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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/Happiness1998Poster.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="259" data-file-height="384" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster by <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Clowes" title="Daniel Clowes">Daniel Clowes</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Todd_Solondz" title="Todd Solondz">Todd Solondz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data">Todd Solondz</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ted_Hope" title="Ted Hope">Ted Hope</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Christine_Vachon" title="Christine Vachon">Christine Vachon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Adams_(actress,_born_1965)" title="Jane Adams (actress, born 1965)">Jane Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Ashley" title="Elizabeth Ashley">Elizabeth Ashley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dylan_Baker" title="Dylan Baker">Dylan Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lara_Flynn_Boyle" title="Lara Flynn Boyle">Lara Flynn Boyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Gazzara" title="Ben Gazzara">Ben Gazzara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Harris" title="Jared Harris">Jared Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Seymour_Hoffman" title="Philip Seymour Hoffman">Philip Seymour Hoffman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Lasser" title="Louise Lasser">Louise Lasser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lovitz" title="Jon Lovitz">Jon Lovitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camryn_Manheim" title="Camryn Manheim">Camryn Manheim</a></li> <li>Rufus Read</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Stevenson" title="Cynthia Stevenson">Cynthia Stevenson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maryse_Alberti" title="Maryse Alberti">Maryse Alberti</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data">Alan Oxman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Kondor" title="Robbie Kondor">Robbie Kondor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><a href="/wiki/Killer_Films" title="Killer Films">Killer Films</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Good_Machine" title="Good Machine">Good Machine Releasing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>October 16, 1998<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1998-10-16</span>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">139 minutes<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Languages</th><td class="infobox-data">English<br />Russian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$2.2 million <sup id="cite_ref-miramax_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miramax-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$5.7 million<sup id="cite_ref-num_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-num-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Happiness</b></i> is a 1998 American <a href="/wiki/Black_comedy_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Black comedy film">black comedy film</a> written and directed by <a href="/wiki/Todd_Solondz" title="Todd Solondz">Todd Solondz</a>, that portrays the lives of three sisters, their families, and those around them. The film was awarded the <a href="/wiki/FIPRESCI" class="mw-redirect" title="FIPRESCI">FIPRESCI Prize</a> at the 1998 <a href="/wiki/Cannes_Film_Festival" title="Cannes Film Festival">Cannes Film Festival</a> for "its bold tracking of controversial contemporary themes, richly-layered subtext, and remarkable fluidity of visual style," and the cast received the <a href="/wiki/National_Board_of_Review_of_Motion_Pictures" class="mw-redirect" title="National Board of Review of Motion Pictures">National Board of Review</a> award for best <a href="/wiki/Ensemble_cast" title="Ensemble cast">ensemble performance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The film spawned the <a href="/wiki/Spiritual_successor" title="Spiritual successor">pseudosequel</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Life_During_Wartime_(film)" title="Life During Wartime (film)">Life During Wartime</a></i>, which <a href="/wiki/Film_premiere" class="mw-redirect" title="Film premiere">premiered</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2009_Venice_Film_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Venice Film Festival">2009 Venice Film Festival</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Happiness_(1998_film)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Trish Maplewood, the eldest Jordan sister, is a <a href="/wiki/Housewife" title="Housewife">housewife</a> who lives an <a href="/wiki/Upper_middle_class" title="Upper middle class">upper middle class</a> life. She is married to <a href="/wiki/Psychiatry" title="Psychiatry">psychiatrist</a> Bill Maplewood and has three children. Trish is unaware of Bill's secret life: he is a <a href="/wiki/Homosexual" class="mw-redirect" title="Homosexual">homosexual</a> <a href="/wiki/Pedophile" class="mw-redirect" title="Pedophile">pedophile</a> who is obsessed with 11-year-old Johnny Grasso, a classmate of their son, Billy. When Johnny comes to the Jordan house for a sleepover, Bill drugs and <a href="/wiki/Rape" title="Rape">rapes</a> him. Later, Bill learns that another boy, Ronald Farber, is home alone while his parents are away in <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>. Under the guise of attending a <a href="/wiki/Parent-Teacher_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent-Teacher Association">PTA</a> meeting, Bill drives to the boy's house and rapes him as well. After Johnny is taken to the hospital and found to have been <a