Solitary Man (film)
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| Directed by |
Brian Koppelman David Levien |
| Produced by | Moshi Diamont Danny Dimbort Joe Gatta Steven Soderbergh |
| Written by | Brian Koppelman |
| Starring |
Michael Douglas Jenna Fischer Jesse Eisenberg Mary-Louise Parker Imogen Poots Susan Sarandon Danny DeVito |
| Music by | Michael Penn |
| Cinematography | Alwin H. Küchler |
| Edited by | Tricia Cooke |
| Distributed by | Millennium Films Smartest Man Productions |
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Running time
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90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $5,024,782 |
Solitary Man is a 2009 American film co-directed by Brian Koppelman and David Levien. The film stars Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Jenna Fischer, Jesse Eisenberg, Mary-Louise Parker and Danny DeVito.
The film opens with 54-year-old Ben Kalmen (Michael Douglas), an attractive and very successful car dealer in the New York area, at his annual medical check-up; his doctor tells him he needs a CAT scan to get a better look at his heart, due to an "irregularity" in his EKG.
About six years later, Ben's fortunes have drastically changed. He is taking oral medications but never got the prescribed heart tests, and his lost sense of "immortality" has sent him on a self-destructive binge: habitual lying, sexual affairs, divorce, and bad business decisions that nearly put him in prison. He is broke, borrowing money from his daughter Susan (Jenna Fischer), and still unwilling to accept his age, ignoring his heart problem, and has a serial sexual appetite.
Ben, who cheated often on his wife Nancy Kalmen (Susan Sarandon), accompanies Allyson (Imogen Poots), the 18-year-old daughter of his girlfriend, Jordan Karsch (Mary-Louise Parker), to her college interview at a Boston college campus where Ben is an alumnus, having been a prominent donor during his more prosperous days.
On campus, Ben meets an impressionable student named Daniel (Jesse Eisenberg) who appreciates his wisdom and advice. Later that night, Ben and Allyson sleep together.
Back in New York, Ben expresses a desire to continue the relationship, which Allyson dismisses as a one time experiment with an older man - crossing "the Daddy" fantasy off her "list". Frustrated with Ben, Allyson flippantly tells her mother about the sexual encounter. Jordan breaks contact with Ben and withdraws the support Ben needs to open a new auto dealership. While discussing his overdue rent with his building manager (Lenny Venito), his daughter Susan appears and tells him he is no longer welcome in her family's life because of his inconsistency and unreliability as the grandfather of her son, after discovering an affair Ben had with her friend.
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