There were few feel-good films released in 2016 as emotionally potent as Lion, the story of a five-year-old Indian boy who gets separated from his family and attempts to find his way home 20 years later. Based on the autobiography A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley, Lion is a study of family, resiliency, and people’s ability to find and […]
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- 5/3/2017
- by Jacob Kaye
- Uinterview
Sue Brierley with Saroo Brierley on Nicole Kidman in Lion: "It is a really powerful portrayal." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Lion, directed by Garth Davis with a screenplay by BAFTA winner Luke Davies, based on Saroo Brierley's memoir A Long Way Home, has been nominated for six Academy Awards - Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography by Greig Fraser, Original Score by Volker Bertelmann and Dustin O'Halloran, and Best Supporting nods to BAFTA winner Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman.
Sunny Pawar as Saroo Brierley: "It goes quite well in chronological order, the way that it started."
Sue Brierley, with her son Saroo Brierley, joined me for a conversation that led us to memories of their first meeting, creating a bond, Lion the film, adoption laws in Australia, and Saroo meeting his biological mother after 25 years of separation.
Anne-Katrin Titze: Did you actually wear a Tasmania T-shirt when you arrived...
Lion, directed by Garth Davis with a screenplay by BAFTA winner Luke Davies, based on Saroo Brierley's memoir A Long Way Home, has been nominated for six Academy Awards - Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography by Greig Fraser, Original Score by Volker Bertelmann and Dustin O'Halloran, and Best Supporting nods to BAFTA winner Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman.
Sunny Pawar as Saroo Brierley: "It goes quite well in chronological order, the way that it started."
Sue Brierley, with her son Saroo Brierley, joined me for a conversation that led us to memories of their first meeting, creating a bond, Lion the film, adoption laws in Australia, and Saroo meeting his biological mother after 25 years of separation.
Anne-Katrin Titze: Did you actually wear a Tasmania T-shirt when you arrived...
- 2/22/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
BAFTA wins for Dev Patel and Luke Davies - Lion at The Paris Theatre Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Luke Davies, the screenwriter of Lion (based on Saroo Brierley's memoir A Long Way Home) was a BAFTA Adapted Screenplay nominee along with Tom Ford (Nocturnal Animals) Theodore Melfi and Allison Schroeder (Hidden Figures); Eric Heisserer (Arrival); and Robert Schenkkan and Andrew Knight (Hacksaw Ridge). On Sunday night, it was announced that he and Dev Patel (Best Supporting Actor) for his portrayal of Saroo Brierley were honoured with BAFTAs.
During our conversation, Luke Davies gave me some insight on Sue Brierley and Nicole Kidman, Burt Lancaster in John Frankenheimer's The Train, Anton Corbijn, looking forward to Gianfranco Rosi's Boatman, his work on Felix Van Groeningen's upcoming Beautiful Boy starring Steve Carell for Jeremy Kleiner of Brad Pitt's Plan B, and what he learned at the World Premiere of Lion in New York.
Luke Davies, the screenwriter of Lion (based on Saroo Brierley's memoir A Long Way Home) was a BAFTA Adapted Screenplay nominee along with Tom Ford (Nocturnal Animals) Theodore Melfi and Allison Schroeder (Hidden Figures); Eric Heisserer (Arrival); and Robert Schenkkan and Andrew Knight (Hacksaw Ridge). On Sunday night, it was announced that he and Dev Patel (Best Supporting Actor) for his portrayal of Saroo Brierley were honoured with BAFTAs.
During our conversation, Luke Davies gave me some insight on Sue Brierley and Nicole Kidman, Burt Lancaster in John Frankenheimer's The Train, Anton Corbijn, looking forward to Gianfranco Rosi's Boatman, his work on Felix Van Groeningen's upcoming Beautiful Boy starring Steve Carell for Jeremy Kleiner of Brad Pitt's Plan B, and what he learned at the World Premiere of Lion in New York.
- 2/15/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
It is the heartwarming film that friends and critics alike have fallen in love with and told you to go see. It has earned Best Picture nominations at the Golden Globes and the Critics’ Choice Awards, as well as two nominations at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. And yet, Lion, which is now in theaters, hasn't taken home a trophy at any of these high-profile award shows. Now up for six Academy Awards later this month, including a nomination for Best Picture, the film may still go home empty-handed, despite critical acclaim and standout performances by Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman.
