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ADAM BRODY (Carter
Webb), A dynamic young actor, Adam Brody has crafted
a distinguished careerin film and television and is quickly becoming
one of the finest newcomers to hit the big screen.
Adam Brody as Carter Webb
Brody
will soon be seen in Warner Bros. romantic comedy In the Land
of Women, starring opposite Meg Ryan. Directed by Jonathan Kasdan,
the film focuses on a young television writer whose world is
in complete disorder after his break-up with his girlfriend.
As he struggles to reconcile his own inner conflicts, he is drawn
into the pains and loves of the women of a neighborhood family
-- all of whom, in their way, fall in love with him, and all
of whom, in their own way, help him find his way back.In addition,
Adam will appear in two highly anticipated independent feature
films-- Smiley Face and The Ten. Smiley Face follows a young
actress' misadventures after she unknowingly eats her roommate's
pot brownies. The Ten, directed by David Wain, focuses on ten
stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments. Both films
premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
Brody recently appeared in Thank you for Smoking, a satirical comedy
that follows the machinations of Big Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick
Naylor, who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role
model for his twelve-year-old son. Prior to that, Brody was seen opposite
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in the box office success Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Additional film credits include Warners Br os.' Grind, the hit 2002 thriller
The Ring, and Missing Brendan with Ed Asner and Illeana Douglas.
Brody is seen weekly as Seth Cohen on Fox's celebrated television series "The
O.C." The ensemble drama revolves around the young adult community
of the Orange County area. Additional television credits include a recurring
role as Coop in "Once and Again," a recurring role as Dave
in the WB's Emmy-nominated "Gilmore Girls" and standout guest-starring
roles in "Judging Amy," "Family Law" and Smallville."
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MEG RYAN (Sarah
Hardwicke) exhibits her versatility and natural
charm in every role she plays. She will stars in Jonathan Kasdan's
directorial debut In the Land of Women opposite Adam Brody.
Meg Ryan as Sarah
Meg
has three projects currently in production; an HBO mini-series,
The Best Awful, in which Meg also co-produces, is an adaptation
of the Carrie Fisher novel recounting the further adventures
of the heroine from Fisher's best-selling novel Postcards From
The Edge; A remake of George Cukor's 1939film The Women, with
Anne Hathaway and Candice Bergen; and will next start filming
The Deal with co-star William H. Macy. Ryan recently completed
filming Homeland Security with Antonio Banderas.Ryan was last
seen in the hit film Against the Ropes, inspired by the true
story of Jackie Kallen,the most successful female manager in
boxing history. Previously, she starred in Jane Campion's In
The Cut, a psychological thriller, opposite Mark Ruffalo. The
film premiered at The Toronto Film Festival in2003 and opened
the London Film Festival of that same year.
Ryan starred in the 2001 Miramax romantic comedy Kate And Leopold, opposite
Hugh Jackman.Her other recent work includes the Castle Rock thriller
Proof of Life and Diane Keaton's comedy Hanging Up, in which she starred
opposite Keaton, Lisa Kudrow and Walter Matthau. She also starred in
Nora Ephron's romance You've Got Mail, opposite Tom Hanks, which garnered
her a third Golden Globe nomination, and Anthony Drazan's searing independent
film version of Hurly Burly, with Sean Penn,Chazz Palminteri, Gary Shandling,
Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright Penn.
Ryan's comedic appeal was widely recognized in her first Golden Globe-nominated
performance as Sally Allbright in When Harry Met Sally, directed by Rob
Reiner and written by Nora Ephron. She went on to star in Nora Ephron's
hit romantic comedy Sleepless In Seattle, opposite Tom Hanks,garnering
a second Golden Globe nomination.
Acclaim has also come to Ryan for her distinctive dramatic portraits,
including her role opposite Denzel Washington as the first military woman
nominated for a Medal of Honor in Courage Under Fire,directed by Ed Zwick,
and her moving portrayal of a wonderful woman with a drinking problem
in Luis Mandoki's When A Man Loves A Woman, opposite Andy Garcia. For
her performance opposite Kiefer Sutherland in the Sundance Institute's
Promised Land, she earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination. Ryan
has also starred opposite Nicolas Cage in City of Angels, with Matthew
Broderick in Addicted to Love and with Kevin Kline in French Kiss.
Her additional film credits include I.Q., Anastasia, Inner space, D.O.A.,
The Presidio, Joe Versus The Volcano, The Doors, Prelude to a Kiss, Flesh
And Bone, and Restoration. A Fairfield, Connecticut native, Ryan embarked
on her acting career after studying journalism at New York University.
She made her motion picture debut as Candice Bergen's daughter in Rich
and Famous, and attracted the attention of moviegoers and critics in
her 1986 performance as a fighter pilot's wife in Top Gun.
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KRISTEN STEWART (Lucy
Hardwicke) was introduced to worldwide audiences
with her outstanding performance alongside Jodie Foster in
Panic Room.
