Grant, Hugh

Overview

Works:	408 works in 1,699 publications in 10 languages and 41,338 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Film adaptations Juvenile works Romantic comedy films Fiction Film and video adaptations History Humor Comedy films Legal films
Roles:	Actor, Performer, Other, Honoree, Singer, Creator, Contributor, Author of introduction
Classifications:	PN1997.2, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

1970 |

|2020

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Publications about Hugh Grant

Publications by Hugh Grant

Most widely held works about Hugh Grant

Hugh Grant : the unauthorised biography by Jody Tresidder ( Book )
Hyū guranto : Sugao no kikōshi ( Book )
Khʹi︠u︡ Grant : neavtorizovannai︠a︡ biografii︠a︡ by Jody Tresidder ( Book )
Inside the actors studio - Dennis Quaid : Special edition for the actors studio drama school Class of 2002 ( Visual )
Obituary notices of Hon. Hugh J. Grant ( Book )

Four weddings and a funeral ( Visual )
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Hugh Grant : (1960-) ( )
Hugh by Dan Whitehead ( Book )
David Niven Hugh Grant ( Visual )

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Most widely held works by Hugh Grant

Sense and sensibility by Ang Lee ( Visual )
59 editions published between 1995 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 3,644 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tells of the Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune

Bridget Jones's diary by Helen Fielding ( Visual )
72 editions published between 1998 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 2,816 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In her mid-thirties, still single and still being set up with dates by her mom, Bridget decides she needs to make a change in her life. She falls for her boss who uses her and then dumps her. In the meantime, Bridget keeps running into the divorced guy her mom tried to set her up with, and he happens to be ex-friends with her boss. She uses her diary as a confessional and she begins to wonder if she will ever find true love

Love actually by Richard Curtis ( Visual )
61 editions published between 2003 and 2013 in 7 languages and held by 2,582 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
It's all about love and holiday cheer in London. The Prime Minister is smitten with his caterer; a widower's young son nurses the ultimate schoolboy crush; a writer falls for his Portuguese housekeeper; a devoted wife and mother copes with her potentially unfaithful husband; and a lovelorn American is desperately attracted to a colleague

About a boy by Nick Hornby ( Visual )
55 editions published between 2002 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 2,467 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An immature, cynical bachelor learns what it means to be a man from a geeky 12 year-old boy

Four weddings and a funeral by Richard Curtis ( Visual )
97 editions published between 1993 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 2,465 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Romantic comedy about a young man who meets the girl of his dreams at a friend's wedding. However, she slips through his fingers when the timing seems wrong, and they meet again at three more weddings and a funeral before the two finally connect

Notting Hill by Roger Michell ( Visual )
89 editions published between 1999 and 2013 in 7 languages and held by 2,396 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Anna Scott, a famous movie star and William Thacker, a travel bookstore owner meet for the first time and wonder if they can fall in love while the whole world is watching

Two weeks notice by Mark Lawrence ( Visual )
32 editions published between 2002 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 2,279 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Lucy Kelson, Chief Counsel for the Wade Corporation, one of New York City's top commercial real estate developers. She's a brilliant lawyer with a sharp, strategic mind. She also has an ulcer and doesn't get much sleep. It's not the job that's getting to her. It's her millionaire boss, George Wade. Handsome, charming and undeniably self-absorbed, he treats her more like a nanny than a Harvard Law grad and can barely choose a tie without her help. Now, after five years of calling the shots-on everything from his clothes to his divorce settlements, Lucy Kelson is calling it quits

Music and lyrics ( Visual )
29 editions published between 2007 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 2,140 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Alex Fletcher is a washed-up 80s pop star who has been reduced to working the nostalgia circuit of county fairs and amusement parks. The charismatic and talented musician gets a chance at a comeback when reigning pop diva Cora Corman invites him to write and record a duet with her. The only problem is that Alex has not written a song in years, he has never written lyrics, and what's worse, he has to come up with a hit in a matter of days. Sophie Fisher is Alex's beguilingly quirky plant lady, whose flair for words strikes a chord with the struggling songwriter. On the rebound from a bad relationship with the newly famous novelist Sloan Cates, Sophie is reluctant to collaborate with anyone, especially commitment-phobe Alex. As their chemistry heats up at the piano, Alex and Sophie will have to face their fears and the music if they want to find the love and success they both deserve

