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For Your Consideration (2006) -- Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.
For Your Consideration (2006) -- Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.

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Writers (WGA):
Christopher Guest (written by) &
Eugene Levy (written by)
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Release Date:
22 November 2006 (USA) more
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Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz. full summary | add synopsis
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2 wins & 6 nominations more
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Cast

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Catherine O'Hara ... Marilyn Hack
Stephen Rannazzisi ... Studio Gate Guard

Ed Begley Jr. ... Sandy Lane

Eugene Levy ... Morley Orfkin

Harry Shearer ... Victor Allan Miller
Christopher Moynihan ... Brian Chubb

Christopher Guest ... Jay Berman

John Michael Higgins ... Corey Taft

Carrie Aizley ... Pam Campanella

Stephanie Courtney ... Boom Operator

Suzy Nakamura ... First AC

Jim Piddock ... Simon Whitset
Jane Morris ... Script Supervisor

Jennifer Coolidge ... Whitney Taylor Brown

Jordan Black ... Whitney's Assistant

Parker Posey ... Callie Webb
Paul Dooley ... Paper Badge Sergeant

John Krasinski ... Paper Badge Officer

Don Lake ... Love It Film Critic

Michael Hitchcock ... Hate It Film Critic

Lauri Johnson ... Morley's Secretary

Simon Helberg ... Junior Agent

Rachael Harris ... Mary Pat Hooligan
David Blasucci ... Second AD

Sandra Oh ... Marketing Person

Richard Kind ... Marketing Person
Bob Balaban ... Philip Koontz

Michael McKean ... Lane Iverson

Ari Graynor ... Young PA

Scott Adsit ... First AD

Fred Willard ... Chuck

Jane Lynch ... Cindy

Mary McCormack ... Pilgrim Woman
Shawn Christian ... Pilgrim Man

Deborah Theaker ... Liz Fenneman
Nina Conti ... Weather Woman
Scott Williamson ... Skip
Sarah Shahi ... Sanchez

Steven M. Porter ... Floor Manager (as Steven Porter)

Ricky Gervais ... Martin Gibb

Larry Miller ... Syd Finkleman

Craig Bierko ... Talk Show Host
Jeffrey C.J. Vanston ... Talk Show Band Leader (as CJ Vanston)
Joe Satriani ... Talk Show Guitarist
Oneida James ... Talk Show Bassist
Curt Bisquera ... Talk Show Drums
Anne King ... Talk Show Trumpet
Sheila Gonzalez ... Talk Show Saxophone

Lance Barber ... Dinkie

Skyler Stone ... Don

Mark Harelik ... Round Table Host

Rick Gonzalez ... Chillaxin' Host (as Rick Gonzales)
Loudon Wainwright III ... Nominee Ben Connelly (as Loudon Wainwright)

Claire Forlani ... Herself

Hart Bochner ... Himself

Kevin Sussman ... Commercial Director

Casey Wilson ... Young Actress

Jessica St. Clair ... Hula Balls Spokeswoman

Kevin Christy ... Young Actor

Derek Waters ... Even Younger Actor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Yoshi Ando ... Ad agent (uncredited)

Pamela Clay ... Oscar Nominee (uncredited)

Curt Clendenin ... Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Christian Ojore Mayfield ... Studio Delivery Man (uncredited)

Erin Spencer ... Monique LeBlanc - Oscar Nominee (uncredited)
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Directed by
Christopher Guest 
 
Writing credits
(WGA)
Christopher Guest (written by) &
Eugene Levy (written by)

Produced by
Karen Murphy .... producer
 
Original Music by
Christopher Guest 
Eugene Levy 
Jeffrey C.J. Vanston  (as CJ Vanston)
 
Cinematography by
Roberto Schaefer (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Robert Leighton 
 
Casting by
Richard Hicks 
David Rubin 
 
Production Design by
Joseph T. Garrity 
 
Art Direction by
Pat Tagliaferro 
 
Set Decoration by
Dena Roth 
 
Costume Design by
Durinda Wood 
 
Makeup Department
Judi Cooper-Sealy .... hair and wig designer
Carol F. Doran .... additional wigmaker (as Carol Doran)
Amy Hinkley .... hair staff assistant
Felicia Linsky .... key makeup artist
Vicky Phillips .... key hair stylist
Theraesa Rivers .... assistant hair stylist
Arturo Rojas .... assistant hair stylist
Kate Shorter .... makeup designer
Toni-Ann Walker .... key hair stylist: additional photography (as Toni Walker)
Jennifer Zide .... assistant makeup artist
 
