Lonesome Jim
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| Directed by | Steve Buscemi |
| Produced by | Jake Abraham, Galt Niederhoffer, Celine Rattray Daniela Taplin Lundberg Gary Winick |
| Written by | James C. Strouse |
| Starring |
Casey Affleck Liv Tyler Kevin Corrigan Mary Kay Place Seymour Cassel Mark Boone Junior |
| Music by | Evan Lurie |
| Cinematography | Phil Parmet |
| Edited by | Plummy Tucker |
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United States IFC Films International Lions Gate Entertainment |
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January 22, 2005 (Sundance Film Festival) |
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Running time
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91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $500,000 |
| Box office | $174,815 |
Lonesome Jim is a 2005 American comedy/drama film directed by actor/filmmaker Steve Buscemi. Filmed mostly in the city of Goshen, Indiana, the film stars Casey Affleck as a chronically depressed aspiring writer who moves back into his parents' home after failing to make it in New York City. His older brother (Kevin Corrigan) already lives there with his two daughters. Liv Tyler stars as a good-hearted nurse who begins a sexual relationship with Jim and starts to see him as a potential stepfather for her son.
Lonesome Jim premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize, but it lost to Ira Sachs' Forty Shades of Blue. The screenplay was based on characters and events in author Jim Strouse's life. The entire film was shot on a mini-DV digital video camera instead of actual film.
Jim (Casey Affleck) is a perennially gloomy 27-year-old aspiring writer from Goshen, Indiana who had moved to New York City in hopes of finding success with his writing. After two years of barely making a living as a dog walker, he decides to move back home to his parents' house in Goshen.
Jim's 32-year-old brother Tim (Kevin Corrigan) is a recently divorced father of two young girls whose business recently failed. Tim has moved back into his parents' home and works in the ladder factory that's owned and operated by their father Don (Seymour Cassel) and cheerful mother Sally (Mary Kay Place). Jim has no interest in the family business and he resists pressure from Don to start working there.
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