An American Pickle (2020)
Coming Out at August 6,2020 on HBO Max.
Comedy
The film is directed by Brandon Trost, is based on Simon Rich’s New Yorker novella and stars Seth Rogen as Herschel Greenbaum, a struggling laborer who immigrates to America in 1920 with dreams of building a better life for his beloved family.
One day, while working at his factory job, he falls into a vat of pickles and is brined for 100 years. The brine preserves him perfectly and when he emerges in present-day Brooklyn, he finds that he hasn’t aged a day. But when he seeks out his family, he is troubled to learn that his only surviving relative is his great-grandson, Ben Greenbaum (also played by Rogen), a mild-mannered computer coder whom Herschel can’t even begin to understand.
Director: Brandon Trost
Writer: Simon Rich
Stars: Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook, Sean Whalen, Jorma Taccone, Joanna Adler, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Jeff Daniel Phillips
►Cast:
| Seth Rogen | … | Herschel Greenbaum / Ben Greenbaum |
| Sarah Snook | … | Sarah Greenbaum |
| Sean Whalen | … | Scientist |
| Jorma Taccone | … | Liam |
| Joanna Adler | … | Professor Kim |
| Marsha Stephanie Blake | … | Inspector Sanders |
| Jeff Daniel Phillips | … | Actor |
| David Mattey | … | Ivan |
| Geoffrey Cantor | … | David |
| Charles Rogers | … | Ellis Island Officer |
| Kevin O’Rourke | … | Dane Brunt |
| Carol Leifer | … | Susan Greenbaum |
| Eliot Glazer | … | Christian |
| Emily Austin | … | Yoga Girl |
| Alyse Zwick | … | News Anchor |
| Jon Donahue | … | Rich David |
| Adam Ratcliffe | … | Ice Agent |
| Alexandre Chen | … | Chinese Worker |
| Chuck Filipov | … | Schlupsk Man |
| Estes Tarver | … | ICE Agent |
| Daisy Jade | … | ESL Certification Student |
| Kalen Allen | … | Kevin |
| Molly Evensen | … | Clara |
| Jessica Kayrouz | … | Street Walker |
| Efka Kvaraciejus | … | Fish Monger |
| Tiffany Sander McKenzie | … | Pedestrian |
| Johnna Leary | … | Brooklyn Hipster |
| Paul Castro Jr. | … | Freegan |
| Jos Laniado | ||
| Erin Scerbak | … | Mitra |
| Kristin Cochell | … | Nika |
| Nick Arapoglou | … | Todd |
| Ian Poake | … | Devon |
| Gregory Bromfield | … | Pedestrian / Debate Attendee |
| Paul Monte Jr. | … | Second Reporter |
| Meredith Behm | … | Extra |
| Mike Ancas | … | Cab Driver |
| Stephen C. Poland | … | Cossack |
| Amy Lyn Elliott | … | Debate Mic Lady |
| David Lee Denny Jr. | … | Bureaucrat |
| Al Nazemian | … | Cab Driver |
| Jess Stark | … | Female Cashier |
| Tony Amen | … | Airline passenger |
| John Walpole | … | Seltzer Guy |
| Joseph Cannon | … | Pedestrian |
| Patricia McBride | … | ESL Instructor |
| Julie Mun | … | Third Reporter |
| Rishik Patel | … | Lyft Driver #1 |
| Jessica Proia | … | Shlupsk Bar Patron |
| J Michael Grey | … | 2nd Border Patrol Agent |
| Norm Golden | … | Wedding Rabbi |
| Jacob Wright | … | Man on scooter |
| Taron Germany | … | Member |
| Trenton Hudson | … | College Student |
| Michael J Sheffield | … | Trendy Resident |
| Charles Hinshaw | … | Follower #1 |
| F. Robert McMurray | … | Ellis Island Immigrant |
| Tony Ho | … | Feng |
| Michael Lineman | … | College Graduate |
| Brian Nahas | … | Peasant |
| Brian Babik | … | Brooklyn Hipster |
| Jordan Rhone | … | Billy |
| Amy Marsalis | … | First Reporter |
| John Varescak | … | Self |
| Dalon Huntington | … | Border Patrol Agent |
| Scott Matheny | … | Cab Driver |
| Ray Sobieralski | … | Paramedic |
| Dionysius Akeem | … | Cliff |
| Lydia Zagorski | … | Intern |
| Lavender | … | Pedestrian / Driver (as Teah Lavender) |
| Dillon Stark | … | Background Actor |
| Pete Landis | … | Herschel Supporter |
| Johnpaul Calandra | … | Conservative |
| C.J. Lee | … | Pickle Stand Customer (as Charles Jamal Lee) |
| Brent Feitl | … | Protestor |
| Leib Cohen | … | Shul Member |
| Nayib Felix | ||
| Tiana Ware | … | Print reporter |
| Brandon Oakes | … | Villager |
| Nadia Raphael-Abdelaal | … | Priya |
| Vince Ruggieri | … | Slupsky Villager |
| Madelyn Lemmon | … | Ellis Island Child |
| Michael Waldo | … | Cossack |
| Penina Kamau | … | Brooklyn Hipster |
| James Hails | … | Villager |
| Parker Cook | … | Protester / Pedestrian |
| Raymond Wormack | … | Pedestrian |
| Logan Carlisle | … | Young Ben |
| Zack Drahusz | … | Pedestrian |
| Paul Salow | … | Pedestrian |
| Mike Soxy | … | Shoe Tie Guy (as Mike Soxy) |
| Raymond Wormack | … | Pedestrian |
| Devante Jones | … | Pickle Stand Customer |
| Andy S. Allen | … | Follower #2 |
| David Barckhoff | … | Pickle Factory Worker |
| Lailanie Bautista | … | Pedestrian |
| Matt Croyle | … | Factory Worker |
| Aaron D. Frankel | … | Pickle Customer |
| Taryn L. Hart | … | Villager |
| Liz Higgins | … | Pedestrian |