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Kendrick, who garnered an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress for "Up in the Air" and also starred in "Pitch Perfect" and "50/50," plays Johnson's girlfriend. Livingston, of "Office Space" fame is involved with Wilde. But another star of the movie is beer, with bottles and glasses and plastic cups of it being swigged from copiously throughout. The movie features few characters -- though Swanberg himself makes a cameo
-- and the dialogue they share often feels spontaneous. That left a packed-house crowd at the Texas capital's stately Paramount Theatre laughing early and often on the festival's second night. "It's a different muscle," Livingston said of improvising. He added of Swanberg: "He'll go without a net. He's not afraid to change the story as we go." Johnson said he came of age improvising on stage and continues to do so at times on his television show. "Joe knew what he wanted so it wasn't free form," Johnson said. "It was very disciplined improv." Swanberg lives in Chicago and filmed on-location at breweries there. An avid home-brewer, he said he picked up more than a few choice tips during shooting. "Making a movie in a brewery," Swanberg said, "that's about the greatest thing I could imagine."
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