Man in the Chair (2007)

Christopher Plummer plays Flash, a curmudgeon with a hankering for classic movies and booze. Cameron is a volatile teen who commits grand theft auto just because the car is an exact replica... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Schroeder

Writer:

Michael Schroeder

Stars:

Christopher Plummer, Michael Angarano, M. Emmet Walsh

8 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christopher Plummer	...	Flash Madden
Michael Angarano	...	Cameron Kincaid
M. Emmet Walsh	...	Mickey Hopkins
Robert Wagner	...	Taylor Moss
Joshua Boyd	...	Murphy White
Mimi Kennedy	...	Judy Kincaid
Mitch Pileggi	...	Floyd
Tracey Walter	...	Mr. Klein
Taber Schroeder	...	Brett Raven
Jody Ashworth	...	Orson Welles
Ed Marques	...	Man in theater
Carlene Moore	...	Woman in theater
Pete Antico	...	Murray
John Rezig	...	Young Flash
Rob Reinis	...	Teacher (as Robert Reinis)

Storyline

Christopher Plummer plays Flash, a curmudgeon with a hankering for classic movies and booze. Cameron is a volatile teen who commits grand theft auto just because the car is an exact replica from Christine. Their relationship is forged in the darkness of a movie theater and fueled by a mutual appreciation of rebellion and cinema. Cameron enters a student film contest, though he lacks the resources of his peers. Learning that Flash is a retired Hollywood gaffer-and the only surviving crew member from Citizen Kane-Cameron follows him to his home at the Motion Picture Residence for the Elderly, a colony of aging film folk set aside by the industry. A quirky fellowship develops, in which Flash and his friends help Cameron make his film, and, in doing so, change his life.

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Plot Keywords:

movie theater | teen | mentor | german shepherd | los angeles california | 

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Taglines:

Separated by a Generation, United by a Passion

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language and thematic elements

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 January 2008 (UK)

Also Known As:

Filmbarát

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Elbow Grease Pictures, Man in the Chair

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min 107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The legendary Production Manager/Assistant Director Abby Singer portrays one of the senior residents in the retirement home and plays the First AD on Cameron's student film. (The "Abby Singer" shot is the second to the last shot of the day; it proceeds "the martini", which is the last shot of the day.)

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Goofs

In one of the "Citizen Kane" flashbacks, Orson Welles' name is misspelled on the clapper slate.

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Quotes

Flash Madden: Nietzsche was full of shit, most of the time. Tolstoy said that Nietzsche was stupid and, uh... abnormal.

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Connections

Features Holiday Inn (1942)

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Soundtracks

"Silent Night"

User Reviews

Could get Oscar nominations

Saw this film at the Stony Brook Film Festival where my short film preceded it to an audience of about 1000 people! No surprise that it won Audience Favorite for feature films there...the whole theater gave filmmaker Michael Schroeder and actors Christoper Plummer and M. Emmett Walsh a standing ovation! A wonderful film of a crotchety old gaffer living with other retired film people in an LA nursing home for industry people, who comes alive when a young film student enlists him for film-making advice, and then actually making something.

I can easily see Christopher Plummer get Oscar and other nominations later this year...and I also hope that M. Emmett Walsh gets noticed for Best Supporting. He lights up the screen when his love for writing in the film gives him a new purpose later in his life.