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Piccadilly Jim (2005)

Piccadilly Jim poster
Directed by
John McKay
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 37m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man pretends to be his own relative to win the affections of an American woman. The scheme creates romantic complications in early 20th century high society.

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What happens

Piccadilly Jim is a romantic comedy film directed by John McKay, starring Sam Rockwell and Frances O'Connor. It is based on the 1917 comic novel Piccadilly Jim by P. G. Wodehouse. The film was shot in 2004, shown at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival, and released in the UK in 2006. The novel on which the film was based was also adapted into a 1919 film and a 1936 film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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