Summary:
Barkley Michaelson is in a deep life rut. He's struggling to finish his PhD thesis when his father, the learned Eli Michaelson, wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Barkley and his mother, Sarah, a renowned forensic psychiatrist, now have the ill-fortune of living with a man-eating monster whose philandering ways have gotten less and less discrete. As if Barkley's world is not bad enough, on the eve of his father receiving the Nobel, Barkley is kidnapped and the requested ransom is the $2,000,000 in Nobel prize money. Needless to say, Eli refuses to pay it and so starts a venomous tale of familial dysfunction, lust, betrayal and ultimately revenge. In the words of Michel De Montaigne, the 16th century philosopher: "There is more barbarity in eating a man alive than in eating him dead."
| Runtime: | 110 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated R for some violent gruesome images, language and sexuality. |
| Production: | Unclaimed Freight Productions |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | Jun 9, 2009 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Randall Miller | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Jody Savin | Written By |
| Randall Miller | Written By |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Alan Rickman | Eli Michaelson |
| Bryan Greenberg | Barkley Michaelson |
| Shawn Hatosy | Thaddeus James |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Bill Pullman | Det. Max Mariner |
| Danny DeVito | George Gastner |
| Dawn Balkin | Stewardess |
| Eliza Dushku | City Hall |
| Ernie Hudson | Sgt. Bill Canega |
| Hal B. Klein | Tully's Guy |
| Joyce Guy | Eileen Moses |
| Kevin West | Jaundice |
| Kirk Baily | Wil Cavalere |
| Lindy Booth | Beth Chapman |
| Mary Steenburgen | Sarah Michaelson |
| Matt Winston | Book Store Manager |
| Ted Danson | Harvey Parrish |
| Tracey Walter | Simon Ahrens |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Art Klein | Executive Producer |
| Bridget Fonger | Associate Producer |
| Henry Suarez | Co-Producer |
| Jeffery Goddard | Executive Producer |
| Jody Savin | Producer |
| Merv Davis | Executive Producer |
| Michael Ravine | Executive Producer |
| Randall Miller | Producer |
| Ron Savin | Co-Producer |
| Terry Spazek | Line Producer |
| Tom Soulanille | Executive Producer |
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