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House of D (2004) -- By working through problems stemming from his past, Tom Warshaw (Duchovny), an American artist living in Paris, begins to discover who he really is, and returns to his home to reconcile with his family and friends.
House of D (2004) -- By working through problems stemming from his past, Tom Warshaw (Duchovny), an American artist living in Paris, begins to discover who he really is, and returns to his home to reconcile with his family and friends.
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Overview

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Director:

David Duchovny

Writer:

David Duchovny (written by)

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Release Date:

23 September 2005 (Turkey) more

Genre:

Comedy | Drama more

Tagline:

See the world a little differently. more

Plot:

By working through problems stemming from his past, Tom Warshaw, an American artist living in Paris, begins to discover who he really is, and returns to his home to reconcile with his family and friends. | full synopsis

NewsDesk:

Duchovny Puts Movie Critic In Hot Seat
 (From WENN. 13 January 2009, 11:10 AM, PST)

User Comments:

Moving, sweet, and deeply human more (80 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Anton Yelchin ... Tommy

Robin Williams ... Pappass

Téa Leoni ... Mrs. Warshaw

Erykah Badu ... Lady / Bernadette

David Duchovny ... Tom Warshaw

Frank Langella ... Reverand Duncan

Zelda Williams ... Melissa

Magali Amadei ... Coralie Warshaw
Olga Sosnovska ... Simone

Orlando Jones ... Superfly
Bernie Sheredy ... Sasha (as Bernard Sheredy)
Stephen Spinella ... Ticket Seller
Alice Drummond ... Mrs. Brevoort
Harold Cartier ... Odell Warshaw

Mark Margolis ... Mr. Pappass
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Additional Details

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual and drug references, thematic elements and language.

Runtime:

USA:96 min (Tribeca Film Festival) | USA:97 min | Argentina:97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | Brazil:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40700) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Argentina:13 | South Korea:12 | Singapore:PG


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Trivia:

Marks the film writing and directing debut of David Duchovny. more

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Tommy is in the shower preparing to shave he has his mom's pink disposable razor at the ready. Disposable razors didn't make it to the US market until 1976, the pink ladies version not until later. (The film takes place some time during the Nixon administration '69-'74) more

Quotes:

Pappass: I shaved my ass once. Bald as a cue ball. more

Movie Connections:

References "Soul Train" (1971) more

Soundtrack:

Samba Pa Ti more


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Moving, sweet, and deeply human, 14 May 2004
10/10
Author: foxsong from NY

Of course I went into the premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival hoping to like it. Still, I'm not sure I would have liked anything on the screen just because it was David's; I have a highly-developed sense of being able to cringe in empathetic embarrassment when someone I like royally screws something up. So while I wanted to like what I saw, I also prayed I wouldn't have to cringe anywhere along the line.

I needn't have worried. It's a lovely piece of work. It's just sweet enough to grab at your heart; it's just gritty enough to have its feet firmly on the ground. The writing is 'lean' in the best sense of the word: there is not an ounce of fluff on it; nothing gratuitous that was tossed in for the easy laugh or for the cheap pathos of the moment. Every word in the script, every shot in every scene, earned the right to be there.

What I loved about David's writing in his two X-F eps, I loved here too. It's character-driven, not plot-driven; so while he definitely has an idea of the story arc, rather than having a sense that he molded the characters' actions to fit the plotline, you feel he presented these characters with this situation and let them tell him how they handled it. Because of this,

you don't see actors reading lines -- you see living, breathing people, having lives. In many films you can spot one or two actors who achieve this through their own talents, but when it's everybody in the production, you have to assume it was the writing and direction that gave them their wings.

These people must have loved working for him. He has said that he didn't really have a hard idea of how the lines were supposed to read or how the scenes were supposed to be played; he just wrote down the words and let the actors take them. And he was smart enough to assemble a group of actors who could not just take them but could run with them. If Anton Yelchin in particular is not considered for some awards for this performance, it will be very surprising indeed.

The camera work and editing are marvelous. Again, he was smart enough to hire very good people, but we saw the evidence of his good eye in those two X-F eps, and it's a cinch he didn't have to hire those people to make up for anything he was lacking. Right from the get-go, the visuals of the opening scenes are so engaging, and it stays that good throughout. Like the writing, the cinematography and production are very purposefully done, and all work toward achieving a particular effect.

So, okay. It wasn't as good as I hoped it would be... it was better. :-)

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