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ivansxtc is a 2000 British-American independent drama film co-written by Bernard Rose and Lisa Enos, produced by Enos and directed by Rose, the first of several Enos-Rose collaborations, including Snuff-Movie (2005), Kreutzer Sonata (2008) and Mr. Nice (2010). The film stars Danny Huston, Peter Weller, and Lisa Enos, with Rose and Enos' actual CAA agent, Adam Krentzmen, playing the role of fictional "Media Talent Agency" agent Barry Oaks. Other key roles include Morgan Walsh (Vukovic) as Lucy Lawrence, and SLC Punk director James Merendino as director Danny McTeague.
The story follows a Hollywood agent, Ivan Beckman (Huston), who must force a smile and carry on with business as usual with the agency's biggest client, Don West (Weller), in the face of a cancer diagnosis. The film, loosely based on Leo Tolstoy's 1886 novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich, was also inspired by the rise and fall of talent agent Jay Moloney.




Cast


Danny Huston as Ivan Beckman, a successful film agent working in Los Angeles
Peter Weller as Don West, Beckman's client
Lisa Enos as Charlotte White
James Merendino as Danny McTeague
Adam Krentzman as Barry Oaks
Sarah Danielle Madison as Naomi
Tiffani Thiessen as Marie Stein
Dan Ireland as Ted Zimblest
Lisa Henson as Margaret Mead
Hal Lieberman as Lloyd Hall
Valeria Golino as Constanza Vero
Angela Featherstone as Amanda Hill
Victoria Silvstedt as Melanie




Production


Filming took place in July 1999 in Sherman Oaks and Los Angeles, and was originally intended as a "Dogme 95" film in which the key collaborators (Enos, Rose, DP Ron Forstye, Production Coordinator Morgan Vukovic, etc.) would be credited as "The Filmmakers". It was shot at 60i fps on the Sony HDW-700A HD video format digital camera, which proved problematic for theatrical distribution.




Release


On its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, the film was ranked at #71, behind The Salton Sea, The Singles Ward and a re-release of Beauty and the Beast.




Reception


Ivans Xtc received mostly positive reviews. On film aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 77% rating, with an average score of 6.8/10, sampled from reviews from 30 critics. It scored a 67/100 (citing "generally favorable reviews") on Metacritic, based on reviews from 14 critics.




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References






External links


Ivans Xtc at IMDb

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• Danny Huston
• Peter Weller
• Tiffani Thiessen
• Ivans Xtc
• Danny Huston
• Tiffani Thiessen
• Bernard Rose (director)
• Peter Weller
• The Death of Ivan Ilyich
• The Kreutzer Sonata (2008 film)
• XTC (disambiguation)
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• Sarah Danielle Madison