Question: What kind of film is the film that was based on a 2001 novel with the same name and stars an American actress and director that was nominated twice for a Tony Award?
Context: Up in the Air is a 2009 American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Reitman and Sheldon Turner, based on the 2001 novel of the same name, written by Walter Kirn.  The story is centered on corporate "downsizer" Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) and his travels.  Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick and Danny McBride also star.  Filming was primarily in St. Louis, Missouri, which substituted for a number of other cities.  Several scenes were filmed in Detroit, Omaha, Las Vegas and Miami. Michael Corbett Shannon (born August 7, 1974) is an American actor and musician.  He has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in "Revolutionary Road" (2008) and "Nocturnal Animals" (2016), further earning Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for his role in "99 Homes" (2014).  He received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for "Long Day's Journey into Night" (2016). Marcia Lewis (August 8, 1938 – December 21, 2010) was an American character actress and singer.  She was nominated twice for the Tony Award as Best Featured Actress in a Musical ("Chicago" and "Grease") and twice for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical ("Chicago" and "Rags"). Phyllis Newman (born March 19, 1933) is an American actress and singer.  She won the 1962 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as Martha Vail in the Broadway-theatre production of "Subways Are for Sleeping" and has been nominated twice for the Drama Desk Award. Anne Pitoniak (March 30, 1922 – April 22, 2007) was an American actress.  She was nominated twice for Broadway's Tony Award: as Best Actress (Play) in 1983, for "'night, Mother", and as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) in 1994, for a revival of William Inge's "Picnic". Michael Gibson (September 29, 1944 – July 15, 2005) was a musician, trombonist and orchestrator, nominated twice for the American Theatre Wing's Tony Award for Best Orchestrations.  He won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations for "My One and Only" in 1983. Toni Collett (born 1 November 1972), known as Toni Collette, is an Australian actress and musician, known for her acting work on stage, television, and film as well as a secondary career as the lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish.  She received six AACTA Awards, one Emmy Award and one Golden Globe Award, and has been nominated twice for a BAFTA Award and once for both an Academy Award and a Tony Award. Mary-Louise Parker (born August 2, 1964) is an American actress and author.  After making her stage debut as Rita in a Broadway production of Craig Lucas' "Prelude to a Kiss" in 1990 (for which she received a Tony Award nomination), Parker came to prominence for film roles in "Grand Canyon" (1991), "Fried Green Tomatoes" (1991), "The Client" (1994), "Bullets over Broadway" (1994), "Boys on the Side" (1995), "The Portrait of a Lady" (1996), and "The Maker" (1997).  Among stage and independent film appearances thereafter, Parker received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Catherine Llewellyn in David Auburn's "Proof" in 2001, among other accolades.  Between 2001 and 2006, she recurred as Amy Gardner on the NBC television series "The West Wing", for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2002. Milton Rosenstock (June 9, 1917, New Haven, Connecticut - April 24, 1992, New York City) was an American conductor, composer, and arranger.  Trained at the Juilliard School, he was highly active as a musical director for Broadway musicals from 1942 through 1980; serving in that capacity for 29 productions, including the original productions of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1949), "Can-Can" (1953), "Bells Are Ringing" (1956), "Stop the World – I Want to Get Off" (1962), "Oliver! " (1963), "Funny Girl" (1964), and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (1972).  He also composed the music for the 1973 revue "Nash at Nine" and worked as musical supervisor for the 1989 production of "Meet Me in St. Louis"; the latter of which was his last project on Broadway.  In 1948 he won the Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director for "Finian's Rainbow".  He was nominated twice more for that award: for "The Vamp" (1956) and the original Broadway production of "" (1960).  He served as the music director of the Lyric Chamber Theater during the 1960s and was the music director of the American Ballet Theatre during the late 1960s.  From 1981 until his death eleven years later of heart disease he was principal conductor of the Dance Theater of Harlem. Amy Morton (b. January 1, 1958 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American actress and director, best known for her work in theatre.  Morton was nominated two times for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performances in "" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ".  On screen, she is known for her performances in films "Rookie of the Year" (1993), "Up In The Air" (2009), "The Dilemma" (2011) and "Bluebird" (2013).  In 2014, Morton began starring as Sergeant Trudy Platt in the NBC drama series "Chicago P.D."
Answer: American comedy-drama film