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New in Town
Lucy Hill is an ambitious up-and-coming executive living in Miami. She loves her shoes, her cars, and climbing the corporate ladder. When she is offered a temporary assignment — in the middle of nowhere — to restructure a manufacturing plant, she jumps at the opportunity, knowing that a big promotion is close at hand. What begins as a straightforward assignment becomes a life-changing experience as Lucy discovers greater meaning in her life and, most unexpectedly, the man of her dreams.
Year: 2009
Studio: The Safran Company, Gold Circle Films, Epidemic Pictures, Edmonds Entertainment Group, Lionsgate, Mandate International
Director: Jonas Elmer
Cast: Renée Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr., J.K. Simmons, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Mike O'Brien, Frances Conroy
Crew: Ken Rance (Writer), Darryl Taja (Producer), Paul Brooks (Producer), John Swihart (Original Music Composer), Peter Safran (Producer), Dan Davis (Production Design)
Runtime: 97 minutes
Release: Jan 30, 2009
IMDb: 5.80/10 by 493 users
Popularity: 1
Country: United States of America
Language: English, Español
Budget: 8,000,000
Revenue: 29,010,817
Keyword : small town, miami, florida, winter, minnesota, ice hockey, working class, fish out of water, gossip, downsizing, single father, freezing, manufacturing, labor union, middle america, rube, ice fishing, production, single woman, professional woman, manufacturing plant, christian faith, widower with daughter, holidays, enemies to lovers, accents, working toward job promotion, plant manager, union representative
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