Directed by:
John AugustScreenplay:
John AugustCinematography:
Nancy SchreiberComposer:
Alex WurmanCast:
Ryan Reynolds, Hope Davis, Melissa McCarthy, Elle Fanning, David Denman, Octavia Spencer, Dahlia Salem, Lorene Scafaria, Jim Rash, Ben Falcone (more)Plots(1)
The Nines consists of three short films, each featuring the same actors in different ó and sometimes overlapping ó roles. Together, three stories form a single narrative that explores the relationships between author and character, actor and role, creator and creation. Alternately funny and unsettling, The Nines is like a riddle where the answer is the question: "How does it all add up?" "The Prisoner" tells the story of a troubled television star (Reynolds) who finds himself under house arrest, with his chipper publicist (McCarthy) and his disillusioned next-door neighbor (Davis) providing his only links to the outside world. Mysterious events lead him to question whether one or more of the women are deceiving him about the nature of his incarceration. "Reality Television" is a half-hour episode of "Behind the Screen," a Project Greenlight-style documentary series tracking the process of creating a network television drama. "Knowing" finds an acclaimed videogame designer (Reynolds) and his wife (McCarthy) facing car trouble deep in the woods. Their daughter (Elle Fanning) uncovers information which leads to a difficult and irrevocable choice. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Ryan Reynolds](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/104/164104917_2cef92.jpg)
Ryan Reynolds
Canada
Best movies:
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Deadpool (2016)
Deadpool 2 (2018)
![Hope Davis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270340_3858f2.jpg)
Hope Davis
USA
Best movies:
Home Alone (1990)
Disconnect (2012)
Mildred Pierce (2011) (series)
![Melissa McCarthy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/696/163696633_e349bc.jpg)
Melissa McCarthy
USA
Best movies:
The Life of David Gale (2003)
White Oleander (2002)
St. Vincent (2014)
![Elle Fanning](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/196/166196387_2f9f80.jpg)
Elle Fanning
USA
Best movies:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
The Lost Room (2006) (series)
Trumbo (2015)
![David Denman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276300_5f75d3.jpg)
David Denman
USA
Best movies:
Big Fish (2003)
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
A Vow to Cherish (1999) (TV movie)
![Octavia Spencer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/960/163960555_6d7356.jpg)
Octavia Spencer
USA
Best movies:
The Help (2011)
Zootopia (2016)
Coach Carter (2005)
![Dahlia Salem](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/549/158549804_814416.jpg)
Dahlia Salem
USA
Best movies:
The Nines (2007)
Love Finds a Home (2009) (TV movie)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
![Lorene Scafaria](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/444/164444265_dffb7b.png)
Lorene Scafaria
USA
Best movies:
Coherence (2013)
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
The Nines (2007)
![Jim Rash](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/473/473495_88618f.jpg)
Jim Rash
USA
Best movies:
Minority Report (2002)
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
The Way Way Back (2013)
![Ben Falcone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/014/419/14419899_24a9f8.jpg)
Ben Falcone
USA
Best movies:
Spy (2015)
Enough Said (2013)
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
![Rawson Marshall Thurber](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273304_a5cc7b.jpg)
Rawson Marshall Thurber
USA
Best movies:
We're the Millers (2013)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Easy A (2010)