So why is Lion the film that everybody can’t stop talking about? For starters, it’s a heart-wrenching true story based on Saroo Brierley's memoir A Long Way Home. It follows Saroo (Patel), who was adopted by an Australian couple (Kidman and David Wenham) after getting separated from his family at age 5. Two decades...
So why is Lion the film that everybody can’t stop talking about? For starters, it’s a heart-wrenching true story based on Saroo Brierley's memoir A Long Way Home. It follows Saroo (Patel), who was adopted by an Australian couple (Kidman and David Wenham) after getting separated from his family at age 5. Two decades...
- 2/13/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Don’t abandon hope, “Moonlight” lovers.
On Sunday, the BAFTAs shut out “Moonlight,” which had four nominations. Among them, writer-director Barry Jenkins competed in the Original Screenplay category against eventual BAFTA winner Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester By the Sea”). These two also compete at the Writers Guild. On Oscar night February 26th, when “Moonlight” has eight chances to win, it should take home at least one Oscar in another category, Best Adapted Screenplay.
The BAFTA for Adapted Screenplay went to Australian writer Luke Davies for “Lion.” But at Saturday’s USC Scripter Awards, which have accurately predicted the adapted category for the last six years, “Moonlight” beat “Lion.” On Oscar night, “Moonlight” should do that again.
Here’s how the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race shakes out.
Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (“Moonlight”)
The Academy moved two scripts, “Moonlight” and “Loving,” from Original to Adapted. Technically, the play Jenkins adapted with McCraney,...
On Sunday, the BAFTAs shut out “Moonlight,” which had four nominations. Among them, writer-director Barry Jenkins competed in the Original Screenplay category against eventual BAFTA winner Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester By the Sea”). These two also compete at the Writers Guild. On Oscar night February 26th, when “Moonlight” has eight chances to win, it should take home at least one Oscar in another category, Best Adapted Screenplay.
The BAFTA for Adapted Screenplay went to Australian writer Luke Davies for “Lion.” But at Saturday’s USC Scripter Awards, which have accurately predicted the adapted category for the last six years, “Moonlight” beat “Lion.” On Oscar night, “Moonlight” should do that again.
Here’s how the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race shakes out.
Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (“Moonlight”)
The Academy moved two scripts, “Moonlight” and “Loving,” from Original to Adapted. Technically, the play Jenkins adapted with McCraney,...
- 2/13/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Don’t abandon hope, “Moonlight” lovers.
On Sunday, the BAFTAs shut out “Moonlight,” which had four nominations. Among them, writer-director Barry Jenkins competed in the Original Screenplay category against eventual BAFTA winner Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester By the Sea”). These two also compete at the Writers Guild. On Oscar night February 26th, when “Moonlight” has eight chances to win, it should take home at least one Oscar in another category, Best Adapted Screenplay.
The BAFTA for Adapted Screenplay went to Australian writer Luke Davies for “Lion.” But at Saturday’s USC Scripter Awards, which have accurately predicted the adapted category for the last six years, “Moonlight” beat “Lion.” On Oscar night, “Moonlight” should do that again.
Here’s how the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race shakes out.
Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (“Moonlight”)
The Academy moved two scripts, “Moonlight” and “Loving,” from Original to Adapted. Technically, the play Jenkins adapted with McCraney,...
On Sunday, the BAFTAs shut out “Moonlight,” which had four nominations. Among them, writer-director Barry Jenkins competed in the Original Screenplay category against eventual BAFTA winner Kenneth Lonergan (“Manchester By the Sea”). These two also compete at the Writers Guild. On Oscar night February 26th, when “Moonlight” has eight chances to win, it should take home at least one Oscar in another category, Best Adapted Screenplay.
The BAFTA for Adapted Screenplay went to Australian writer Luke Davies for “Lion.” But at Saturday’s USC Scripter Awards, which have accurately predicted the adapted category for the last six years, “Moonlight” beat “Lion.” On Oscar night, “Moonlight” should do that again.
Here’s how the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race shakes out.
Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (“Moonlight”)
The Academy moved two scripts, “Moonlight” and “Loving,” from Original to Adapted. Technically, the play Jenkins adapted with McCraney,...
