A small film of great caliber, which suggests an unbelievable scenario as the antidote to the world’s population burst: what would happen if some Norwegian scientists found a way to downsize the average human being? Alexander Payne, the expert of “small” narratives, focuses on the story of a couple that wishes to integrate into a society of miniature-people in an effort to raise its standard of living, and he enunciates a sardonic comment on the utopias dreamt by common men.
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58th TIFF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Alexander Payne
- Script: Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
- Cinematography: Phedon Papamichael
- Editing: Kevin Tent
- Sound: Greg Chapman
- Actors: Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Kristen Wiig
- Production: AD Hominem Productions Gran Via Productions
- Producers: Mark Johnson, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
- Art Direction: Stefania Cella
- Costumes: Wendy Chuck
- Executive producer: Megan Ellison, Diana Pokorny, Jim Burke
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: USA
- Production Year: 2017
- Duration: 135΄
- Distribution in Greece: UIP
- Contact: Paramount Pictures
Alexander Payne
Originally from Omaha, Nebraska, he earned his MFA in Film at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He made his feature film debut with Citizen Ruth (1996) and followed up with Election, which won Best Screenplay from the Writers’ Guild of America and the New York Film Critics Circle, as well as an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. About Schmidt premiered in competition at Cannes and opened the New York FF. Both Sideways (2004) and his latest film, The Descendants (2011), won Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay and were nominated for four others, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Filmography
1996 Citizen Ruth
1999 Election
2002 About Schmidt
2004 Sideways
2011 The Descendants
2013 Nebraska
2017 Downsizing
