On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
04-04-2018
1h 55m
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Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Gus Van Sant
Production:
Anonymous Content, Iconoclast, Amazon Studios, Big Indie Pictures
Revenue:
$4,200,000
Budget:
$3,500,000
Key Crew
Producer:
Mourad Belkeddar
Producer:
Nicolas Lhermitte
Producer:
Steve Golin
Producer:
Charles-Marie Anthonioz
Editor:
Gus Van Sant
Locations and Languages
Country:
US
Filming:
FR; US
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Rafael Phoenix (born October 28, 1974) is an American actor, producer, and animal rights activist. Known for playing dark and unconventional characters in independent film, he is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, he was ranked 12th on the list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century by The New York Times.
Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Los Angeles and Florida, Phoenix began his career by appearing in television series in the early 1980s with his brother River. His first major film roles were in SpaceCamp (1986) and Parenthood (1989). During this period, he was credited as Leaf Phoenix, a name he gave himself. He took back his birth first name in the early 1990s and received critical acclaim for his supporting roles in the comedy-drama film To Die For (1995) and the period film Quills (2000). Phoenix received further critical acclaim and first Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of the evil emperor Commodus in the historical drama film Gladiator (2000). He had success with the horror films Signs (2002) and The Village (2004), the historical drama Hotel Rwanda (2004) and won a Grammy, a Golden Globe and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of musician Johnny Cash in the biopic Walk the Line (2005). He continued to receive acclaim in two features with his frequent director James Gray; the action thriller We Own the Night (2007) and the romantic drama Two Lovers (2008), before taking a break from acting.
In the 2010s, Phoenix returned to acting to critical acclaim. He starred in the psychological drama The Master (2012), winning the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and earning his third Academy Award nomination. He received Golden Globe nominations for his roles in the romantic drama Her (2013) and the crime satire Inherent Vice (2014) and won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in the psychological thriller You Were Never Really Here (2017). Phoenix achieved international stardom and won an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a second Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of the title character in Joker (2019).
Phoenix is an animal rights activist. He has been vegan since the age of three and regularly supports charitable causes and has produced several documentaries on global meat consumption and its impact on the environment. He is in a relationship with actress Rooney Mara, with whom he has a son.
Jonah Hill Feldstein (born December 20, 1983) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and director. He is known for his comedic roles in films including Superbad (2007), Knocked Up (2007), 21 Jump Street (2012), This Is the End (2013), and 22 Jump Street (2014). For his performances in Moneyball (2011) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Hill ranked 28th on Forbes magazine's list of highest-paid actors from June 2014 to June 2015, at $16 million. In 2020, he was found to have sworn on film more than any other actor. As a screenwriter, he contributed to the stories of 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, Sausage Party and Why Him? In 2018, he starred in the Netflix dark comedy miniseries Maniac and made his directorial debut with the film Mid90s. He also wrote the screenplay for Mid90s.
Hill has provided voices for the animated films Horton Hears a Who! (2008), Megamind (2010), How to Train Your Dragon (2010–2019), The Lego Movie (2014), and The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019).
Patricia Rooney Mara (born April 17, 1985) is an American film and television actress. Mara made her acting debut in 2005 and has gone on to star in films including A Nightmare on Elm Street, the remake of the 1984 horror film, and The Social Network. Mara also portrayed Lisbeth Salander, the title character in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, a Sony Pictures film based on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium book series.
Mara is also known for her charity work. She oversees the charity Faces of Kibera, which benefits orphans from the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, one of the largest slums in Africa.
