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The Squid and the Whale

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Original title

The Squid and the Whale

Year

2005

Running time

88 min.

Country

United States

Director

Noah Baumbach

Screenwriter

Noah Baumbach

Cast

Music

Britta Phillips, Dean Wareham

Cinematography

Robert D. Yeoman

Producer

Samuel Goldwyn Films

Genre

Drama. Comedy | Comedy-Drama. Family Relationships. Independent Film (US)

Synopsis

Park Slope, Brooklyn, 1986. When Walt Berkman, an impressionable 16-year-old, passes off the Pink Floyd song "Hey You" as his original work and performs it at a high school talent show, he's perfectly content with his rationale. "I felt I could have written it so the fact that it was already written was kind of a technicality." At the same time, his 12-year-old brother Frank drinks beer and wonders openly about his mother's sex life. Both are simply reacting to the fall-out from the bomb dropped on their comfortable family life when their parents, Bernard--a once promising author and now middle-aged academic and Joan--a burgeoning writer with a book deal--announce that they are splitting up. The familiar, steady foundation is shaken. Walt and Frank are relegated to alternating weekends and a jumbled calendar of Mom or Dad nights. The kids are left to grapple with the confusing and conflicted feelings that arise from the sudden collapse of their parents' marriage.

Awards: 2005: Nominated for Oscar: Best Original Screenplay

2005: 3 Nominations for Golden Globe: Best Movie, Actor Comedy or Musical, Actress

2005: Sundance: Best Director (Noah Baumbach), Screenwriting Award (Noah Baumbach)

2005: National Board of Review: Best Screenplay

2005: Film Critics Circle of New York: Best Screenplay

2005: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Screenplay

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