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      <title>Film:Margot at the Wedding</title>
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<strong>Title:</strong> Margot at the Wedding<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 2007<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> Noah Baumbach<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> Margot at the Wedding, writer/director <a href="/players/P___199728/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Noah Baumbach</a>'s follow-up to his Oscar nominated <a href=/films/256194/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>The Squid and the Whale</a>, stars <a href="/players/P____38065/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Nicole Kidman</a> as Margot, a woman who travels with her son to the wedding of her sister (Jennifer Jason Legih). The relationship between the two siblings has never been harmonious, a situation that is exacerbated when Margot discovers she despises her sister's fiancé (<a href="/players/P___195232/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jack Black</a>). ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 16<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 21<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 13<br/>
<strong>Number of discussion threads:</strong> 1<br/>
<strong>SpoutRating:</strong> 3<br/>
</td></tr></table>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 22:31:26 GMT</pubDate><spout:Title>Margot at the Wedding</spout:Title><spout:Year>2007</spout:Year><spout:Director>Noah Baumbach</spout:Director><spout:Plot>Margot at the Wedding, writer/director &lt;a href="/players/P___199728/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Noah Baumbach&lt;/a&gt;'s follow-up to his Oscar nominated &lt;a href=/films/256194/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;The Squid and the Whale&lt;/a&gt;, stars &lt;a href="/players/P____38065/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Nicole Kidman&lt;/a&gt; as Margot, a woman who travels with her son to the wedding of her sister (Jennifer Jason Legih). The relationship between the two siblings has never been harmonious, a situation that is exacerbated when Margot discovers she despises her sister's fiancé (&lt;a href="/players/P___195232/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Jack Black&lt;/a&gt;). ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide</spout:Plot><spout:TimesTagged>16</spout:TimesTagged><spout:taglevel>Tag Target (&gt;10)</spout:taglevel><spout:Numberoflists>21</spout:Numberoflists><spout:NumberOfBlogPosts>13</spout:NumberOfBlogPosts><spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads>1</spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads><spout:SpoutRating>3</spout:SpoutRating><spout:FilmCoverURL>http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s284765.jpg</spout:FilmCoverURL><spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL>http://www.spout.com/films/Margot_at_the_Wedding/284765/default.aspx</spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL><spout:type>Film</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Collaboration - Best Films of 2007</title>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/119628/default.aspx'>mercurial</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/3/2008 4:13:53 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> In no particular order: 1.) Persepolis - I really enjoyed this animated bildungsroman. 2.) 300 - I know it got a lot of flack, but damn if it wasn't one of the coolest looking movies. Nudity, blood, gore, and violence to the umpteenth degree. No extraneous thought necessary and I liked it. 3.) Year of the Dog - Molly Shannon in an amazing role for her. The vegan, PETA freak subject matter turned a good amount of people off this film but definitely worth a look. 4.) Waitress - Keri Russel is just so darn lovable in this flick it's practically unbearable. 5.) Grindhouse - Again, lots of divided people with this one. Some loved just one of the two films or hated it with a passion. I loved the whole thing (especially the faux trailers during intermission). 6.) Southland Tales - The convoluted plot and army of bizarre characters made this one unwatchable for some . . . but not for me. 7.) Margot at the Wedding - Just a great little emotional romper-stomper screwball comedy. 8.) Angel-A - Luc Besson is the shit. In a non-stinky poo kind of way. Great movie. 9.) Smiley Face - Completely unlike Gregg Araki's other films, but Anna Faris is unbelievably hilarious in this film. 10.) Ira &amp; Abby - Quirky romantic comedy. I'm a sucker for those.   Some family flicks that were also pretty good: Hairspray - Nothing like the original, but decent nonetheless. The Last Mimzy - Adorable little sci-fi flick for kids. Shrek the Third - I actually thought I would despise this considering the second film in the series annoyed me considerably, but I actually enjoyed it. Enchanted - Amy Adams carried this live-action fairy tale. <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:13:53 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>mercurial</spout:postby><spout:postto>Community Recommendations</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/3/2008 4:13:53 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>In no particular order: 1.) Persepolis - I really enjoyed this animated bildungsroman. 