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Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, musician, and songwriter. Black is known for his roles in the films High Fidelity (2000), Shallow Hal (2001), Orange County (2002), School of Rock (2003), Envy (2004), Gulliver's Travels (2010), Bernie (2011) and The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018), in addition to his role in the Jumanji franchise. He also voices the giant panda named Po from DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda films. He gained Golden Globe nominations for his work in School of Rock and Bernie, and he was given a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame in 2018.\n\nBlack is also the lead vocalist of the Grammy Award–winning comedy rock duo Tenacious D, which he formed in 1994 with long time friend, Kyle Gass. They have released multiple studio albums including their self titled debut Tenacious D, The Pick of Destiny, Rize of the Fenix, and Post-Apocalypto, in addition to their television series Tenacious D (1997–2000) and film Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006). Since 2018, Black has maintained a YouTube channel called Jablinski Games.
Beth Ditto (born Mary Beth Patterson, February 19, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and actress most notable for her work with the indie rock band Gossip, which she disbanded in 2016 to pursue a career in fashion and start a solo career. In 2018, Ditto made her film acting debut in Gus Van Sant's "Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot." The following year she was cast in "On Becoming a God in Central Florida," a Showtime series starring Kirsten Dunst.
Kim Althea Gordon (born April 28, 1953) is an American musician, vocalist, artist, record producer, video director and actress. She is lead singer, bass and guitarist in the alternative rock band Sonic Youth, and in Free Kitten with Julia Cafritz (of Pussy Galore). Gordon has collaborated with a number of musicians, including Ikue Mori, DJ Olive, William Winant, Lydia Lunch, Courtney Love, Alan Licht and Chris Corsano.
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Udo Kierspe (born October 14, 1944), known professionally as Udo Kier, is a German actor. Known primarily as a character actor, Kier has appeared in more than 220 films in both leading and supporting roles throughout Europe, Canada and the Americas. He has collaborated with acclaimed filmmakers such as Lars von Trier, Gus van Sant, Werner Herzog, Walerian Borowczyk, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Dario Argento, Charles Matton, Guy Maddin, Alexander Payne, and Paul Morrissey.
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Carrie Rachel Brownstein (born September 27, 1974) is an American musician, writer, actress, director, and comedian from Seattle, Washington. She is known for being the guitarist and vocalist of punk rock bands Excuse 17 and Sleater-Kinney, as well as for her television and film endeavors. In 2009 she created the sketch comedy series Portlandia with Fred Armisen, which the two starred in. The series ran for 8 seasons from 2011 to 2018. Brownstein has also acted in various films such as Carol (2015) and Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018).
Sunny Suljic (born August 10, 2005) is an American actor and skateboarder. He is known for his roles as Bob in Yorgos Lanthimos's 2016 drama The Killing of a Sacred Deer and as the voice and motion capture actor for Atreus, the son of Kratos, in the 2018 video game God of War, for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Performance in a Video Game. He reprised the role in the game's 2022 sequel, God of War Ragnarök, for which he was nominated for Best Performance at The Game Awards 2022 and the BAFTA Award for Performer in a Leading Role. Suljic had his first lead role in Jonah Hill's film Mid90s, also in 2018.
Rebecca Rittenhouse (born Rebecca Rittenhouse Meaders; November 30, 1988) is an American actress. She starred as Cody LeFever in the ABC prime time soap opera, Blood & Oil and played the role Dr. Anna Ziev in the Hulu romantic comedy The Mindy Project.
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Jessica Jade Andres is an American actress and model. She was one the first models for the clothing company American Apparel. She received her BFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. While in NYC she did film, TV, as well as theater with Ensemble Studio Theatre. She then moved to the west coast after she was cast in M. Night Shyamalan's live action film of the hit anime series Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Torian Miller is an Actor and Casting Director from the United States. So far Torian Miller has worked in the Hollywood entertainment industry and his artwork has been released in English language movies.
Olivia Hamilton (born June 3, 1987) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Ruth Adler in Babylon (2022), which was directed by her husband, Damien Chazelle.
Ron Perkins is an American actor. He is known for his role as Mendel Stromm in Spider-Man. He also appeared in The Prestige as the manager of a hotel visited by Hugh Jackman's character in Colorado Springs, as well as nine episodes of Fox TV series House and four episodes of Heroes in 2008.