Production Management
Pamela Louise Griner .... post-production supervisor (as Pamela Griner)
Dhana Rivera .... production supervisor (as Dhana Rivera Gilbert)
Chrisann Verges .... unit production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cas Donovan .... first assistant director
Ivan Kraljevic .... second assistant director: additional photography
Milos Milicevic .... first assistant director: additional photography
Kristen Ploucha .... second assistant director
Jennifer Reiss .... second second assistant director
 
Art Department
Bart Barbuscia .... swing gang
Jonathan Bobbitt .... lead man
Jose Bonilla .... gang boss
David Chow .... set designer
David Corral .... set dresser
Skip Crank .... assistant property master
Nella Davies .... art department staff assistant
Francis Davis .... laborer
Ken Deubel III .... head paint foreman (as Ken Deubel)
Terry Deubel .... paint foreman
Aaron Dornhoefer .... set painter
Gregory M. Elley .... construction assistant
Randy Eriksen .... property master: additional photography
Bryan Garcia .... labor foreman (as Brian Garcia)
Ron Gielow .... foreman
Humberto Jimenez .... general foreman (as Humberto T. Jimenez)
Humberto Jimenez .... propmaker (as Humberto T. Jimenez)
Rutilo Jimenez .... propmaker (as Rutilo L. Jimenez)
Mervyn Johnson .... construction coordinator
Peggy Johnson .... set painter
Thomas V. Johnson .... set painter (as Thomas Johnson)
John Paul 'J.P.' Jones .... property master (as J.P. Jones)
Eric Knight .... scenic painter
Robert E. Knight .... head paint foreman
Jennifer Lagura .... swing gang (as Jennifer La Gura)
Esteban J. Lascarez .... propmaker (as Esteban Jimenez Lascarez)
Julia K. Levine .... set designer (as Julia Levine)
Al Lewis .... set dresser
Leslie McCarthy-Frankenheimer .... set decorator: additional photography (as Leslie Frankenheimer)
Jon Nicholson .... on-set dresser
Kathy Orlando .... set decoration buyer
Edmund C. Quintero .... propmaker (as Edmundo C. Quintero)
Ron Rhodes .... general foreman
Kim Richey .... assistant property master
Raquel Ruiz .... laborer
Stephen Runningen .... graphic artist
Mike Sudrow .... on-set dresser
Debi Shirk Tagliaferro .... art department coordinator (as Debi Shirk-Tagliaferro)
Louis Terry .... swing gang
Jana Treadwell .... tool keeper
Mark Vena .... storyboard artist (as Marc Vena)
Penny Wesney .... set painter
Cate Whittemore .... portrait: young Rachel Pischer
Chad B. Daring .... set dresser (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Lawrence L. Commans .... boom operator (as Larry Commans)
Mark Fay .... boom operator
Mark Fay .... utility sound
Alison Fisher .... adr supervisor
Alison Fisher .... dialogue editor
David Giammarco .... sound re-recording mixer
Tim Gomillion .... sound recordist
Robin Harlan .... foley artist
Tom Krajecki .... consultant: audio
Travis MacKay .... adr recordist
Paul Massey .... sound re-recording mixer
Oscar Mitt .... assistant sound editor
Sarah Monat .... foley artist (as Sara Monat)
Randy Singer .... foley mixer
William Stein .... re-recording engineer (as Bill Stein)
Hamilton Sterling .... sound designer
Hamilton Sterling .... supervising sound editor
John Joseph Thomas .... foley supervisor
Eric Thompson .... adr mixer
Mark Weingarten .... sound mixer
 
Special Effects by
Robbie Knott .... special effects coordinator: The Effects Group
 
