The dramatic comedy THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU is directed by Shawn Levy, and based on the hilarious and poignant best-selling novel by Jonathan Tropper. It features a starring ensemble cast, including Golden Globe winner Jason Bateman,Tina Fey, and two-time Oscar winner Jane Fonda.
When their father passes away, four grown siblings, bruised and banged up by their respective adult lives, are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof together for a week, along with their over-sharing mother and an assortment of spouses, exes and might-have-beens.
Confronting their history and the frayed states of their relationships among the people who know and love them best, they ultimately reconnect in hysterical and emotionally affecting ways amid the chaos, humor, heartache and redemption that only families can provide—driving us insane even as they remind us of our truest, and often best, selves.
THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU opens in theaters September 19th.
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From Warner Bros. Pictures, this film has been rated R for language, sexual content and some drug use.
Watch the first trailer for THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU, starring Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Adam Driver, Rose Byrne and Oscar-winner Jane Fonda.
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The dramatic comedy THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU is directed by Shawn Levy, and based on the hilarious and poignant best-selling novel by Jonathan Tropper. It features a starring ensemble cast including Golden Globe winner Jason Bateman (“Arrested Development”); Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Tina Fey (“30 Rock”); and two-time Oscar winner, multiple Golden Globe honoree and 2013 Emmy Award nominee Jane Fonda (“Klute,” “Coming Home,” HBO’s “The Newsroom”).
When their father passes away, four grown siblings, bruised and banged up by their respective adult lives, are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof together for a week, along with their over-sharing mother and an assortment of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. Confronting their history and the frayed states of their relationships among the people who know and love them best, they ultimately reconnect in hysterical and emotionally affecting ways amid the chaos, humor, heartache and redemption that only families can provide—driving us insane even as they remind us of our truest, and often best, selves.
Levy, who helmed the blockbuster NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM films, as well as DATE NIGHT and REAL STEEL, directs from a screenplay by Jonathan Tropper.
The film also stars Adam Driver (HBO’s “Girls”), Rose Byrne (“Bridesmaids,” “X-Men: First Class”), Corey Stoll (“House of Cards,” “Midnight in Paris”), Kathryn Hahn (NBC’s “Parks and Recreation”).
THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU is produced by Paula Weinstein (“The Perfect Storm,” HBO’s “Recount”) Shawn Levy, and Jeffrey Levine (HBO’s “Too Big to Fail”). Mary McLaglen (“Real Steel,” “The Proposal”) and Jonathan Tropper serve as executive producers. The creative filmmaking team includes director of photography Terry Stacey (“Safe Haven,” “50/50”), production designer Ford Wheeler (“Rachel Getting Married”), editor Dean Zimmerman (“Real Steel”) and costume designer Susan Lyall (“RED”). The music is by Oscar-winning composer Michael Giacchino (“Up”).
Olivia Wilde and Sam Rockwell star in the brand new trailer for BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY.
A small town pharmacist’s uneventful life is turned inside out when a chance encounter with a lonely trophy wife turns into a walk on the wild side in the murderously funny dark comedy.
Doug Varney (Sam Rockwell) is the model of suburban respectability—until the night he delivers a prescription to the home of Elizabeth Roberts (Olivia Wilde). Gorgeous, seductive and multiply addicted, Elizabeth eagerly introduces Doug to extra-large martinis, uninhibited bedroom behavior and the illicit pleasures of the pharmacopoeia he has access to in his store.
Disregarded for years by everyone from his domineering wife Kara (Michelle Monaghan) and troubled son Ethan (Harrison Holzer), to the goldbricking employees at the drugstore he bought from his insufferable father-in-law (Ken Howard), Doug surprises himself by embarking on an exhilarating drug-and-alcohol fueled affair with the most glamorous woman he has ever met.
But his extracurricular activities quickly send his life spinning out of control when a routine DEA audit reveals serious discrepancies in his inventory. Convinced he’s about to lose everything, Doug hatches an ill-considered scheme with Elizabeth that will allow to them to have it all—at an almost unthinkable price. Also starring Norbert Leo Butz, Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda.
From Samuel Goldwyn Films,BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY hits theaters and VOD March 14.
Sir Howard Stringer, Chair of the American Film Institute’s Board of Trustees, announced today the Board’s decision to honor Jane Fonda with the 42nd AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest honor for a career in film. The award will be presented to Fonda at a gala tribute on June 5, 2014 in Los Angeles, CA.
The 42nd AFI Life Achievement Award tribute special will return for its second year on TNT when it airs in June 2014 followed by encores on sister network Turner Classic Movies (TCM).
