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| Director: | Todd Louiso | 
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| Writer: | Gordy Hoffman | 
| Staring: | 
| Following the unexplained suicide of his wife Liza, website designer Wilson Joel turns to huffing gasoline fumes and remote control gaming while avoiding an inevitable conflict with his mother-in-law. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 30, 2002 | 
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| Director: | Todd Louiso | 
| Writer: | Gordy Hoffman | 
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama | 
| Keywords | suicide, lovesickness, drug abuse, gas station, sadness, mother-in-law, model airplane, gasoline, glue sniffing, death of wife, radio controlled, degradation of lifestyle, suicide letter, falling apart, tragicomedy, loss and grief, rc cars, huffing | 
| Production Companies | StudioCanal, Wild Bunch, Kinowelt, Muse Productions, Blacklist Films, Ruth Charny Productions | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $223,426 Budget: $1,000,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| Philip Seymour Hoffman | Wilson Joel | 
| Jack Kehler | Denny | 
| Sarah Koskoff | Maura | 
| Stephen Tobolowsky | Tom Bailey | 
| Erika Alexander | Brenda | 
| Shannon Holt | Angela Ryan from Bailey Federated | 
| Kevin Breznahan | Jim | 
| Daniel Farber | Huffer Boy | 
| Kelli Garner | Huffer Girl | 
| Chris Ellis | Patriot Model Aeronautics Clerk | 
| Wayne Duvall | Gas Station | 
| Ernest Perry Jr. | Trucker | 
| Kathy Bates | Mary Ann Bankhead | 
| J.D. Walsh | Bern | 
| Jimmy Raskin | Pad | 
| Mark Hannibal | Waiter with Drink | 
| Jim Wise | Bland Man | 
| Trace Turville | Bland Woman | 
| Jennifer Keddy | Lynne | 
| David Lenthall | Hobbytown USA Clerk | 
| Pauline Boyd | Zoo | 
| Cullen Douglas | Cashier at Pancake House | 
| Joanne Pankow | Grandma Clerk | 
| Dan Klaas | Officer Escort | 
| George Mills | Pickup Truck Driver | 
| Julia Lashae | Breakfast Woman | 
| Don Hood | Good Morning Man | 
| John McConnell | High School Principal #1 | 
| Terry Loughlin | High School Principal #2 | 
| Maggie Valentine | Girl on Front Porch | 
| Teegan Eley | Jenn | 
| Morgan Grace Jarrett | Stacy | 
| Annie Morgan | Liza | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Katz | Editor | 
| Todd Louiso | Director | 
| Jim O'Rourke | Original Music Composer | 
| Ian Scott McGregor | Line Producer | 
| Lisa Mae Fincannon | Casting | 
| Anne Stein | Editor | 
| Mark Bennett | Casting | 
| Stephen Beatrice | Production Design | 
| Rita VanderWaal | Casting | 
| D. Scott Lumpkin | Unit Production Manager | 
| Tim Cohn | Art Direction | 
| Jill Newell | Costume Design | 
| Lisa Rinzler | Director of Photography | 
| Brenna Griffin | Set Decoration | 
| Scot Broadus | Property Master | 
| Dean Mark Beattie | Supervising Sound Editor | 
| Skip Godwin | Sound Mixer | 
| Tobin Yelland | Still Photographer | 
| Carmen Soriano | Script Supervisor | 
| Sholto J. Roeg | First Assistant Director | 
| Jacky Lee Morgan | Line Producer | 
| Gordy Hoffman | Screenplay | 
| Jimi Woods | Second Assistant Director | 
| Jacob Koskoff | Creative Consultant | 
| Leonard E. Reynolds III | Second Second Assistant Director | 
| Brian Pitt | Second Second Assistant Director | 
| Melissa Morgan | Production Coordinator | 
| Barry Steadman | Assistant Production Coordinator | 
| Kathy Chambless Oliver | Assistant Production Coordinator | 
| Mark Hannibal | Set Dresser | 
| David Adams | Set Dresser | 
| Liz Staub | Wardrobe Supervisor | 
| Delores Campbell | Makeup & Hair | 
| Leisa Adcock | Makeup & Hair Assistant | 
| Martina Radwan | First Assistant Camera | 
| Matthew Gaumer | Second Assistant Camera | 
| Will Arnot | Steadicam Operator | 
| Vienna Abramowitz | Boom Operator | 
| Ben Williams | Boom Operator | 
| Sean Fennigan | Second Unit Director of Photography | 
| Jonathan Furmanski | First Assistant Camera | 
| Alec Boehm | Camera Operator | 
| Corky O'Hara | Executive In Charge Of Post Production | 
| Kelly Donnellan | Assistant Editor | 
| Todd Anisman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Editor | 
| Eric Happoldt | Sound Editor | 
| Jesse Dodd | ADR Editor | 
| Charlie Essers | Dialogue Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Dario Biscaldi | Foley Artist | 
| Mark McBryde | Foley Artist | 
| Alexander Schwartz | Foley Artist | 
| Chris Brosius | Foley Recordist | 
| John Walker | Foley Recordist | 
| Dell Winter | Foley Recordist | 
| Monika Mikkelsen | Casting | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Fernando Sulichin | Producer | 
| Vincent Maraval | Executive Producer | 
| Ruth Charny | Producer | 
| Chris Hanley | Producer | 
| Jeffrey Roda | Producer | 
| Rita Dagher | Associate Producer | 
| Yvette Cobarrubias | Associate Producer | 
| Timothy Wayne Peternel | Associate Producer | 
| Alain de la Mata | Executive Producer | 
| Daniel Guckau | Executive Producer | 
| Rainer Kölmel | Executive Producer | 
| Jim Czarnecki | Executive Producer | 
| Clark McCutchen | Executive Producer | 
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