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Love Liza / a Muse/Blacklist production ; producers, Chris Hanley, Fernando Sulichin ; directed by Todd Louiso.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Widowers--Drama.
- Widowers.
- Suicide--Drama.
- Suicide.
- Grief--Drama.
- Grief.
- Inhalant abuse--Drama.
- Inhalant abuse.
- Genre:
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (90 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Sony Pictures Classics, 2002.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting award at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, Love Liza a tour de force performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman, one of this country's most original actors. Set somewhere in Middle America, Wilson Joel (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a successful website designer, suddenly sees his world stop with the untimely death of his young wife Liza. Trying to make sense of everything that has just happened, Wilson turns to his mother-in-law (Kathy Bates) for support. Their relationship intensifies when Wilson refuses to open a letter Liza left behind for fear it will shatter his ideal of the perfect life they shared. As Wilson attempts to rebuild his life, with unopened letter in tow, eccentric behavior begins to surface taking him on an odyssey of self-pity, self-realization and a curious fascination with remote-control model enthusiasts. Through this temporary comfort, he begins dealing with his grief. Love Liza is a beautifully drawn portrait of a survivor who invokes humor, humility and whatever it takes to find the possibilities for a successful resolution.
- Participant:
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Kehler, Sarah Koskoff, Stephen Tobolowsky, Erika Alexander, Shannon Holt, Kathy Bates.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed April 11, 2019).
- Won 2004 Chlotrudis Award, Best Supporting Actor
- Nominated 2004 Chlotrudis Award, Best Original Screenplay
- Nominated 2003 Golden Trailer Awards, Best Independent
- Won 2002 Sundance Film Festival, Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award
- Nominated 2002 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic
- OCLC:
- 1101008564
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