110 S. Fairfax Ave, #310 Los Angeles, CA tel fax

Transcription

1 MARRIED LIFE East Coast Publicity Donna Daniels PR Donna Daniels Lauren Schwartz 1375 Broadway, Suite 403 New York, NY tel fax West Coast Publicity Block Korenbrot Melody Korenbrot 110 S. Fairfax Ave, #310 Los Angeles, CA tel fax Distributor Sony Pictures Classics Carmelo Pirrone Leila Guenancia 550 Madison Ave New York, NY tel fax

2 MARRIED LIFE A strong blend of suspense, star-crossed romance, and wry comedy of manners, Married Life is an unconventional human drama about the irresistible power and utter madness of love. Harry (Chris Cooper) decides he must kill his wife Pat (Patricia Clarkson) because he loves her too much to let her suffer when he leaves her. Harry and his much-younger girlfriend Kay (Rachel McAdams) are head over heels in love, but his best friend Richard (Pierce Brosnan) wants to win Kay for himself. As Harry implements his awkward plans for murdering his wife, the other characters are occupied with their own deceptions. Like Harry, they are overwhelmed by their passions. but still struggle to avoid hurting others. Married Life is an uncommonly adult film that surprises and confounds expectations. While it plays with mystery and intrigue, its ultimate concern is: What is married life? In its sly way, Married Life poses perceptive questions about the seasonal discontents and unforeseen joys of all long-term relationships. 2

3 ABOUT THE PRODUCTION Writer/director Ira Sachs (Forty Shades of Blue, Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, 2005) is an ardent film buff, with a particular love for 1940s and 1950s movies, particularly ones starring Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. What I like about those movies is that the dramas can be so extreme and outrageous and yet they deal with people s personal lives in ways that communicate powerfully with audiences, says Sachs. I wanted to do a film that would talk frankly and directly about the complexities and intricacies of marriage and intimate life and I thought that in today s film context, a movie like this could be a fresh way to do so. Looking for a story to adapt, Sachs pored over stacks of little-known mystery and pulp novels, until he came upon John Bingham s Five Roundabouts to Heaven. It was exactly what I was looking for a really great story about being married, he says. I thought this story could be a very intriguing vehicle for me to explore what it s like to share a bed with someone, over a long period of time. When Sachs began working with his co-writer, Oren Moverman, they agreed that the film should have a playful tone. I tried to signal that right away, in the credit sequence, says Sachs. The credits give a sense that there is whimsy in the very serious things to follow. I wanted the audience to understand that they don t need to take every action too literally. Now that doesn t deny the serious nature of what happens between these characters, and I certainly don t want to undercut the effect of going through these experiences with them, I just don t want the audience to over-think the story. Every time I describe the film in a one-sentence line people smile, Sachs continues. And there s a reason for that. It s over-the-top. A gentle, middle-aged man who falls in love decides to kill his wife because divorce would cause her too much pain. You could maybe find it hard to understand the decision our protagonist, Harry (Chris Cooper) makes, but that s looking at the story too literally. It s really more of a metaphor. I find Harry very familiar all too many people have difficulty choosing themselves over their marriage. All the same, he s not an easy character to make sympathetic, and I needed someone to play him that the audience would always empathize and identify with. And Chris Cooper makes a very good Everyman. 3

4 Harry s assumption that his wife Pat (Patricia Clarkson) can t live without him is based on a complete misunderstanding of who she is. There s immense narcissism to his actions, says Sachs. He considers himself of such importance that he thinks Pat would be better off dead than without him and he s totally wrong. He s lost and he doesn t know his way out, but instead of choosing an honest way, he chooses a dishonest one and that leads him into a lot of trouble. But as it turns out, Harry turns out to not be a particularly good murderer, which is part of the humor of the film. I think Harry s big flaw is that he expects too much, says Cooper. When Kay comes to meet Harry and Richard at the restaurant, it caps what Harry wants all the time. In Noel Coward s words, he s looking for that first, fine careless rapture. I think he had it with his wife, but it didn t last, and now Harry is carried away by his curious need for something more. He could be going through what we all call a mid-life crisis. Harry starts out in the film like a young man in love, says Sachs. He s like a kid in a candy store. And then things get more serious for him because adult life is not like that adolescent joy from first love there are too many complications that spring from all the history that s come before. Sachs sees Harry s friend Richard (Pierce Brosnan) as the most fun character in the film. He s intelligent, he s charming, he has a wicked, dry sense of humor, says Sachs, he gives pleasure to everyone around him. And Pierce Brosnan brings lightness and a mischievous energy to Richard, while also showing you his vulnerability. He makes him a cad you hopefully will come to love. Richard is involved in what might be seen as the biggest betrayal in the film trying to seduce and steal away Kay (Rachel McAdams), the love of Harry s life and the woman he sees as his sole hope for happiness. I m not going to try to defend what Richard does, says Sachs, but this story is about how people pursue their desires, and each of these characters pursues them with great passion. And that s not necessarily when people are the most kind to everyone around them. And to be honest, haven t we all done things for ourselves at some point, rather than for the people we love? 4

