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The Squid and the Whale (2005)

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R | 1 hr 21 mins | Comedy, Drama, Family, Period | Released: 10/5/2005 |Box Office Total: $7.3M

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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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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
10/5/2005

Director	Credit
Noah Baumbach	Director
Cast	Credit
Jeff Daniels	Bernard Berkman
William Baldwin	Ivan
Laura Linney	Joan Berkman
Anna Paquin	Lili
Jesse Eisenberg	Walt Berkman
Owen Kline	Frank Berkman
Halley Feiffer	Sophie
David Benger	Carl
Molly Barton	Graduate Student
Bo Berkman	Graduate Student
Matthew Kaplan	Graduate Student
Simon Kaplan	Graduate Student
Matthew Kirsch	Graduate Student
Daniella Markowicz	Graduate Student
Elizabeth Meriwether	Graduate Student
Ben Schrank	Graduate Student
Amy Srebnick	Graduate Student
Josh Srebnick	Graduate Student
Emma Straub	Graduate Student
Alan Wilks	Graduate Student
James Hamilton	Man with Joan
Adam Rose	Otto
Henry Glovinsky	Lance
Eli Gelb	Jeffrey
Wayne Lawson	Talent Show Judge
Mike Santiago	Talent Show Judge
Juan Torriente	Talent Show Judge
Patricia Towers	Talent Show Judge
Peggy Gormley	Mrs. Greenberg
Peter Newman	Mr. Greenberg
Greta Kline	Greta Greenberg
Melissa Meyer	Professor
Benjamin Smolen	Student with Puppets
Michael Countryman	Mr. Simic
Alexandra Daddario	Pretty Girl
Nico Baumbach	Jeb Gelber
Maryann Plunkett	Ms. Lemon
Hector Otero	Hector
Ken Leung	School Therapist
Jo Yang	Nurse
Production Credits	Credit
Andrew Lauren	Executive Producer
Wes Anderson	Producer
Jennifer Roth	Co-Executive Producer
Peter Newman	Producer
Reverge Anselmo	Executive Producer
Miranda Bailey	Executive Producer
Charlie Corwin	Producer
Clara Markowicz	Producer
Greg Johnson	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Peter Newman Productions	Production Company
American Empirical Pictures	Production Company
Ambush Entertainment	Production Company Production Company
Andrew Lauren Productions	Production Company Production Company
Original Media	Production Company Production Company
Redeemable Features	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI)	Theatrical Distributor Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment	Video Distributor Domestic Video Distributor
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Samuel Goldwyn Films	Domestic Theatrical Distributor Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
New York City, New York, USA
Writer	Credit
Noah Baumbach	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Deidre Schrowang	Production Accountant
Deidre Schrowang	Post-Production Accountant - Post Production Accounting
Jason Stant	Assistant Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Jennifer Dehghan	Art Director
Madeline Hartling	Scenic Artist - Camera Scenic
Robert Covelman	Set Decorator
Costanza Theodoli Braschi	Art Department - Art Department Assistant
James Sherman	Set Dresser - On-Set Dresser
Anne Ross	Production Designer
Susan Tatom	Lead Person
Jason Bruno	Art Department - Art Department Assistant
Richard Laurenzi	Scenic Artist - Camera Scenic
Barker Gerard	Art Department - Art Department Assistant
Lars Lindhal	Art Department - Art Department Assistant
Laura Ng	Art Department - Art Department Assistant
Mike Raisler	Art Department - Art Department Assistant
Charles Siegel	Art Department - Art Department Assistant
David Wesler	Art Department - Art Department Assistant
Casting	Credit
Douglas Aibel	Casting Director
Stephanie Holbrook	Casting Associate
Ulysses Terrero	Extras Casting
Craft Services	Credit
Patrick Mahoney	Craft Service
Anthony Torre	Catering - Caterer
Angelo Pina	Catering - Catering Assistant
Film Camera	Credit
Nico Baumbach	Video - Videographer
Robert D Yeoman	Director of Photography
Nils Benson	Camera Operator
Storn Peterson	Assistant Camera
David Pultz	Color Timer
James Hamilton	Photography - Still Photographer
Doug Kofsky	Assistant Camera
Steve Speers	Assistant Camera
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Recorded Picture Co/HanWay Films	Foreign Distribution Sales
Legal	Credit
Donna Bascom	Legal Counsel - Production Counsel
Walter Foote	Legal Counsel - Financing Counsel
Music	Credit
Diego Garrido	Score Mixing - Score Mixer
Jim Dunbar	Music Coordinator
Randall Poster	Music Supervisor
Dean Wareham	Music
Roger Waters	Song
Britta Phillips	Music
Daniel Antonio Srebnick	Music
Christopher S. Parker	Music - Music Clearance
Production Management	Credit
Jennifer Roth	Unit Production Manager
Chris Kenneally	Post-Production Supervisor
Steve Kornacki	Production Coordinator
Michael Fucci	Location Manager
David Wechsler	Assistant Director
Todd Judson	Assistant Production Coordinator
Massoumeh Emami	Script Supervisor
Keith Krinsky	Assistant Location Manager
Peter Newman	Assistant Director
Hans Graffunder	Unit Production Manager
Joe Hobeck	Post-Production Supervisor
Eric Yellin	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Allan Byer	Sound Mixer
Rachel Chancey	Foley Editor
Rachel Chancey	Sound Recordist - Recordist
Lewis Goldstein	Rerecording Mixer
Lewis Goldstein	Supervising Sound Editor
Mark Filip	Sound Effects Editor
Derek Somaru	Post-Production Sound - Post Production Sound Intern
Alfredo Viteri	Boom Operator
Damian Volpe	Foley Recordist
Damian Volpe	ADR - ADR Recordist
Jay Peck	Foley Artist
Shaun Brennan	Foley Artist
Visual Effects	Credit
Leanne Shapton	Titles - Titles Designer
Markus Janner	Titles and Opticals - Digital Opticals and Titles
Jennifer Russomanno	Titles and Opticals - Digital Opticals and Titles
Keith Yurevitz	Titles and Opticals - Digital Opticals and Titles
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Amy Westcott	Costume Designer
Lisa Marzolf	Costume Supervisor
Karen Waiton	Assistant Costume Designer
Mei Lai Hippisley Coxe	Costumer - Set Costumer
Maya Hardinge	Makeup Artist
Lori Guidroz	Hair Stylist

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