WHO’S IN IT?
Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener), Tom Wilkinson (The Full Monty), Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Andrew Scott (Pride), Jack Lowden (A United Kingdom), Caren Pistorius (Slow West), Alex Jennings (The Lady In The Van), Mark Gatiss (Our Kind of Traitor), Andrea Deck (The Counselor), Sally Messham (Allied), John Sessions (Filth), Nikki Amuka-Bird (Jupiter Ascending), Harriet Walter (Atonement)
WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?
Mick Jackson (The Bodyguard), director; David Hare (The Hours), writer; Gary Foster (Sleepless in Seattle), Marta Habior (Baba Vanga), Russ Krasnoff (The Soloist) and Marta Lewandowska (Centaur), producers; Howard Shore (Spotlight), composer; Haris Zambarloukos (Eye in the Sky), cinematographer; Justine Wright (The Iron Lady), editor
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
Writer and historian Deborah Lipstadt (Weisz) is sued for libel by David Irving (Spall), after she names him a Holocaust denier in her book. Lipstadt must now work to prove Irving’s claims are abhorrently incorrect, while fighting to maintain freedom of speech as well as the horrifying legacy of one of humanity’s darkest periods…
IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?
Unless you’re one of the many people who down-voted the trailer for this movie on YouTube for inexplicable reasons, Denial is a powerful legal drama that examines the headline-grabbing trial that called into question one of the darkest moments in human history.
