The Pallbearer 1996

GENRES: comedy, romance SUBGENRES: black comedy, comedy of errors, romantic comedy

DIRECTOR: Matt Reeves STARRING: David Schwimmer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Michael Rapaport

AWARDS: 1 nomination COUNTRY: USA RUNTIME: 98 minutes RATED: PG-13

A young man's life is thrown into a loop when he is asked to be a pallbearer for the funeral of a classmate he doesn't remember, and his old high school crush temporarily returns to town.

Synopsis

Aspiring architect Tom Thompson is told by mysterious Ruth Abernathy that his best friend, Bill, has taken his own life. Except that Tom has never met Bill and neither have his incredulous friends. So when Tom foolishly agrees to give the eulogy at Bill's funeral, it sets him on a collision course with Ruth - who is revealed to be Bill's oversexed mother - and Julie DeMarco, the longtime crush Tom hasn't seen since they were teens.

Movie data

1 nomination

RELEASED:

1996.05.03

RUNTIME:

98 minutes

COUNTRY:

USA

Keywords

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Starring of The Pallbearer

David Schwimmer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Michael Rapaport

David Schwimmer as Tom Thompson
Gwyneth Paltrow as Julie DeMarco
Michael Rapaport as Brad Schorr
Toni Collette as Cynthia
Carol Kane as Toms Mother
Michael Vartan as Scott
Bitty Schram as Lauren
Jean De Baer as Suzanne DeMarco
Elizabeth Franz as Aunt Lucille
Mark Margolis as Philip DeMarco

Genres

Black Comedy, Comedy Of Errors, Romantic Comedy

GENRES:

comedy, romance

SUBGENRES:

black comedy, comedy of errors, romantic comedy

THEME:

age disparity romance, mistaken identities

FLAGS:

adult humor, adult situations, sexual situations

MPAA RATING:

PG-13

Crew

Directed by Matt Reeves

DIRECTOR:

Matt Reeves

WRITER:

Jason Katims, Matt Reeves

CAST:

David Schwimmer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Michael Rapaport, Toni Collette, Carol Kane, Michael Vartan, Bitty Schram, Jean De Baer, Elizabeth Franz, Mark Margolis, Barbara Hershey, Edoardo Ballerini

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