# Woody Adjacent – Jeff Daniels, Jesse Eisenberg, Laura Linney & Noah Baumbach – The Squid and the Whale (2005) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-woody-allen-retrospective-podcast-427294/woody-adjacent-jeff-daniels-jesse-eisenberg-laura-linney-noah-baumbach-the-squid-and-the-whale-2005 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-woody-allen-retrospective-podcast-427294/woody-adjacent-jeff-daniels-jesse-eisenberg-laura-linney-noah-baumbach-the-squid-and-the-whale-2005.md Podcast: [The Woody Allen Retrospective Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-woody-allen-retrospective-podcast-427294) Published: 2025-06-27T02:06:59+00:00 Episode link: https://woodyallenretro.podbean.com/e/woody-adjacent-%e2%80%93-jeff-daniels-laura-linney-noah-baumbach-%e2%80%93-the-squid-and-the-whale-2005/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/phbnwwnyc6fne8aw/SAW-POD.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-woody-allen-retrospective-podcast-427294/episodes/woody-adjacent-jeff-daniels-jesse-eisenberg-laura-linney-noah-baumbach-the-squid-and-the-whale-2005 Duration seconds: 4129 ## Resource Welcome back everybody to another instillment of Woody Adjacent! this time we are switching things up a little and taking a Reddit Recommendation - particularly from the Woody Allen Subreddit, an awesome community if we do say so ourselves :) As such, we’re diving into 2005’s The Squid and the Whale – a semi-autobiographical indie from writer-director Noah Baumbach - this movie explores the painful unraveling of a marriage and the lasting emotional effects on the two teenage sons caught up in the fallout. With some really great performances across the board, this episode clearly contains two previous Woody Alumni in a film that blends dark humour with brutal honesty that definitely echoes some Woody Allen DNA - Let’s get into it! _____________________________________________ Director Interview Mentioned / Played in Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubckvIqxBW0 _______________________________________________ For full cast details, user reviews, and more background on the film, check out: 📌 Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Squid_and_the_Whale 📌 IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367089/ 📌 Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/squid_and_the_whale ___________________________________________ A VERY Special Thanks to The Woody Allen Pages Website & The Woody Allen Subreddit for their continued support and info - check them out for the latest from the Woody Allen Fan Community! https://www.woodyallenpages.com & https://www.reddit.com/r/woodyallen PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT on this or any other episode using our comment section video link here >>> https://bit.ly/warpcom If you like the show, please consider buying us a coffee / giving us a tip via our Patreon campaign >>> https://www.patreon.com/woodyretro Thanks for listen… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-woody-allen-retrospective-podcast-427294/episodes/woody-adjacent-jeff-daniels-jesse-eisenberg-laura-linney-noah-baumbach-the-squid-and-the-whale-2005/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-woody-allen-retrospective-podcast-427294/woody-adjacent-jeff-daniels-jesse-eisenberg-laura-linney-noah-baumbach-the-squid-and-the-whale-2005.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.