The Anniversary Party, the Glossary
The Anniversary Party is a 2001 American comedy-drama film co-written, co-directed, co-produced by, and co-starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming, both making their respective feature directorial debuts.[1]
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69 relations: Alan Cumming, Anatomy of a Scene, Anorexia nervosa, Anton Chekhov, Blair Tefkin, British Board of Film Classification, Carol Littleton, Charades, Chicago Sun-Times, Comedy drama, Comedy of manners, Craig Chester, Daniel Clowes, Denis O'Hare, Digital video, Fine Line Features, Ghost World (film), Gwyneth Paltrow, I Know a Place, In the Bedroom, Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature, Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay, Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male, Jane Adams (actress, born 1965), Jennifer Beals, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Bailey (cinematographer), John Benjamin Hickey, John C. Reilly, JR Reed (actor), Karen Kilgariff, Kevin Kline, List of American films of 2001, Lulu (singer), Marlene Dietrich, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Matt Malloy, Matt McGrath (actor), MDMA, Mel Tormé, Michael Panes, Michael Penn, Mick LaSalle, National Board of Review Awards 2001, Neurosis, Palm Dog Award, Parker Posey, Peter Travers, Petula Clark, ... Expand index (19 more) »
- Films directed by Alan Cumming
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- Films scored by Michael Penn
Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming (born 27 January 1965) is a Scottish actor.
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Anatomy of a Scene
Anatomy of a Scene is an American television series produced by and aired regularly on Sundance Channel since 2001.
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Anorexia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa (AN), often referred to simply as anorexia, is an eating disorder characterized by food restriction, body image disturbance, fear of gaining weight, and an overpowering desire to be thin.
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Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer.
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Blair Tefkin
Blair Tefkin is an American actress, singer, and songwriter.
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British Board of Film Classification
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is a non-governmental organisation founded by the British film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works (such as television programmes, trailers, adverts, public information/campaigning films, menus, bonus content, etc.) released on physical media within the United Kingdom.
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Carol Littleton
Carol Sue Littleton, (born October 23, 1942) is an American film editor.
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Charades
Charades. is a parlor or party word guessing game.
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Chicago Sun-Times
The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily nonprofit newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Comedy drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau dramedy, is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama.
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Comedy of manners
In English literature, the term comedy of manners (also anti-sentimental comedy) describes a genre of realistic, satirical comedy of the Restoration period (1660–1710) that questions and comments upon the manners and social conventions of a greatly sophisticated, artificial society.
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Craig Chester
Craig Chester (born November 8, 1965) is an American actor, writer, and screenwriter.
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Daniel Clowes
Daniel Gillespie Clowes (born April 14, 1961) is an American cartoonist, graphic novelist, illustrator, and screenwriter.
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Denis O'Hare
Denis Patrick Seamus O'Hare (born January 17, 1962) is an American actor, singer, and author noted for his award-winning performances in the plays Take Me Out and Sweet Charity, as well as portraying vampire king Russell Edgington on HBO's fantasy series True Blood.
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Digital video
Digital video is an electronic representation of moving visual images (video) in the form of encoded digital data.
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Fine Line Features
Fine Line Features was the specialty films division of New Line Cinema.
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Ghost World (film)
Ghost World is a 2001 black comedy film co-written and directed by Terry Zwigoff. The Anniversary Party and Ghost World (film) are 2001 independent films.
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Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (born September 27, 1972) is an American actress and businesswoman.
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I Know a Place
"I Know a Place" is a song with music and lyrics by Tony Hatch.
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In the Bedroom
In the Bedroom is a 2001 American drama film directed by Todd Field from a screenplay written by Field and Robert Festinger, based on the 1979 short story "Killings" by Andre Dubus. The Anniversary Party and in the Bedroom are 2001 directorial debut films and 2001 independent films.
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Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature
The Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature is one of the annual Independent Spirit Awards.
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Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay
The Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay is one of the annual awards given by the Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers.
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Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
The Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male was one of the annual Independent Spirit Awards.
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Jane Adams (actress, born 1965)
Jane Adams (born 1965) is an American actress and screenwriter.
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Jennifer Beals
Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963) is an American actress.
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Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow; February 5, 1962) is an American actress.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.
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John Bailey (cinematographer)
John Ira Bailey (August 10, 1942 – November 10, 2023) was an American cinematographer and film director known for his collaborations with directors Paul Schrader, Lawrence Kasdan, Michael Apted, and Ken Kwapis.
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John Benjamin Hickey
John Benjamin Hickey (born June 25, 1963) is an American actor with a career in stage, film and television.
