Zoe Kazan Paul Dano Star in Film From Directors of Miss Sunshine
Zoe Kazan, Paul Dano Star in Film From Directors of Miss Sunshine Movies for Grownups
Directors: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Rating R. Running Time: 104 minutes
Stars: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Elliott Gould, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas Remember the quirky, adorable film ? Directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris make similar magic with Ruby Sparks, an utterly original movie starring Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan. Dano was the intentionally mute Goth kid in Sunshine; Kazan, who wrote the Ruby Sparks script, is Dano's real-life girlfriend. In fact, Kazan (who happens to be the granddaughter of famed director ) says that she wrote the screenplay with the idea of her and Dano playing the leads. Dano's character, Calvin Weir-Fields, is an accomplished in his late 20s who is suffering from writer's block. On the advice of his shrink (played by Elliott Gould), the somewhat nerdy Calvin tries writing about the woman of his dreams. He fashions her from a fresh-faced redhead he ran into in the park, and soon his words are flowing onto the page and Ruby Sparks (Kazan) takes human form. Like , Ruby shows up in the flesh in Calvin's apartment, ready to be more than just his muse. Courtesy Fox Searchlight Pictures Zoe Kazan, writer and costar of 'Ruby Sparks'
Movie Review ' Ruby Sparks'
A costar and directors of ' Little Miss Sunshine' are back with another quirky gem
Directors: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Rating R. Running Time: 104 minutes
Stars: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Elliott Gould, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas Remember the quirky, adorable film ? Directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris make similar magic with Ruby Sparks, an utterly original movie starring Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan. Dano was the intentionally mute Goth kid in Sunshine; Kazan, who wrote the Ruby Sparks script, is Dano's real-life girlfriend. In fact, Kazan (who happens to be the granddaughter of famed director ) says that she wrote the screenplay with the idea of her and Dano playing the leads. Dano's character, Calvin Weir-Fields, is an accomplished in his late 20s who is suffering from writer's block. On the advice of his shrink (played by Elliott Gould), the somewhat nerdy Calvin tries writing about the woman of his dreams. He fashions her from a fresh-faced redhead he ran into in the park, and soon his words are flowing onto the page and Ruby Sparks (Kazan) takes human form. Like , Ruby shows up in the flesh in Calvin's apartment, ready to be more than just his muse. Courtesy Fox Searchlight Pictures Zoe Kazan, writer and costar of 'Ruby Sparks'