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Nobel Son is a 2007 American black comedy about a dysfunctional family dealing with the kidnapping of their son for ransom following the father's winning of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The film features Alan Rickman as the prize-winning professor and Mary Steenburgen as his wife, with Bryan Greenberg as their kidnapped son.
Dec 5, 2008 · Nobel Son: Directed by Randall Miller. With Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy, Mary Steenburgen. A professor of chemistry wins the Nobel Prize. His wife joins him to Stockholm but his PhD. working son gets kidnapped. The kidnapper demands $2,000,000 = prize sum.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Randall Miller
- 2008-12-05
Dec 5, 2008 · Barkley Michaelson is in a deep life rut. He's struggling to finish his PhD thesis when his father, the learned Eli Michaelson, wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Barkley and his mother, Sarah, a renowned forensic psychiatrist, now have the ill-fortune of living with a man-eating monster whose philandering ways have gotten less and ...
- Randall Miller
- Alan Rickman
The night before an arrogant chemist receives the Nobel Prize, his son is kidnapped, but he refuses to pay the ransom, and a venomous tale unfolds. Subtitles: English. Starring: Alan Rickman Mary Steenburgen Bryan Greenberg Bill Pullman.
- Randall Miller
- January 1, 2007
- 110 min
Apr 28, 2007 · Soon after his insufferably arrogant father wins the Nobel Prize for chemistry, Barkley Michaelson is kidnapped by Thaddeus James, a young genius who claims to be Barkley's illegitimate half-brother.
On the eve of Barkley Michaelson's father receiving the Nobel Prize, Barkley is kidnapped and the requested ransom is the $2,000,000 in Nobel Prize money. When his father refuses to pay it starts a venomous tale of familial dysfunction, lust, betrayal and ultimately revenge.