Anesthesia Dvd

Anesthesia is a 2015 independent drama film written, produced and directed by Tim Blake Nelson. Nelson stars in the film with Sam Waterston, Kristen Stewart, Glenn Close, Gretchen Mol, and Corey Stoll. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 22, 2015. The film was released in a limited release and through video on demand by IFC Films on January 8, 2016.

Plot

Philosophy professor Walter Zarrow is wounded during a mugging. In an effort to escape he rings buzzers indiscriminately, waking Sam, a middle-aged father of two having an affair in the city. Sam reluctantly answers Zarrow’s pleas, and Zarrow loses consciousness in his arms. Through an exploration of why these men, along with the mugger, and an addict named Joe, come together, we explore New York City. The experience of Zarrow, Sam, Joe and Zarrow’s assailant ripple quickly out to include the connected lives of a housewife struggling with alcoholism, a stoner teen desperate to lose his virginity, a brilliant but failed writer fighting addiction, two parents confronting the prospect of terminal illness, and a brilliant grad student who harms herself to feel alive.

Cast

Sam Waterston as Professor Walter Zarrow
Tim Blake Nelson as Adam Zarrow
Kristen Stewart as Sophie
Glenn Close as Marcia Zarrow
Gretchen Mol as Sarah
K. Todd Freeman as Joe
Mickey Sumner as Nicole
Rob Morgan as Parnell
Lee Wilkof as Ray Eisenberg
Hannah Marks as Ella Zarrow
Katie Chang as Amy
Corey Stoll as Sam
Michael K. Williams as Jeffrey
Gloria Reuben as Meredith
Scott Cohen as Dr. Laffer
Yul Vazquez as Dr. Edward Barnes
Natasha Gregson Wagner as Marta
Jessica Hecht as Jill
Richard Thomas as Mr. Werth
Lucas Hedges as Greg
Ekaterina Samsonov as Angie
Patrick Kerr as Jerry
Philip Ettinger as Roger