The Good Life (2006)
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- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 106 mins
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The Good Life
First-time helmer Steve Berra writes and directs the finely felt coming-of-age story The Good Life, a film à clef loosely based on Berra's experiences growing up in a Nebraskan small town during the '70s and '80s. Mark Webber stars as the director's alter ego, a more or less well-adjusted adolescent who nevertheless cuts against the grain of his football-obsessed friends and neighbors. Zooey Deschanel plays a young woman in the town who befriends Webber and encourages him to celebrate his uniqueness and individuality; Harry Dean Stanton portrays a local cinema owner who gives Webber a job running the theater. The picture co-stars Chris Klein as an abusive ex-high school football star, Bruce McGill as a worshipped football coach, and Bill Paxton (who also co-produced) as an admirer of Judy Garland. Though set in Nebraska, Berra and co. filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The film reunites Paxton and Stanton, who also co-star in the HBO series Big Love. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of The Good Life:
Mark Webber also in The Hottest State , Bomb the System , Snow Day , Winter Solstice , The Rising Place
Zooey Deschanel also in Tin Man , Yes Man , The Happening , The Go-Getter , Flakes
Harry Dean Stanton also in Twister , Repo Man , Paris, Texas , The Care Bears Movie , Pretty in Pink
Chris Klein also in New York City Serenade , The Long Weekend , Rollerball , Say It Isn't So , Day Zero , Here On Earth
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