The End of the Tour

"Imagine the greatest conversation you've ever had."

2015 1h 46m EN

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★7.0TMDB · 635

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The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'

“Imagine the greatest conversation you've ever had.”

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Cast

Jason Segel
David Foster Wallace
Jesse Eisenberg
David Lipsky
Mamie Gummer
Julie
Mickey Sumner
Betsy
Johnny Otto
Pilot
Anna Chlumsky
Sarah
Joan Cusack
Patty
Becky Ann Baker
Bookstore Manager

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: James Ponsoldt
Writers: Donald Margulies
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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Released 11 years ago.

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ERA

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Directed by James Ponsoldt, shot by Jakob Ihre. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Danny Elfman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Darrin Navarro shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg and Mamie Gummer carry the top of the cast.

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Marketing tagline: "Imagine the greatest conversation you've ever had.".

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IMDB entry: tt3416744 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

James Ponsoldt directs. Jakob Ihre behind the camera. Danny Elfman scores. Darrin Navarro cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 11 years ago.
2Directed by James Ponsoldt, shot by Jakob Ihre. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Danny Elfman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Darrin Navarro shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg and Mamie Gummer carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Imagine the greatest conversation you've ever had.".
7IMDB entry: tt3416744 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 9 themes, including "journalist", "interview", "illinois", "author".

The technical file

Cinematography: Jakob Ihre
Original score: Danny Elfman
Editing: Darrin Navarro
Production design: Gerald Sullivan
Costume design: Emma Potter
Makeup / hair: Karri Farris
VFX supervisor: Matthew Bramante
Sound: Leslie Shatz
Runtime: 106 min · 1h 46m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $3,002,884
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The End of the Tour (2015)

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Reno2016-10-14
★ 7/10
There's a limit for everything, and after that, the same people look differently. This is an unexpected biographical drama. I don't know who are those two guys, I mean not the actors, but the real life characters. I never read their books or heard their names, though the film sounded great, so I decided to watch it. The entire film was an interview between a newly famed writer and a journalist who dreaming to become like him one day. So basically the young journalist desperately makes himself an opportunity to meet the writer and they take a road trip, discussing various topics. It's hard to say who was best, both Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Segel were excellent. I think it was the best casting, they will be the reason if you want to watch it, not the story. Yep, the story was simple, just talking life, present and future of humankind, other celebrities and finally differences between them. That's the part I loved. I mean famed people or genius, whoever they're, they are just like us when it comes to interacting with others. They argue too, it's not like the worst thing to happen, but a normal thing as a human being. Just like animals locking their horns over land or females and sometimes for a no reason. It was directed by 'The Spectacular Now' filmmaker, based on the bestselling memoir by David Lipsky, the character that played by Jesse Eisenberg. It takes place in the late 90s, but present in the film as a recall after a certain event. If you like 'Before Sunrise' kind of films, you will enjoy it, but if you hate slow pace narration, then you should better skip than giving a bad review and rating badly to wreck it up. 7/10

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