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I am a sick man...Plot:
Adapted from Dostoevsky's novella, Henry Czerny plays the narrator, Underground Man. Filled with self-hatred... more | add synopsisAwards:
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Brilliant adaptation of a great book moreCast
(Credited cast) | Henry Czerny | ... | The Underground Man |
 | Sheryl Lee | ... | Liza |
 | Jon Favreau | ... | Zerkov |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Seth Green | ... | Punk Neighbor |
 | Christine Hanson | ... | Floozie |
| Alina Panova | ... | Zerkov's floozie |
| Kristine Pham | ... | Hostess |
| Geoffrey Rivas | ... | Tom |
 | Eamonn Roche | ... | Simon |
| Charlie Stratton | ... | Jerry |
 | James Troesh | ... | The Boss |
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Ignore the last user, this film is definitely worth the view. As a big Dostoevsky fan and film nerd I remember seeing this film listed on the line up for the Boston film festival and was immediately intrigued.
I'm very picky when it comes to adaptations of books I like, so I was pleasantly surprised with how well cast the film was. Czerny was a brilliant underground man and Lee (better known at that time from her Twin Peaks fame) was a perfect blend of hard and vulnerable. The only casting choice I was somewhat iffy on was Jon Favreau, who was just starting the "Swingers" hype, I just never pictured him to be the right age and sort for the role.
Adapting a book whose entire structure is the monologue ramblings of a conflicted character is not an easy task, but here the film is a perfect blend of snide voice over, action and still manages to convey the spirit of the novel.
I'll always remember the Boston Globe reviewer commenting that he never thought one could put Dostoevsky and comedy in the same thought, but somehow this film had. I agree, though I always knew Fyodor had has witty side.
All in all I was greatly saddened that the film never got a wide release after that, so I never saw it again, pity I'd have dragged all my literary minded friends to it.