Complete Unknown Page #3

Synopsis: This shape-shifting tale of the perils and pleasures of self-reinvention begins at a dinner party, when Tom's (Michael Shannon) co-worker arrives with an intriguing date named Alice (Rachel Weisz). Tom is convinced he knows her, but she refuses to acknowledge their history. And when Alice makes a hasty exit, Tom sets off after her. What follows is an all-night odyssey shared by two people, one needing to change his life, the other questioning how to stop changing.
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Joshua Marston
Production: Parts and Labor
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.4
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
R
Year:
2016
91 min
$187,145
Website
177 Views


is that?

It's a gold quartz.

I cut them myself.

-I want to see the rest.

-Later. Please, more wine.

Could I use

your powder room?

Absolutely,

it's just up the stairs.

Thank you.

[man whistles]

Clyde.

All right, take it easy.

Take it easy.

[man] Hey, is Tom coming

to his own birthday,

where is he?

[Ramina]

He's at the bakery.

We had some problems

with the cake.

[Clyde]

There was some confusion

-about his name.

-[guests giggle]

-[door opens]

-[guests cheering]

[Clyde]

You look like you need

-a drink.

-Happy birthday.

-Oh, yeah.

-Happy birthday.

Thank you, Mark.

Thank you, everybody.

Hey, buddy.

Yeah, yeah. Thanks.

-Happy birthday.

-Thanks, fella.

[growls]

-Speech, speech, speech.

-Yeah.

-What?

-Come on, come on, come on.

-Come on, man.

-Please, speech.

-All right.

-Let's do it.

Thank you, Brad.

Thank you all.

Well, I'm humbled

by your devotion

to celebrating

my birthday.

I mean...

The other day

Clyde was asking me

why I insist on no gifts,

and I said something

about how we don't need

any more stuff.

Which is true.

We don't need

any more stuff,

but I think

what I really meant

is you don't need

to give me anything

because you're here.

And that's a very good gift,

I appreciate it.

I mean,

if you have, you know,

an albino alligator,

I'll take it.

-Don't worry about it.

-[Clyde] We do. I have one.

Don't get me wrong.

All right?

But-- Well, it just

means everything to me

that we're here together.

that we're here together.

So...

So...

And to my lovely wife,

Ramina,

without whom

the hens would not be

in the oven.

Ah.

-You did put them in, right?

-Yes. They're in.

Cheers.

-Cheers.

-Happy birthday.

[Mark]

So, where are we dancing

-this year?

-Oh, Ramina found

the best place.

It's new and very hip.

-No bailing out.

-No bailing out.

I'm not letting him.

Rock and roll ready.

[Clyde]

Oh, there you are.

I want you to meet

the birthday boy.

Tom,

this is Alice Manning.

Nice to meet you.

-Alice? Alice?

-She's amazing.

You're the biologist?

Yeah, she just got

off the boat

from Australia.

-Tasmania.

-[sighs] I've always wanted

-to visit Australia.

-Really?

[Brad]

I was actually gonna ask,

it's like the craziest surfing

in the world, right?

-I mean, do you surf?

-Oh, everybody surfs

-down there, yeah.

-Wait a minute.

You're not from

Australia though.

I mean, you don't

have an accent.

No, originally

I'm from Denver.

Oh.

[woman #2]

Tom, you didn't toast Ramina.

-What?

-That's such great news.

We're so excited for you.

[Clyde]

What's the great news?

California.

Oh--

Ramina just got into

this amazing jewelry program

-in San Diego.

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Joshua Marston

Joshua Jacob Marston (born August 13, 1968) is an American screenwriter and film director best known for the film Maria Full of Grace. Born in Los Angeles County, California, he graduated from Beverly Hills High School. Marston worked in Paris as an intern for Life, then for ABC News during the Gulf War. He returned to the United States and earned a master's degree in Political science from University of Chicago in 1994 before earning a Master of Fine Arts in film at New York University.Marston also directed an episode of Six Feet Under, and Episode 7 of The Newsroom in 2012. Marston directed a segment of the collective film New York, I Love You. His 2011 film The Forgiveness of Blood premiered in competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and competed for the Golden Bear. Along with Andamion Murataj, Marston won the Silver Bear for Best Script.In 2016, Marston made his English-language debut on Complete Unknown starring Rachel Weisz and Michael Shannon, which had its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. The film was released on August 26, 2016 by Amazon Studios & IFC Films. Marston is currently directing Come Sunday for Netflix. more…

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