2.) 300 - I know it got a lot of flack, but damn if it wasn't one of the coolest looking movies. Nudity, blood, gore, and violence to the umpteenth degree. No extraneous thought necessary and I liked it. 3.) Year of the Dog - Molly Shannon in an amazing role for her. The vegan, PETA freak subject matter turned a good amount of people off this film but definitely worth a look. 4.) Waitress - Keri Russel is just so darn lovable in this flick it's practically unbearable. 5.) Grindhouse - Again, lots of divided people with this one. Some loved just one of the two films or hated it with a passion. I loved the whole thing (especially the faux trailers during intermission). 6.) Southland Tales - The convoluted plot and army of bizarre characters made this one unwatchable for some . . . but not for me. 7.) Margot at the Wedding - Just a great little emotional romper-stomper screwball comedy. 8.) Angel-A - Luc Besson is the shit. In a non-stinky poo kind of way. Great movie. 9.) Smiley Face - Completely unlike Gregg Araki's other films, but Anna Faris is unbelievably hilarious in this film. 10.) Ira &amp;amp; Abby - Quirky romantic comedy. I'm a sucker for those.   Some family flicks that were also pretty good: Hairspray - Nothing like the original, but decent nonetheless. The Last Mimzy - Adorable little sci-fi flick for kids. Shrek the Third - I actually thought I would despise this considering the second film in the series annoyed me considerably, but I actually enjoyed it. Enchanted - Amy Adams carried this live-action fairy tale. </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Lower Your Shields</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/tenenbaums/archive/2008/6/27/31768.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s284765.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/49792/default.aspx'>Tenenbaums</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/27/2008 9:49:15 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Far from the painful experience that I envisioned, Margot at the Wedding is not a film that I would recommend, but it pretty much worked for me. After writer/director Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale got me all hyped up (Wes Anderson production!  Co-writer of The Life Aquatic!  Great cast!  Funny trailer!) and then fed me an overdose of unnecessarily uncomfortable preteen sexual moments, my shields were raised to maximum levels for his follow-up feature.  But, as I did with the strong parts of Squid, I laughed a good bit at Margot's strong start.  And then the laughs and engaging moments kept coming. That's not to say there is a lack of the squeamish.  An early scene during Margot's (Nicole Kidman) first night at her sister's (Jennifer Jason Leigh) house ranks right up with Frank's forays into beer and self-stimulation in Squid.  Fortunately, that's as far as Baumbach ventures this time, though it seems that Malcolm's (Jack Black) breakdown is intended to elicit the same discomfort and raw emotion.  Instead, Black, who should receive the bulk of the credit for driving the film with his winning sophomoric brand of humor, similarly makes these scenes tolerable for the very reason that he is incapable of delivering true cringe-worthy emotion.  Instead, there is Black, ever much 1/2 of Tenacious D, doing his version of sorrow, and it's just the right balance of sketch comedy and actual pain to get us through unscathed. However, Baumbach again leaves us with a stinker of an ending.  Disney-esque conclusion is not a necessity for his films, but there is no need for a big (proportionately) finale intended to raise emotions to a climax after a string of subdued quirky moments.  His friend Wes Anderson is able to close his pictures with perfectly suitable conclusions that indeed are conclusions, yet flow with the rest of the film and leave the characters ready for their next occurrence.  Anderson understands the importance of a parting shot and has mastered it in his own brand of storytelling.  So far, this crucial component has eluded Baumbach and it unfortunately is the reason why his films leave audiences with a slightly, if not entirely, negative feeling. While Larry David mines the outright humor in the socially unacceptable on "Curb Your Enthusiasm," Baumbach seeks to likewise expose the unspeakable yet ultimately relevant nuances of humanity for good and for ill.  His goal is not comedy (even though laughter is a major player) but realism, though it's the kind of realism that few of my acquaintances experience and is certainly not something that we would choose to film or watch.  Perhaps that will be Baumbach's contribution to cinema when his body of work is more fully shaped: telling the truths about society that no one wants to hear, yet which may be the roots of our problems.  