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A writer struggles to communicate through the words on a page and through the distance between him and his wife. In an effort to bridge their separation, she discreetly helps him through his writer?s block by sending him out for a walk, armed with an Apple iPod. Along the deserted streets of downtown Los Angeles, the chains on his story come undone and he awakens to the parallels between fiction and reality.
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Hard work is the key to success. Director Roger Weisberg (Aging Out; Cinequest 2004) disproves that simplistic homily by chronicling four American workers over three years. As part of an ever-growing class known as the ?working poor,? this diverse group struggles to lift themselves out of the burdens of poverty and into the realm of the American Dream.
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You may live in a city of 3.5 million people, pass them, work with them, but still feel completely alone. Cooper Lewis? monotonous existence and failure of childhood dreams make his life almost unbearable.
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?Women say they want their men to be faithful. But who wants to marry a eunuch??
Since mankind has evolved out of caves and into tract homes, what has ?survival of the fittest? come to mean? This question is hilariously and disturbingly examined in The Fittest, a darkly comic tale of survival in suburbia.
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For Ricardo, a self-described ?unemployed loser? extraordinaire, the world as he knows it revolves around little more than eating junk food and watching adult movies. When mouthy, sassy Tai walks by mistake into his apartment, he begins to realize that there may be more to life than the fridge and the TV set. Then again, considering that his romantic repertoire consists of such lines as ?Baby, you make me proud to be a heterosexual man?? maybe not.
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He is one of the busiest actors in Hollywood, appearing in over 150 films, including Groundhog Day, Memento, Adaptation, Mississippi Burning, The Insider, and Single White Female. Disappearing into his roles as the consummate character actor, and normally out of the spotlight, Stephen Tobolowsky has the lead on his birthday, where he prepares dinner for friends and recounts stories behind the scenes and around Hollywood.
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Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award
John Cassavetes Award (for best feature made for under $500,000)