In a World... (2013)

An underachieving voice coach finds herself competing in the movie trailer voice-over profession against her arrogant father and his protégé.

Director:

Lake Bell

Writer:

Lake Bell

Stars:

Lake Bell, Fred Melamed, Michaela Watkins

3 wins & 17 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lake Bell	...	Carol Solomon
Rob Corddry	...	Moe
Alexandra Holden	...	Jamie
Eva Longoria	...	Eva Longoria
Ken Marino	...	Gustav Warner
Demetri Martin	...	Louis
Fred Melamed	...	Sam Soto
Tig Notaro	...	Cher
Nick Offerman	...	Heners
Michaela Watkins	...	Dani
Geena Davis	...	Katherine Huling
Stephanie Allynne	...	Nancy
Melissa Disney	...	Melinda Chisney
Olya Milova	...	Mimi
Corsica Wilson	...	Stacy

Storyline

An underachieving vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to pursue her aspirations of becoming a voiceover star. Amidst pride, sexism and family dysfunction, she sets out to change the voice of a generation.

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Plot Keywords:

female empowerment | voice artist | father daughter rivalry | sister sister relationship | father daughter relationship | 

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Taglines:

Speak up and let your voice be heard.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language including some sexual references

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was shot in 20 days.

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Goofs

When Carol is sitting at the table eating peanut butter, the position of the label on the jar of chocolate peanut butter keeps changing.

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Quotes

Louis: The studio heard the temp recording you did and they want your voice on the trailer, Carol.
Carol: But I'm a chick.
Louis: Yeah, I know. I'm acutely aware of that.

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Crazy Credits

During the opening credits, clips of TV commercials for the GEICO insurance company with Don Lafontaine on-camera are featured.

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #21.206 (2013)

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Soundtracks

Roxanne
Written by Sting (as Gordon Sumner)
Performed by The Police
Courtesy of A&M Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Cracking little indie comedy from Lake Bell

Lake Bell wrote, directed and starred in this comedy of a voice coach who wants to make it as a voice-over star, a boy's club dominated by her famous father, the reigning king of movie trailer voice-overs. The small group are competing for the voice-over role for an epic new blockbuster series that's bringing back Don LaFontaine's famous "In a World..." putting the father and daughter at conflict.

Currently making its rounds of the festivals, where it picked up the Waldo Salt Screen writing award at Sundance USA and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. It's a great script that zips along, full of believable characters, handles the central conflict deftly and is never annoyingly quirky, just consistently funny.

Featuring an uncredited cameo by Cameron Diaz and a whole host of comedic talent from the LA circuit including Demetri Martin, Ken Marino, Rob Corddry, Geena Davis, Nick Offerman and Eva Longoria. Lake Bell confirmed at the Sundance London director's Q&A she'd written the script with all her friends in mind but she is the stand-out, anchoring the film and flawlessly delivering around different accents in her performance.

A feminist film that delivers its message without forcing itself upon you and puts the comedy foremost, it's great fun, well worth tracking down at release and shows Lake Bell to be a great talent to watch.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

13 September 2013 (UK)

Also Known As:

A Voz de uma Geração

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$70,541, 11 August 2013

Gross USA:

$2,963,902

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,114,953

Company Credits

Production Co:

3311 Productions, In A World, Team G

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1