First Night out October 14 – The Man of Their Dreams Feature
Fusing the stately grandeur of Gosford Park with the magical music of Amadeus, First Night is a unique story of love’s fluctuating fortunes set against a backdrop of visual and vocal beauty. As the cast, the drama, and the music carefully walk a tightrope between humour and pathos a timeless romantic comedy unfolds.
Adam (Richard E. Grant) is a rich industrialist and frustrated opera singer aspiring to a more cultured world. Spurred on by playful jibes that he’s just a City suit living a capitalist dream he decides to stage an opera in his lavish country retreat. He feels sure the shallow taunting will end once his friends see him in full voice. In fact his singing might even help him win the hand of Celia (Sarah Brightman) the female conductor he’s been pursuing, especially since she is the first to be recruited for his showpiece.
To celebrate the release of romantic comedy First Night in cinemas on Friday 14th October, we countdown the top ten women who endeavour to find the man of their dreams!
| 10: Jerry Maguire Dorothy Boyd – Renée Zelwegger In the cut throat world of sports agent’s one man decides to speak out against the dishonest practices of his counterparts at the cost of job. He starts his own agency with his soon to be love interest colleague – Dorothy Boyd (Renée Zelwegger). Through the ups and downs of their professional and personal relationship forget "show me the money”. The line we remember? "You complete me”. Dorothy sticks by her mans side to prove to him that her love for him can conquer all. |
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| Samantha Baker – Molly Ringwald Samantha Baker is the typical American high school wannabe. She wants to be popular, tries to fit in and has an outrageous crush on popular boy Jake Ryan. With stealing glances and a conspiracy with a teen geek to help get her noticed, finally her dreams come true on her sixteenth birthday when Jake Ryan shows up at her door with a surprise cake and a birthday kiss. |
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| 8: Hairspray Tracy Turnbladd – Nikki Blonsky Over weight, unpopular and mis -understood doesn’t make it easy for Tracy (Nikki Blonskly) to get the attention of the hottest guy in school and the best dancer on the Corney Collins Show – Link Larkin (Zac Effron). However with a tonne of hairspray in her hair and bags of rhythm to help her get noticed, Tracy soon finds her way on to the 1950’s dance show which she helps to integrate with the assistance of some new friends and her new man Link on her arm. |
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| Annie Reed – Meg Ryan Trying to find someone new on the New York dating scene is hard, but it is even harder when you are recently widowed and have a young son. The young son tries helping his dad by phoning in to a radio chat show in the hope of finding a new mum and a new partner for his dad, to which, a beautiful woman (Meg Ryan), although living across the country in New York, falls in love with him whilst listening to the radio. Annie (Ryan) flies to and from New York to Seattle with the hope of meeting the father and Son with grand illusions of a happy ever after. |
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| 6: First Night Celia - Sarah Brightman In this timeless musical comedy, Celia (Sarah Brightman) fights her fuelling passion for both music and love in First Night. Can she have both including her desire for Adam (Richard E. Grant)? First Night is a movie that fuses the stately grandeur of Gosford Park with the magical music of Amadeus for a unique story of love’s fluctuating fortunes. |
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| 5: Pretty Woman Vivian Ward – Julia Roberts The beloved rags to riches movie where a down on a her luck prostitute meets her knight in shining armour, who plucks her off the street corner to staying in the penthouse suite of a plush hotel and mixing with high society. Vivian (Julia Roberts) may not go out of her way to pursue Edward (Richard Gere), but her charm and integrity opens his eyes to the things that he didn't even know were missing and an unlikely romance develops. |
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| 4: Twilight Bella Swan – Kristin Stewart There’s not many girls that would choose an eternity of immortality, but that is exactly what Bella Swan (Kristin Stewart) is asking of ‘good’ vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) in Twilight. Through a multitude of shared adventures, disasters and soul searching, only time will tell if Bella gets her wish to be with Edward forever, or if Edward can resist his natural Vampire instincts. |
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| Ariel – Jodi Benson Perhaps one of movies all time classic ‘go getters’, Ariel (aka)The Little Mermaid, sure doesn’t do things by halves in order to get the man on her dreams who unfortunately is a human Prince living on land. In order to change her body so that she can be with her prince Eric, Ariel deceives her family and visits the sea witch to trade her voice and fins into legs for 3 days to help make the prince fall in love with her. Although Ariel wins the prince’s friendship through her innocence and virtue, the sea which deceived our heroine and goes after the price herself. |
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| Carrie Bradshaw – Sarah Jessica Parker Carrie Bradshaw was one of our favourite singletons and, her escapades with men, friends and fashion is what made us fall in love with the SATC. Throughout the 6 seasons of the TV series, we watched Carrie date numerous men, but she was always stuck on one – Mr Big. No matter how many times he disappointed her with his lack of commitment, moving to Paris or his wedding to a twenty something, Carrie always went back and after 10 years of will they, won’t they, Carrie and Big finally tied the knot in the 2008 Sex and the City movie. |
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| Bridget Jones – Renée Zelwegger Bridget Jones is the ultimate neurotic spinster, stuck in a dead end job and fretting over her alcohol, cigarette and calorie intake. However, she decides to turn her life around with a series of new year’s resolutions that will help her find Mr Right and tracks her progress good or bad throughout the year in her diary. |
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| FIRST NIGHT IS OUT ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 14
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