Heather Christina Marie Matarazzo (born November 10, 1982) is an American actress. Her breakthrough role was Dawn Wiener in the film Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995). She played Lilly in The Princess Diaries (2001) and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004). Her other films include The Devil's Advocate (1997), Scream 3 (2000), Sorority Boys (2002), Saved! (2004), and Scream (2022).
Lou Wilson is a former cast member at CollegeHumor. He is a part of Dropout's Dungeons & Dragons actual play show Dimension 20 and appears in other Dropout shows like Adventuring Academy and Game Changer. Lou also works as a writer and the on-air announcer for Jimmy Kimmel Live! and appears in American Vandal, The King of Staten Island, and The Guest Book.
An American film, television and web writer, actor and comedian. He's a founding member of the sketch comedy group "Good Neighbor" and was a writer for the television show "Saturday Night Live".
Ramy Youssef (born March 26, 1991) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer of Egyptian descent. Youssef made his acting debut in the Nick@Nite sitcom See Dad Run. In 2019, Youssef made his breakthrough with Ramy, a show Youssef created, produced and starred in. Youssef received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series for his performance.
Mireille Enos (born 22 September 1975, height 5' 2" (1,57 m)) is an actress who grew up in Houston, Texas.
Enos studied at Brigham Young University. She is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
She was nominated for a Tony Award (Best Featured Actress in a Play) in 2005 for her performance in the Broadway production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
She also has numerous television appearances, notably playing Kathy and Jodeen Marquart, twin sisters, in HBO's Big Love.
Enos married actor Alan Ruck on January 4, 2008. Daughter Vesper Vivianne Ruck was born on September 23rd, 2010. On December 2, 2010 filming began on AMC's The Killing- Enos leads the cast as Detective Sarah Linden.
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Gus Green Van Sant, Jr. (born July 24, 1952) is an American director, screenwriter, painter, photographer, musician, and author. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Achievement in Directing for his 1997 film Good Will Hunting and his 2008 film Milk, and won the Palme d'Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival for his film Elephant. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
His early career was devoted to directing television commercials in the Pacific Northwest. In his films, he has dealt with themes concerning homosexuality and other marginalized subcultures.
His filmography as writer and director includes an adaptation of Tom Robbins' novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, which features a diverse cast (Keanu Reeves, Roseanne Barr, Uma Thurman, and k.d. lang, with cameos by William S. Burroughs and Heather Graham, among others); and My Own Private Idaho, also starring Reeves as well as River Phoenix.
He wrote the screenplays for most of his early movies, and wrote one novel, Pink. A book of his photography has also been published, called 108 Portraits.
Jaret Martino began his acting career at age six in theatre and has gone on to appear in TV / Film productions, including The Middle, Law and Order SVU, 30 Rock, One Life To Live, Modern Family,Teen Wolf, and national commercial campaigns for Mastercard, Usher & Lady Gaga's Tour Promo, Sonic, and T-mobile.
Jaret studied at Fordham University, as well as The Lee Strasberg Institue. Always placing an importance on education he continues to study with top industry professionals, such as Larry Moss, Gary Austin (Founder of The Groundlings), Scott Sedita and Elizabeth Kemp.
Today his journey as an artist includes writing and producing films in an effort to bring awareness to subject matters deserving attention. Jaret formed a Production company, and some credits include,"Driven The Documentary", an empowering film created to inspire women, artists and anyone with a dream that feels impossible. Driven has played at film festivals worldwide, receiving support from companies such as Microsoft and Step Up!
"Ladybug", a psychological thriller was featured at The Vail Film Festival. Shortly after that success, Jaret was approached to produce a comedy pilot, "Bellz Angels", to be pitched to cable and major networks.
"Donna: Stronger Than Pretty" is his first Narrative Feature Film Screenplay. His mission with telling this story is to give back to those who do so much to inspire others: first and foremost his mom, plus the women who face adversity and find ways to overcome it.