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For Your Consideration FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION Director: Christopher Guest Cast: Bob Balaban, Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Ricky Gervais, Jane Lynch, Parker Posey, Fred Willard Year: 2006 Runtime: 86 minutes Country: USA Language: English Distributor: Warner Independent Pictures After the brilliant comedic success of such signature mockumentaries as the international festival favourites BEST IN SHOW and WAITING FORGUFFMAN and the enduring cult hit THIS IS SPINAL TAP, director Christopher Guest returns with another hilarious film, this time turning his sights on the Hollywood machine itself. FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION made its impressive debut as a Gala Presentation at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival®. Though not in the mockumentary style, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION does rely on the inspired improvisational skills of Guest and his big-name cast in its tale of three actors (Catherine O’Hara, BEST IN SHOW, OVER THE HEDGE, “Six Feet Under”; Parker Posey, BEST IN SHOW, SUPERMAN RETURNS; and Harry Shearer, “The Simpsons,” CHICKEN LITTLE) starring in a dreadful indie movie set in the American South in the forties. This film within the film – an exceptionally insipid melodrama called “Home for Purim” – forces the actors to lament the sad state of their careers; that is, until the film attracts attention and their performances begin to generate awards buzz. Fans of Guest’s work will be thrilled to know he has assembled a cast that reunites many of his regular collaborators, including Posey, O’Hara, Shearer, Jane Lynch (THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN), Bob Balaban (GOSFORD PARK, GHOST WORLD), Jennifer Coolidge (BEST IN SHOW, LEGALLY BLONDE), Michael McKean (THIS IS SPINAL TAP) and Fred Willard (DATE MOVIE, THE WEDDING PLANNER). The film also features the dry, sardonic wit of Ricky Gervais (“The Office”) and co-stars Eugene Levy (BEST IN SHOW, AMERICAN PIE), who co- wrote the script. CRITICAL NOTES “The outrageously hilarious FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION was well worth the wait. Again delivered with comic precision by Guest’s crack repertory company, his patented brand of parody – call it gentle skewering – takes affectionate but deadly aim at its awards buzz mania target and the results aren’t just funny, they’re face-hurting funny.” – Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter .
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