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The Squid and the Whale: The Shooting Script

Winner of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award and the 2005 Sundance Film Festival Dramatic Directing Award, a tender, funny, and ultimately moving coming-of-age story, starring Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney.

Set in Brooklyn in 1986, The Squid and the Whale captures with extraordinary immediacy the inner workings of the Berkman family. Bernard (Jeff Daniels), a once successful novelist, and his wife Joan (Laura Linney), an up-and-coming writer, have given up on their marriage. Their two sons Walt (Jesse Eisenberg), 16, and Frank (Owen Kline), 12, are left to grapple with their confusing and conflicted feelings.

The experience is a tender, funny, and ultimately moving coming-of-age for Walt and a torturously premature one for Frank. The emotional tensions and strains that emerge during this difficult period for the Berkmans are given a remarkably subtle and nuanced portrayal. This is a film that deftly presents the realities of a family in transition learning to redefine itself.

In the acclaimed Newmarket Shooting Script format, this book includes the award-winning screenplay, an introduction by writer/director Noah Baumbach, Q&A, scene notes, movie stills, and complete cast and crew credits.

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Meet the Author: Noah Baumbach

Noah Baumbach was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He wrote and directed The Squid and the Whale (2005), Mr. Jealousy (1998), and Kicking and Screaming (1995). With Wes Anderson, he co-wrote The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004) and the upcoming The Fantastic Mr. Fox, based on the novel by Roald Dahl. He is a contributer to The New Yorker magazine's "Shouts and Murmurs" department.

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