| Another Happy Day | |
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| Directed by | Sam Levinson |
| Produced by | Ellen Barkin Todd Traina Michael Nardelli Pamela Lynn Fielder Johnny Lin Salli Newman Celine Rattray Gordon Bijelonic Datari Turner |
| Written by | Sam Levinson |
| Starring | Ellen Barkin Kate Bosworth Ellen Burstyn Thomas Haden Church George Kennedy Ezra Miller Demi Moore |
| Music by | Ólafur Arnalds |
| Cinematography | Ivan Strasburg |
| Editing by | Ray Hubley |
| Studio | Mandalay Vision |
| Distributed by | Phase 4 Films |
| Release date(s) | January 23, 2011 (Sundance) November 4, 2011 (United States) |
| Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Another Happy Day is a 2011 American black comedy-drama film written and directed by Sam Levinson.
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Lynn (Ellen Barkin) was married to Paul (Thomas Haden Church), but they split up on bad terms, and Lynn took custody of their daughter Alice (Kate Bosworth) while Paul got their son Dylan (Michael Nardelli). Years later, now that Dylan is getting married, Lynn is attending the wedding at Paul's estate, with her younger sons Elliot (Ezra Miller) and Ben (Daniel Yelsky) in tow; Elliott is a chronically depressed drug addict and Ben prefers to look at life through a camera than confront the world head on. Meanwhile, Alice deals with her anxieties through cutting, Dylan hasn't spoken to Lynn in years, Lynn is fearful of Paul and his wife Patty (Demi Moore), Lynn's mother, Doris (Ellen Burstyn), blames her daughter for her family's many troubles, and her father (George Kennedy) is in poor health and hardly cares what's happening around him. To the surprise of no one, all this has left Lynn an emotional wreck, and she's not sure just how she's going to get through the day.[1]
Another Happy Day was screened at the 27th Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2011.[2] The film also screened at South by Southwest on March 18, 2011; at the Woodstock Film Festival on September 23; at the Mill Valley Film Festival on October 12; and will be released nationwide on November 18.[3]