- 2/13/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
In 1986, a five-year-old boy made the mistake of falling asleep in a rural Indian train station. When he woke up, he’d lost sight of his brother, and would soon lose sight of his home. Setting out to find them, he began an epic journey that led him first to Kolkata and then to a new life in Australia, before he found his way back to his village a quarter-century later.
It’s a big story, the stuff of legend, not to mention countless newspaper articles and a best-selling book, A Long Way Home, written by that one-time boy, Saroo Brierley,...
It’s a big story, the stuff of legend, not to mention countless newspaper articles and a best-selling book, A Long Way Home, written by that one-time boy, Saroo Brierley,...
- 2/13/2017
- by Stephen Galloway
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Luke Davies, Oscar nominated screenwriter for Lion with Anne-Katrin Titze Photo: Susan Engel
Meeting up with novelist, essayist, film critic, and very famous poet, Luke Davies, to discuss his latest screenplay, based on Saroo Brierley's memoir A Long Way Home for Lion, directed by Garth Davis, starring Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham and Sunny Pawar, we talked about the Proust moment, Hans Christian Andersen's Little Match Girl, Anton Corbijn, John Frankenheimer's The Train, Felix Van Groeningen's Beautiful Boy starring Steve Carell, Gianfranco Rosi's Boatman, Australian adoption laws, butterflies, and visual cues.
In Lion, memories are the only tools available to the hero for regaining a sense of origin. Luke Davies attaches us firmly to little five-year-old Saroo (Sunny Pawar) who gets lost on a dangerous, life-altering adventure.
Saroo (Sunny Pawar): "He describes this hedge that was filled with butterflies."
Salvation does...
Meeting up with novelist, essayist, film critic, and very famous poet, Luke Davies, to discuss his latest screenplay, based on Saroo Brierley's memoir A Long Way Home for Lion, directed by Garth Davis, starring Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham and Sunny Pawar, we talked about the Proust moment, Hans Christian Andersen's Little Match Girl, Anton Corbijn, John Frankenheimer's The Train, Felix Van Groeningen's Beautiful Boy starring Steve Carell, Gianfranco Rosi's Boatman, Australian adoption laws, butterflies, and visual cues.
In Lion, memories are the only tools available to the hero for regaining a sense of origin. Luke Davies attaches us firmly to little five-year-old Saroo (Sunny Pawar) who gets lost on a dangerous, life-altering adventure.
Saroo (Sunny Pawar): "He describes this hedge that was filled with butterflies."
Salvation does...
- 2/9/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Dev Patel has spoken out about President Donald Trump‘s refugee ban at from the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards.
“I just flew in from India a day ago. When I heard the news, it was utterly devastating,” the actor said during People and Entertainment Weekly‘s red carpet show.
Speaking on the international impact, Lion, Patel described the emotional resonance of his SAG-nominated film.
“It’s so important, it’s a story about identity and roots, a love that transcends continents” he said. “A story I want to represent in cinema … about sensitive, soulful human beings.”
People and Entertainment Weekly...
“I just flew in from India a day ago. When I heard the news, it was utterly devastating,” the actor said during People and Entertainment Weekly‘s red carpet show.
Speaking on the international impact, Lion, Patel described the emotional resonance of his SAG-nominated film.
“It’s so important, it’s a story about identity and roots, a love that transcends continents” he said. “A story I want to represent in cinema … about sensitive, soulful human beings.”
People and Entertainment Weekly...
- 1/30/2017
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
This story originally appeared on realsimple.com.
1. Hidden Figures, by Margot Lee Shetterly
Fun fact: the film adaptation of this New York Times-bestseller began shooting even before the book was released in September. And it’s not hard to see why: Shetterly’s meticulously-researched, inspiring story jumps off the page. The book celebrates Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, the black female mathematicians who worked as “human computers” at the Langley memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in Hampton, Virginia during World War II, tabulating the calculations that would send man into space. The movie is nominated for Best Picture,...
1. Hidden Figures, by Margot Lee Shetterly
Fun fact: the film adaptation of this New York Times-bestseller began shooting even before the book was released in September. And it’s not hard to see why: Shetterly’s meticulously-researched, inspiring story jumps off the page. The book celebrates Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, the black female mathematicians who worked as “human computers” at the Langley memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in Hampton, Virginia during World War II, tabulating the calculations that would send man into space. The movie is nominated for Best Picture,...