href="/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse" title="Child sexual abuse">sexually abused</a>, the police arrive at the Maplewood residence to question Bill and his wife. Bill mistakenly asks the officers if this is about Ronald Farber, even though the police only mentioned Johnny's name when they arrived, inadvertently implicating himself in an as-yet unknown crime. The next morning the family awakens to the words "serial rapist" and "pervert" spray painted on their house. After school, Billy questions his dad about the things being said at school, and Bill admits that he raped the boys, that he enjoyed it, and that he would do it again. When Billy asks if he would ever rape him, his father tearfully replies, "No... I'd jerk off, instead." Trish packs her family into the car the next morning, leaving for her parents' condo in Florida. </p><p>Helen Jordan, the middle sister, is a successful author who is adored and envied by everyone she knows. However, her charmed life leaves her ultimately unfulfilled, she despairs that no one wants her for herself, and that the praise regularly heaped upon her is undeserved. She is fascinated by an unknown man who makes obscene phone calls to her apartment and tries to seek out a relationship with him. She is disappointed, though, when she finds out the man is her neighbor Allen, to whom she is not attracted. Allen, who is coincidentally one of Bill's patients, sinks into depression as Helen's rejection ruins his fantasies, but he begins a relationship with Kristina, who lives in the same apartment block down the hall. While on a date, Kristina tells him that she killed the apartment doorman after he raped her. Although Kristina repeatedly insists she did not keep the remains of the doorman's genitals, Helen reveals that they were discovered by police less than six months later in Kristina's freezer. </p><p>Joy, the youngest sister, is overly sensitive and lacking direction. She works in telephone sales, but leaves to do something more fulfilling - teaching at an immigrant-education center. Her students do not like her, and she begins to feel empty in that job as well. Joy is also constantly let down in her personal life. After a rejected suitor, Andy, calls Joy shallow at the beginning of the film and then goes on to kill himself, Helen tries to set her up with other men. Expecting to hear from a suitor, she instead gets an obscene call from Allen. Later, one of her <a href="/wiki/Russian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian people">Russian</a> students, Vlad, offers her a ride in his taxi, and they end up having sex. She is initially smitten, but she soon realizes Vlad was using her and that he may be married. After being attacked by someone she thinks is his wife at the school, she goes to his apartment to make amends. There she discovers the woman is not his wife after all, even though they live together. In Vlad's apartment, Joy sees her missing guitar and CD player. Vlad coerces her into lending him $1000 in exchange for her stolen belongings. </p><p>Finally, the sisters' parents, Mona and Lenny, are separating after 40 years of marriage, but will not get divorced. Lenny is bored with his marriage, but does not want to start another relationship; he simply "wants to be alone." As Mona copes with being single during her twilight years, Lenny tries to rekindle his enthusiasm for life by having an affair with a neighbor. It is no use, however, as Lenny eventually finds that he has become <a href="/wiki/Anhedonia" title="Anhedonia">incapable of feeling</a>. And finally, Trish and Bill's son, Billy, achieves an <a href="/wiki/Orgasm" title="Orgasm">orgasm</a> for the first time. He proudly declares this to his family, who respond with confusion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Happiness_(1998_film)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;min-width: min(25em, 100%);"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Adams_(actress,_born_1965)" title="Jane Adams (actress, born 1965)">Jane Adams</a> as Joy Jordan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Ashley" title="Elizabeth Ashley">Elizabeth Ashley</a> as Diane Freed</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dylan_Baker" title="Dylan Baker">Dylan Baker</a> as Bill Maplewood</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lara_Flynn_Boyle" title="Lara Flynn Boyle">Lara Flynn Boyle</a> as Helen Jordan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Gazzara" title="Ben Gazzara">Ben Gazzara</a> as Lenny Jordan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Harris" title="Jared Harris">Jared Harris</a> as Vlad</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Seymour_Hoffman" title="Philip Seymour Hoffman">Philip Seymour Hoffman</a> as Allen</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Lasser" title="Louise Lasser">Louise Lasser</a> as Mona Jordan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lovitz" title="Jon Lovitz">Jon Lovitz</a> as Andrew "Andy" Kornbluth</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camryn_Manheim" title="Camryn Manheim">Camryn Manheim</a> as Kristina</li> <li>Rufus Read as Billy Maplewood</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Stevenson" title="Cynthia Stevenson">Cynthia Stevenson</a> as Trish Jordan Maplewood</li> <li>Justin Elven as Timmy Maplewood</li> <li>Lila Glantzman-Leib as Chloe Maplewood</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerry_Becker" title="Gerry Becker">Gerry Becker</a> as psychiatrist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_J._Nascarella" title="Arthur J. Nascarella">Arthur J. Nascarella</a> as Detective Berman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molly_Shannon" title="Molly Shannon">Molly Shannon</a> as Nancy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marla_Maples" title="Marla Maples">Marla