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Bookish and newly single Jesse Fisher (Josh Radnor) is a university admissions counselor in his mid-thirties living in New York City who returns to his Ohio alma mater for a retirement dinner honoring Peter Hoburg (Richard Jenkins), his favorite English professor.
A chance meeting on campus with 19-year-old Zibby (Elizabeth Olsen) - a precocious undergrad who loves classical music, improv and Twilight - awakens in Jesse long-dormant feelings of possibility and connection. The pair strikes up a long-distance epistolary romance, prompting Jesse to return to campus for another visit.
Although Zibby appears beyond her years, the age-difference between the budding paramours weights heavily on Jesse, who is torn between moving forward in life, and holding on to the indelible memories of his own university years.
Featuring a rich assortment of peripheral characters, including a mystically upbeat party animal (Zac Efron), a brooding young depressive (John Magaro), and a feisty Romantics professor (Allison Janney), LIBERAL ARTS explores the emotional tug-of-war between youth and adulthood, as played out on a leafy Midwest campus that is both Eden-like and tumultuous - and entirely unforgettable.
Original Release
09/14/2012
US Release
09/14/2012
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Josh Radnor | Jesse Fisher |
Elizabeth Olsen | Zibby |
Richard Jenkins | Professor Peter Hoberg |
Allison Janney | Professor Judith Fairfield |
Elizabeth Reaser | Ana |
John Magaro | Dean |
Kate Burton | Susan |
Robert Desiderio | David |
Zac Efron | Nat |
Kristen Bush | Leslie |
Directors
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Josh Radnor | Jesse Fisher |
Elizabeth Olsen | Zibby |
Richard Jenkins | Professor Peter Hoberg |
Allison Janney | Professor Judith Fairfield |
Elizabeth Reaser | Ana |
John Magaro | Dean |
Kate Burton | Susan |
Robert Desiderio | David |
Zac Efron | Nat |
Kristen Bush | Leslie |
Ali Ahn | Vanessa |
Ned Daunis | Eric |
Gregg Edelman | Robert |
Chelsea Chrostowski | Smiling Passerby Woman |
Richard Doone | Man in Bookstore Line |
Caroline Lindy | Hostess |
Travis Alan McAfee | Laundromat Thief |
Andrea R. Perry | Background College Student |
Benjamin Viccellio | Christian |
Michael Weston | Miles |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Peter Graham | Executive Producer |
Stephen Hays | Executive Producer |
Paul Prokop | Executive Producer |
Josh Radnor | Producer |
Jonathan Burkhart | Producer |
Brice Dal Farra | Producer |
Claude Dal Farra | Producer |
Jesse Hara | Producer |
Lauren Munsch | Producer |
Bryan Thomas | Producer |