The Squid and the Whale [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

The Squid and the Whale [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

Director: Noah Baumbach Cast: Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels
, Laura Linney
Laura Linney
, Owen Kline
Owen Kline
, Jesse Eisenberg
Jesse Eisenberg
Noah Baumbach
The Squid and the Whale [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

The Squid and the Whale [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

Director: Noah Baumbach Cast: Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels
, Laura Linney
Laura Linney
, Owen Kline
Owen Kline
, Jesse Eisenberg
Jesse Eisenberg
Noah Baumbach

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Overview

Two boys learn the hard way about how a marriage falls apart in this independent comedy drama. Bernard (Jeff Daniels) is a novelist whose career has gone into a slow decline as he spends more time teaching and less time writing. His wife, Joan (Laura Linney), meanwhile, has recently begun publishing her own work to widespread acclaim, which only increases the growing tension between them. One day, Bernard and Joan's two sons -- 16-year-old Walt (Jesse Eisenberg) and 12-year-old Frank (Owen Kline) -- are told that their parents are separating, with Bernard renting a house on the other side of their Park Slope, Brooklyn, neighborhood. As the parents set up a schedule for spending time with their children, Walt and Jesse can hardly imagine that things could get more combative between their folks, but they do, as Joan begins dating Ivan (William Baldwin), Frank's tennis instructor, and Bernard starts sharing the house with Lili (Anna Paquin), one of his students. Meanwhile, the two boys begin taking sides in the battle between their parents, with Walt taking after his father and Frank siding with his mom. Based on writer/director Noah Baumbach's own childhood experiences with his parents' divorce, The Squid and the Whale won prizes for writing and direction at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.

Product Details

Release Date: 11/22/2016
UPC: 0715515189217
Original Release: 2005
Rating: R
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: 1
Sound: [Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language: English
Time: 1:21:00
Sales rank: 31,619

Special Features

New, restored 4k digital transfer, supervised by Cinematographer Robert Yeoman and Director Noah Baumbach; New Interviews with Baumbach and actors Jeff Daniels, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, and Laura Linney; New conversation about the score and other music in the film between Baumbach and Composers Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips; Behind "The Squid and the Whale," a 2005 documentary featuring on-set footage and cast interviews; Audition footage; Trailers; Plus: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Kent Jones and a 2005 interview of Baumbach by novelist Jonathan Lethem

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Jeff Daniels Bernard Berkman
Laura Linney Joan Berkman
Owen Kline Frank Berkman,Greta Greenberg
Jesse Eisenberg Walt Berkman
Halley Feiffer Sophie Greenburg
Anna Paquin Lili
William Baldwin Ivan
David Benger Carl
Molly Barton Graduate Student
Bo Berkman Graduate Student
Matthew Kaplan Graduate Student,Graduate Student
Matthew Kirsch Graduate Student
Daniella Markowicz Graduate Student
Elizabeth Meriwether Graduate Student
Ben Schrank Graduate Student
Amy Srebnick Graduate Student,Graduate Student
Emma Straub Graduate Student
Alan Wilks Graduate Student
James Hamilton Man with Joan
Adam Rose Otto
Henry Glovinsky Lance
Eli Gelb Jeffrey
Wayne Lawson Talent Show Judge
Michael Santiago Talent Show Judge
Patricia Towers Talent Show Judge
Peggy Gormley Mrs. Greenberg
Peter Newman Mr. Greenberg
Melissa Meyer Professor
Benjamin Smolen Student with Puppets
Michael Countryman Mr. Simic
Alexandra Daddario Pretty Girl
Nico Baumbach Jeb Gelber
Maryann Plunkett Ms. Lemon
Hector Otero Hector
Ken Leung School Counselor
Jo Yang Nurse
Britta Phillips Composer
Dean Wareham Composer

Technical Credits
Noah Baumbach Director,Screenwriter
Peter Newman Producer
Wes Anderson Producer
Clara Markowicz Producer
Charlie Corwin Producer
Greg Johnson Executive Producer
Douglas Aibel Casting
Andrew Lauren Executive Producer
Reverge Anselmo Executive Producer
Miranda Bailey Executive Producer
Allan Byer Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The Squid and the Whale
1. Doubles [9:35]
2. Family Conference [9:12]
3. Kafkaesque [7:37]
4. Ping-Pong [7:16]
5. Lili Moves In [8:21]
6. Rehearsal [5:12]
7. Talent Show [6:00]
8. The Reading [2:05]
9. A Therapist [3:33]
10. The Cat Escapes [4:00]
11. The Squid and the Whale [8:42]
1. Color Bars [9:42]
1. Chapter 1 [27:12]
2. Chapter 2 [:25]
Disc #2 -- The Squid and the Whale
1. Chapter 1 [19:47]
2. Chapter 2 [:25]
1. Walt and Frank [3:09]
2. "Do You Like Franz Kafka?" [3:17]
3. "Not An Intellectual" [3:55]
4. "Don't Be Difficult" [2:40]
5. "I Know It's Over" [7:30]
1. Chapter 1 [13:22]
2. Chapter 2 [:25]
1. Chapter 1 [9:56]
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