{"id":31315,"date":"2025-09-04T23:21:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T03:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31315"},"modified":"2025-09-05T13:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T17:19:10","slug":"the-baltimorons-jay-duplass-michael-strassner-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=31315","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Baltimorons\u2019 Director Jay Duplass and Actors (and Co-Writer) Michael Strassner and Liz Larsen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Comedy definitely seems to be making a comeback this year, or at least it\u2019s trying to. Going by the recent <\/span><b><i>The Naked Gun<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/interviews\/splitsville-michael-angelo-covino-kyle-marvin-video-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Covino and Marvin\u2019s <\/span><b><i>Splitsville<\/i><\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, people are going back to movie theaters, because they want to laugh.<\/span><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jay Duplass was at the forefront of indie comedy going back to his 2005 film, <\/span><b><i>The Puffy Chair<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, made with his brother and long-time collaborator Mark Duplass. With his new comedy, <\/span><b><i>The Baltimorons<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> he has a new collaborator in sketch and improv comic MIchael Strassner. In the Christmas Eve comedy, Strassner plays\u00a0 Cliff, a recently sober and soon-to-be-married former comic, who loses a tooth in an accident and has to turn to a friendly dentist named Didi, played by Liz Larsen, who just happens to be working on Christmas Eve. After Cliff\u2019s car gets towed, this encounter turns into an unlikely camaraderie as Cliff and Didi end up spending the rest of the night together roaming around Baltimore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anyone who has seen Duplass\u2019 earlier films should know to expect <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Baltimorons<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to combine a similar degree of warmth and hilarity, as Strassner and Larsen\u2019s night goes from one funny situation to the next. It&#8217;s a true crowdpleaser of a film.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cinema Daily US<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> had a chance to speak with Duplass, Strassner, and Larsen for the fun and rousing interview you can watch in the video player above.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHJXaNHan3UWwwUKozSB2BQ\"><b>Subscribe to CinemaDaily US\u2019 YouTube channel for more video content.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BaltimoronsPoster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31317\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BaltimoronsPoster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BaltimoronsPoster.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BaltimoronsPoster-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BaltimoronsPoster-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BaltimoronsPoster-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BaltimoronsPoster-696x1031.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Director:\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jay Duplass<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Screenwriter:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Jay Duplass, Michael Strassner<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cast: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Michael Strassner, Liz Larsen, Olivia Luccardi, Chris Strassner, Zoe Strassner<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Producer: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">David Bonnett, Drew Langer, Michael Strassner<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Production Co: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Duplass Brothers Productions<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Distributor:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Independent Film Company, Sapan Studios<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rating:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> R (Language)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Genre:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Comedy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Language:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> English<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Release Date (Theaters):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> September 5, 2025 (New York)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Runtime:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 1 hour, 39 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>If you like this video interview, please share your comments below.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-douglasgmail-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Check out more of Edward Douglas\u2019 articles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can watch the trailer below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"F6t-h68UuhI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Baltimorons - Official Trailer | HD | IFC Films\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F6t-h68UuhI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedy definitely seems to be making a comeback this year, or at least it\u2019s trying to. Going by the recent The Naked Gun and Covino and Marvin\u2019s Splitsville, people are going back to movie theaters, because they want to laugh.\u00a0 Jay Duplass was at the forefront of indie comedy going back to his 2005 film,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":31316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,20471],"tags":[28240,28297,7657,28242,28241,28298],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Baltimorons&#039; Jay Duplass, Michael Strassner, and Liz Larsen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cinema Daily US speaks to The Baltimorons&#039; director Jay Duplass, co-writer and actor Michael Strassner, and Liz Larsen about the indie comedy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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