The Puffy Chair is the Duplass Brothers first feature. It premiered at Sundance 2005, was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards, and was acquired for theatrical distribution by Roadside Attractions/Netflix in January of 2006. It rules.
Directors
..a film by Jay and Mark Duplass
cast Mark Duplass Kathryn Aselton Rhett Wilkins Julie Fischer Bari Hyman Gerald Finnegan
directed by Jay Duplass
produced by Mark Duplass
written by Mark Duplass Jay Duplass
edited by Jay Deuby
co-producers Kathryn Aselton Jen Tracy
executive producers Larry Duplass Cindy Duplass
camera Jay Duplass
lighting and sound John Bryant
re-recording mixer Larry Blake Swelltone Labs
85 min; 1.66:1, Dolby SR
Awards
Audience Award Sundance SXSW
Best of Festival Edinburgh International
Audience Award Cardiff Screen
Grand Jury Prize Sidewalk International
Best Screenplay BendFilm
Best Lead Actor BendFilm
THE PUFFY CHAIR's Interests
Music
Death Cab For Cutie, Spoon, Of Montreal, Matt Pond PA, Decibully
Josh likes to be on time. He likes to save money. And he likes to dominate the small things in his world. Rhett likes to film lizards in the bushes outside his apartment and talk at length about honesty and bad mojo and how they feed off your energy. Emily's favorite movie is Sleepless in Seattle and she likes to make sweeping statements about what the essence of marriage is. Josh and Emily have been dating for three years. Rhett is his younger brother.
Josh's life is pretty much in the toilet. He's a failed NYC indie rocker, and a failing booking agent. But he finds the potential of a small victory in a really bad idea. He decides to purchase a 1985 Lazy Boy on eBay, just like the one his dad had when Josh was a kid. He'll drive cross-country for the chair, staying with Emily at his brother's house on the way, and deliver it to his father as a surprise birthday gift. But when Rhett ends up coming along for the ride, it's three people and a giant purple puffy chair in a too-small van... and one of them has to go before the trip's end.
"The Duplass brothers present a beautifully moving film. The Puffy Chair is the real thing, the way life and love and romance really, truly are. Every aspect of the film is impressive, but its greatest strength is its superb acting. It took my breath away. It is, quite simply, one of the best American films of the past 10 years"
-Ray Carney
"This little gem blew me away"
-Ain't It Cool News
"The funniest, hippest, relationship drama of the year"
-Daily Mirror, UK
"It felt like they put a microphone in my apartment"
-Geoff Kleinman, DVDtalk
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