WHO’S IN IT?
Colin Farrell (In Bruges), Russell Crowe (Gladiator), Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind), William Hurt (A History of Violence), Eva Marie Saint (On The Waterfront), Will Smith (Men in Black), Matt Bomer (Magic Mike), Lucy Griffiths (True Blood), Finn Wittrock (Masters of Sex)
WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?
Akiva Goldsman (I Am Legend), director, writer, producer; Mark Platt (Drive) and Michael Tadross (Die Hard With A Vengeance), producers; Rupert Gregson-Williams (Hotel Rwanda) and Hans Zimmer (Inception), composers; Caleb Deschanel (The Passion of the Christ), cinematographer; Tim Squyres (Life of Pi) and Wayne Wahrman (Charlie’s Angels), editors
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
In 1916 New York, Peter Lake (Farrell) is a thief indebted to local gangster Pearly Soames (Crowe). During a burglary of a mansion, he meets and falls in love with Beverly Penn (Findlay), a young occupant of the house dying of tuberculosis. As the lovers wait for the inevitable, a strange set of events suddenly transports Lake to modern-day Manhattan…
IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?
Writer-director Akiva Goldsman brings the fantasy-romance he’s always dreamed of making to the big screen with the hopes that it becomes a sweet and heart-warming winter classic.
