Begin Again (2013)

Released  July 11, 2014, in the US.

Filmed entirely in New York.

The story: Dan is a record producer who hasn't signed an artist to his co-owned, independent label in eight years.

After sitting in on a meeting, Dan's business partner decides he needs to fire him.

Dan cannot believe it as he is the one who built the business but has no choice due to not really contributing.

Feeling sorry for himself, he goes to a local bar and drowns his sorrows.

There he hears incredibly talented Gretta on stage, just playing guitar and singing a song she wrote.

While listening, Dan is figuring out all the other instrumentals, making her song sound perfectly produced in his head.

When he approaches Gretta, she doesn't take him seriously at all.

She is in a romantic relationship with another singer/songwriter who is following his dream and she is more than willing to go along with him, whether as a team or not.

But when Gretta's boyfriend/partner gets signed she kind of gets shunned by the company.

Then, to make matters worse, she finds her boyfriend cheated.

So now Gretta has decided to work with Dan.

Dan brings her to his business partner without a demo.

His partner tells him to come back with a demo and then they can talk.

Dan gets together a backing band for Gretta's songs and they record an incredible demo that is hard to turn down.

Stars Mark Ruffalo, Keira Knightley, Adam Levine, Yasiin Bey, Hailee Steinfeld, James Corden, Karen Pittman, Paul Romero, Catherine Keener, Andrew Sellon, Marco Assante, Mary Catherine Garrison, Jen Jacob, Rob Morrow, Ian Brodsky, Jennifer Li Jackson, Ed Renninger, Eric Burton

Directed by (& story written) John Carney

Rated R
DRAMA/COMEDY