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Year:
Duration:
105 min
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Romance
IMDB rate:
7.2
Director:
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 37 wins & 18 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2011-06-09
Filming Locations: Akbar - 4356 Sunset Boulevard, Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $3,200,000
Opening Weekend: $141,340 (USA) (5 June 2011)
Gross: $5,790,894 (USA) (8 September 2011)
Cast
Actor
Character
Ewan McGregor
Oliver Fields
Christopher Plummer
Hal Fields
Mélanie Laurent
Anna
Goran Visnjic
Andy
Kai Lennox
Elliot
Mary Page Keller
Georgia
Keegan Boos
Young Oliver Fields
China Shavers
Shauna
Melissa Tang
Liz
Amanda Payton
Party Person
Luke Diliberto
Green Witch
Lou Taylor Pucci
Magician
Bambadjan Bamba
The Sads
Hana Jane
The Sads (as Hana Hwang)
Samuel T. Ritter
The Sads
Jennifer Lauren
Record Company Rep
Reynaldo Pacheco
Juan
Jodi Long
Dr. Long
Bruce French
Dr. Wright
Leslie Shea
ICU Nurse #1
Michael Chieffo
Hal's Priest
Jennifer Hasty
Secretary
Rodney Saulsberry
1978 Museum Staff
June Sanders
1978 Fancy Woman
Catherine McGoohan
1978 Older Woman
Terry Walters
Terse Nurse
Lana Young
ICU Nurse #2
Algerita Wynn
Nice Nurse (as Algerita Lewis)
Regina McKee Redwing
Strict Nurse (as Regina Redwing)
Sunday Burke
Home Nurse #1
Patrick Birkett
Hal Look-Alike
Sabera Wise
Skating Rink Manager
Rafael J. Noble
Brian
Jose Yenque
Robert
T.G. Cody
The Primetimers
Patrick Scott
The Primetimers
Ton Suckhasem
The Primetimers
Charles Valentino
The Primetimers
Seth T. Walker
The Primetimers (as Seth Walker)
Michael Laren
The Primetimers (as Michael Wilhelms)
Cosmo
Arthur
Jessica Elder
Cat Dancer (uncredited)
Sean Grady
Dancer at Bar (uncredited)
Shelley Robertson
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Joanna Theobalds
Nurse's Aide (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
At 82 years of age, Christopher Plummer won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for this film and became the oldest person to ever win an Oscar for acting.
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.Cosmo was cast out of all the Jack Russells that Mike Mills saw because the director felt that the dog had a million year old soul and because of his ability to look at you directly in the eyes.
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At the costume party, Mélanie Laurent is not playing Charles Chaplin but Julius Rosenberg.
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Goofs
On Hal Fields' death certificate, it says "Date of death: 09/17/04". We know from the movie that he's already passed away in 2003.
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Oliver (Ewan McGregor) goes to a fancy party as Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, but his accent is more Bavarian than Austrian.
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When Oliver Fields is next to Hal Fields in his hospital bed, what appears to be Hal's glasses can be seen, but when Andy enters the room the glasses disappear.
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Quotes
Anna: You look so unhappy.
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Anna: [writes down] Why are you at a party if you're sad?
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Anna: You've lost so much. What if I can't make up for that?
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Faq
Q
Is this film based on a book?
A
No, it has an original screenplay by Mike Mills. The story has autobiographical elements - Mills' own father came out as gay after Mike's mother died.
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