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Starting Out in the Evening is a 2007 American drama film directed by Andrew Wagner. The screenplay by Wagner and Fred Parnes is based on the novel of the same name by Brian Morton.
Starting Out in the Evening: Directed by Andrew Wagner. With Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose, Patti Perkins, Lili Taylor. An ambitious graduate student convinces a writer that her thesis can resurrect his career.
Dec 13, 2007 · "Starting Out in the Evening" is a film about people who think literature is worth devoting a lifetime to. People who think great novelists are a species of saint. It honors values that seem obsolete in our trashy popular culture, obsessed with the sex lives of vacuumheads.
Nov 23, 2007 · Starting Out in the Evening features sharp dialogue and moving performances from the talented Frank Langella and Lili Taylor. Read Critics Reviews
Nov 23, 2007 · Starting Out in the Evening (2007) PG-13 11/23/2007 (US) Drama 1h 51m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? Play Trailer. 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.
An ambitious graduate student convinces a writer that her thesis can resurrect his career. Against the backdrop of Manhattan's changing literary and publishing world, aging novelist Leonard Schiller is asked by Heather Wolfe, a graduate student and budding literary critic, to agree to interviews.
Starting Out In the Evening makes use of a great deal of high-toned literary discussion, but Frank Langella's authoritative intelligence is what convinces us that he's a great talent. Even when the literary banter wears thin, Langella comes off as the real deal.
