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JACK GOES BOATING

JACK GOES BOATING
by Philip Seymour Hoffman
Country: USA
Year: 2010
Duration: 89'


jack goes boating

 

Jack, a limo driver obsessed with reggae, and Connie, employed in a funeral home, are two single people who on their own might continue to recede into the background of New York city, before of meeting each other and find the courage to pursue their budding relationship. And while their friends Clyde and Lucy are confronting the unresolved issues in their marriage in crisis, Connie inspires Jack to learn to cook, pursue a new career and take swimming lessons, so he can give Connie the romantic boat ride she dreams of.

 

“Jack is a guy who’s probably had a few relationships in his life, but nothing really substantial. Fear has dictated his comings and goings during the first half of his life. He’s not stunted or anything; it’s all fear. He actually is kind of a cool guy. When you’re working on a play, you try to explore the things that might only be implied and fill in the blanks. In the movie, we got to explore a lot of different environments and interactions that couldn’t be seen in the play.”

Biography

film director

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman (Fairport, NY, USA, 1967) graduated at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 1989 and his breakthrough role came in Boogie Nights (1997) by Paul Thomas Anderson, with whom he worked in Magnolia (1999) and Punch-Drunk Love (2002). He then has starred in films such as The Big Lebowsky (1998) by Joel Coen, Happiness (1998) by Todd Solondz, Almost Famous (2000) by Cameron Crowe, State and Main (2000) by David Mamet and 25th Hour (2002) by Spike Lee. With his role in Capote (2005), by Bennet Miller, he was awarded with the Best Actor Oscar in 2006. After Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007) by Sidney Lumet and Charlie Wilson’s War (2007) by Mike Nichols, he received a second nomination for his performance in Doubt (2008) by John Patrick Shanley. With Pirate Radio (2009), by Richard Curtis, he returns to comedy. Jack Goes Boating is his first film as a director.


FILMOGRAFIA

filmografia/filmography

Jack Goes Boating (2010).

Cast

& Credits

regia/director

Philip Seymour Hoffman

soggetto/story

dall’omonima pièce di/from the play of the same title by Bob Glaudini

sceneggiatura/screenplay

Bob Glaudini

fotografia/cinematography

W. Mott Hupfel III

montaggio/film editing

Brian A. Kates

scenografia/production design

Thérèse DePrez

costumi/costume design

Mimi O’Donnell

musica/music

Grizzly Bear, Evan Lurie

suono/sound

Kate Driscoll

interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters

Philip Seymour Hoffman (Jack), Amy Rya (Connie), John Ortiz (Clyde), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Lucy)

produttori/producers

Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Beth O’Neil, Emily Ziff

produzione/production

Big Beach Films, Overture Films, Olfactory Productions, Cooper’s Town Productions

coproduttore/coproducer

George Paaswell

vendita all’estero/world sales

Overture Films

 

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