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<html> <head> <title>The Proposal</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/trailer.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/trailer.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <div> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=15 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>The Proposal <nobr>(15-Jun-2009)</nobr></b></font><p> <img src="t.the-proposal-1.jpg" height=220 width=149 hspace=10 vspace=10 align=right><p> <p><p> <b>Director:</b> Anne Fletcher<p><b>Writer:</b> Pete Chiarelli<p><b>Keywords:</b> <a href="/lists/115/000083863/">Romantic Comedy</a><p><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/half-star-20.png"><img src="/empty-star-20.png"></div><p>An overbearing boss seeking to avoid deportation to Canada pressures her assistant into marrying her.<p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">ABSTRACT</font><br>Andrew Paxton, a young New York City business professional, has spent the past three years as an assistant to domineering publishing company editor Margaret Tate. Faced with deportation to her Canadian home thanks to an expiring visa, Margaret hatches a scheme to arrange a sham marriage to Andrew for the purposes of staying in America, dragging him into awkward confrontations with INS agents and his family back home in Alaska with the promise of a promotion pending the ordeal's success.<p> <span style="color: blue" onClick="show_trailer()">[watch trailer]</div><p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/837/000163348/"><font size=-1>Malin Akerman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-May-1978</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Heartbreak Kid</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/601/000023532/"><font size=-1>Sandra Bullock</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Jul-1964</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Net</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/283/000128896/"><font size=-1>Aasif Mandvi</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Mar-1966</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Daily Show</i> correspondent</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/781/000400578/"><font size=-1>Michael Mosley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Sep-1978</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Ted Vanderway on <i>Pan-Am</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/831/000023762/"><font size=-1>Craig T. Nelson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Apr-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Coach Hayden Fox on <i>Coach</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/327/000110994/"><font size=-1>Michael Nouri</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Dec-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Flashdance</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/004/000346960/"><font size=-1>Denis O'Hare</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jan-1962</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Larry Harvey on <i>American Horror Story</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/550/000095265/"><font size=-1>Ryan Reynolds</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Oct-1976</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Van Wilder</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/271/000025196/"><font size=-1>Mary Steenburgen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Feb-1953</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Goin' South</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/887/000022821/"><font size=-1>Betty White</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jan-1922</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>TV sitcom and game show mainstay</td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>REVIEWS</b></font><p><table><tr><td><img src="/rarrow.gif"></td><td>Have you seen this film? 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