Entertainment
26 February 2010
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| Leap Year (PG) |
AMY Adams stars in quirky Irish love story, LEAP YEAR (PG) as a young woman who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend on February 29.
However, she faces a major setback when bad weather threatens to derail her planned trip to Dublin.
With the help of an innkeeper, however, her cross-country odyssey just might result in her getting engaged.
Screenwriters Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont have been working on comedies together for a decade.
Kaplan says: "I was on a news website, and it was actually February 29th. There was a headline that read Women in Ireland Propose on Leap Year Day, and I said to Harry, 'Does this sound like a movie or what?'
"We dropped what we were working on, and within two weeks we had the outline of the story."
Producer Chris Bender says: "Amy is undeniably likable. There's an innocence in her eyes, no matter what she does.
"Her character begins the journey as hard-edged and aggressive, yet a woman living in a bubble.
"Still, you really empathise and care about her, while enjoying watching her literally get knocked down a few pegs as she travels through Ireland with Declan (Matthew Goode).