Seventeen year old Jason Slocumb, Jr. – Igby to most that know him – comes from east coast old money, the second son of self-absorbed and controlling Mimi Slocumb and medically-diagnosed schizophrenic Jason Slocum, Sr., the latter who has for several years been institutionalized in a Maryland psychiatric facility. While Igby’s economics-studying Columbia-attending older brother Ollie Slocum has embraced and aspires to continue their wealthy life, Igby has rebelled against it, considering his brother a fascist (although he could soften that label to Republican). Because of Jason’s situation, Mimi has largely left the role of male role model for Ollie and Igby to their godfather, D.H. Banes. Igby’s rebellion has led to him being kicked out of one prep school after another, the latest, a military academy, from which Igby escapes before he can graduate. As such, Mimi and D.H. arrange for Igby to live in New York with Ollie for the summer while working for D.H. renovating some of his …
Release Date: 4 October 2002Runtime: 99 min
Stars:
- Amanda Peet
- Bill Irwin
- Bill Pullman
- Celia Weston
- Claire Danes
- Elizabeth Jagger
- Gannon Forrester
- Jared Harris
- Jeff Goldblum
- Kathleen Gati
- Kieran Culkin
- Peter Anthony Tambakis
- Rory Culkin
- Ryan Phillippe
- Susan Sarandon
Director: Burr Steers
