Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

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Overview

Michael Cera and Kat Dennings star as two lonesome teens who make a love connection as they prowl the streets of New York looking for their favorite band's secret show, as well as for their drunk friend Caroline. Norah is sick of being the doormat for her catty friend Tris, so rather than look like she's arrived at yet another concert without her unreliable ex-boyfriend-with-benefits Tal, she grabs a stranger and pretends he's her date. Unfortunately, that stranger is Nick -- whom Tris just dumped. Oddly enough, ...
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Overview

Michael Cera and Kat Dennings star as two lonesome teens who make a love connection as they prowl the streets of New York looking for their favorite band's secret show, as well as for their drunk friend Caroline. Norah is sick of being the doormat for her catty friend Tris, so rather than look like she's arrived at yet another concert without her unreliable ex-boyfriend-with-benefits Tal, she grabs a stranger and pretends he's her date. Unfortunately, that stranger is Nick -- whom Tris just dumped. Oddly enough, though, Nick and Norah seem to have a real connection. But is Nick still too hung up on the princess? The only way to find out is to spend all night combing Manhattan in a yellow Yugo.
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Special Features

Closed Caption; Outtakes; Deleted scenes; "Middle Management" music video by Bishop Allen; A Nick & Norah Puppet Show by Kat Dennings; Filmmaker & cast commentaries
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It's nice to see a sweet romantic comedy come together the way Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist does. The bar can be set pretty low for movies where subtext isn't part of the blueprint, and those crappy rom-coms that don't make you laugh or feel all warm and fuzzy kind of make all the other ones look bad. But Nick and Norah sets a good example for the other kids in the class, and it does so on its own merit. It doesn't make any grand, highfalutin attempts to transcend the genre, it just does what it does perfectly well -- and charms your boots off while it's at it. A one-crazy-night story, the film takes place against the backdrop of the New York music scene, where Nick has reluctantly extracted himself from a pool of self-pity over a recent breakup to play a show with his emo punk band. Meanwhile, Norah arrives at the show on a quest for Where's Fluffy?, a seemingly mythical band that only plays unannounced shows -- requiring continual detective work that pops up here and there throughout the movie. Stuck with the apparently regular duty of getting her amazingly wasted friend Caroline home, and sick of passive-aggressive cattiness from her queen-bee frienemy, Tris, Norah blows a momentary gasket. Determined not to look like the pathetic single friend/doormat once again, she panics and tells Tris that Nick at the time, just a stranger across the bar is her boyfriend. Of course, Tris coincidentally turns out to be none other than Nick's dreaded ex, but through the inevitable sequence of crazy events that follow, Nick and Norah end up in his Yugo on a trip that will end up taking all night. They hunt for Caroline who gets lost in the city with no wits about her, as she somehow remains totally drunk hours after her last shot, they hunt for Fluffy, and they, of course, hunt for each other. A lot of funny scenes spawn from this premise, and there's even bonus laughter in the form of cameos by comedy heavyweights like Andy Samberg and John Cho. The leads are played by Michael Cera still glowing from the success of indie juggernaut Juno and Kat Dennings the awesomely dry daughter from The 40-Year-Old Virgin. They both play variations on the stock characters they've played in basically everything else -- with Cera working his adorable cringe-free awkwardness, and Dennings relying on her hyper-realistic deadpan sarcasm -- and the movie is better for it. The script is nothing special, but Cera and Dennings bring the magic, partly because they both use a schtick that mimics what actual humans sound like. The way Dennings refuses to raise the timbre of her voice to cutie-pie levels and Cera haltingly delivers half of his lines like they're afterthoughts works in sharp contrast to the stylized movie-speak that actors typically employ in comedies. The forced inflection can be necessary to help provide context, and hopefully make the wacky hijinks less likely to trigger disbelief, but in Nick and Norah, it has a twofold effect. Since the supporting cast members communicate in movie-speak while the two leads sound starkly natural, it plants the seed in your head from the first moment that they're meant for each other -- before the two characters even meet. There's no doubt plenty of actual chemistry between the two actors, but the fact that they seem to exist in the same entirely separate world from everybody else in the movie creates something really special -- something rarely achieved even by the most respectable romantic comedies. Not to mention that creating believable feelings between the star couple with only a single night of movie chronology to get them together is a pretty big hurdle. With the crux of the story cinched up, the movie is free to make you laugh and feel all warm and fuzzy.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 2/3/2009
  • UPC: 043396253032
  • Original Release: 2008

