Lauren Graham - The Answer Man #11 ~ Out on DVD NOW!!

**LG rocks my socks** · 11-03-2009, 07:55 AM

Arlen Faber
Previously: The Dreams of the Romans

ON DVD NOW!

IMDB Page
Genre: Comedy/Romance

Official Stills - courtesy of Nadine

The Answer Man is up on Moviefone. THanks to Nadine for the heads up.
The Answer Man - Moviefone

Trailer
The Answer Man Trailers - Moviefone

Release Date: July 24th in theaters

Cast:

Jeff Daniels - Arlen Faber (reclusive writer)
Lou Taylor Pucci - Kris Lucas (recovering alcoholic)
Lauren Graham - Elizabeth Danson (chiropractor)
Unknown - Alex, son of Elizabeth
Unknown - Mrs Gold, Alex's school teacher
Unknown - Fedex Guy, who tells Kris where Arlen lives
Olivia Thirlby - Anne, Alex's babysitter, Elizabeth's work colleague
Unknwon - Dharlia, works in bookstore with Kris
Unknwon - Terry Fraser, Arlen's publicist
Kat Dennings

Crew:

John Hindman - Writer/Director
Oliver Bokelberg - Cinematographer

Casting Sides

Combined Sides.

Premise:

“A reclusive writer and a chiropractor fall in love, healing themselves and a recovering alcoholic in the process.”

Official Description

A reclusive author of spiritual books, is pursued for advice by a single mother and a man fresh out of rehab.

Short Description:

Basically Jeff's character, Arlen is a a writer, who lives a very reclusive life, doesn't want to be found, etc. Kris tracks him down at his apartment and they come to an arrangement where Arlen gives Kris a book each week to help with the healing process of both of them.

Elizabeth is a chiropractor who falls in love with Arlen but comes across Kris in her practice on the day his father dies. He goes to Arlen's apartment that night when Elizabeth is there. She consoles him to Arlen's amusement.

Later after a falling out with Arlen and on the day of his father's funeral, Kris looks like he's about to fall off the wagon, before heading to an AA meeting.

What does the title mean?

There can be two ways to look at the title.

1) To dream of the Romans, in terms of succeeding like the Romans did - to be like the Romans
2) New Testament according to the Romans. Credit Divine Plan for the link.

Production Information:

Starts filming in Philadelphia in March 2008. The shoot will be for approximately 25 days. March 17 to April 18 (Production Weekly)

Crew/Production Details

WRITER/DIRECTOR: John Hindman
AGENT: Creative Artists Agency - Jessica Matthews, Maha Dakhil
MANAGER: Thruline Entertainment - Adam Williamson
AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION. Kevin Messick Producing.

Additional Links

The Black List
Production Charts
iOWest (where John teaches classes).
Private-equity exec's interest in movies earns him credits (Chicago Tribune) (20 December 2007)
Seeking interns (Greater Philadelphia Film Office) (8 February 2008)
Casting notice for Alex, Elizabeth's son (Heery Casting)
Inqlings: Alycia Lane's sad task | Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/14/2008
Olivia Thirbly attached to tDotR (Collider.com) (29 February 2008)
Jeff Daniels 'Dumb' and strummer (Daily Herald) (29 February 2008)

The Answer man trailer here NEW!

Some information courtesy of juliekaye asking Lauren about the movie:

I hurriedly asked what the situation was with The Dream of the Romans and was it still going to get made? Her eyes got big and she said "We haven't filmed it yet...how did you know about that???" I laughed a little and said something like "Oh, the things we fans know!" And she laughed and said "Oh...the internet..." kind of dramatically and sort of rolled her eyes a bit in a good natured way.

Then she said "No, we haven't started filming yet. We start next month, in March, in Philadelphia." She mentioned a bit about Jeff Daniels and Paul Dano being in it and that she was very excited for it and couldn't wait to start on it. I told her that she just made some of her fans very happy to hear that it was getting made and she smiled and I think said "Oh good!"

