BOOK CLUB (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Diane Keaton (Annie Hall), Jane Fonda (Klute), Candice Bergen (Starting Over), Mary Steenburgen (Melvin and Howard), Andy García (The Untouchables), Don Johnson (Cold in July), Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws), Craig T. Nelson (Stir Crazy), Alicia Silverstone (Clueless), Katie Aselton (The Gift), Wallace Shawn (The Princess Bride), Tommy Dewey (17 Again), Ed Begley Jr. (This Is Spinal Tap)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Bill Holderman (film debut), director, writer, producer; Erin Simms (film debut), writer, producer; Andrew Duncan (film debut) and Alex Saks (The Florida Project), producers; Peter Nashel (Wedding Daze), composer; Andrew Dunn (The Perks of Being a Wallflower), cinematographer; Priscilla Nedd-Friendly (Hot Pursuit), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Four lifelong friends – Diane (Keaton), Vivian (Fonda), Sharon (Bergen) and Carol (Steenburgen) – are struggling with their respective love lives, until they begin reading Fifty Shades of Grey for their monthly book club, which begins to have a major effect on all of them…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The reading demographic that helped make the Fifty Shades book trilogy a smashing success are finally (or punishingly, depending on your point of view) rewarded with a film of their very own.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 1ST JUNE 2018

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