"A story of self preservation"

2020

1h 29m

5.7(553 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern day Brooklyn. He learns his only surviving relative is his great grandson, a computer coder who he can’t connect with.

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Cast & Crew

57 members

Acting

Seth Rogen

Herschel Greenbaum / Ben Greenbaum

Acting

Sarah Snook

Sarah Greenbaum

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Molly Evensen

Clara

Writing

Eliot Glazer

Christian

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Kalen Allen

Kevin

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Kevin O'Rourke

Dane Brunt

Acting

Sean Whalen

Scientist

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Geoffrey Cantor

David Greenbaum

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Carol Leifer

Susan Greenbaum

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Jorma Taccone

Liam

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Marsha Stephanie Blake

Inspector Sanders

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Alyse Zwick

News Anchor

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Dalon Huntington

Border Patrol Agent

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Jeremy Michael Grey

Border Patrol Agent

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Efka Kvaraciejus

Fish Monger

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Darryl Bailey Smith II

Teenage Drone Operator

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Dino Rende

Teenage Kid

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Peter Kybart

Old Man

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Joanna Adler

Professor Kim Ecklund

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Herb Mendelsohn

Rabbi

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Norm Golden

Wedding Rabbi

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Al Nazemian

Cab Driver

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Adam Dunhoff

Congregant

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Mark Diamond

Congregant

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Writing

Leib Cohen

Congregant

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Liz Cackowski

Susan O'Malley

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Tim Robinson

Prosecuting Attorney

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Betsy Sodaro

Defense Attorney

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Quinta Brunson

Female Interviewee

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Kurt Braunohler

Male Interviewee

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Michael Weaver

Judge

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David Flick

Construction Worker

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Raymond Neil Hernandez

Officer Kadushin

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John Walpole

Seltzer Man

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Ian Poake

Devon

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Writing

Charles Rogers

Ellis Island Officer

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Jess Stark

Female Cashier

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Jon Donahue

Local Reporter

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Amy Marsalis

Reporter

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Paul Monte Jr.

Second Reporter

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Julie Mun

Third Reporter

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Allan Snyder

Moderator

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Fabio Polanco

Audience Member

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Havilah Brewster

Second Audience Member

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Francis Capone

Manager

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Production

Alex McAtee

Bartender

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Dionysius Akeem

Cliff

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Nick Arapoglou

Todd (uncredited)

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Paul Castro Jr.

Freegan (uncredited)

Acting

Alexandre Chen

Chinese Worker (uncredited)

Acting

Kristin Cochell

Nika (uncredited)

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Chuck Filipov

Schlupsk Man (uncredited)

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David Mattey

Ivan (uncredited)

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Jeff Daniel Phillips

Actor (uncredited)

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Adam Ratcliffe

ICE Agent (uncredited)

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Estes Tarver

ICE Agent (uncredited)

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Lou Consolo

Man Walking in Park (uncredited)

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