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	Zero Effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Zero Effect is a 1998 film directed by Jake Kasdan (son of famed Hollywood writer/director Lawrence Kasdan) starring Bill Pullman as 'the world's most private detective' Daryl Zero and Ben Stiller as his assistant Steve Arlo.
		Written by Jake Kasdan, the film is to some extent inspired by A Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle.
		In October of 2001, Entertainment Weekly reported that Kasdan was attempting to resurrect the character of Daryl Zero for television.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zero_Effect (680 words)

	`Effect'-ive debut for new Kasdan
		JAKE Kasdan is the co-producer, writer and director of Zero Effect.
		Zero Effect is confident, if for no other reason than this: Jake Kasdan doesn't seem to share many of his age peers' conviction that today's average moviegoer demands 28 frames of content for every 24 frames of film.
		Kasdan backloads a lot of exposition, resorting to flashback to explain clues that he has withheld.
	www.chron.com /cgi-bin/auth/story/content/chronicle/ae/movies/reviews/0130zeroeffect.html (379 words)

	DVD REVIEW: ZERO EFFECT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Jake's rousing debut is a cut above the rest, a refreshingly funny and inviting detective story that never walks the straight and narrow.
		Kasdan has filled the film with vividly drawn characters and smart dialogue, so you honestly care what they say and do.
		I truly admire Lawrence Kasdan, and I was very interested to hear what his off-spring had to say about his first major league effort.
	www.lightviews.com /zeroeffect.htm (505 words)

	Moda Magazine (Modamag.com) Film/Movie Review
		Instead of leading his cinematic soldiers into battle, Kasdan merely slouches in the back row this time, lobbing juvenile jokes with all the conviction of a director paying his dues for the chance to do something he enjoys next time out.
		Kasdan also makes a wise choice by letting co-star Jack Black ("Shallow Hal") just do whatever it is that pleases him.
		Though Hanks can hardly be blamed when Kasdan and White given him very little to do, he nevertheless makes a strong impression that another 5 years of supporting work is necessary before he takes another lead role.
	www.modamag.com /orange_county.htm (750 words)

	Jake Kasdan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jake Kasdan (born 1975) is the director of such films as 1998's Zero Effect and 2002's Orange County.
		He is the son of famed writer/director Lawrence Kasdan.
		This article about an American actor or actress is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jake_Kasdan (70 words)

	Lawrence Kasdan
		Kasdan bounced back with the romantic comedy French Kiss (1995), starring Meg Ryan as a woman who wants to get her straying fiancé back at any cost, even if it means having to follow him to France.
		Kasdan decided to try his hand at stage directing in the fall of 1995 with John Patrick Shanley’s Four Dogs & a Bone at the Geffen Playhouse, but he later returned to the big screen with the comedy Mumford (1999).
		Kasdan’s son, Jake Kasdan, has followed in his father’s footsteps, starting off as an actor in his father’s films The Big Chill, Silverado and The Accidental Tourist, then moving on to direct TV series such as Freaks and Geeks and Grosse Pointe, as well as the feature film Orange County (2002).
	www.tribute.ca /bio.asp?id=1311 (514 words)

	Xiibaro Reviews: Orange County, Glengarry Glen Ross, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, and Joe Somebody
		Jake Kasdan, Colin Hanks, and Schuyler Fisk all face this question; they are all progeny of well regarded talents in the film industry.
		Now, Kasdan relates much of his story with easy visuals, but a setup that might fit that of his father.
		I especially liked the way Kasdan at one point left me doubting him only to turn around and surprise me: a synchronized dance in the middle of a schoolyard seemed highly out of place at first but then worked when a payoff arrives nearly forty-five minutes later.
	www.cinema-scene.com /archive/04/02.html (2305 words)

	Slant Magazine - DVD Review: Orange County
		Kasdan may not know how to lessen the impact of the film's ready-made clichés (remember: if you open a college letter with excessive glee on your face, prepare to be rejected) but White's jokes are genuinely cutting especially when boredom and drugs give way to slippery sexuality.
		His work for Jake Kasdan's Orange County is very much on the dry side though it's certainly not bad by any means.
		Kasdan and White tried to make Orange County as subversive as possible despite resistance from the studio heads and this conflict is equally the film's strongest and weakest attribute.
	www.slantmagazine.com /dvd/dvd_review.asp?ID=79 (694 words)

