Name: Kicking and screaming
Brand: Criterion Collection
SKU: SD_ILS:1462267
Availability: InStock

Author

Joel Castleberg

Call Number

DVD COMEDY (CEN)

Edition

Widescreen version.

Languages

In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Josh Hamilton (Grover), Olivia d'Abo (Jane), Chris Eigeman (Max), Parker Posey (Miami), Jason Wiles (Skippy), Cara Buono (Kate), Carlos Jacott (Otis), Elliott Gould (Grover's Dad), Eric Stoltz (Chet).

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2006.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (1 folded sheet ([4] p.) : ill. ; 19 cm.)

Audience

MPAA rating: Rated R for strong language and some sexuality.

Series

Criterion collection ; 349

Summary

After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her. Paralyzed by postgraduation ennui, Grover, Otis, Max and Skippy remain on campus, denying the real-world futures awaiting them. Nobody wants to radically alter his life, yet none of them wants to end up like Chet, who tends bar and is in his tenth year. The four friends typify a generation of adults-to-be unable to reconcile their hermetic educational experience with workday responsibility, and posing the eternal question, where do we go from here?

Notes

Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1995.

Supplements: Noah Baumbach [featurette] (12 min.); Conversations with Noah Baumbach, Chris Eigeman, Josh Hamilton, Carlos Jacott [featurette] (26 min.); Conrad and Butler take a vacation [featurette] (30 min.); Deleted scenes (10 min.); "Kicking and Screaming" on IFC [featurette] (9 min.); Trailer (2 min.); Booklet includes essay "Reasons for 'Kicking and Screaming'" by Jonathan Rosenbaum.