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The Squid and the Whale
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The Squid and the Whale
The Squid and the Whale
is a 2005 American
arthouse
comedy-drama film
written and directed by
Noah Baumbach
and produced by
Wes Anderson
. It tells the semi-autobiographical story of two boys in
Brooklyn
dealing with their parents'
divorce
in 1986. The film is named after
diorama
housed at the
American Museum of Natural History
, which is seen in the film. The film was shot on
Super 16mm
, mostly using a handheld camera. At the 2005
Sundance Film Festival
, the film won awards for best dramatic direction and screenwriting, and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. Baumbach later received an
Academy Award
nomination for
Best Original Screenplay
. The film received six
Independent Spirit Award
nominations and three
Golden Globe
nominations. The
New York Film Critics Circle
,
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
and the
National Board of Review
voted its screenplay the year's best.
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