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Starting Out in the Evening
20076.71h 51m
Overview
Leonard Schiller once counted among New York's literary lions, but illness and ten years of writer's block have lowered his profile, almost to the point of obscurity. When Heather Wolfe, an ambitious literature major, asks to interview him for her thesis on his work, her interest forces him to address the issues that he has avoided all these years, and stirs in him feelings he has long forgotten, much to his daughter's consternation.
Directed by Andrew Wagner
Written by Fred Parnes, Andrew Wagner
Produced by Jake Abraham, Nancy Israel, Fred Parnes
0Top Cast
Frank Langella
Leonard Schiller
Lauren Ambrose
Heather Wolfe
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Patti Perkins
Dolores
Adrian Lester
Casey Davis
Lili Taylor
Ariel Schiller
D
Dennis Parlato
Author
Jeff McCarthy
Charles
Michael Cumpsty
Victor
Jessica Hecht
Sandra Bennett
Karl Bury
Frederick
About Starting Out in the Evening
Starting Out in the Evening is a drama film released in 2007. Directed by Andrew Wagner, it stars Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose, Patti Perkins. Leonard Schiller once counted among New York's literary lions, but illness and ten years of writer's block have lowered his profile, almost to the point of obscurity. When Heather Wolfe, an ambitious literature major, asks to interview him for her thesis on his work, her interest forces him to address the issues that he has avoided all these years, and stirs in him feelings he has long forgotten, much to his daughter's consternation.
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