Maples</a> as Ann Chambeau (real estate agent)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Harada" title="Ann Harada">Ann Harada</a> as Kay</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_McGrath" title="Douglas McGrath">Douglas McGrath</a> as Tom</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Bobby" title="Anne Bobby">Anne Bobby</a> as Rhonda</li> <li>Evan Silverberg as Johnny Grasso</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Happiness_(1998_film)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Controversy">Controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Happiness_(1998_film)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The film was highly controversial for its heavy subject matter, particularly its portrayal of pedophilia. The <a href="/wiki/Sundance_Film_Festival" title="Sundance Film Festival">Sundance Film Festival</a> refused to screen the film, alleging it to be too disagreeable.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/October_Films" title="October Films">October Films</a> was the initial distributor for the film, and helped finance it.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, October Films' corporate parent <a href="/wiki/Seagram" title="Seagram">Seagram</a> specifically objected to the pedophilia plot line and dropped the film from distribution; <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Hirschberg" title="Lynn Hirschberg">Lynn Hirschberg</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Magazine" title="The New York Times Magazine">The New York Times Magazine</a></i> reported that <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Meyer" title="Ronald Meyer">Ronald Meyer</a>, then the CEO of <a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a>, personally blocked October Films from releasing the film, with Solondz later stating that Meyer considered the film "morally objectionable".<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EW_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EW-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Good_Machine" title="Good Machine">Good Machine</a> ended up releasing and distributing the movie on their own.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ironically, Universal ended up owning the rights again, after they bought Good Machine in 2003. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rating">Rating</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Happiness_(1998_film)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Rating"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Due to its adult themes, <i>Happiness</i> received an <a href="/wiki/List_of_NC-17_rated_films" title="List of NC-17 rated films">NC-17 rating</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Motion Picture Association of America">MPAA</a>, which caused the film to be <a href="/wiki/Limited_release" class="mw-redirect" title="Limited release">limited in distribution</a>; the film also had difficulty in advertising. For that reason, <i>Happiness</i> surrendered its NC-17 rating and was instead released unrated.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Happiness_(1998_film)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Happiness_(1998_film)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Critical reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a> gave the film four out of four stars, and rated it number five in his top 10 films of 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his review, he wrote: "...the depraved are only seeking what we all seek, but with a lack of ordinary moral vision... In a film that looks into the abyss of human despair, there is the horrifying suggestion that these characters may not be grotesque exceptions, but may in fact be part of the mainstream of humanity.... It is not a film for most people. It is certainly for adults only. But it shows Todd Solondz as a filmmaker who deserves attention, who hears the unhappiness in the air and seeks its sources."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a letter written to playwright <a href="/wiki/Robert_Patrick_(playwright)" title="Robert Patrick (playwright)">Robert Patrick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quentin_Crisp" title="Quentin Crisp">Quentin Crisp</a> stated, "[<i>Happiness</i>] mistook pleasure for happiness and was quite absurd".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his review in <i><a href="/wiki/Time_Out_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Time Out New York">Time Out New York</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Johnston_(critic)" title="Andrew Johnston (critic)">Andrew Johnston</a> observed, "As repulsive as some of the characters are, Solondz makes most of them deeply sympathetic. And every scene works on several levels at once: The film's most hilarious moments all have poignant undercurrents, while the saddest--and most disturbing--are frequently sidesplitting at the same time."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On <a href="/wiki/Review_aggregator" title="Review aggregator">review aggregator</a> website <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, the film holds an 85% approval rating based on 52 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The site's critical consensus states, "<i>Happiness</i> is far from a cheerful viewing experience, but its grimly humorous script and fearless performances produce a perversely moving search for humanity within everyday depravity."