Starting Out in the Evening

Starting Out in the Evening is the film adaptation of the novel by Brian Morton, which follows a writer (Frank Langella) whose world is shaken when an ambitious graduate student (Lauren Ambrose) convinces him that she can use her thesis to bring him back into the literature world spotlight. The film also stars Lili Taylor and Adrian Lester. The film, directed by Andrew Wagner, was released on November 23, 2007 at the Paris Theatre in New York City. Set in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It was shot in 18 days at a cost of about $500,000. "We had no time, we had no money, we had no perks, we had no room to mess it up," Langella told an audience at a screening. The film is Andrew Wagner's second, after 2004's The Talent Given Us, and debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007. As of May of 2008, the film has made more than $890,000 at the box office, its widest release being 43 theaters. The film received positive reviews from critics. As of December 31, 2007, the review... full article at wikipedia