The Color Wheel (2011) on Netflix
JR, an aspiring news anchor, wants her belongings back from Neil Chadwick, the broadcasting professor she lived with until their breakup. Her younger brother Colin agrees to drive her there.
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- Netflix3.6/5
- IMDb6.6/102,155 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes78%
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Plot summary
Colin lives with his girlfriend Zoe when his older sister JR comes to him for a favor. JR wants a career as a news anchor, but she dropped out of the college where she lived with Neil Chadwick, a broadcasting professor there. Their relationship is over and she wants her belongings back, so Colin agrees to drive her across New England to Neil's place. The two of them argue the whole way, with each other and with nearly everyone they meet, and the trip carries them past old schoolmates and a family history they left behind. The arguing also brings up JR's difficult relationship with their parents.
Cast
- Drew Brookeas Singing Waiter 1
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Color Wheel (2011)
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- Alex Ross Perry wrote the first draft of The Color Wheel on his own before passing it to Carlen Altman to re-write; the two had met at a stand-up comedy show where both were performing, became friends and later co-wrote the screenplay.
- The Color Wheel was shot on black-and-white 16mm film in eighteen days, and unlike many contemporary independent productions it was extensively rehearsed beforehand, with almost no improvisation.
