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A handful of curious Brits become literal fish out of water as they become mixed up in the dream project of an eccentric sheikh in this satirical comedy starring Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt.

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ProducerPaul Webster

EAN5060223767369

eBay Product ID (ePID)112194233

Product Key Features

ActorKristin Scott-Thomas, Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor

Film/TV TitleSalmon Fishing in the Yemen

DirectorLasse Hallstrom

LanguageEnglish

Run Time107 Mins

Release Year2012

FormatDVD

FeaturesMaking of

GenreGeneral, Comedy

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate12A/12

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

ComposerDario Marianelli

Additional InformationA handful of curious Brits become literal fish out of water as they become mixed up in the dream project of an eccentric sheikh in this satirical comedy. Dr. Alfred Jones (Ewan McGregor) is a scientist specializing in establishing fisheries who is muddling through a midlife crisis and a marriage that's going sour when he's approached by Patricia Maxwell (Kristin Scott Thomas) with an unusual proposition. Maxwell works for the Prime Minister of Yemen, and in tandem with a remarkably wealthy sheikh (Amr Waked), he wants to introduce sport fishing to the Middle East as a way to promote better international relations. Jones isn't interested at first, but between Maxwell's aggressive enthusiasm and the beauty of Harriet Chetwode-Talbot (Emily Blunt), a lovely businesswoman hired by the sheikh to make his dream a reality, he changes his mind and sets out to create a fully stocked lake in the midst of a desert. As Jones takes on a project that ranks somewhere between ridiculous and impossible, he also finds he's falling in love with Chetwode-Talbot, though the matter of him being married and her having a boyfriend (Tom Mison) makes things sticky. Based on the best selling novel by Paul Torday.

ReviewsBoxoffice Magazine - [à]smart, winning and comic[à], New York Post - These are characters with whom it's a pleasure to spend a couple of hours., St. Louis Post-Dispatch - [à]it's an engaging love story that should appeal to moviegoers with a flair for the offbeat., The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - As the title more than hints, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is all about a leap of faith, and faith is exactly what this picture requires of us. Make the leap, and you'll be delighted by a movie that's sugary goodness, a guilty pleasure.

ScreenwriterSimon Beaufoy

CinematographerTerry Stacey

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleSalmon Fishing In The Yemen

Consumer AdviceContains one use of strong language and moderate sex references