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THE SQUID AND THE WHALE (2005)

VISUAL AIDS
POSTERS AND COVER ART



THE BACK OF THE BOX
WHAT THE STUDIO WANTS YOU TO KNOW

    In his third feature, director Noah Baumbach scores a triumph with an autobiographical coming-of-age story about a teenager whose writer-parents are divorcing. The father (Jeff Daniels) and mother (Laura Linney) duke it out in half-civilized, half savage fashion, while their two sons adapt in different ways, shifting allegiances between parents. The film is squirmy-funny and nakedly honest about the rationalizations and compensatory snobbisms of artistic failure as well as the conflicted desires of adolescents for sex and status. In detailing bohemian-bourgeois life in brownstone Brooklyn, Baumbach is spot on. Everyone proceeds from good intentions and acts rather badly, in spite or because of their manifest intelligence. Fulfilling the best traditions of the American independent film, this quirky, wisely written feature explores the gulf between sexes, generations, art and commerce, Brooklyn and Manhattan.

STARRING:

Jeff Daniels: Bernard Berkman
Laura Linney: Joan Berkman
Jesse Eisenberg: Walt Berkman
Owen Kline: Frank Berkman
William Baldwin: Ivan
Halley Feiffer: Sophie Greenberg
Anna Paquin: Lili

SCREENWRITER: Noah Baumbach

DIRECTOR: Noah Baumbach

RUNNING TIME: 81 minutes

STUDIO: Sony

Average Hollywood Guys Rating: B

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GIGGLES, GLOBES AND OSCARS
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS
(1 nomination and 0 wins)

Best Original Screenplay - Noah Baumbach
(nominated)

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GOLDEN GIGGLES

No awards or nominations given to this film.

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GOLDEN GLOBES
(3 nominations and 0 wins)

Best Picture (Musical/Comedy)
(nominated)

Best Actor (Musical/Comedy) - Jeff Daniels
(nominated)

Best Actress (Musical/Comedy) - Laura Linney
(nominated)

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THE GEEK BOX
TRIVIA TO IMPRESS YOUR EASILY IMPRESSED FRIENDS

• This film is loosely based on the childhood of writer/director Noah Baumbach.
• This movie finished filming in only 23 days.
• Originally Bill Murray was offered the lead role, however after filming Broken Flowers, Murray decided he needed a break and the role was then won by Jeff Daniels.
• This movie gets it title from a display at The American Museum Of National History which not surprisingly features a squid fighting a whale. It can be seen breifly near the end of the movie.

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