Three Men and a Baby

### Three Men and a Cradle/Trois Hommes et un Couffin (1985)

Three Men and a Cradle is a French comedy film by Coline Serreau, released September 18, 1985 (France) and April 25, 1986 (US). The film was remade in Hollywood as Three Men and a Baby in 1987.

#### Plot Summary

Three young men (Jacques, Pierre and Michel) share an apartment in Paris, and have many girlfriends and parties (During the movie, we even learn that they have signed a contract never to allow a girl to spend more than one night at their place). Once, during a party, a friend of Jacques' tells him he has a quite compromising package (which turned out to be heroin) to deliver, and asks him if he can leave it discreetly at their place. Jacques agrees and, as he works as a steward, flies away for a one-month trip in Japan, telling Pierre and Michel about the package. Then, one of Jacques' former girlfriends drops a baby before their door, making Pierre and Michel believing it is the package they are waiting for. Their lives are then completely changed. This movie follows the bachelors as they deal with angry gangsters, suspicious cops, and the overwhelming responsibility of fatherhood.

### Three Men and a Baby (1987)

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***Three Men and a Baby*** is an American comedy film directed by Leonard Nimoy, and stars Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson and Nancy Travis, who plays the baby Mary's mother Sylvia. It follows the mishaps and adventures of three bachelors as they attempt to adapt their lives to pseudo-fatherhood with the arrival of the love child of one of them. The script was based on the 1985 French film Trois hommes et un couffin (Three Men and a Cradle).

Released November 25, 1987 (US) and April 8, 1988 (UK), the film was the biggest American box office hit of that year, surpassing Fatal Attraction and eventually grossing US$170 million in the US alone. The film won the 1988 People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedy Motion Picture.

#### Plot Summary

Three bachelor friends - architect Peter (Selleck), artist Michael (Guttenberg), and actor Jack (Danson) are sharing an apartment in Manhattan. After Jack goes filming in Turkey his two flatmates find his baby daughter (twins Michelle & Lisa Blair) - which Jack doesn't know about - left outside their door. The two are left to look after the baby, and realise how difficult this can be. How would this baby change the life style of these confirmed bachelors?

### Three Men and a Little Lady (1990)

***Three Men and a Little Lady*** is an American comedy film, and the sequel to the 1987 film Three Men and a Baby. Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, and Ted Danson reprise the leading roles, with Nancy Travis returning as Mary's mother, Sylvia.

The film was released on November 21, 1990 (US) and February 8, 1991 (UK).

#### Plot Summary

Sylvia's work causes her to move to England with her daughter, Mary (Robin Weisman). It's not just her work, though, it's also her new boyfriend and fiance (Edward, played by Christopher Cazenove). Peter (Selleck), Michael (Guttenberg) and Jack (Danson) don't like this new arrangement as they feel like Mary is just as much their daughter as she is Sylvia's. The three travel to England to stop the wedding, because her fiance doesn't like children and is planning on sending Mary to boarding school, and Peter has fallen in love with Sylvia (Travis). IMDb.com