Happiness

Release Date:

May 15, 1998

Running Time:

2:19

Genre:

Comedy Drama

Director:

Todd Solondz

Cast:

Jane Adams	Joy Jordan
Dylan Baker	Bill Maplewood
Lara Flynn Boyle	Helen Jordan
Ben Gazzara	Lenny Jordan
Jared Harris	Vlad
Philip Seymour Hoffman	Allen
Jon Lovitz	Andy Kornbluth
Marla Maples	Ann Chambeau
Cynthia Stevenson	Trish Maplewood
Elizabeth Ashley	Diane Freed
Louise Lasser	Mona Jordan
Camryn Manheim	Kristina
Rufus Read	Billy Maplewood
Anne Bobby	Rhonda
Dan Moran	Joe Grasso
Evan Silverberg	Johnny Grasso

Producers:

Ted Hope , David Linde , James Schamus , Christine Vachon

Writers:

Todd Solondz

Language:

English

Official Website:

http://www.happinessthemovie.com/

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This dark ensemble-comedy is centered on the three Jordan sisters. Joy moves through lackluster jobs with no sense of purpose. Now employed teaching adults, she is dating a student, Russian taxi-driver Vlad . Helen is an esteemed poet who becomes amused by her perverted neighbor, Allen . And eldest sister Trish is married to Bill, a psychiatrist with a very disturbing secret life.

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