Kristen Stewart as Lucy
Stewart
is currently starring in Screen Gems "The Messengers" directed
by The Pang Brothers.She will next star this April in the Castle
Rock Entertainment/Warner Bros film In the Land of Women,alongside
Meg Ryan and Adam Brody for writer/director Jonathan Kasden.
In September she will be seen in Paramount Vantage's "Into
The Wild" for director Sean Penn. Additionally, she will
star in the independent film "The Cake Eaters" for
director Mary Stuart Masterson.
Currently Stewart is in production on the independent film "The
Yellow Handkerchief" alongside William Hurt and Maria Bello and
will soon begin filming "What Just Happened" alongside Robert
DeNiro and Sean Penn for director Barry Levinson.
Stewart's additional film credits include "Zathura," "Speak," "Fierce
People," "Catch That Kid,""Undertow," "Cold
Creek Manor," and "The Safety of Objects."
Stewart resides in Los Angeles.
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OLYMPIA DUKAKIS (Grandma
Archer), during a career that spans over 40 years, has
worked as an actress, director, producer, teacher, activist and most
recently, author with her best-selling memoir Ask Me Again Tomorrow.
She received an Academy Award in the Best Supporting Actress category,
the New York Film Critics Award, the Los Angeles Film Critics Award and
the Golden Globe Award for her work in the Norman Jewison film "Moonstruck".
Elena Ayana as Sophia and Adam Brody as Carter
Dukakis'
distinguished stage career includes two OBIE Awards, for Bertolt
Brecht's A MAN'S AMAN, and Christopher Durang's "The Marriage
of Bette and Boo," at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre. Other
notable appearances at the Public include Sam Shepard's "Curse
of the Starving Class," "Titus Andronicus," "Electra," and "Peer
Gynt." Dukakis starred in the world premiere of Timberlake
Wertenbaker's"Credible Witness" at London's Royal Court
Theatre. Dukakis made her London debut in1999 on stage at the
Royal National Theatre in Martin Sherman's one-woman play, "Rose," to
rave reviews. Dukakis then opened "Rose" on Broadway
in the spring of 2000. She also made her debut on British television
(BBC) in a made-for-TV movie "A Life for a Life" (BAFTA
nomination) and on BBC Radio starring in "Hecuba."
Prior to "Rose", Dukakis was last seen on Broadway in "Social
Security" directed by Mike Nichols. In 2004, Dukakis starred as
Clytemnestra in NY's Aquila Theatre Company's production of"Agamemnon," featuring
Dukakis' husband Louis Zorich in the title role. She also performed at
A.C.T.in "The Mother" by Gorky adapted by Constance Congdon.
Very involved in the development of new work and companies, Dukakis is
currently collaborating on adaptations of The Tempest and Phaedra (A.C.T.)
Other new work includes the adaptation of Hecuba by Timberlake Wertenbaker
at A.C.T., Singer's Boy by Leslie Ayvazian at A.C.T.,Shakespeare and
Company's "Lear and Her Daughters," and "Voices of Earth."
As a founding member and Producing Artistic Director of the Whole Theatre
in Montclair, New Jersey for 19 years (1971-1990), she directed and appeared
in many productions, winning accolades time and again. In 1992, Olympia
Dukakis became the proud recipient of the New Jersey Governor's Walt
Whitman Creative Arts Award.
Dukakis has appeared in over 125 productions Off-Broadway and regionally,
at venues including Studio Arena in Albany, American Place Theatre, APA
Phoenix, Circle Rep and the Williamstown Summer Theatre Festival where
she also served as Associate Director. Dukakis taught Acting in the graduate
school at New York University for fifteen years and currently teaches
master classes at various universities and colleges throughout the country.
Feature films to be released in 2005 include Three Needles, (shot in
S. Africa) The Librarian and The Thing About My Folks, with Paul Reiser.
Recent films include the highly acclaimed The Event and The Intended
(shot in Malaysia and directed by Kristian Levring).
Other feature films include Mr. Holland's Opus with Richard Dreyfus,
Woody Allen's Mighty Aprodite and I Love Trouble with Nick Nolte and
Julia Roberts. Audiences continue to seek out videos of The Cemetary
Club, Steel Magnolias directed by Herbert Ross, Dad co-starring Jack
Lemmon, and Look Who's Talking with John Travolta and Kirstie Alley.
With regards to television, most recent credits include the CBS sitcom "Center
of the Universe"with John Goodman, Jean Smart, and Ed Asner.
Dukakis co-starred in "Last of the Blond Bombshells" with Judy
Dench for HBO and in "Ladies and the Champ" with Marion Ross
for ABC. One of her favorite projects, "Tales of the City",
a 6-hourmini-series based on the novel by Armistead Maupin, was a controversial
ratings blockbuster for PBS.She went on to star in the sequels "More
Tales of the City" and "Further Tales of the City" (Showtime)for
which she earned Emmy, Screen Actors Guild and BAFTA nominations.
