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| Year: | 2009 |
| Rating: | 7.3(17243) |
| Listed in: | Comedy, Romance |
| Directed by: | Woody Allen |
| Actors: | Larry David Adam Brooks Lyle Kanouse Michael McKean Clifford Lee Dickson Yolonda Ross |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Woody Allen | |
| Actors | |
| Larry David | as Boris |
| Adam Brooks | as Boris' Friend |
| Lyle Kanouse | as Boris' Friend |
| Michael McKean | as Boris' Friend |
| Clifford Lee Dickson | as Boy on Street |
| Conleth Hill | as Brockman |
| John Gallagher Jr. | as Perry |
| Henry Cavill | as Randy |
| Olek Krupa | as Morgenstern |
| Ed Begley Jr. | as John |
| Christopher Evan Welch | as Howard |
| Armand Schultz | as Television Voice |
| Steve Antonucci | as Flea Market Shopper |
| Marc Alan Austen | as Photo Gallery Patron |
| Kenneth Edelson | as Gallery Guest |
| Chris Nuñez | as Concert Goer |
| Quincy Rose | as Guy on Bench |
| Actresses | |
| Yolonda Ross | as Boy's Mother |
| Carolyn McCormick | as Jessica |
| Samantha Bee | as Chess Mother |
| Marcia DeBonis | as Lady at Chinese Restaurant |
| Evan Rachel Wood | as Melody |
| Willa Cuthrell-Tuttleman | as Chess Girl |
| Nicole Patrick | as Perry's Friend |
| Patricia Clarkson | as Marietta |
| Jessica Hecht | as Helena |
| Lindsay Michelle Nader | as Television Voice |
| Julie Basem | as Cafe Waitress |
| Robin Singer | as Indie Rocker |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | April 2008 - May 2008 |
| Budget: | USD 15,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 738,969 USD (28 June 2009) UK - 72,678 GBP (27 June 2010) |
| Plot: | Attempting to impress his ideologies on religion, relationships, and the randomness (and worthlessness) of existence, lifelong New York resident Boris Yellnikoff rants to anyone who will listen, including the audience. But when he begrudgingly allows naive Mississippi runaway Melodie St. Ann Celestine to live in his apartment, his reclusive rages give way to an unlikely friendship and Boris begins to mold the impressionable young girl's worldly views to match his own. When it comes to love, "whatever works" is his motto, but his already perplexed life complicates itself further when Melodie's parents eventually track her down. |
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GEOG: Melody says she is from Mississippi and that her parents moved there from Louisiana. She also refers to living in Plaquemines County. There is no Plaquemines County is Mississippi. In Louisiana, where there are parishes instead of counties, there is a Plaquemines Parish. BOOM: In the scene where Boris is visiting the woman he accidentally injured, set in her hospital room, the boom mic is clearly visible on the left side of the screen. Continuity: In the scene where Randy bumps into Melodie at the clothing store, she has pink nail polish. In the next scene at the boat, she does not. CHAR: When Melodie says "He doesn't have a lot of patience for US inchworms.", Boris incorrectly corrects her and says "WE inchworms". Boris is supposed to be a genius, but Melodie was actually correct. CHAR: When Boris and Melody discuss the female leads in Gone With The Wind, Boris says that Scarlett has green eyes. If you watch Gone With The Wind, you will see that Scarlett (Vivien Leigh) has blue eyes. Continuity: After Melody firsts enters Boris' apartment and is offered a can of sardines, she removes the high school jacket she is wearing. Then, after the next jump-cut, she is again shown in the process of removing the jacket. |
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Marietta: How'd he get that limp? Melodie St. Ann Celestine: He jumped out the window and his suicide didn't work. Marietta: You can't win 'em all. John: [as he kneels down to pray] Lord I've sinned, please forgive me! Boris Yellnikoff: Why do all the religious psychotics wind up praying in my doorstep? Boris Yellnikoff: [to audience] Why would you want to hear my story? Do we know each other? Do we like each other? Let me tell you right off, ok... I'm not a like-able guy. Charm has never been a priority with me. And just so you know, this is not the feel good movie of the year. So if you're one of those idiots who needs to feel good, go get yourself a foot massage. Boy on Street: Mommy, that man's talking to himself. Boy's Mother: Come on, Justin. Boris Yellnikoff: [to audience] What the hell does it all mean anyhow? Nothing. Zero. Zilch. Nothing comes to anything. And yet, there's no shortage of idiots to babble. Not me. I have a vision. I'm discussing you. Your friends. Your coworkers. Your newspapers. The TV. Everybody's happy to talk. Full of misinformation. Morality, science, religion, politics, sports, love, your portfolio, your children, health. Christ, if