Visual Effects by
Mandy Arnold .... digital restoration artist
Saeed Faridzadeh .... digital artist
Vincent Lavares .... data manager: Laser Pacific
Lee Roderick .... lead compositor (as Lee Rod Roderick)
Matt Sell .... dustbuster
Mai Suzuki .... digital restoration artist
Corinne Villa .... visual effects editor
Diane Wright .... digital asset manager: Laser Pacific
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Eric Anderson .... camera operator: video camera
James W. Apted .... first assistant camera: "b" camera (as James Apted)
David Barker .... video assist operator
David Bartholomew .... lighting technician
Paul Bode .... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Robin Bursey .... camera loader
Kristen Eccker .... second assistant camera: "b" camera
Jerry Enright .... assistant chief lighting technician
Thomas Enright .... lighting technician
Tracy Estes .... lighting technician
Tommy Garcia .... grip
Matthew Gaumer .... second assistant camera (as Matt Gaumer)
Sergio Gutierrez .... dolly grip (as Sergio 'Ponch' Gutierrez)
Jesse Homan .... grip
Anthony Huljev .... lighting technician (as Anthony 'Twan' Huljev)
Steve Irwin .... 24 frame playback operator: Playback Technologies
Simon Jayes .... camera operator: "b" camera
Paul Lambiase .... grip
Jennifer Lane .... camera operator: "b" camera
Harvey Letson .... best boy grip
Kevin McMahon .... camera operator: video camera
Arlene Nelson .... director of photography: additional photography (as Arlene Donnelly Nelson)
George Palmer .... key grip
Lawrence Rake .... lighting technician
Dan Reilly .... key grip: additional photography
Rod Robertson .... lighting technician
John Rodgers .... lighting technician (as John C. Rogers)
Marc David Schultz .... lighting technician (as Marc Schultz)
Tom Schurke .... 24 frame playback operator: Playback Technologies
Scott Spencer .... chief lighting technician
Suzanne Tenner .... still photographer
 
Casting Department
Tammy L. Smith .... extras casting: Smith & Webster-Davis Casting
Stephanie Stenta .... casting assistant
Dixie Webster .... extras casting: Smith & Webster-Davis Casting (as Dixie Webster-Davis)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Judith Bartnik .... costume cutter
Judith Bartnik .... costume fitter
Jamelle Flowers .... costumer
Marcy Grace Froehlich .... assistant costume designer (as Marcy Froehlich)
Jennifer Ireland .... costumer (as Jen Ireland)
Aaron Millsap .... costumer
Roselee Showe .... costumer
Jennifer Starzyk .... costumer
Mary Beth Sterling .... costume staff assistant
Emma Trenchard .... costume supervisor
Kanani Wolf .... costumer
 
Editorial Department
Kyle DeVriendt .... digital film recordist
Brian Hall .... post-production coordinator
Heather Holty .... digital intermediate producer
Jesse Kobayashi .... digital intermediate producer
Danny Miller .... first assistant editor
Mike Sowa .... digital intermediate color timer
 
Music Department
Shelly Berg .... orchestrator
Greg Bissonette .... musician: drums (as Gregg Bissonette)
Fernand Bos .... music consultant
Ed Cherney .... music mixer
David Cole .... music recording engineer
Paul Dugre .... music recording engineer
Norbert Fimpel .... musician: saxophone
Jerry Goodman .... musician: violin
Christopher Guest .... musician: guitar
Tom Halm .... music copyist
Tom Halm .... music production coordinator
Andrew R. Lynch .... music recording engineer (as Andrew Lynch)
Dean Parks .... musician: guitar
Joe Satriani .... musician: guitar
Chris Tedesco .... musician: trumpet
Jeffrey C.J. Vanston .... music programmer (as CJ Vanston)
Jeffrey C.J. Vanston .... musician: keyboards (as CJ Vanston)
Jeffrey C.J. Vanston .... orchestrator (as CJ Vaston)
Adrian Van Velsen .... music editor
Nick Weston .... music recording engineer
David Williams .... musician: guitar
Anthony Wilson .... musician: guitar
 