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a>, the film holds a rating of 81 out of 100 based on 30 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Happiness_(1998_film)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1998 <a href="/wiki/Cannes_Film_Festival" title="Cannes Film Festival">Cannes Film Festival</a> – FIPRESCI Prize, Parallel Sections<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1999 <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Awards" title="Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globes</a> – Nominated for Best Screenplay (Todd Solondz)<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1998 <a href="/wiki/National_Board_of_Review" title="National Board of Review">National Board of Review</a>, USA – Best Acting by an Ensemble<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1999 <a href="/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Awards" title="Independent Spirit Awards">Independent Spirit Awards</a> – Nominated for Best Director (Todd Solondz), Best Male Lead (Dylan Baker), Best Supporting Male (Philip Seymour Hoffman)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1998 <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_International_Film_Festival" title="São Paulo International Film Festival">São Paulo International Film Festival</a> – International Jury Award</li> <li>1998 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival – Critic's Choice Award: Best Actor – Dylan Baker; Best Film<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1998 <a href="/wiki/Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="Toronto International Film Festival">Toronto International Film Festival</a> – Metro Media Award<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1999 <a href="/wiki/British_Independent_Film_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="British Independent Film Award">British Independent Film Award</a> – Best Foreign Film, English Language<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1999 <a href="/wiki/Fantasporto" title="Fantasporto">Fantasporto</a> – Directors' Week Award – Todd Solondz</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_media">Home media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Happiness_(1998_film)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Happiness</i> was released on VHS and DVD after its theatrical release. As of 2019, it was unavailable on any streaming service or for digital purchase.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film was released on <a href="/wiki/Blu-ray" title="Blu-ray">Blu-ray</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ultra_HD_Blu-ray" title="Ultra HD Blu-ray">Ultra HD Blu-ray</a> by <a href="/wiki/The_Criterion_Collection" title="The Criterion Collection">The Criterion Collection</a> on September 24, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music">Music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Happiness_(1998_film)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Kondor" title="Robbie Kondor">Robbie Kondor</a> wrote the film's score.<sup id="cite_ref-BFI_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFI-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Eytan_Mirsky" title="Eytan Mirsky">Eytan Mirsky</a> wrote the title track "Happiness".<sup id="cite_ref-BFI_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFI-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Actress <a href="/wiki/Jane_Adams_(actress,_born_1965)" title="Jane Adams (actress, born 1965)">Jane Adams</a> sings it in a scene in the film; <a href="/wiki/Michael_Stipe" title="Michael Stipe">Michael Stipe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rain_Phoenix" title="Rain Phoenix">Rain Phoenix</a> sing it over the credits.<sup id="cite_ref-BFI_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFI-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The following music is played in the film:<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>"<i>Soave sia il vento</i>" from <i><a href="/wiki/Cos%C3%AC_fan_tutte" title="Così fan tutte">Così fan tutte</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart" title="Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</a>)</li> <li>"Concerto for Guitar in D Major" (<a href="/wiki/Antonio_Vivaldi" title="Antonio Vivaldi">Antonio Vivaldi</a>)</li> <li>"Happiness" (Eytan Mirsky) – <a href="/wiki/Jane_Adams_(actress,_born_1965)" title="Jane Adams (actress, born 1965)">Jane Adams</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Requiem_(Mozart)" title="Requiem (Mozart)">Requiem</a>" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)</li> <li><i>Piano Concerto</i> (<a href="/wiki/Samuel_Barber" title="Samuel Barber">Samuel Barber</a>), movements I and II</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mandy_(Barry_Manilow_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mandy (Barry Manilow song)">Mandy</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Richard_Kerr_(songwriter)" title="Richard Kerr (songwriter)">Richard Kerr</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scott_English" title="Scott English">Scott English</a>) – <a href="/wiki/Barry_Manilow" title="Barry Manilow">Barry Manilow</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Light_Up_My_Life_(song)" title="You Light Up My Life (song)">You Light Up My Life</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Joseph_Brooks_(songwriter)" title="Joseph Brooks (songwriter)">Joe Brooks</a>) – <a href="/wiki/Mantovani" title="Mantovani">Mantovani</a> and Anatoly Aleshin</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_Out_of_Love" title="All Out of Love">All Out of Love</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Graham_Russell" title="Graham Russell">Graham Russell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clive_Davis" title="Clive Davis">Clive Davis</a>) – <a href="/wiki/Air_Supply" title="Air Supply">Air Supply</a></li> <li>"Eternal Lighthouse", composed and performed by Vladimir Mozenkov, Lyrics by Yevgeny Davidov</li> <li>"Happiness" (Eytan Mirsky) – <a 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