The Great New Wonderful
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| Directed by | Danny Leiner |
| Produced by | Matt Tauber Danny Leiner Leslie Urdang Amy Robinson |
| Written by | Sam Catlin |
| Starring | Naseeruddin Shah Tony Shalhoub Jim Gaffigan Maggie Gyllenhaal Olympia Dukakis |
| Music by | John Swihart |
| Distributed by | First Independent Pictures |
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88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $172,055[1] |
The Great New Wonderful is a 2005 film written by Sam Catlin and directed by Danny Leiner.
Contents
Plot
The Great New Wonderful is a series of vignettes of incidents taking place concurrently around Manhattan. The only other thing linking the incidents is the month in which they occur: September 2002. Recurring themes include Frustration and Sugar.
The vignettes include:
- An accountant (Jim Gaffigan) undergoing a therapy session in the office of a passive-aggressive psychologist (Tony Shalhoub).
- Two immigrants from India on security detail for a visiting dignitary.
- An ambitious pastry chef (Maggie Gyllenhaal) preparing a professional pitch that she hopes will make her the reigning doyenne of New York's competitive cake scene.
- A Brooklyn housewife (Olympia Dukakis) fixes her husband's dinner and then sits at the kitchen table making collages out of old magazines while her husband sits on the balcony, smoking a cigarette.
- Allison & David Burbage (Judy Greer, Tom McCarthy) struggle to keep their marriage together while coping with their increasingly difficult and strangely self-possessed 10-year-old son.
Cast
- Olympia Dukakis — Judie
- Jim Gaffigan — Sandie
- Judy Greer — Allison
- Maggie Gyllenhaal — Emme
- Tom McCarthy — David
- Sharat Saxena — Satish
- Naseeruddin Shah — Avi
- Tony Shalhoub — Dr. Trabulous
- Edie Falco — Safarah
- Stephen Colbert — Mr. Peersall
- Jim Parsons — Justin
References
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- Scott, A.O. (2006, June 23). Everything Is Different, but Life Goes On Anyway. The New York Times, p. B12
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Great New Wonderful at IMDb
- The Great New Wonderful at AllMovie
- The Great New Wonderful at Box Office Mojo
