Au Pair (film)

Infobox Film
name = Au Pair


caption = Region 4 DVD cover
director = Mark Griffiths
producer = Lance H. Robbins
Cheryl Saban
writer = Jeffrey C. Sherman
Cheryl Saban
starring = Gregory Harrison
Heidi Noelle Lenhart
Jane Sibbett
Katie Volding
Jake Dinwiddie
John Rhys-Davies
music = Udi Harpaz
Inon Zur
cinematography = Blake T. Evans
editing = John Gilbert
distributor = Saban Entertainment
Fox Family Channel
released = August 22, 1999
runtime = 96 min.
country = USA
language = English
followed_by = "Au Pair II"
imdb_id = 0185895

"Au Pair" is a 1999 telefilm starring Gregory Harrison and Heidi Noelle Lenhart.

Plot

Jennifer Morgan (Lenhart) is an MBA looking for a job as an executive at Oliver Caldwell’s company. Through a series of errors, she is given a job as the "au pair" for his children, Katie (Volding) and Alex (Dinwiddie).

The kids have been spoiled by Oliver since their mother died, and they have become quite the trouble makers. Oliver is engaged to Vivian Berger (Sibbett), who dislikes the children and becomes jealous of Jennifer as she bonds with them. The kids, preferring Jennifer (though, in the beginning played pranks on her) to Vivian, play matchmaker, and expose the plotting Vivian for who she really is.

In the ending of this movie, when Oliver arrives at his splendidly beautiful castle, he discovers that his ruthless and corrupt fiancée, Vivian, has already made arrangements for their wedding and that they were going to get married that very evening. Later on, Jennifer, Alex, and Katie arrive, and Oliver demands to speak with Jennifer. To Alex and Katie's dismay, Jennifer is mercilessly fired by their father just moments before the ceremony begins. Alex, then, comes up with an idea to spy on Vivian and her clumsy, odd sisters. As the children, Nigel (family chauffeur), and Oliver spy on Vivian in her boudoir, Vivian reveals her evil plots and schemes. Infuriated, Oliver bursts into the boudoir and breaks up with Vivian. Oliver storms out of the castle with Vivian and her wacky sisters chasing after him. Once they descend upon the bridge, Vivian demands that Oliver hand over her ring. Oliver takes the ring out of his coat pocket, throws it over the bridge, and into the water. Vivian, then, blindly launches herself off the bridge in her silk bridal gown and plummets into the water. Vivian's sisters try to catch their sister as she falls, but they end up falling into the water as well. Vivian emerges from the depths of water and angrily pounds the water's surface with her clenched fists. Later, Jenny and Oliver share a kiss.

Release

Au Pair was originally released in 1999, and continues to occasionally air on Fox Family's successor, ABC Family. It has had the most viewers in the network's TV Movie history. [ [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-55551621.html Fox Family Channel's 'Au Pair' Movie Delivers Largest Audience In Family Channel's 22-Year History. - PR Newswire - HighBeam Research ] ] The film has been released on Region 4 DVD.

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