Jason Schwartzman
1) Funny people
Pub. Date
[2009]
Formats
Description
A very successful stand-up comedian, George learns that he has less than a year to live. Ira, who is a struggling up-and-coming comedian works at a deli. One night the two perform at the same club, and George decides to make Ira his best friend. This lopsided relationship gradually takes on aspects of true friendship as Ira forces George to try to reconnect with the people in his life, including his ex-girlfriend Laura. Bonus material included.
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
When P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood in 1961 to finally discuss Walt Disney's desire to bring her beloved character, Mary Poppins to the motion picture screen (a quest he began in the 1940s as a promise to his two daughters), Disney meets a prim, uncompromising sexagenarian not only suspect of the impresario's concept for the film, but a woman struggling with her own past. During her stay in California, Travers' reflects back on her...
3) Big Eyes
Pub. Date
c2015
Description
Walter Keane became a worldwide celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply. Unfortunately, he claimed to be the artist. That role was played by Margaret, his shy wife. The ruse broke up their marriage and led to a divorce and a dramatic courtroom battle to prove authorship of the paintings.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Mr. and Mrs. Fox live a happy home life underground with their eccentric son Ash. Mr. Fox works as a journalist, but against the advice of Badger, his attorney, he moves his family into a larger and finer home inside a tree on a hill. The treehouse has an excellent view of the nearby farms of Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Ash becomes hostile when his cousin, Kristofferson, joins the family for an extended stay. Mr. Fox decides to raid the farms, but this...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
The production of a play is frought with drama and romance in and of itself, from its writing and casting to rehearsals and staging. Onstage, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events while each attendee and their family members deal with their own interpersonal issues.
6) I Huckabees
Description
Kindhearted, but confused activist Andrew Markovski hires a pair of eccentric 'existential detectives' to help him find the meaning of life. All the while, a sexy, French author is trying to throw a wrench in their plan by seducing Andrew's mind and body.
7) Shopgirl
Pub. Date
2006.
Description
Ray Porter is a button-down 50-something executive who reaches out to a much younger woman as his Los Angeles playmate. Mirabelle a 20-something with a pile of promises, debt, and depression, fades away into a slow corner of Saks, while trying to sell unneeded formal gloves. She's a wisp of a person, with a cat who doesn't love her, and when she finds a suitor, it's Jeremy, a scruffy artist who babbles on about speakers. When the gentlemanly Porter...
8) Funny people
Pub. Date
2009
Description
A very successful stand-up comedian, George learns that he has less than a year to live. Ira, who is a struggling up-and-coming comedian works at a deli. One night the two perform at the same club, and George decides to make Ira his best friend. This lopsided relationship gradually takes on aspects of true friendship as Ira forces George to try to reconnect with the people in his life, including his ex-girlfriend Laura. Bonus material included.
9) Bewitched
Pub. Date
[2005]
Formats
Description
A feature film adaptation based on the long-running ABC television series. It tells the story of Samantha, a pretty modern day witch who tries to abandon her supernatural powers for the sake of her mortal husband Darren, but temptation gets in the way.
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Three American brothers set off on a train voyage across India to find themselves and bond with each other. They find themselves stranded alone in the middle of a desert and a new unplanned journey begins.
"...Exotic, spiritual..."--Los Angeles Times
"...a delight to look at..."--USA Today
"...a treasure..."--New York Times
11) Bewitched
Description
Egomaniacal star Jack Wyall casts unknown Isabel as his co-star in order to monopolize the limelight and regain his top spot on Hollywood's A-list. When Isabel, a real witch, discovers Jack's self-centered scheme, she conjures a sidesplitting spell the mere mortal will never forget!
Pub. Date
2014
Description
The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune.
13) Isle of dogs
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
When all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari Kobayashi embarks on an epic journey in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots.
14) Rushmore
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
A gifted, rebellious teenager finds himself in competition with a wealthy older man for a favorite teacher's affections.
15) I Huckabees
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Kindhearted, but confused activist Andrew Markovski hires a pair of eccentric 'existential detectives' to help him find the meaning of life. All the while, a sexy, French author is trying to throw a wrench in their plan by seducing Andrew's mind and body.
17) Mainstream
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
A young woman thinks she's found a path to internet stardom when she starts making YouTube videos with a charismatic stranger until the dark side of viral celebrity threatens to ruin them both.
19) S1m0ne
Pub. Date
2002.
Description
Critically acclaimed director Viktor Taransky has discovered the perfect actress. She is beautiful, talented, and virtually perfect in every way ... She is Simone, a digitally constructed, computer generated actress.