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Ivansxtc

  • 2000
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
1.5K
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Ivansxtc (2000)
Drama

Update on Leo Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," set in contemporary Hollywood.Update on Leo Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," set in contemporary Hollywood.Update on Leo Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," set in contemporary Hollywood.

  • Director
    • Bernard Rose
  • Writers
    • Lev Tolstoy
    • Bernard Rose
    • Lisa Enos
  • Stars
    • Danny Huston
    • Peter Weller
    • Lisa Enos
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    1.5K
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    • Director
      • Bernard Rose
    • Writers
      • Lev Tolstoy
      • Bernard Rose
      • Lisa Enos
    • Stars
      • Danny Huston
      • Peter Weller
      • Lisa Enos
    • 26User reviews
    • 30Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 5 nominations total

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    Danny Huston
    Danny Huston
    • Ivan Beckman
    Peter Weller
    Peter Weller
    • Don West
    Lisa Enos
    • Charlotte White
    Joanne Duckman
    Joanne Duckman
    • Marcia Beckman
    Angela Featherstone
    Angela Featherstone
    • Amanda Hill
    Caroleen Feeney
    Caroleen Feeney
    • Rosemary Kramer
    Valeria Golino
    Valeria Golino
    • Constanza Vero
    Adam Krentzman
    Adam Krentzman
    • Barry Oaks
    Heidi Jo Markel
    Heidi Jo Markel
    • Francesca Knight
    James Merendino
    James Merendino
    • Danny McTeague
    Tiffani Thiessen
    Tiffani Thiessen
    • Marie Stein
    • (as Tiffani-Amber Thiessen)
    Morgan Walsh
    Morgan Walsh
    • Lucy Lawrence
    • (as Morgan Vukovic)
    Crystal Atkins
    • Jessie
    Alex Butler
    • Brad East
    Robert Graham
    • Sid Beckman
    Ken Enos
    • Bad Bobby
    Mike Gold
    • Ira Reuther
    • (as Michael Gold)
    Marilyn Heston
    • Bonnie Shane
    • Director
      • Bernard Rose
    • Writers
      • Lev Tolstoy
      • Bernard Rose
      • Lisa Enos
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    User reviews26

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    greenpolyester

    A truly memorable performance by Danny Huston

    I love this film. Danny Huston, in a remarkable performance, makes you care for a truly unloveable character. The film shows us the vile antics of those charged with maintaining the glam facade of Hollywood and the big studios. Let's have more on this theme. Some on these pages think this film smacks of jealousy; that somehow Bernard Rose is envious of the morally bankrupt lives led by the likes of Ivan. He's not (how could anyone be?). When Ivan muses on his fate and tries to find one, just one, memory that would make it all worthwhile, he comes up blank. It would appear to your average punter, who's taken in by the trappings of wealth and showbiz, that Ivan had it all. In the end, we see he has nothing. His death scene is one of the most moving ever committed to celluloid, sorry, HD-V. Consider the response of his colleagues on hearing the news of his demise. Consider the response of his former clients. Those with a knowledge of the way these agencies work will know that this film is eerily accurate. There are so many shocking, uncomfortable and perversely funny scenes in this film that you'll be thinking about it for a long time afterwards. Wow, a film about Hollywood that actually makes you think. How weird is that?
    9barfly99

    Marvellous portrayal of a death in Hollywood

    Loosely based on Tolstoy's 'The Death of Ivan Ilych' this searing indictment of Hollywood must be one of the most under-appreciated films of the last ten years.

    Danny Huston plays Ivan Beckman, a typically sleazy, coke-snorting Tinseltown agent who is forced to confront the emptiness of his life when he learns that he is dying of cancer. Amongst the many people with whom he is surrounded but cannot confide in are hotshot director Danny McTeague (James Merendino), gun-toting homophobic mega-star Don West (Peter Weller), and Ivan's girlfriend, Charlotte (Lisa Enos), who may or may not be using him to further her own ambitions.

    IVANS XTC. actually begins with the news of Ivan's death, and apart from the first 15 minutes or so the story is told in flashback. This works superbly because we immediately discover just how meaningless Ivan's life and career really were. Nobody really gave a damn about him (nor does anyone believe for a minute that he died of cancer rather than a cocaine OD), and his death merely serves as an inconvenience to those involved in the film project he was trying to get started (West and McTeague even have the insensitivity to confront each other in the middle of Ivan's funeral service!).

    When Ivan learns of his cancer he tries to binge his way to redemption through drink, drugs, and women, but there is none to be found. Nothing can ease his physical or emotional pain. He can't even find an image of beauty or happiness in his head - everything he can think of is "shit". Ivan was already a victim even before the cancer took hold.

