
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist is a 2008 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Peter Sollett and starring Michael Cera, Kat Dennings, Alexis Dziena, Ari Graynor, Aaron Yoo and Jay Baruchel. Written by Lorene Scafaria and based on the novel of the same name by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, the story tells of teenagers Nick (Cera) and Norah (Dennings), who meet when Norah asks Nick to pretend to be her boyfriend for five minutes. Over the course of the night, they try to find their favorite band's secret show and search for Norah's drunken best friend.
Plot
New Jersey teenager Nick O'Leary is a straight bass player in the queercore band The Jerk-Offs. Heartbroken after being dumped by his girlfriend Tris, he continues making and sending her "breakup" mix CDs. Bandmates Thom and Dev convince Nick to perform at a club and search for a secret show that legendary indie band Where's Fluffy? is performing in NYC that night.
More details
author | Lorene Scafaria |
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contentLocation | New Jersey New York City |
director | Peter Sollett |
editor | Myron Kerstein |
genre | comedy-drama romance |
keywords | arlene\'s grocery bass player confuse convent of the sacred heart dump electric lady studios gray\'s papaya hot dog independent music indie mix cds mix tape music studio nyc orgasm penn station pennsylvania station phone call queercore record record deal sacred text message |
musicBy | Mark Mothersbaugh |
producer | Andrew Miano Chris Weitz Kerry Kohansky Roberts Paul Weitz |
productionCompany | Columbia Pictures |
publisher | Sony Pictures Releasing |
recordedAt | New York City |
theme | romantic comedy teen drama teen romance |