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Synopsis

All that remains for Leonard Schiller 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 Heather, an ambitious graduate student who persuades him that she can use her thesis to spur a rediscovery of his work. But as her inquiry proceeds, Heather displays a profound personal interest in Leonard, which unsettles him and stirs up his long-dormant need for intimacy. Meanwhile, Leonard's daughter Ariel reconnects with her ex-boyfriend Casey, a man Leonard firmly disapproves of. Leonard's encounters with Heather lead him down an unfamiliar path that threatens his writing, his health, and his relationship to his daughter. But in living out in the open, in the evening of his life Schiller puts into practice the core theme of his novels -- life is not designed for our comfort but for our struggle, for in struggle there is growth.

Cast

Lili Taylor		Ariel Schiller
Lauren Ambrose		Heather
Frank Langella		Leonard Schiller

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Weekend Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
11/23/2007	38		$76,214		7	$10,888	$76,214	3
11/30/2007	36		$48,613	-36.22%	8	$6,077	$150,833	10
12/7/2007	37		$75,901	+56.13%	28	$2,711	$246,333	17
12/14/2007	33		$81,070	+6.81%	43	$1,885	$347,694	24
12/21/2007	39		$25,847	-68.12%	22	$1,175	$406,965	31
1/4/2008	46		$37,417		23	$1,627	$528,023	45
1/11/2008	48		$23,707	-36.64%	16	$1,482	$568,917	52
1/18/2008	51		$21,460	-9.48%	10	$2,146	$601,898	59
1/25/2008	63		$13,466	-37.25%	4	$3,367	$625,448	66
2/1/2008	61		$11,144	-17.24%	9	$1,238	$644,702	73
2/8/2008	55		$36,720	+229.50%	21	$1,749	$688,385	80
2/15/2008	66		$19,345	-47.32%	15	$1,290	$701,564	87
2/22/2008	76		$10,751	-44.42%	15	$717	$755,837	94
2/29/2008	69		$24,896	+131.57%	23	$1,082	$790,726	101
3/7/2008	74		$12,358	-50.36%	15	$824	$814,984	108
3/14/2008	71		$15,246	+23.37%	23	$663	$838,316	115
3/21/2008	76		$12,755	-16.34%	14	$911	$861,751	122
3/28/2008	94		$6,851	-46.29%	8	$856	$875,297	129
4/4/2008	109		$3,489	-49.07%	7	$498	$882,518	136
4/11/2008	102		$4,025	+15.36%	9	$447	$888,953	143
4/18/2008	114		$1,603	-60.17%	3	$534	$892,954	150
4/25/2008	130		$669	-58.27%	1	$669	$895,375	157
5/16/2008	106		$1,942		1	$1,942	$897,791	178
5/23/2008	107		$915	-52.88%	1	$915	$899,857	185
5/30/2008	109		$967	+5.68%	1	$967	$861,663	192
6/27/2008	108		$90		1	$90	$902,115	220

Daily Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
1/21/2008	54		$3,203		8	$400	$596,823	60
2/18/2008	64		$3,250		15	$217	$704,814	88
5/26/2008	84		$404		1	$404	$900,261	186

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