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Cinematographer Tom Richmond, whose résumé included work on such films as Stand and Deliver, Killing Zoe, Little Odessa, Slums of Beverly Hills and Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, has died. He was 72.
Richmond died Friday in New York City, Anthony Jannelli, head of cinematography at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, told The Hollywood Reporter (Richmond also taught at NYU). The cause of death was not immediately available.
Richmond, who was the director of photography on nearly four dozen features, also shot Keenan Ivory Wayans’ I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988), Scott Silver’s Johns (1996), Rob Zombie’s House of 1,000 Corpses (2003) and Todd Solondz’s Palindromes (2004).
He won the best cinematography prize at Sundance in 2006 for his work on Right at Your Door, a drama about a terrorist attack involving chemical bombs.
He received Spirit Award nominations for Stand & Deliver...
Cinematographer Tom Richmond, whose résumé included work on such films as Stand and Deliver, Killing Zoe, Little Odessa, Slums of Beverly Hills and Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, has died. He was 72.
Richmond died Friday in New York City, Anthony Jannelli, head of cinematography at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, told The Hollywood Reporter (Richmond also taught at NYU). The cause of death was not immediately available.
Richmond, who was the director of photography on nearly four dozen features, also shot Keenan Ivory Wayans’ I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988), Scott Silver’s Johns (1996), Rob Zombie’s House of 1,000 Corpses (2003) and Todd Solondz’s Palindromes (2004).
He won the best cinematography prize at Sundance in 2006 for his work on Right at Your Door, a drama about a terrorist attack involving chemical bombs.
He received Spirit Award nominations for Stand & Deliver...
- 8/3/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On Saturday, news broke that 39-year-old actor Nelsan Ellis had passed away from complications of heart failure. While Ellis was best known for his role on “True Blood,” he also appeared in a number of films, most recently 2016’s “Little Boxes.” Here, the film’s director, Rob Meyer, recalls his experience with the actor.
I’ve never met anyone like Nelsan. I had the great honor of directing him in “Little Boxes,” a feature film written by Annie Howell. It’s a quiet story based loosely on Annie’s life and it addresses a number of sensitive themes — race, class, gender, and regionalism — as explored through the lens of one family. Our hope was to make a personal, gentle and honest film about issues that often polarize audiences. We knew the only way we could hope to pull that off was to find outstanding actors for the leads, which we did: Melanie Lynskey,...
I’ve never met anyone like Nelsan. I had the great honor of directing him in “Little Boxes,” a feature film written by Annie Howell. It’s a quiet story based loosely on Annie’s life and it addresses a number of sensitive themes — race, class, gender, and regionalism — as explored through the lens of one family. Our hope was to make a personal, gentle and honest film about issues that often polarize audiences. We knew the only way we could hope to pull that off was to find outstanding actors for the leads, which we did: Melanie Lynskey,...
- 7/10/2017
- by Rob Meyer
- Indiewire
One of the standout films at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival was “Little Boxes,” the latest picture from director Rob Meyer (“A Birder’s Guide to Everything“) and screenwriter Annie Howell (“Small, Beautifully Moving Parts“). Tackling the story of a young family from New York City relocating to a small town in Washington, Howell’s script draws on her family’s own experiences to paint a compelling and sympathetic portrait of what it’s like to be a mixed-race family in a decidedly non-diverse new city.
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- 4/19/2017
- by Matthew Monagle
- The Playlist
If there’s one tenet this country can agree on, it’s that the United States isn’t even close to being the post-racial hearth we’d like to believe it to be. “Little Boxes” explores racism in America via an upscale family who moves from New York City to the Pacific Northwest. The man is black and the woman is white, and their 11-year-old son seems to get confused only after they’ve relocated and quickly get schooled on small-town life. Directed by Rob Meyer from a script by Annie Howell (“Claire in Motion”), “Little Boxes” has good intentions if not the subtlest delivery.
- 4/14/2017
- by Tricia Olszewski
- The Wrap
Gunpowder & Sky Distribution has set Rob Meyer’s “Little Boxes” for a theatrical and on demand release for April 14th. Written by Annie J. Howell, “Little Boxes” stars Melanie Lynskey (“Togetherness”), Nelsan Ellis (“Get on Up”), Armani Jackson (“The Last… Continue Reading →...
- 3/9/2017
- by shadowandact
- ShadowAndAct
"This is our new community. Not everyone is a racist, Mack." FilmBuff has debuted a trailer for an indie comedy titled Little Boxes, about an interracial couple that moves from New York City to a small, mostly white town in Washington State. This played at the Tribeca Film Festival last year, but this is the first time we've heard about it. The family is made up of Nelsan Ellis, Armani Jackson, and Melanie Lynskey, which seems like a spunky mix and there's some good jokes in this trailer referencing exactly that. The full cast includes Oona Laurence (the girl from Pete's Dragon), Janeane Garofalo, Christine Taylor, and Nadia Dajani. It looks fun, but that's the most I can say, as some of the comedy seems a bit too contrived. Here's the first official trailer for Rob Meyer's Little Boxes, originally from Yahoo: An interracial family (including Nelsan Ellis, Armani Jackson...
- 3/9/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Remember Jordan Horowitz, the producer who reacted with uncommon grace when he realized he hadn’t actually won Best Picture? “La La Land” isn’t the only movie he’s worked on lately, and the next one is due in theaters next month. Watch the trailer for “Little Boxes” below.
Read More: Tribeca Review: ‘Little Boxes’ Is a Sensitive Look at Racism in Suburbia
Nelsan Ellis (“True Blood,” “Get On Up”) and Melanie Lynskey (“I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore”) star as a married couple who move from New York City to a college town in Washington after she lands a job there. After arriving, the mixed-race couple and their son (Armani Jackson) are treated…strangely by their new neighbors, whose initially welcoming vibe gradually turns into something else.
Read More: James Schamus Comments on Barry Jenkins and Jordan Horowitz: ‘What a Moment’
Rob Meyer...
