I Heart Huckabees

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Awards

Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards 2005 - Won - Best Ensemble

Chlotrudis Awards 2005 - Nominated - Best Supporting Actor

Golden Trailer Awards 2005 - Nominated - Best Comedy

Golden Trailer Awards 2005 - Won - Best Independent

Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards 2005 - Won - Best Ensemble

Chlotrudis Awards 2005 - Nominated - Best Supporting Actor

Golden Trailer Awards 2005 - Nominated - Best Comedy

Golden Trailer Awards 2005 - Won - Best Independent

Gotham Awards 2004 - Nominated - Best Film

Satellite Awards 2005 - Nominated - Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical

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I Heart Huckabees

Director:
David O. Russell
R, 106 Minutes
 

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Film Synopsis

Albert Markovski (Jason Schwartzman), head of the Open Spaces Coalition, has been experiencing an alarming series of coincidences the meaning of which escapes him. With the help of two Existential Detectives, Bernard and Vivian Jaffe (Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin), Albert examines his life, his relationships, and his conflict with Brad Stand (Jude Law), an executive climbing the corporate ladder at Huckabees, a popular chain of retail superstores. When Brad also hires the detectives, they dig deep into his seemingly perfect life and his relationship with his spokesmodel girlfriend, the voice of Huckabees, Dawn Campbell (Naomi Watts). Under the guidance of the Jaffes nemesis, the French radical Caterine Vauban (Isabelle Huppert), Albert pairs up with rebel firefighter Tommy Corn (Mark Wahlberg) to take matters into their own hands.

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"Absurdist and bizarre, this clever comedy-satire features a wonderful breakout performance by Mark Wahlberg."

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Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language and a sex scene.

Runtime:
106 min.

Genre:
Comedy

Countries:
UNITED STATES
GERMANY

Language:
English/American

Color:
Color

Certification:
R

Tagline

An existential comedy

 

Memorable Quotes

Vivian Jaffe: You live all the time with things you can't see. You can't see electricity, can you? You can't see radio waves, but you accept them. Bernard Jaffe: Trust. Albert Markovski: Fuck trust! Bernard Jaffe: You better stay away from Caterine, Albert, 'cause she's gonna lead you down the path of darkness. Vivian Jaffe: She was our prize graduate student until she went astray. Albert Markovski: No, I think that I am going to stay with her, and the cracks and the pain and the nothingness, because THAT's more real to me, THAT's what I feel. Tommy Corn: Word. Bernard Jaffe: Okay, we're not sweatin' it. Vivian Jaffe: No, we're gonna work with Brad. Bernard Jaffe: It'll all come back to you and interconnection. Albert Markovski: Brad? Are you kidding me? I'm gonna work on that prick and it's all gonna come to pain and no connection! Bernard Jaffe: No. Tommy Corn: It's on.

Dawn Campbell: Oh please, I don't think of myself as being that pretty. [Brad whispers in her ear] Dawn Campbell: Yes, that changed at Huckabees. You know, I was never their pretty girl. Bernard Jaffe: Really? Dawn Campbell: No! I just have to keep up with this gorgeous hottie. Vivian Jaffe: How's the sex? Bernard Jaffe: How is the sex? Dawn Campbell: The sex? Brad Stand: Come on, guys. [laughs] Brad Stand: Come on. That's private. Dawn Campbell: That's gross. Vivian Jaffe: Our undercover surveillance shows it's been infrequent and short. Eight to nine minutes. Typically. Dawn Campbell: Surveillance? You've watched us? Vivian Jaffe: No, just listened. Brad Stand: So your surveillance is wrong! [laughs uncomfortably] Dawn Campbell: Yeah. It's quantity not quality. Brad Stand: She meant quality not quantity. Dawn Campbell: I know, I was only joking. Bernard Jaffe: Were you joking when you said quantity and not quality? Dawn Campbell: We're private about our seven minutes of heaven! Brad Stand: It's longer than that, darling. Dawn Campbell: Eight minutes of heaven! It's quantity not quality! [laughs hysterically] Brad Stand: You should see her after a couple of margaritas.

Dawn Campbell: Why don't you like my spots? Marty: Honey, this look is hurting you, and it's hurting Huckabees. Dawn Campbell: This is myself. Marty: Then you won't speak at the benefit as yourself. That is not Huckabees. Dawn Campbell: I am still Huckabees. Marty: Not in that bonnet. Dawn Campbell: It's in my eyes, Marty. It's like that story of the cave. Marty: What in God's name is happening to you? We trusted you. We took care of you. We made you into a national icon. Pulled you out of a mall. Eh, you've been giving everything by Huckabees. Dawn Campbell: Fuck-a-bees!

 

 

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