Boy meets girl
Boy falls in love
Girl doesn't

When Tom, a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless romantic, is blindsided after his girlfriend summer dumps him, he shifts back and forth through various periods of their 500 days "together" to try to figure out where things went wrong. His reflections ultimately lead him to finally rediscover his true passions in life.
Directed by: Marc Webb
Wirtten by: Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber
Cast: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Clark Gregg, Minka Kelly, Matthew Gray Gubler, Rachel Boston, Geoffrey Arend, Chloe Moritz
Producers: Jessica Tuchinsky, Mary Waters, Steven Wolfe, Mason Novick
This post modern love story is never what we expect it to be -- It's thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn't quite go where we think it will.

Release Date: July 17, 2009

August 5th, 2009

Must Watch: 500 Days of Summer “Bank Heist” Music Video

Quite honestly the best video ever– the best, best, best, best, BEST. What a team. Hard to describe Zooey Deschanel as anything but incredible but to choose between her and Joe Gordon-Levitt? Impossible. Marc Webb makes me want to direct and a very catchy tune by She & Him. Makes me a very happy guy.

You must watch this video: after the jump.

Music: Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? by She & Him (iTunes link)
Zooey Deschanel & Joesph Gordon-Levitt
Director: Marc Webb
Choreographer: ?

USAToday.com premiered the video today along with a short article about the video. Included is this great tidbit:

Deschanel and Gordon-Levitt say they hope to team up repeatedly and have aspirations of being a regular screen couple, like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers or Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.

They’re not a real couple, but they’re good at faking it.

Discuss.

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July 29th, 2009

Available Now: “Deluxe Edition” of (500) Days of Summer Soundtrack

A deluxe edition of the soundtrack to 500 Days of Summer is available exclusively on iTunes. This digital-only version features three new tracks that were sung by the actors in the film: the Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazelwood classic “Sugar Town,” sung by Zooey Deschanel, and The Pixies’ “Here Comes Your Man,” which is sung by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

ITUNES EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL VERSION ADDITIONAL TRACKS:

17. “Here Comes Your Man” – Joseph Gordon-Levitt (karaoke w/ dialog from the film intro)

18. “Sugartown” – Zooey Deschanel (karaoke version)

19. “At Last” – Kevin Michael

Download Now on iTunes
Download Now on iTunes

500 Days of Summer (Music from the Motion Picture) climbed to No. 1 on the iTunes Soundtrack chart and No. 6 on the iTunes album overall chart thanks to its quirky mix of “just-under-the-radar” bands like the Temper Trap and the Doves, alongside nostalgic powerhouses like the Smiths and Simon & Garfunkel, as Billboard magazine described it. Other critics have weighed in with the New York Observer calling it “an infectious nostalgia-baiting soundtrack with the Smiths, Belle and Sebastian, and Regina Spektor, Elle calling it “irresistible,” and People dubbing it their soundtrack of the week.

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July 27th, 2009

Weekend #2: 500 Days of Summer at the Box Office

It’s doing well! I can only imagine 500 Days of Summer doing even better at the box office as more and more cities open. A lot of people are dying to have the film open closer to them.

“Summer” – a romantic comedy starring Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt – went from 27 to 85 screens and grossed $1,630,000, a 95% increase from last weekend. Its per-theater-average dropped a mild 33% to a still-fantastic $19,176. That’s the best second weekend of any specialty release this year, and suggests a very bright future as the film expands in the coming weeks. After just ten days in limited release, the Fox Searchlight release’s total stands at $3,004,000. — indieWIRE

Check the 500 Days of Summer release dates but keep in mind the list generally only shows major cities. Check your local listings to see if a theatre closer to you is playing the film, even if it’s not on the list!

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July 25th, 2009

500 Days of Summer LA Landmarks Map

Use the map below to virtually visit some landmarks from scenes in the film. Or use the map to plan your trip and visit them in real life!

View 500 Days of Summer LA Landmarks in a larger map and try using Google Street View to check out some scenes from 500 Days of Summer.

Folks looking for Tom’s bench will find it on the map. Michael T., who sent these landmarks from a map he received after a screening, recreated an image from the film at Tom’s favorite spot.

The plain text list submitted by Michael is posted after the jump.

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July 25th, 2009

Hand-Drawn Block Letters

The one thing all these great movies have in common. This is a video from CollegeHumor that briefly mentions 500 Days of Summer:

The one quirky text every totally original and one-of-a-kind comedy needs.

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July 22nd, 2009

500 Days of Summer Cast on Twitter

If you’re one of the nearly 12 million fans of 500 Days of Summer using Twitter (ok, not all Twitter users are also fans, yet) then you’re probably wondering which cast members you can follow.