Ivans Xtc
ivansxtc is an American independent drama film co-written by Bernard Rose and Lisa Enos, produced by Lisa Enos and directed by Bernard Rose, the first of several Enos-Rose collaborations, including "Snuff-Movie" (2005), "Kreutzer Sonata" (2008) and "Mr. Nice" (2010). The film stars Danny Huston, Peter Weller, and Lisa Enos, with Rose and Enos' actual CAA agent, Adam Krentzmen, playing the role of fictional "Media Talent Agency" agent Barry Oaks. Other key roles include Morgan Walsh (Vukovic) as Lucy Lawrence, and SLC Punk director James Merendino in the role of director Danny McTeague. The story follows  a Hollywood agent, Ivan Beckman (Danny Huston), who must force a smile and carry on with business as usual with the agency's biggest client, Don West (Peter Weller), in the face of a cancer diagnosis. The film, loosely based on Leo Tolstoy's 1886 novella "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," was also inspired by the rise and fall of talent agent Jay Moloney. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2000. It was released in the United States (New York and Los Angeles) on July 7, 2002 and on July 19, 2002 in the United  Kingdom. Filming. The film was shot in July 1999 in Sherman Oaks and Los Angeles and was originally intended as a "Dogme 95" film in which the key collaborators (Enos, Rose, DP Ron Forstye, Production Coordinator Morgan Vukovic, etc.) would be credited as "The Filmmakers." It was shot at 60i fps on the Sony HDW-700A HD video format digital camera, which proved problematic for theatrical distribution. Reception. Box office. On its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, the film was ranked at #71, behind "The Salton Sea", "The Singles Ward" and "Beauty and the Beast". Critical response. "Ivans  Xtc" received mostly positive reviews. On film aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 77% rating, with an average score of 6.8/10, sampled from reviews from 30 critics. It scored a 67/100 (citing "generally favorable reviews") on Metacritic, based on reviews from 14 critics.