4 Movies Starring Ben Shenkman

Pi

Pi

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-07-10

Languages:

English, Hebrew

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

84 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (134699 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Darren Aronofsky

Darren Aronofsky (story)

Sean Gullette (story)

Eric Watson (story)

Darren Aronofsky (voice over written by)

Sean Gullette (voice over written by)

Fullplot:

Max is a genius mathematician who's built a supercomputer at home that provides something that can be understood as a key for understanding all existence. Representatives both from a Hasidic cabalistic sect and high-powered Wall Street firm hear of that secret and attempt to seduce him.

Chasing Sleep

Chasing Sleep

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-05-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada, USA, France

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (2549 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Walker

Fullplot:

A college professor wakes up to find his wife has not returned home, then struggles to understand her disappearance.

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-01-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

80 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (2781 Reviews)

Director:

John Krasinski

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

John Krasinski (screenplay)

David Foster Wallace (story)

Fullplot:

A graduate student (Nicholson) copes with a recent breakup by conducting interviews with various men.

Breakfast with Scot

Breakfast with Scot

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-11-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (2312 Reviews)

Director:

Laurie Lynd

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Downing (based upon the novel by)

Sean Reycraft

Fullplot:

The hockey career of former Toronto Maple Leaf Eric McNally, who was known as a tough enforcer, came to an end with a shoulder injury. He is now a sportscaster. Except to his assistant Nula, what he hasn't told his work colleagues is that he is gay and that he is in a long term relationship with a sports lawyer named Sam. Eric feels that he can't be openly gay as an ex-hockey player or as a public figure still associated with professional hockey. Eric and Sam's life is turned upside down when they take temporary custody of Scot Latour, whose drug addict mother, Julie, recently passed away from a drug overdose. Julie assigned custody of Scot to her ex-boyfriend, Billy, who is Sam's deadbeat brother. Sam is certain that Billy will eventually come for Scot when he learns that Julie's insurance money also comes with custody. Having only had Julie's influence in his life, Scot is a flamboyant adolescent, who wears make-up, a feather boa and his mother's charm bracelet, and who loves musicals and singing Christmas carols. As they all wait for Billy's arrival, Eric, despite not being Scot's father, and Scot have to figure out how to come to terms with each other - Scot being a boy who expresses himself freely whatever the consequences, and Eric always being concerned about maintaining a macho exterior - within their temporary guardian/charge relationship.

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