With his 80-90 minute glimpses into the unlit regions of the soul, there is hope that, though presently painful and sometimes unwatchable, his films will be overall cathartic and healing.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:49:15 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Tenenbaums</spout:postby><spout:postto>Tenenbaums Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/27/2008 9:49:15 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Far from the painful experience that I envisioned, Margot at the Wedding is not a film that I would recommend, but it pretty much worked for me. After writer/director Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale got me all hyped up (Wes Anderson production!  Co-writer of The Life Aquatic!  Great cast!  Funny trailer!) and then fed me an overdose of unnecessarily uncomfortable preteen sexual moments, my shields were raised to maximum levels for his follow-up feature.  But, as I did with the strong parts of Squid, I laughed a good bit at Margot's strong start.  And then the laughs and engaging moments kept coming. That's not to say there is a lack of the squeamish.  An early scene during Margot's (Nicole Kidman) first night at her sister's (Jennifer Jason Leigh) house ranks right up with Frank's forays into beer and self-stimulation in Squid.  Fortunately, that's as far as Baumbach ventures this time, though it seems that Malcolm's (Jack Black) breakdown is intended to elicit the same discomfort and raw emotion.  Instead, Black, who should receive the bulk of the credit for driving the film with his winning sophomoric brand of humor, similarly makes these scenes tolerable for the very reason that he is incapable of delivering true cringe-worthy emotion.  Instead, there is Black, ever much 1/2 of Tenacious D, doing his version of sorrow, and it's just the right balance of sketch comedy and actual pain to get us through unscathed. However, Baumbach again leaves us with a stinker of an ending.  Disney-esque conclusion is not a necessity for his films, but there is no need for a big (proportionately) finale intended to raise emotions to a climax after a string of subdued quirky moments.  His friend Wes Anderson is able to close his pictures with perfectly suitable conclusions that indeed are conclusions, yet flow with the rest of the film and leave the characters ready for their next occurrence.  Anderson understands the importance of a parting shot and has mastered it in his own brand of storytelling.  So far, this crucial component has eluded Baumbach and it unfortunately is the reason why his films leave audiences with a slightly, if not entirely, negative feeling. While Larry David mines the outright humor in the socially unacceptable on "Curb Your Enthusiasm," Baumbach seeks to likewise expose the unspeakable yet ultimately relevant nuances of humanity for good and for ill.  His goal is not comedy (even though laughter is a major player) but realism, though it's the kind of realism that few of my acquaintances experience and is certainly not something that we would choose to film or watch.  Perhaps that will be Baumbach's contribution to cinema when his body of work is more fully shaped: telling the truths about society that no one wants to hear, yet which may be the roots of our problems.  With his 80-90 minute glimpses into the unlit regions of the soul, there is hope that, though presently painful and sometimes unwatchable, his films will be overall cathartic and healing.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: The Strange Love of Wicked Little Things Vanishes Margot and Marnie</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/dibot/archive/2008/5/16/29294.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s284765.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 5/16/2008 1:46:21 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> I'm so far behind that these are going to be super short (even for me). Maybe I can catch up.  The Lady Vanishes, an Alfred Hitchcock ("Family Plot") movie mostly set in the confines of a train, is a mystery where one woman notices another has gone missing, but no one believes her. Of course. Good. Of course. But not Hitch's best.  I liked Marnie, another Hitchcock film, better. Tippi Hedren ("Dead White") stars as a con girl who falls for her mark, Sean Connery ("The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"). But then he turns the tables on her. There's also fits of hysterics, horses, crazy mothers, color flashbacks and birds. Different than the average Hitchcock, still very suspenseful and good.  The Strange Love of Martha Ivers was definitely strange. A young girl kills her overbearing aunt, but a friend witnesses the event and things change forever. Most of the story occurs when the participants are grown-up and full of bitter mind games. This is classified as a film noir, so it has much of the darkness, femme fatale and brooding anti-hero typical to that genre.  