Read More: Tribeca Review: ‘Little Boxes’ Is a Sensitive Look at Racism in Suburbia
Nelsan Ellis (“True Blood,” “Get On Up”) and Melanie Lynskey (“I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore”) star as a married couple who move from New York City to a college town in Washington after she lands a job there. After arriving, the mixed-race couple and their son (Armani Jackson) are treated…strangely by their new neighbors, whose initially welcoming vibe gradually turns into something else.
Read More: James Schamus Comments on Barry Jenkins and Jordan Horowitz: ‘What a Moment’
Rob Meyer...
- 3/7/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
After kicking off the year leading the Sundance-winning I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, Melanie Lynskey is back with the dramedy Little Boxes. Directed by Rob Meyer (A Birder’s Guide to Everything), following a premiere last year at Tribeca, it’ll arrive in theaters next month, and now the first trailer has landed. The Cary Fukunaga-executive-produced feature follows a family moving from New York City to the other side of the country and having trouble fitting into the Caucasian-filled community.
We said in our review, “With its picket-fence sameness and routine tedium making it a hot bed for deep-rooted repression — at least as depicted in many a film — the horrors of suburbia have been captured in virtually every genre. Little Boxes, directed by Rob Meyer and written by Annie J. Howell, employs this setting to explore societal racism with a grounded, realistic approach, making it all the more alarming.
We said in our review, “With its picket-fence sameness and routine tedium making it a hot bed for deep-rooted repression — at least as depicted in many a film — the horrors of suburbia have been captured in virtually every genre. Little Boxes, directed by Rob Meyer and written by Annie J. Howell, employs this setting to explore societal racism with a grounded, realistic approach, making it all the more alarming.
- 3/7/2017
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Film Acquisition Rundown: IFC Buys ‘Rebel in the Rye,’ Gunpowder & Sky Grabs ‘Little Boxes’ and More
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– IFC Films has picked up North American distribution rights to the J. D. Salinger drama “Rebel in the Rye,” which stars Nicholas Hoult as J.D. Salinger. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January. It will receive a theatrical release in the fall of 2017.
The film was written and directed by Danny Strong, and follows the early years of Salinger’s storied career. It also stars Kevin Spacey, Sarah Paulson and Zoey Deutch. The news was first reported by Variety.
– Gunpowder & Sky Distribution has acquired Rob Meyer’s “Little Boxes,” with a theatrical release set for April 14. Written by Annie J. Howell, the film stars Melanie Lynskey, Nelsan Ellis, Armani Jackson, Oona Laurence and Janeane Garofalo.
– IFC Films has picked up North American distribution rights to the J. D. Salinger drama “Rebel in the Rye,” which stars Nicholas Hoult as J.D. Salinger. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January. It will receive a theatrical release in the fall of 2017.
The film was written and directed by Danny Strong, and follows the early years of Salinger’s storied career. It also stars Kevin Spacey, Sarah Paulson and Zoey Deutch. The news was first reported by Variety.
– Gunpowder & Sky Distribution has acquired Rob Meyer’s “Little Boxes,” with a theatrical release set for April 14. Written by Annie J. Howell, the film stars Melanie Lynskey, Nelsan Ellis, Armani Jackson, Oona Laurence and Janeane Garofalo.
- 3/3/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Separately, Films We Like has acquired Daniel Warth’s Slamdance award-winner Dim The Fluorescents.
Gunpowder & Sky Distribution has acquired Us rights and set a theatrical release for April 14.
Rob Meyer directed Little Boxes from a screenplay by Annie J. Howell. Melanie Lynskey, Nelsan Ellis, Armani Jackson, Oona Laurence and Janeane Garofalo star in the story of an interracial family that struggles to adjust when they move from New York City to a small, predominately white town in Washington State. The film premiered at Tribeca 2016.
“Little Boxes is as heartwarming as it is timely,” said Gunpowder & Sky Distribution’s Jake Hanly. “Rob unpacked a very complex issue in a way any audience can understand and relate to.”
Meyer said: “It’s a thrill and an honour to team up with Gunpowder & Sky Distribution for the theatrical and VOD release. They distribute the kind of movies that I want to watch.”
Producer Jared Ian Goldman added: “The Gunpowder & Sky team...
Gunpowder & Sky Distribution has acquired Us rights and set a theatrical release for April 14.
Rob Meyer directed Little Boxes from a screenplay by Annie J. Howell. Melanie Lynskey, Nelsan Ellis, Armani Jackson, Oona Laurence and Janeane Garofalo star in the story of an interracial family that struggles to adjust when they move from New York City to a small, predominately white town in Washington State. The film premiered at Tribeca 2016.
“Little Boxes is as heartwarming as it is timely,” said Gunpowder & Sky Distribution’s Jake Hanly. “Rob unpacked a very complex issue in a way any audience can understand and relate to.”
Meyer said: “It’s a thrill and an honour to team up with Gunpowder & Sky Distribution for the theatrical and VOD release. They distribute the kind of movies that I want to watch.”
Producer Jared Ian Goldman added: “The Gunpowder & Sky team...
- 2/27/2017
- ScreenDaily
Gunpowder & Sky Distribution announced today that the company has acquired Rob Meyer’s “Little Boxes,” with a theatrical release set for April 14th. Written by Annie J. Howell, “Little Boxes” stars Melanie Lynskey (“Togetherness”), Nelsan Ellis (“Get on Up”), Armani… Continue Reading →...
- 2/27/2017
- by shadowandact
- ShadowAndAct
Gunpowder & Sky has picked up the rights to Rob Meyer’s “Little Boxes” starring Melanie Lynskey and Nelsan Ellis, the studio announced on Monday. Written by Annie J. Howell, “Little Boxes” will hit theaters on April 14. The film also stars Armani Jackson, Oona Laurence and Janeane Garofalo. “Little Boxes” follows Clark (Jackson) who is the new biracial kid in a very white town. He discovers that to be cool, he needs to act “more black.” Meanwhile, his parents try to adjust to small-town living after having lived in New York. See Video: Tribeca: Cary Fukunaga's 'Little Boxes' Finds Melanie Lynskey,...
