--- title: 'The Squid and the Whale (2005)' type: 'film' director: 'Noah Baumbach' released: '2005-01-23' runtime_minutes: 81 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-squid-and-the-whale-2005' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367089/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Squid and the Whale (2005) 2005 · 81 min · Drama, Comedy · United States ## Synopsis The Squid and the Whale is a 2005 American independent comedy-drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach and produced by Wes Anderson. It tells the semi-autobiographical story of two boys in Brooklyn dealing with their parents' divorce in 1986. The film is named after the giant squid and sperm whale diorama housed at the American Museum of Natural History, which is seen in the film. The film was shot on Super 16 mm, mostly using a handheld camera. ## Credits - **Director:** [Noah Baumbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/noah-baumbach) - **Screenplay:** [Noah Baumbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/noah-baumbach) - **Original Music Composer:** [Britta Phillips](https://cinepixo.com/people/britta-phillips) - **Producer:** [Wes Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/wes-anderson), [Peter Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-newman) - **Director of Photography:** [Robert Yeoman](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-yeoman) ## Cast - [Jeff Daniels](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-daniels) - [Laura Linney](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-linney) - [Adam Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-rose-2) - [Maryann Plunkett](https://cinepixo.com/people/maryann-plunkett) - [Alexandra Daddario](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandra-daddario) - [William Baldwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-baldwin) - [Halley Feiffer](https://cinepixo.com/people/halley-feiffer) - [Owen Kline](https://cinepixo.com/people/owen-kline) - [Ken Leung](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-leung) - [Jesse Eisenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesse-eisenberg) - [Anna Paquin](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-paquin) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.squidandthewhalemovie.com Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-squid-and-the-whale-2005 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1197427); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.