5 Richard really is intoxicated by Kay, says Brosnan, but at the same time it s his best friend, so there s a little tug of guilt in his heart. But he doesn t have any burden of conscience, that s the mantra of Richard. He talks about the burden of conscience, but basically he wants Kay. Also, Harry and Pat are Richard s only true friends they really know him. And if Harry goes off with Kay, and breaks up his marriage, Richard loses everything. For the role of Kay, Sachs needed an actress who would leave no doubt about her ability to enchant Harry and Richard. The whole drama turns on Kay, says Sachs. She s the star in the middle of the universe between these two men. When Kay walks into the Cloud Room restaurant in the opening of the movie, you needed to have someone with whom these two men could believably fall in love with. Obviously Rachel McAdams has the loveliness, but more importantly, she has a mystery and that s what holds your interest. She s very touching and sympathetic, but at the same time, she holds things back. There s always something going on just under the surface. Kay is a character who has suffered an incredible amount of loss her father died when she was young, and she recently lost both her mother and her husband. She s spent a lot of time with herself, and I think she s lost touch with reality a little bit, says McAdams. I think she s drawn to Harry because they re both a little bit broken, and need mending and they comfort each other. Kay sees Harry as someone who can give her a home, security and love says Sachs, and that means economic security, strength, consistency, and a kind of paternal comfort. It s a feeling of paternal love that she has transformed into a romantic love for Harry. I think that at the start of the film she believes that she has met the man of her life. Unfortunately, she then meets a man who might be even better. I think things would have been good for her and Harry, but when she meets Richard, it suddenly seems the world could not only be safe, but big. When Richard comes along, says McAdams, Kay starts to feel the wind in her hair and the leather seats in his car. He brings her out of her shell. Harry s wife, Pat (Patricia Clarkson), is also someone who s trying to find her way in life. She doesn t know what she wants, says Sachs. She s in great conflict. She s someone who has come to the point in her life where she feels the need for a little more, but she can t make a decision. Pat has lived a rather conventional life, says Clarkson, but she isn t conventional 5

6 herself. She thinks people have a self-deceiving attitude about love, and that it s really only about sex. So if she fulfills that, she s fulfilling her wifely duties. I do think she has a real relationship with Harry it isn t some false marriage but I don t think it was ever a deep, romantic love. And there s something to be said for a woman, particularly at that point in her life when she has to look down the barrel of growing old with her husband, wanting that as well. A lot of people, particularly women, identify with Pat more than any of the other characters in the movie, says Sachs. She seems like someone you know. And Patty imbues her with an earthiness, and a wry, loving nature. Pat s full of life, passion and tenderness, and that gives her such poignancy, as she is the woman who Harry is plotting to kill. Both Harry and Pat are characters that are frightened of their own needs. They both feel guilty, says Sachs. I believe on some level it s because of the formal structure of married life. It s a very monolithic way of living, and I think the people inside these monoliths are struggling. I think that anyone who is married or in a relationship has some understanding of that. You can t point a finger at these characters if you re being honest with yourself. The most important thing for me was that the tone of Married Life not be a cynical one, says Sachs, because I don t feel cynical at all about long-term relationships. I just feel that they re always a great, even noble, challenge. You could say it s a humanist approach to a genre story, so in the end, it becomes perhaps not really a genre picture at all. Everyone has some level of good, bad, and beauty in them. Harry s put Pat and his relationship with her in a box, says Cooper. He just settled and didn t really appreciate how much he had. It s a fatal flaw in a lot of relationships. Couples have to constantly work at keeping their relationships interesting and fresh. And I think Harry lost sight of that. Marriage is a struggle, and it takes work, says Brosnan. You may be challenged in life when you least expect it. And this film makes you ask yourself: Can you do the honorable thing? This film sheds a lot of light on the complications of relationships, says McAdams. You don t always feel what you re supposed to feel, and you re not always the person that other people think you are. You re not even always the person you think you are, until push comes to shove and your character is tested. 6

7 What I hope the movie does is make people feel less alone, says Sachs. When you re in bed and you re feeling slightly alienated from your wife or loved one, you can feel a certain kind of distance that is painful. And I hope that people will realize that they are just like the person in the next house, who s also coping with these kinds of questions. Harry starts off in the beginning of the movie knowing the least about the other characters, Sachs continues, and by the end he knows the most. He s the one who knows all the secrets. He has come to wisdom, and through that wisdom has the ability to love. 7

