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Marley & Me
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7.2A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.
Cast
- Owen Wilson as John Grogan
- Jennifer Aniston as Jennifer Grogan
- Eric Dane as Sebastian Tunney
- Kathleen Turner as Ms. Kornblut
- Alan Arkin as Arnie Klein
- Nathan Gamble as Patrick (Age 10)
Themes
- journalist
- based on novel or book
- melancholy
- puppy
- love
- dog
- nostalgic
- duringcreditsstinger
- pets
- columnist
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Key facts
- Directed by
- David Frankel
- Screenplay by
- Scott Frank Don Roos
- Based on
- Marley & Me , by John Grogan
- Produced by
- Karen Rosenfelt Gil Netter
- Starring
- Owen Wilson Jennifer Aniston Eric Dane Alan Arkin
- Cinematography
- Florian Ballhaus
- Edited by
- Mark Livolsi
- Music by
- Theodore Shapiro
- Production companies
- Fox 2000 Pictures Regency Enterprises Sunswept Entertainment Dune Entertainment
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release date
- December 25, 2008 ( 2008-12-25 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 115 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $60 million
- Box office
- $247.8 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Marley & Me is a 2008 American comedy-drama film directed by David Frankel from a screenplay by Scott Frank and Don Roos, based on the 2005 memoir of the same name by John Grogan. The film stars Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston as the owners of Marley, a Labrador retriever.
Marley & Me was released by 20th Century Fox in the United States and Canada on December 25, 2008, and set a record for the largest Christmas Day box office ever with $14.75 million in ticket sales. The film was successful and went on to gross $247.8 million against a $60 million budget, but received mixed reviews from critics.
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