Themes: Keeping a Secret, Members of the Press, Filmmaking
Main Cast: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Romijn, John Cleese, Samuel Ball, Mike Binder
Release Year: 2005
Country: US
Run Time: 97 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
An unscrupulous Hollywood agent seeks to balance the success of his professional status with the abysmal reality of his personal life in director Miek Binder's existential comedy drama. When it comes to playing the Hollywood game, no one does it better than Jack Giamoro (Ben Affleck). Yet despite having a high-powered job, money to spare, and a beautiful wife, Jack slowly begins to suspect that something is missing from his glitz and glamour life. After enrolling in a journal-writing class in hopes of gaining a deeper understanding of his feelings, the man who has it all is shocked to learn that his wife Nina (Rebecca Romijn) has entered into a heated affair with his biggest client. Though at first Jack takes solace in the fact that he is able to express his inner pain through his writing, his entire future is brought into question when ambitious journalist Barbi (Bai Ling) steals his diary in hopes of landing the year's biggest scoop. Not only does the diary contain sensitive personal information, but crucial information about his high-profile clients as well. Now, as Jack fights against insurmountable odds just to hold his life together, the man who once placed priority on power and material possessions realizes that the only path to true happiness is by spending precious time with family. John Cleese, Kal Penn, Jerry O'Connell, and Adam Goldberg star in a soul-searching comedy that explores the relationship between career success and personal fulfillment. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Shannon Grover - Art Director, Rachel Zimmerman - Associate Producer, Sharon Bialy - Casting, Sherry Thomas - Casting, Trish Keating - Costume Designer, Brian Giddens - First Assistant Director, Mike Binder - Director, Roger Nygard - Editor, Stewart Hall - Executive Producer, Derek Elliott - Executive Producer, Frederick C. Elliott - Executive Producer, Larry Groupe - Composer (Music Score), Dave Jordan - Musical Direction/Supervision, Jojo Villanueva - Musical Direction/Supervision, Fredo Viola - Songwriter, Chistian "Pipo" Wintter - Production Designer, Russ T. Alsobrook - Cinematographer, Michael Rotenberg - Producer, Jack Binder - Producer, Sammy Lee - Producer, James Kusan - Sound/Sound Designer, Patrick Cicero - Sound/Sound Designer, J.J. Makaro - Stunts Coordinator, Mike Binder - Screenwriter, Don McGuaig - Second Unit Director Of Photography, Marlo Pabon - Visual Effects Supervisor, Jason Dowdeswell - Visual Effects Supervisor, LOOK! Effects - Digital Effects, Ron Trost - Special Effects Coordinator, Bill Mills - Special Effects Coordinator, Christopher Harvengt - Supervising Sound Editor, Rainmaker Animation and Visual Effects UK - Visual Effects, Louise Roper - Set Decorator
A man who frequently attends fashionable social functions, as in Fred is quite the man about town these days. This expression, first recorded in 1734, uses town in the sense of "a sophisticated place" as opposed to rural settings.
Top Hollywood talent agent, Jack Giamoro (Ben Affleck), seems to have it all: a successful career, a lot of money, a nice car, a beautiful wife, etc. However, while pursuing success, he somehow lost himself and neglected his marriage. He decides to take a journal writing class to do some self-searching. Jack's seemingly perfect world starts to unravel when he learns that his wife, Nina (Rebecca Romijn), is cheating on him with his most important client. Things get worse when Barbi (Bai Ling), an ambitious journalist, steals Jack's journal, which contains secrets that could ruin him personally and professionally. Jack is forced to fight for everything he has worked so hard to achieve and in doing so, he attains the self-insight he was looking for. Ironically, by realizing that there is more to life than work, he begins to focus on what's most important in his life.