I have to eat nine servings of fruits and vegetables a day to live, I don't wanna live. I hate goddamn fruits and vegetables. And your omega 3's, and the treadmill, and the cardiogram, and the mammogram, and the pelvic sonogram, and oh my god the-the-the colonoscopy, and with it all the day still comes where they put you in a box, and its on to the next generation of idiots, who'll also tell you all about life and define for you what's appropriate. My father committed suicide because the morning newspapers depressed him. And could you blame him? With the horror, and corruption, and ignorance, and poverty, and genocide, and AIDS, and global warming, and terrorism, and-and the family value morons, and the gun morons. "The horror," Kurtz said at the end of Heart of Darkness, "the horror." Lucky Kurtz didn't have the Times delivered in the jungle. Ugh... then he'd see some horror. But what do you do? You read about some massacre in Darfur or some school bus gets blown up, and you go "Oh my God, the horror," and then you turn the page and finish your eggs from the free range chickens. Because what can you do. It's overwhelming! I tried to commit suicide myself. Obviously, it didn't work out. But why do you even want to hear about all this? Christ, you got your own problems. I'm sure your all obsessed with any number of sad little hopes and dreams. Your predictably unsatisfying love lives, your failed business ventures. "Oh, if only I'd bought that stock! If only I-if only I purchased THAT house years ago! If only I'd made a move on THAT woman." If this, if that. You know what? Gimmie a break with your could have's and should have's. Like my mother used to say, "If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a trolley car." My mother didn't have wheels. She had varicose veins. Still, the woman gave birth to a brilliant mind. I was considered for a Nobel Prize in physics... I didn't get it. But, you know, its all politics. It's like every other phony honor. Incidentally, don't think I'm-I'm bitter because of some personal setback. By the standards of a mindless, barbaric civilization, I've been pretty lucky. I was married to a beautiful woman who had family money. For years we lived on Beekman Place. I taught at Columbia. String theory. Boris Yellnikoff: [to audience] I happen to hate New Year's celebrations. Everybody desperate to have fun. Trying to celebrate in some pathetic little way. Celebrate what? A step closer to the grave? That's why I can't say enough times, whatever love you can get and give, whatever happiness you can filch or provide, every temporary measure of grace, whatever works. And don't kid yourself. Because its by no means up to your own human ingenuity. A bigger part of your existence is luck, than you'd like to admit. Christ, you know the odds of your fathers one sperm from the billions, finding the single egg that made you. Don't think about it, you'll have a panic attack. Melodie St. Ann Celestine: Boris, what are you doing? Who're you talking to? Boris Yellnikoff: What? There's people out there watching us! Helena: What? Marietta: Out there? Boris Yellnikoff: Yeah, they're watching... well, there was when we started. I don't know how many are left. Melodie St. Ann Celestine: Does anybody see anybody out there? Marietta: Out there? No! Melodie St. Ann Celestine: Oh Boris... Boris Yellnikoff: [to audience] See? I'm the only one that sees the whole picture. That's what they mean by genius. Boris Yellnikoff: That's why I can't say enough times, whatever love you can get and give, whatever happiness you can filch or provide, every temporary measure of grace, whatever works. Melodie St. Ann Celestine: All I know is that nothing moves faster than the speed of light, so you may as well relax. Boris Yellnikoff: Can you believe this cracker, this red state Neanderthal, this mindless zombie of the National Rifle Association? John: My shrink says that the guns were all a manifestation of my sexual inadequacy. Boris Yellnikoff: Yeah, if it wasn't for sexual inadequacy the National Rifle Association would go broke! Boris Yellnikoff: Happy birthday dear Boris, happy birthday to you! Boris Yellnikoff: I'm dying! I-I'm dying! Jessica: Should I call an ambulance? Boris Yellnikoff: No, not now! No, not tonight, I mean eventually! Boris Yellnikoff: Love, despite what they tell you, does not conquer all, nor does it even usually last. In the end the romantic aspirations of our youth are reduced to, whatever works. Randy: I dreamt about you last night. I... Melodie St. Ann Celestine: Don't use that line! Because Boris said that he dreamt about me last night and I really doubt it's mathematically possible for me to be in two dreams at one time. |
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