Between Elephants and Mice

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“Between Elephants and Mice”
A Focus Features release

Directed by Woody Allen
Written by Woody Allen and Noah Baumbach
Music by Hans Zimmer

Principal Cast:

Laura Linney as Heather
Djimon Hounsou as Ibrahim
Ralph Fiennes as Jack
Zack Efron as Alexander
Haley Joel Osment as Aaron
Freddie Highmore as Albert
Luke Spill as Alan
Aaron Eckhart as Victor

Tagline: "What would you choose between black & white, between more and less, between big and small, between elephants and mice?"

(November 2007)

Synopsis: Heather is a poor, miserable and unemployed mother that lives in the poorest neighborhood in Manhattan with his husband Victor and his four kids (Alexander, Aaron, Albert & Alan).

If this misery wasn’t enough, Heather founds out that his husband Victor turns out to be bisexual and runs away to Japan with his Japanese lover.

Everything seemed to go from bad to worse, until an important businessman called Jack casually meets Heather in the streets. Jack meets love at first sigh and decides to hire Heather as his secretary.

Jack’s desperate love grew as big as you can imagine, and did anything possible for Heather and her kids.

Heather’s life became a lot better than it used to and knows Jack’s in love with her but, it wouldn’t work.

Heather’s true love was Ibrahim, her old neighbor from her old neighborhood. Ibrahim is an African immigrant and a very talented painter but is as poor and miserable as Heather used to be. Ibrahim also loves Heather but hasn’t enough money to maintain her and her kids.

As the story goes on, Jack and Ibrahim offer marriage to Heather!

Heather must decide between a black and a white, between a lot and a little, between a rich and poor but most of all, between an elephant (Jack) and a mouse (Ibrahim)!

What the press would say:

“Between Elephants and mice” is an amazing, funny, touching and delicious independent hit. It blew away the critics with its clever screenplay, its solid acting and its wonderful directing.

“I never thought Woody Allen and Noah Baumbach could make such an effective team” hailed Peter Travers from Rolling Stone magazine.

“I had an enormous laugh at the beginning of the film when the husband left her for Japanese. And never have I seen a film were the most tragic events become the most hilarious events like when Heather chooses between Jack and Ibrahim” – hailed Joel Siegel from Good Morning America.

“I give two thumbs to the elephants and two thumbs to the mice. “Between elephants and mice is the greatest, funniest and most original independent film of the year.”
“Move aside The Squid and the Whale. Annie Hall, you’re second” hailed Brian and Deepak, two Oscar fans.

“Critics and audience agree. “Between elephants and mice” is the best independent film of the year proving it with tons of awards and nominations.

Here are some, and only some of the awards it had won:

• National Board of Review: Actress, Screenplay
• New York Film Critics Circle: Picture, Actress, Screenplay
• National Society of Film Critics: Picture, Directing, Actress, Screenplay
• Broadcast Film Critics Circle: Actress and Screenplay
• Golden Globes: Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy), Actress (Musical or Comedy), Screenplay
• Screen Actors Guild: Best Actress
• Screen Writers Guild: Original Screenplay
• Directors Guild: Best Director (nomination)
• Producers Guild: Best Picture (nomination)

Oscar nominations (6):

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Best Directing – Woody Allen
Best Actress – Laura Linney
Best Supporting Actor - Djimon Hounsou
Best Original Screenplay – Woody Allen and Noah Baumbach
Best Original Score