The Marquee Collection, the home entertainment
promotional brand that MVD Entertainment Group has developed, has a new member
this week.
The film is directed by an Oscar nominee (in the
Best Supporting Actor category), who also has 11 Golden Globe nominations (with
three wins) and 15 Emmy nominations (three wins there as well) … this
individual has a total of 141 acting credits (according to the IMDB), 20
producing credits and this one, lonely, directing credit. This individual is also the star of the film.
This film that MVD is releasing on both DVD and
Blu-ray on July 16 as a Marquee Collection entry is making its home
entertainment debut and co-stars none other than Jennifer Love Hewitt and
Anthony Hopkins.
Have you guessed the name of the film from these
clues?

In this updated version, Alec Baldwin stars as Jabez
Stone, a struggling writer, who sells his soul to The Devil (Jennifer Love
Hewitt) and has second thoughts about his actions and seeks out Daniel Webster
(Anthony Hopkins) to get him out of the contract.
The problem with the film, which is titled, Shortcut
to Happiness, is not the writing, the
directing or the acting — it’s got an A-list cast (with a ton of walk-ons and
cameos) — but the film simply ran out of money. Baldwin lost control, took his name off the
film as director (the pseudonym of Harry Kirkpatrick was substituted) and
everyone moved on.
The production company went bankrupt and Shortcut
to Happiness sat unfinished for 15
years. Money was finally raised to
complete the post-production and it had a brief run on cable … and now,
finally, it can reach a wider audience thanks to MVD Entertainment Group and
their Marquee Collection program! Mark
it down, July 16, Shortcut to Happiness on
DVD and Blu-ray!!
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