In a World...
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| Directed by | Lake Bell |
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| Written by | Lake Bell |
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| Music by | Ryan Miller |
| Cinematography | Seamus Tierney |
| Edited by | Tom McArdle |
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93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Less than $1 million |
| Box office | $3.1 million |
In a World... is a 2013 American comedy film written, directed and co-produced by Lake Bell.
The film stars Bell as Carol Solomon, a vocal coach intent on doing voice-over work for film trailers. The film co-stars Demetri Martin, Fred Melamed, Rob Corddry, Michaela Watkins, Ken Marino, Nick Offerman, and Tig Notaro.
The film grossed nearly $3 million against a production budget of less than $1 million, and received positive reviews from critics.
Sam Sotto is a Hollywood actor who is known as "king of voice-overs". He has done the narration and voice-overs to many theatrical film trailers and films, as well as recently published an autobiography about his life and is about to receive a lifetime achievement award upon turning 60. His daughter, Carol Solomon, is a struggling vocal coach who has always been overshadowed by her father. Sam kicks Carol out of his house so that he can live with his much younger 30-year-old girlfriend Jamie (who is a year younger than Carol). Carol goes to live with her older sister Dani and her husband Moe in their small apartment.
An upcoming film series, The Amazon Games, plans to bring back the famous late Don LaFontaine "In a world..." line, and the trailer voice-over is highly sought after. Sam bows out so that his friend and heir-apparent, Gustav Warner, can assume the role. Gustav fails to show up when he comes down with laryngitis, so studio engineer Louis asks Carol to provide a temp track. It gains the attention of the executive producer, who now wants Carol for the job. Carol also gets other work offers. She neglects to tell her self-absorbed father about her newfound success. Gustav and Sam feel entitled and are dismissive of the unknown woman who "stole" the job from them.
Due to her intrusive habit of mimicking random people's voices and accents as well as recording guests for her voice archive, Carol is barred from the hotel where Dani works as the concierge. Undeterred, Carol asks Dani to interview and record a flirtatious Irishman who is a guest at the hotel. Exasperated and flattered by the attention, Dani agrees.
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