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Starting Out in the Evening (2007)

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Release Date: November 23, 2007 (LA/NY)
On DVD: April 22, 2008
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 111 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language and brief nudity.
Director: Andrew Wagner
Writer: Andrew Wagner, Fred Parness
Cast: Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose, Lili Taylor, Karl Bury, Anitha Gandhi, Sean T. Krishnan, Jessica Hecht, Adrian Lester

All that remains for Leonard Schiller (Frank Langella) is to finish the novel he has been laboring on for almost ten years. With his four earlier books out of print, he has learned to starve himself of the desire for the success he was once so close to, though beneath this practice lives a pull for his work to be rediscovered. His solitary writer's life is shaken by the arrival of Read more

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Grade: B Frank Langella turns in a memorable performance in Starting Out in the Evening, a poignant drama about an aging author who is struggling to release one last great piece of work. A movie that most people haven't heard of, Evening is one of the hidden gems of 2007.

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