Lethargy (2002)

02/02/2002 (US) • • 7m

Overview

An early high-school short by Josh Safdie and David Gelb, Lethargy follows a drifting New York teenager—shot in black-and-white with color dream bursts—whose path crosses a park-bench “animal therapist” (a cameo by Robert Downey Jr.) and other fleeting figures, including Edward Burns, in a wry, post-modern sketch of youthful inertia.

Lethargy (2002)

02/02/2002 (US) • 7m

Overview

An early high-school short by Josh Safdie and David Gelb, Lethargy follows a drifting New York teenager—shot in black-and-white with color dream bursts—whose path crosses a park-bench “animal therapist” (a cameo by Robert Downey Jr.) and other fleeting figures, including Edward Burns, in a wry, post-modern sketch of youthful inertia.

Top Billed Cast

Robert Downey Jr.

Animal Therapist

Edward Burns

Store Clerk

David Gelb

Prometheus

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

short film

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