72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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MOZART AND THE WHALE

Petter Næss
USA      92 m.
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Petter Næss

Born in 1960, Petter Næss is a film and television actor, scriptwriter and director. In 1999, he directed his first feature, Absolutt blåmandag (Absolute Hangover). His second film, Elling (2001), presented in the Zabaltegi-New Directors section of the San Sebastian Festival the same year, was a huge hit in its home country, Norway, and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Having signed a contract with 20th Century-Fox, in 2005 he filmed Mozart and the Whale. His latest films are Maskeblomstfamilien (Shameless, 2010) and Into the White (2012).
 

Director
Petter Næss
Screenplay
Ronald Bass
Production
Equity Pictures Mediafonds / Robert Lawrence Production / Millennium Films / Sw (USA)
Robert Lawrence, Ron Bass, Boaz Davidson, Frank DeMartini, James Acheson
Photography
Svein Krøvel
Edition
Lisa Zeno Churgin, Miklos Wright
Music
Deborah Lurie
Cast
Josh Hartnett, Radha Mitchell, Gary Cole, Sheila Kelley, Erica Leerhsen, John Carroll Lynch, Nate Mooney, Rusty Schwimmer, Robert Wisdom, Allen Evangelista
Sales
Nu Image / Millennium Films
6423 Wilshire Blvd. 90048 Los Angeles, California
Running Time
90 m.
Country
USA
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