Marley & Me is a 2008 American comedy film directed by David Frankel. The screenplay by Scott Frank and Don Roos is based on the memoir of the same title by John Grogan and stars Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston. The film is scheduled to be released on Christmas Day 2008.
Plot
John Grogan (Owen Wilson), a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, moves to Miami with his wife Jenny (Jennifer Aniston) for a newspaper job. The couple adopts Marley, a yellow Labrador retriever, in order to give them a taste of parenthood, but the dog proves to be a hyperactive handful. He wreaks havoc on the household, gets expelled from obedience school, and becomes even more rambunctious when the children begin to arrive. Ultimately he is considered an indispensable part of the family.
Production
The film was shot on location in Philadelphia and West Chester in Pennsylvania and Fort Lauderdale and Miami, including Dolphin Stadium, in Florida.
The film’s score was composed by Theodore Shapiro, who previously had worked with director David Frankel on The Devil Wears Prada. He recorded it with the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox.