- 2/27/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Little Boxes, Rob Meyer’s film about a bi-racial kid in a lily white town that premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, has just been acquired for theatrical distribution by Gunpowder & Sky Distribution. The film, which earned critical raves at the festival, will bow two months from now on April 14 in 10 markets. This comes after Netflix picked up streaming rights during Tribeca in what was considered one of the more substantial deals of the…...
- 2/24/2017
- Deadline
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that's been picked up around the globe. Check out last week's Film Acquisition Rundown to find out what films got new homes and are coming to a theater or streaming platform near you. - CBS Films has picked up the U.S. rights for Demetri Martin's directorial debut, "Dean," which just debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival. Martin wrote, directed and stars in the film, which took home the award for Best Narrative Feature. Kevin Kline, Gillian Jacobs, Mary Steenburgen and Reid Scott co-star in the feature. The news was first reported by Deadline. - Tribeca played home to another big buy, with the pick up of Rob Meyer's premiere "Little Boxes," which sold to Netflix for about $1.5 million for worldwide streaming rights. The film stars Melanie Lynskey, Nelsan Ellis...
- 4/29/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
With its picket-fence sameness and routine tedium making it a hot bed for deep-rooted repression — at least as depicted in many a film — the horrors of suburbia have been captured in virtually every genre. Little Boxes, directed by Rob Meyer and written by Annie J. Howell, employs this setting to explore societal racism with a grounded, realistic approach, making it all the more alarming. However, while this specific exploration proves to be effective, the drama around which it’s built becomes increasingly unimaginative.
Saying goodbye to their friends in Brooklyn, Mack (Nelsan Ellis) and Gina (Melanie Lynskey) head to the fictional town of Rome, Washington, where the latter has accepted a new tenure-track job teaching photography at the local college, giving her husband the ideal excuse to finally crack his long-gestating second novel as he dabbles in gastronomy journalism (aka writing about YouTube cooking videos). This means their son, Clark...
Saying goodbye to their friends in Brooklyn, Mack (Nelsan Ellis) and Gina (Melanie Lynskey) head to the fictional town of Rome, Washington, where the latter has accepted a new tenure-track job teaching photography at the local college, giving her husband the ideal excuse to finally crack his long-gestating second novel as he dabbles in gastronomy journalism (aka writing about YouTube cooking videos). This means their son, Clark...
- 4/25/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Articulating the nuances of middle class, suburban racism, Little Boxes settles in a place somewhere between good intentions and a rigid screenplay. When an interracial family moves from New York City to an all-white town outside of Seattle, life becomes complicated, particularly for the family’s black father Mack (Nelsan Ellis) and preteen son Clark (Armani Jackson). Neighborly curiosity turns both Mack and Clark into amusing oddities, though Little Boxes often falls victim of a similarly narrow perspective on character.
In the summer before Clark begins 6th grade, Gina (Melanie Lynskey) adjusts to her new job on campus while her husband and son stay at home around the new neighborhood. Mack – a work-from-home writer – struggles the most outwardly. Apart from a distrust of his new community’s polite façade, Mack bears the responsibility of discovering broken appliances in their new home. His melodramatic overreactions to setbacks – particularly a drunken tirade...
In the summer before Clark begins 6th grade, Gina (Melanie Lynskey) adjusts to her new job on campus while her husband and son stay at home around the new neighborhood. Mack – a work-from-home writer – struggles the most outwardly. Apart from a distrust of his new community’s polite façade, Mack bears the responsibility of discovering broken appliances in their new home. His melodramatic overreactions to setbacks – particularly a drunken tirade...
- 4/23/2016
- by Zachary Shevich
- We Got This Covered
The indie comedy “Little Boxes,” from executive producer Cary Fukunaga, debuts at the Tribeca Film Festival on Friday night, but TheWrap has an exclusive clip from the film, featuring stars Melanie Lynskey, Nelsan Ellis and newcomer Armani Jackson. Rob Meyer directed from a script by Annie J. Howell. The acquisition title makes its world premiere in the Spotlight section at Tribeca, where UTA will be handling sales. The film co-stars Janeane Garofalo, Christine Taylor, and young actress Oona Laurence from “Southpaw” and “Pete’s Dragon.” Also Read: Emmy Breakout Melanie Lynskey on 'Togetherness' Nude Acting, Improv With Amanda Peet...
- 4/15/2016
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
The 2016 Tribeca Film Festival kicks off in a couple of weeks, running from April 13-24 in New York City. Leading up to the event, I'll highlight a few films or note, given this blog's specific interests, starting with this one... Directed by Rob Meyer, written by Annie J Howell, and executive produced by Cary Fukunaga, the drama feature "Little Boxes" stars Nelsan Ellis, Armani Jackson, Melanie Lynskey, Oona Laurence, Janeane Garofalo, and Christine Taylor. Synopsis: It's the summer before 6th grade, and Clark (Armani Jackson) is the new-in-town biracial kid in a sea of white. Discovering that to be cool he needs to act "more black," he fumbles to meet...
- 3/31/2016
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Former Doha Film Institute director of film financing Paul Miller and development producer Stephen Strachan are launching Abu Dhabi-based company, The Film Bureau, aimed at supporting the development and financing of projects by Gulf region directors.
“The idea is to use our combined knowledge of development, education and financing, both regional and international, to help raise the bar here; gearing films, whatever their size, towards an audience and a more market-driven model of financing,” said Miller [pictured].
Its first two projects comprise an Arabic-language adaptation of Rob Meyer’s A Birder’s Guide To Everything and Saudi director Shahad Ameen’s mermaid fantasy Scales, which was one of the nominees in this year’s Iwc Filmmaker Award.
