In the sweetly offbeat "Cedar Rapids," Ed Helms takes on his first starring role in a film. Helms plays Tim Lippe, a good-natured and slightly naïve insurance salesman who leaves his small town in Wisconsin for the first time when he's sent to a sales convention in Iowa. Tim is a sheltered creature who has never flown on a plane before, let alone had to deal with the kinds of debauchery—including adultery and bribery—he encounters on his work weekend. Along the way, Tim emerges from his shell with the help of his roommates (John C. Reilly and Isaiah Whitlock Jr.), a seductive peer (Anne Heche), and the local prostitute (Alia Shawkat). And though Tim begins the journey somewhat overwhelmed (he exclaims upon his arrival in Cedar Rapids, "It's like I came to Barbados or somewhere!"), he soon realizes he can't stay stuck in a rut for the rest of his life.
- 2/8/2011
- backstage.com
Editor’S Note: Every day for the next month, indieWIRE will be republishing profiles and interviews from the past ten years (in their original, retro format) with some of the people that have defined independent cinema in the first decade of this century. Today, we’ll step back to 2003 with an interview indieWIRE’s Nick Poppy had with Andrew Jarecki upon the release of his greatly acclaimed doc “Capturing The Friedmans.” One Family’s …...
- 12/14/2009
- indieWIRE - People
Editor’S Note: Every day for the next month, indieWIRE will be republishing profiles and interviews from the past ten years (in their original, retro format) with some of the people that have defined independent cinema in the first decade of this century. Today, we’ll step back to 2003 with an interview indieWIRE’s Nick Poppy had with Andrew Jarecki upon the release of his greatly acclaimed doc “Capturing The Friedmans.” One Family’s …...
- 12/14/2009
- Indiewire
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