Directed by:
Burr SteersScreenplay:
Burr SteersCinematography:
Wedigo von SchultzendorffComposer:
Uwe Fahrenkrog-PetersenCast:
Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes, Jeff Goldblum, Jared Harris, Amanda Peet, Ryan Phillippe, Susan Sarandon, Rory Culkin, Celia Weston, Eric Bogosian, Cynthia Nixon (more)Plots(1)
Igby Slocumb (Kieran Culkin), a rebellious and sarcastic seventeen-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of "old money" privilege he was born in to. With a schizophrenic father (Bill Pullman), a self-absorbed, distant mother (Susan Sarandon), and a shark-like young republican big brother (Ryan Phillippe), Igby figures there must be a better life out there - and sets about finding it. Happily flunking out of yet another prep school, Igby is sent off to a military academy in the dreaded Midwest. With the aid of his mother's pilfered credit card, he goes on the lam. His darkly comedic voyage eventually lands him in New York, where he hides out at his godfather's (Jeff Goldblum) weekend pied-a-terre. There he encounters a deviant cast of characters, including his godfather's trophy choreographer girlfriend (Amanda Peet) and the terminally bored Sookie Sapperstein (Claire Danes). In his quest to free himself from the oppressive dysfunction of his family, Igby's struggles veer from the comic to the tragic in an ultimately noble attempt to keep himself from "going down." (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Kieran Culkin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269374_c9fbe3.jpg)
Kieran Culkin
USA
Best movies:
Home Alone (1990)
The Cider House Rules (1999)
Leprechauns (1999) (TV movie)
![Claire Danes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/379/162379263_01b8b3.jpg)
Claire Danes
USA
Best movies:
Temple Grandin (2010) (TV movie)
Stardust (2007)
The Rainmaker (1997)
![Jeff Goldblum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/736/163736238_7bc37f.jpg)
Jeff Goldblum
USA
Best movies:
Jurassic Park (1993)
Annie Hall (1977)
The Right Stuff (1983)
![Jared Harris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273130_524651.jpg)
Jared Harris
UK
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
![Amanda Peet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/287/165287104_987879.jpg)
Amanda Peet
USA
Best movies:
Identity (2003)
Something's Gotta Give (2003)
The Way Way Back (2013)
![Ryan Phillippe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267625_94bede.jpg)
Ryan Phillippe
USA
Best movies:
Crash (2004)
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
The Bang Bang Club (2010)
![Susan Sarandon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/414/162414864_1fa666.jpg)
Susan Sarandon
USA
Best movies:
Thelma & Louise (1991)
The Front Page (1974)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
![Rory Culkin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/910/163910965_a2fe3f.png)
Rory Culkin
USA
Best movies:
Signs (2002)
Under the Banner of Heaven (2022) (series)
You Can Count on Me (2000)
![Celia Weston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268810_49effa.jpg)
Celia Weston
USA
Best movies:
K-PAX (2001)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
![Eric Bogosian](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272782_e153e1.jpg)
Eric Bogosian
USA
Best movies:
The Get Down (2016) (series)
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Cadillac Records (2008)
![Cynthia Nixon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/912/164912824_894b11.jpg)
Cynthia Nixon
USA
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
An Englishman in New York (2009)
Prince of the City (1981)
Reg Rogers
USA
Best movies:
Primal Fear (1996)
Igby Goes Down (2002)
Jesse Stone: Stone Cold (2005) (TV movie)
![Bill Pullman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/343/164343494_5531f6.jpg)
Bill Pullman
USA
Best movies:
Lost Highway (1997)
Dark Waters (2019)
A League of Their Own (1992)
![Jim Gaffigan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279864_fab2bd.jpg)
Jim Gaffigan
USA
Best movies:
Luca (2021)
It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
Three Kings (1999)
![Gregory Itzin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792700_0ad254.jpg)
Gregory Itzin
USA
Best movies:
Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Airplane! (1980)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
![Bill Irwin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/477/158477096_f7bfc5.jpg)
Bill Irwin
USA
Best movies:
Interstellar (2014)
Hot Shots! (1991)
Quarry (2016) (series)
![Glenn Fitzgerald](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312402_6ee5b2.jpg)
Glenn Fitzgerald
USA
Best movies:
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Ice Storm (1997)
Finding Forrester (2000)
![Erin Fritch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000386_1e975b.jpg)
Erin Fritch
USA
Best movies:
Imaginary Heroes (2004)
Igby Goes Down (2002)
Just a Kiss (2002)
Peter Anthony Tambakis
Best movies:
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Ransom (1996)
Igby Goes Down (2002)
Gore Vidal
USA
Best movies:
Gattaca (1997)
Roma (1972)
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)