- The Great New Wonderful
Infobox_Film
name = The Great New Wonderful
caption = Promotional movie poster for the film
director =Danny Leiner
producer =Matt Tauber
Danny Leiner
Leslie Urdang
writer =Sam Catlin
starring =Tony Shalhoub
Jim Gaffigan
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Olympia Dukakis
movie_music =John Swihart
distributor =First Independent Pictures
released =June 23 , 2006
runtime = 88 minutes
language = English
budget = $500,000
amg_id = 1:305634
imdb_id = 0402230"The Great New Wonderful" is a 2006 film written by
Sam Catlin and directed byDanny Leiner .Plot
"The Great New Wonderful" is a series of vignettes of incidents taking place concurrently around
Manhattan . The only other thing linking the incidents is the month in which they occur: September 2002. Recurring themes include Frustration and Sugar.The vignettes include:
* An accountant (
Jim Gaffigan ) undergoing a therapy session in the office of a passive-aggressive psychologist (Tony Shalhoub ).* Two immigrants from India on security detail for a visiting dignitary.
* An ambitious pastry chef (
Maggie Gyllenhaal ) preparing a professional pitch that she hopes will make her the reigning doyenne of New York's competitive cake scene.* A Brooklyn housewife (
Olympia Dukakis ) fixes her husband's dinner and then sits at the kitchen table makingcollage s out of old magazines while her husband sits on the balcony, smoking a cigarette.* Allison & David Burbage (Judy Greer, Tom McCarthy) struggle to keep their marriage together while coping with their increasingly difficult and strangely self-possessed 10-year-old son.
Cast
*
Olympia Dukakis — Judie
*Jim Gaffigan — Sandie
*Judy Greer — Allison
*Maggie Gyllenhaal — Emme
*Tom McCarthy — David
*Sharat Saxena — Satish
*Naseeruddin Shah — Avi
*Tony Shalhoub — Dr. Trabulous
*Edie Falco — Safarah
*Stephen Colbert — Mr. PeersallExternal links
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/2006/06/23/movies/23wond.html Scott, A.O. (2006, June 23). "Everything Is Different, but Life Goes On Anyway". The New York Times, p. B12]
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