WHO’S IN IT?
Ansel Elgort (Baby Driver), Oakes Fegley (Pete’s Dragon), Nicole Kidman (Lion), Aneurin Barnard (Dunkirk), Finn Wolfhard (It), Sarah Paulson (Carol), Luke Wilson (The Royal Tenenbaums), Jeffrey Wright (Syriana), Ashleigh Cummings (Hounds of Love), Aimee Laurence (Damsel), Willa Fitzgerald (Freak Show), Denis O’Hare (Dallas Buyers Club), Boyd Gaines (Funny Games), Peter Jacobson (Midnight Meat Train), Luke Kleintank (Max), Jack DiFalco (I Can I Will I Did), Robert Joy (Desperately Seeking Susan), Ryan Foust (film debut)
WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?
John Crowley (Brooklyn), director; Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), writer; Nina Jacobson (Crazy Rich Asians) and Brad Simpson (Ben Is Back), producers; Trevor Gureckis (Wetlands), composer; Roger Deakins (Blade Runner 2049), cinematographer; Kelley Dixon (film debut), editor
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
After his mother is killed in a terrorist bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, young Theo (Fegley) is taken in by wealthy New York couple Samantha (Kidman) and Chance (Gaines). As a young adult, Theo (Elgort) is still overcome with grief and guilt over that fateful day, especially as he is hiding a rare painting he unearthed from that fateful day…
IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?
The bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Donna Tartt is adapted into a major motion picture with a top-notch cast including Ansel Elgort and Nicole Kidman, along with careful direction by John Crowley of the Oscar-nominated Brooklyn and visuals by legendary Oscar-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins.
