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Jack Goes Boating
Directed by
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Produced by Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Beth O'Neil, and Emily Ziff
Screenplay by Bob Glaudini Based on the novel by Bob Glaudini
Produced by Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Beth O'Neil, and Emily Ziff
Screenplay by Bob Glaudini Based on the novel by Bob Glaudini
With:
Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Ortiz, Richard Petrocelli, Thomas McCarthy, Amy Ryan, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Lola Glaudini, Rafael Osorio, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Mason Pettit, Trevor Long, Stephen Mailer, Elizabeth Rainer, Theodore Mailer, Count Stovall, Salvatore Inzerillo, Elizabeth Rodriguez, and Harry L. Seddon
Cinematography:
W. Mott Hupfel III
Editing: Brian A. Kates
Music: Grizzly Bear and Evan Lurie
Editing: Brian A. Kates
Music: Grizzly Bear and Evan Lurie
Runtime:
89 min
Release Date: 29 December 2010
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 29 December 2010
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
Philip Seymour Hoffman’s only foray into directing for the screen is this uninspired adaptation of the wonderful play he starred in off-Broadway in 2007 written by Robert Glaudini and directed by Peter Dubois. The character study about endearing if dysfunctional New Yorkers, reunites the original stage cast of Hoffman, John Ortiz, and Daphne Rubin-Vega, with Amy Ryan taking over for Beth Cole, but opens the play up in ways that shrink its power rather than expanding it. Dialogue that felt alive on stage feels stilted on screen.