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It was first released on September 16, 2000 in Toronto and then in the United States on February 22, 2002 on limited release.



It was first released on September 16, 2000 in Toronto and then in the United States on February 22, 2002 on limited release.

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A 2000 BlackComedy film written and directed by Creator/MichaelKalesniko that follows a cranky, ChainSmoking British playwright (Creator/KennethBranagh) living in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Following a decade of flops, he is working on his latest play while his wife (Creator/RobinWright Penn) is determined to have a baby.

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A 2000 BlackComedy film written and directed by Creator/MichaelKalesniko that follows a cranky, ChainSmoking chain smoking British playwright (Creator/KennethBranagh) living in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Following a decade of flops, he is working on his latest play while his wife (Creator/RobinWright Penn) is determined to have a baby.


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A 2000 BlackComedy film written and directed by Creator/MichaelKalesniko that follows a cranky, ChainSmoking British playwright (Creator/KennethBranagh) living in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Following a decade of flops, he is working on his latest play while his wife (Creator/RobinWright Penn) is determined to have a baby.

While all this is happening, he starts bonding with a neighbor's daughter (Creator/SuziHofrichter) with mild cerberal palsy and befriends his {{Doppelganger}} (Creator/JaredHarris) who claims to be Peter [=McGown=].

The movie also stars Creator/LynnRedgrave, Creator/PeterRiegert, Creator/DavidKrumholtz, and Creator/JohnathonSchaech.

It was first released on September 16, 2000 in Toronto and then in the United States on February 22, 2002 on limited release.

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* JadedWashout: Peter, a once successful playwright, is now dealing with a decade's worth of failures and is trying to keep his career afloat.
* OddFriendship: Peter befriends his doppelganger, also named Peter [=McGowan=].
* WhiteDwarfStarlet: Male example, Peter, as he is not the success that he once was.

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