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Garden State

Year:

2004

Duration:

102 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

Zach Braff

Awards:

12 wins & 28 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2004-08-20

Filming Locations: 97 Mill Road, Morris Plains, New Jersey, USA

Earnings

Budget: $2,500,000

Opening Weekend: $201,115 (USA) (1 August 2004)

Gross: $26,782,316 (USA) (27 January 2005)

Cast

Actor

Character

Zach Braff

Andrew Largeman

Kenneth Graymez

Busboy

George C. Wolfe

Restaurant Manager

Austin Lysy

Waiter

Gary Gilbert

Young Hollywood Guy

Jill Flint

Obnoxious Girl

Ian Holm

Gideon Largeman

Peter Sarsgaard

Mark

Alex Burns

Dave

Jackie Hoffman

Aunt Sylvia Largeman

Michael Weston

Kenny

Christopher Carley

Gleason Party Drunk (as Chris Carley)

Armando Riesco

Jesse

Amy Ferguson

Dana

Trisha LaFache

Kelly

Jim Parsons

Tim

Jean Smart

Carol

Yvette Mercedes

Neurology Receptionist

Jayne Houdyshell

Mrs. Lubin

Natalie Portman

Sam

Ron Leibman

Dr. Cohen

Ann Dowd

Olivia

Ato Essandoh

Titembay

Wynter Kullman

Pam

Geoffrey Arend

Karl Benson

Soara-Joye Ross

Handi-World Cashier (as Soara-Joy Ross)

Ryan B. Moschetti

Teen in Hallway

Method Man

Diego

Joe Bacino

Man Having Sex

Tracey Antosiweicz

Hooker

Seth Michael May

Peeping Tom

Denis O'Hare

Albert

Debbon Ayer

Faye

Ice

Arthur-the-Dog

Magoo

Masturbating Dog

Janine Strafaci

Herself - News 12 New Jersey News Anchor (archive footage) (voice)

Kurt Siegelin

Himself - News 12 New Jersey News Anchor (archive footage) (as Kurt Sirgelin)

Mark Murphy

Himself - News 12 New Jersey Meteorologist (archive footage)

Joanna Leslie

Skating Gator (archive footage)

Pamela Abdy

Casting Assistant (uncredited)

Marc Alan Austen

Cemetery Rabbi (uncredited)

David Barroso

Joe Customer

Courtney Delong

Girl in pool scene (uncredited)

James Ecklund

Bored Actor (uncredited)

Lori Finkel

Party Extra (uncredited)

Keith Hallworth

Waiter

Ben Hauck

Sleeping Actor (uncredited)

Jakob Hawkins

Waiter

Joe Ho

Restaurant Boss (voice) (uncredited)

Jennifer Johns

Party Girl (uncredited)

Michael Marinoff

Kaufman

Lisa Soule

Crying Mom with Baby (uncredited)

Jenna Willis

Party Girl (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

When Zach Braff sent the script to people, he would also send them a copy of the songs which would eventually be the soundtrack (which he handpicked). That is why on the actual soundtrack album, all of the songs are in the order that they appear in the movie.

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Gary Gilbert, a former mortgage banker, financed the film with $2.5 million of his own money. At Sundance, the film was bought by Miramax and Fox Searchlight for $5 million.

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The fog in the pool scene was real fog. Zach Braff and Natalie Portman described it as filming in a cloud.

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Goofs

When Diego is in the hallway at the motel, some of the production crew are reflected in one of the mirrors in the top right of one of the shots.

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In the waiting room, the position of the red hair band on Sam's pinkie finger changes between shots.

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After Andrew, Mark and Sam leave the ark wearing garbage bags to protect them from the rain, you can see that Sam's pink sweater is dry under the garbage, but was a dark, wet pink when they were inside the ark from being out in the rain earlier. The sweater could not have dried while they were inside the ark.

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Quotes

Andrew Largeman: [a dog humps his leg] "He's got to be close to finishing now"

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Andrew Largeman: I just feel like I've been going to too many of these lately.

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Dr. Cohen: You know, our bodies are capable of doing some very funny things when they're consumed by stress and anxiety. Uh, I found my ex-best friend's cufflinks in my wife's purse. I couldn't get an erection for a year and a half. For example.

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