Strachan said the new entity would focus on script development, packaging and ultimately connecting projects with finance partners, both local and international.
“In the four years that I’ve been here, I’ve seen the whole region mature. We’re getting...
“The idea is to use our combined knowledge of development, education and financing, both regional and international, to help raise the bar here; gearing films, whatever their size, towards an audience and a more market-driven model of financing,” said Miller [pictured].
Its first two projects comprise an Arabic-language adaptation of Rob Meyer’s A Birder’s Guide To Everything and Saudi director Shahad Ameen’s mermaid fantasy Scales, which was one of the nominees in this year’s Iwc Filmmaker Award.
Strachan said the new entity would focus on script development, packaging and ultimately connecting projects with finance partners, both local and international.
“In the four years that I’ve been here, I’ve seen the whole region mature. We’re getting...
- 12/12/2015
- ScreenDaily
Whether you are a filmmaker, or one of the Sundance programmers whose task it is to identify the films that make up a line-up, it is indeed the most wonderful time of the year. The 32nd edition of the Sundance Film Festival kicks off on January 21st with Park City and Salt Lake City. Two decades back, Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan’s Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern was the Grand Jury Prize winner in the Documentary section while Todd Solondz’s Welcome to the Dollhouse beat out the likes of Nicole Holofcener’s Walking and Talking, Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott’s Big Night, Mary Harron’s I Shot Andy Warhol and Alexander Payne’s Citizen Ruth for the Grand Jury Prize dramatic.
As per our tradition here on the site and as we all get ready for the festival, we like to propose an overview of the films we...
As per our tradition here on the site and as we all get ready for the festival, we like to propose an overview of the films we...
- 11/23/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Ioncinema.com’s Ioncinephile of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema. This September, we put the spotlight on the writer-director of The Skeleton Twins. After exploring the thirtysomething slackerhood with the 2009 SXSW Film Festival preemed True Adolescents, Craig Johnson’s sophomore feature visits a paralleled (re)union of sibling spirits where the pursuit of happiness is challenged by the skeletal remains of what was left in one’s past. An examination of the sometimes vacuous, sometimes endearingly noir phases that the psyche tends to visit, the Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award winning film mowed down Park City auds with the versatile Kristin Wiig and Bill Hader proving that comedy and drama do mix.
Johnson’s delicate empathetic portrait of the misfits carries some vintage moments, and was instantly picked up by Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions for distribution and is landing in theatres September 12th.
Johnson’s delicate empathetic portrait of the misfits carries some vintage moments, and was instantly picked up by Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions for distribution and is landing in theatres September 12th.
- 9/7/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Stars: Kodi Smit-Mcphee, Ben Kingsley, Katie Chang, Alex Wolff, Michael Chen, James Le Gros, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Briana Marin, Ethan Cohn, Adam Barrie, Stephen Kunken, Daniela Lavender | Written by Luke Matheny, Rob Meyer | Directed by Rob Meyer
A teenage bird fanatic called David Portnoy (Kodi Smit-Mcphee) thinks he has seen a duck which was previously thought to be extinct. With guidance from birding legend, Lawrence Conrad (Ben Kingsley) David and his friends set off on an adventure to find it and solidify their place in bird watching history by making the discovery of a lifetime. Little do his friends know, David is also using the adventure to escape his troubles. At the same time, David’s Father is preparing to marry his new wife, the nurse of David’s mother who passed away a few years before.
A Birder’s Guide to Everything is a coming of age tale. Directed by Rob Meyer,...
A teenage bird fanatic called David Portnoy (Kodi Smit-Mcphee) thinks he has seen a duck which was previously thought to be extinct. With guidance from birding legend, Lawrence Conrad (Ben Kingsley) David and his friends set off on an adventure to find it and solidify their place in bird watching history by making the discovery of a lifetime. Little do his friends know, David is also using the adventure to escape his troubles. At the same time, David’s Father is preparing to marry his new wife, the nurse of David’s mother who passed away a few years before.
A Birder’s Guide to Everything is a coming of age tale. Directed by Rob Meyer,...
- 6/3/2014
- by Richard Axtell
- Nerdly
From levelFILM, Sneak Peek footage from director Rob Meyer's coming-of-age comedy "A Birder's Guide to Everything", now available on DVD, VOD and Est, starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Katie Chang and Sir Ben Kingsley:
"...on the eve of his widowed father's second wedding, fifteen-year-old 'David Portnoy' (Smit-McPhee) leads the stalwart members of his local 'Young Birders Society' on a rollicking, interstate search for an extremely rare duck..."
Producers are Dan Lindau, Paul Miller, Kirsten Duncan Fuller and Lisa K. Jenkins.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "A Birder's Guide To Everything"...
"...on the eve of his widowed father's second wedding, fifteen-year-old 'David Portnoy' (Smit-McPhee) leads the stalwart members of his local 'Young Birders Society' on a rollicking, interstate search for an extremely rare duck..."
Producers are Dan Lindau, Paul Miller, Kirsten Duncan Fuller and Lisa K. Jenkins.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "A Birder's Guide To Everything"...
- 4/24/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Celebrating record breaking crowds, the Cleveland International Film Festival welcomed 97,804 attendees to its 475+ screenings this year. Showcasing, 186 feature films and 168 shorts from 68 countries, the festival announced the winners of the competitions and awards at Sunday's Closing Night ceremony. They are all listed below: Roxanne T. Mueller Audience Choice Award For Best Film: "Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine" Directed by Michele Josue $5,000 cash prize George Gund III Memorial Central and Eastern Competition: "Life Feels Good" Directed by Maciej Pieprzyca (Poland) $10,000 cash prize Nesnadny + Schwartz Documentary Competition: "The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies" Directed by Wiktor Ericsson $7,500 cash prize Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Competition: "Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine" Directed by Michele Josue $5,000 cash prize American Independents Competition: "A Birder's Guide to Everything" Directed by Rob Meyer $5,000 cash prize Local Heroes...