Transportation Department
Rich Bennetti .... transportation captain
Mary Catando .... production driver (as Mary Catanado)
Keith D. Fisher .... transportation coordinator (as Keith Fisher)
J. Armin Garza II .... driver: camera car
Brick Graham .... production driver
Scott Howard .... transportation
William Jakubecy .... production driver
Gerry Knight .... transportation coordinator: additional photography
Andee McGuffee .... production driver
Thomas McNeal .... production driver
Charles Montgomery .... driver: Mr. Guest
Shaun Ryan .... production driver
Steve Shoemaker .... transportation captain: additional photography (as Steve 'Shoe' Shoemaker)
Frederick Trogdon .... production driver
Don Varela .... production driver (as Don Verela)
William Wardlow .... production driver
 
Other crew
Howard Baral .... post-production accountant: RC Baral & Co
David Blasucci .... unit publicist
Jenifer Bonisteel .... assistant production coordinator
Justin J. Carter .... office staff assistant (as Justin Carter)
Louise DeCordoba .... production accountant
Michael Dennehy .... accounting clerk
Peggy Etra .... stand-in
Katy S. Fox .... assistant: Karen Murphy
Seamus Gibson .... assistant chef
Justin Giugno .... production assistant
Vanessa Goldberg .... stand-in
Juan Gonzalez .... assistant chef
Lori Grabowski .... script supervisor: additional photography
Annie Guest .... set staff assistant
Chris Hamblin .... set staff assistant
Jason Hariton .... studio stage manager
Kimberly A. Harrison .... assistant: Jennifer Coolidge
Jessica Helmer .... stand-in
Alison Hoberman .... craft service
Jody Hummer .... location manager: additional photography
Stephanie Klube .... stand-in
Jon Ko .... set medic (as Pom 'Jon' Ko)
David Krudis .... payroll accountant
Courtney LaBree .... office staff assistant
Lea Ann Lynch .... key assistant location manager: reshoot
Craig Marks .... stand-in
Donavan McDougle .... title designer
Helen McGinn .... script supervisor
Tony Mendez .... assistant chef
Murray Miller .... location manager
Jason Neudecker .... production assistant
Lex Passaris .... consultant: TV show
Robert Paulsen .... assistant location manager
Julie M. Philips .... production attorney
William Ramirez Jr. .... craft service (as Billy Ramirez)
Paul Rathburn .... chef
Joe Roddey .... set staff assistant
Will Sandoval .... set staff assistant
David Sanfield .... catering: Deluxe Catering
Jackie Saygan .... first assistant accountant
Jill Sayre .... adr loop group
Cecily Schaefer .... office staff assistant
Jaron Shain .... stand-in
Ken Shapiro .... consultant: TV show
Robert Stahoviak .... stand-in (as Robert Stachowiak)
Jack Tate .... location manager
Katie Taylor .... production secretary (as Katherine Taylor)
Lisa Vijitchanton .... production coordinator
Zane Weiner .... production executive
 
Thanks
Joe Pugliese .... acknowledgment: archival footage provided by
 

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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sexual references and brief language.
Runtime:
86 min
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In a bit of life imitating art, Catherine O'Hara received a large amount of Oscar buzz for her performance in this movie. She was nominated for and won several precursor awards, and many awards experts predicted she would receive an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Like her character in the movie, O'Hara failed to be nominated. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The title of the French film the actress is nominated for is incorrectly named 'Le cheval obscurite'. 'Obscurite' is the noun form of dark, the adjective form 'obscur' should have been used. At any rate, the expression 'dark horse' isn't directly translated as thus in French. more
Quotes:
Lane Iverson: You can't throw the baby out with the bathwater because then all you have is a wet, critically injured baby. more
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Soundtrack:
It's Alright more

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A Sublime Comedy - Guest with a Twist, 27 September 2006
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Author: alliecat_1982

There is something both enchanting and disorienting about watching a Christopher Guest film that features conventional camera angles and a narrative structure. It is a brave, and ultimately, a rewarding choice for a director who has built his impeccable reputation on the strength of his mockumentaries.

Like its predecessors Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration is largely improvised, and reunites the same winning cast. Gone, however, are several of the conventions of Guest's previous films. For Your Consideration avoids the need to give every last character an extended 'interview' segment and instead weaves minor characters naturally into the fabric of the story. The narrative structure also prevents Guest from relying too heavily on cuts to b-roll sight gags that, while funny, are never more than gags. By challenging himself to tell this story in the absence of these and other mockumentary techniques, Guest is allowed to focus instead on scenes that show how his characters really respond to one another in the moment.

