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The Graduate
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ID # 31349
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Live Event
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Submission Type |
Open Call
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Michigan City, IN |
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Non-union
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n/a
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Release Date |
04-21-06
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| Audition Date |
12-31-69
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Submission Deadline |
05-13-06
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| Shoot Date |
12-31-69
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| Casting Category |
Theatre - Non-Equity
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| Market(s) |
Indianapolis, IN |
AUDITIONS to fill vacant slots for The Graduate will be held Saturday and Sunday, May 13 & 14 at the Dunes Summer Theatre. Note: we hope to fill all principal roles during April auditions.
NOTE: ALL TALENT UNDER THE AGE OF 18 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN AT ALL TIMES
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Seeking 20 talent(s) for this role
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All Roles Open
Note: we hope to fill all principal roles during April auditions.
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Searchable talent specs:
Gender: Male Female
Age: from 18 to 65 |
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Hitler is penniless, without friends or family, mocked by his army buddies
"All I have in this world is the conviction that I am an artist and a master builder He's an optimist who believes in the transforming power of art Some material may be inappropriate for young children Noah Taylor's foaming-at-the-mouth Hitler is an impoverished outcast searching for acceptance, concocting unscientific "pure blood" theories to try to explain the chaos and upheaval of post-World War I Germany Leelee Sobieski is alluring as Max's aristocratic mistress
Obsessed with racial theories and anti-Semitism, Hitler throws himself into the art of propaganda, where, to the amazement of just about everyone, he finds unnerving success
PG-13 â€â€? Special parental guidance strongly suggested for children under 13
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Taylor is just plain frightening, full of tics and twitches, bulging eyes and misdirected energy
Budapest, a stand-in for postwar Munich, gives the camera much to linger on, from high ceilings in elegant buildings to gritty industrial sites like the abandoned train factory where Max has his gallery
The contrast between Cusack's fictional Max Rothman and Hitler, both German army veterans, could not be more dramatic Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian
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Motion Picture Association of America rating definitions:
G â€â€? General audiences
Oh, and the misfit's name is Adolf Hitler
Certainly, Meyjes' film does not romanticize him It is rated R for language and contains a violent beating and sexual situations At the Movies: 'Max'
Dec 24, 3:59 PM EST
John Cusack brings an edgy vitality to "Max," the story of a German-Jewish art dealer who befriends a sniveling, nail-biting, deeply confused misfit struggling to become an artist Three stars out of four His mother adores him, his wife and children rush to be near him and other women find him mesmerizingly attractive
R â€â€? Restricted
Menno Meyjes, who won an Oscar for his screenplay of Alice Walker's "The Color Purple," makes his directoral debut with a fiction that some critics worried would humanize Hitler Even as we laugh at Taylor's stuttering outsider, we are sobered by the knowledge of the incalculable damage that the real Hitler inflicted on the world Some material may not be suitable for children
"I have seen the future
Max is swept up by the exuberance of modernism
There is much to admire about "Max
Distributed by Lions Gate Films, "Max" runs 108 minutes "There are Hitlers of the future lurking, and I think if you want to comprehend what makes evil tick you have to begin with ordinary human emotions
The question the movie asks is: How does a man become a monster?
"Hitler was a human being," Meyjes says
His family dines on fine china, and relaxes on elegant couches in rooms surrounded by books and paintings " Cusack dominates the screen, a charmer who knows it and flaunts it, aided by Meyjes' lyrical screenplay "There's no future in the future
PG â€â€? Parental guidance suggested
NC-17 â€â€? No one under 17 admitted
And the subject is both intriguing and painful Pushed by Max to "stop holding back" as an artist, he breaks down when he realizes he is not up to the task His art business is a roaring success and the end of the war has rekindled his spirits And you just stole that from me!" Hitler shouts
Although Max is physically damaged by the war â€â€? a painter, he lost his right arm â€â€? Hitler is sound of body but rotten of mind
Born of a wealthy family, Max is a Renaissance man whose wit flows easily from art to science, politics, medicine or philosophy "
Since that would include rage, humiliation and hate â€â€? as well as hope and elation â€â€? "Max" is a good place to start He yearns to be a "true" artist, but his portfolio of dog portraits and pastoral scenes is dismissed as amateur in the avant-garde world of Munich 1918 All ages admitted Believe me, it came right at us," Max declares with bravado