She starred with Frank Sinatra and Dukakis' real-life husband Louis Zorich
in "Young At Heart"on CBS (Emmy nomination). Other TV movie
projects include "Strange Relations," "Scattering Dad,""A
Century of Women," a 6-hour mini-series for TBS, "Fire In The
Dark" for CBS, "Lucky Day" co-starring Amy Madigan for
ABC for which she received an Emmy nomination, "The Last Act Is
A Solo"for which she received an ACE Award, and "Sinatra" a
mini-series for CBS in which Dukakis portrayed Frank Sinatra's mother
and was nominated for an Emmy.
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MAKENZIE VEGA (Paige
Hardwicke) has already become one of Hollywood's
youngest stars at just eleven years old. She captured our
hearts as Nicolas Cage's daughter in Universal Pictures'
Family Man at the young age of 5. At such a young age,
Vega enjoys an impressive list of feature film credits
including Made, starring Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau and
S.A.W., with Danny Glover.
Makenzie Vega as Paige
She
went on to give a captivating and heart-felt performance portraying
the younger character of `Nancy' (Jessica Alba)in Robert Rodriguez's
provocative action/crime thriller Sin City. Vega will next be
seen starring alongside Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine in Just
My Luck for New Regency. Vega has also appeared as a aeries regular
in the ABC sitcom "The Geena Davis Show".
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DUSTIN MILLIGAN (Eric
Watts) Dustin Milligan was born and spent
much of his early life in the small northern town of Yellowknife,
in the North West Territories which lie in the far north
of Canada. Being a natural ham led him to the drama program
in his high school where he discovered his true love of
acting and his desire to become a professional actor. As
soon as he graduated he packed up his life and moved to
Vancouver to pursue his dream. Since then he has not looked
back.
Dustin Milligan as Eric
Dustin
has four films being released in 2007; "In The Land of Women" with
Meg Ryan and Adam Brody for Warner Bros., "The Messengers" directed
by the Pang Bros for Columbia Pictures , "The Butterfly
Wheel" with Pierce Bronson for Icon Entertainment as well
as the sequel "The Butterfly Effect II" for New Line
Cinema.
When not acting Dustin can usually be found on his skateboard or on the
slopes with his sister Molly who is a professional snow boarder.
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CLARK GREGG'S
(Nelson Hardwicke) film work includes Paul
Weitz's In Good Company, Spartan and State and Main for David
Mamet, Nicole Holofcener's Lovely and Amazing, The Human Stain,
We Were Soldiers, One Hour Photo, Magnolia and the role of
Hank/Henrietta in Tod Williams' The Adventures of Sebastian
Cole for which he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination.
Currently he is filming When a Stranger Calls, directed by
Simon West. He soon begins filming Wil Shriner's Hoot.
Television acting work includes the recurring role of Agent
Michael Casper on "The West Wing," HBO movies "Tyson" and "Live
From Baghdad," as well as guest roles on "The Shield, " "Will
and Grace," "Sports Night," "Sex and the City," and
many others. He currently stars with Julia Louis Dreyfus in the CBS comedy "The
New Adventures of Old Christine."
New York stage credits include the premieres of Jez Butterworth's
plays "Mojo" and "The
Night Heron," "Boys' Life" (Drama Desk nomination), Aaron
Sorkin's "A Few Good Men" on Broadway, as well as new works
by John Guare, Craig Lucas, A. R. Gurney, and many others.
A founding member and former artistic director of the Atlantic
Theater Company in New York,whose members include David Mamet,
William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman. He directed the New York
and Los Angeles premieres of Kevin Heelan's "Distant Fires." The New York production
was nominated for Drama Desk, Obie and Outer Critics Circle awards and
moved to the Circle-in-the-Square downtown. The Los Angeles production
starring Samuel L. Jackson won three L.A. Weekly awards including Best
Direction, Best Ensemble and Best Play and was nominated for four Ovation
Awards including Best Director. He directed the critically acclaimed
1998 New York revival of David Mamet's"Edmond," and created,
co-wrote and directed the Los Angeles serialized play, "The Big
Empty."
His screen writing debut, What Lies Beneath for Dreamworks
starred Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer and was directed
by Robert Zemeckis. It is presently ranked 121 on the list
of highest grossing movies of all time. He is writing a movie
about the last days of Pompeii for director Fernando Micelles
(City of God) and producer Barry Mendel (Rushmore) at Universal.
In the spring of 2006 he is scheduled to make his feature directing debut
with his own adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's (Fight Club) book,Choke.
Clark has also written or re-written scripts for Disney, Universal, Paramount,
Fox and Fox 2000.
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Olympia Dukakis as Grandma
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Release Date:April 20, 2007
