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As Good as It Gets is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by James L. Brooks from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mark Andrus.It stars Jack Nicholson as a misanthropic, bigoted and obsessive–compulsive novelist, Helen Hunt as a single mother with a chronically ill son, and Greg Kinnear as a gay artist.
He won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for As Good as it Gets. Nicholson won six competitive Golden Globe Awards for Chinatown (1974), One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Terms of Endearment (1983), Prizzi's Honor (1985), As Good as it Gets (1997), and About Schmidt (2002).
James Lawrence Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Gracie Films.He co-created the sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and The Simpsons and directed the films Terms of Endearment (1983), Broadcast News (1987), and As Good as It Gets (1997).
As Good as It Gets is a 1997 American romantic comedy film. As Good as It Gets may also refer to: As Good as It Gets, a 1988 album by Deniece Williams (see Deniece Williams discography) As Good as It Gets: The Best Of, a 2001 compilation album by Gene "As Good as It Gets" (song), from the 1999 album Revelations by Gene
"This Is as Good as It Gets " is a song written by R. Boustead and recorded by Deniece Williams for her 1988 album As Good as It Gets. Produced by George Duke, the song was released as a single in 1988 by Columbia Records, [1] reaching number 29 on the US Billboard Hot Black Singles chart. [1] [2]
In 1997, he was cast in James L. Brooks' comedy-drama As Good as It Gets, and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also starred in A Smile Like Yours with Lauren Holly, as part of a couple trying to have a baby. His next film was the popular You've Got Mail as Kathleen's significant other.
Hunt won the Academy Award for Best Actress for starring as a single mother in the romantic comedy film As Good as It Gets (1997), and established a film career by starring in Twister (1996), Cast Away (2000), What Women Want (2000), and Pay It Forward (2000). Hunt made her directorial film debut with Then She Found Me (2007).
Jack Nicholson – As Good as It Gets as Melvin Udall. Jim Carrey – Liar Liar as Fletcher Reede; Dustin Hoffman – Wag the Dog as Stanley Motss; Samuel L. Jackson – Jackie Brown as Ordell Robbie; Kevin Kline – In & Out as Howard Brackett; Helen Hunt – As Good as It Gets as Carol Connelly. Joey Lauren Adams – Chasing Amy as Alyssa Jones