Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)

Director:

Goran Dukic

Writers:

Goran Dukic (screenplay)
Etgar Keret (short story "Kneller's Happy Campers")

Release Date:

2 November 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

Life is a trip, but the afterlife is one hell of a ride.

Plot:

A film set in a strange afterlife way station that has been reserved for people who have committed suicide.

Plot Keywords:

Binoculars | Apology | Toast | Notebook | First Kiss

Awards:

9 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Patrick Fugit	...	Zia
Shannyn Sossamon	...	Mikal
Shea Whigham	...	Eugene
Tom Waits	...	Kneller
Will Arnett	...	Messiah
Leslie Bibb	...	Desiree
John Hawkes	...	Yan
Mikal P. Lazarev	...	Nanuk
Sarah Roemer	...	Rachel
Abraham Benrubi	...	Erik
Azura Skye	...	Tania
Nick Offerman	...	Max
Mark Boone Junior	...	Mike
Jake Busey	...	Brian
Clayne Crawford	...	Jim

Also Known As:

Pizzeria Kamikaze (International: English title) (informal title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and disturbing content involving suicide.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

No Matter Pictures

Trivia:

Eugene (Shea Whigham) isn't smoking pot throughout the film, he's actually smoking tobacco cigarettes. Actor Whigham noticed director Goran Dukic smoked loose tobacco and rolled his own cigarettes and carried it in a plastic bag, and said that's what he wanted Eugene to smoke.

Goofs:

Continuity: Approximately 44 minutes into the movie, when Zia first encounters the note written by Desiree, she writes the letter "I" in cursive, when he goes outside to show it to his two friends, the letter "I" in the note is shown again in print.

Quotes:

Mikal: Who the hell wants to be stuck in a place where you can't even smile?

Movie Connections:

References Nanook of the North (1922)

Soundtrack:

Love Song

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this is a must see picture. if you enjoyed Garden State then you will most definitely enjoy this. A movie that deals with life, and the appreciation of it all, even from a dead perspective in a creative way. a must see for Tom Waits Fans and recommended to anyone who's a sucker for a love story. The movie deals with what's at the core of a person. Cinematography that let's a viewer sink into the story, and laugh at what most would refer to as a "dark" or "sad" topic. With all that's going on in the world, it's about time that we start to realize that life is what we have, it's something valuable, that we have the choice to live, and can start living it any day. When Mikal says, "most of my friends were already half dead or dead anyways.", it does make you think and the movie pushes the idea it's never to late to start your life. The actors are all well picked for this movie, it seems as though they all move with ease together. You will leave the theater feeling not so much better about life, but with a smile on your face. You'll feel not a huge sigh of a relief, but a sigh of delight. Something about the movie made me remember time and time again that the purpose is to enjoy what you have, and to love without regret. It's a movie that makes you appreciate life from a new angle.