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21 October 2005 (USA) moreTagline:
All is fair in love and real estate.Plot Keywords:
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(2 articles)
Interview: Jonathan Parker (Untitled) (From ioncinema. 20 October 2009)
First Look: Marley Shelton in Jonathan Parker's Untitled
(From FirstShowing.net. 13 March 2009, 7:27 PM, PDT)
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Bostonians and Californians more (10 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Noah Wyle | ... | Gavin Ransom |
 | Illeana Douglas | ... | Olive Ransom |
 | Kate Mara | ... | Zoe Tripp |
 | Cloris Leachman | ... | Eileen Boatwright |
 | Joanne Whalley | ... | Luna |
 | Keith Carradine | ... | Elton Tripp |
 | Valerie Perrine | ... | Lenora Tripp |
 | Jane Lynch | ... | Sybill Platt |
 | Michael Panes | ... | Marion Pardon |
 | Erika Luckett | ... | Mary Ann |
 | Will Marchetti | ... | Mayor |
| Charles Martinet | ... | City Councilman |
| Richard Gross | ... | Contractor |
 | Jarion Monroe | ... | Architect |
 | Elisabeth Nunziato | ... | Real Estate Broker |
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Rated PG for mild thematic elements and brief language.Parents Guide:
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Activist: Gavin Ransom, when will you stop cutting down trees?Gavin Ransom: When people stop living in houses.
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One has to wonder how did Henry James novel "The Bostonians" inspired Jonathan Parker into re-telling it using themes of ecology, greed and love in the Californian landscape of Marin County. The basic problem with the film is that it throws a lot of ideas around, but eventually none of them come to be realized.
The idea that a young woman, Zoe, the daughter of progressive parents that are into the environment and that falls for the greedy developer, Gavin,is something that doesn't pan well. The same goes for Olive, the sister of Gavin who is opposed to all his big plans to create a gated community where multi-million dollar homes are going to built.
The only interesting thing in the film is the cast that Mr. Parker attracted. Noah Wyle, Ileana Douglas, Kate Mora, Joanne Whalley, Keith Carradine, Cloris Leachman, and Valerie Perrine, are among the players of this satirical film that doesn't live to its premise.