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2005
Directed by Gore Verbinski
Synopsis
Dave Spritz is about to take his best shot . . . at life
A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
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Nicolas Cage Michael Caine Hope Davis Gemmenne de la Peña Nicholas Hoult Michael Rispoli Gil Bellows Judith McConnell Chris Marrs Dina Facklis J. Nicole Brooks Sia A. Moody Guy Van Swearingen Alexander Pine Jennifer Bills Peter Grosz Joe Bianchi Nick Kuehneman Bruce Jarchow Joanne Sylvestrak Robyn Moler John D. Milinac Melanie Decelles Castro Jason Wells Scott Benjaminson Ora Jones Mike Bacarella Jennifer Joan Taylor Chuck Stubbings Show All…
DirectorDirector
Gore Verbinski
ProducersProducers
Jason Blumenthal Todd Black Steve Tisch Steven Conrad
WriterWriter
Steven Conrad
CastingCasting
Denise Chamian Scout Masterson
EditorEditor
Craig Wood
CinematographyCinematography
Phedon Papamichael
Assistant DirectorsAsst. Directors
Benita Allen Frederic Roth
Executive ProducersExec. Producers
Norman Golightly David Alper William S. Beasley
LightingLighting
Rafael E. Sánchez
Camera OperatorsCamera Operators
Faires A. Sekiya Martin Schaer
Production DesignProduction Design
Tom Duffield
Art DirectionArt Direction
Patrick M. Sullivan
Set DecorationSet Decoration
Rosemary Brandenburg Tom Gagnon Jeff Dieter Quentin Matthys Scott Troha Craig Jackson
Special EffectsSpecial Effects
John D. Milinac
Visual EffectsVisual Effects
Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Charles Gibson David Sosalla Paul Perez Hahn
StuntsStunts
Stacey Carino Natalie M. Meyer Tobiasz Daszkiewicz Eddie Yansick Rick LeFevour Kevin Sorensen Linda Perlin Gina Reale Rich Wilkie Ken Remer Jodi Smith James Fierro Matthew LeFevour Carl Paoli Tom Lowell Frank P. Calzavara Mark Harper Daniel Maldonado James Mammoser Alicia Skirball Randy Popplewell
ComposerComposer
Hans Zimmer
SoundSound
Lee Orloff Christopher Boyes Paul Massey Fred Burke Addison Teague Jeremy Pitts Avram D. Gold Shawn Kennelly Sarah Monat Robin Harlan Thomas W. Small Randy Singer Tim Nielsen Shannon Mills J.R. Grubbs Tim Gomillion Dennis Rogers
Costume DesignCostume Design
Penny Rose
MakeupMakeup
Ve Neill Allen Weisinger Suzi Ostos
HairstylingHairstyling
Larry Waggoner Linda Rizzuto Candace Neal
Studios
Paramount Pictures Escape Artists The Weather Man
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Germany USA
Language
English
Alternative Titles
Sinoptik, El Hombre del Tiempo, 氣象人, L'uomo delle previsioni, Pan Rosnička, The Weather Man - L'uomo delle previsioni, Синоптик, El hombre del tiempo, 天气预报员, Säämies, Az időjós, O Sol de Cada Manhã, Εχει ο Καιρός Γυρίσματα, החזאי, Fırtınalı Hayatlar, Синоптикът, 웨더 맨, Prognoza na Życie, El sol de cada mañana, Meteorologul, ニコラス・ケイジのウェザーマン, Prognostičar, Vremenar, სინოპტიკოსი, Orų pranešėjas, ผู้ชายมรสุม, Monsieur Météo
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Drama Comedy
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Moving relationship stories Crude humor and satire Quirky and endearing relationships Touching and sentimental family stories Emotional and touching family dramas Powerful stories of heartbreak and suffering Heartbreaking and moving family drama Show All…
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30 Nov 2005
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01 Dec 2005
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02 Mar 2006
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03 Mar 2006
- Ireland16
- ItalyT
- UK15
17 Mar 2006
- Denmark15
23 Mar 2006
- AustraliaMA15+
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02 Mar 2006
- Hungary12
10 Mar 2006
- Poland16
23 Jun 2006
- JapanR18+
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23 Mar 2006
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17 Mar 2006
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30 Nov 2005
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02 Mar 2006
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Greece
01 Dec 2005
- Theatrical13
Hungary
02 Mar 2006
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Ireland
03 Mar 2006
- Theatrical16
Italy
03 Mar 2006
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23 Jun 2006
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10 Mar 2006
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03 Mar 2006
- Theatrical15
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20 Oct 2005
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Review by Justin Peterson ★★★★½ 4
Nicolas Cage internal monologue movies are in fact a sub-genre ... one that I love dearly.
"David, I've practiced and I've gotten good. Like you and the weather business ... But I don't predict it. Nobody does, 'cause i-it's just wind. It's wind. It blows all over the place! What the f*ck!"