- 1/24/2017
- by samgillettetimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
Greig Fraser's lensing of Garth Davis’ Lion on Saturday night won the feature competition at the American Society of Cinematographers' 31st annual Outstanding Achievement Awards at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland.
He topped a field of nominees that included James Laxton, for Moonlight; Linus Sandgren, for La La Land; Rodrigo Prieto, for Silence; and Bradford Young, for Arrival. Lion, an adaptation of the nonfiction book A Long Way Home, was Davis' first feature; earlier in the evening, he received the DGA Award for a first-time feature director. Lion was photographed on location in India and Australia.
The same five movies are nominated...
He topped a field of nominees that included James Laxton, for Moonlight; Linus Sandgren, for La La Land; Rodrigo Prieto, for Silence; and Bradford Young, for Arrival. Lion, an adaptation of the nonfiction book A Long Way Home, was Davis' first feature; earlier in the evening, he received the DGA Award for a first-time feature director. Lion was photographed on location in India and Australia.
The same five movies are nominated...
- 1/20/2017
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lion, the 2016 drama film directed by Garth Davis, is based on the non-fiction book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley. The film tells the story Brierley, who, at the age of five, fell asleep in a train in rural India, while waiting for his brother to fetch him. Upon awaking, he was thousands of […]
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- 1/14/2017
- by Kate Chia
- Uinterview
The cinematographers behind Arrival, Lion, La La Land, Moonlight and Silence are nominated in the feature film competition of the American Society of Cinematographers' 31st annual Outstanding Achievement Awards, which will be presented Feb. 4 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland.
This is the first Asc nomination for Greig Fraser, for Garth Davis’ A Long Way Home adaptation Lion; James Laxton, for Barry Jenkins’ coming of age drama Moonlight; Linus Sandgren, for Damien Chazelle’s contemporary musical La La Land; and Bradford Young for Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi film Arrival.
Rodrigo Prieto,...
This is the first Asc nomination for Greig Fraser, for Garth Davis’ A Long Way Home adaptation Lion; James Laxton, for Barry Jenkins’ coming of age drama Moonlight; Linus Sandgren, for Damien Chazelle’s contemporary musical La La Land; and Bradford Young for Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi film Arrival.
Rodrigo Prieto,...
- 1/9/2017
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Remember the name: Sunny Pawar.
The 8-year-old actor, who’s presumably this award season’s Jacob Tremblay, stole the show at the Golden Globe Awards with his adorable charm when he introduced his nominated drama, Lion, on stage with costar Dev Patel.
Patel began by explaining the film’s extraordinary true story about a man who reunites with his long-lost family in India using Google Earth. Then to adorably end the segment, the 26-year-old actor lifted the tiny star, who played the younger version of his character, to exclaim: “This is our movie, Lion.”
Based on the memoir A Long Way Home,...
The 8-year-old actor, who’s presumably this award season’s Jacob Tremblay, stole the show at the Golden Globe Awards with his adorable charm when he introduced his nominated drama, Lion, on stage with costar Dev Patel.
Patel began by explaining the film’s extraordinary true story about a man who reunites with his long-lost family in India using Google Earth. Then to adorably end the segment, the 26-year-old actor lifted the tiny star, who played the younger version of his character, to exclaim: “This is our movie, Lion.”
Based on the memoir A Long Way Home,...
- 1/9/2017
- by karenmizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
Nicole Kidman in ‘Lion’ (Courtesy: Mark Rogers/Long Way Productions)
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
Nothing is ever certain when it comes to predicting how the Oscars will shape up, but it seems as though Nicole Kidman is a slam dunk in this year’s race. The Lion star has already been nominated three times in the past — even snagging one win in the process — across categories and it seems as though a fourth is on the way. How often does this happen in the best actress and best supporting actress categories?
The reason a fourth nomination for Kidman seems inevitable is because the 49-year-old Australian-American has been nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award and a Satellite Award (losing both) as well as a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award (awaiting results). With those in the bag, an Oscar nomination is right around the corner — and this site’s namesake,...
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
Nothing is ever certain when it comes to predicting how the Oscars will shape up, but it seems as though Nicole Kidman is a slam dunk in this year’s race. The Lion star has already been nominated three times in the past — even snagging one win in the process — across categories and it seems as though a fourth is on the way. How often does this happen in the best actress and best supporting actress categories?