Half the fun of course is waiting for all the familiar faces to show up, and discovering what crazy character they have inhabited this time around. All the usual suspects are back in For Your Consideration, playing a colourful array of Hollywood types. Insecurities, foibles - and just a few quirks - are in full display.

Jennifer Coolidge is a brilliantly clueless producer, and Eugene Levy has a nice turn as a somewhat smarmy agent who has no faith whatsoever in his client (Harry Shearer's Victor Ann Miller). Guest himself is hilarious playing director Jay Berman, and one only wishes that we got to see more of his rehearsals with the actors, as these are some of the funniest scenes in the film. Mike McKean and Bob Balaban are a fun team as the cowriters of Home for Purim, the movie-within-the-movie. Making his first appearance in a Guest film, Ricky Gervais grabs perhaps the biggest laugh of all with a line that I won't spoil here. And while Fred Willard and Jane Lynch are dealt very broad characters, their send-up of Access Hollywood is laugh-out-loud funny, and provides the perfect vehicle for Willard's boorish shtick.

John Michael Higgins is in amazing form as Corey Taft, sporting surreal philosophies on actors and life that outdo even his colour-worshipping character from A Mighty Wind. And the doe-eyed and endlessly endearing Christopher Moynihan tosses off several absolute gems in response to the inanity going on around him. Much like his character in the film, he's likely to go unnoticed in favour of some flashier performances, but deserves accolades of his own. He and Parker Posey have a sweet, unrehearsed chemistry playing actors in puppy love.

While it is impossible to give due screen time to all of the troupe's mainstays, some deserved better. Jim Piddock is dealt a potentially juicier part than he's had in the past, as the irritable AD who is all too aware that he's surrounded by idiots. But his screen time is far too short to let it amount to much, and fans wanting to see him play against type are better advised to check out his brilliant performance in See This Movie. Meanwhile, Ed Begley Jr. is hideously miscast as the film's token flamboyant gay man. Furthermore, having such recognizable actors as Claire Forlani and particularly Sandra Oh show up for bit parts in For Your Consideration is more distracting than anything, and breaks the illusion of the self-contained world that worked so nicely in Guest's previous efforts.

Despite all of the comedic talent on display however, this is Catherine O'Hara's show, and she more than delivers in her role as fading screen star Marilyn Hack. Her insecurities, dreams, and vulnerabilities are handled with such poignancy and humour that O'Hara fully deserves whatever accolades may come her way in the months to come. She is luminous.

If For Your Consideration comes up a little short, it is in the story department. The outline devised by Guest and Levy suffers somewhat from a lack of focus. If, as Guest insists, this film is not intended as a satire of Hollywood but is rather the tragicomic tale of what happens to someone when they are told that they deserve an award, we should be spending less time on all the Hollywood in-jokes and parodies, and more time with the characters themselves.

We don't learn quite enough about our main characters – those portrayed by Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, and Parker Posey – to really understand how monumental it is for them to be caught up in the Oscar hype. We see that, professionally, they desperately need the break. But we get no perspective on how this effects their personal lives, or changes the way that they relate to the people closest to them. Where are their families? Their friends? They don't seem to have any. And if that was the point in and of itself, it wasn't brought across clearly enough.

Whatever the film's shortcomings, it is the smaller details that are purely Guest which make this film a triumph and future classic: Guest's perfect intonation as he instructs one actor to deliver his line as though "Mommy is going… now?", Jennifer Coolidge jumping in at the absolute perfect moment with "But what about me!?" in the midst of a heated argument that has nothing to do with her, or the sight of Harry Shearer suddenly wearing Rachael Harris' hat to help him get into character. These are the small moments that give Guest's works the rare distinction of being films that get progressively funnier with each viewing.

My hope for the next Guest film is that it continues to stretch the troupe in the way that these last two films have done. Ideally, we'll see an improvised, narrative comedy with some heart, all the expected hilarity… and a little more plot structure. Until then, here it is, for your consideration…

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