You're Not Alone



You're Not Alone is an English-American dramedy film directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, produced and written by Drew Gars. It stars Matt Smith, Shailene Woodley, Nicholas Brendan, Emma Watson, Anna Kendrick, David Strathain, Robert Downey, Jr., Jay Baruchel, Kevin Hart, Paul Dano, John Tuturro and Cedric the Entertainer. This marks Drew Gars film producing and screenwriting debut.

Plot
After five years of directing films in England and several award nominations he won, English film director Henry Franks (Matt Smith) gets a call from an film executive (Cedric the Entertainer) in America saying they want to work with him on a feature film. He and his assistant (Emma Watson) head to the States to start production. When he gets on the set, he finds out that they already found a director (Nicholas Brendan) and they tell him that he is put in the position of one of the film producers. At first he's flattered, but as time went on in production, he becomes stressed out to the point where he loses his temper on the head producer. The studio has him go into anger management (Robert Downey, Jr.) to calm him down. When he gets there, he is assigned a partner Donna (Shailene Woodley), a former child star who fell into alcoholism and drugs when her career didn't take off, and the two start bonding, but then as they bond, they help each other with problems in their lives and secrets are revealed.

Synopsis
In 2009, Henry Franks (Matt Smith) has just won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, thanking everybody involved. The following years lead to him being the most acclaimed director in all of England. He goes to different radio stations and talk shows to promote his films and sometimes visits.

Cut to modern day,

Cast
Main cast
 * Matt Smith as Henry Franks, a critically acclaimed film director from England. He is asked to come to America where he is put in the position of the supervising producer.
 * Shailene Woodley as Donna Ackerman, a former child star who fell into alcoholism and drug use when her career didn't take off and hoping to revive her career by singing. She is one of Butler's anger management patients.
 * Nicholas Brendan as Alex Dylan, the director and executive producer for The Invention of Life.
 * Emma Watson as Grace Pearchwood, Henry's assistant and his best friend since his childhood. Throughout the years being with Henry, she has developed a secret crush on Henry.
 * Anna Kendrick as Miranda Walsh, the film's main producer.
 * David Strathairn as Robert Carlton, the film's co-producer.
 * Robert Downey, Jr. as Christopher Butler, an anger management therapist Henry goes to whenever he feels stressed out on set.
 * Kevin Hart as Ar-Jay, a rapper and Donna's best friend who Henry befriend when he arrives in America. His real name is Arnold Jackson. He helps Henry adjust to him being in America.
 * Paul Dano as David Freichnegger, a sleazy journalist for TMZ who starts harassing Henry after Henry's mental breakdown.
 * John Turturro as Jerry Clement, a doorman at an apartment building where Donna lives. He was Donna's legal guardian when her parents died.
 * Cedric the Entertainer as Edgar Hampden, the president of Warner Bros. Studios who contacted Henry to come to America to help with the film.
 * Jay Baruchel as Brett Cox, the film's production manager.
 * Laura Ramsey as Natalie Gear, the film's casting director.
 * Timothy Simons as Scott Myers, the film's screenwriter.
 * Ben Schwartz as Quentin Mora, the film's editor.
 * Danny Pudi as Johnny Garde, one of the film's editor.
 * Jake Johnson as Fredrick James, the film's cinematographer.
 * Anders Holm as George Savoy, the film's production designer.
 * Dan Bakkedahl as Howard Bensel, the film's head make up artist.
 * Ellie Kemper as Judy Freeman, Butler's shy but paranoid anger management patient.
 * Steve Valentine as Patrick Gill, Butler's convict anger management patient.
 * James Badge Dale as Martin Zeeler, Butler's emotionally unstable anger management patient.
 * Leighton Meester as Jasmine Du Bois, Donna's old rival.
 * Patrick Stewart as Wendell Franks, Henry's father.
 * Helen Mirren as Felicity Franks, Henry's mother.
 * Keira Knightley as Nora Franks, Henry's jealous sister.
 * Matthew Goode as Jim, Nora's boyfriend.
 * Anthony Stewart Head as Wilfred Pearchwood, Grace's father.