    Many films have successfully attacked the excessive yet soulless Hollywood machine in recent years e.g THE PLAYER and SWIMMING WITH SHARKS, but IVAN's XTC. is perhaps even better (British writer-director Bernard Rose drew from many of his own bitter experiences). The film is shot entirely on DV (with oddly effective use of Wagner as musical accompaniment!) and this gives it a documentary-style realism (you really feel you're in the back of that limo with West as he snorts coke off Charlotte's leg). It is also to the film-makers' credit that no punches are pulled when it comes to conveying exactly what Ivan's cancer is doing to him (the visceral last reel is not for the squeamish).

    The performances are first-rate all round, but Huston is especially brilliant and should have had an Oscar nomination. Although Ivan is an unpleasant individual - and Rose never dresses him up to be anything but - Huston manages to elicit the viewer's sympathy simply by demonstrating Ivan's ever more desperate need for something to fill the complete void that is his quickly fading life. As far as the 'terminal illness' genre goes this film is ultimately far more moving than blatantly manipulative stuff like TERMS OF ENDEARMENT and MY LIFE precisely because there is absolutely no on-screen sentimentality whatsoever. Ivan's one moment of true tenderness comes not with Charlotte or with any of his friends or family... but with a nurse he doesn't even know. The glorious closing shot is surely one the best in recent film-making history.

    This is a disturbing film that is at times difficult to watch. Yet at the same time it is so perceptive and involving that one feels it actually deserves several viewings. Highly recommended.
    9info-5178

    Movie of the year - for Moi - 2005

    Hmm, what a fab. movie. Just caught this flick at a film festival and let me tell you it is one dame fine movie.

    Sitting thru the opening scenes I must admit that I thought that it was going to be total @#!&*, but it soon got going. Being involved in the "entertainment" industry I did feel a connection with this film. The acting was superb, the general production values good, although the hand-held camera work did occasionally get on my nerves.

    It was quite strange actually, the start of the movie (opening credit sequences) seemed to go on for ever, and the credits that would normally be put at the end were put at the start. Anyway, I think if people can get thru the first 15 minutes, they will see the film for what it is.

    Great character performances, great story and subject matter. Think an "arthouse" version of "The Player.

    Just ordered this on DVD from the UK. MUST SEE!
    excalibur9

    Hmm. Seedy.

    Rule #645: All films made in Hollywood, by Hollywood, about Hollywood, must be seedy. I should probably add ‘for Hollywood' to the above list, as the film is more or less a home movie. Like The Player, Sunset Boulevard and countless others before it, it is a film that has been made by locals and just happened to have been given a world-wide release; seemingly by accident. It also takes great delight in detailing what a dreadful, decadency, drug and sex-fuelled level of hell it is. Personally, I can't wait to go there.

    Although based on an original novel, its structure is different and only the central idea has been ‘borrowed.' Danny Huston plays (and rather well) an agent who manages to land a big, starry client and discover that he has cancer, all in the space of a few days. It's all downhill from then on as he begins to reassess his life, realises his girlfriend is just after his business connections and that he has barely achieved anything of worth in his short life. To be honest, that really doesn't come through in the film and feels as if it could have done with a few more scenes and some sharper editing. Despite some excellent scenes, the characters seem too much like improvised teaching studies and not well-written, three-dimensional people. Only Ivan manages to leap from the screen, and that is largely because of Danny Huston's Jack Nicholson-like presence.

    Another thing to note is that the film was shot with digital cameras, although the sound seems to have been recorded with a Dictaphone. The photography is good, but is soft and jittery. This is because it was shot interlaced and not in progressive scan. Given the quality of the cameras available, and its inevitable transfer to film, I'm not quite sure why. Techno-bore detail, I know, but still distracting.

    A good effort, but a home movie: 6/10
    10Anig-2

    Stunning

    Ivans xtc is shot with slow shutter speeds and no 'tripod', with the result that it looks like a documentary - but it's not. Add to that some superb acting performances and the result is an extremely credible fiction film. One reviewer here complains of a lack of wisdom; I wasn't looking for wisdom. I was just watching a film about some very believable characters and what happened in a short section of their lives. Yes, it was interesting and gripping. It was also supported by some magnificent music, including excerpts of Richard Wagner's Tristan. I cannot recommend this film highly enough.

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    • Trivia
      Sarah Danielle Madison's debut.
    • Quotes

      [Upon hearing of Ivan Beckman's death]

      Don West: What, did he freebase his face off?

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood/Ivans XTC/Undercover Brother/Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner/Bad Company (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Tristan and Isolde
      Excerpts

      Composed by Richard Wagner

      Performed by Elmo Weber

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    • Release date
      • July 19, 2002 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ivans xtc.
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Alternative Investments of Michigan
      • Enos/Rose Productions
      • Rhino Films
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $47,027
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,121
      • Jun 9, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $47,027
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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