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Nobel Son

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Barkley Michaelson's life is stuck into a deep rut. He's struggling to finish his Ph.D. thesis when his father, the learned Eli Michaelson, wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Barkley and his mother Sarah, a renowned forensic psychiatrist, now have the ill-fortune of living with a man-eating monster whose philandering ways have gotten less and less discreet. On the eve of his father receiving the Nobel, Barkley is kidnapped and the requested ransom is $2,000,000--the Nobel Prize money. Eli refuses to pay it, touching off a venomous tale of familial dysfunction, lust, betrayal, and ultimately revenge. In the words of 16th-century philosopher Michel De Montaigne: "There is more barbarity in eating a man alive than in eating him dead."

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Alan Rickman
Eli Michaelson
Bryan Greenberg
Barkley Michaelson
Shawn Hatosy
Thaddeus James

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Eliza Dushku Bares (Almost) All in Wild Film, Previews Fox's "Extraordinary" Dollhouse

The bad news: Tru Calling is still cancelled. The good news: Fans of Eliza Dushku have two big reasons to be excited. Not only has the Buffy alum reteamed with Joss Whedon to create Dollhouse for Fox (premiering Feb. 13), but she also rocks a rather wild role in a twisty indie hitting theaters on Friday. Nobel Son stars October Road's Bryan Greenberg as Barkley, the son of a newly christened Nobel Prize winner (Alan Rickman) and a police psychologist (Mary Steenburgen). On the eve of jetting to Sweden for dad's big night, Barkley has an electric and amorous liaison with Dushku's character, named City Hall. That marks just the beginning of the film's very wild ride. Dushku spoke with TVGuide.com about her Nobel endeavor, as well as shared an update on Dollhouse, which she touts as being "cool and hot and different." See what she had to reveal, after the jump.

Thu, Dec 4, 2008
Eliza Dushku Bares (Almost) All in Wild Film, Previews Fox's "Extraordinary" Dollhouse

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