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My Salinger Year

A college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.

Director

Philippe Falardeau

Year

Genre

Box Office

$54,730

Production

micro_scope,Parallel Films

Awards

1 win & 3 nominations

Homepage

https://www.ifcfilms.com/films/my-salinger-year

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Joanna

Margaret Qualley

Margaret

Sigourney Weaver

Don

Jenny

Seána Kerslake

Hugh

Brían F. O'Byrne

Daniel

Boy from Winston-Salem

Théodore Pellerin

Max

Yanic Truesdale

Karl

Pam

Placement Agent

Girl Who Wants an A

J.D. Salinger

Mark

Clifford Bradbury

Lisa

Veteran

Vietnamese Girl

Mexican Worker

Andres Romo Salido

Dean

Grieving Woman

Father

Rachel Cusk

Helen

Judy Blume

Polish Woman

Mariya Monakhova

Poet

Office Assistant

Samantha Hodhod

Office Assistant

Elana Dunkelman

New Yorker Guy

Alexandre Dubois

New Yorker Guy

Raphael Grosz-Harvey

Bookkeeper

Jenny's Boyfriend

Jonathan Dubsky

Pianist

Guillaume Martineau

Hotel Doorman

New Yorker Receptionist

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Joanna Margaret

I didn't want to be ordinary - My Salinger Year

I didn't want to be ordinary

Mr Salinger does not wish - My Salinger Year

Mr Salinger does not wish

I grew up in a quiet suburban town just north of New York - My Salinger Year

I grew up in a quiet suburban town just north of New York

And you are gonna say - My Salinger Year

And you are gonna say

It's very different from typing
on one of those computers. - My Salinger Year

It's very different from typing on one of those compute...

Laurie, Hammet, Donald Westlake. - My Salinger Year

Laurie, Hammet, Donald Westlake.

I just finished "A Sentimental
Education" and I loved it. - My Salinger Year

I just finished "A Sentimental Education" and I lo...

It was so contemporary,
I was amazed - My Salinger Year

It was so contemporary, I was amazed

I'm sure you've heard that he's crazy - My Salinger Year

I'm sure you've heard that he's crazy

I like Westlake. He's funny. - My Salinger Year

I like Westlake. He's funny.

It's these people who
relentlessly call for his address, - My Salinger Year

It's these people who relentlessly call for his address...

Reporters, students,
university deans, producers. - My Salinger Year

Reporters, students, university deans, producers.

They can be persuasive,
manipulative, - My Salinger Year

They can be persuasive, manipulative,

No need to be honored thrilled maybe - My Salinger Year

No need to be honored thrilled maybe

Good, remember,
there's no shortage - My Salinger Year

Good, remember, there's no shortage

Pam will give you a key - My Salinger Year

Pam will give you a key

No need to be honoured,
thrilled maybe. - My Salinger Year

No need to be honoured, thrilled maybe.

I didn't know yet
what a literary agency was, - My Salinger Year

I didn't know yet what a literary agency was,

I was to be surrounded by
god-like literary names. - My Salinger Year

I was to be surrounded by god-like literary names.

Well, congratulations
on your new job. - My Salinger Year

Well, congratulations on your new job.

We will expect you
at 8:00 am sharp, January 8th. - My Salinger Year

We will expect you at 8:00 am sharp, January 8th.

New York was to be my new home,
writing my new life - My Salinger Year

New York was to be my new home, writing my new life

Hey, come, come, come join us. - My Salinger Year

Hey, come, come, come join us.

Oh wow. Oh my goodness,
congratulations. - My Salinger Year

Oh wow. Oh my goodness, congratulations.

It's like nothing's
changed since 1927, - My Salinger Year

It's like nothing's changed since 1927,

Yeah, he is, he lives
up in New Hampshire - My Salinger Year

Yeah, he is, he lives up in New Hampshire

Reporters are always trying to
ambush him in the local diner - My Salinger Year

Reporters are always trying to ambush him in the local diner

Like 1:00 am late, and the
phone rings in the office - My Salinger Year

Like 1:00 am late, and the phone rings in the office

So she picks it up and she
heard someone screaming. - My Salinger Year

So she picks it up and she heard someone screaming.

I saved the manuscript
from the fire. - My Salinger Year

I saved the manuscript from the fire.

His house had burned down - My Salinger Year

His house had burned down

Writing makes you a writer not publishing - My Salinger Year

Writing makes you a writer not publishing

This is some pre-emptive
strike argument - My Salinger Year

This is some pre-emptive strike argument

I will, but today
is about Joanna - My Salinger Year

I will, but today is about Joanna

I had met Don days earlier
in a socialist bookstore - My Salinger Year

I had met Don days earlier in a socialist bookstore

Besides fighting materialism - My Salinger Year

Besides fighting materialism

Love is the one
who's hard to find, - My Salinger Year

Love is the one who's hard to find,

But hold a minute, hold how, - My Salinger Year

But hold a minute, hold how,

Cut the goddamn grass today - My Salinger Year

Cut the goddamn grass today

Dear Mr. Salinger,
I read your book, - My Salinger Year

Dear Mr. Salinger, I read your book,

Most of the crap that's written
today is so uncompelling - My Salinger Year

Most of the crap that's written today is so uncompellin...

