The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

by on Apr.24, 2009, under 2009 films, American films, Fantasy films, comedy films, romantic film

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is an upcoming 2009 American romantic comedy film that offers a new take on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

Mark Waters directed a script by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore.

Filming spanned February 19, 2008 to July 2008 in Boston, Massachusetts with stars Matthew McConaughey, Emma Stone and Jennifer Garner.

The film will be released on May 1, 2009.

Plot
A womanizer (Matthew McConaughey) is haunted by the ghosts of his former girlfriends at his younger brother’s (Breckin Meyer) wedding.

The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (Emma Stone), Present (Noureen DeWulf), and Future (Amanda Walsh) take him on a journey through his romantic history (à la Ebenezer Scrooge) to help him come to a realization about his ways with women and as well as what he lost with the one woman he was previously intimate and passionately with since childhood.

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Directed by Mark Waters
Produced by
Brad Epstein
Jonathan Shestack
Marcus Viscidi
Written by: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore

Cast
* Matthew McConaughey as Connor Mead, a womanizer
* Jennifer Garner as Jenny, the best friend of his brother’s bride, an old flame of Connor’s
* Michael Douglas as Uncle Wayne, Connor’s mentor & 70s playboy
* Emma Stone as the “Ghost of Girlfriends Past” who guides him through his romantic history
* Daniel Sunjata as Brad, the charming almost “too perfect” love interest of Jenny who almost tempts her away from Connor
* Noureen DeWulf as the “Ghost of Girlfriends Present” and also as Connor’s assistant
* Breckin Meyer as Paul, Connor’s younger brother
* Lacey Chabert as Sandra, the woman whom Paul is marrying
* Anne Archer as the mother of the bride
* Amanda Walsh as the only bridesmaid Connor hasn’t “conquered ” - also as the Ghost of Girlfriends Future
* Robert Forster
* Christina Milian
* Logan Miller as a Teenage Connor Mead

Music by Rolfe Kent
Cinematography Daryn Okada
Editing by Bruce Green
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Release date(s) May 1, 2009
Country United States
Language English