Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) ( 13 Conversations About 1 Thing )

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: 13 Conversations About 1 Thing
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
99 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Jill Sprecher

Written By:
Jill Sprecher
Karen Sprecher

Actors:
Matthew McConaughey ..... Troy
David Connolly ..... Owen
Joseph Siravo ..... Bureau Chief
A.D. Miles ..... Co-Worker
Sig Libowitz ..... Assistant Attorney
James Yaegashi ..... Legal Assistant
Dion Graham ..... Defense Attorney
Fernando López ..... Defendant (as Fernando Lopez)
Brian Smiar ..... Judge
Paul Austin ..... Bartender
Allie Woods Jr. ..... Cab Driver (as Allie Woods)
John Turturro ..... Walker
Amy Irving ..... Patricia
Barbara Sukowa ..... Helen
Rob McElhenney ..... Chris Hammond, Aspiring Medical Student

Synopsis:

In this acclaimed philosophical comedy of manners, a hotshot lawyer (Matthew McConaughey), his career rocketing upwards, loses concentration momentarily and becomes the perpetrator of a hit and run. An insurance claims manager (Alan Arkin) with a troubled family life has a pleasant but irritatingly jovial colleague. A finicky physics lecturer (John Turturro) is having a meticulously timetabled affair as a stock response to a mid-life crisis, something his wife (Amy Irving) discovers after his recently stolen wallet is returned to her by a conscientious citizen.
Meanwhile, cleaner Beatrice (Clea DuVall) is forced to reconsider her idealistic approach to life after being hit by a life-changing accident and an unwarranted accusation. Most of these people cross each other's paths in some way, sometimes casually, sometimes prodoundly, their conversations in all cases leading them to a greater understanding of the 'one thing' of the film's title: the elusive nature of happiness.

The lives of a handful of unrelated people are forever changed through chance encounters. They include Gene English, an insurance company manager whose unhappiness with life is exacerbated by a drug addicted and petty criminal son, Raymond; Troy, a young defense attorney with a hard line view of any improper activity, that is until he himself is the cause of the impropriety; Dr. Walker, a physics professor who is in an unsatisfying marriage; and Beatrice, a young woman just starting her adult life working as a house cleaner and who has always had a fateful but positive view of life. Each wonders about what their life would have been like if certain events didn't take place, and wonders about how to achieve true happiness.

A physics professor approaching middle age decides to change his life with unexpected results. A rising young prosecuting attorney's plans are thrown into disarray as the result of a single careless act while distracted. A woman reluctantly faces her husband's infidelity. An envious insurance claims manager with family problems seeks revenge on a cheerful coworker, but has second thoughts. And an optimistic young cleaning woman awaits a miracle, only to have her faith shaken by a traumatic event. These ordinary people all find themselves asking the fundamental question philosophers have pondered throughout history: What is happiness, and how does one achieve it?

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 15 December, 2022.