8 ABOUT THE CAST CHRIS COOPER (Harry Allen) One of the most respected character actors of our time, Chris Cooper was recognized in 2003 with an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of John Laroche in Columbia Pictures Adaptation, written by Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich) and directed by Spike Jonze. The film, loosely based on Susan Orlean s novel, The Orchid Thief, followed a sexually frustrated screenwriter s attempts to adapt Orlean s anecdotal novel for the screen. Cooper was also recognized for his performance in this film by numerous critics associations including the Broadcast Film Critics, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and Toronto Film Critics Association. Cooper recently completed production on two films. Alongside Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, and Jason Bateman, Cooper co-stars in the Universal film The Kingdom, which tells the story of a team of U.S. government agents who are sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East. Directed by Peter Berg, the film will be released on September 28 th. Most recently, Cooper starred in the Universal Pictures film Breach, playing the title role of Robert Hanssen, a renowned operative for the FBI who was found guilty of spying for the Russians. Cooper received extraordinary praise from movie critics around the country for his deft performance. The film was directed by Billy Ray (Shattered Glass) and co-stars Ryan Phillipe. In 2006, Cooper also had strong supporting roles in Sony Classics Capote, Universal s Jarhead, for director Sam Mendes, and Warner Bros. Syriana, for writer and director Stephen Gaghan. In 2005, Cooper re-teamed with director and friend John Sayles in New Market Film s Silver City, a political drama and murder mystery which chronicled the story of a small town in Colorado and the events leading up to a local election. The impressive cast included Maria Bello, Thora Birch, Richard Dreyfuss, Tim Roth, Daryl Hannah and Billy Zane. The film was screened at the Toronto Film Festival. In 2003, Cooper starred in the Universal Pictures film, Seabiscuit based on the best-selling novel. Cooper was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for his portrayal of Seabiscuit s trainer, Tom Smith. Seabiscuit was directed by Gary Ross and also starred Tobey Macguire and Jeff 8

9 Bridges. In the same year, Cooper was nominated for an Emmy Award for his supporting performance in the HBO film My House in Umbria starring Maggie Smith. In 2002, Cooper was seen in The Bourne Identity for Universal Pictures in the strong supporting role as the mastermind of the CIA s controversial clandestine operation, Treadstone. In 2004, he appeared in the flashback scenes in the second installment, The Bourne Supremacy. In 2000 Cooper portrayed Colonel Burwell opposite Mel Gibson in Sony Pictures The Patriot, a Revolutionary War epic directed by Roland Emmerich. In the same year, Cooper appeared with Jim Carrey in the comedy Me, Myself and Irene, for directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly. In 1999 Cooper received a Screen Actor s Guild Award for his supporting performance alongside Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening in Dreamworks Academy Award winning film, American Beauty. In a stunning and dramatic display, Cooper portrayed a stern ex-marine Colonel who persistently monitored his son s every move. In 1999 Cooper starred as the father of an amateur rocket enthusiast in the acclaimed coming-ofage drama October Sky, which was screened at the 1999 Venice and Deauville Film Festivals with great notice. He had previously earned a Best Actor nomination in 1997 from the Independent Spirit Awards for his work in John Sayles Lone Star. Nearly a decade earlier, Cooper made his feature film debut in Sayles Matewan. Among his film credits are Robert Redford s The Horse Whisperer, Great Expectations, A Time to Kill, Money Train, This Boy s Life, Guilty by Suspicion and City of Hope. On the small screen, he has had roles in a number of long form projects, including the miniseries Lonesome Dove, and Return to Lonesome Dove. He most recently starred in HBO s Breast Men, and includes among his other credits Alone, One More Mountain, Ned Blessing, Bed of Lies, Darrow, In Broad Daylight, A Little Piece of Sunshine, Law and Order and Journey to Genius. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Cooper attended the University of Missouri School of Drama and started his professional career on the New York stage. His theater credits include Of the Fields Lately on Broadway, The Ballad of Soapy Smith and A Different Moon. 9

10 Cooper resides in Massachusetts. PIERCE BROSNAN (Richard Langley) Recognized internationally as one of the most dashing and skilled dramatic actors in Hollywood today, Golden Globe Award nominee Pierce Brosnan will next star opposite Meryl Streep in the film adaptation of the Broadway hit Mamma Mia! Brosnan received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture for his role as Julian Noble in the critically acclaimed film The Matador in Additionally, he received a nomination for this performance for Best Actor in a Lead Role from the Irish Film & Television Academy. Most recently he starred opposite Liam Neeson in Seraphim Falls. The film, about a colonel who hunts down an officer to settle a wartime grudge at the end of the Civil War, was shot entirely on location in New Mexico and Oregon. In addition to his work in front of the camera, Brosnan has always had an interest in the art of filmmaking. Having achieved international stardom as an actor, Brosnan expanded the range of his film work by launching his own production company, Irish DreamTime in 1996, along with producing partner Beau St. Clair. Apart from The Matador, Irish DreamTime has produced four other films to date: The Nephew (1998), The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), Evelyn (2002) and Laws of Attraction (2004). The company's first studio project, The Thomas Crown Affair, was a critical and box-office success and one of the best-reviewed and highest-grossing romantic thrillers in years. Evelyn, directed by Bruce Beresford, opened to critical acclaim at the Toronto and Chicago Film Festivals and also garnered rave reviews. Laws of Attraction, a romantic comedy, which teamed Brosnan with Julianne Moore, focused on dueling divorce attorneys who fall in love. Shooting recently wrapped on Irish DreamTime s sixth production, Butterfly on a Wheel, in which Brosnan stars with Maria Bello and Gerard Butler. The psychological thriller, which shot on location in Vancouver and Chicago, centers on a happy couple with a seemingly perfect life whose daughter is abducted. Over the course of a day, the kidnapper dismantles the family s lives with brutal efficiency. 10

