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Family,
friendship and romance find a voice in Dummy, the smartly offbeat
and charming debut comedy from writer and director Greg Pritikin.
Steven Schoichet (Adrien Brody, Academy Award® winner for
The Pianist) is browbeaten at every turn, by his family, his dead-end
job, the faceless suburb where he still lives at home. That is
until he decides to make a change. Ventriloquism. Hey, a dreams
a dream.
His family barely pays him enough attention to even dismiss the
idea his mother (Jessica Walter, Slums of Beverly Hills)
is only concerned that he eat something, and his father (Ron Liebman,
Tony Award® winner for Angels In America) only
thinks of his model ships. Stevens sister (Illeana Douglas,
Grace of My Heart) recently broke off her engagement to an unstable
accountant (Jared Harris, Happiness), which makes her career as
a wedding planner an emotional minefield. His only supporter is
neighbor Fangora (Milla Jovovich, Resident Evil) really
its Fanny, but thats not very punk who has
her own aspirations to stardom.
After
Steven loses his job, things actually start to turn around. He
falls for his counselor at the unemployment office (Vera Farmiga,
Fifteen Minutes), and through the best efforts of Steven and the
little friend on his knee, good things start to happen for everyone
around him. A restraining order leads to new love, a rock band
learns Yiddish, and everything clicks into place at somebody elses
wedding. Funny, winsome, quick-witted, and brave this Dummy
is pretty sharp.
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Dummy
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Director: Greg Pritikin
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Country: USA
Year: 2002
Time: 90 minutes
Distributor: Artisan
Release Date: September 12, 2003
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Cast:
Adrien Brody, Milla Jovovich, Illeana Douglas, Vera Farmiga,
Jessica Walter, Ron Leibman, Jared Harris
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Producer:
Richard Temtchine, Bob Fagan
Screenplay: Greg Pritikin
Cinematography: Horacio Marquinez
Editor: Bill Henry, Michael Palmerio
Production Designer: Charlotte Bourke
Sound: Teresa Radka
Music: Mike Reukberg
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