	Jake Kasdan
		Rather than make his name writing splashy blockbusters akin to his father Lawrence Kasdan's breakthrough script for The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Jake Kasdan earned his prodigy stripes with the sly, low-budget film Zero Effect (1998) and his astute direction on several acclaimed TV series.
		Kasdan also helped give an extra insider edge to the witty teen soap spoof Grosse Pointe (2000), but it too failed to last beyond one TV season.
		Kasdan's proven ability with smart, teen-based comedy, though, earned him the directing job for Orange County (2002).
	www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P236022 (401 words)

	DVD Times - Zero Effect
		The three main elements are skilfully woven together by Jake Kasdan (son of Lawrence) who not only wrote the script but also directed the film as well.
		Kasdan was in his very early 20’s when the film was released and his relative inexperience does not come across at all in the script.
		Kasdan’s direction is also very impressive; and his enthusiasm for the project has been rewarded by getting some wonderful performances out of the cast.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=4169 (1293 words)

	ORANGE COUNTY - Production Notes...CinemaReview.com....Movie Reviews, Movie Contents, Moviegoer Opinions and Much More!
		And Jake is very good at not losing the joke but also doing what's best for the scene, in terms of the arc of the story.
		Kasdan notes that "Schuyler is one of those amazing faces that shows every thought or feeling she has.
		Jake had done an excellent first feature film and they had worked on this wonderful TV show and I wanted to connect with that energy.
	www.cinemareview.com /production.asp?prodid=1602 (2204 words)

	The Trades - Orange County
		There's even a couple of "surprise" cameos from actors who have worked in the past with both director Jake Kasdan and his father Lawrence Kasdan.
		What Jake Kasdan manages to do with this movie is nothing less than miraculous.
		Kasdan's co-conspirator in this project is screenwriter Mike White, who also wrote a couple of episodes of "Freaks and Geeks." White's script manages to be poignant while at the same time succeeding in always being funny.
	www.the-trades.com /article.php?id=1278&print=yes (1023 words)

	westword.com \| Movies \| Less Than Zero
		Kasdan, the 22-year-old son of Big Chill/ Accidental Tourist director Lawrence Kasdan, would likely never have gotten his puerile script more than three feet from the word processor were it not for Dad's considerable pull in showbiz.
		Kasdan is so thoroughly ironic in a postmodern, L.A. way that Zero's past triumphs include "the case of the man with mismatched shoelaces" and "the case of the hired gun who made too many mistakes."
		The otherwise dysfunctional Zero is so instinctual, Kasdan would have us believe, that he merely needs to turn on his twisted mental apparatus to pick up a trail of murder, flmail and betrayal.
	www.westword.com /Issues/1998-02-12/film/movies.html (521 words)

	U-WIRE.com/INTERVIEW: Members of 'Orange County' cast try to live up to legacy of parents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		And Jake Kasdan has been plugging away with acclaimed TV projects after he made a sensational smash film debut with Zero Effect in 1998.
		And she always told me that Jake was the coolest, hippest and smartest guy she knew," Ramis said.
		One of Kasdan and White's favorite aspects of the film is its ability to make fun of issues such as drug abuse, alcoholism and casual sex, while still remaining clever.
	www.uwire.com /content/topae011402001.html (1168 words)

	Jake Kasdan @ Filmbug
		Jake Kasdan made his feature debut as both writer and director of Zero Effect, starring Bill Pullman and Ben Stiller.
		He served as a consulting producer through the run of the series and directed several episodes, collaborating for the first time with writer Mike White.
		Kasdan also directed the pilot episode of the new comedy series Undeclared, from Freaks and Geeks executive producer Judd Apatow.
	www.filmbug.com /db/36800 (148 words)

	Latino Review
		This is a comedy from no ordinary filmmaker, Jake Kasdan is not only a great talent but also the offspring of a major movie talent.
		Jake Kasdan first caught my attention with his first feature the 1998 comedy detective noir "Zero Effect" starring Bill Pullman and Ben Stiller.
		The son of Laurence Kasdan (writer of "Raiders Of The Lost Ark", "The Empire Strikes Back" and director of "Body Heat", "The Big Chill" and "Grand Canyon") Jake went on to produce and direct television episodes of the now defunct cult fave "Freaks and Geeks" and the current hit "Undeclared".
	www.latinoreview.com /moviereviews/2002/ocounty/ocounty.html (947 words)

