Garden State
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Zach Braff
Ron Leibman
George C. Wolfe
Alex Burns
Chris Carley
Jim Pesce
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Andrew Largeman shuffled through life in a lithium-induced coma until his mother's death inspired a vacation from the pills to see what might happen. A moderately successful TV actor living in Los Angeles, "Large" hasn't been home to the "Garden State" in nine years. But even with 3,000 miles between them, he's been unable to escape his domineering father Gideon and the silencing effect he's had on his son from afar. Stunned to find himself in his hometown after such a long absence, Large finds old acquaintances around every corner living quite unique lives as gravediggers, fast food knights and the panderers of pyramid schemes. Meanwhile, at home, he does his best to avoid a long-simmering but inevitable confrontation with his father. By a twist of fate, Large meets Sam, a girl who is everything he isn't. A blast of color, hope and quirks, Sam becomes a sidekick who refuses to ride in his sidecar. Her warmth and fearlessness give Large the courage to open his heart to the joy and pain of the infinite abyss that is life.
Director
Zach Braff
Cast
Ron Leibman
George C. Wolfe
Alex Burns
Chris Carley
Jim Pesce
Michael Weston
Jayne Houdyshell
Trisha Lafrache
Yvette Mercedes
Amy Ferguson
Peter Sarsgaard
Mark Murphy
Debbon Ayer
Genevieve Norante
Jim Parsons
Soara-joy Ross
Austin Lysy
Jonathan Knopf
Geoffrey Arend
Seth Michael May
Denis O'hare
Zach Braff
Gary Gilbert
Wynter Kullman
Joanna Leslie
Natalie Portman
Kurt Sirgelin
Ryan B Moschetti
Ian Holm
Jean Smart
Tracey Antosiweicz
Ann Dowd
Armando Riesco
Jill Flint
Ato Essandoh
Jackie Hoffman
Kenneth Graymez
Janine Strafaci
Joe Bacino
Method Man
Crew
George Abdy
Pamela Abdy
Chris Affholder
Jill Alexander
Bill Almeida
Tara Andrus
Sunny Antrim
Tony Arnaud
James Bailey
K C Bailey
Bill Baker
Laura Ballinger
Sophie Barker
Steve Bartowicz
Judy Becker
Cody Beke
Jon Bell
Martin Bernstein
Guy Berryman
Henry Binns
Charmaine Boos
Jason Boshart
Coburn Boyd
Zach Braff
Ethan Brooke
Cary Brothers
Cary Brothers
Bill Brown
Jason D Brown
Weldon Brown
John Buckland
Kate Butler
Greg Cahill
Michael Callaghan
Will Champion
Steve Charnow
Amos Chester
Jack Ciano
Jack Ciano
John W Cook
Wyze Crack
Ted Craig
Sarah Curran Voigt
Buck Damon
Jessica Daniels
Bear Davies
Betsy Davis
Bill Davis
Robin Day
Danny De Vito
David Defillips
Ralph Devito
Erin Dicker
Mike Dickman
Jermaine Dickson
James Domorski
Devin Donegan
Amanda Dragon
Nick Drake
Nick Drake
Chris Drechsler
Leo Driver
Larry Ellena
Meryl Emmerton
Kim Engelhart
Byron Epps
Mario Estrello
Karen E. Etcoff
Steve Faughnan
John Finn
Chad Fischer
Chad Fischer
Charlotte Fleck
Ken Franchi
Rob Garza
Emily Gaunt
Catherine George
Mitchell C Gettleman
Ben Gibbard
Gary Gilbert
Rocco Gioffre
Gerald Gloster
Rachel Goodlett Katz
Amanda Goodman
Andrew Goodman
Paul W. Gorfine
Steve Gould
Gabe Greenberg
Jeffrey B Gregg
Rebecca Gregg
George Grenier
Jeff Gunn
Terry Gusto
Laura Hahn
Brian Haigh
Traci Hainsworth
Josh Hakian
Philip Andrew Hall
Dan Halsted
Sam Hardaker
Chip Hart
Michael Hatzer
Colin Hay
Colin Hay
Jason P Hayes
Sandy Hayes
Sandy Hayes
Imogen Heap
Joe Helmreich
Mo Henry
Gary Hilderbrand
Eric Hilton
Sean Hogan
Micky Hohl
Nathan Holmes
C J Howard
James Howe
Ken Ishii
Drew Jiritano
Jasper Lee Johnson
Zsolt Kadar
Katherine Karbowski
Kathleen Karridene
Avy Kaufman
Jesse Kaufmann
John Keating
Stan Keitt
Joe Kelly
Katie Kemsley
Myron Kerstein
Richard Klubeck
Roopa Kosuri
Kim Krafsky
Beth Kuhn
Ronnie Kupferwasser
Daryl Lathrop
Mary Latvis
Alyson Latz
Frederick Lawrence
Cedric Lemoyne
Michael Lerman
Edmund Levine
Megan Levine
Karina Liebel
Dennis Livesey
Heather Loeffler
Mat Lynch
M. J. Magbanua
Patrick Mahoney
Jeff Malham
Seth Marshall
Chris Anthony John Martin
Chris Wolfgang Mauch
Darren Maynard
Steve Mcauliff
James Mercer
Kim Metsch
Lia Mijangos
Steve Morantz
Brad Morrison
Courtney Moser
Alexi Murdoch
Alexi Murdoch
Frank Murray
David Nadal
Jane Nelson
Evelyne Noraz
Peter Nusbaum
Peter Nusbaum
Iain O'higgins
Gene O'neill
Catherine Osbourne
Celia Parker
Peter Pastorelli
Sean Peacock
David Posamentier
Jagger Potter
John Priebe
Whitney Purple
Kate Quinlan
Alex Raspa
Schavaria Reeves
Peter Regnier
Peter Reith
Lionel Richie
Finn Riley
David O. Rogers
Joe Romeo
Dante Ross
Dante Ross
Ann Ruark
Rosalie Rusino
David Ruth
Jerry Sandager
Christina Schaich
Amanda Scheer-demme
Kaylie Schiff
Elliott Schimel
Tracy Scott
Joe Sevey
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 2004 award for Most Promising Filmmaker by the Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA).
Released in United States Summer July 28, 2004
Released in United States on Video December 28, 2004
Released in United States January 2004
Released in United States June 2004
Shown at IFP/Los Angeles Film Festival June 17-26, 2004.
Miramax Films and Fox Searchlight reportedly paid $5 million to jointly acquire worldwide rights to project at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. Distribution revenues will be split 50-50; details of who will handle which territories are to be determined, based on each company's resources in various markets.
Feature dirctorial debut for Zach Braff.
Released in United States Summer July 28, 2004
Released in United States on Video December 28, 2004
Released in United States January 2004 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Dramatic Competition) January 15-25, 2004.)
Released in United States June 2004 (Shown at IFP/Los Angeles Film Festival June 17-26, 2004.)
Winner of the 2004 award for Best Directorial Debut and co-winner of the 2004 award for Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking by the National Board of Review (NBR).