“Jane Fonda is American film royalty,” said Stringer. “A bright light first introduced to the world as the daughter of Henry Fonda, the world watched as she found her own voice and forged her own path as an actor and a cultural icon. Today she stands tall among the giants of American film, and it is AFI’s honor to present Jane Fonda with its 42nd Life Achievement Award.”
The Academy Award-winning actor of KLUTE (1971) and COMING HOME (1978), Fonda has starred in more than 40 films since her screen debut. Spanning decades, her diverse career features celebrated comedies – including CAT BALLOU (1965) and 9 TO 5 (1980) – as well as powerful dramatic performances such as THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON’T THEY? (1969), JULIA (1977), THE CHINA SYNDROME (1979), THE MORNING AFTER (1986) and ON GOLDEN POND (1981) – in which she starred with her father, Henry Fonda, the AFI Life Achievement Award recipient in 1978.
More recently, Fonda appeared in Lee Daniels’ THE BUTLER (2013), and currently stars in Aaron Sorkin’s HBO series, THE NEWSROOM.
The sponsor of the 2014 AFI Life Achievement Award tribute to Jane Fonda is American Airlines, the official airline of the American Film Institute.
The highest honor given for a career in film, the AFI Life Achievement Award was established by the AFI Board of Trustees on February 26, 1973.
It is presented to a single honoree each year based on the following criteria as mandated through a resolution passed by the AFI Board of Trustees:
“The recipient should be one whose talent has in a fundamental way advanced the film art; whose accomplishment has been acknowledged by scholars, critics, professional peers and the general public; and whose work has stood the test of time.”
Jane Fonda joins an esteemed group of individuals who have been chosen for this distinguished honor since its inception in 1973. A group that includes her father Henry Fonda (1978), making them the first father/daughter honorees in the history of the award.
Kirk Douglas and Michael Douglas share a similar precedent as recipients in 1992 and 2009, respectively.
Simon & Schuster Audio, in association with The Weinstein Company, has announced the August 2013 publication of THE BUTLER: A Witness to History. This audiobook companion to the major motion picture is read by the stars who play the family at the center of the film: the title character, his wife, and his son– Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey and David Oyelowo.
Commented director Lee Daniels: “The story THE BUTLER tells is one not only of epic historical significance, but a universal one about the importance of family. To have it come to life on screen and with this audiobook, through the tremendous talents of Forest, Oprah, and David, is a dream come true.”
Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker narrates the story of Eugene Allen, a butler who served no less than seven presidents, from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan. Allen was witness to history during his years at the White House, serving tea and supervising buffets as influential decisions about the moon landing, Vietnam War, Civil Rights legislation, and more took place around him.
THE BUTLER audiobook also includes author Wil Haygood’s exploration of the history of black images on celluloid and in Hollywood, read by Oprah Winfrey and David Oyelowo.
Lee Daniels, the Academy Award nominated director of PRECIOUS, reads the forward he penned.
37 INK, a new imprint of Atria Books, will publish hardcover and ebook editions of THE BUTLER on Tuesday, July 30.
The film, which opens on August 16, is set against the tumultuous political backdrop of 20th century America.
The historical epic Lee Daniels’ THE BUTLER tells the story of fictional White House butler Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitaker), who serves during seven presidential administrations between 1957 and 1986. Inspired by Wil Haygood’s 2008 Washington Post article “A Butler Well Served by This Election” about the real life of former butler Eugene Allen, the film begins in 1926 with a young Cecil living in the fiercely segregated South and facing the tyranny of the region’s prejudices. After years spent working in a hotel, Cecil is discovered by a White House employee, which leads to the opportunity of a lifetime: a job as a server at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. There, Cecil becomes a firsthand witness to history and the inner workings of the Oval Office as the civil rights movement unfolds.
At the same time, he and his volatile but loving wife (Oprah Winfrey) must grapple with the rebellious spirit of their son Louis (David Oyelowo) whose tenacious hunger for activism and equal rights often puts him in dangerous situations – and at perpetual odds with his father. While Cecil remains fiercely committed to his duties at the White House and to providing for his family, his determination leads to increasing tensions between him and his anti-establishment son.
Through the eyes and emotions of the Gaines family, Daniels’ film follows the changing tides of American politics and race relations; from the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., to the Freedom Riders and Black Panther movements, to the war in Vietnam and the Watergate scandal, Cecil experiences the effects of these events as both an insider and a family man.
With an incredible supporting cast that includes John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding Jr, Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, James Marsden, Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Redgrave, Alan Rickman, Liev Schreiber and Robin Williams, Lee Daniels’ THE BUTLER is a story about the resilience of one man, the growth of a nation, and the power of family.
Academy Award® winner Jane Fonda will join Jennifer Garner, Kristen Stewart and Kerry Washington to present on the Oscar telecast, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today.
