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4 December 2003 (USA)
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Marital infidelity, religion, a guy in heaven wearing a Wizards jersey, anal fetishes, cigarettes and schizophrenia, ghosts, and how it's going to get worse before it gets better.
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5 wins
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8 nominations
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Conversation: the movie, you'll feel like you're actually conversing
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michael Blieden | ... | Melvin |
 | Stephanie Courtney | ... | Alex |
 | Matt Price | ... | Joey |
 | Annabelle Gurwitch | ... | Sarah |
| Kathleen Roll | ... | Waitress |
 | Maura Tierney | ... | Leslie |
 | Jenna Fischer | ... | Hostess |
| Jacqueline Heinze | ... | Rita |
 | Laura Kightlinger | ... | Laura |
| Fred Armisen | ... | Vesa |
 | Jerry Minor | ... | Solly |
 | James Gunn | ... | Scott |
| BJ Porter | ... | Flight Attendant (as B.J. Porter) |
 | Tucker Smallwood | ... | Passenger |
 | Jennifer Biederman | ... | Child's Mom (as Jen Dollard) |
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Phyro-Giants (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for language and sexuality, including sexual dialogue.
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USA:83 min
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Crew or equipment visible: After they all leave the restaurant, Alex and Sarah are walking and the shadow of the camera and cameraman is visible on the wall by Alex.
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Sarah:
Do you realize that everything that you're saying is what they say the Antichrist would say?
Joey: You're kidding.
Sarah: No, it's true. They say the Antichrist will be a very rational person who will convince people not to believe in God but to believe in themselves, science, and rational thought.
Melvin: Oh, you're totally the Antichrist.
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Joey: You're kidding.
Sarah: No, it's true. They say the Antichrist will be a very rational person who will convince people not to believe in God but to believe in themselves, science, and rational thought.
Melvin: Oh, you're totally the Antichrist.
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Referenced in The Comedians of Comedy (2005)
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Melvin (Writer Micheal Blieden, adapting his own stage play for the small screen), meets up with friends, old and new, over dinner and has a conversation about ghosts, religion, sex, secrets, and religion (not necessarily in that order). The conversation itself is engaging and flows nicely, but the scenes out of the restaurant,though not without merit (David Cross, Jack Black, and Maura Tierney, have good parts in said parts), tend to mess up the flow of the film somewhat. And based on the film I'd be interested in seeing the play.
My Grade: B-
DVD Extras: Commentary by Bob Odenkirk, Micheal Blieden, and cast members; Second Commentary by Odenkirk, Blieden, the producers, composer, and Cinematographer; "The Frank International Film Festical" (a funny 15 minute skit); Scenes from the stage play Phyro-Giants!"; Trailers for "the Slaughter Rule", "Swimming", "Mule Skinner Blues", "Searching for Paradise", "the Hired Hand", "the Other Side of the Bed", "In This World", "Dopamine", and a promo for the Sundance film series
DVD-ROM: Screenplay in PDF format