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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Burr Steers (written by)
Release Date:
1 May 2003 (Austria)
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Tagline:
Insanity is relative
Plot:
A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes.
Another 7 wins
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8 nominations
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(38 articles)
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Coming of age for the new millenum.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kieran Culkin | ... | Igby |
 | Claire Danes | ... | Sookie |
 | Jeff Goldblum | ... | D.H. |
 | Jared Harris | ... | Russel |
 | Amanda Peet | ... | Rachel |
 | Ryan Phillippe | ... | Oliver |
 | Bill Pullman | ... | Jason |
 | Susan Sarandon | ... | Mimi Slocumb |
 | Rory Culkin | ... | 10-Year-Old Igby |
 | Peter Anthony Tambakis | ... | 13-Year-Old Oliver (as Peter Tambakis) |
| Bill Irwin | ... | Lt. Smith |
 | Kathleen Gati | ... | Ida |
| Gannon Forrester | ... | Little Cadet |
| Celia Weston | ... | Bunny |
| Elizabeth Jagger | ... | Lisa Fiedler |
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, sexuality and drug content.
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Runtime:
98 min | Argentina:99 min (Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) |
Iceland:14 |
Iceland:16 (video rating) |
Portugal:M/16 |
USA:TV-MA (TV rating) |
New Zealand:R16 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:MA |
Brazil:18 |
Canada:14A |
Denmark:7 |
Finland:K-15 |
France:U |
Germany:12 |
Netherlands:12 |
Singapore:M18 (re-rating) |
Singapore:R(A) (original rating) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:R
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Writer/director Burr Steers originally intended to make this a novel, not a movie.
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Continuity: Despite talk throughout the film of a passage of time, the coming of summer, the advent of fall, and the approach of Christmas, the entire film was clearly shot over a very short time in the fall. In the scene outside the campus where DH tells Igby his mother is having a mastectomy, for example, DH talks about staying with him "this summer," yet there are dead leaves on the ground and bare trees.
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Quotes:
Rachel:
How you doin'?
Igby: Good.
D.H. Banes: Igby, Igby... how you doin'? Well. You're doing "well". How's the work coming along there, stud?
Igby: Uh... well?
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Igby: Good.
D.H. Banes: Igby, Igby... how you doin'? Well. You're doing "well". How's the work coming along there, stud?
Igby: Uh... well?
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2003) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Flamenco
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This film was amazing. The acting, the characters, the plot and the visual story were all so refined. This was a film that defines the new adage 'Quiet is the new loud' and sets a new standard for coming of age films. Much like The Royal Tenenbaums, this film was full of a dysfunctional family that although unlike anything in most viewers' experience, was real and honest and touched a part of all of us. Also like the aforementioned film, this movie's soundtrack was so well picked and so well executed, I was overwhelmed.
Burr Steers, a first time screenwriter and director? Is he perhaps channeling his uncle, Gore Vidal, to write and direct this amazing tale? I can't wait to see more from him. Kieran Culkin is equally as promising. He acted the part with such a surreal mix of sullen intelligence, backwards bravery and touching empathy that Igby came to life the moment he hit the screen. Jeff Goldblum and Susan Sarandon were also perfectly cast and were outstanding... I can't mention each of them as there was too much to gush about.
I highly recommend that you run out and see this, but bring a tissue and plan to go celebrate the irony of life and all it's imperfections after you go!