11 Perhaps best known worldwide as James Bond, Brosnan reinvigorated the popularity of the Bond legacy in box-office blockbusters such as Goldeneye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1999), The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002). Brosnan s first three Bond films earned over a billion dollars at the international box-office and Die Another Day alone garnered almost a half-billion dollars worldwide. In addition to his four Bond films, three other Brosnan films The Thomas Crown Affair, Dante's Peak (1997) and The Lawnmower Man (1992) combined have earned hundreds of millions of dollars internationally, cementing him as one of the world s most bankable stars. Brosnan s other film credits include John Boorman s critically acclaimed film from the John LeCarre novel, The Tailor of Panama (2001), Bruce Beresford's Mr. Johnson (1990) and Sir Richard Attenborough's Grey Owl (1999). In addition to The Matador, Brosnan has also shown his comedic skills in such films as Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) and Mars Attacks (1996). He also had a supporting role alongside Barbra Streisand in The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996). Some of his many accolades include the 2007 Goldene Kamera Award for his environment work, a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2002 Chicago Film Festival, the International Star of the Year at the Cinema Expo in Amsterdam, an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the Dublin Institute of Technology, an Honorary Doctorate from the University College Cork and an Order of the British Empire bestowed by Her Majesty the Queen. Brosnan was born in County Meath, Ireland and moved to London at age 11. At 20, he enrolled in drama school and while in London, performed in several West End stage productions including Franco Zeffirelli's Fulimena and Tennessee Williams' The Red Devil Battery Sign at the York Theater Royal. Brosnan relocated to Los Angeles in 1982 and immediately landed the role of private investigator Remington Steele on the popular ABC television series of the same name first marking his worldwide recognition. 11

12 PATRICIA CLARKSON (Pat Allen) The roles Patricia Clarkson plays are as varied as the platform in which she plays them. Her comfort in taking on roles from motion pictures, television and the theatre has earned her great accolades and success, and has become one of today's most respected actresses in the entertainment industry. Clarkson is wrapped production on several films including Stanley Tucci's Blind Date in Belgium., Daniel Banz's directorial debut Phoebe in Wonderland and Woody Allen's Untitled Spanish project in Barcelona opposite Scarlett Johanson and Javier Bardem. Blind Date centers around a couple (Tucci and Clarkson) who have lost a child and tries to rebuild their relationship by pretending to be other people by meeting on blind dates. In Phoebe in Wonderland she stars opposite Felicity Huffman, Bill Pullman and Elle Fanning. Clarkson plays the role of an unconventional drama teacher who tries to guide a rebellions little girl (Fanning). This fall, Clarkson will be seen in Lars and the Real Girl opposite Ryan Gosling and Emily Mortimer. Lars is the story of a timid man (Gosling) whose life changes dramatically when an Internet friend comes to visit. The beautiful, religious missionary is in fact an inanimate replica of a woman. MGM is releasing the film October 12th. She will then be seen in Elegy opposite Sir Ben Kingsley and Dennis Hopper. Directed by Isabel Coixet, the film is based on the novel by Philip Roth about a cultural critic, played by Kingsley, whose life is thrown into disarray after an encounter with a student. MGM is scheduled to release the film November 16th. Additional credits include: All The King's Men, Goodnight, and, Good Luck, The Dying Gaul and The Woods, Far from Heaven, Pieces of April, The Station Agent, Miracle, High Art, Dogville, Welcome to Collinwood, The Pledge, The Green Mile, Everybody's All-American, The Dead Pool, Rocket Gibraltar, Tune in Tomorrow, Joe Gould's Secret, Wendigo and Brian De Palma's The Untouchables, her film debut. 12

13 In 2003, Clarkson's work in two independent films earned her unparalleled recognition. She was nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe, SAG Award, Broadcast Film Critics Award and an independent Spirit Award for her role in Pieces of April. In addition, the Sundance Film Festival awarded her the Jury Prize for Outstanding Performance in Pieces of April, The Station Agent and All the Real Girls. Her performance in The Station Agent earned her a SAG Award nomination for Best Actress and Best Ensemble Cast. The National Board of Review and the National Society of Film Critics named her Best Supporting Actress of the Year for her work in Pieces of April and The Station Agent. She also won best-supporting-actress awards from the New York Film Critics Circle and National Society of Film Critics for her performance in Todd Haynes' Far From Heaven. That role also earned her a nomination from the Chicago Film Critics. Her performance as Greta in Lisa Cholodenko's High Art earned her a nomination for an IFP Independent Spirit Award. On television, Clarkson won an Emmy in 2006 and 2002 for her guest-starring role on HBO's acclaimed drama, Six Feet Under. Clarkson made her professional acting debut on the New York stage. Her theatre credits include "Eastern Standard" (on and off-broadway), "Maidens Prayer" (for which she received Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Award Nominations), "Raised in Captivity", "Oliver Oliver", "The House of Blue Leaves", and "Three Days of Rain". Her regional credits include performances at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, South Coast Repertory, and Yale Repertory." Born and raised in New Orleans, Clarkson began acting in school plays in her early teens. After studying speech at Louisiana State University for two years, she transferred to Fordham University in New York, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in theatre arts. She earned her MFA at the prestigious Yale School of Drama, where she appeared in "Electra", "Pacific Overtures", "Pericles", "La Ronde", "The Lower Depths", and "The Misanthrope". 13

