Man Up

Name: Man Up
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Released: 2015-05-29
Duration: 1 h 28 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Rory Kinnear, Ken Stott, Harriet Walter

If you can't get a date... just steal one!

Man Up (2015)

Timing: 1:28 (88 min)

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All about film

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Actors and characters

Release date

2015-05-29

Country

France, United Kingdom, United States

Production

StudioCanal, BBC Film, Big Talk Productions

Genre

Romance, Comedy

Budget

Revenue

$2 950 880

Website

http://www.sabanfilms.com/films/man-up/

Director

Ben Palmer

Actors

Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Rory Kinnear, Ken Stott, Harriet Walter, Sharon Horgan, Ophelia Lovibond, Olivia Williams, Stephen Campbell Moore, Henry Lloyd-Hughes
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Tess Morris

Producer

Nira Park, James Biddle, Rachael Prior, Emma Jouannet, Simon Pegg, Christine Langan, Matthew Justice, Joe Oppenheimer, Danny Perkins, Dan Cheesbrough

Operator

Andrew Dunn

Composer

Dickon Hinchliffe

Artist

Audition

Nina Gold, Theo Park

Editing

Paul Machliss
All team (70)

Short description

A 34 year old single woman, Nancy, hung-over again, exhausted by the endless fruitless set ups by her friends, traveling across London to toast another 10 years of her parent's successful happy magical marriage runs in with a 40 year old divorcee, Jack, who mistakes her for his 24 year old blind date. Nancy, deciding to go with it, happens to hop on the most chaotic yet hilarious journey of her life which neither of them will ever forget.

What's left behind the scenes

As Simon Pegg later stated, the actress playing Nancy, Lake Bell, remained in character even when the cameras were off. The film's technical crew only learned that she was not English when the actress thanked everyone at the end of filming.
The film mentions Kefalonia (an island and province of Greece). This is a favorite vacation spot for Simon Pegg and screenwriter Tess Morris.
The song that Nancy refers to as "their song" in her conversation with Jack is the British chart hit "Move Closer" by Phyllis Nelson. Sean also hums this song to Nancy when they are in the toilet cubicle.
Nancy talks about a person who traveled to China in search of themselves. Simon Pegg's character did the same in Peter Chelsom's film *Hector and the Search for Happiness* (2014).
The song that Nancy refers to as "their song" in a conversation with Jack is "Move Closer" by Phyllis Nelson, which charted in the UK. Sean also hums this song to Nancy when they are in a toilet cubicle.
Nancy talks about a person who went to China in search of himself. Simon Pegg's character did the same in Peter Chelsom’s film "Hector and the Search for Happiness" (2014).

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