Additional information from Philadelphia Inquirer

In the film by writer/director John Hindman, Daniels' character is Arlen Faber, reclusive author of Me and God, a popular book about spirituality. Arlen's life collides with those of Elizabeth (a single mom) and Kris (Joe Anderson of Across the Universe), a young man fresh out of rehab. Both Elizabeth and Kris hope Arlen has the answers, but he hasn't got a clue. Also cast are Philly's Kat Dennings (ER, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) and Olivia Thirlby (Leah in Juno). The shoot is booked for 25 days around town.

On the set Pics

Here thanks to Joy.
Here thanks to Ele.
Here thanks to Audrey.
Here thanks to Nadine.
Here thanks to Babette.
Here thanks to Katka.

Old Thread

LG - Life's Good · 11-03-2009, 08:22 AM

Thanks for the new thread!

Copop · 11-03-2009, 08:26 AM

Tftnt

Laurenislove · 11-03-2009, 08:54 AM

thanks for the new thread!

soo has anyone bought the dvd yet?

-Denise- · 11-03-2009, 10:13 AM

Thanks for the new thread. I'm curious about the dvd as well!

lgfan · 11-03-2009, 11:18 AM

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soo has anyone bought the dvd yet?

I checked Walmart but they didn't have it.

I'll try Blockbuster next.

LG Stargirl · 11-03-2009, 11:23 AM

I pre-ordered mine from amazon, so I'm hoping the mailman brings it very soon! When I woke up this morning I had an e-mail that it shipped. Thanks for the info on the extras, Katka - I could not be more excited about them . . . sounds wonderful!

plokijuh987 · 11-03-2009, 01:44 PM

There's probably no date yet for the release in Germany (and Austria), right

Oh, I would love to have it already!!!!!!

LG Stargirl · 11-03-2009, 08:17 PM

So, did anyone find it today?

chants · 11-03-2009, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by LG Stargirl (View Post)

I pre-ordered mine from amazon, so I'm hoping the mailman brings it very soon! When I woke up this morning I had an e-mail that it shipped. Thanks for the info on the extras, Katka - I could not be more excited about them . . . sounds wonderful!

I ordered it from Amazon too, and it has shipped.

I live in a small-ish town and I knew I would have a hard time finding an indie movie like this anywhere, so it's better to just order it than drive around all over town. I should have it in a few days.

**LG rocks my socks** · 11-03-2009, 08:23 PM

I couldn't find it

I think I'll have to end up ordering it online.

LG Stargirl · 11-03-2009, 08:35 PM

Awww, bummer! Well, it's only a couple days until those of us who ordered from amazon will get them. But with a whole feature-length commentary with Lauren - I can't wait that long! I want it now!!!! *is Veruca Salt for a moment*

agiepagie07 · 11-03-2009, 09:16 PM

Target is normally helpful. Its where I got BoA. I'm gonna try there this weekend

Danke · 11-04-2009, 12:52 AM

just another opinion about the extras

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Extras:

Magnolia fills out the 25GB Blu-ray disc with a decent selection of bonus features. First is an Audio Commentary with writer/director Hindman, producer Kevin Messick, and actor Lauren Graham. It's a laid-back track (all three are witty people), interesting and enjoyable.

Next up are a pair of featurettes. "Characters of The Answer Man" (10:14) features all of the prominent cast members discussion their roles (complete with spoilers, so beware), while "The Answer Man: From Concept to Creation" (9:57) is more process and filmmaker-based. As is the norm with Magnolia releases, we also get HD Net's promo featurette, "A Look at The Answer Man" (4:33); it's pretty standard promo fluff. Trailers for additional Magnolia Blu-rays (Food, Inc., Is Anybody There?, World's Greatest Dad, and The Great Buck Howard) are also included.

-Denise- · 11-04-2009, 03:22 AM

So we can expect witty audio commentary?

That's going to be so much fun I think.