It's 2003. Thirty-eight year old graphic artist Oliver Fields has just lost his father Hal Fields to cancer, after Oliver's mother Georgia Fields passed away five years earlier. Oliver is naturally a sullen man due to his growing up relationship with his parents (his mother who had a unique view on life) and watching his parents' cordial but somewhat distant relationship with each other, but is more so now because of his personal family loss. Oliver embarks on a relationship with Anna, a French actress. Oliver is hoping that his re-energized relationship with Hal following Georgia's death and Hal's new outlook on life during that time will show Oliver how to act in a loving relationship. After Georgia's death, Hal came out of the closet and began to live with a joie de vivre that did not exist before, which included an open relationship with a much younger man named Andy...
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At 82 years of age, Christopher Plummer won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for this film, and became the oldest person to ever win an Oscar for acting.
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Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers):
Oliver (Ewan McGregor) goes to a fancy party as Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, but his accent is more Bavarian than Austrian.
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Quotes
Oliver:
I've always wanted to have a phone call with somebody who doesn't talk. See more »
"Whatcha Gonna Do About It"
Written by Brian Potter and Ian Samwell Performed by The Litter Courtesy of K-Tel Records/Dominion Entertainment, Inc. License arranged by Fine Gold Music, LLC.
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