- 4/2/2014
- by Emerson Gordon
- Indiewire
Title: A Birder’s Guide to Everything Director: Rob Meyer Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alex Wolff, Katie Chang, Ben Kingsley, Michael Chen, James Le Gros, Daniela Lavender Films that honestly and entertainingly assay the early teenage experience removed from lowest-common-denominator gross-out shtick and other emotional cattle-prodding are few and far between, which is a big part of the reason that the altogether charming “A Birder’s Guide to Everything” feels like such a breath of fresh air. Instead of pandering to one and only one sentiment, this offering — poised pleasantly between quaint and quirky — does entirely right by adolescent feeling, while also leading viewers on an adventure that puts just enough spin [ Read More ]
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- 3/28/2014
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
In general, teenage obsessions are generally fairly obvious—music, comics, movies, clothes—but there are always a few teens whose interests, at least at the time, seem completely inexplicable, to everyone except themselves. So, it's not quite a surprise that the high school birdwatching club in "A Birder's Guide To Everything" consists solely of David (Kodi Smit-McPhee), Timmy (Alex Wolff) and Peter (Michael Chen), three best friends surviving adolescence by sticking with each other, and keeping an eye on the sky. But feathered distractions can't keep the changes from coming in David's life, and one weekend will see him give chase to a rare bird, and making peace with both his past and future. As you might surmise from that opening, co-writer and director Rob Meyer's film doesn't reinvent the indie movie wheel by any stretch of the imagination. But it's also comfortably aware of its modest scope and ambition,...
- 3/26/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Birds are fascinating creatures. This is true, but most people take birds for granted, so many of them flying about overhead. Birds are everywhere, and as creepy as that thought may be to some, they are always watching over us, constant spectators of the human experience below. Her on planet Earth, we go though life struggling primarily to answer two questions… who am i and what should I do with this life i have?
It’s no wonder there are some drawn in by a fascination for these feathered friends of ours. Those who watch, track and seek out birds of all species are generally referred to as “birders.” The term’s definition may be argued by some, including those in the film A Birder’S Guide To Everything. Directed and co-written by Rob Meyer, this film is a coming of age story about an awkward 15-year old boy named David Portnoy.
It’s no wonder there are some drawn in by a fascination for these feathered friends of ours. Those who watch, track and seek out birds of all species are generally referred to as “birders.” The term’s definition may be argued by some, including those in the film A Birder’S Guide To Everything. Directed and co-written by Rob Meyer, this film is a coming of age story about an awkward 15-year old boy named David Portnoy.
- 3/21/2014
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"Everything" covers a lot of ground, and Rob Meyer's coming-of-age dramedy A Birder's Guide to Everything has a slightly more modest scope.
High schooler David (Kodi Smit-McPhee) uses amateur ornithology to avoid the pressing emotional issues in his life, not least of which are his mixed feelings about the impending nuptials of his recently widowed father (James LeGros) and David's late mother's nurse (Daniela Lavender).
After taking a picture of what he thinks may be a duck species thought to be extinct since the late 1800s, and confirming with a famous ornithologist (Ben Kingsley) that the blurry picture could well be of the not-quite-dead duck in question, David sets off with his best friends and fellow birders Timmy (Alex Wolff, shorn of his excellent Hai...
High schooler David (Kodi Smit-McPhee) uses amateur ornithology to avoid the pressing emotional issues in his life, not least of which are his mixed feelings about the impending nuptials of his recently widowed father (James LeGros) and David's late mother's nurse (Daniela Lavender).
After taking a picture of what he thinks may be a duck species thought to be extinct since the late 1800s, and confirming with a famous ornithologist (Ben Kingsley) that the blurry picture could well be of the not-quite-dead duck in question, David sets off with his best friends and fellow birders Timmy (Alex Wolff, shorn of his excellent Hai...
- 3/19/2014
- Village Voice
Bird is the Word: Meyer’s Debut a Well Meaning But Slight Observation
Bird watching seems to be something of a recent cinematic inspiration, though has yet to show much potential in the narrative realm thus far, with David Frankel’s 2011 comedic misfire The Big Year now joined by Rob Meyer’s directorial debut, A Birder’s Guide to Everything. Grappling with loss, strained familial relationships, and coming of age essence, various dilemmas congeal into a mostly light-hearted effort that seems to feel genuinely about its cluster of characters, even though, beyond the crux of its protagonists’ snazzy and oft unexplored hobby, Meyer and his cast can never mold the narrative into anything more than a standard affair. A few acute observations aside, it’s a slight film that feels most effective when utilizing the heavy hitters in its supporting cast.
David Portnoy (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a 15 year old birding...
Bird watching seems to be something of a recent cinematic inspiration, though has yet to show much potential in the narrative realm thus far, with David Frankel’s 2011 comedic misfire The Big Year now joined by Rob Meyer’s directorial debut, A Birder’s Guide to Everything. Grappling with loss, strained familial relationships, and coming of age essence, various dilemmas congeal into a mostly light-hearted effort that seems to feel genuinely about its cluster of characters, even though, beyond the crux of its protagonists’ snazzy and oft unexplored hobby, Meyer and his cast can never mold the narrative into anything more than a standard affair. A few acute observations aside, it’s a slight film that feels most effective when utilizing the heavy hitters in its supporting cast.
David Portnoy (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a 15 year old birding...
