It was during one of those long days at home, enjoying my 4 months long vacation, that I chanced upon a movie at around 1 am in the night. It was my general browsing thru the channels that I came upon a familiar face in star movies. It was the lead actor in the popular TV series "Scrubs". I didnt know his name then and neither did I know which film it was, cos 1 am movies are not generally listed in the newspapers. At first it seemed like a b grade movie and was already some 15-20 min into the movie, but continued watching just bcos I liked the "Scrubs' Lead".The unusual chemistry between the protagonists, their friends, the unforgettable dialogues, the subtle settings and the distinct style in which the story unfolded was a treat to watch.It just glued myself to the seat. Also the movie had some amazing soundtracks. The movie wasnt a big budget film, which can be made out from the movie's country-side settings and lack of any big name stars or visual effects.By the time the movie was nearing its end I knew that this was definitely gonna be one of my fav movies of all times.
After the movie ended, I tried to get the movie name from the post movie titles, but no luck. The only thing I could gather was the director of the film was a "Zach Braff" !!!
"Zach Braff": A definite clue. Thats all needed for a googler. ;) my search was on... One of the results showed "Emmy Nominee Zach Braff Lead Actor "Scrubs""..
What the *&* !!!! one more search was all it needed to confirm about this multi talented person. Also got the movie name : Garden State.
Zach Braff: Lead Actor, Writer and Director of Garden State and Lead Actor of Scrubs. And the movie had an imdb rating of 7.9 with arnd 58000 votes..WOW!!!
At that time my feelings were of someone hitting a jackpot or like someone uncovering a CSI case ;). It seems this was his pet project and initially producers were not very keen on financing him, because it seemed like a weak script. But finally it took off...Thank Goodness..!!! What a movie to accidentally chance upon :)
He had been nominated for three Golden Globes and an Emmy for his role as the scrubs doctor and also the "Garden State" had 10 wins & 24 nominations in various film festivals.
Today I watched one of my all time fav film and also Zach had made a new fan.
Waiting for more from him . . .
9 comments:
That was a real good post.. made me look up zach on the web. Garden State is definitely on my list of must-watch movies :)
Lins, that was the first comment on my blog da.
keep looking this place for more ;)
you could checkout 2 of his recent movies too (not directed by him, though), "the last kiss", and "the ex", both are supposed to be pretty funny.
Thanks aliya...
keep the movie names posted in future too...
Aliyoo, njan kandu garden state, kidilam. really moving, and captured perfectly the numb state of mind that he had till the end. Hope he directs more movies. He keeps a great blog site too- might be worth checking out.
yeah man, I sure already am into his blogging site also. :)
Daa, watch "The Last kiss" also. It stars Braff, but not directed by him. Very good move, kinda dark, just like Garden state
ok sir...
but star movies / HBO 'il varunnilla... what to do ?
CD /DVD rent cheyyaam ennu vechaal ..bhayankara madi purathirangaan ;)
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