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Foundation date 1 january 2004
Big Beach is an American film production company, headquartered in New York City. It was founded in 2004 by Marc Turtletaub and Peter Saraf, who still run the company. It is best known for lower-budget comedy-drama films, including the 2006 hit film Little Miss Sunshine.
The company began when Turtletaub and Saraf co-produced the 2005 film Everything Is Illuminated. The new company took over production duties on two films that had been developed by Turtletaub's previous production company, Deep River Studios: Duane Hopwood and Sherrybaby.
Big Beach has produced or co-produced the following films:
Everything Is Illuminated (2005)
Duane Hopwood (2005)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Sherrybaby (2006)
Chop Shop (2007)
Is Anybody There? (2008)
Sunshine Cleaning (2008)
Away We Go (2009)
Lucky (2010)
Jack Goes Boating (2010)
Our Idiot Brother (2011)
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
The Kings of Summer (2013)
Me Him Her (2015)
Three Generations (2015)
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(2006)Filmography of Big Beach (company) (15 films)
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Land (2021)
Directed by Robin Wright
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Kim Dickens, Demián Bichir, Robin Wright, Warren Christie, Brad Leland
Suite à un événement tragique et traumatisant, Edee se retire dans les vastes plaines sauvages des Rocheuses. Dans ce désert d'humains, elle va y rencontrer un chasseur...
, 1h47Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Actors Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Chris Cooper, Susan Kelechi Watson, Enrico Colantoni, Tammy Blanchard
De 1968 à 2001, le présentateur de télévision américain Fred Rogers anime un programme éducatif, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, suivi par des millions de téléspectateurs. En vue d'écrire un article sur le sujet pour le magazine Esquire, le journaliste Lloyd Vogel rencontre le présentateur. Il va découvrir un homme qui s'avère bien différent de ce qu'il avait imaginé.
Loving (2016)
, 2h3Directed by Jeff Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about racism
Actors Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Michael Shannon, Nick Kroll, Marton Csokas, Bill Camp
Because of the interracial marriage of Mildred and Richard Loving, couple are sentenced to prison in Virginia in 1958.
3 Generations (2016)
, 1h27Directed by Gaby Dellal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Naomi Watts, Elle Fanning, Susan Sarandon, Tate Donovan, Linda Emond, Sam Trammell
Teenager Ray (formerly Ramona) (Fanning) realizes and pursues his true identity as male and his mother Maggie (Watts), lesbian grandmother Dolly (Sarandon) and absent father Craig (Donovan) must learn to accept him for who he is.
Gods Behaving Badly (2013)
, 1h30Directed by Marc Turtletaub
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films based on mythology, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Christopher Walken, Alicia Silverstone, Sharon Stone, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Edie Falco, Oliver Platt
Un jeune couple fait la rencontre de douze dieux grecs aux pouvoirs déclinants qui vivent confortablement dans un appartement de New York. Cette rencontre pourrait changer l'avenir du couple mais aussi celui de la Terre entière.
The Kings of Summer (2013)
, 1h33Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Adventure
Actors Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso III, Moisés Arias, Alison Brie, Megan Mullaly, Nick Offerman
Joe Toy (Nick Robinson), on the verge of adulthood, finds himself increasingly frustrated by the attempts of his single father, Frank (Nick Offerman), to manage his life. After a family game night that ends with Joe calling the cops on Frank for false reasons, Joe declares freedom once and for all, and escapes to a clearing he found in the woods with his best friend, Patrick (Gabriel Basso), who was also sick of his life at home with his annoying and seemingly lame parents, and a strange kid named Biaggio (Moisés Arias) who just happened to tag along. He announces that they are going to build a house there, free from responsibility and parents. Once their makeshift abode is finished, the three young men find themselves masters of their own destiny, alone in the woods. Joe claims himself and Biaggio to be the hunters, while Patrick goes off to harvest. Several weeks pass and Patrick and Joe are reported missing and appear on multiple news channels. Frank finds a Monopoly piece from the game night in Joe's bookbag that was left on a bus and believes that Joe is taunting him.
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
, 1h25Directed by Colin Trevorrow
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Romance
Themes Time travel films
Actors Kristen Bell, Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jeff Garlin
Darius Britt (Aubrey Plaza) is a disillusioned college graduate who lives at home with her widower father (Jeff Garlin) and interns at Seattle Magazine. One of the magazine's writers, Jeff Schwensen (Jake Johnson), proposes to investigate a newspaper classified ad that reads:
Our Idiot Brother (2011)
, 1h30Directed by Jesse Peretz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn
Ned Rochlin (Paul Rudd) is a biodynamic farmer living with his girlfriend, Janet (Kathryn Hahn). While selling produce at a local market, Ned sells marijuana to a uniformed police officer due to the officer's claim that he had a stressful week, which made Ned feel sympathetic after initially being skeptical. Ned is then arrested on a charge of selling drugs.
