BoxOffice® Pro - November 2011

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Sutherland, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charlotte Rampling, Udo Kier, Stellan Skarsgard, John
Hurt, Brady Corbet, Alexander Skarsgard DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER Lars Von Trier PRODUCERS
Meta Louise Foldager, Louise Vesth GENRE Drama RATING R for some graphic nudity,
sexual content and language RUNNING TIME 135 min. RELEASE DATE November 11 NY/LA
As Kristin Dunst’s epic wedding approaches, so too does planet
Melancholia approach the earth, both events promising a collision
course of devastating proportions. Does the bride desire her pretty
event? Surely. Can she withstand it without unraveling? As celestial
pressures and family dramas mount, that question becomes harder
to answer. By some accounts it’s confounding; by others, it’s a train
wreck. But no one who’s seen Lars von Trier’s newest film has called
it anything but spectacular.
THE LIE
DON’T TELL MOM I SAID THE BABY WAS DEAD
DISTRIBUTOR Screen Media CAST Joshua Leonard, Kelli Garner, Alia Shawkat, Jane Adams
DIRECTOR Joshua Leonard SCREENWRITERS Joshua Leonard, Jess Weixler, Mark Webber
PRODUCER Mary Pat Bentel, Daniel Judge GENRE Dramedy RATING R for language and some
drug use RUNNING TIME 80 min. RELEASE DATE November 18 ltd.
Lonnie is a failed musician. Facing the reality of his talentlessness is
no fun, but the tyranny of his soul-killing job keeps him occupied—
more occupied, in fact, than the duties of being a new father and a
husband. And one day, when the pressure mounts and he just can’t
go into work, his boss complains and he says “My daughter died last
night.” On the one hand, that’ll shut him up. On the other, word
spreads along with condolences and fruit baskets until he has to tell
his wife why everyone’s looking her way like the world just ended. I
mean really, that baby’s way too cute for such a mean joke.
THE
DESCENDANTS
ALEXANDER PAYNE MAKES
A COMEBACK
DISTRIBUTOR Fox Searchlight Pictures
CAST George Clooney, Shailene
Woodley, Nick Krause, Patricia Hastie,
Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard, Judy
Greer, Robert Forster, Amara Miller,
Nick Krause DIRECTOR Alexander Payne
SCREENWRITERS Alexander Payne, Nat
Faxon, Jim Rash PRODUCERS Jim Burke,
Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor GENRE
Drama RATING R for language including
some sexual references RUNNING TIME
115 min. RELEASE DATE November 23 ltd.
Like many of director Alexander
Payne’s main characters,
Matt King (George Clooney)
learned how to skate through life and didn’t think about doing
much more. When a boating accident puts his wife in a coma, he
naturally lacks the tools to support his kids or cope with the reality
his marriage was dying in front of him. A Toronto International
Film Fest favorite, this trenchant Thanksgiving release from the
maker of Sideways and About Schmidt gives us all sorts of reasons to
hold onto our loved ones with both hands.
ARTHUR CHRISTMAS
FAMILY BUSINESS BLUES
DISTRIBUTOR Sony Pictures Animation CAST Hugh Laurie, James McAvoy, Imelda Staunton,
Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy, Ashley Jensen DIRECTORS/SCREENWRITERS Barry Cook, Sarah Smith
PRODUCER Cheryl Abood GENRE Animation/Family/Comedy RATING PG for mild rude humor
RUNNING TIME TBD RELEASE DATE November 23, 2011
We would call Arthur Christmas a holiday fanboy, if he wasn’t
the son of Yuletide’s grand poobah. Drowned in a sea of red and
green festoonery, Santa’s son still has an enthusiasm for the
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