A Serious Man
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Roderick Jaynes
Claudia Wilkens
Richard Kind
Allen L Rickman
Aaron Wolff
Brent Braunschweig
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The story of an ordinary man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances, Sy Ableman, who seems to her a more substantial person than the feckless Larry. Larry's unemployable brother Arthur is sleeping on the couch, his son Danny is a discipline problem and a shirker at Hebrew school, and his daughter Sarah is filching money from his wallet in order to save up for a nose job. While his wife and Sy Ableman blithely make new domestic arrangements, and his brother becomes more and more of a burden, an anonymous hostile letter-writer is trying to sabotage Larry's chances for tenure at the university. Also, a graduate student seems to be trying to bribe him for a passing grade while at the same time threatening to sue him for defamation. Plus, the beautiful woman next door torments him by sunbathing nude. Struggling for equilibrium, Larry seeks advice from three different rabbis. Can anyone help him cope with his afflictions and become a righteous person--a mensch--a serious man?
Cast
Claudia Wilkens
Richard Kind
Allen L Rickman
Aaron Wolff
Brent Braunschweig
Michael Engel
Fyvush Finkel
Michael Stuhlbarg
Andrew S Lentz
Ari Hoptman
Wayne A Evenson
Peter Breitmayer
Michael Lerner
Hannah Nemer
Piper Sigel Bruse
James Cada
Raye Birk
Sari Wagner
Jessica Mcmanus
George Wyner
Adam Arkin
Alan Mandell
Scott Baker
Jack Swiler
Simon Helberg
David Kang
Charles Brin
Michael Tezla
Ronald Schultz
Tim Russell
Amy Landecker
Benji Portnoe
Steve Park
Tyson Bidner
Phyllis Harris
Jane Hammill
Neil Newman
Rita Vassallo
Warren David Keith
Fred Melamed
Jon Kaminski Jr.
Katherine Borowitz
Jim Lichtscheidl
Yelena Shmulenson
Crew
Jan E Adams
Tristan Allen
Carolyn J Anderson
Curtis W Anderson
J. Todd Anderson
Larz Anderson
Richard Anderson
Steve Anderson
Paul Applebaum
Frida Aradottir
Michael Arnold
Oliver Arnold
Maria Baker
Jessica Bakke
Michael Bakri
Marty Balin
Randall Balsmeyer
Kris Barberg
Cassandra Barbour
Phil Barrie
Shannon Bart
Kati Batchelder
Benjamin Bayne
Colleen Beach
Sidor Belarsky
Chris Benson
Craig Berkey
Craig Berkey
Tim Bevan
Andrea Bias
Tyson Bidner
Jon Kjartan Bjornson
Jean Black
Zana Bochar
Dennis J. Braun
Jill Broadfoot
Megan Brown
Andy Burmeister
Virginia Burton
Carter Burwell
Carter Burwell
Carrie Bush
John C Cameron
Alexandre Cancado
Paul Candrilli
Michael Cashore
John Cassella Jr.
John A Champion
Ellen Chenoweth
Johnna Chism
Vincent Cirelli
Stephen Clarke
Peter Clemence
Chris Cloud
Buster Jacob Coen
Ethan Coen
Ethan Coen
Ethan Coen
Joel Coen
Joel Coen
Joel Coen
Edward Cohen
J. John Corbett
Marko Costanzo
Roger Deakins
Roger Deakins
Paul Deely
Lori Delapp
Adam Delisi
Debbie Delisi
Bac Delorme
Kat Donahue
Chloe Dorigan
Joel Dougherty
Danny Downey
David Dustin
Jenny Eagan
Guy Eckert
Mark Edmo
Matt Erkel
Nikki Fallenstein
Catherine Farrell
Faith Farrell
James E Farrell
Michael Farrow
Eric Fellner
Tony Finno
Mary K Flaa
Windy Fleischaker
Tom Franchett
David Franicola
Garrett Fulton
Emma Gaffney
Rachael Gallaghan
Joseph Gallup
Andrew Garski
Kristopher W Gensmer
Kurt W Gensmer
Karen Ruth Getchell
William Gillespie
Jess Gonchor
Katie Goodwin
Robert Graf
Robert Graf
Anthony Grant
Bradley G Grasser
Aaron Greenwood
Steve Griffith
Joseph Grimaldi
Wayne Grimsrud
Andrew Gustafson
Jennifer Gutierrez
Cate Hahneman
Nancy Haigh
Donavan M Hake
Bruce Hamme
Patrick Hammer
Craig Hanson
Mark Har
Andy Harris
Jacob Harris
Kemper Harris
David K Hartman
Michael Hatzer
Eric Helmin
Kelly Rae Hemenway
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
Jery Hewitt
David Hickey
Gregory L Hill
Luther Hill
Steven Hintz
Travis Hottinger
Drew P Houpt
Eric Howell
Anne Hyvarinen
Steven Jacobson
Kenton Jakub
Sondra James
Roderick Jaynes
Roderick Jaynes
Roderick Jaynes
Jefferson Airplane
Deborah Jensen
Deanna L Johnson
Justin Johnson
Randy Johnson
Thomas R Johnston
Scott Jolstad
Matt Joyer
Maria Juranic
Paul Kantner
Kevin Karpinski
Todd Kasow
Timothy S Kennedy
Paul Kenney
Stephen Kenney
Ivan Kerum
Mara Kerum
Frank Ketchum
Anthony P Kettner
Jim Kindt
Eugene Kisch
Cole Koehler
Brian Koehn
Sarah Kruchowski
Ben Krueger
Cheryl Kurk
Lisa Kurk
Cynthia Kurkowski
Peter Kurland
George Lara
Corrine Larson
William Lava
Ken Lebre
Scott Lecy
Joan Lee
Skip Lievsay
Skip Lievsay
Mitch Lillian
Michael Lindquist
Janet Lobberecht
Troy Lochner
Jason Locke
George Lundquist
Jennifer Luther
Betsy Magruder
James A. Mahathey
Chris Malone
Nikki Martin
David Mathiason
Quentin Matthys
Sahm Mcglynn
Kelly Mcmahon
Katharine Mcquerrey
Carrie Messina
Kai Miller
Jarrette Moats
Jean-pierre Molina
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 2009 award for Best Cinematography by the San Francisco Film Critics Circle (SFFCC).
Winner of the 2009 award for Best Original Screenplay by the National Board of Review (NBR).
Winner of the 2009 award for Best Screenplay by the Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC).
Winner of the 2009 Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical (Michael Stuhlbarg) by the International Press Academy (IPA).
Winner of two 2009 Spirit Awards including the Robert Altman Award and Best Cinematography; also nominated for Best Director by Film Independent (FIND).
Limited Release in United States October 2, 2009
Released in United States Fall October 2, 2009
Released in United States on Video February 9, 2010
Released in United States October 2009
Shown at London Film Festival (Galas & Special Screenings) October 14-29, 2009.
Shown at Rome International Film Festival (Official Selection Out of Competition - Preview) October 15-23, 2009.
Limited Release in United States October 2, 2009 (Minneapolis, NY, LA)
Released in United States Fall October 2, 2009
Released in United States on Video February 9, 2010
Released in United States October 2009 (Shown at London Film Festival (Galas & Special Screenings) October 14-29, 2009.)
Released in United States October 2009 (Shown at Rome International Film Festival (Official Selection Out of Competition - Preview) October 15-23, 2009.)
Voted one of the 10 best films of 2009 by the American Film Institute (AFI).