Margot at the Wedding is quite possible the worst movie I have ever seen. Wow. Horrible people saying ridiculous, hateful things to each other and behaving as humans never should. Jack Black ("Be Kind Rewind") is the best thing about this movie. Sad, but true.  Anther After Dark film, Wicked Little Things is definitely not the best, but there are some very creepy moments. A bunch of kids were buried alive in an old mine and have since been terrorizing the families in the area. When some new people move into an old house, they begin piecing together the mystery and things come to a head. Look for creepy old houses, zombie children and some annoying teenagers getting eaten alive.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 17:46:21 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>dibot</spout:postby><spout:postto>dibot Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>5/16/2008 1:46:21 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>I'm so far behind that these are going to be super short (even for me). Maybe I can catch up.  The Lady Vanishes, an Alfred Hitchcock ("Family Plot") movie mostly set in the confines of a train, is a mystery where one woman notices another has gone missing, but no one believes her. Of course. Good. Of course. But not Hitch's best.  I liked Marnie, another Hitchcock film, better. Tippi Hedren ("Dead White") stars as a con girl who falls for her mark, Sean Connery ("The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"). But then he turns the tables on her. There's also fits of hysterics, horses, crazy mothers, color flashbacks and birds. Different than the average Hitchcock, still very suspenseful and good.  The Strange Love of Martha Ivers was definitely strange. A young girl kills her overbearing aunt, but a friend witnesses the event and things change forever. Most of the story occurs when the participants are grown-up and full of bitter mind games. This is classified as a film noir, so it has much of the darkness, femme fatale and brooding anti-hero typical to that genre.  Margot at the Wedding is quite possible the worst movie I have ever seen. Wow. Horrible people saying ridiculous, hateful things to each other and behaving as humans never should. Jack Black ("Be Kind Rewind") is the best thing about this movie. Sad, but true.  Anther After Dark film, Wicked Little Things is definitely not the best, but there are some very creepy moments. A bunch of kids were buried alive in an old mine and have since been terrorizing the families in the area. When some new people move into an old house, they begin piecing together the mystery and things come to a head. Look for creepy old houses, zombie children and some annoying teenagers getting eaten alive.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Margot At The Wedding</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/awkwardj/archive/2008/3/29/26746.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s284765.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 3/29/2008 3:57:38 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> In a year of Invasions and Golden Pointerthingys, it&#39;s nice to see Nicole Kidman actually act. With relish.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:57:38 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>awkwardj</spout:postby><spout:postto>honest to blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>3/29/2008 3:57:38 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>In a year of Invasions and Golden Pointerthingys, it&amp;#39;s nice to see Nicole Kidman actually act. With relish.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Redacted, Southland, Margot. New in Theaters.</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2007/11/16/21731.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s284765.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/9325/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 11/16/2007 11:01:55 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Here’s a look at the notable films opening this week that we’ve previously covered here on SpoutBlog:

Redacted: Bill O’Reilly can finally get a look at the film he’s sight-unseen been threatening to boycott, while Magnolia finally gets to put that whole all-press-is-good-press maxim to the test. Here’s my review from Telluride; for a recap on the possibly-contrived battle between director Brian DePalma and producer/distributor Mark Cuban, see here, here and here.
Beowulf: Is director Robert Zemeckis not doing press for this film because he knows it’s a bad idea to compete with the post-Comic-Con gushage over Angelina Jolie’s nakedness?
Smiley Face: Kevin and Paul are big fans of Gregg Araki’s stoner comedy, which came off a successful festival run to be all but abandoned by its distributor. The film opens on one screen in L.A. today before going straight to DVD. Listen to Paul’s interview with Araki here.
Margot at the Wedding: Noah Baumbach’s follow-up to The Squid and the Whale is disappointing, despite Nicole Kidman’s strong performance as a wicked sister. Read the review here.
