The Great New Wonderful

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 by Danny 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 making collages 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. Peersall

External 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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