The reason a fourth nomination for Kidman seems inevitable is because the 49-year-old Australian-American has been nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award and a Satellite Award (losing both) as well as a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award (awaiting results). With those in the bag, an Oscar nomination is right around the corner — and this site’s namesake,...
- 12/29/2016
- by Carson Blackwelder
- Scott Feinberg
‘Nocturnal Animals’ (Courtesy: Merrick Morton/Focus Features)
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
This year’s contenders for best adapted screenplay are quite the eclectic group based on their sources — something that can never be said for those competing for best original screenplay. When looking at this category’s past since the year 2000, can history dictate which type of adapted screenplays the Academy might be leaning toward at the 2017 Oscars?
This site’s namesake, The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg, honed in on nine films considered either frontrunners (the first five) or major threats (the last four) in his latest check-in on the Oscar race: Moonlight, Lion, Fences, Arrival, Hacksaw Ridge, Nocturnal Animals, Sully, Silence, and Loving. The original sources for these films are as varied as the subject matter in the works they inspired, so let’s break them down.
As for frontrunners: Moonlight, written and directed by Barry Jenkins,...
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
This year’s contenders for best adapted screenplay are quite the eclectic group based on their sources — something that can never be said for those competing for best original screenplay. When looking at this category’s past since the year 2000, can history dictate which type of adapted screenplays the Academy might be leaning toward at the 2017 Oscars?
This site’s namesake, The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg, honed in on nine films considered either frontrunners (the first five) or major threats (the last four) in his latest check-in on the Oscar race: Moonlight, Lion, Fences, Arrival, Hacksaw Ridge, Nocturnal Animals, Sully, Silence, and Loving. The original sources for these films are as varied as the subject matter in the works they inspired, so let’s break them down.
As for frontrunners: Moonlight, written and directed by Barry Jenkins,...
- 12/22/2016
- by Carson Blackwelder
- Scott Feinberg
Adapted from the memoir “A Long Way Home” by Saroo Brierley, the incredible film Lion stars Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman. Directed by Garth Davis in his feature film directorial debut, the drama also stars Rooney Mara, David Wenham, Sunny Pawar, Priyanka Bose, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and Deepti Naval.
Lion tells the story of five-year-old Saroo (Sunny Pawar) who accidentally ends up alone on an empty train. Frightened and bewildered, he travels thousands of miles away from his home, and lands in chaotic Kolkata. Somehow, even without speaking the language, Saroo survives living on the streets. The young boy escapes all sorts of terrors and close calls before ending up in an orphanage that is not exactly a safe haven. Eventually Saroo is adopted by an Australian couple (Nicole Kidman and David Wenham), and finds love and security as he grows up in Hobart. As an adult, not wanting...
Lion tells the story of five-year-old Saroo (Sunny Pawar) who accidentally ends up alone on an empty train. Frightened and bewildered, he travels thousands of miles away from his home, and lands in chaotic Kolkata. Somehow, even without speaking the language, Saroo survives living on the streets. The young boy escapes all sorts of terrors and close calls before ending up in an orphanage that is not exactly a safe haven. Eventually Saroo is adopted by an Australian couple (Nicole Kidman and David Wenham), and finds love and security as he grows up in Hobart. As an adult, not wanting...
- 12/19/2016
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
“Lion” is designed as a crowdpleaser that will tug at filmgoers’ tear ducts and heartstrings. Crafted by a largely Australian crew of Hollywood outsiders led by Garth Davis in his feature debut, the decently reviewed Weinstein Co. release (November 25) is Harvey Weinstein’s Oscar mission. So far it’s landed six Critics Choice, four Golden Globe, and two SAG nominations; all include supporting players Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel. The movie is holding well in limited release, heading into national expansion over the holidays.
What did they do right?
1. Find a riveting true story.
Back in 2013 when Sundance Channel series “Top of the Lake” debuted at the Sundance Festival, See Saw Films producers Iain Canning and Emile Sherman (Oscar-winner “The King’s Speech”) discovered an article about Australian emigre Saroo Brierley, who had lost his family at the age of five in Calcutta and, 20 years later, found them again via Google Earth.
What did they do right?
