{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Ivans Xtc | image = Ivans Xtc Film poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Bernard Rose | screenplay = {{ubl|Bernard Rose|Lisa Enos}} | based_on = {{based on|''The Death of Ivan Ilyich''|Leo Tolstoy}} | producer = Lisa Enos | starring = {{ubl|Danny Huston|Peter Weller}} | cinematography = {{ubl|Ron Forsythe|Bernard Rose}} | editing = Bernard Rose | music = {{ubl|Matt Schultz|Elmo Weber}} | studio = {{ubl|Enos/Rose Productions|Rhino Films}} | distributor = {{ubl|Artistic License Films|Metro-Tartan Distribution}} | released = {{Film date|2000|09|12|TIFF|2002|07|07|NY/LA|2002|07|19|United Kingdom}} | runtime = 93 minutes | country = {{ubl|United Kingdom|United States}} | language = English | budget = $136,000<ref name="interview">{{cite news |first=Peter |last=Tonguette |title=ivansxtc. and the Future of Digital Filmmaking: An Interview With Bernard Rose |url=http://www.thefilmjournal.com/issue5/bernardrose.html |work=The Film Journal |access-date=February 9, 2014}}</ref> | gross = $47,027<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=ivansxtc.htm |title=Ivans XTC |work=Box Office Mojo |access-date=February 9, 2014}}</ref> }} '''''Ivans Xtc''''' is a 2000 British-American independent drama film co-written by Bernard Rose and Lisa Enos, produced by Enos and directed by Rose, the first of several Enos-Rose collaborations, including ''Snuff-Movie'' (2005), ''Kreutzer Sonata'' (2008) and ''Mr. Nice'' (2010). The film stars Danny Huston, Peter Weller, and Lisa Enos, with Rose and Enos' actual CAA agent, Adam Krentzmen, playing the role of fictional "Media Talent Agency" agent Barry Oaks. Other key roles include Morgan Walsh (Vukovic) as Lucy Lawrence, and ''SLC Punk'' director James Merendino as director Danny McTeague.
The story follows a Hollywood agent, Ivan Beckman (Huston), who must force a smile and carry on with business as usual with the agency's biggest client, Don West (Weller), in the face of a cancer diagnosis. The film, loosely based on Leo Tolstoy's 1886 novella ''The Death of Ivan Ilyich'', was also inspired by the rise and fall of talent agent Jay Moloney.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.proquest.com|title=The Guide: Film: Huston, he has a problem: Actor/director Danny Huston distinguishes himself from the rest of his high-achieving family in Ivans xtc, as a drug-addled Hollywood casualty|last=Rose|first=Steve|date=2002-07-13|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-12-28|id={{ProQuest|<!-- add ProQuest data here -->}}|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==Cast== * Danny Huston as Ivan Beckman, a successful film agent working in Los Angeles * Peter Weller as Don West, Beckman's client * Lisa Enos as Charlotte White * James Merendino as Danny McTeague * Adam Krentzman as Barry Oaks * Sarah Danielle Madison as Naomi * Tiffani Thiessen as Marie Stein * Dan Ireland as Ted Zimblest * Lisa Henson as Margaret Mead * Hal Lieberman as Lloyd Hall * Valeria Golino as Constanza Vero * Angela Featherstone as Amanda Hill * Victoria Silvstedt as Melanie
==Production== Filming took place in July 1999 in Sherman Oaks and Los Angeles, and was originally intended as a "Dogme 95" film in which the key collaborators (Enos, Rose, DP Ron Forstye, Production Coordinator Morgan Vukovic, etc.) would be credited as "The Filmmakers". It was shot at 60i fps on the Sony HDW-700A HD video format digital camera, which proved problematic for theatrical distribution.<ref name="interview"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artlic.com/press/kits/ivans_xtc_kit.html |title=ivans xtc. |work=Artistic License Films |access-date=February 9, 2014 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923174149/http://www.artlic.com/press/kits/ivans_xtc_kit.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Release== On its opening weekend in the United States and Canada, the film was ranked at #71, behind ''The Salton Sea'', ''The Singles Ward'' and a re-release of ''Beauty and the Beast''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2002&wknd=23&p=.htm |title=June 7–9, 2002, Weekend |work=Box Office Mojo |access-date=February 9, 2014}}</ref>
==Reception== ''Ivans Xtc'' received mostly positive reviews. On film aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 77% rating, with an average score of 6.8/10, sampled from reviews from 30 critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ivans_xtc/ |title=Ivans XTC. (2000) |work=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=March 16, 2019}}</ref> It scored a 67/100 (citing "generally favorable" reviews) on Metacritic, based on reviews from 14 critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/ivansxtc |title=Ivansxtc |work=Metacritic |access-date=March 16, 2019}}</ref>
===Accolades=== {| class="wikitable sortable" width="95%" ! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Awards |- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;" ! Award ! Category ! Recipients and nominees ! Result |- | British Independent Film Awards | Best Foreign Independent Film – English Language | | {{nominated}} |- | Independent Film Festival of Boston | Narrative | Bernard Rose | {{won}} |- | rowspan="4"|Independent Spirit Awards | Best Director | Bernard Rose | {{nom}} |- | Best Supporting Male | Peter Weller | {{nom}} |- | Best Male Lead | Danny Huston | {{nom}} |- | Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award | Bernard Rose and Lisa Enos | {{nom}} |}
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0238321}}
{{Bernard Rose}} {{The Death of Ivan Ilyich}}
Category:Films based on The Death of Ivan Ilyich Category:2000 films Category:British independent films Category:American independent films Category:2000 drama films Category:Films directed by Bernard Rose (director) Category:Films about death Category:Films with screenplays by Bernard Rose (director) Category:2000 independent films Category:2000 English-language films Category:2000 American films Category:2000 British films Category:Rhino Films films Category:English-language independent films