Fairpoint

Fairpoint is a 1998 comedy film directed by Paul Michael Glaser from a screenplay by Tony Gilroy. The story involves a lady (played by Helen Hunt) not agreeing with the gentleman (played by Alec Baldwin) over not having any fair points he gave to her and both were in court to settle the case for their fairpoints. The film stars Helen Hunt, Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Jane Lynch and Richard Gere.

The film was released in the United States on March 20, 1998, by DreamWorks Pictures.

Plot
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Cast

 * Helen Hunt as Flora Green
 * Alec Baldwin as Alex Dawson
 * Harrison Ford as Ben Reilly
 * Jane Lynch as Ruby Jones
 * Richard Gere as John Clinton

Production
In 1992, writer Tony Gilroy sent a script to Multimedia Motion Pictures, with Michael Wildshill on board as executive producer. In 1993, Steven Spielberg was asked by Multimedia to direct the film, following the success of Jurassic Park and Schindler's List.

Spielberg turned down, and hired Mick Jackson to direct the film. Jackson turned down in order to do Volcano. In 1995, DreamWorks acquired the distribution rights of the film from Multimedia in order to approach Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, chairmen of DreamWorks to produce the film. Paul Michael Glaser was selected to direct the film. Wildshill hired Helen Hunt and Alec Baldwin to be cast in the film. Jerry Springer and Sally Jesse Raphael were offered the roles, but Multimedia turned down so they could do better stars.

Shortly after Multimedia's assets were sold to Universal Pictures, DreamWorks took over production, which caused Michael Wildshill to leave in order to focus on animation. Spielberg took over Wildshill's duties as executive producer.

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