1. Find a riveting true story.
Back in 2013 when Sundance Channel series “Top of the Lake” debuted at the Sundance Festival, See Saw Films producers Iain Canning and Emile Sherman (Oscar-winner “The King’s Speech”) discovered an article about Australian emigre Saroo Brierley, who had lost his family at the age of five in Calcutta and, 20 years later, found them again via Google Earth.
- 12/19/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
“Lion” is designed as a crowdpleaser that will tug at filmgoers’ tear ducts and heartstrings. Crafted by a largely Australian crew of Hollywood outsiders led by Garth Davis in his feature debut, the decently reviewed Weinstein Co. release (November 25) is Harvey Weinstein’s Oscar mission. So far it’s landed six Critics Choice, four Golden Globe, and two SAG nominations; all include supporting players Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel. The movie is holding well in limited release, heading into national expansion over the holidays.
What did they do right?
1. Find a riveting true story.
Back in 2013 when Sundance Channel series “Top of the Lake” debuted at the Sundance Festival, See Saw Films producers Iain Canning and Emile Sherman (Oscar-winner “The King’s Speech”) discovered an article about Australian emigre Saroo Brierley, who had lost his family at the age of five in Calcutta and, 20 years later, found them again via Google Earth.
What did they do right?
1. Find a riveting true story.
Back in 2013 when Sundance Channel series “Top of the Lake” debuted at the Sundance Festival, See Saw Films producers Iain Canning and Emile Sherman (Oscar-winner “The King’s Speech”) discovered an article about Australian emigre Saroo Brierley, who had lost his family at the age of five in Calcutta and, 20 years later, found them again via Google Earth.
- 12/19/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
One of the more amazing true stories to come out of this year’s film festival circuit was that of Saroo Brierley, whose memoir A Long Way Home was adapted into the film Lion.
It tells the story of how Saroo, at a young age, was separated from his older brother and mother in India, ending up thousands of miles away where he would eventually be adopted by a young Australian couple. Decades later, the 20-something Saroo (played in the film by Dev Patel) would try to find his home using his memories along with Google Earth, beginning his second amazing journey to get back to his family.
What’s even more impressive about Lion is that it is Garth Davis’ directorial debut, after he received some acclaim for co-directing the Sundance Channel series Top of the Lake a few years back. For Davis’ debut, he ended up filming all over India,...
It tells the story of how Saroo, at a young age, was separated from his older brother and mother in India, ending up thousands of miles away where he would eventually be adopted by a young Australian couple. Decades later, the 20-something Saroo (played in the film by Dev Patel) would try to find his home using his memories along with Google Earth, beginning his second amazing journey to get back to his family.
What’s even more impressive about Lion is that it is Garth Davis’ directorial debut, after he received some acclaim for co-directing the Sundance Channel series Top of the Lake a few years back. For Davis’ debut, he ended up filming all over India,...
- 12/15/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Dev Patel in ‘Lion’ (Courtesy: Long Way Productions)
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
Aside from the amazing characters, acting, and storytelling in Lion, the film had another unique aspect to it: just how much non-English is spoken. The Garth Davis-directed drama is considered a frontrunner by most critics in the best picture at the 2017 Oscars — but will language hold it back in the long run? Let’s take a look at history and see what we can learn.
While a large part of Lion is in English, there is also a substantial part of it that is in Bengali and Hindi. That’s because the plot — based on a 2013 memoir titled A Long Way Home — follows the true story of Saroo Brierley from becoming lost at the age of five, surviving many challenges, getting adopted by an Australian couple, and finding his birth family 25 years later. With the five-year-old...
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
Aside from the amazing characters, acting, and storytelling in Lion, the film had another unique aspect to it: just how much non-English is spoken. The Garth Davis-directed drama is considered a frontrunner by most critics in the best picture at the 2017 Oscars — but will language hold it back in the long run? Let’s take a look at history and see what we can learn.
While a large part of Lion is in English, there is also a substantial part of it that is in Bengali and Hindi. That’s because the plot — based on a 2013 memoir titled A Long Way Home — follows the true story of Saroo Brierley from becoming lost at the age of five, surviving many challenges, getting adopted by an Australian couple, and finding his birth family 25 years later. With the five-year-old...
- 12/15/2016
- by Carson Blackwelder
- Scott Feinberg
Keep up with the glitzy awards world with our weekly Awards Roundup column.