It is scary just how relatable I find this story about a TV weatherman undergoing an existential/family/mid-life crisis. Director Gore Verbinski's The Weather Man is a somber yet amusing look at a guy that is good at what he does but lets his marriage fall apart, and struggles with living in what he sees as the shadow of his father's success. He is the kinda guy who thinks…
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Review by Colin the dude ★★★★ 4
This is one odd crossroads for Nic Cage. It was really the last time we got "prestige" Cage. The last time he was granted the reputation as a "great actor" by the mainstream. He was coming off his last Oscar nomination (and my personal favorite performance) just three years earlier in Adaptation. Then Matchstick Men was lush with prestige in typical Ridley Scott fashion. And then the following year, National Treasure was his breakthrough "family film" hit.
By 2005, Cage was now 40 years old with ten years of commercial and critical success to speak for him. Him winning his Oscar in 1996 all the way through The Weather Man in 2005 can be summarized as the "Cage Golden Age."…
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Review by mike hotdog ★★★★ 1
I love Nicolas Cage. Tartar sauce. I grew up just outside of Chicago. Tartar sauce. I like films where despair and dark comedy are often confused for one another. I wish I had two dicks. The Weather Man was the film for me all this time and I had no idea.
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Review by Ali ★★★★
A Nic Cage a Month Keeps You Drunk 3.0
This one took me by surprise. I was expecting a ho-hum family drama, and it's not that at all. We listen as a man internally reflects on pieces of his life. I really liked the narration. It’s well written and Nic Cage has a great voice, soothing but emphatic.
“If you want your father to think you’re not a silly f*ck, don’t slap a guy across the face with a glove. Because if you do that, that’s what he will think, unless you’re a nobleman or something in the 19th century, which I’m not.”
Dave Spritz. It’s not a great life he leads. Apart from his job, that is. He’s a…
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Review by Swartacus ★★★★★ 12
Vainglorious Tai Chi weather moves. I’m refreshed. I’m refreshing.Life is a confusing maze of misery with a few sun-spackled rays of light bursting through the tall trees. Cage and Caine tackle the impossible, dreadful parental. Camel toes, Canadian trade winds and Wendy’s frostys are explored. Don’t forget the tartar sauce because nothing that has meaning is easy. Bob Seger holds the meaning of life in his hairy, sweaty hands. I’m fast food.
My 2nd visit to the Hensarling! Podcast. After one of the the darkest months of my life, we had a much needed laugh. I’m forever grateful. I’m also bumping The Weather Man up to a full five bags o’ corn. We also talk about Kevin Costner even though I still don’t care for Bull Durham.
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Review by NICKtendo ★★★½ 1
the best part of watching this was discovering that there’s a track in the score called “Visions of SpongeBob”. Thank you Hans Zimmer.
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Review by Simone ★★★★ 2
Film #38 of The December Project
The Weather Man is one of the best character studies I've ever seen and probably my favorite performance from Nicolas Cage. The description makes it seem like it's going to be the most boring movie ever:"A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutuallyexclusive."
Sure, it's accurate, but the film itself holds your attention more than that one sentence description does.
There is barely any plot, but it's okay, because the many subplots serve to move the film along and make you feel like lots of things are happening when they are not. That's usually a weakness and shows that the film isn't…
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Review by marcella ★★★½
*nicolas cage's voice* YOU ARE A dild*, PORK f*ck. YOU PORKER!!
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Review by amaya ★★ 6
well in this movie nic cage clearly has depression...
GET IT?
HE'S A WEATHER MAN
DEPRESSION
ha
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Review by NotAnnaFaris ★★★ 7
"his a$$hole face."
The Weather Man isn't about the 'Spritz Nipper' - it's about the variance.
& What's that, you ask?
Well, the variance depends on the subject, really. Are we talking about Wendy's frostys, camel toes, silver spoons, archery, zoosadism, unenthusiastic blowj*bs, store discounts, Big Gulps, living funerals, pedo program counselors, trust falls, alimony highlife, sleeved hot apple pie, or overpaid-wyt-American-male privilege?
No.
No, we aren't.
Because that stuff is meaningless. That stuff is like wind, & wind just blows all over the place.We're talking about tartar sauce, Dave.
T A R T A R S A U C E
& Mistaken self-awareness, when eclipsed by a false sense of importance & self-deception, does not justify the use of…
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Review by Fabian ★★★★ 6
The Cage-athon: Delving Into Nicolas Cage's Filmography
People don't seem to like The Weather Man very much on average, but I was impressed by the simplistic, yet oddly satisfying approach director Gore Verbinski chose for this intricate character study. Cage delivers one of the finest performances of his career, and listening to Michael Caine's wise words will never not be an absolute pleasure. An underrated, and for sure overlooked gem, in my opinion.
Whereas in Nicolas Cage's previous film, I criticized that Lord of War utilized narration as a means of telling the story rather than showing it, The Weather Man applies narration to guide us through the main character's thoughts, whose internal journey is the focal point of the…
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Review by Amy Hensarling ★★★½ 11
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Episode 16: SwartHappy Tuesday, kids! Swart is an absolute gem of a human being & one of my favorite people ever back for round 2 of WTL. At one point discussing Nic Cage & The Weather Man, I laugh so hard there were literal tears in my eyes, so. Please tune in for our shenanigans and hear him make a pretty convincing case for this bonkers film.
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