Films Shot in Nebraska (Film Guide) - Terms of Endearment, Up in the Air, Yes Man, Election, Elizabethtown, Beyond the Mat, about Schmidt (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 27. Chapters: Terms of Endearment, Up in the Air, Yes Man, Election, Elizabethtown, Beyond the Mat, About Schmidt, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar, The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Boys Town, Belly, Tully, The Indian Runner, Citizen Ruth, Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend, Cheers for Miss Bishop, O Pioneers , California Dreaming, My Antonia. Excerpt: Connection Timeout Yes Man is a 2008 comedy film directed by Peyton Reed, written by Nicholas Stoller, Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel and starring Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper, John Michael Higgins, Rhys Darby, Maile Flanagan, Danny Masterson, and Terence Stamp. The film is based loosely on the 2005 book Yes Man by British humourist Danny Wallace. The film was a box office success despite receiving mixed reviews from critics. It was released on December 19, 2008, opening at #1 at the box office in its first weekend with $18.3 million and was then released on December 26, 2008 in the United Kingdom going straight to the top of the box office in its first weekend after release. Production for the film began in October 2007 in Los Angeles, CA. Los Angeles bank employee Carl Allen (Jim Carrey) has become withdrawn and preoccupied with his personal life since his divorce from ex-wife Stephanie (Molly Sims). Routinely ignoring his friends Pete (Bradley Cooper) and Rooney (Danny Masterson) for hangouts at their local bar where Stephanie regularly visits, he has grown used to spending his spare time watching DVDs alone in his apartment, and has an increasingly negative outlook on life. One day, Nick (John Michael Higgins), an old colleague of Carl's suggests that he goes to a "Yes " seminar with him, which encourages its attendants to seize the opportunity to say "Yes " Carl considers the option while watching a film that night, bu...