Southland Tales: What can I say? I thought it was funny.

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</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:01:55 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>11/16/2007 11:01:55 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Here’s a look at the notable films opening this week that we’ve previously covered here on SpoutBlog:

Redacted: Bill O’Reilly can finally get a look at the film he’s sight-unseen been threatening to boycott, while Magnolia finally gets to put that whole all-press-is-good-press maxim to the test. Here’s my review from Telluride; for a recap on the possibly-contrived battle between director Brian DePalma and producer/distributor Mark Cuban, see here, here and here.
Beowulf: Is director Robert Zemeckis not doing press for this film because he knows it’s a bad idea to compete with the post-Comic-Con gushage over Angelina Jolie’s nakedness?
Smiley Face: Kevin and Paul are big fans of Gregg Araki’s stoner comedy, which came off a successful festival run to be all but abandoned by its distributor. The film opens on one screen in L.A. today before going straight to DVD. Listen to Paul’s interview with Araki here.
Margot at the Wedding: Noah Baumbach’s follow-up to The Squid and the Whale is disappointing, despite Nicole Kidman’s strong performance as a wicked sister. Read the review here.
Southland Tales: What can I say? I thought it was funny.

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      <title>Spout Post: Margot at the Wedding</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2007/11/14/21686.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s284765.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 11/14/2007 2:01:38 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> 
I first saw Margot at the Wedding, Noah Baumbach’s follow-up to The Squid and the Whale, in September at Telluride. I generally disliked it, but I vowed to see it again at the New York Film Festival and, if my opinion had changed, update my original review. If anything, the second viewing solidified many of my initial, negative feelings about the movie, but I did gain deeper respect for the performances, particularly that of Nicole Kidman, who creates a magnificent villain with a vivid backstory, despite the fact that Baumbach gives her very little to work towards. I’ve updated my review to include some thoughts based on a second viewing; you’ll find the old version here, and the new version after the jump.
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I first saw Margot at the Wedding, Noah Baumbach’s follow-up to The Squid and the Whale, in September at Telluride. I generally disliked it, but I vowed to see it again at the New York Film Festival and, if my opinion had changed, update my original review. If anything, the second viewing solidified many of my initial, negative feelings about the movie, but I did gain deeper respect for the performances, particularly that of Nicole Kidman, who creates a magnificent villain with a vivid backstory, despite the fact that Baumbach gives her very little to work towards. I’ve updated my review to include some thoughts based on a second viewing; you’ll find the old version here, and the new version after the jump.
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      <title>Spout Post: Great World of Sound Tops Gotham Noms</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2007/10/22/21046.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s284765.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 10/22/2007 11:01:36 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> IFP has just announced the nominations for their Gotham Awards, which will be handed out in Brooklyn next month. I’m so happy to see that Craig Zobel’s fantastic  Great World of Sound has been nominated in three categories–Best Feature, Breakthrough Director and Breakthrough Actor–the most nominations of any single film this year. Zobel’s feature, which Magnolia released with little fanfare last month, shares the Best Feature category with four, relatively “big” indie-arm titles: The Namesake, I’m Not There, Margot at the Wedding, and Into the Wild.
I’ve privately bitched about the lack of publicity surrounding Sound (even the release date seemed misguided, as it fell right in the middle of the Toronto Film Festival and thus necessarily turned  coverage of the movie by bloggers and other indie journalists of limited resources into an afterthought), so I’m hoping these nominations will give Magnolia the impetus to give the film a stronger push. According to the distributor’s website, they’re still planning a slow roll-out to smaller markets through December.
Other Spout favorites to make the cut: Julia Loktev’s Day Night Day Night earned two nominations, for Breakthrough Director and Breakthrough Actor; and Ronnie Bronstein’s Frownland will compete in the Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You race.
As of this writing, IFP hasn’t posted the list of nominees on their website, but you can check out an alphabetical list on nominees, ripped from the press release, after the jump.