	Orange County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Jake Kasdan made his directorial debut an auspicious one (at age 23) in 1998 with
		Kasdan's direction shows a deft comedic touch, and consistently challenges the viewer to look outside the box - there's almost always something going on out on the fringes of the screen, usually subtly hilarious.
		And like top salespeople, Kasdan and White also know when to quit selling, never holding a scene one beat longer than necessary.
	www.culturevulture.net /Movies3/OrangeCounty.htm (614 words)

	In Focus \| March 2003 \| Kasdan Uncut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In Focus snatched an hour of Kasdan’s time as he put the finishing touches on “Dreamcatcher,” which opens March 28; here’s what the director had to say about monster moviemaking, Morgan Freeman’s gravitas, William Goldman’s “ruthless clarity,” Stephen King’s “retirement,” and Hollywood’s mysterious lessons.
		I love the work that Jake’s been doing — not only the two movies that he’s directed, but also his fabulous work on “Freaks and Geeks” — he directed the pilot and a lot of those episodes.
		Jake directed his first movie at 22, and I was 30 when I did mine.
	www.infocusmag.com /03march/kasdanuncut.htm (5185 words)

	CANNES 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The 'mysterious and brilliant' Daryl Zero (Bill Pullman), the private eye hero of writer-director Jake Kasdan's debut feature, is one part Sherlock Holmes, one part Philip Marlowe.
		Kasdan, still in his early 20s, admits that filmmaking was in the blood.
		With his father Lawrence Kasdan (Body Heat, The Accidental Tourist, The Big Chill) as an inspiration, his choice of career is scarcely surprising.
	www.filmfestivals.com /cannes98/best/regarus5.htm (253 words)

	Jake Kasdan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Jake Kasdan has 1 in-development credit available on IMDbPro.com.
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	www.imdb.com /name/nm0440458 (157 words)

	All-Reviews.com Movie/Video Review: Zero Effect
		Zero is perhaps the world's greatest private detective, solving many a case without even setting foot outside of his well-secured penthouse apartment.
		This is not to say that Zero Effect degenerates into something sappy and touchy-feely; the power of the relationship and its effects on Zero and Gloria derives from its subtle execution.
		Zero Effect is not a perfect debut for Kasdan (son of Lawrence); in addition to the by-the-numbers mystery, there is also a weak subplot revolving around the strain Arlo's work puts on his relationship with his girlfriend (Angela Featherstone).
	all-reviews.com /videos-4/zero-effect-2.htm (463 words)

	ZERO EFFECT movie review with photos, videos
		Kasdan takes full advantage of the actor's off-beat screen vulnerability, as well as his low-key, dry-as-a-bone sense of humor.
		To create Zero, a bona fide original, Kasdan cleverly distills the quirks of fictional detectives Sherlock Holmes and Nero Wolfe, and gives them delightful Generation X twists.
		Kasdan did emerge from a great gene pool.
	www.rochestergoesout.com /mov/z/zeroef.html (450 words)

	DVD Review:
		Kasdan peppers the somewhat generic action with smart dialogue and a parade of quirky supporting players, including John Cleese as a sheriff who seems to have stepped straight from a Monty Python sketch into an Old West saloon.
		It's as though Lawrance and Mark Kasdan took every western they ever saw growing up, shook them up in a jar, and dumped it out on a coffee table, and randomly grabbed plot bits to string together into a cohesive whole.
		Kasdan has been known for his revival of genres, this is certainly no exception.
	www.killermovies.com /dvd/3702.html (2214 words)

