Billy Bob's Filmography

LOVE ACTUALLY (2003)

Movie Quote
MR. PRESIDENT:  I'll give you anything you ask for, as long as it's not something I don't want to give.

Plot
As the Christmas holidays approach, the new Prime Minister of England (Hugh Grant) longs for love from one of his assistants, while his sister (Emma Thompson) copes with her husband's (Alan Rickman) infidelity and her best friend (Liam Neeson) copes with the death of his wife.  Other pairs cross paths, switch partners, and find love in unexpected places, while a washed-up pop star (Bill Nighy) shills for his latest tune--a Christmas ditty cannibalized from one of his earlier hits.

What Billy Bob Gets To Do
Looking like his face belongs on U.S. currency (our Billy Bob--he is SO money), the unnamed President tries to bully the British Prime Minister, then hits on the Prime Minister's would-be love interest (Martine McCutcheon).  

Backstory
Richard Curtis wrote the screenplays for a number of contemporary British comedies, including FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL, BRIDGET JONES' DIARY, and NOTTING HILL.  He extends his excellent track record for LOVE, ACTUALLY, which follows a sizeable cast around through the holidays as they reach out for love, often succeeding, sometimes failing, evoking much laughter and some tears.  Particularly moving is Hugh Grant's opening monologue about how the overriding message in all the phone calls made from the four doomed planes on September 11th were not about war or seeking vengeance, but about the need to connect with loved ones and say the important things to them one last time.  The cast is an Anglophile's epic:  Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Keira Kightley, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Elisha Cuthbert, a gaggle of well-known supermodels, and Rowan Atkinson sifting potpourri where it's least wanted.

Awards (for LOVE ACTUALLY)
The list is extensive; here's the IMDb awards page.

Relevant Links
IMDb Link
All-Around Fanlisting
Which LOVE ACTUALLY character are you?
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Related Merchandise
What Christmas music collection is complete without Bill Nighy's shlocky Christmas is All Around?  The film's soundtrack has it, and more (and there is also an import version of the soundtrack with a few more cuts).  Richard Curtis' screenplay is also available as a trade paperback from St. Martin's Griffin, complete with a very useful, full-color diagram showing precisely who loves whom.