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Noah Baumbachs character?

posted 16 years ago by TreasureJuniper
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If this is an auto-biographical film...which i think it is (?), then i was just wondering if anyone knows which of the brothers Noah Baumbach is?

[–] ligeia18 16 years ago

I'd guess it's Walt, since we have more insight on him. I'd hate to think it's Frank.

[–] bhsbrennan04 15 years ago

It's not an autobiographical film.

[–] GuyOnTheLeft 10 years ago

Uh, yeah it is. http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-09-20/film/mother-knew-best/full/

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[–] quaddo 15 years ago

I believe it's actually semi-auto-biographical...

RIP Ian....

[–] xdayton 15 years ago

Noah is Walt; the Jeff Daniels character is John Baumbach, Noah's father and a Brooklyn author and professor; Noah's mother, played in the pic by Laura Linney, is in real life Georgia Brown, a Village Voice writer who was gaining much prominence in the 80s. And Noah does have a younger brother.

So it's only semiautobiographical if they didn't have a cat or something. Otherwise, pretty darn close.

[–] dancingjinn 15 years ago

Makes me hope my older brother never writes an autobiographical (or semi-autobiographical) account of our childhood and parents' divorce. I feel bad for the real life younger brother.

[–] davematt1453 14 years ago

Walt's character is based on Noah, and Frank is based on Noah's brother Nico.