The Treatment (2006 film)
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Director Oren Rudavsky Duration Running time 1h 26m Cinematography Andrij Parekh Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance Initial release April 28, 2006 Music director John Zorn Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Daniel Saul Housman, Daniel Menaker (novel), Oren Rudavsky Cast Chris Eigeman (Jake Singer), Stephanie March (Julia), Ian Holm (Dr. Ernesto Morales), Famke Janssen (Allegra Marshall), Peter Vack (Ted), Griffin Newman (Scott)Similar movies Factory Girl , The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things , The Last Days of Disco , The Last Witch Hunter , Jupiter Ascending , At the Edge of the Abyss Tagline A comedy about life, love... and escaping your shrink. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Treatment is an American romantic comedy film released in 2006 starring Chris Eigeman and Famke Janssen and produced and directed by Oren Rudavsky.
Contents
It is based on a novel with the same title by Daniel Menaker.
Plot
The film begins with Jake Singer (Eigeman) meeting up with Julia (Stephanie March) in an attempt to rekindle their relationship; she however, informs him that she is recently engaged and has been wanting to call him to tell him. The wedding will be in Aspen but she invites him to her pre-wedding party in New York.
Jake, the son of a retired physician Arnold Singer (Harris Yulin), is an English teacher and somewhat of a basketball coach at Coventry, a Manhattan private school. He becomes involved with Allegra Marshall (Famke Janssen) the widow of a wealthy gentleman who died suddenly from a cardiac embolism.
Jake seeks treatment from psychoanalyst Dr. Ernesto Morales (Ian Holm) who frequently surprises Jake in the form of hallucinations attempting to shape or modify his behavior.
Cast
Awards
The Treatment won in the category of Best New York Narrative at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival.
John Zorn who composed the score for the film won a MacArthur Foundation, the "Genius" award for his music in 2006. The album, titled Filmworks XVIII: The Treatment features a full score for film by John Zorn. The album was released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records.
References
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