actually to make it go down easy,
forgetting that sometimes it just makes you gag."[28]
Although critics' reviews for Love Actually were mixed, the film is more popular among
audiences and has even been discussed as an arguable modern-day Christmas classic. [29][30]
[31][32] Christopher Orr of The Atlantic, on the other hand, remains negative toward the work
and even described it as the least romantic movie of all time, considering its ultimate
message to be, "It's probably best if you give up on love altogether and get on with the rest of
your life."[32][33]

Awards and nominations[edit]

•Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film (nominee)
•BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Bill Nighy, winner)
•BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Emma Thompson, nominee)
•Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (nominee)
•Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay (nominee)
•Empire Award for Best British Film (winner)
•Empire Award for Best British Actress (Emma Thompson, winner)
•Empire Award for Best Newcomer (Martine McCutcheon, winner)
•Empire Award for Best Newcomer (Andrew Lincoln, nominee)
•Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actress (Emma Thompson, winner)
•Evening Standard Peter Sellers Award for Comedy (Bill Nighy, winner)
•European Film Award for Best Actor (Hugh Grant, nominee)
•European Film Award for Best Director (Richard Curtis, nominee)
•London Film Critics Circle Award for Best British Supporting Actor (Bill Nighy, winner)
•London Film Critics Circle Award for Best British Supporting Actress (Emma
Thompson, winner)
•Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor (Bill Nighy, winner)
•Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor, Musical or Comedy (Bill Nighy and Thomas
Sangster, nominees)
•Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress, Musical or Comedy (Emma Thompson, nominee)
 Other adaptations[edit]
The screenplay by Richard Curtis was published by Michael Joseph Ltd. in the UK and by St.
Martin's Griffin in the US.[34]

Red Nose Day Actually[edit]

Main article: Red Nose Day Actually
In 2017, Richard Curtis wrote a script for a Red Nose Day short which reunited several
characters and picked up their storylines 14 years later. Filming began in February 2017, and
was broadcast on BBC One on 24 March 2017.[35]

See also[edit]
•It All Began When I Met You, a 2013 Japanese film inspired by Love Actually
•Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love, a Hindi movie detectably based on Love Actually[36]
•Letters to Santa, a Polish film inspired by Love Actually
•Alles is Liefde (English: Love is All), a 2007 Dutch romantic comedy film inspired by Love
Actually

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