The Squid and the Whale
- Original title
- The Squid and the Whale
- Year
- 2005
- Running time
- 88 min.
- Country
United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Jeff Daniels
- Laura Linney
- Jesse Eisenberg
- Owen Kline
- Halley Feiffer
- William Baldwin
- Anna Paquin
- Alexandra Daddario
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Comedy | Comedy-Drama. Family Relationships. Paternity. 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.
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- Awards
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2005: Nominated for Oscar: Best Original Screenplay2005: 3 Nominations for Golden Globe: Best Movie, Actor Comedy or Musical, Actress2005: Sundance: Best Director (Noah Baumbach), Screenwriting Award (Noah Baumbach)2005: National Board of Review: Best Screenplay2005: Film Critics Circle of New York: Best Screenplay2005: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Screenplay
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 59 My Top 10 Movies from 2005 (53)
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