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Directed by: Zach Braff
Writing credits: Zach Braff
Movie Genre: Comedy/Romance/Drama
Released: 2004
Rating: 16SL
Garden State is a 2004 film written, directed by, and starring Zach Braff.
The title is a reference to the film's main setting and primary shooting location, New Jersey. It was filmed over 25 days in April and May 2003 and released on July 28, 2004.
It was an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival. The film won Best First Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards.
The film centres on Andrew Largeman (Braff), a twenty-something actor who returns to his hometown in New Jersey for the first time in nine years, after receiving word from his father (Ian Holm) that his mother has died.
He reconnects with his friend Mark (Peter Sarsgaard), now a gravedigger, at his mother's funeral. Largeman gets reaquainted with other old friends, all the time avoiding his father.
While in the waiting room of a doctor's office, Largeman meets a local girl, Sam (Natalie Portman), and the two cautiously initiate a relationship.
Garden State was well received by critics and is considered a major success for Scrubs actor Zach Braff as it was his feature film debut as a director.
The film also spawned a popular soundtrack for which Braff, who picked the music himself, earned a Grammy award.
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