- 3/17/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Get an overview of the upcoming comedy, ‘A Birder’s Guide to Everything,’ with two newly released clips from the movie. Screen Media Films and Focus World have released the videos, including ‘You Know My Mother?’ and ‘I Don’t Really Have A Boyfriend,’ in anticipation of the comedy’s release. ‘A Birder’s Guide to Everything’ is set to be released on VOD on March 11, and will be followed by a theatrical release on March 21, by the two distribution companies. The comedy marks the feature directorial debut of Rob Meyer, who also wrote the script with Academy Award-winner Luke Matheny. The film stars Kodi Smit-McPhee, James Le Gros, Alex Wolff, Katie [ Read More ]
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- 3/6/2014
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
While Hollywood likes to show teenagers in movies getting up to no good, co-writer/director Rob Meyer has a different story to tell with the coming-of-age comedy "A Birder's Guide To Everything," where the only thing these kids wield is a pair of binoculars. Co-written by Oscar winner Luke Matheny (for his Live Action Short "God Of Love"), and starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, James Le Gros, Alex Wolff, Katie Chang, and Ben Kingsley, the story follows David, a 15-year-old birding fanatic, who has snapped a photo of a supposedly extinct duck that hasn't been seen in North America since 1878. The problem is, the picture is too blurry to be properly identified, so on the advice of Dr. Konrad, a legendary ornithologist, he assembles a ragtag team to try and get a better photo, in a tale that's more than just about birds. And in this exclusive clip, we see the first meeting between David and Dr.
- 2/28/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The first trailer for Rob Meyer‘s coming-of-age dramedy “A Birder’s Guide To Everything” has debuted. Although it also features veteran British actor Ben Kingsley in a supporting role, we at Up and Comers are kinda more interested in the film’s four rising teenage stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Road”), Katie Chang (“The Bling Ring”), Alex Wolff [...]
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- 2/11/2014
- by Alfonso Espina
- UpandComers
Later this year, we'll see a much more grown up Kodi Smit-McPhee (Let Me In, ParaNorman) trying to survive in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, but before then, audiences can see the teenage actor in some lighter fare. After premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival last year, the coming-of-age story A Birder's Guide to Everything is coming to theaters this spring, and the first trailer is here. The story follows a teen boy (Smit-McPhee) who goes on a secret bird watching road trip, believing a historical birdwatching discovery is in his midst. While on the road, he ends up getting some help from Ben Kingsley. Watch now! Here's the first trailer for Rob Meyer's A Birder's Guide to Everything, originally from Apple: A Birder's Guide to Everything is directed by Rob Meyer (a wildlife filmmaker from Nova and National Geographic), who co-wrote the script with Luke Matheny...
- 2/10/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
After crafting a pair of animal-related shorts, Rob Meyer, who has worked as a wildlife filmmaker for PBS’s Nova and National Geographic, premiered his feature-length debut at Tribeca Film Festival this year. Tracking David Portnoy (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and his bird-watching roadtrip, assisted by Ben Kingsley‘s character, we now have the first trailer for A Birder’s Guide to [...]...
- 2/9/2014
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
At only 17, Kodi Smit-McPhee is probably best known for starring in somewhat macabre projects — from Let Me In to The Road, his precocious darkness and intense gaze seem to always be on display. Even ParaNorman’s Norman Babcock was a bit of an outcast. Even though A Birder’s Guide to Everything isn’t exactly devoid of difficult emotional truths (and Ok, Ok, a gawky high school kid obsessed with birding might still fit into “charmingly misunderstood outcast” territory), Smit-McPhee was thrilled to finally get to work with actors his own age.
“I was into the nostalgia of having a...
“I was into the nostalgia of having a...
- 2/5/2014
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Katie Chang, the young up and coming star who made her big screen debut in this year's The Bling Ring , has, according to The Hollywood Reporter , joined the cast of writer-director Tim Blake Nelson's Anesthesia opposite Glenn Close, Gretchen Mol, Kristen Stewart, Sam Waterson and Nelson himself. Anesthesia , an original screenplay by Nelson, follows a group of individuals who are brought together after a Columbia University Professor, Walter Zarrow, (Waterson) becomes the victim of a violent mugging. Chang can also be seen coming up in director Rob Meyer's A Birders Guide to Everything opposite Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Kingsley and James LeGros. Anesthesia is now filming in New York City with Julie Buck, Josh Hetzler, Christopher Scott, and Nelson himself producing....
- 11/18/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Focus World has partnered with Screen Media Films for a third time on U.S. distribution rights, this time for "A Birder's Guide to Everything," which debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year. Focus World, the alternative distribution initiative owned and operated by Focus Features, and Screen Media will release the film on digital platforms and in theaters next spring. "A Birder's Guide to Everything" marks the feature directorial debut of Rob Meyer, who wrote the script with Oscar winner Luke Matheny. Also Read: Kristen Bell Sundance Film Goes to Screen Media, Focus World Kodi...
- 8/27/2013
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
After teaming for a pair of Sundance titles The Lifeguard and C.O.G., the partnership of Focus World & Screen Media now turn towards unpurchased Tribeca Film Festival U.S. indie leftovers acquiring the rights to Rob Meyer’s A Birder’s Guide to Everything. They’ve pegged it with an eventual spring release in ’14.
Gist: Scripted by Luke Matheny and starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alex Wolff, Michael Chen, Katie Chang (The Bling Ring), Ben Kingsley, James LeGros and Daniela Lavender, on the eve of his widower father’s second wedding, fifteen-year-old David Portnoy spots what may just be the extinct Labrador duck. Now he and the two other stalwart members of the local Young Birders Society, joined by their headstrong photographer classmate Ellen, take off on a rollicking, interstate road trip in search of a rare bird and elusive answers to teenage questions large and small.
Worth Noting: The film...
Gist: Scripted by Luke Matheny and starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alex Wolff, Michael Chen, Katie Chang (The Bling Ring), Ben Kingsley, James LeGros and Daniela Lavender, on the eve of his widower father’s second wedding, fifteen-year-old David Portnoy spots what may just be the extinct Labrador duck. Now he and the two other stalwart members of the local Young Birders Society, joined by their headstrong photographer classmate Ellen, take off on a rollicking, interstate road trip in search of a rare bird and elusive answers to teenage questions large and small.
Worth Noting: The film...
- 8/27/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Focus World and Screen Media Films have partnered for a third time on Us distribution of A Birder’s Guide to Everything.
Rob Meyer’s feature directorial debut premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and will open on digital platforms and in theatres in spring 2014.