– Megan Ellison will receive the Producers Guild of America’s 2017 Visionary Award at the PGA Awards on January 28, 2017 in Los Angeles. The award recognizes television, film, or new media producers for their unique or uplifting contributions to our culture through inspiring storytelling or performance.
Ellison is being recognized with the award for her work as a fierce supporter of distinctive and creative voices in films such as “American Hustle,” “Her,” “The Master,” “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Foxcatcher,” and most recently “20th Century Women.”
Read More: Annette Bening to Receive Career Achievement Award, Ridley Scott Honored By Directors Guild and More
“Megan Ellison joined our industry when she founded Annapurna Pictures just over six years ago, and she got here just in time,” PGA awards chairs Donald De Line and Amy Pascal said in a statement. “Megan and her...
– Megan Ellison will receive the Producers Guild of America’s 2017 Visionary Award at the PGA Awards on January 28, 2017 in Los Angeles. The award recognizes television, film, or new media producers for their unique or uplifting contributions to our culture through inspiring storytelling or performance.
Ellison is being recognized with the award for her work as a fierce supporter of distinctive and creative voices in films such as “American Hustle,” “Her,” “The Master,” “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Foxcatcher,” and most recently “20th Century Women.”
Read More: Annette Bening to Receive Career Achievement Award, Ridley Scott Honored By Directors Guild and More
“Megan Ellison joined our industry when she founded Annapurna Pictures just over six years ago, and she got here just in time,” PGA awards chairs Donald De Line and Amy Pascal said in a statement. “Megan and her...
- 12/9/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
An Australian director known for Top Of The Lake, Garth Davis has made an impression this season with The Weinstein Company's Lion, his feature film debut. Based on Saroo Brierley's incredible true story as captured in his memoir, A Long Way Home, Lion follows 5-year-old Saroo, who is separated from his family in India. Adopted by an Australian couple, it takes 25 years for Saroo to reconnect with his birth family, through the magic of Google Earth. Below, Davis discusses…...
- 12/9/2016
- Deadline
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Lineup Announcements
– The 2017 Oxford Film Festival has announced the full schedule of films for next year’s edition of the popular Mississippi film festival. Katherine Dieckmann’s drama “Strange Weather,” starring Holly Hunter, is the Opening Night Selection while Jeff Grace’s festival hit, “Folk Hero & Funny Guy,” serves as the Closing Night selection.
A total of 151 films (34 features, 117 shorts, music videos, new media, and virtual reality projects), including 15 world premieres and 4 U.S. premieres, were selected for the film festival taking place February 15-19, 2017, in Oxford, Mississippi. Along with the films in competition, the festival will be highlighted by three new sections: New Media, a virtual reality (Vr) slate of programming, and both features and shorts sections featuring Lgbtq films.
You can check out the full lineup and schedule right here.
Lineup Announcements
– The 2017 Oxford Film Festival has announced the full schedule of films for next year’s edition of the popular Mississippi film festival. Katherine Dieckmann’s drama “Strange Weather,” starring Holly Hunter, is the Opening Night Selection while Jeff Grace’s festival hit, “Folk Hero & Funny Guy,” serves as the Closing Night selection.
A total of 151 films (34 features, 117 shorts, music videos, new media, and virtual reality projects), including 15 world premieres and 4 U.S. premieres, were selected for the film festival taking place February 15-19, 2017, in Oxford, Mississippi. Along with the films in competition, the festival will be highlighted by three new sections: New Media, a virtual reality (Vr) slate of programming, and both features and shorts sections featuring Lgbtq films.
You can check out the full lineup and schedule right here.
- 12/8/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Lost and Found: An interview with the star of Lion, Dev PatelLost and Found: An interview with the star of Lion, Dev PatelMarni Weisz - Editor, Cineplex Magazine12/7/2016 12:54:00 Pm
In Dev Patel’s career there will be pre-Lion movies, and post-Lion movies.
Pre-Lion, the British-born actor of Indian heritage seemed to play clean-cut, skinny, cute, but slightly nerdy guys. Think of him as well-meaning romantic Sonny Kapoor in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Chappie’s bespectacled robot designer Deon Wilson, and even as unlikely trivia champ Jamal in 2008’s Best Picture-winning Slumdog Millionaire, Patel’s breakthrough film.
