#349: BAUMBACH, Noah: Kicking And Screaming (1995)

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BAUMBACH, Noah (United States)
Kicking And Screaming [1995]
Spine #349
Blu-ray


Paralyzed by postgraduation ennui, a group of college friends remain on campus, patching together a community for themselves in order to deny the real-world futures awaiting them. Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Noah Baumbach's hilarious and touching directorial debut was one of the highlights of the American independent film scene of the nineties, speaking directly to a generation of adults-to-be unable to reconcile their hermetic educational experience with workaday responsibility, and posing the eternal question, where do we go from here? Stingingly funny and incisive, Baumbach's breakthrough features endlessly quotable dialogue delivered by a stellar ensemble cast.

96 minutes
Color
Surround
1:85:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2006
Director/Writers


Story by Noah Baumbach and Oliver Berkman.
Baumbach was 26 when he wrote and directed Kicking and Screaming.

Other Baumbach films in the Collection:

#845: The Squid And The Whale (2005)
#681: Frances Ha (2013)
#1038: Marriage Story (2019)

The Film

Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

The Booklet

Eight-page wraparound featuring an essay by Jonathan Rosenbaum.

Commentary

None.

Video interview

With Baumbach.
Video conversations

Featuring Baumbach and cast members Eigeman, Hamilton, and 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 Jacott and Lehr.

Brief 1995 interview

With Baumbach and the cast, originally broadcast on IFC.
Theatrical trailer

Extras Rating (0-40):

39

60 + 39 =

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