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Happiness

Year:

1998

Duration:

134 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

IMDB rate:

7.8

Director:

Todd Solondz

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 13 wins & 19 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1998-10-16

Filming Locations: New Jersey, USA

Earnings

Budget: $3,000,000

Opening Weekend: $30,230 (USA) (11 October 1998)

Gross: $2,746,453 (USA) (24 January 1999)

Cast

Actor

Character

Marla Maples

Jane Adams

Joy Jordan

Jon Lovitz

Andy Kornbluth

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Allen

Dylan Baker

Bill Maplewood

Lara Flynn Boyle

Helen Jordan

Justin Elvin

Timmy Maplewood

Cynthia Stevenson

Trish Maplewood

Lila Glantzman-Leib

Chloe Maplewood

Gerry Becker

Psychiatrist

Rufus Read

Billy Maplewood

Louise Lasser

Mona Jordan

Ben Gazzara

Lenny Jordan

Camryn Manheim

Kristina

Arthur J. Nascarella

Detective Berman

Molly Shannon

Nancy

Ann Harada

Kay

Douglas McGrath

Tom

Eric Marcus

Courteous Waiter (as Dr. Eric Marcus)

Eytan Mirsky

Angry Picketer

Lisa Louise Langford

Radical Picketer

Anne Bobby

Rhonda

Socorro Santiago

Crying Teacher

Allison Furman

Consoling Teacher

Wai Ching Ho

Student #1

Bina Sharif

Student #2

Tsepo Mokone

Student #3

Jared Harris

Vlad

Dan Moran

Joe Grasso

Evan Silverberg

Johnny Grasso

Hope Pomerance

Hysterical Woman

Matt Malloy

Doctor

Elizabeth Ashley

Diane Freed

Dan Tedlie

Don

Marina Gayzidorskaya

Zhenia (as Marina Gaizidorskia)

Johann Carlo

Betty Grasso

Joe Lisi

Police Detective

José Rabelo

Pedro

Diane Tyler

Janet

Olga Stepanova

Zhenia's Mother

Did you know?

Trivia

Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 25 Most Dangerous Movies".

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In the original screenplay, Bill receives a package after his family leaves him. The package is a bomb, it blows up, killing him.

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Jon Lovitz was also considered for the part of Allen.

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Goofs

Andy blinks his eyes when he is being taken away by the paramedics after his apparent suicide.

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The level of wine in each person's glass changes between shots during the final scene.

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A crewmember's head is reflected in the window of the car when Bill is sitting in it after buying a magazine.

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Quotes

Helen Jordan: If only I had been raped as a child! *Then* I would know authenticity!

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Allen: I don't know I could ever really begin to talk to her. I mean what can I talk about? I have nothing to talk about, I'm boring. And that I know, I've been told before so don't tell me it's not true 'cause it's a fact. I bore the people. People look at me and they get bored, people listen to me and they zone out... bored. 'Who is that boring person?', they think. 'I've never before met anyone so boring'. And I'm for her to see how boring I am.

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Helen Jordan: Anyway, so the police came and looked in her freezer and found baggies filled with the doorman's genitals.

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