Downsizing (film)
Downsizing is a 2017 science fiction comedy-drama film about a man who shrinks himself to five inches tall starring Matt Damon. It explores overpopulation, climate change, and personal reinvention.
- Directed by Alexander Payne. Written by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor.
Dialogue
[edit]- [first lines]
- Dr. Andreas Jacobsen: [in Danish to technician who has rushed into his office] Yeah, you okay?
- Dr. Jorgen Asbjørnsen: [in Norwegian] We have it. Andreas, we have it. It works.
- Dusan Mirkovic: Okay, maybe sometimes I'm a little bit asshole, but the world needs assholes. Otherwise where would shit go out.
- Dr. Jorgen Asbjørnsen: Nature is such a patient sculptor. Grinding a tiny bit each day slowly, slowly for thousands of years to make such a supremely beautiful thing.
- [overcome with sadness]
- Dr. Jorgen Asbjørnsen: What a waste. What a dreadful waste.
Cast
[edit]- Matt Damon - Paul Safranek
- Christoph Waltz - Dusan Mirkovic
- Hong Chau - Ngoc Lan Tran
- Kristen Wiig - Audrey Safranek
- Rolf Lassgård - Dr. Jørgen Asbjørnsen
- Ingjerd Egeberg - Anne-Helene Asbjørnsen
- Udo Kier - Joris Konrad
- Søren Pilmark - Dr. Andreas Jacobsen
- Jason Sudeikis - Dave Johnson
- Maribeth Monroe - Carol Johnson
- Margareta Pettersson - Solveig Edvardsen
