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Bridget Jones's Diary

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Bridget Jones's Diary is a 2001 romantic comedy movie directed by Sharon Maguire and based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Helen Fielding.

Bridget Jones's Diary
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Directed bySharon Maguire
Screenplay by
Based onBridget Jones's Diary
1996 novel
by Helen Fielding
Produced by
  • Tim Bevan
  • Eric Fellner
  • Jonathan Cavendish
Starring
CinematographyStuart Dryburgh
Edited byMartin Walsh
Music byPatrick Doyle
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Miramax Films (United States)
  • BAC Films (France)
  • United International Pictures (international)
Release dates
  • 10 March 2001 (2001-03-10) (Empire)
  • 13 April 2001 (2001-04-13) (United Kingdom and United States)
  • 10 October 2001 (2001-10-10) (France)
Running time
97 minutes[1]
Countries
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25 million
Box office$282 million[4]

It stars Renée Zellweger in her Oscar nominated role, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, Celia Imrie, James Faulkner, Shirley Henderson, James Callis, Ben Peyton, Donald Douglas, Embeth Davidtz, Felicity Montagu, Neil Pearson and was distributed by Miramax Films.

It was followed by the sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason in 2004.

Other websites

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  1. "Bridget Jones's Diary (15)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  3. "Bridget Jones's Diary". Flicks.co.nz.
  4. "Bridget Jones's Diary". Box Office Mojo. IMDb.