''Intellectual Property'' is a 2006 thriller and period piece starring

Christopher Masterson Christopher Kennedy Masterson (born January 22, 1980) is an American actor and disc jockey known best for his role as Francis on the Fox sitcom ''Malcolm in the Middle''. He is the younger brother of actor Danny Masterson, and the older half-b ...

and

Lyndsy Fonseca Lyndsy Marie Fonseca (born January 7, 1987) is an American actress. She began her career by appearing as Colleen Carlton on the CBS daytime soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'', on which she starred between 2001 and 2005. Thereafter, she h ...

. It was written, produced, and

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Nicholas Peterson Nicholas Peterson is a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) where he developed skills in stop-motion animation. In 1998 Peterson crewed on the first ever stop-motion IMAX filMore later nominated for an Academy Award for Bes ...

. The main character, played by Christopher Masterson, is an

inventor An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition, idea, or process. An invention may be an improvement upon a machine, product, or process for increasing efficiency or lowering cost. It may also be an entirely new concept. If an ...

whose initial optimism has turned into cynicism as he struggles to protect his inventions from being lost in the

Cold War The Cold War was a period of global Geopolitics, geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 unt ...

Cast

as Paul

as Jenny

Clayton Landey Clayton Landey (born March 24, 1951) is an American actor who has appeared in films and television shows. He played James Westmont in the TV series ''Knots Landing ''Knots Landing'' is an American primetime television soap opera that aired on ...

as Vladimir

Bryan Lee Cranston Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor. After taking minor roles in television, he established himself as a leading actor in both comedic and dramatic works on stage and screen. He has received several accolades, includ ...

as the radio host Tom Everett and Lorna Scott as Jenny’s parents

Awards

The film won multiple awards: *Best Actor, Christopher Masterson, Oxford International Film Festival *Best Cinematography,

Australian International Film Festival The Australian International, or AI, was a Melbourne festival held in 2006. An earlier festival with this name was renamed to Canberra International. Awards * Golden Spotlight Award, the ''Best Feature Film'' and ''Best Short Film'' * Silver ...

*Best Director, Oxford International Film Festival *Best Film,

Oxford International Film Festival The Oxford International Film Festival or OIFF (not to be confused with the Oxford International Film Festival, OXIFF, based in Oxford, England) was established in Oxford, Ohio, US in 2007 by founder and event director J.C. Schroder. Festival his ...

*Grand Jury Prize, Best Film,

DC Independent Film Festival The DC Independent Film Festival (DCIFF) is a film festival in Washington, D.C. Launched in 1999, DCIFF exhibits features, animation, shorts and documentaries from around the world, focusing on cutting-edge ideas, new visions and advances in the c ...

References

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* * American independent films 2006 thriller films 2006 films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films American thriller films English-language thriller films {{2000s-thriller-film-stub