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the devil is in the details.

In Manhattan, the aspirant writer Jabez Stone is a complete loser: he is not able to sell his novels, he lives in a lousy apartment and he does not have success with women. When one of his friends Julius Jenson sells his novel for US$ 190,000.00 to an editor, Jabez fells envy and promises to sell his soul to the devil for success and accidentally kills a woman with his typing machine. The Devil knocks on his door, fixes the situation and seals a contract with Jabez. His low quality novels have bad reviews but become best-sellers; Jabez enriches; has success with women, but has no time for his friends. Jabez meets with the publisher Daniel Webster who offers him a chance to break the contract with the devil.

Orig. title:

The Devil and Daniel Webster

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Directed by: Alec Baldwin

Starring: Anthony Hopkins (Daniel Webster), Alec Baldwin (Jabez Stone), Jennifer Love Hewitt (The Devil), Ken Murton (Daniel's Agent), Frank Sivero (Luigi), Dan Aykroyd (Julius Jenson)

Screenplay: Stephen Vincent Benet, Archibald Macleish, Peter Dexter, Bill Condon, Nancy Cassaro

Country: USA

Year: 2004

Score: 54 %