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Article: JACKPOT! `LUCKY NUMBERS' LOOKING LIKE A WINNER TO EPHRON AND COMPANY.(L.A. Life)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- October 27, 2000
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Byline: Glenn Whipp Film Writer
Nora Ephron has made a career out of making mushy movies, but she knew that if she directed another romantic comedy after ``You've Got Mail,'' she'd be contemplating suicide (personally and professionally).
So it was a relief, she says, when she read the script for the black comedy ``Lucky Numbers'' and discovered that none of the characters possessed even the vaguest of romantic notions. In fact, there were more killings than kisses.
The film's dark tone has a few people comparing it to the Coen brothers' ``Fargo,'' but Ephron shakes her head at the notion of any such connection.
``This thing, I don't ...