Kodi Smit-McPhee stars as a birding fanatic on an epic road trip with a motley crew that includes a legendary ornithologist played by Ben Kingsley. Luke Matheny wrote the screenplay.
Screen Media and Focus Features subsidiary Focus World brokered the deal with Cinetic Media.
Rob Meyer’s feature directorial debut premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and will open on digital platforms and in theatres in spring 2014.
Kodi Smit-McPhee stars as a birding fanatic on an epic road trip with a motley crew that includes a legendary ornithologist played by Ben Kingsley. Luke Matheny wrote the screenplay.
Screen Media and Focus Features subsidiary Focus World brokered the deal with Cinetic Media.
- 8/27/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The spirit of Keanu Reeves hung heavy in the Sva theater last Thursday at Tribeca Talks' New Filmmaker in the Digital Age panel, or specifically the themes and influence of the actor's much lauded documentary "Side by Side," a comparison of film and digital filmmaking techniques taught as sort of a master class interview by a parade of filmmakers. The film was name dropped a number of times throughout the panel, and much of the same topics were covered by the band of young festival-approved filmmakers who graced the stage. Moderated by Panavision's Peter Brogna, the panel featured "Bluebird" director Lance Edmands, "A Birder's Guide to Everything" director Rob Meyer, "The Pretty One" director Jenee Lamarque, and "Run and Jump" producer Tamara Anghie; all filmmakers with films screening at Tribeca. While no earth shattering revelations were reached upon where the film industry is headed, the group brought a fresh, rational...
- 4/29/2013
- by Mark Lukenbill
- Indiewire
A Birder’s Guide to Everything
USA, 2013
Directed by Rob Meyer
Written by Rob Meyer and Luke Matheny
A Birder’s Guide to Everything is a fairly standard coming of age story, but it has enough heart and creativity to make it something special.
Like many coming of age tales, this one deals with a young man coming to terms with a serious loss. David Portnoy (Kodi Smit-McPhee) still hasn’t moved on since the passing of his mother, and he is struggling with feelings of resentment toward his father (James Le Gros), who has decided to remarry. The day before the wedding, David leads a gang of fellow birding enthusiasts on a pursuit of a thought-to-be extinct species of duck, and their impossible errand quickly becomes a soul-searching mission with life lessons for everyone involved.
Without a doubt, the best thing this movie has going for it is the...
USA, 2013
Directed by Rob Meyer
Written by Rob Meyer and Luke Matheny
A Birder’s Guide to Everything is a fairly standard coming of age story, but it has enough heart and creativity to make it something special.
Like many coming of age tales, this one deals with a young man coming to terms with a serious loss. David Portnoy (Kodi Smit-McPhee) still hasn’t moved on since the passing of his mother, and he is struggling with feelings of resentment toward his father (James Le Gros), who has decided to remarry. The day before the wedding, David leads a gang of fellow birding enthusiasts on a pursuit of a thought-to-be extinct species of duck, and their impossible errand quickly becomes a soul-searching mission with life lessons for everyone involved.
Without a doubt, the best thing this movie has going for it is the...
- 4/29/2013
- by Kenneth
- SoundOnSight
Writer-director Rob Meyer and co-writer Luke Matheny’s “A Birder’s Guider to Everything” likely won’t incite a mainstream birding craze, but the pair does deliver a charming coming-of-age tale that’ll at least let you enjoy it vicariously through the film’s Young Birders Society. Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alex Wolff and Michael Chen are David, Timmy, and Peter, the only members of their high school’s Young Birders Society. When David is convinced he spotted an extinct Labrador duck, the Ybs vows to track it down before it flies off for good. With their classmate Ellen (Katie Chang) and her powerful camera lens in tow, the boys “borrow” Timmy’s cousin’s car and head off to [ Read More ]
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- 4/27/2013
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
Want a good taste of what to expect from Rob Meyer’s Tribeca Film Festival entry “A Birder’s Guide to Everything?” Just check out this interview of Alex Wolff hamming it up, Michael Chen geeking out about his birding knowhow, and Katie Chang trying to keep them under control. The film stars Kodi Smit-McPhee as David Portnoy. While he’s still feeling the effects of his mother’s passing, his father is preparing for his second wedding. David’s only outlet is his passion for birding so when he suspects he spotted an extinct Labrador duck, he and his Young Birders Society friends, Timmy and Peter (Alex Wolff and Michael Chen), take off on [ Read More ]
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- 4/23/2013
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
In A Birder's Guide to Everything, a road trip in search of a rare breed of bird becomes a deeper quest for adolescent identity. The film, directed by Rob Meyer, is an official selection of the Tribeca Film Festival, bringing co-star Ben Kingsley and a roster of burgeoning talent to New York City. About a group of high school birder watchers who believe they've spotted an extinct duck, the movie takes conflicted teens on a long road toward self-discovery. Among the young stars is Alex Wolff, best known for his starring role in the Nickelodeon series Naked Brothers
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- 4/19/2013
- by Jordan Zakarin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
We here at NextMovie aren't just about the big-budget blockbusters. We're shallow, but we're not that shallow. (Fine, we're pretty shallow.)
April 17 begins the Tribeca Film Festival, where "little films that could" that really aren't that little and often star big-name actors are submitted to be judged by Hollywood's finest discerning eyes and also those of Eva Longoria.
Eva has to watch many films, but we think you guys would be specifically interested in the following ten.
'Adult World'
Defying the ever-popular "girl works at a sex shop in upstate New York in order to fund her completely stagnated poetry career" stereotype in movies, "Adult World" stars Emma Roberts as protege and John Cusack as mentor as the former is forced to take a post-graduate job in an intercourse parlor (which is way more fun to say than "sex shop"). Eventually, Roberts' character bonds with her sexified (read:...
April 17 begins the Tribeca Film Festival, where "little films that could" that really aren't that little and often star big-name actors are submitted to be judged by Hollywood's finest discerning eyes and also those of Eva Longoria.
