Irrational Man
Country
Production
Budget
$11 000 000
Box office
$27 391 084
Director
Actors
Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Jamie Blackley, Parker Posey, Joe Stapleton, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Ethan Phillips, Betsy Aidem, Paula Plum, Allison Gallerani
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum, Edward Walson, Adam B. Stern, Ron Chez, Allan Teh
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Santo Loquasto, Peter Dorsey
Audition
Juliet Taylor, Patricia Kerrigan DiCerto
Editing
Alisa Lepselter
Whole Team (113)
Whole Team (113)
Short description
On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student.
What's left behind the scenes
- The second consecutive film by Woody Allen to feature Emma Stone.
- To a certain extent, the film "Irrational Man" (2015) is a modern adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel "Crime and Punishment" (1866).
- Sophie von Haselberg's first role in a feature film in almost a quarter of a century.
- Woody Allen's reverence for the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky is evident in two scenes of the film. In one, Abe exclaims, "Dostoevsky was right!" (regarding Abe's own views on life); in another, Jill finds an open copy of the novel "Crime and Punishment" on Abe's desk.
- The fifth overall and third consecutive Woody Allen film shot in the anamorphic CinemaScope format (aspect ratio 2.35:1).
- The first Woody Allen film to star Joaquin Phoenix.
- The fourth Woody Allen film to explore the theme of crime and punishment. The first three were 'Crimes and Misdemeanors' (1989), 'Match Point' (2005), and 'Cassandra's Dream' (2007).
- Joaquin Phoenix gained nearly 15 kilograms before filming, firmly believing that his character needed to look exactly that way.
- Scenes set in a fictional university town were filmed at a real university in Newport, Rhode Island.
- The fourth Woody Allen film to explore the theme of crime and punishment. The first three were "Crimes and Misdemeanors" (1989), "Match Point" (2005), and "Cassandra's Dream" (2007).
- The plot is based on the idea from Alfred Hitchcock's film "Strangers on a Train" (1951)—a murder committed by a stranger to the victim, ensuring the investigation reaches a deadlock in the search for a motive. As in Hitchcock's film, part of the plot of "Irrational Man" unfolds in an amusement park.
- Woody Allen's reverence for the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky is manifested in two episodes of the film. In one, Abe exclaims, "Dostoevsky was right!" (regarding views on Abe's own life), while in another, Jill finds Dostoevsky's novel "Crime and Punishment" open on Abe's table.
- Sophie von Haselberg's first role in a feature film in nearly a quarter of a century.
- The second consecutive Woody Allen film to feature Emma Stone.
- Woody Allen's first film starring Joaquin Phoenix.
- The fifth and third consecutive film by Woody Allen shot in anamorphic "Cinemascope" format (aspect ratio of 2.35:1).
- To a certain extent, the film 'Irrational Man' (2015) is a modern retelling of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel 'Crime and Punishment' (1866).
- Joaquin Phoenix gained almost 15 kilograms before filming, firmly believing that his character should look exactly like that.
- The plot is based on the idea from Alfred Hitchcock's film "Strangers on a Train" (1951) – a murder committed by a random person unknown to the victim, in order to lead the investigation to a dead end in the search for a motive. As in Hitchcock’s film, part of the plot of "Irrational Man" unfolds in an amusement park.
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