Shortcut to Happiness
5.4
“The devil is in the details.”
In Manhattan, the aspirant writer Jabez Stone is a complete loser: he is not able to sell his novels, he lives in a lousy apartment and he does not have success with women. When one of his friends Julius Jenson sells his novel for US$ 190,000.00 to an editor, Jabez fells envy and promises to sell his soul to the devil for success and accidentally kills a woman with his typing machine. The Devil knocks on his door, fixes the situation and seals a contract with Jabez. His low quality novels have bad reviews but become best-sellers; Jabez enriches; has success with women, but has no time for his friends. Jabez meets with the publisher Daniel Webster who offers him a chance to break the contract with the devil.
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Cast
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Alec Baldwin
Bez Stone
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Frank Sivero
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Jennifer Love Hewitt
The Devil
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Anthony Hopkins
Daniel Webster
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Dan Aykroyd
Julius Jensen
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Kim Cattrall
Constance Hurry
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Barry Miller
Mike Weiss
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Amy Poehler
Molly Gilchrest
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Midori Nakamura
Kee
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Alec Baldwin Director · Bill Condon Screenplay Peter Dexter Screenplay
Budget $25M · United States release July 13, 2007 · Produced in United States
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$25,000,000
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Yari Film Group
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El Dorado Pictures
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Miracle Entertainment
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 23, 2004
Premiere · World Cinema Naples Film Festival
United States · July 13, 2007
Limited theatrical
France
September 7, 2011 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
August 6, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
Germany
June 4, 2009 · Physical
Russia
September 13, 2007 · Theatrical
Slovakia
November 3, 2024 · Digital · VOYO
April 1, 2025 · Digital · VOYO
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