Krass (2006)
Der sechsjährige Reinlichkeitsfanatiker und scharfe Beobachter Augusten ist den Eheproblemen seiner Eltern wehrlos ausgeliefert. Auf der einen Seite steht seine Mutter Deirdre, eine unveröffentlichte Poetin, instabil und der Wahnvorstellung verfallen, eines Tages sehr berühmt zu sein; auf der anderen Seite sein Vater Norman, ein alkoholkranker Mathematik-Professor, der es schon vor langer Zeit aufgegeben hat, das Rätsel um die Probleme seiner Frau oder das frühreife Verhalten seines Sohnes zu lösen. Als die Ehe der Burroughs in die Brüche geht, entschließt sich Deirdre zu einer Therapie bei dem exzentrischen Dr. Finch, einem höchst unkonventionellen Psychiater und Eheberater. Als Dr. Finch darin scheitert, die Ehe der Burroughs zu retten, nimmt Augustens Leben eine noch absurdere Wendung.
Der Regisseur:
Ryan Murphy
Der Autor:
Ryan Murphy
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Joseph Cross as Augusten Burroughs |
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Annette Bening as Deirdre Burroughs |
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Brian Cox as Dr. Finch |
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Gwyneth Paltrow as Hope Finch |
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Joseph Fiennes as Neil Bookman |
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Evan Rachel Wood as Natalie Finch |
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Alec Baldwin as Norman Burroughs |
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Jill Clayburgh as Agnes Finch |
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Gabrielle Union as Dorothy |
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Patrick Wilson as Michael Shephard |
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Kristin Chenoweth as Fern Stewart |
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Dagmara Dominczyk as Suzanne |
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Colleen Camp as Joan |
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Jack Kaeding as Six-Year-Old Augusten Burroughs |
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Gabriel Guedj as Poo |
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Nancy Cassaro as Christy - 1978 Poetry Club |
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Omid Abtahi as Restaurant Manager |
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Julie Remala as Restaurant Waitress |
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Will Carter as Officer Button |
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Bonnie Weis as Cocktail Waitress |
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Dakotah Masset as Waitress |
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Marianne Muellerleile as Nurse |
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Anthony Aria as Audience Member (uncredited) |
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Augusten Burroughs as Self (uncredited) |
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Lindsay Canton as Co-Ed (uncredited) |
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Leslie Grossman as Sue (uncredited) |
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Joshua Levine as Chris (uncredited) |
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Margaret Newborn as Audience Member (uncredited) |
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Devanny Pinn as Poetry Club Member (uncredited) |
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Amy Rider as Sugar (uncredited) |
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Gary Sievers as Jewish Rabbi (uncredited) |
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Joseph Sims as Audience Member (uncredited) |
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Scott Slifer as Audience Member (uncredited) |
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Cole Volmer as College Student (uncredited) |
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Pilar Walsh as Professor's Wife (uncredited) |
| Writing | Ryan Murphy | Screenplay |
| Production | Bonnie Weis | Producer |
| Production | Steve Samuels | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Ryan Murphy | Director |
| Production | Brad Pitt | Producer |
| Production | Brad Grey | Producer |
| Production | Augusten Burroughs | Producer |
| Production | Ryan Murphy | Producer |
| Art | Matthew Flood Ferguson | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Diana Valentine | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Eve Watterson | Production Coordinator |
| Art | Lorin Flemming | Art Direction |
| Sound | Tom Trafalski | Music Editor |
| Production | Mali Finn | Casting |
| Crew | Thomas M. Ficke | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | Suzanne Tenner | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lou Eyrich | Costume Design |
| Editing | Byron Smith | Editor |
| Sound | P.J. Bloom | Music Supervisor |
| Camera | Christopher Baffa | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Noon Orsatti | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | Henry Tirl | Steadicam Operator |
| Sound | James S. Levine | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Dan Kneece | Steadicam Operator |
| Crew | Thomas Mertz | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Writing | Augusten Burroughs | Book |
| Art | Marissa Zajack | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | Richard Sherman | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cydney Cornell | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bernadette Beauvais | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stephanie A. Fowler | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zoe Hay | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julie Hewett | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eryn Krueger-Mekash | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Sarah Payan | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Charles Crivier | Dolly Grip |