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• Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a collection of 23 short stories by David Foster Wallace which was published in 1999. Several of the stories first appeared in The Paris Review. The book was adapted into a film by the same name in 2009. Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, directed by John Krasinski and staring Julianne Nicholson and Christopher Meloni will premiere at the 2009 Sundance film festival.

• Film Fast Facts

  1. Premiere: 2009 Sundance festival
  2. Director: John Krasinski
  3. Screenplay: John Krasinski
  4. Story: David Foster Wallace
  5. Producer: Jason Kliot
  6. Filmed in 2006 in New YorkVariety: Wallace's Jest Still Gestating (September 19, 2008)
  7. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance
  8. First directing project for John KrasinskiBoston: Office Give It the Old College Try (January 18, 2009)

• Book Fast Facts

  1. Hardcover: 288 pagesAmazon.com: Interviews with Hideous Men (hardcover)
  2. Hardcover publisher: Little, Brown and Company (May 28, 1999)Amazon.com: Interviews with Hideous Men (hardcover)
  3. Language: EnglishAmazon.com: Interviews with Hideous Men (hardcover)
  4. Hardcover ISBN-10: 0316925411Amazon.com: Interviews with Hideous Men (hardcover)
  5. Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0316925419Amazon.com: Interviews with Hideous Men (hardcover)
  6. Paperback: 336 pagesAmazon.com: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (paperback)
  7. Paperback publisher: Back Bay Books; Reprint edition (April 1, 2000)Amazon.com: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (paperback)
  8. Paperback ISBN-10: 0316925195Amazon.com: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (paperback)
  9. PaperbackISBN-13: 978-0316925198Amazon.com: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (paperback)

• Review Quotes

  • "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, a collection of stories that, like his earlier collection, Girl With Curious Hair as well as Infinite Jest, is filled with desperation, loneliness and addiction. Early reviewers from the likes of Publishers Weekly and Kirkus seem baffled by this book. Its formal innovations, its ironic play across the plain of ideas in addition to character, make it a difficult book for average readers to pin down."—SalonSalon: A Baffling Man ( May 28, 1999)

  • "It's the directorial debut of John Krasinski, whom you know and love as Jim Halpert on The Office. He also adapted the screenplay from the novel by David Foster Wallace, which is a daunting task in and of itself. The whole thing -- about a spurned woman who sets out to discover why men are such bastards -- is so fraught with peril that it will either be one of the best films of the festival [Sundance 2009], or one of the most horrific disasters. Either way, we can't wait!"—Film.comFilm.com: Sundance 2009: Six Movies to Look For (January 5, 2009)

• Cast

  • Julianne Nicholson as Sara (Interviewer)
  • John Krasinski
  • Bobby Cannavale
  • Max Minghella
  • Christopher Meloni
  • Timothy Hutton

• Related Pages on Mahalo

  David Foster Wallace | Julianne Nicholson | John Krasinski | Christopher Meloni | The Office | Timothy Hutton | Sundance Film Festival

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