Serendipity (film) Serendipity (film) Serendipity is a 2001 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Chelsom, written by Marc Klein, and starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. The music score was composed by Alan Silvestri. During the Christmas season in New York City, Jonathan Trager encounters Sara Thomas at Bloomingdale's while they attempt to buy the same pair of black cashmere gloves. While they are both in relationships, a mutual attraction leads to sharing dessert at Serendipity 3. Sara reveals her opinion that fate determines many of her decisions in life. They encounter each other again when they both have to return
The Serendipity Singers reunion, was thought to be an influence in the folk music parody film, "A Mighty Wind", with one author suggesting that a song in the film by the New Main Street Singers, "Far Away" may be an homage to the Serendipity Singers' "Sailin' Away." A number of the band members reunited again for the 2003 PBS special and DVD release of "This Land is Our Land: The Pop-Folk Years." Billed as "A Serendipitous Reunion", the group sang, "Don't Let the Rain Come Down," "Down Where the Winds Blow," and "Waggoner Lad." The Serendipity Singers were inducted into the Colorado Music