Nobel Son
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| Nobel Son | |
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 Promotional poster for Nobel Son |
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| Directed by | Randall Miller |
| Produced by | Art Klein Michael Ravine Tom Soulanille |
| Written by | Jody Savin Randall Miller (story & screenplay) |
| Starring | Alan Rickman Bryan Greenberg Eliza Dushku Bill Pullman Danny DeVito |
| Music by | Paul Oakenfold Mark Adler |
| Cinematography | Mike Ozier |
| Editing by | Randall Miller |
| Release date(s) | April 4, 2008 |
| Running time | 102 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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Nobel Son is a 2007 drama about a dysfunctional family. The father, played by Alan Rickman, wins the Nobel Prize. Eliza Dushku plays an insane asylum escapee. Other actors include Danny DeVito, Bill Pullman, Mary Steenburgen, Shawn Hatosy, Bryan Greenberg, Ted Danson, and Tracey Walter.
[edit] Synopsis
Barkley Michaelson is in a deep life rut. He's struggling to finish his PhD thesis when his father, the learned Eli Michaelson, wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Barkley and his mother, Sarah, a renowned forensic psychiatrist, now have the ill-fortune of living with a man-eating monster whose philandering ways have gotten less and less discreet. As if Barkley's world is not bad enough, on the eve of his father receiving the Nobel, Barkley is kidnapped and the requested ransom is the $2,000,000 in Nobel prize money. Needless to say, Eli refuses to pay it and so starts a venomous tale of familial dysfunction, lust, betrayal and ultimately revenge. In the words of Michel De Montaigne, the 16th century philosopher: "There is more barbarity in eating a man alive than in eating him dead."
Shooting for Nobel Son started on Thursday, October 6, 2005 in Venice Beach, California and ended on November 17, 2005. The official trailer and website were released on January 12, 2007.
[edit] Release
The movie was released on April 28 and screened until May 2 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. The entire cast attended the premiere and all of the screenings were sold-out. It has been getting extremely positive reviews[1] and was one of the festival highlights.
The movie has been picked up for distribution by Freestyle Releasing and will be released in 1,000 theaters on April 4, 2008.
According to Freestyle Releasing's website, Nobel Son is set to be released in September of 2008.
[edit] External links
- Nobel Son at the Internet Movie Database
- Nobel Son movie site
- Eliza Dushku confirms Nobel Son (wizarduniverse.com)
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