The Music of Regret
24/05/2006
Simmons, best-known for her photographs of miniature rooms populated by dolls and of oversized objects—such as a house, birthday cake, and pistol—balanced on female legs, both human and fake, brings these characters to life in a three-act mini-musical. The film is inspired by three distinct periods of Simmons’s photographic work: vintage hand puppets, ventriloquist dummies and walking objects enact tales of ambition, disappointment, love, loss, and regret. Working with composer Michael Rohaytn ("Personal Velocity") and cameraman Ed Lachman ("The Virgin Suicides" and "Far From Heaven"), Simmons’s puppets come to life in miniature domestic scenes that echo real life.
Movie Information
Meryl Streep
as The Woman
Adam Guettel
as The Man (voice)
Tony Nation
as Ted (voice)
John Tully
as Tod (voice)
Lisa Adams
as May (voice)
Garland Hunter
as June (voice)
David Sasse
as Danny (voice)
Nathan Morgan
as Donny (voice)
Anthony Inneo
as Jerry (voice)
Julie Fiorenza
as Gun
Greg Sinacori
as House / Camera
Marcus Willis
as Cupcake
James A. Pierce III
as Book
Mayuko Shoka
as Cake
Alia Crutcher
as Pocketwatch
Michael Rohatyn
as Singing Larry (voice)
Margaret Dorn
as Chorus (voice)
Kyle Gordon
as Chorus (voice)
Cyrus Grace Dunham
as Nostalgia (voice)
Nathan Resika
as Chorus (voice)
Cathy Simmons
as Choreographer (voice)
Jenna Hally Rubenstein
as Woulda Singer #1 (voice)
Justin Dawson
as Woulda Singer #2 (voice)
Nick Curtin
as Woulda Singer #3 (voice)
Carol Dowty
as Woulda Singer #4 (voice)
Ben Goldman
as Woulda Singer #5 (voice)
Laurie Simmons
as Woulda Singer #6 (voice)
Susan Simmons
as Woulda Singer #7 (voice)