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  • Source: Sony Pictures
  • Region Code: 1
  • Presentation: Wide Screen
  • Time: 1:30:00
  • Format: DVD
  • Sales rank: 4,975

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Michael Cera Nick, Nick O'Leary
Kat Dennings Norah
Alexis Dziena Tris
Ari Graynor Caroline
Aaron Yoo Thom
Jay Baruchel Tal
Rafi Gavron Dev
Zachary Booth Gary
Jonathan Wright beefy guy (lothario)
Justin Rice Bishop Allen band member
Christian Rudder Bishop Allen band member
Giorgio Angelini Bishop Allen band member
Darbie Nowatka Bishop Allen band member
Cully Symington Bishop Allen band member
Randy Haines Randy, Are You Randy band member
Sammy Marc Rubin Sammy, Are You Randy band member
Technical Credits
Peter Sollett Director
Adam Brightman Executive Producer
Damian Canelos Sound Mixer, Sound/Sound Designer
Linda Cohen Musical Direction/Supervision
David Doernberg Production Designer
Joe Drake Executive Producer
Sandra Hernandez Costumes/Costume Designer
Nathan Kahane Executive Producer
Myron Kerstein Editor
Kerry Kohansky Producer
Kelli Konop Co-producer
Andrew Miano Producer
Joseph Middleton Casting
Christo Morse Asst. Director
Mark Mothersbaugh Score Composer
Nicole Brown Co-producer
Chuck Renaud Art Director
Tom Richmond Cinematographer
Lorene Scafaria Screenwriter
Chris Weitz Producer
Paul Weitz Producer
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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist
1. Chapter 1 [2:58]
2. Chapter 2 [2:50]
3. Chapter 3 [2:32]
4. Chapter 4 [4:06]
5. Chapter 5 [3:29]
6. Chapter 6 [5:46]
7. Chapter 7 [4:49]
8. Chapter 8 [3:49]
9. Chapter 9 [2:26]
10. Chapter 10 [2:58]
11. Chapter 11 [2:18]
12. Chapter 12 [2:46]
13. Chapter 13 [2:56]
14. Chapter 14 [4:08]
15. Chapter 15 [2:40]
16. Chapter 16 [2:14]
17. Chapter 17 [4:18]
18. Chapter 18 [3:17]
19. Chapter 19 [2:22]
20. Chapter 20 [2:06]
21. Chapter 21 [3:57]
22. Chapter 22 [3:42]
23. Chapter 23 [1:55]
24. Chapter 24 [1:19]
25. Chapter 25 [3:39]
26. Chapter 26 [2:21]
27. Chapter 27 [1:16]
28. Chapter 28 [6:15]
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Menu

Disc #1 -- Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist
   Play Movie
   Audio Set Up
      English
      Français
   Subtitles
      English
      English Subtitled Comentary
      Français
      Subtitles Off
   Scene Selections
   Special Features
      Commentary With Director Peter Sollett, Michael Cera, Kat Dennings and Ari Graynor: On
      Commentary With Director Peter Sollett, Michael Cera, Kat Dennings and Ari Graynor: Off
      Commentary With Peter Sollett, Authors Rachel Cohn & David Levithan and Screenwriter Lorene Scafaria: On
      Commentary With Peter Sollett, Authors Rachel Cohn & David Levithan and Screenwriter Lorene Scafaria: Off
      Deleted & Alternate Scenes
         Play All
         Hell No
         Tal Remembers the Jerk Offs
         Attack of the Homeless
         Caroline In the Tree
         Vomit Comet
         CD Guy and Caroline Chant
         CD Kid
         Tranny Tris
         Norah and Jesus
      Outtakes
      A Nick & Norah Puppet Show By Kat Dennings
      Ari Graynor's Video Diary: A Look Behind-the-Scenes
      Storyboard Animations
         Play With Commentary By Director Peter Sollett and Editor Myron Kerstein: On
         Play With Commentary By Director Peter Sollett and Editor Myron Kerstein: Off
         Play All
         Opening Sequence
         Nick and Norah Meet
      Faux Interview With Michael Cera, Kat Dennings and Eddie Kaye Thomas
      Peter Sollett's Photo Album
      Music Video: "Middle Management" By Bishop Allen
      Previews
         Rent: Filmed Live On Broadway
         Center Stage: Turn It Up
         Girls' Night In
   Digital Copy
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