	Jake Kasdan
		Son of film director Lawrence Kasdan, Jake's entrance into the world of the silver screen was a natural one as he grew up on his father's movie sets.
		While his father was filming Wyatt Earp in 1994, Jake wrote a short film and was a "documentarian," writing and compiling the companion book to his father's film.
		The film received mixed reviews and Jake decided to take on the small screen for a couple of years.
	www.tribute.ca /bio.asp?id=7905 (204 words)

	dOc DVD Review: Orange County (2002)
		The curious will be drawn by the pedigree of the cast and crew—star Colin Hanks is Tom's son, Schuyler Fisk is the daughter of Sissy Spacek, and Jake Kasdan shares the directorial enthusiasm of his father Lawrence—but what got me excited was the promise of another great script by Mike White.
		He has obvious affection for his characters (not even Jack Black's spastic druggie is treated with contempt), which adds depth and warmth to the film, and to a genre often populated by characters who are little more that objects of ridicule.
		Kasdan has the same flair for understatement as his father, and his style is a perfect match with White's script—he never overplays a joke or stretches a punch line, and he allows his actors to develop as characters rather than to simply rush to the next sight gag or witticism.
	www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=3658 (1167 words)

	Borders - Store Inventory - Title Detail - Orange County - Special Edition
		Four judicious cuts can be found in the "Deleted Scenes" and director Jake Kasdan and writer Mike White provide a "Commentary." Other than that, the only other inclusion is a "Theatrical Trailer" and "15 Interstitials," short promos that are somewhat amusing, but too redundant to view all fifteen spots.
		Description: Director Jake Kasdan's shaggy, haphazard teen comedy scores points for its likable (if miscast) leads and some inspired comic situations, but it's hard to think of the film as anything more than a missed opportunity.
		Kasdan shoves the film along at a sprightly pace, but the economy comes at a price: The quick cutting and frequent close-ups rob County of its atmosphere and style, and most every role feels like an extended cameo.
	www.bordersstores.com /search/search.jsp?srchType=ISBN&srchTerms=097363359241 (466 words)

	Zero Effect . Newcity Chicago . 02-02-98
		The chameleonic Bill Pullman gives a wonderfully twisted and funny performance as an agoraphobic private detective in "Zero Effect," embodying the conceits of first-time director Jake Kasdan's script.
		Daryl Zero is the most detached man on the planet, completely focused when he's on the case, but otherwise unable to function in society.
		There are a lot of incompletely realized ideas in the 22-year-old Kasdan's script, which tries for a "The Usual Suspects" level of gamesmanship.
	www.filmvault.com /filmvault/chicago/z/zeroeffect1.html (431 words)

	Zero Effect Reviews
		Director: Jake Kasdan Cast: Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Ryan O'Neal, Kim Dickens, Angela Featherstone Screenplay: Jake Kasdan Producers: Jake Kasdan, Janet Yang Runtime: 115 min.
		Zero is perhaps the world's greatest private detective, solving many a case without even setting foot outside of his well-secured penthouse...
		Jake Kasdan, son of one of the best screenwriters around, breaks into filmmaking by writing and directing this hard-to-categorize detective story: part mystery, part comedy, part character study and part romance.
	www.killermovies.com /z/zeroeffect/reviews (298 words)

	Film & TV: The Loopy Sleuth (Gambit Weekly . 03-02-98)
		And yet, in significant regard, Daryl Zero is actually a canny modernization of that king of sleuths himself, Sherlock Holmes.
		Kasdan never strives to point up this comparison, but it's notable that like Holmes, Daryl has a trusty assistant, Watson become Arlo, doctor become lawyer.
		I might complain that Kasdan's script stumbles a bit when it has Daryl make most un-Daryl-like mistakes: he identifies himself as first an architect and then an accountant to people who know and talk to each other.
	weeklywire.com /ww/03-02-98/gambit_balc.html (1553 words)

	Daryl Zero and Steve Arlo
		Eccentric and reclusive DARYL ZERO is a kind of private eye idiot savant, not to mention a drug addict and amateur musician prone to disguises, bizarre personal behavior and outrageous leaps in deduction (sound familiar?) in Zero Effect, a quirky 1998 film written and directed by Jake Kasdan.
		His increasingly tortured relationship with Steve and his first romantic involvement serve to distract him, when he and Steve are hired by a flmail victim to find his lost keys.
		Zero Effect was the first feature film by Jake Kasdan, the son of Lawrence "Body Heat, The Big Chill, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Silverado" Kasdan.
	www.thrillingdetective.com /zero.html (283 words)

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