White Noise

White Noise Movie Details:

White Noise Movie Cast and Characters:

• Adam Driver as Prof. Jack Gladney
• Greta Gerwig as Babette Gladney
• Don Cheadle as Prof. Murray Siskind
• Raffey Cassidy as Denise Gladney
• Sam Nivola as Heinrich Gladney
• May Nivola as Steffie Gladney
• Jodie Turner-Smith as Winnie Richards
• André Benjamin as Elliot Lasher
• Sam Gold as Alfonse
• Carlos Jacott as Grappa
• Lars Eidinger as Mr. Gray
• Bill Camp as Man with TV
• Barbara Sukowa as Sister Hermann Marie
• Francis Jue as Dr. Lu
• Henry and Dean Moore as Wilder Gladney
• Gideon Glick and Chloe Fineman as Simuvac Technicians
• Kenneth Lonergan as Dr. Hookstratten

Storyline:

At once hilarious and horrifying, lyrical and absurd, ordinary and apocalyptic, White Noise dramatizes a contemporary American family’s attempts to deal with the mundane conflicts of everyday life while grappling with the universal mysteries of love, death, and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world.

About White Noise Movie:

• The film is based on a 1985 novel of the same name by Don DeLillo.
• This is Noah Baumbach’s first time writing and directing a book-to-screen adaptation, and only his second adaptation after co-writing the screenplay for Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009).
• Both Barry Sonnenfeld and Michael Almereyda were attached to direct before Noah Baumbach.
• Principal photography began in June 2021, under the working title Wheat Germ.
• Filming took place in Ohio, including the University of Akron for approximately six weeks, Ashtabula Pine Lake Raceway and Trail Riding, Cleveland Heights, The College of Wooster, Wellington, Oberlin, Dorset, Hiram College, Andrews Osborne Academy in Willoughby, Kent State University, in Lowell Klienfelter Stadium on the campus of Canton Central Catholic High School in Stark County Ohio and in Perry Township, near Salem. The train crash scene was filmed in East Palestine, which would later suffer a similar disaster in 2023.
• Filming took place in downtown Cleveland on November 4, 2021, with scenes shot on the Hope Memorial Bridge.
• White Noise had its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2022, and was released in select theaters on November 25, 2022, before its streaming release on December 30, by Netflix.
• The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with Baumbach’s direction, cinematography, cast performances (particularly Driver’s), and Danny Elfman’s score receiving praise, although the film’s screenplay, varying tones, and length divided many.