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Trailer Time: Listen Up Philip

Okay I was pretty much down when I saw Jason Schwartzman attached, but Jason Schwartzman playing an ass... sign me up! And yes the rest of the film looks interesting as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTcEMvmg_P4

A complex, intimate, and highly idiosyncratic comedy, Listen Up Philip is a literary look at the triumph of reality over the human spirit. Anger rages in Philip (Jason Schwartzman) as he awaits the publication of his sure-to-succeed second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley (Elisabeth Moss), and his indifference to promoting his own work. When Philip’s idol Ike Zimmerman (Jonathan Pryce) offers his isolated summer home as a refuge, he finally gets the peace and quiet to focus on his favorite subject — himself.

Featuring: Jason Schwartzman, Elisabeth Moss, Jonathan Pryce, Krysten Ritter, Josephine De La Baume, Dree Hemingway, Jess Weixler Directed and Written by Alex Ross Perry Opening theatrically beginning October 17, 2014 Available on VOD and iTunes beginning October 21, 2014