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John C. Reilly
John Christopher Reilly (born May 24, 1965) is an American actor.
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JR Reed (actor)
JR Reed (born December 13, 1967, as Jason William Reed) is an American character actor and singer, originally from Corvallis, Oregon.
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Karen Kilgariff
Karen Kilgariff (born May 11, 1970 in Petaluma, California) is an American writer, comedian, singer, author, actress, television producer, and podcast host.
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Kevin Kline
Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24, 1947) is an American actor.
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List of American films of 2001
This is a list of American films released in 2001.
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Lulu (singer)
Lulu Kennedy-Cairns (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie; 3 November 1948) is a Scottish singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality.
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Marlene Dietrich
Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva; however, Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name.
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Mary Lynn Rajskub
Mary Lynn Rajskub is an American actress and comedian who is best known for portraying Chloe O'Brian in the action thriller series 24 and Gail the Snail in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
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Matt Malloy
Matt Malloy (born December 6, 1963) is an American actor and producer who has appeared extensively on television, film, and radio.
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Matt McGrath (actor)
Matt McGrath (born June 11, 1969) is an American actor who was worked across stage, television, and film.
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MDMA
3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as ecstasy (tablet form), and molly or mandy (crystal form), is a potent empathogen–entactogen with stimulant and minor psychedelic properties.
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Mel Tormé
Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed "the Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author.
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Michael Panes
Michael Panes is an American actor, writer, musician and composer.
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Michael Penn
Michael Daniel Penn (born August 1, 1958) is an American musician, singer and composer.
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Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle (born May 7, 1959) is an American film critic and the author of two books on pre-Code Hollywood.
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National Board of Review Awards 2001
73rd NBR Awards December 5, 2001 ---- Best Film: Moulin Rouge! The 73rd National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2001, were announced on 5 December 2001 and given on 7 January 2002.
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Neurosis
Neurosis (neuroses) is a term mainly used today by followers of Freudian thinking to describe mental disorders caused by past anxiety, often that has been repressed.
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Palm Dog Award
The Palm Dog Award is a yearly award presented by the international film critics during the Cannes Film Festival.
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Parker Posey
Parker Christian Posey (born November 8, 1968) is an American actress.
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Peter Travers
Peter Joseph Travers (born) is an American film critic, journalist, and television presenter.
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Petula Clark
Petula Clark CBE (born 15 November 1932) is a British singer, actress, and songwriter.
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Phoebe Cates
Phoebe Belle Cates Kline (born July 16, 1963) is an American former actress, who appeared in films such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Gremlins (1984), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), Drop Dead Fred (1991) and Princess Caraboo (1994).
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Premiere
A premiere, also spelled première, (from première, 1er) is the debut (first public presentation) of a work, i.e. play, film, dance, musical composition, or even a performer in that work.
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Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author.
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.
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Romantic comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles.
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Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.
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Sadie Frost
Sadie Liza Frost (née Vaughan; born 19 June 1965) is an English actress, producer and fashion designer.
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Sammy Davis Jr.
Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, actor, comedian and dancer.
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San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California.
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Steve Buscemi
Steven Vincent Buscemi (As stated in interviews by Buscemi himself, some may insist that his pronunciation of his own name is "wrong" because it does not match the original Italian pronunciation as well. It is not uncommon for people to pronounce his name or instead.; born December 13, 1957) is an American actor.
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Sundance TV
Sundance TV (formerly known as Sundance Channel) is an American pay television channel owned by AMC Networks that launched on February 1, 1996.
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Terry Zwigoff
Terry Zwigoff (born May 18, 1949) is an American film director whose work often deals with misfits, antiheroes, and themes of alienation.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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There Is No Greater Love
"There Is No Greater Love" is a 1936 jazz standard composed by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Marty Symes.
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University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.
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Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.
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Violin
The violin, colloquially known as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play by Edward Albee first staged in October 1962.
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2001 Cannes Film Festival
The 54th Cannes Film Festival started on 9 May and ran until 20 May 2001.
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See also
Films directed by Alan Cumming
- Suffering Man's Charity
- The Anniversary Party
Films directed by Jennifer Jason Leigh
- The Anniversary Party
Films scored by Michael Penn
- American Teen (film)
- Boogie Nights
- Boundaries (2018 film)
- Carrie Pilby (film)
- Fairyland (film)
- Hard Eight (film)
- Hollywood Stargirl
- I Love You Forever
- Melvin Goes to Dinner
- Skateland
- Solitary Man (film)
- Sunshine Cleaning
- That Evening Sun (film)
- The Anniversary Party
- The Comedians of Comedy
- The Last Kiss (2006 film)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anniversary_Party
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