Arthur Newman Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

An offbeat love story set in a perfect storm of identity crisis, Arthur Newman looks at how two people try to remake themselves and come around to owning up to some basic truths about the identities they left at home.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Wallace Avery (Colin Firth) is tired of his existence. Divorced, disconnected from his young son, dissatisfied with his love life, depressed and in the doldrums of middle age, he decides to make a radical change by walking away from his old life. He buys a new identity and hits the road as Arthur Newman to begin life anew, bound for Terre Haute, Indiana, where he dreams of reinventing himself as a golf pro at a tiny country club.

But his road trip is derailed by the entrance of Michaela “Mike” Fitzgerald (Emily Blunt), whom Arthur discovers passed out poolside at a seedy roadside motel. Mike sees through Arthur’s identity scam, and soon enough Arthur sees through hers — she’s a kleptomaniac fleeing from domestic turmoil of her own. Soon romance blossoms on the road to Indiana as the unexpected couple infiltrates the lives of random strangers as a way of better grasping the essence of their own waylaid lives. Painful secrets unfold; new lives take shape. But is it possible to truly start all over again?

Cited as official plot version from cinedigm.com

Comedy Drama

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Arthur Newman.

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  Colin Firth

  ... Wallace Avery

  Steven Spielberg 2026 Project, Genius

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  Emily Blunt

  ... Mike

  IF, The Fall Guy

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  Anne Heche

  ... Mina Crawley

  Supercell, Catfight

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  Nicole LaLiberte

  Girls Against Boys

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  Kristin Lehman

  Lie Exposed

Crew Behind the Film

The Arthur Newman behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Dante Ariola last directed Untitled Colin Firth/Emily Blunt/Dante Ariola Project. The film's writer Becky Johnston last wrote Untitled Colin Firth/Emily Blunt/Dante Ariola Project and Salt 2.

Director

Dante Ariola

Screenwriter

Becky Johnston

Production Details

What we know about the Arthur Newman movie production.

Key Facts

• The film is planned for a theatrical release in mid-2013, followed by on-demand, premium digital, DVD, and TV releases.

Production Updates for Arthur Newman

Dec 2012

Completed

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