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From writer/director Mike Mills comes a comedy/drama about how deeply funny and transformative life can be, even at its most serious moments. "Beginners imaginatively explores the hilarity, confusion, and surprises of love through the evolving consciousness of Oliver (Golden Globe Award nominee Ewan McGregor). Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna (Melanie Laurent of Inglourious Basterds) only months after his father Hal (Academy Award nominee Christopher Plummer) has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father who following 44 years of marriage came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life. The upheavals of Hal's new honesty, by turns funny and moving, brought father and son closer than they'd ever been able to be. Now Oliver endeavors to love Anna with all the bravery, humor, and hope that his father taught him.
Original Release
06/09/2011
US Release
06/17/2011
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Ewan McGregor | Oliver / Oliver Fields |
Christopher Plummer | Hal / Hal Fields |
Melanie Laurent | Anna / Anna Wallace |
Goran Visnjic | Andy |
Kai Lennox | Elliot |
Mary Page Keller | Georgia / Georgia Fields |
Keegan Boos | Young Oliver |
China Shavers | Shauna |
Melissa Tang | Liz |
Amanda Payton | Party Person |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Ewan McGregor | Oliver / Oliver Fields |
Christopher Plummer | Hal / Hal Fields |
Melanie Laurent | Anna / Anna Wallace |
Goran Visnjic | Andy |
Kai Lennox | Elliot |
Mary Page Keller | Georgia / Georgia Fields |
Keegan Boos | Young Oliver |
China Shavers | Shauna |
Melissa Tang | Liz |
Amanda Payton | Party Person |
Luke Diliberto | Green Witch |
Lou Taylor Pucci | Magician |
Bambadjan Bamba | The Sads |
Hana Jane | The Sads |
Samuel T. Ritter | The Sads |
Jennifer Lauren | Record Company Rep |
Reynaldo Pacheco | Julio |
Jodi Long | Dr. Long |
Bruce French | Dr. Wright |
Leslie Shea | ICU Nurse #1 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Joan Scheckel | Executive Producer |
Miranda De Pencier | Producer |
Fran Giblin | Producer |
Lars Knudsen | Producer |
Mark Levinson | Producer |
Geoff Linville | Producer |
Leslie Urdang | Producer |
Jay Van Hoy | Producer |
Dean Vanech | Producer |
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Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2012 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Won |
2012 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Won |