Biography: Jake Kasdan |

Rather than make his name writing splashy blockbusters akin to his father Lawrence Kasdan's breakthrough script for The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Jake Kasdan earned his prodigy stripes with the sly, low-budget film Zero Effect (1998) and his astute... more
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
Cast: John C. Reilly Raymond J. Barry   
Tags: Musical Comedy Comedy Parody/Spoof 
Length: 96min
Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan team up to take the swagger out of the traditional music iopic with this look at the troubled life of fictional music legend Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly). Apatow and Kasdan both write and produce, while Freaks and Geeks and...

Cast: Sigourney Weaver Lawrence Kasdan David Duchovny   
Tags: Media Satire Showbiz Comedy Comedy Drama 
Length: 89min
Writer/director Jake Kasdan's showbiz comedy The TV Set stars David Duchovny as Mike Klein, a television producer who in the beginning of the film successfully sells a network on a story idea. The film follows Klein as he must actually put the show...

Cast: John Lithgow Harold Ramis Jack Black Lily Tomlin Catherine O'Hara Garry Marshall Colin Hanks Jane Adams 
Tags: Teen Movie Comedy Coming-of-Age 
Length: 81min
Some cast and crew from NBC's highly acclaimed, little-seen series Freaks and Geeks reunite for this een comedy that also marks the first starring role for Tom Hanks' son, Colin. The younger Hanks plays Shaun Brumder, a high schooler eager to propel...

Cast: Ryan O'Neal Ben Stiller Bill Pullman   
Tags: Comedy Thriller Romantic Mystery Mystery 
Length: 115min
Jake Kasdan made his feature film directorial debut with this oblique thriller about eccentric private detective Daryl Zero (Bill Pullman) and his sardonic front man partner Steve Arlo (Ben Stiller). After the two are hired by blackmail victim Gregory...

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