Overview
Written and directed by Nicole Holofcener (Friends with Money, Walking and Talking, Lovely & Amazing), this poignant comedy/drama set in New York City stars Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Sarah Steele, and Ann Guilbert. Kate (Catherine Keener) has a lot on her mind. There's the ethics problem of buying furniture on the cheap at estate sales and marking it up at her trendy Manhattan store (and how much mark-up can she get away with?). There's the materialism problem of not wanting her teenage daughter (Sarah Steele) to want the expensive things that Kate wants. There's the marriage problem of sharing a partner-ship in parenting, business, and life with her husband Alex (Oliver Platt) but sensing doubt nibbling at the foundations. And there's Kate's free-floating 21st-century malaise--the problem of how to live well and be a good person when poverty, homelessness, and sadness are always right outside the door. In addition to the original script, this Newmarket Shooting Scriptbook features an introduction by Holofcener, along with a Q&A, 14 photographs, and full cast and crew credits.
Full Product Details
Author: Nicole Holofcener
Publisher: Newmarket Press,U.S.
Imprint: Newmarket Press,U.S.
Dimensions:
Width: 17.50cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 23.10cm
Weight: 0.259kg
ISBN: 9781557049353
ISBN 10: 1557049351
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 20 February 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
A pitch-perfect film. A story about relationships that beautifully demonstrates writer-director Nicole Holofcener's great gift for making incisive films that illustrate the way we live now. --Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times <br><br> A terrific movie. A Manhattan fable of guilt, fear, shame, infidelity, death, and real estate. Nicole Holofcener remains a dramatist of unusual gifts, unmatched in American cinema at the moment. --Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com<br><br> In Please Give , Sundance regular Nicole Holofcener has made perhaps the ultimate New York movie...a finely tuned short story with every glance and gesture full of suggestive meaning. -- Hollywood Reporter
A pitch-perfect film. A story about relationships that beautifully demonstrates writer-director Nicole Holofcener's great gift for making incisive films that illustrate the way we live now. --Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times A terrific movie. A Manhattan fable of guilt, fear, shame, infidelity, death, and real estate. Nicole Holofcener remains a dramatist of unusual gifts, unmatched in American cinema at the moment. --Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com In Please Give , Sundance regular Nicole Holofcener has made perhaps the ultimate New York movie...a finely tuned short story with every glance and gesture full of suggestive meaning. -- Hollywood Reporter
Author Information
"Writer/Director Nicole Holofcener has also directed the critically acclaimed features ""Walking and Talking,"" ""Lovely & Amazing,"" and ""Friends with Money."" In addition, she has directed television episodes for ""Sex and the City,"" ""Six Feet Under,"" and ""Bored to Death."" She lives in Venice, California, with her two sons."