Cloud atlas by Tom Tykwer ( Visual )
24 editions published between 2012 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 1,977 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. The story is a time-shifting weave of six interlinking narratives, with diverse settings from the savagery of a Pacific Island in the 1850s to a dystopian Korea of the near future

Bridget Jones the edge of reason by Beeban Kidron ( Visual )
37 editions published between 2001 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 1,902 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
London-based thirty-something Bridget Jones continues her romantic relationship with Mark Darcy, despite many humorous complications

The pirates! band of misfits ( Visual )
19 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 1,647 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
After years of humiliation and failed attempts to win the Pirate of the Year Award, Pirate Captain and his oddball crew go on a race to pillage the most booty. They soon cross paths with scientist Charles Darwin, who persuades the Captain that the crew's 'parrot,' Polly, could be the answer to the riches they are searching for

Did you hear about the Morgans? by Marc Lawrence ( Visual )
22 editions published between 2007 and 2010 in English and held by 1,426 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Meryl and Paul Morgan are a highly successful Manhattan couple. Their almost perfect lives have only one notable failure - their dissolving marriage. But they witness a murder and become the targets of a contract killer. The Feds, protecting their witnesses, whisk them from their beloved New York to a tiny town in Wyoming, and a relationship that was on the rocks threatens to end completely, unless with their new Blackberry-free lives, the Morgans can slow down the pace and rekindle their passion

American dreamz by Paul Weitz ( Visual )
18 editions published between 2006 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,159 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"American Dreamz" is a wildly popular television singing contest program that has captured the country's attention. This new season showcases a competition between Sally, a young Midwestern gal and Omer, a showtunes-loving young man from Orange County. The recently depressed President of the United States wants in on the craze and signs up for the potentially explosive season finale

Nine months by Chris Columbus ( Visual )
20 editions published between 1995 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 1,155 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The news that his girlfriend is expecting a baby sends Sam, an unflappable child psychologist, into a panic. Torn between advice given by a well-meaning but over-bearing couple and his confirmed bachelor buddy, Sam is in serious danger of losing his mind and his girlfriend

Maurice by James Ivory ( Visual )
60 editions published between 1987 and 2011 in 7 languages and held by 1,053 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
E.M. Forrester's story of two Edwardian-era Cambridge students that fall in love, but must make difficult choices between abiding by British society's strict norms regarding homosexuality and following through on their feelings

The Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain by Christopher Monger ( Visual )
20 editions published between 1994 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 915 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A young man offend an entire town by declaring their mountain--a prized local landmark--to be a "hill." The eccentric and funny townspeople rally around their "mountain" and a fiery young woman charms the puzzled out-of-towners into seeing things their way

Mickey Blue Eyes ( Visual )
16 editions published between 1999 and 2004 in 4 languages and held by 828 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Michael Felgate, a Manhattan art auctioneer, is eager to marry Gina, a schoolteacher he's been dating for three months. Gina's father is a gangster who extracts money for the mob, and he starts to put pressure on Michael, using the auction house as a money laundering scam for dubious artwork

Small time crooks ( Visual )
16 editions published between 2000 and 2006 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 796 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An ex-convict and his manicurist wife find their get-rich-quick scheme leaves them rolling in dough. When a bank heist takes a comical twist, the couple discovers that cookies pay better than crime

Impromptu by James Lapine ( Visual )
16 editions published between 1990 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 767 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Brazenly forward George Sand and frail, romantic Frederic Chopin are drawn together as lovers by an unnerving bond that cannot be broken despite the best efforts of those around them to keep them apart

Restoration by Michael Hoffman ( Visual )
11 editions published between 1996 and 2012 in English and held by 673 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Wanneer de arts in opleiding Robert Merivel erin slaagt de hond van de koning Charles II (17e eeuw Engeland) het leven te redden mag hij als dank de minnares van de koning trouwen

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