I mean, not too many
people write anything - My Salinger Year

I mean, not too many people write anything

And I don't mean to
say that everyone - My Salinger Year

And I don't mean to say that everyone

Not at all,
lots of people don't. - My Salinger Year

Not at all, lots of people don't.

I mean I can give you
plenty of idiotic examples, - My Salinger Year

I mean I can give you plenty of idiotic examples,

Hell, you might be
laughing out loud right now - My Salinger Year

Hell, you might be laughing out loud right now

Well you are here - My Salinger Year

Well you are here

We know you can type, hooray, - My Salinger Year

We know you can type, hooray,

It can be tricky at first, - My Salinger Year

It can be tricky at first,

Play, rewind, and I think
those control speed. - My Salinger Year

Play, rewind, and I think those control speed.

This is our technological
area. It is all very new. - My Salinger Year

This is our technological area. It is all very new.

This is a Xerox machine
you'll use to make copies - My Salinger Year

This is a Xerox machine you'll use to make copies

I believe that is the button
you press to make a copy. - My Salinger Year

I believe that is the button you press to make a copy.

Did she give you her speech - My Salinger Year

Did she give you her speech

So there are no computers - My Salinger Year

So there are no computers

All right as you can see - My Salinger Year

All right as you can see

And if Jerry calls you just say, - My Salinger Year

And if Jerry calls you just say,

Jerry doesn't wanna hear
about how much you love - My Salinger Year

Jerry doesn't wanna hear about how much you love

Good writers make the worst assistants - My Salinger Year

Good writers make the worst assistants

The proprietor hereby
grants to the publisher. - My Salinger Year

The proprietor hereby grants to the publisher.

I take care of contracts, legal,
copyrights, the fun stuff. - My Salinger Year

I take care of contracts, legal, copyrights, the fun stuff.

Salinger's letters, fan mail. - My Salinger Year

Salinger's letters, fan mail.

You need
to answer them using these. - My Salinger Year

You need to answer them using these.

There's one
for each type of inquiry; - My Salinger Year

There's one for each type of inquiry;

You need to take the new one
based exactly on this verbatim. - My Salinger Year

You need to take the new one based exactly on this verbatim.

Not one. You shred
them in the shredder. - My Salinger Year

Not one. You shred them in the shredder.

We've been extra careful - My Salinger Year

We've been extra careful

When the police
arrived at the Dakota, - My Salinger Year

When the police arrived at the Dakota,

At his trial Chapman said, - My Salinger Year

At his trial Chapman said,

When I first think about him, - My Salinger Year

When I first think about him,

But then I usually
get depressed as hell - My Salinger Year

But then I usually get depressed as hell

I can't send him
a letter that says, - My Salinger Year

I can't send him a letter that says,

So please fuck off." - My Salinger Year

So please fuck off."

Me and my wife trace Holden's
steps around New York. - My Salinger Year

Me and my wife trace Holden's steps around New York.

Did you know that the ducks - My Salinger Year

Did you know that the ducks

My god, literally a bunch
of obsessive freaks. - My Salinger Year

My god, literally a bunch of obsessive freaks.

Wow, everybody's read
Catcher at the very least. - My Salinger Year

Wow, everybody's read Catcher at the very least.

Yeah, well, at the risk
of disappointing you, - My Salinger Year

Yeah, well, at the risk of disappointing you,

Okay look this girl is ready to go to bed with him - My Salinger Year

Okay look this girl is ready to go to bed with him

And later I was interested
in difficult, gritty fiction. - My Salinger Year

And later I was interested in difficult, gritty fiction.

I imagine Salinger’s books - My Salinger Year

I imagine Salinger’s books

My shoulder hurts from carrying
all those manuscripts. - My Salinger Year

My shoulder hurts from carrying all those manuscripts.

The stories are so good,
I read them last night - My Salinger Year

The stories are so good, I read them last night

Okay, it's like the most amazing - My Salinger Year

Okay, it's like the most amazing

But very, very occasionally
you find something amazing. - My Salinger Year

But very, very occasionally you find something amazing.

I'm available
to read manuscripts, - My Salinger Year

I'm available to read manuscripts,

You need to get that right - My Salinger Year

You need to get that right

Tabs wrong margins wrong - My Salinger Year

Tabs wrong margins wrong

And here as a bonus
is today's dictation. - My Salinger Year

And here as a bonus is today's dictation.

And we're going to have
to scour the worldwide web - My Salinger Year

And we're going to have to scour the worldwide web

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A college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Philippe Falardeau

Writer: Philippe Falardeau, Joanna Smith Rakoff, Catherine Kidd

Production: micro_scope,Parallel Films

Genre: drama

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 50/100

ImdbRating: 6.4

BoxOffice: $54,730

Released: 05 Mar 2021

Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations

Homepage: https://www.ifcfilms.com/films/my-salinger-year

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