Hope Springs (2003)


Colin Firth             Colin Ware
Heather Graham          Mandy
Minnie Driver           Vera
Oliver Platt            Doug Reed
Mary Steenburgen        Joanie Fisher
Frank Collison          Fisher
Ken Kramer              Mr. Peterson
Mary Black (III)        Mrs. Peterson
Chad Faust              Rob

Directed by:            Mark Herman
Produced by:            Uri Fruchtmann, Barnaby Thompson, Grace Gilroy


Colin Ware (played by Colin Firth) arrives in the most hopeful sounding town he can find to forget 
his old life. Hotel managers: Joanie Fisher (Mary Steenburgen) and Mr. Fisher (Frank Collison, also 
seen in Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?) are worried about the despondent guest, and ask therapist, Mandy 
(played by Heather Graham) to come talk to him. The two young people soon become enraptured with one 
another.

Colin's ex-fiance (and reason for his despondency), played by Minnie Driver arrives and tries 
unsuccessfully to get the hotel managers to tell her where he is staying.

Complications ensue when Driver convinces Graham that she is still part of Colin's life. Colin must 
take drastic action, and enlists the help of the mayor, Doug Reed (Oliver Platt).

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Sometimes, the pursuit of happiness leads you to places you least expect. That's the premise behind 
this romantic comedy starring Colin Firth as a British artist who heads for America when his girlfriend 
(Minnie Driver) marries another man. In the east coast town of Hope, he discovers that not only optimism, 
but love, springs eternal. A nurse (Heather Graham) helps him forget about his ex … until she decides to 
drop into his life again.

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British artist Colin Ware discovers that his fiancee, Vera, the love of his life, is going to marry 
another man. Distraught and despondent, he gets on a plane for America and ends up in the tiny town 
of Hope in New England. At first, Colin is depressed, but he soon finds more than a shoulder to cry 
on when his innkeepers introduce him to Mandy, a beautiful nurse. All's going well and Colin has almost 
forgotten his old flame until Vera suddenly shows up with a surprise her own.