Stranger than Fiction [2006 film]

by Marc Forster (Director), Zach Helm (Screenwriter)

Other authors: Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson

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Kay Effiel is an author writing her latest novel. Her story revovles about an isolated man named Harold Crick. What she doesn't know is that her fictionalized character is real. Harold is an IRS agent who has lived a dull existence. One day begins to hear Karen's voice as she narrates what she is putting down on paper. Harold enlists the help of a literary professor to find out what is happening and ends up changing things about his life. He begins to have a relationship with his IRS client, a government-hating bakery owner named Ana Pascal. Harold, however, finds trouble when he hears that Karen plans to kill him.… (more)

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A lonely man discovers he's a character in a tragic novel.

4/4 (Great).

It has a sweet, emotional romance, a clever meta concept, and a fairly insightful point of view for a movie (in a way that integrates perfectly with the story). A few too many cliches are all that keep it from being one of my favorites. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Forster, Marc	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Helm, Zach	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Ferrell, Will	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gyllenhaal, Maggie	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hoffman, Dustin	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Queen Latifah	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Thompson, Emma	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Stranger than Fiction [2006 film]

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Killing Harold Crick

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2006-11-10

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2006 film directed by Marc Forster

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Kay Effiel is an author writing her latest novel. Her story revovles about an isolated man named Harold Crick. What she doesn't know is that her fictionalized character is real. Harold is an IRS agent who has lived a dull existence. One day begins to hear Karen's voice as she narrates what she is putting down on paper. Harold enlists the help of a literary professor to find out what is happening and ends up changing things about his life. He begins to have a relationship with his IRS client, a government-hating bakery owner named Ana Pascal. Harold, however, finds trouble when he hears that Karen plans to kill him.

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