Kicking and Screaming [Special Edition] [Criterion Collection]

Director: Noah Baumbach

Overview

A group of recent college graduates analyze themselves and their prospects for the future in this drama. Much of the story centers on Grover, a young graduate who still grieves over the loss of his girl friend, Jane. With no jobs on the line, he hangs out with the irritable Max, his spacy pal Otis, and Skippy, the Peter Pan of the bunch.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/22/2006
UPC:	0715515019828
Original Release:	1995
Rating:	R
Source:	CRITERION
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:36:00
Sales rank:	15,583

Special Features

New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by writer-director Noah Baumbach; New Dolby Digital 5.1 audio remix; New video interview with Baumbach; New video interview with Baumbach; New video conversations featuring Baumbach and cast members Chris Eigeman, Josh Hamilton, and Carlos Jacott; Rare deleted scenes; Conrad and Butler in "Conrad and Butler Take a Vacation," a short film from 2000, directed by Baumbach and starring Kicking and Screaming cast members Carlos Jacott and John Lehr; Brief 1995 interviews with Baumbach and the cast, orginally broadcast on IFC; Theatrical trailer; Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; Plus: a new essay by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Josh Hamilton	Grover
Eric Stoltz	Chet
Elliott Gould	Grover's Dad,Pete,Actor
Olivia d'Abo	Jane
Cara Buono	Kate
Chris Eigeman	Max
Parker Posey	Miami
Jason Wiles	Skippy
Carlos Jacott	Otis
Catherine Kellner	Gail
Jonathan Baumbach	Professor,Danny,Random Freshman
John Lehr	Louis
Peter Czernin	Lester
Eliza Roberts	Josselyn
Chris Reed	Friederich
Jason S. Kassin	Freddy
David DeLuise	Bouncer
Thea Goodman	Friederich's Date
Lauren Katz	Stephanie
Alexia Landau	Nose Ring Girl
Perrey Reeves	Amy
Anthony Giglio Jr.	Singing Freshman No. 1
Richard Tacchino	Singing Freshman No. 2
Jose Ignacio Alvarez	Stunt Knight No. 1
Solier Fagundez	Stunt Knight No. 2
David Kirsch	Ike
Matthew Kaplan	Omar
Dean Cameron	Zach
Marissa Ribisi	Charlotte
Kaela Dobkin	Audra
Sal Viscuso	Bar Teacher
Jessica Hecht	Ticket Woman
Nora Perricone	Door Person
Melanie Koch	Girl at Bark
Jonathan Baumback	Actor
Phil Marshall	Composer

Technical Credits

Noah Baumbach

Mark Amin	Executive Producer,Producer
Carol Baum	Executive Producer
Joel Castleberg	Producer
Sandy Gallin	Executive Producer,Producer
Ellie Kanner	Casting
Noah Baumbach	Screenwriter

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Kicking and Screaming
1. Graduation Night [11:28]
2. Three Months Later [2:20]
3. Cookie Man [6:04]
4. "Like Ray Carver Meets Fitzgerald" [2:42]
5. "Cougars. Cougars. Cougars!" [5:55]
6. The Hole [3:15]
7. "I Gotta Sleep With a Freshman" [3:38]
8. Fall Semester [1:33]
9. Max and Miami [2:27]
10. "I'm Not Attracted to So Many Spelling Mistakes" [2:13]
11. Book Club [4:06]
12. Midterms [5:47]
13. "Potato Is an Entrée?" [1:32]
14. Only One Month Until Christmas Vacation! [1:40]
15. "Find a Balance" [3:23]
16. "I'm Going to Write It Down" [8:28]
17. Finals [6:14]
18. "What if We Did Have a Love Affair?" [5:11]
19. 'How Do You Make God Laugh?" [6:18]
20. "I Wish We Were an Old Couple" [12:04]
21. Color Bars [:01]
1. Conrad Needs a Vacation [3:30]
2. Nana and Beebo's Place [11:26]
3. Drinking Games [9:50]
4. "Let's Knock the Wheels Off the Tram!" [5:13]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Kicking and Screaming
Play the Movie
Chapters
Supplements
Noah Baumbach
Conversations
Conrad and Butler in "Conrad and Butler Take a Vacation"
A Note From the Director
Play
Index
Deleted Scenes
Play All
Jane and Grover
Charlotte and Grover
Skippy and Louis
Kicking and Screaming on IFC
Play All
Noah Baumbach
Cara Buono and Chris Eigeman
Olivia D'Abo and Josh Hamilton
Carlos Jacott
Trailer

Editorial Reviews

This incisive 1995 comedy was one of the decade’s most lionized independent films, and with good reason. Making his directorial debut, Noah Baumbach gives voice to Generation X adults-to-be, ill prepared to reconcile their hermetic educational experiences with the pressures and responsibilities of the workaday world. Kicking and Screaming focuses on a group of college friends gripped by post-graduation ennui and determined to delay the inevitable by remaining on campus in their insular little community. A model for what hip, skillfully constructed indie films could aspire to, Kicking and Screaming sports a surfeit of pithy, quotable lines delivered by an outstanding ensemble cast including the ubiquitous Parker Posey, Cara Buono, Chris Eigeman, Olivia D’Abo, Josh Hamilton, and Eric Stoltz. Baumbach -- who went on to earn an Academy Award nomination for his Squid and the Whale script -- gets the full Criterion Collection treatment in this edition, with deleted scenes, conversations with the director and various cast members, his short film Conrad and Butler Take a Vacation (2000), and more.