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Jimmy Lee Gary, Jr. Movies

2004  
 
A man has to decide if he's determined or just kidding himself as he continues to chase his dream of becoming an actor in this mockumentary comedy. Robert (Robert Margolis) is an aspiring actor in his mid-thirties who has been aspiring a bit long for the patience of his wife (Kelli Barnett) and his parents. While Robert is convinced he has talent and that his big break is waiting just around the corner, in the meantime he struggles to put food on the table for his wife and son by taking whatever acting work he can get and selling dog food over the phone. Robert's parents have been giving him extra money for years, but now they've decided it's time he started standing on his own two feet and have cut him off; Robert's wife also believes it's time he threw in the towel and got a "real" job, pursuing acting as a hobby rather than a career. As a documentary film crew follows Robert while he goes to auditions and looks for work, he begins to wonder if he's been making a mistake in following his art for so long...or if perhaps he's a bit crazy for not giving up on his dream. Robert Margolis both starred in and co-directed The Definition of Insanity, and his performance earned him Best Actor honors at the 2005 Brooklyn Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Robert Margolis
 
2010  
R  
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Actor Josh Radnor makes his debut as a writer and director with this independent comedy drama in which a handful of people riding the gap between their late twenties and early thirties navigate the sometimes tricky path of adulthood in New York City. Sam (Radnor) is a struggling writer who has trouble with long-term relationships; one day while on the subway, he meets Rasheen (Michael Algieri), a young boy who has been abandoned by his parents. Sam takes the boy in, which gives him a preview of parenthood but also proves to be more complicated than he expected. Sam is infatuated with Mississippi (Kate Mara), a bartender with a dream of making it as a musician; tired of one-night stands, she agrees to move in with Sam for a few days to see how she feels about a "real" relationship, but Rasheen's presence makes things awkward. Another of Sam's sometime girlfriends is Annie (Malin Akerman), who suffers from a rare medical condition that prevents her from having any hair. Though she's beautiful, Annie's lack of hair has caused her to have a dire self-image and she jumps from one relationship to another with a handful of men, some of whom treat her poorly. And Mary Catherine (Zoe Kazan) and Charlie (Pablo Schreiber) are a couple whose relationship is teetering on the brink as he considers a lucrative job offer in Los Angeles while she refuses to budge. Happythankyoumoreplease received its world premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, where it received the audience award for Best Dramatic Feature. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Malin AkermanMichael Algieri, (more)