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Casting About (2004) -- A lyrical documentary that explores the experience of casting for a dramatic film, weaving together footage from auditions with 350 actresses in Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London, and Los Angeles.

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A lyrical documentary about the experience of casting actresses for a dramatic film. | full synopsis
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Cast

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Wendy Elizabeth Abraham ... Herself

Mädchen Amick ... Herself
Jeannette Arndt ... Herself
Solveig August ... Herself
Nina Bagusat ... Herself
Kristina Bangert ... Herself
Silvana Bayer ... Herself
Emily Behr ... Herself
Amalie Bizer ... Herself

Elizabeth Bogush ... Herself

Tina Bordihn ... Herself
Hannah Bourne ... Herself

Jennifer Bradley ... Herself

Brigid Brannagh ... Herself
Julia Bremermann ... Herself

Liz May Brice ... Herself
Anne-Sophie Briest ... Herself
Julie Carpineto ... Herself
Kim Cassidy ... Herself
Lara Cazalet ... Herself
Stacey Cervellino ... Herself
Sarah Charipar ... Herself
Stephanie Childers ... Herself

Diana Cignoni ... Herself
Darcy Cohler ... Herself

Jessica Collins ... Herself
Tiffany Conroy ... Herself

Mary Kay Cook ... Herself
Melisande Cook ... Herself
Honey Crawford ... Herself
Rosana Crombie ... Herself
Gesine Cukrowski ... Herself

Annette Culp ... Herself

Sandra Darnell ... Herself

Manao DeMuth ... Herself
Kelly Dirstine ... Herself
Melanie Dix ... Herself
Nora Düding ... Herself
Heather Dumont ... Herself

Anna Easteden ... Herself (as Anna Shemeikka)

Nicole Eggert ... Herself
Kerry Elkins ... Herself

Tania Emery ... Herself
Jennifer Engstrom ... Herself
Nicole Ernst ... Herself

Mareike Fell ... Herself
Deirdre Fitzmaurice ... Herself
Molly Flynn ... Herself

Nina Franoszek ... Herself
Phoebe Frye ... Herself
Susanne Gärtner ... Herself
Jule Gartzke ... Herself
Johanna-Christine Gehlen ... Herself
Claudia Geisler ... Herself
Jasmin Gerat ... Herself

Sue Gillan ... Herself
Linda Gillum ... Herself

Dana Goodman ... Herself (as Dana Min Goodman)

Shana Goodsell ... Herself
Sharon Gopfert ... Herself
Eva Habermann ... Herself
Audrey Hager ... Herself
Nicole Halstead ... Herself
Sarah Hankins ... Herself
Khara Hanlon ... Herself
Petra Hartung ... Herself
Lauren Hayward ... Herself
Darra Herman ... Herself

Erin Hershey ... Herself
Michaela Hinnenthal ... Herself
Elizabeth Hobbs ... Herself
Deborah Hodges ... Herself
Alexandra Holden ... Herself
Lian-Marie Holmes ... Herself
Holli Hornlien ... Herself
Julia Horvath ... Herself (as Julia Christina)
Susanne Hoss ... Herself
Simone Huber ... Herself

Marin Ireland ... Herself

Sarah Rachel Isenberg ... Herself
Danica Ivancevic ... Herself

Katie Jeep ... Herself

Eva Kaminsky ... Herself
Megan Kellie ... Herself

Jennifer Kern ... Herself
Deborah King ... Herself
Johanna Klante ... Herself
Anja Kling ... Herself
Valerie Koch ... Herself
Naomi Krauss ... Herself
Lauren Krol ... Herself
Bettina Kurth ... Herself
Linda Ladas ... Herself
Florentine Lahme ... Herself

Elizabeth Laidlaw ... Herself

Courtney Lamb ... Herself
Joy Lamberton ... Herself
Bettina Lamprecht ... Herself
Molly Lanzarotta ... Herself
Gwen Larsen ... Herself
Laura Latreille ... Herself
Caroline Lawton ... Herself
Christina Lazarakis ... Herself

Katrina Lenk ... Herself
Elin Lundgren ... Herself
Beate Maes ... Herself
Julia Malik ... Herself
Simone Marean ... Herself

Desiree Matthews ... Herself
Helen McElwain ... Herself
Anita McFarlane ... Herself

