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A Picturehouse Release
The Thing About My Folks (2005)
Sometimes the fruit falls very far from the tree.
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Year of U.S. Release: 2005

Starring: Peter Falk, Olympia Dukakis, Paul Reiser, Elizabeth Perkins, Mackenzie Connolly, Lydia Jordan.
Director: Raymond de Felitta
Screenwriter(s): Paul Reiser
Producer(s): Scott Strauss, Robert Newmyer, Paul Reiser, Jeffrey Silver
Distributor: Picturehouse
Prod. Company: Nuance Productions, Outlaw Productions
Genre(s): Drama, Family
Runtime: 1 hr. 36 min.
U.S. Release Date: September 16, 2005 (Limited)
U.S. DVD Release Date: February 14, 2006
Rated Parents Strongly Cautioned for language, including some suggestive references.
arrowPlot Summary:
''The Thing About My Folks'', starring Peter Falk and Paul Reiser, is a semi- autographical film that Reiser wrote specifically for Falk, his all-time favorite actor. A sudden family crisis throws a befuddled writer and his "loose cannon" dad together for an unexpected road trip. Family secrets are uncovered and in a few surprising days, the two men learn more about each other—and have more fun—than either imagined possible.
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