PREVIEW: Here Today (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Billy Crystal (When Harry Met Sally…), Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip), Penn Badgley (The Birthday Cake), Laura Benanti (Meskada), Louisa Krause (Martha Marcy May Marlene), Anna Deavere Smith (Rachel Getting Married), Matthew Broussard (A Little Something For Your Birthday), Alex Brightman (Red Hook), Andrew Durand (film debut), Max Gordon Moore (Indecent), Audrey Hsieh (film debut), Nyambi Nyambi (Saint Janet), Brandon Uranowitz (The Kitchen)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Billy Crystal (Mr. Saturday Night), director, writer, producer; Alan Zweibel (North), writer, producer; Fred Bernstein (Undermind), Tiffany Haddish (Like a Boss) and Dominique Telson (The Best of Enemies), producers; Charlie Rosen (film debut), composer; Vanja Cernjul (Crazy Rich Asians), cinematographer; Kent Beyda (Big Momma’s House), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Charlie Burnz (Crystal), a veteran comedy writer with rapidly deteriorating dementia, forms a bond with talented singer Emma (Haddish), and the two of them become strong friends as Charlie starts to succumb to his illness…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

For his first directing feature in over twenty years, Billy Crystal opts for a grounded touch with his sweet film about friendship and their unbreakable bonds.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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