14 RACHEL MCADAMS (Kay Nesbitt) One of most sought after new actresses, McAdams has gained a solid reputation as an actor s actor. McAdams was first recognized as the character Regina George 2004 s Mean Girls. She followed Mean Girls with the film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks novel The Notebook, alongside Ryan Gosling. In 2005, she played Owen Wilson's love interest in Wedding Crashers and then starred in the suspense thriller Red Eye with Cillian Murphy. Her most recent role was in the comedy The Family Stone where she starred in an ensemble cast alongside Diane Keaton, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dermot Mulroney, Luke Wilson, Brian J. White and Claire Danes. McAdams was born in London, Ontario. At the age of thirteen she took up acting at a summer theatre camp. She later graduated from York University with honors and a BFA in Theatre. McAdams currently lives in Toronto, Canada. 14

15 ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS IRA SACHS (Writer/Director/Producer) Married Life is the third feature from the writer and director Ira Sachs. His previous film, the 2005 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner Forty Shades of Blue, was released theatrically in the U.S by First Look Pictures, and sold internationally by Celluloid Dreams. His first feature, The Delta, was screened at the Toronto, Sundance and Rotterdam film festivals and distributed in the U.S. by Strand Releasing. Sachs was the recipient of the Emerging Talent Award at the 1997 Los Angeles Outfest, and was awarded a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship in He was also a 2001 Fellow at the MacDowell Artist Colony, and has made several shorts, including Vaudeville and Lady (Sundance, 1995). Sachs was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee and has been a resident of New York City since SIDNEY KIMMEL (Producer) Producer Sidney Kimmel is chairman and CEO of Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, the Los Angeles and New York-based production, finance and distribution company. Active in the motion picture industry for more than 20 years, Kimmel is responsible for such pictures as Blame It On Rio, 9½ Weeks and The Emperor s Club. His passion as an independent producer eventually led to the founding of Sidney Kimmel Entertainment in October Producing up to ten features per year, the company works with esteemed filmmaking talent to create quality, commercial films. Kimmel and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, in association with Universal Pictures, financed Academy Award nominee Paul Greengrass critically acclaimed United 93, as well as executive producing Billy Ray s Breach, starring Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe and Laura Linney. Universal also released Nick Cassavetes Alpha Dog, the controversial film starring Emile Hirsch, Bruce Willis, Sharon Stone and Justin Timberlake, which Kimmel produced and financed. Kimmel is producing a diverse slate of films including Frank Oz Death at a Funeral, starring Matthew Macfadyen and Peter Dinklage released by MGM, Kasi Lemmons Talk to Me, starring 15

16 Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor, released by Focus Features, Jon Poll s Charlie Bartlett, starring Anton Yelcin, Robert Downey Jr. and Hope Davis to be released by MGM in 2008, Ira Sachs Married Life, starring Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson and Rachel McAdams; The Kite Runner directed by Marc Forster which is being produced with DreamWorks Pictures, Participant Productions and Parkes/MacDonald Productions to be released by Paramount Vantage and Charlie Kaufman s directorial debut Synecdoche, New York starring Academy-Award winning actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman. In addition to his success in filmed entertainment, Kimmel founded Jones Apparel Group in 1975, which has since grown into a $4.5 billion diversified fashion industry empire. Still active as the chairman of Jones board of directors, he has also established the Sidney Kimmel Foundation and its subsidiary, the Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research, which is one of the nation's largest individual donors to cancer research. Kimmel is extremely involved in philanthropic endeavors benefiting his hometown of Philadelphia as well as Jewish education and continuity. He recently oversaw the opening of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, home of the world-renowned Philadelphia Orchestra. He is also a partner in Cipriani International, the acclaimed international restaurant and catering establishment, and is a part owner of The Miami Heat. STEVE GOLIN (Producer) Founder and CEO of Anonymous Content, a multimedia development, production and talent management company in Culver City, California, Steve Golin is an award-winning producer of over 40 films and TV projects distinguished by an original and often quirky sensibility. A driving creative force who takes a strong collaborative approach to projects, his latest is Babel, a suspense-filled contemporary drama starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Gael Garcia Bernal, which was released by Paramount Pictures and Paramount Vantage in Golin also produced the feature directorial debut of screenwriter Jon Kasden, In the Land of Women, a co-production with Castle Rock and Warner Independent starring Meg Ryan and Adam Brody. Golin is currently sheperding two films through post-production: Smiley Face directed by Gregg Araki, which stars Anna Farris, John Krasinski and Adam Brody, and All God s Children Can Dance, based on the short story by Haruki Murakami, screenplay by client Scott Coffey, helmed by Anonymous commercial director Robert Logevall, and starring Sonja Kinski and 16