Fonda earned seven nominations and won Academy Awards for her roles in “Klute” and “Coming Home.” Garner was seen in this year’s “The Odd Life of Timothy Green” and will be seen next in “Dallas Buyers Club.” Stewart is best known for her role as Bella Swan in the “Twilight” saga and also starred in 2012’s “On the Road” and “Snow White and the Huntsman.” Washington starred in the Best Picture Nominee “Django Unchained” and was seen in “A Thousand Words.” Washington is also the star of ABC’s hit drama “Scandal.”
Fonda, Garner, Stewart and Washington join a stellar list of previously announced Oscar presenters including Jennifer Aniston, Michael Douglas, Jamie Foxx, Paul Rudd, Salma Hayek Pinault, Melissa McCarthy, Liam Neeson, John Travolta, Ben Affleck, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Mark Wahlberg, Ted and “Marvel’s The Avengers” cast members Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo; returning 2011 Oscar winners Jean Dujardin, Christopher Plummer, Octavia Spencer and Meryl Streep; “Chicago” cast members Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones; special guests Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Daniel Radcliffe, Channing Tatum and Charlize Theron; and performers including Kristin Chenoweth, Jennifer Hudson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks, Aaron Tveit and Helena Bonham,Adele, Dame Shirley Bassey, Norah Jones and Barbra Streisand.
Oscars® for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, February 24 at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and will be hosted by Seth MacFarlane live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide. For more information go to Oscar.com or download the official Oscars app.
How can people living ( and growing up ) in the same household turn out so differently? That’s a question pop culture has explored many times with films such as JOE and TV shows like ” Family Ties “. The new film PEACE, LOVE, & MISUNDERSTANDING is ” Family Ties ” stretched out over three generations. In this dramedy, Granny’s a liberal ( a throwback to the 60’s ), Mom’s conservative ( a lawyer too ), and her kids are lean more towards modern liberalism ( with more than a touch of political correctness ). So once the fireworks finish and they quit butting heads, will they begin to understand each other and maybe learn a little something ?
Here’s the set-up. Out of the blue, upscale Manhattan attorney Diane ( Catherine Keener ) is told by her husband ( also an attorney ) Mark ( Kyle MacLachlan ) that he wants a divorce. The stunned Diane loads up their college age vegan poet daughter Zoe ( Elizabeth Olsen ) and obsessive videographer high schooler son Jake ( Nat Wolff ) and drives to Woodstock NY ( uh, yup! ) to visit her estranged hippie mom Grace ( Jane Fonda ), who’s never met her grandkids! While the cultures clash, Grace introduces them to her aging flower children pals and plays cupid. With her encouragement, Jake engages in a faltering, sweet first romance with another filmfan teen Tara ( Marrisa O’ Donnell ) and Zoe has an opposites attract dalliance with a dreamy local butcher ( horrors! ) at the local organic meat shop, Cole ( Chase Crawford ). Even Diane dips her toe into the local dating pool with Grace’s scruffy, hunky musician bud Jude ( Jeffrey Dean Morgan ). Can this fractured family find happiness in this 1969 version of Brigadoon?
The comparison to ” Family Ties ” seems apt as much the film plays out like the first season of a TV sitcom with a title like ” Our Hippie Grandma “. Director Bruce Beresford ( DRIVING MISS DAISY ) tries to kep things moving, but he gets sidetracked often by shots of the oh-so-cute middle-aged ( and senior citizen ) flower children ( although it’s great to see the always gorgeous Rosanna Arquette as part of the gang ). The cast is game for some of the wild antics at this town out of time. Keener seems a bit too prickly as the uptight lawyer, so we sometimes wonder about laid-back Jude’s pursuit of her. Olsen is one of our most interesting young actors with her recent indie work. Here her clashes with Keener cause more sparks than her longing looks at the James Dean-channeling Crawford who sports hipster facial fuzz. Wolff seems to be lobbying to take on the Jesse Eisenberg/ Michael Cera mantle as the cute, stammering nerdy nice guy who, as many movie teens, seem to have a camcorder sewn into one hand. Perhaps the main reason for interest in this film is a rare appearance from screen icon Jane Fonda. She’s radiant in her long dresses, tie-dyed tops, and flowing grayed hair riffing on her public protesting past as the ultimate Earth-mother. She still sparkles on-screen even during a questionable scene introducing her grandkids to herbal delights. Although her many monologues about previous musician lovers get a tad tiresome and her role as the free spirit that instills life energy into the cold city dwellers is more than a little obvious, she’s still an engaging film personality. Fonda’s the element that makes this fluffy little family flick worth checking out. Or as her pals might say, ” She makes the scene, man ! ”
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