Directed by:
Zach BraffScreenplay:
Zach BraffCinematography:
Lawrence SherComposer:
Chad FischerCast:
Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Austin Lysy, Gary Gilbert, Kenneth Graymez, Ian Holm, Jackie Hoffman, Jim Parsons, Ron Leibman, Method Man, Denis O'Hare (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
In this quirky comedy Andrew "Large" Largeman (Zach Braff) is returning home to New Jersey for the first time in nine years to attend his mother's funeral. A struggling actor in Los Angeles, he's been living under clouds of medication prescribed by his psychiatrist father (Ian Holm). After drifting through the funeral with the same emotional numbness he's felt for years, he reconnects with old friend Mark (Peter Sarsgaard), a gravedigger. In a doctor's office, he meets ebullient Sam (Natalie Portman), an epileptic whose lust for life inspires Andrew to feel things that his medication long denied him. Over four days, he develops feelings for Sam he didn't know he was capable of, and faces up to the resentment his father holds toward him about an accident that happened long ago. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2005 - Dan Halsted, Gary Gilbert, Pamela Abdy, Rich Klubeck, Zach Braff (Best First Feature)
- 2005 - Zach Braff (Best First Screenplay)
Critics Choice Awards
- 2005 - Best Soundtrack
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2004 - Zach Braff (Pauline Kael Breakout Award)
Sundance Film Festival
- 2004 - Zach Braff (U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic)