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Will Ferrell can do drama – FACT.

- The movie Harold goes to see in the theater is Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.

- The guitar chosen by Harold is a Fender Stratocaster, the axe of choice for both Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.

- Will and Maggie are watching the classic '60s French film A Man and a Woman the night before Harold's fateful encounter.

- Emma Thompson bravely donned no makeup for the film.

Stranger Than Fiction

Rating: PG-13 Genre: Comedy

Synopsis:

Will Ferrell stars as Harold Crick, a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life. With the help of Professor Jules Hilbert (Dustin Hoffman), Harold discovers he's the main character in a novel-in-progress and that the voice belongs to Karen Eiffel (Emma Thompson), an eccentric author famous for killing her main characters in creative ways. Harold must quickly track down Eiffel and stop her before she conjures up a way to finish him off.

Starring:

Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman

Director:

Marc Forster