Shopgirl [videorecording (DVD)] / Shopgirl, Inc. ; Hyde Park Entertainment ; Brass Hat Film Slate 1 Shopgirl Ltd. ; Epsilon Motion Pictures ; Touchstone Pictures ; produced by Ashok Amritraj, Jon J. Jashni, Steve Martin ; screenplay by Steve Martin ; directed by Anand Tucker.
Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Sam Bottoms, Frances Conroy, Rebecca Pidgeon, Samantha Shelton, Gina Doctor. Based on the novel by Steve Martin. Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. Special features: "Evolution of a novella: the making of 'Shopgirl'"; deleted scenes; audio commentary by director ANand Tucker.
Summary:
Ray Porter is a button-down 50-something executive who reaches out to a much younger woman as his Los Angeles playmate. Mirabelle a 20-something with a pile of promises, debt, and depression, fades away into a slow corner of Saks, while trying to sell unneeded formal gloves. She's a wisp of a person, with a cat who doesn't love her, and when she finds a suitor, it's Jeremy, a scruffy artist who babbles on about speakers. When the gentlemanly Porter calls, his appearance in her life begins to make her whole. It also immediately sets her up for sadness - Ray thinks of Mirabelle as a precious outlet for sex, while Mirabelle, very mistakenly, sees Ray as a potential lifelong mate.
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