Eva has to watch many films, but we think you guys would be specifically interested in the following ten.
'Adult World'
Defying the ever-popular "girl works at a sex shop in upstate New York in order to fund her completely stagnated poetry career" stereotype in movies, "Adult World" stars Emma Roberts as protege and John Cusack as mentor as the former is forced to take a post-graduate job in an intercourse parlor (which is way more fun to say than "sex shop"). Eventually, Roberts' character bonds with her sexified (read:...
- 4/17/2013
- by Nick Blake
- NextMovie
Tribeca’s 12th annual festival, running from April 17-28, is now underway and we have a wide variety of films to look forward to. Below lists some of the selections we are most looking forward to and will be covering throughout the festival. For a full list of our coverage, please check it out here. Cheers to a great year at Tribeca!
Adult World
Directed by:
Scott Coffey
Starring:
Emma Roberts, Evan Peters, John Cusack, Armando Riesco, Cloris Leachman, Shannon Woodward
Synopsis:
Amy is naïve, awkward and anxious to get her poetry career off of the ground in a post-grad existence that is going nowhere. Living with her parents in a seemingly bland upstate New York town and desperate for income, she begrudgingly accepts a job at Adult World, the local, wood-paneled sex shop. Owned by a frisky elderly couple and staffed by diva transvestite Rubio and sweet local boy Alex,...
Adult World
Directed by:
Scott Coffey
Starring:
Emma Roberts, Evan Peters, John Cusack, Armando Riesco, Cloris Leachman, Shannon Woodward
Synopsis:
Amy is naïve, awkward and anxious to get her poetry career off of the ground in a post-grad existence that is going nowhere. Living with her parents in a seemingly bland upstate New York town and desperate for income, she begrudgingly accepts a job at Adult World, the local, wood-paneled sex shop. Owned by a frisky elderly couple and staffed by diva transvestite Rubio and sweet local boy Alex,...
- 4/17/2013
- by Christopher Clemente
- SoundOnSight
New York based filmmaker Rob Meyer grew up in Newton, Massachusetts with dreams of being a field scientist or wildlife filmmaker as a child. Before going to film school at Nyu he worked on documentaries for PBS's Nova and National Geographic. He made a short film called Aquarium in 2008 which was the inspiration and starting point for his feature, "A Birder's Guide to Everything." What it's about: Facing loss and searching for answers. More immediately, it's about teenage birders who go on a road trip to find a (possibly) extinct duck. What else should audiences know?: "I grew up loving films like Goonies, Lucas, The Dark Crystal, and Stand by Me: the sort of coming-of-age films that seem rare now. I hope that Birder's has that same appeal to adults and kids alike -- a movie about teenagers that works at a universal level. It's also an ode...
- 4/15/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Tribeca Film Festival organizers on Wednesday announced 46 of the 89 feature films screening at the New York-set festival starting next month, including selections in the World Narrative and Documentary Competition film sections, as well as out-of-competition Viewpoints screenings.
"Big Men," a documentary about American corporations pursuing oil reserves in Africa, will serve as the opening night film for the World Documentary portion; "Bluebird," a small-town drama featuring "Girls" star Adam Driver, will kick-off the World Narrative slate. "Flex Is Kings," a documentary about Brooklyn street performers, is the Viewpoints opener. All three films premiere on April 18. The Tribeca Film Festival runs from April 17 through April 28, with "Mistaken For Strangers," a documentary about The National, serving as the fest's opening night film.
"Our competition selections embody the quality and diversity of contemporary cinema from across the globe,” Tribeca Film Festival Artistic Director Frederic Boyer said in a release. “The cinematic proficiency that...
"Big Men," a documentary about American corporations pursuing oil reserves in Africa, will serve as the opening night film for the World Documentary portion; "Bluebird," a small-town drama featuring "Girls" star Adam Driver, will kick-off the World Narrative slate. "Flex Is Kings," a documentary about Brooklyn street performers, is the Viewpoints opener. All three films premiere on April 18. The Tribeca Film Festival runs from April 17 through April 28, with "Mistaken For Strangers," a documentary about The National, serving as the fest's opening night film.
"Our competition selections embody the quality and diversity of contemporary cinema from across the globe,” Tribeca Film Festival Artistic Director Frederic Boyer said in a release. “The cinematic proficiency that...
- 3/5/2013
- by Christopher Rosen
- Huffington Post
The Tribeca Film Festival announced the first half of its 2013 movie slate today, including its World Narrative and Documentary Competition film categories, along with selections from the out-of-competition Viewpoints section, which highlights international and independent cinema. Festival organizers reviewed more than 6,000 submissions to select 89 feature-length films from 30 different countries for this year’s festival, which boasts 53 world premieres. “Our competition selections embody the quality and diversity of contemporary cinema from across the globe,” said Frederic Boyer, Tribeca’s artistic director. “The cinematic proficiency that harnesses this lineup is remarkable and we’re looking forward to sharing these new perspectives, powerful performances,...
- 3/5/2013
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
The 2013 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express®, has announced the Viewpoints section of the program. Now in its third year, Tribeca's Viewpoints section is a panorama of the freshest voices in independent film and contemporary documentary from around the world, this year presenting 14 narrative features and 8 documentaries. Featuring an exciting range of stories, the films of this year's Viewpoints section demonstrate a particular interest in telling stories from distinctly male and female perspectives. This year, the documentary Flex is Kings, directed by Deidre Schoo and Michael Nichols, will have the honor of opening the 2013 Viewpoints section. A Birder's Guide To Everything Directed by Rob Meyer, written by Luke Matheny and Rob Meyer (USA) - World Premiere, Narrative On the eve of his widowed father's second wedding, fifteen-year-old David Portnoy (Kodi Smit-McPhee) leads the stalwart members of his local Young Birders Society on rollicking, interstate search for an extremely rare duck.
- 3/5/2013
- TribecaFilm.com
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