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Ivansxtc (2000) 6.7
Update on Leo Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," set in contemporary Hollywood. Director:Bernard Rose |
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Ivan Beckman
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| Peter Weller | ... |
Don West
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Danny McTeague
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Adam Krentzman | ... |
Barry Oaks
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Charlotte White
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Alison Taylor | ... |
Nurse Jackie
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Joanne Duckman | ... |
Marcia Beckman
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Robert Graham | ... |
Sid Beckman
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| Caroleen Feeney | ... |
Rosemary Kramer
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| Sarah Danielle Goldberg | ... |
Naomi
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Lucy Lawrence
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Jay Lavender | ... |
Phil
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Carol Rose | ... |
Judy Tarzana
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Steve Dickman | ... |
Melvin
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Wendy Rhoads | ... |
Missy
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Ivan Beckman, Hollywood's most sought after talent agent, the darling and crown prince of La-La Land is dead. How and why did it happen? Was it drugs, murder or excess, or perhaps something altogether more mundane? We begin with an ending and then catapult back a number of days to the apex of Ivan's brilliant career as he bags international megastar Don West onto his company's books, and then charts the highs, lows (and they are so very low) and extreme excesses of his final days. Written by Sujit R. Varma
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EnglishRelease Date:
19 July 2002 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Ivans xtc. (To Live and Die in Hollywood) See more »Box Office
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$5,544 (USA) (14 June 2002)Gross:
$21,378 (USA) (14 June 2002)Company Credits
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Don West: What, did he freebase his face off?
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Composed by Frédéric Chopin
Performed by Bernard Rose
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[Upon hearing of Ivan Beckman's death]Don West: What, did he freebase his face off?
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"Etude, Opus 10, number 9"Composed by Frédéric Chopin
Performed by Bernard Rose
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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?