17 Jason Lew. In addition to Married Life, currently in production is Case 39 starring Renee Zellweger under director Christain Alvart. Golin has garnered critical acclaim from such films as Being John Malkovich starring John Malkovich, John Cusack and Cameron Diaz and Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet under director Michel Gondry. Prior to Anonymous, Golin co-founded Propaganda Films in 1986 and served as co-chairman until leaving the company in During his tenure he produced such films as David Lynch s Wild at Heart, a Cannes Palme D Or winner starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern; Madonna s provocative rockumentary Truth or Dare and David Fincher s The Game starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn. Steve Golin attended New York University, graduated from the American Film Institute with an MFA in producing, and is currently a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Producers Guild of America. JAWAL NGA (Producer) Jawal Nga founded Tiny Dancer Films, a New York-based production company dedicated to independent film and designed to reflect Nga s desire to follow in the tradition of directors Robert Altman, Terence Malick and Peter Bogdanvich, with carefully-structured, character-driven stories. Nga served as Associate Producer on The Clearing starring Robert Redford and Helen Mirren and then later went on to producer Ira Sachs previous film, Forty Shades of Blue. In 2005, Forty Shades of Blue won Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Tiny Dancer is currently developing the script adaptations of Kevin Canty s novel Into the Great Wide Open with writer Coleman Hough, and Michael Ignatieff s Charlie Johnson in the Flames with writer Justin Haythe, screenwriter for The Clearing. Nga grew up in Tripoli, Libya and London. He graduated New York University in Nga currently resides in New York City. 17

18 Credits SIDNEY KIMMEL ENTERTAINMENT Present An ANONYMOUS CONTENT / FIRM FILMS Production An IRA SACHS Film PIERCE BROSNAN CHRIS COOPER PATRICIA CLARKSON RACHEL MCADAMS DAVID WENHAM CASTING BY AVY KAUFMAN Music Supervisor SUSAN JACOBS Music by DICKON HINCHLIFFE 18

19 Costume Designer MICHAEL DENNISON Editor AFFONSO GONçALVES Production Designer HUGO LUCZYC-WYHOWSKI Director of Photography PETER DEMING, ASC Executive Producers WILLIAM HORBERG DAVID NICKSAY Executive Producers GEOFF STIER ADAM SHULMAN MATT LITTIN Executive Producers ALIX MADIGAN-YORKIN BRUCE TOLL Produced by SIDNEY KIMMEL JAWAL NGA 19

20 Produced by STEVE GOLIN IRA SACHS Based on the book Five Roundabouts to Heaven by JOHN BINGHAM Screenplay by IRA SACHS & OREN MOVERMAN Directed by IRA SACHS Unit Production Managers First Assistant Director Second Assistant Director Harry Allen Miss Jones Richard Langley Pat Allen Kay Nesbitt Mrs. Walsh Tom Becky Little Charlie Dr. Anderson Alvin Walters Photo Store Clerk John O'Brien David Nicksay Simon Abbott Carl Mason Josy Capkun Chris Cooper Annabel Kershaw Pierce Brosnan Patricia Clarkson Rachel McAdams Sheila Paterson David Richmond-Peck Erin Boyes Elijah St. Germain Terence Kelly Timothy Webber Rebecca Codling David Wenham 20

21 Ticket Taker Well-tailored Man Operator Policemen Charades Players O'Brien's Girlfriend Stunt Coordinator Stunts Canadian Casting Art Director Set Decorator First Assistant "A" Camera Second Assistant "A" Camera "B" Camera Operators First Assistants "B" Camera Second Assistant "B" Camera Camera Trainees Video Assist Script Supervisor Re-Recording Mixer Crew Dolores Drake Malcolm Boddington Carrie Anne Fleming Sean Tyson Ty Olsson Mike Cook Kathleen Duborg Dale Floyd Fred Keating Suzanne Ristic Alex Stevens Anna Williams Melissa R. Stubbs David Jacox Scott Ateah Carolyn Field Ken Kirzinger Gerald Paetz Paul Rutledge Brent Woolsey Coreen Mayrs, CSA Heike Brandstatter, CSA Gwendolyn Margetson Carol Lavallee Cam North Laird Pierce Glen Dickson Andy Wilson Reg Gole Cary Lalonde Leigh Jenkins Andre Gheorghiu Nazim Edeer Andrew Pedley Christine Wilson Roberto Fernandez 21

