Country: USA
Year: 2015
Duration: 95'
After her mother passes away, sixty-year-old Doris takes a self-help seminar where she learns not to neglect the romantic side of life, but to pursue it wholeheartedly. She finds any way to connect with her young neighbor: she starts going to electronic music concerts, to hipster cafés, and into the beating heart of Brooklyn’s social scene. Doris is like a fish out of water, but her authentic retro charm helps her become popular among local hipsters. At the expense, however, of her loved ones.
Biography
film director
Michael Showalter
Michael Showalter (USA, 1970) graduated from NYU and became one of the founding members of the New York comedy group The State and Stella. He cowrote David Wain’s comedies Wet Hot American Summer (2001) and They Came Together (2014), while The Baxter (2005) marks his directorial debut. He also appeared in a few episodes of Law & Order and wrote the sitcom Super Fun Night (2013-2014) for the TV network ABC. He collaborated again with Wain in 2015 in creating the sitcom Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, based on their 2001 film.
FILMOGRAFIA
Stella Shorts 1998-2002 (video, 2002), The Baxter (2005), Michael & Michael Have Issues (tv, ep. College, Pulling Your Weight, Matchmakers, Biederman’s Birthday, Greg the Intern, 2009), Michael Showalter’s the Making of... (tv, ep. The Subway Commercials, The Intel Choir Commercial, The Kay Jewelers Commercials, The Charles Schwab Commercials, 2010), You’re Whole (tv, ep. Tools/Drawing Comics/Spin Class, 2012; ep. Lemonade/Fishing/Cupcakes, 2013; ep. Droppin’ the ‘G’/Ancient Egypt/Puffy Paints, 2013; ep. Propofol/Telescopes/Abraham Lincoln, 2014; ep. Finding Love, 2014; ep. Attitude, 2014), Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015).
Declaration
film director
“Laura Terroso was a student at NYU. She wasn’t in my classes. I saw her film in one of the short film festivals. I just thought it was really funny. We kind of became friends and started talking about writing something together. Then we worked on a bunch of different ideas and then came back around to what if we took the Doris short and turned it into a feature? […] I liked the main character, the Doris character. It felt like a really interesting comedic protagonist.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Michael Showalter
soggetto/story
dal cortometraggio/from the short film Doris & the Intern di/by Laura Terruso
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Michael Showalter, Laura Terruso
fotografia/cinematography
Brian Burgoyne
montaggio/film editing
Robert Nassau
scenografia/production design
Melanie Jones
costumi/costume design
Rebecca Gregg
musica/music
Brian H. Kim
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Sally Field (Doris Miller), Max Greenfield (John Fremont), Beth Behrs (la ragazza di John/John’s girlfriend), Wendi McLendon-Covey (Cynthia), Stephen Root (Todd), Elizabeth Reaser, Isabella Acres (Vivian), Tyne Daly (la migliore amica di Doris/Doris’ best friend)
produttori/producers
Daniel Crown, Kevin Mann, Riva Marker, Jordana Mollick, Daniela Taplin Lundberg
produzione/production
Haven Entertainment, Red Crown Productions
coproduttori/coproducers
Christopher Boyd, Anthony Brandonisio, Dominic Ottersbach
distribuzione/distribution
Sony Pictures
contatti/contacts
Sony Pictures
press@spe.sony.com
www.sonypictures.com
Michael Showalter
soggetto/story
dal cortometraggio/from the short film Doris & the Intern di/by Laura Terruso
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Michael Showalter, Laura Terruso
fotografia/cinematography
Brian Burgoyne
montaggio/film editing
Robert Nassau
scenografia/production design
Melanie Jones
costumi/costume design
Rebecca Gregg
musica/music
Brian H. Kim
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Sally Field (Doris Miller), Max Greenfield (John Fremont), Beth Behrs (la ragazza di John/John’s girlfriend), Wendi McLendon-Covey (Cynthia), Stephen Root (Todd), Elizabeth Reaser, Isabella Acres (Vivian), Tyne Daly (la migliore amica di Doris/Doris’ best friend)
produttori/producers
Daniel Crown, Kevin Mann, Riva Marker, Jordana Mollick, Daniela Taplin Lundberg
produzione/production
Haven Entertainment, Red Crown Productions
coproduttori/coproducers
Christopher Boyd, Anthony Brandonisio, Dominic Ottersbach
distribuzione/distribution
Sony Pictures
contatti/contacts
Sony Pictures
press@spe.sony.com
www.sonypictures.com
