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31 January 2003 (UK) moreTagline:
A Comic TragedyPlot:
Following the unexplained suicide of his wife Liza, website designer Wilson Joel (Philip Seymour Hoffman) turns to gasoline fumes and remote control gaming while avoiding an inevitable conflict with his mother-in-law (Kathy Bates). full summary | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Film: Review:The Marc Pease Experience (From The AV Club. 27 August 2009, 12:00 PM, PDT)
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Beautiful, Sad, and a Little Bit Wacky more (89 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Philip Seymour Hoffman | ... | Wilson Joel | |
| J.D. Walsh | ... | Bern (as JD Walsh) | |
| Jimmy Raskin | ... | Pad | |
| Kathy Bates | ... | Mary Ann Bankhead | |
| Erika Alexander | ... | Brenda | |
| Sarah Koskoff | ... | Maura | |
| Mark Hannibal | ... | Waiter with Drink | |
| Jim Wise | ... | Bland Man | |
| Trace Turville | ... | Bland Woman | |
| Wayne Duvall | ... | Gas Station | |
| Stephen Tobolowsky | ... | Tom Bailey | |
| Kevin Breznahan | ... | Jim | |
| Jennifer Keddy | ... | Lynne | |
| David Lenthall | ... | Hobbytown USA Clerk (as David Lenthal) | |
| Jack Kehler | ... | Denny |
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Iceland:12 | Germany:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Canada:14A | Spain:13 | USA:RFun Stuff
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Denny: So what do you got in there?Wilson Joel: What do I got?
Denny: Yeah, Maura said you have a plane.
Wilson Joel: Yeah. It's really, really... I just got it.
Denny: Oh yeah, when?
Wilson Joel: Oh, not today. I mean... not today! You know?
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I saw this film at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival. This is the feature directorial debut of actor Todd Louiso (and yes, he talks and acts exactly like his character in High Fidelity). Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Wilson Joel, a man whose wife has committed suicide before the film begins. We follow Wilson as he tries to carry on, unable to open the suicide note she left for him, becoming addicted to sniffing gasoline fumes, and trying to make friends among radio-control car/boat/plane enthusiasts. If it sounds a bit wacky, it is. It's also beautiful and very very sad. Hoffman is a genius at playing lovable sad sacks, and he's even better than usual here, carrying the entire picture on his slumped shoulders. The wonderful Jack Kehler (who played the artistic superintendent in The Big Lebowski) provides excellent comic relief. Philip's brother Gordy Hoffman wrote the screenplay, and the film took four years to get made. Obviously a labour of love. A gorgeous melancholy soundtrack from Jim O'Rourke adds immeasurably to an already powerful film.