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</div>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:01:36 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>10/22/2007 11:01:36 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>IFP has just announced the nominations for their Gotham Awards, which will be handed out in Brooklyn next month. I’m so happy to see that Craig Zobel’s fantastic  Great World of Sound has been nominated in three categories–Best Feature, Breakthrough Director and Breakthrough Actor–the most nominations of any single film this year. Zobel’s feature, which Magnolia released with little fanfare last month, shares the Best Feature category with four, relatively “big” indie-arm titles: The Namesake, I’m Not There, Margot at the Wedding, and Into the Wild.
I’ve privately bitched about the lack of publicity surrounding Sound (even the release date seemed misguided, as it fell right in the middle of the Toronto Film Festival and thus necessarily turned  coverage of the movie by bloggers and other indie journalists of limited resources into an afterthought), so I’m hoping these nominations will give Magnolia the impetus to give the film a stronger push. According to the distributor’s website, they’re still planning a slow roll-out to smaller markets through December.
Other Spout favorites to make the cut: Julia Loktev’s Day Night Day Night earned two nominations, for Breakthrough Director and Breakthrough Actor; and Ronnie Bronstein’s Frownland will compete in the Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You race.
As of this writing, IFP hasn’t posted the list of nominees on their website, but you can check out an alphabetical list on nominees, ripped from the press release, after the jump.
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      <title>Spout Post: Margot at the Wedding Trailer</title>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/21/2007 5:00:27 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> I rarely get excited about new trailers; I NEVER get excited about two trailers in the same week. But today, thanks to Variety's Anne Thompson, I've had a glimpse at a second film on my list of Fall 07 Must-Sees, and I can tell you that it isn't going anywhere.

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Margot at the Wedding (embedded via MovieFone above), written and directed by Noah Baumbach, stars Baumbach's wife Jennifer Jason Leigh as a lady preparing to marry the schlub who got her pregnant. That description might call to mind a certain recent comic smash, but this looks like very different territory. Within the context of Baumbach's filmography, Margot looks more like the dark family dramedy The Squid and the Whale than something like clever-but-fluffy Mr. Jealousy. Nicole Kidman--brunette, and just de-glammed enough to resemble a real person--plays Leigh's judgmental sister. Jack Black is once again cast as in the "unlikely love interest" role, after his turn in Nancy Meyers' embarrassing The Holiday, although I'm sure he'll benefit from Baumbach's ability to write characters that might actually, like, live in the world.

Interest in Margot seems to be fairly high. Shortly after the trailer appeared on Thompson's blog, a flurry of other blogs picked it up. I even virtually eavesdropped on a Twitter conversation about the soundtrack. Hopefully we'll get to see the thing at one of the late-Summer festivals, either Telluride or Toronto.
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</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:00:27 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/21/2007 5:00:27 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>I rarely get excited about new trailers; I NEVER get excited about two trailers in the same week. But today, thanks to Variety's Anne Thompson, I've had a glimpse at a second film on my list of Fall 07 Must-Sees, and I can tell you that it isn't going anywhere.

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Margot at the Wedding (embedded via MovieFone above), written and directed by Noah Baumbach, stars Baumbach's wife Jennifer Jason Leigh as a lady preparing to marry the schlub who got her pregnant. That description might call to mind a certain recent comic smash, but this looks like very different territory. Within the context of Baumbach's filmography, Margot looks more like the dark family dramedy The Squid and the Whale than something like clever-but-fluffy Mr. Jealousy. Nicole Kidman--brunette, and just de-glammed enough to resemble a real person--plays Leigh's judgmental sister. Jack Black is once again cast as in the "unlikely love interest" role, after his turn in Nancy Meyers' embarrassing The Holiday, although I'm sure he'll benefit from Baumbach's ability to write characters that might actually, like, live in the world.

Interest in Margot seems to be fairly high. Shortly after the trailer appeared on Thompson's blog, a flurry of other blogs picked it up. I even virtually eavesdropped on a Twitter conversation about the soundtrack. Hopefully we'll get to see the thing at one of the late-Summer festivals, either Telluride or Toronto.
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