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Up in the Air
Directed
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Jason Reitman
USA / 2009 / 108
minutes
CLOSING NIGHT FILM
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Screening
Times and Venues:
Tinker Street Cinema
10/04/2009, 6:45PM |
$20 |
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Tinker Street Cinema
10/04/2009, 9:30PM |
$15 |
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From Jason Reitman, the Oscar®-nominated director of Juno, comes Up in the Air, the timely odyssey of Ryan Bingham (Oscar® winner George Clooney), a corporate downsizer and consummate modern business traveler who, after years of staying happily airborne, suddenly finds himself ready to make a real connection.
Ryan has long been contented with his unencumbered lifestyle lived out across America in airports, hotels and rental cars. He can carry all he needs in one wheel-away case; he’s a pampered, elite member of every travel loyalty program in existence; and he’s close to attaining his lifetime goal of 10 million frequent flier miles – and yet . . . Ryan has nothing real to hold onto.
When he falls for a simpatico fellow traveler (Vera Farmiga), Ryan’s boss (Jason Bateman), inspired by a young, upstart efficiency expert (Anna Kendrick), threatens to permanently call him in from the road. Faced with the prospect, at once terrifying and exhilarating, of being grounded, Ryan begins to contemplate what it might actually mean to have a home.
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Director/Screenplay/Producer Jason Reitman is an Oscar¨-nominated director who has established himself as an original, smart and funny storyteller known for his pitch-perfect commentaries on society.
Reitman recently produced the horror comedy "Jennifer's Body" for Fox. The Diablo Cody-scripted film was directed by Karyn Kusama (WFF 2001) and stars Amanda Seyfried and Megan Fox. In addition, Reitman executive-produced Atom Egoyan's Chloe starring Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore, also set for release in 2009. Reitman is also set to executive-produce Max Winkler's directing debut "Ceremony."
Through his company, Right of Way Films, Reitman is developing new scripts by Jenny Lumet and the Duplass brothers (WFF 2006). He is also developing a feature film based on the cult children's television show "Yo Gabba Gabba." |
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George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Danny McBride, Melanie Lynskey |
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Tom Pollock, Joe Medjuck, Ted Griffin, Michael Beugg |
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Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki, Jeffrey Clifford |
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Jason Reitman |
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Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, based on the novel "Up in the Air" by Walter Kirn |
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Eric Steelberg |
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Dana E. Glauberman, A.C.E. |
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Rolfe Kent |
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Paramount Pictures |
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