Title |
An American pickle. |
Published |
Australia : Distributed by Roadshow Entertainment, ©2020. |
Physical description |
1 DVD-video (84 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
General note |
Catalogued from container. |
Roadshow Entertainment : R-126494-9. |
Originally produced in the United States and released digitally in 2020. |
Based on the short story Sell Out by Simon Rich, first published 2013. |
Credits note |
Directed by Brandon Trost ; screenplay by Simon Rich ; produced by Seth Rogen [and two others]. |
Performer note |
Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook. |
Summary |
An American Pickle stars Seth Rogen as Herschel Greenbaum, a struggling labourer who immigrates to America in 1919 with dreams of building a better life for his beloved family. One day, while working at his factory job, he falls into a vat of pickles and is brined for 100 years. The brine preserves him perfectly and when he emerges in present day Brooklyn, he finds that he hasn't aged a day. But when he seeks out his family, he learns that his only surviving relative is his great-grandson Ben Greenbaum (also played by Rogen), a mild-mannered computer coder whom Herschel can't even begin to understand. |
Subject |
Rich, Simon -- Film adaptations |
Immigrants -- United States -- Drama |
Jews -- United States -- Drama |
Unskilled labor -- United States -- Drama |
Canning and preserving -- Drama |
Computer programmers -- Drama |
Grandparent and child -- Drama |
Feature films -- United States |
Motion pictures, American |
Comedy films |
Film adaptations |
Feature films |
Fiction films |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities |
Additional author |
Trost, Brandon, 1981- director. |
Rich, Simon screenwriter. |
Rogen, Seth, 1982- actor, producer. |
Snook, Sarah, 1987- actor. |
Rich, Simon |
Added title |
An American pickle (Motion picture : 2020) |