22 Assistant Art Director Graphic Artist Art Department Assistant Storyboard Artist Storyboard Artist - New York Assistant Set Decorator Set Decoration Buyer Lead Set Dresser Set Dressers On Set Dresser Property Master Assistant Property Master Property Buyer Assistant Costume Designers Set Supervisors Costumers Brian Cunningham Stanislava Shmakin Carmen Lee Rob Pratt Hoge Day Lee Campbell Michelle Pitney John T. Boe Sharon Falck Denise Hignell David Parke Jan Thorp Kevin Griffin-Park Bryan Korenberg Haida Harper Alexandra Cram Jonny Pray Michelle Hunter Gillian Kieft Luisa Dalmagro Patti Bishop Kevin Harrison Diane Nosella Sound Design by Damian Volpe Sound Mixer Boom Operator Sound Assistant Lindsay Bucknell Jason Lecky Pat Lauwers Gaffer Best Boy Electric Rigging Gaffer Best Boy Rigging Electric Generator Operators Lamp Operators Andrew Davidson Shane Dobie Keith S. Woods Mark Aviss Roger Bailey Brian Lymer Rob Brady 22

23 Board Operator Set Wireman Key Grip Best Boy Grips Dolly Grip Key Rigging Grip Rigging Grips Grips Key Make Up Artist "Harry" & "Pat" Key Make Up Artist "Richard" Make Up Artist "Kay" Assistant Make Up Second Assistant Make Up Key Hair Stylist Hair Stylist "Kay" Assistant Hair Stylist Wig Makers Production Coordinator First Assistant Coordinators Second Assistant Coordinator Office Production Assistant Assistant to Mr. Sachs Assistant to Mr. Brosnan Cast/Producers' Assistant Third Assistant Directors Trainee Assistant Director Production Accountant Assistant Accountant Owen Williams Trevor Carabin Todd Martin Jonathan Turton Steve Smith Gary J. Williams James Williams Brian Bouma Robin Jobin Scott Bonner Doug Parton Pat Waller Robin Say Monica Huppert Jayne Dancose Linda A. Grimes Megan Davies Kayleen McAdams Robert Pandini Francesca Paris Dean Scheck Victoria Wood Martial Corneville Stacey Butterworth Linda Sheehy-Brownstein Carl Gruell Catherine Howard Petina Louise Bradley Hanelize de Beer Lucas Joaquin Nicola Conlon Kim Sutton Tanya Tagmann Sara Irvine Alleris Gillham Mandy Butler Suzie Bruce 23

24 Payroll Accountant Accounting Clerk Post Production Accountant Katie Forss Alex Skrepnik Post Accountants, Inc. Special Effects Coordinator Assistant Special Effects Location Manager Assistant Location Managers Key Location Production Assistants Location Production Assistant Choreographer Construction Coordinator Construction Foreman Construction Buyer Tool Maintenance Lead Carpenters On Set Carpenter Carpenter/First Aid Lead Laborer/First Aid Paint Coordinator Lead Painters Laborer Standby Painter Head Greens Greens On Set Greensman Transportation Coordinator Transportation Captain Transportation Co-Captain Picture Car Coordinators Rob Paller Kurt Jackson Don Resse Geoff Teoli Vincent Michael de la Luna Renee Bella Sean Meade Kohl Jones Fareed Abdelhak Viktoria Langton Alan D. Burdett Shane O'Reilly John Sinclair Robert Swan Rob Allen W.G. Burdett Rowland Dyton Richard Elder Jaron Boon Marko T. Lytviak Louis Holz Natasha Muir Shelley Collins Rena Van Steele David Emmonds John Chaschowy Rohan Lyal Bob Dennett Dave Kennedy Don Chase Richard W. McKay Geoff Williams 24

25 Bill Fox Jason Lapp Dan Ross Haveruk Mark Johnston David Byerley Mike Murphy Colin Banner Lori Merchant-O'Dwyer Ken Sissons Shawn O'Hearn John Hardjono Preston Davis Ron Fessler Wayne Cartwright Allan Voth Security Coordinator Stand Ins Post Production Supervisor Drivers Jared Boileau Don Larone Doug March Ed Chenier Richard Atchison Tom Groulx Charles Pinkus Rick McLennan Harry Hachey Don Bell Trent Thomas Bob Thorner Chris Baldwinson Ed Scott Kim Howes Jeffrey Kurtis Ian Neeson Robin Ross Nina van den Boogaard Sarah Connors Music Editor Suzana Peric Assistant Editors Sound Effects Editor Dialogue Editor ADR Editor Foley Supervisor Foley Walker Foley Mixer Assistant Sound Editor Re-Recordist Ron Dulin Cheryl Buckman Glenfield Payne Dave Ellinwood Cate Montana Rachel Chancey Jay Peck Ryan Collison Katherine Miller Keith Culbertson 25

