Kicking and Screaming (1995)

Regisseur:

Noah Baumbach

Drehbuchautoren:

Noah Baumbach (story) &
Oliver Berkman (story) ...

Premierendatum:

6. Oktober 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama

Werbezeile:

Anxiety loves company.

Plot:

Following graduation, a handful of college students do nothing and talk about it wittily.

Plot Keywords:

Flashback Sequence | Literary | Classroom | Bar | Male Female Relationship

Auszeichnungen:

1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

For anyone who has faced the real world, and promptly ran away from it.

Besetzung

Josh Hamilton	...	Grover
Samuel Gould	...	Pete (as Sam Gould)
Catherine Kellner	...	Gail
Jonathan Baumbach	...	Professor
John Lehr	...	Louis
Olivia d'Abo	...	Jane
Peter Czernin	...	Lester
Carlos Jacott	...	Otis
Chris Eigeman	...	Max
Eric Stoltz	...	Chet
Eliza Roberts	...	Josselyn
Jason Wiles	...	Skippy
Parker Posey	...	Miami
Christopher Reed	...	Friedrich (as Chris Reed)
Noah Baumbach	...	Danny

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language, and some sexuality.

Länge:

96 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Ultra Stereo

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:L | USA:R (certificate #33770) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | UK:15 (video premiere) | Singapore:PG (cut)

Drehorte:

Occidental College -1600 Campus Road, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Castleberg Productions

Dies und das:

According to Noah Baumbach at the Lincoln Center anniversary screening, there was another actor scheduled to play the lead role who dropped out at the last minute, prompting Tri-mark to tell him to 'find a star' or they'd cancel the movie. Baumbach quickly faxed his good friend Eric Stolz who was filming Rob Roy in Scotland, and got him to sign on to the movie even though there was no character written for him. They created the character of Chet together, doing a lot of improvisation, in particular the famous 'book club' scene.

Dialogzitate:

Max: What I used to able to pass off as a bad summer could now potentially turn into a bad life.

Querbezüge:

Nimmt Bezug auf Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)

Soundtrack:

Shoot Your Way to Freedom

For anyone who has faced the real world, and promptly ran away from it.

Kicking and Screaming is hilarious and depressing all at once, as it follows the lives of recent college graduates who simply cannot move on with their lives. Sharing a house near campus, they eventually get sucked back into their old routines: hitting on freshman girls, drinking at the same bar, and even re-enrolling in courses. This lifestyle can't continue forever, though, and soon each character must make some choices that allow them to go forward, however reluctantly that may be. While the plot revolves around the romance between Grover and Jane, the most enjoyable and funny moments come from scenes where the housemates are just hanging out together, expounding on their somewhat pitiful lives.

Great performances by all, including Chris Eigeman (who you might recognize from various Whit Stilman films or TV's "It's like, you know..."), Parker Posey (always crazy and hilarious), and Eric Stoltz, as the bartender who has been attending college for over a decade...a frightening glimpse of things to come.