Cameos
 * Martin Scorsese as himself, at the BAFTA presenting Henry the award for Best Director at the beginning of the movie.
 * Edgar Wright as himself, at the BAFTA presenting Henry the award for Best Director at the beginning of the movie.
 * Nick Grimshaw as himself, interviewing Henry at The Radio 1 Breakfast Show.
 * Jonathan Ross as himself, interviewing Henry at The Jonathan Ross Show.
 * Audrey Plaza as herself, at The Graham Norton Show.
 * Graham Norton as himself, interviewing Henry at The Graham Norton Show.
 * Al Roker as himself, meeting Henry as he arrives in America.
 * Matt Lauer as himself, meeting Henry as he arrives in America.
 * Joss Whedon as himself, having a drink with Henry and other film directors.
 * Michael Bay as himself, having a drink with Henry and other film directors.
 * George Lucas as himself, having a drink with Henry and other film directors.
 * Ben Affleck as himself, having a drink with Henry and other film directors.
 * Steven Spielberg as himself, having a drink with Henry and other film directors.
 * Stephen Colbert as himself, interviewing Jasmine at the Late Show via television footage.
 * Tom Wilkinson as himself, at a press conference for The Invention of Life.
 * Bill Hader as himself, at a press conference for The Invention of Life.
 * Rose Byrne as herself, at a press conference for The Invention of Life.
 * Natalie Morales as herself, interviewing Henry and Dylan on the Today Show.
 * Savannah Guthrie as herself, interviewing Henry and Dylan on the Today Show.
 * Jimmy Fallon as himself, interviewing Donna on The Tonight Show.
 * The Roots as themselves, providing the music Donna and Henry are singing.
 * Neil Patrick Harris as himself, hosting the Academy Awards.
 * Channing Tatum as himself, presenting the award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Academy Awards.
 * Jonah Hill as herself, presenting the award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Academy Awards.

Trivia

 * It will be distributed by Universal Pictures
 * This was a dream project of Gars.
 * Most of the cast (expect for Downey) had to take singing lessons for the third act.
 * The producers ask the band Owl City for permission to use the song "You're Not Alone" for the trailer and the film's scenes.
 * Rated PG-13 for some nudity and language
 * 12A Certificate

The Call

 * (cell phone rings)
 * (Grace picks up phone)
 * Grace: Hello, Henry Franks office. Grace speaking.
 * Hampden (over the phone): Oh sorry, I didn't know he wasn't in.
 * Grace (as she's walks down the hall): No, he's in. May I ask who's calling?
 * Hampden (over the phone): Sure. My name is Edgar Hampden. I am a executive from Warner Bros. studios America. The board and I are asking if he'd like to partner up on a project we working on. Is it okay if we speak with him?
 * Grace: Sure.
 * Hampden (over the phone): Thanks sweet.
 * (Grace knocks on door)
 * (Grace opens door)
 * Grace (to Henry): Mr. Franks.
 * Henry (to Grace): Yes, Grace?
 * Grace (To Henry): You have a call.
 * Henry (To Grace): Okay.
 * (Grace give Henry the phone)
 * Henry: Hello?
 * Hampden (over the phone): Hey, Henry, how's it going over there in Britain?
 * (Henry covers phone speaker)
 * Henry (whispering): Who is this?
 * Grace (whispering): Edgar Hampden. Warner Bros. America.
 * Henry (whispering): Thank you.
 * (Henry puts phone back on his ear)
 * Henry: Sorry about that, Mr. Hampden, I was discussing with my assistant about your background. I'm gonna have you on speaker.
 * (Henry puts the phone on the desk)
 * (Henry presses the speaker button)
 * Hampden (over the phone): Can you hear me?
 * Henry: Yes, I hear you. Loud and clear.
 * Hampden (over the phone): Cool.
 * Henry: So what is that you want to talk to me about?
 * Hampden (over the phone): Well, we working on a period peace about the film about the life of Thomas Edison and we have everything we need for the film, but I feel like we need some charisma. So I was wondering if maybe if you would come to America to help us out with the production?
 * (Henry and Grace eyes widen)
 * Henry (shaking): S-sure. I'd love t-to come to America to help.
 * Hampden (over the phone): Thanks!!! See you soon.
 * (Hampden hangs up)
 * (Henry and Grace look up at each other in silence in shock)
 * Henry (to Grace): What did I just do?
 * Grace (to Henry): You were ask to help out on an American production... (smiles): And you said yes.
 * Henry (to Grace): Do you realize to what this means?
 * Grace (to Henry in excitement): Yes!
 * Henry and Grace (shouting): WE'RE GOING TO AMERICA!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!