Aislín McGuckin ... Herself
Jameelah McMillan ... Herself
Coco Medvitz ... Herself
Kymberly Mellen ... Herself
Shelly Minto ... Herself
Juliana Mitchell ... Herself
Marina Morgan ... Herself
Michelle Morgan ... Herself

Sarah Jane Morris ... Herself (as Sarah Morris)
Hemmendy Nelson ... Herself

Elisabeth Oas ... Herself
Celeste Oliva ... Herself
Leigh Oquendo ... Herself

Clara Perez ... Herself
Danielle Perry ... Herself
Jillian Peterson ... Herself
Eliza Pierson ... Herself
Katherine Place ... Herself
Daria Polatin ... Herself
Carrie Porter ... Herself
Sabina Riedel ... Herself
Laura Rogers ... Herself

Katrina Romanoff ... Herself
Rachel Romanski ... Herself
Heather Rosbeck ... Herself
Heidi Saban ... Herself
Negaar Sagafi ... Herself
Kria Sakakeeny ... Herself
Angela Sandritter ... Herself
Franziska Schlattner ... Herself
Tracy Schmetterer ... Herself

Mandy Schneider ... Herself
Laura Schuhrk ... Herself
Jenn Schulte ... Herself
Saskia Schwarz ... Herself
Laura Schweitzer ... Herself
Leslie Sellers ... Herself
Nicole Shalhoub ... Herself
Lily Shaw ... Herself

Krissy Shields ... Herself

Mika Simmons ... Herself
Sybil Smith ... Herself
Patti Spahn ... Herself
Julia Stelter ... Herself
Maria Stevens ... Herself
Katja Studt ... Herself
Ann-Cathrin Sudhoff ... Herself
Clare Swinburne ... Herself
Isabella Szendzielorz ... Herself

Mina Tander ... Herself
Liz Terzo ... Herself
Elaine Theodore ... Herself
Patricia Thielemann ... Herself
Tabea Tiesler ... Herself
Laura Tonke ... Herself
Petra Torky ... Herself
Susie Trayling ... Herself
Saskia Valencia ... Herself
Holly Vanasse ... Herself
Brinley Arden Vickers ... Herself
Gillian Vigman ... Herself
Claudia Vogt ... Herself
Kathrin von Steinburg ... Herself

Andrea Walker ... Herself
Anastasia Webb ... Herself

Sarah Wellington ... Herself

Alexandra Wescourt ... Herself

Taylor Wilcox ... Herself
Jennifer Winters ... Herself
Amanda Witt ... Herself

Petra Wright ... Herself
Dawn Zeek ... Herself
Krysta Brielle Zeiset ... Herself
Helen Zellweger ... Herself
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USA:86 min
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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
The agony and the audition, 18 May 2006
8/10
Author: tjackson from Boston. MA

Casting About follows a group of actresses in five cities as they audition for parts in an independent film that the director, Barry Hershey, was intending to write and direct. There are three leading female roles available and these actresses pour their hearts into the auditions. Initially the auditions were to blend with the fictional narrative. Some actors signed waivers for this 'second film' that we are seeing, others were not willing to do so. But what we get is a thoroughly compelling group of attractive, convincing, and very talented professionals. They are in effect doing double duty, both performing and auditioning. But then that's the nature of the professional audition. There is none of the usual comedy associated auditioning that we often see in fiction films. This is serious business. They bring their lives and their souls to these moments, so much so that it can become uncomfortable at times. But that is the uncomfortable truth of auditions. Often men are the ones holding the audition and so there is an added element of power relationships involved.

The filmmakers make the interesting choice to keep the camera only on the actors, mostly in close up and extreme close up. We examine their bodies, hands, feet, eyes, lips, skin and creep into the emotional core of the actor's 'truth'. Though an actress friend I was with found the shooting style manipulative, voyeuristic, and exploitive - isn't that the nature of film? Ultimately, it seems uncomfortably appropriate to allow us the privileged gaze (male gaze) of cinema. To step back would break the spell. The audience comes away with a pained respect for what actors must go through over and over again and often (most often) to no avail. Some of the performances are really stunning. Some bring very challenging life situations to these auditions. If you are an actor you'll squirm with recognition. For the audience you'll come away with a great respect for the dedication of the acting profession and for what often seems an invisible art.

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