Garden State (film)

Garden State
Theatrical release poster
Directed byZach Braff
Written byZach Braff
Produced byGary Gilbert
Dan Halsted
Pamela Abdy
Richard Klubeck
Starring
CinematographyLawrence Sher
Edited byMyron I. Kerstein
Music byAlexi Murdoch
Chad Fischer
Production
companies
Distributed byFox Searchlight Pictures
(North America)
Miramax International
(International; through Buena Vista International[1][2])
Release dates
  • January 16, 2004 (2004-01-16)
(Sundance)
  • July 28, 2004 (2004-07-28) (United States)
Running time
102 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.5 million
Box office$35.8 million

Garden State is a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama film, written and directed by Zach Braff, and starring Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard and Ian Holm. The film centers on Andrew Largeman (Braff), a 26-year-old actor/waiter who returns to his hometown in New Jersey after his mother dies. Braff based the film on his real life experiences. It was filmed in April and May 2003 and released on July 28, 2004. New Jersey was the main setting and primary shooting location.[3]

Garden State received positive reviews and was a box office success. It was an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival. The film's soundtrack, selected by Braff, won a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.

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  2. ^ a b "Garden State (15)". British Board of Film Classification. December 12, 2005. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  3. ^ "Garden State (2004)" Archived 2020-06-05 at the Wayback Machine. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 18, 2013.

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