Movie
The Squid and the Whale
Overview
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.
Details
- Release date
- 2005-10-05
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Original Media, American Empirical Pictures, Peter Newman/Interal, Ambush Entertainment, Taurus Film, Andrew Lauren Productions, Destination Films, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Sony Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jeff Daniels as Bernard Berkman
- Laura Linney as Joan Berkman
- Jesse Eisenberg as Walt Berkman
- Owen Kline as Frank Berkman
- William Baldwin as Ivan
- Halley Feiffer as Sophie Greenberg
- Anna Paquin as Lili
- David Benger as Carl
- Molly Barton as Graduate Student
- Bo Berkman as Graduate Student
- Matthew Kaplan as Graduate Student
- Simon Kaplan as Graduate Student
Crew
- Noah Baumbach - Director
- Noah Baumbach - Writer
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