Universal Ramblings

The American comedy-drama film High Fidelity is directed by Stephen Frears and John Cusack. This film, High Fidelity is loosely based on the British novel of same name written by Homey in 1995. The name of the lead character is changed and whole setting moved from London to Chicago. The whole movie centers on Rob Gordon. This role is being played by John Cusack. He is a self confessed audiophile and his flair to understanding the women is very less than the par for the course.

Laura that is being played by Iben Hjejle is his current girlfriend. He decides to go for the old flames to see and figure out what did he do wrong in his relationship, after getting deserted by his girlfriend  He start to spend his days at a record store the Championship Vinyl. Here he holds court over customers. Dick (Todd Louiso) and Berry (Jack Black) help the Rob in his task and Rod refers them as the “musical moron twins”. There are some teenagers Vince and Justin and they skate near the store of Rod.

On one busy day, these teenagers try to take and steal few records and Rod chases them and makes his dislike for them bigger. During his off hours he pines for his lost girlfriend and also does his best to get her back. The cast here is -

• John Cusack as Rob Gordon
• Iben Hjejle as Laura
• Jack Black as Barry
• Todd Louiso as Dick
• Chris Rehmann as Vince and
• Ben Carr as Justin

This movie was released on 31^st March 2000 in USA and this is a comedy about the fear of commitment, falling in love, hating love and other pop favorites. Story is originally of Nick Hombay and the screenplay is developed by D.V. DeVincentis. The movie was produced by Touchstome Pictures.