Movie
Ruby Sparks
Overview
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.
Details
- Release date
- 2012-07-25
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fox Searchlight Pictures, DragonCove Studios, Bona Fide Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Paul Dano as Calvin
- Zoe Kazan as Ruby
- Chris Messina as Harry
- Annette Bening as Gertrude
- Antonio Banderas as Mort
- Alia Shawkat as Mabel
- Deborah Ann Woll as Lila
- Steve Coogan as Langdon Tharp
- Elliott Gould as Dr. Rosenthal
- Aasif Mandvi as Cyrus Modi
- Toni Trucks as Susie
- Eleanor Seigler as Mandi
Crew
- Jonathan Dayton - Director
- Valerie Faris - Director
- Zoe Kazan - Writer
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