Jack Goes Boating (2010)
, 1h31Directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Amy Ryan, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Ortiz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Tom McCarthy, Lola Glaudini
Jack (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is a shy limousine driver who lives with and works for his uncle. His best friend and co-worker Clyde (John Ortiz) and Clyde's wife Lucy (Daphne Rubin-Vega) set up a dinner date at their house for him to meet Lucy's new co-worker, Connie (Amy Ryan) who has some minor intimacy issues of her own. As Jack and Connie get to know each other, he sets his sights on learning to swim so he can take her boating when summer comes. With Clyde eager to help him learn, they begin swimming lessons. Jack decides that summer is too far away to wait for a date with Connie. He decides that a nice dinner would be a good place to start. When Connie says that no one has ever cooked a meal for her, Jack decides that he wants to be the chef and cook for her. This adds another set of lessons to be learned as Jack does not know how to cook. Clyde sets Jack up with a chef friend of Lucy's to learn the culinary art form. As Jack strives to perfect swimming and cooking, he begins to get a look behind the veil of the marriage of his friends, which is straining under the weight of mutual occasional infidelities. As Jack and Connie grow closer, the troubles of his friends' marriage become more apparent, and Jack grows in confidence and skill not just aquatically and in culinary arts, but in relating to Connie as well.
Away We Go (2009)
, 1h38Directed by Sam Mendes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Jeff Daniels, Carmen Ejogo, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Josh Hamilton
Verona De Tessant (Maya Rudolph) and Burt Farlander (John Krasinski) are in their early thirties and struggling to meet daily needs and build fulfilling lives. When they learn they will soon become parents, they are confronted with the challenge of how – and where – to raise a child and build a happy family.
Is Anybody There? (2009)
, 1h35Directed by John Crowley
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Michael Caine, Bill Milner, David Morrissey, Anne-Marie Duff, Leslie Phillips, Sylvia Syms
Un garçon solitaire qui vit dans la maison pour personnes âgées de ses parents explore son obsession pour l'au-delà à travers son amitié avec un magicien vieillissant.
Chop Shop (2008)
, 1h24Directed by Ramin Bahrani
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Chop Shop tells the story of Alejandro "Ale" (Alejandro Polanco), a 12-year-old Latino street orphan from Queens, New York. The film opens with Ale waiting by a roadside with several other men for work. A man in pickup truck arrives looking for two workers. He tells Ale that he is not needed but Ale jumps into the back of the truck anyway. After realizing that Ale is in the back, he stops the truck and sends Ale on his way with some money for breakfast. Ale spends rest of the day selling chocolate and candy to passengers on trains with his friend Carlos (Carlos Zapata). After they finish selling the candy, Carlos informs Ale that Rob (Rob Sowulski), the owner of an auto repair shop in Willets Point, is looking for new workers.
Sunshine Cleaning (2008)
, 1h31Directed by Christine Jeffs
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families
Actors Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Jason Spevack, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Steve Zahn, Alan Arkin
Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams) is a thirty-something single mother, working full-time as a maid. Her underachieving sister Norah (Emily Blunt) lives with their father Joe (Alan Arkin), and is fired from her job as a waitress. After the school expels Rose's son Oscar for his erratic behavior, she is told she must put him on medication or send him to a private school. Unable to make enough money with her current job, Rose asks Mac (Steve Zahn), her ex-boyfriend during their high school years and her married lover, for advice. Mac recommends a crime scene cleanup job, and with his connections as a police officer, he gets Rose and Norah into the business.
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
, 1h41Directed by Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Children's films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin
Sheryl Hoover (Toni Collette) is an overworked mother of two living in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her brother, Frank (Steve Carell), is a scholar of French author Proust and a homosexual, temporarily living at home with the family after having attempted suicide. Sheryl's husband Richard (Greg Kinnear) is a Type A personality striving to build a career as a motivational speaker and life coach. Dwayne (Paul Dano), Sheryl's son from a previous marriage, is a Nietzsche-reading teenager who has taken a vow of silence until he can accomplish his dream of becoming a test pilot. Richard's foulmouthed father, Edwin (Alan Arkin), recently evicted from a retirement home for snorting heroin, lives with the family; he is close to his seven-year-old granddaughter Olive (Abigail Breslin).
Sherrybaby (2006)
, 1h36Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Maggie Gyllenhaal, Brad William Henke, Michelle Hurst, Sam Bottoms, Kate Burton, Giancarlo Esposito
Sherry Swanson, a young woman who has recently been released from prison and is recovering from a heroin addiction, is trying to rebuild her life on the outside. Above all, she wants to repair her relationship with her young daughter, but finds the challenges more daunting than she had expected. Her daughter barely recognizes her and no longer calls her "mommy", the halfway house where she lives has a curfew that interferes with her ability to visit her family, and her relationship with her family has become tense and strained.