26 ADR Mixer ADR Recordist Mix Stage Post Production Facility Post Production Assistants Assistant Music Editor Recording and Mixdown Engineer Copyist ADR Voice Casting David Boulton Brian Gallagher Sound One Corp Jim Gardner Post Factory NY Jim O'Hagan Jessica Green Alex Gabucci John Carbonara Gary Chester Evan Barker Sondra James Score Mixed at Avatar Studios, New York City Main Titles Designed and Produced by Lead Designer Senior Producer Creative Supervisor Animator Illustrators Executive Producer Visual Effects Supervisor Supervising VFX Producer Prologue Ilya Abulhanov Unjoo Byars Danny Yount Alex Hanson Chris Sanchez Tony Weinstock Kyle Cooper Gray Marshall Margaux Mackay Gray Matter Visual Effects Lead Compositors Matte Painter Compositor Compositor/Rotoscope Artist VFX Producer VFX Coordinator Systems Administrator Colin Liggett Trent Shumway Robert Scifo John Cairns Myung Kim Ashley Clark Monika Chvatikova Eric Jordan 26

27 Casting Associates - U.S.A. Casting Associates - Canada Extras Casting Background Wrangler Animal Trainers First Aid/Craft Service Catering Head Chef Assistant Chefs Stills Photographer Assistant to Steve Golin Assistant to Alix Madigan- Yorkin Assistant to Adam Shulman Executive in Charge of Music for SKE SKE Music Executive Music Clearances by Production Legal Insurance provided by Publicist Completion Guaranty provided by Payroll Service Elizabeth Greenberg Cody Beke Trica Thompson Leah Nelson Andrea Brown Peter Mulholland Ian Doig Grace Macleod Ari Ron Geoff the Chef Ltd. Geoff Titcomb Michael Riley Dal Watson Joseph Lederer Jennifer Malloy Blake DeRoss Dan Cohen Bonnie Greenberg Christy Gerhart SuperVision Michael J. Linowes, Esq. AON/Ruben-Winkler Kathryn Perkins International Film Guarantors Entertainment Partners Production Services provided by Marriage Productions Inc., a Canada Film Capitol company Product Placement/Clearance Rights & Clearances by Peter Cummings Entertainment Clearances, Inc. Cassandra Barbour Laura Sevier 27

28 "PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN" footage courtesy THE DOURIS CORPORATION "MARTIN KANE PRIVATE EYE footage courtesy of ALPHA HOME ENTERTAINMENT "STREETS OF LAREDO" poster courtesy of Universal Studios Licensing LLLP "MY FAVORITE HUSBAND" audio courtesy of CLASSIC IMAGES Additional footage provided by AMERICAN PLAYBACK IMAGES Color Timer Negative Cutting Dolby Sound Consultant Opticals by Dailies Telecine Prints by Chris Regan Kona Cutting Gary Burritt Ken Hunold EFILM Rainmaker Deluxe Hollywood I CAN T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE Performed by DORIS DAY Written by Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh Courtesy of Soundies, Inc. by arrangement with DePugh Music TRULY YOURS Performed by PAUL CANTELON Written by Paul Cantelon Courtesy of Paul Cantelon DUET, ACT 2, BARCAROLLE (VOCAL) Performed by OGM CLASSICAL STRINGS Written by Jacques Offenbach Courtesy of OGM Production Music / Ole Georg Music 28

29 BLACK TRAIN BLUES Performed by JAY MCSHANN Written by Jay McShann and E.C. Robinson Courtesy of Tuff City Records by arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group GOT A RIGHT TO CRY Performed by JOE LIGGINS AND HIS HONEYDRIPPERS Written by Joe Liggins Courtesy of Tuff City Records by arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group TANYA Performed by JOE LIGGINS AND HIS HONEYDRIPPERS Written by Joe Liggins Courtesy of Tuff City Records by arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group GERONIMO Performed by JAY MCSHANN Written by Jay McShann Courtesy of Tuff City Records by arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group THINKING ABOUT MY BABY Performed by JAY MCSHANN Written by Jay McShann Courtesy of Tuff City Records by arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group ALL NITE LONG Performed by JOHNNY OTIS ORCHESTRA Written by Johnny Otis Courtesy of Savoy Jazz NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I VE SEEN Performed by KAY STARR Courtesy of Soundies, Inc. by arrangement with DePugh Music 29

30 SAY YOU RE MINE Performed by PAUL CANTELON Written by Paul Cantelon Courtesy of Paul Cantelon ANY TIME AT ALL Performed by AL LERNER with DICK HAYMES Written by Al Lerner Courtesy of pigfactory YOU TURNED YOUR BACK ON ME Performed by JAY MCSHANN Written by Jay McShann Courtesy of Tuff City Records by arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group DUBIOUS CHARACTER Performed by JIM BLAKE Written by Jim Blake Courtesy of Extreme Music SPECIAL THANKS TO: Dependent Cinema Miguel Arteta Paul Brennan Bill Clegg Mariela & Roberto Fernandez Bobye List Yael Hirsch Moverman Mohamed Nga Jehad Nga Jonathan Nossiter Lana Perić Rosângela B. Piñero Greta Seacat The Sachs Family The events and characters depicted in this motion picture are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. 30

31 This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United States and other countries. Unauthorized duplication, distribution or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution Kimmel Distribution, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 31