Igby Goes Down
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| Igby Goes Down | |
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 Igby Goes Down DVD cover |
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| Directed by | Burr Steers |
| Produced by | Lisa Tornell, Marco Weber |
| Written by | Burr Steers |
| Starring | Kieran Culkin Claire Danes Jeff Goldblum Ryan Phillippe Amanda Peet Bill Pullman Susan Sarandon |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | 23 May 2002 |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ~ US$9,000,000 |
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Igby Goes Down is a 2002 film that follows the life of Igby Slocumb. It is written and directed by Burr Steers. It is rated R by MPAA for language, sexuality and drug content.
[edit] Plot
Igby Goes Down follows the life of Igby Slocumb (Kieran Culkin), the dissatisfied son of a wealthy family, who after a series of less-than-satisfactory encounters with education, seeks solace in New York City. This satirical black comedy also features Susan Sarandon as Mimi Slocumb, Igby's cold and calculating mother, Ryan Phillippe as Oliver ("Ollie") Slocumb, his "fascist" older brother, a Columbia University student for whom the most important thing is outward success; Bill Pullman as Jason Slocumb, his schizophrenic father; Jeff Goldblum as DH Banes, Igby's slimy godfather/benefactor (later revealed to be his biological father) and Claire Danes as Sookie Sapperstein, an older college student who falls into a romance with Igby only to later betray him with Ollie. Amanda Peet also features as Rachel - DH's mistress who claims to be a dancer but is in fact a drug addict. Director Burr Steers's uncle Gore Vidal has a very brief cameo as a Catholic priest - an in-joke considering that Vidal actually is well-known to be a gay atheist.
Many reviewers have observed similarities between the movie and J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, which deals with themes of alienation, insanity and dysfunctional relationships, whilst following a teenage boy through New York City after his expulsion from a private school.
- Tagline: Insanity is relative.
[edit] Cast
- Kieran Culkin: Jason 'Igby' Slocumb, Jr.
- Claire Danes: Sookie Sapperstein
- Jeff Goldblum: D.H. Banes
- Jared Harris: Russel
- Amanda Peet: Rachel
- Ryan Phillippe: Oliver 'Ollie' Slocumb
- Bill Pullman: Jason Slocumb
- Susan Sarandon: Mimi Slocumb
- Rory Culkin: 10-year-old Igby
- Peter Anthony Tambakis: 13-year-old Oliver
- Bill Irwin:Lt. Ernest Smith, Pershing Academy
- Kathleen Gati: Ida
- Gannon Forrester: Little Cadet
- Celia Weston: Bunny
- Elizabeth Jagger: Lisa Fiedler
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