But Lion, which finished second only to La La Land in the battle for the Toronto International Film Festival’s prestigious People’s Choice Award, proves he can be something much different. Burly, masculine, quiet, sexy…and Australian.
“A script like this demands that you go there,...
In Dev Patel’s career there will be pre-Lion movies, and post-Lion movies.
Pre-Lion, the British-born actor of Indian heritage seemed to play clean-cut, skinny, cute, but slightly nerdy guys. Think of him as well-meaning romantic Sonny Kapoor in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Chappie’s bespectacled robot designer Deon Wilson, and even as unlikely trivia champ Jamal in 2008’s Best Picture-winning Slumdog Millionaire, Patel’s breakthrough film.
But Lion, which finished second only to La La Land in the battle for the Toronto International Film Festival’s prestigious People’s Choice Award, proves he can be something much different. Burly, masculine, quiet, sexy…and Australian.
“A script like this demands that you go there,...
- 12/7/2016
- by Marni Weisz - Editor, Cineplex Magazine
- Cineplex
The Weinstein Co’s emotional crowd-pleasing drama Lion has been selected to receive the award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 21st Capri Hollywood International Film Festival. The Garth Davis-directed adaptation of Saroo Bierley’s memoir A Long Way Home stars Sunny Pawar, Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman. It was the runner-up for the People’s Choice Award in Toronto this past September and Kidman was recently set for the 2017 International Star prize in Palm Springs. The…...
- 12/5/2016
- Deadline
“Lion” tells the remarkable true story of Saroo Brierley, an Indian boy who was was dramatically separated from his mother at age of five, raised in Australia by adoptive parents and began a search for his original family 25 years later. Brierley eventually chronicled his story in his bestselling novel “A Long Way Home.” The film adaptation is an impressive feature debut for director Garth Davis and features nomination worthy turns by Dev Patel as the adult Saroo and Nicole Kidman as his Aussie mother, Sue Brierley.
Continue reading Dev Patel On ‘Lion’ And The “Force To Be Reckoned With” Nicole Kidman [Interview] at The Playlist.
Continue reading Dev Patel On ‘Lion’ And The “Force To Be Reckoned With” Nicole Kidman [Interview] at The Playlist.
- 11/26/2016
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
Plenty of people think their lives would make a good movies, but Saroo Brierley’s experience — now in theaters with “Lion” — was readymade for it. Google Earth, which plays an integral role in the adaptation of Brierley’s 2015 memoir “A Long Way Home,” unveiled a special feature Monday in honor of the film’s opening. But this isn’t your average marketing tie-in.
Read More: ‘Lion’ Review: Dev Patel Soars In a Tearjerker That Earns the Tears — Toronto
When he was five, Brierley (played by Dev Patel) was separated from his family when he fell asleep on a train in India, ending up fourteen hours away in Calcutta. After living on the streets for a few months, he was adopted by the Brierleys of Hobarth, Tasmania, and assimilated to island life, giving up hope of finding his birth mother. When college friends suggested using the new Google Earth technology to re-trace his footsteps,...
Read More: ‘Lion’ Review: Dev Patel Soars In a Tearjerker That Earns the Tears — Toronto
When he was five, Brierley (played by Dev Patel) was separated from his family when he fell asleep on a train in India, ending up fourteen hours away in Calcutta. After living on the streets for a few months, he was adopted by the Brierleys of Hobarth, Tasmania, and assimilated to island life, giving up hope of finding his birth mother. When college friends suggested using the new Google Earth technology to re-trace his footsteps,...
- 11/25/2016
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Dev Patel doesn't appear until nearly an hour into Lion – but when he does his strong, soulful, Oscar-buzzed performance cuts deep. The film is based on Saroo Brierley's bestselling memoir A Long Way Home, about a five-year-old Indian boy, raised in abject poverty, who falls asleep on a train and ends nearly 1,000 miles away in Calcutta. With only a child's memory of his single mother (Priyanka Bose) and his Hindi village, Saroo is stranded on dangerous streets among a Bengali-speaking populace he can't understand or dare to trust. It's...
- 11/22/2016
- Rollingstone.com
‘Moonlight’ (Courtesy: David Bornfriend/A24)
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
This year, maybe more than any other in recent memory, features a unique format of storytelling: having multiple actors play the same character in various stages of his or her life. It’s not a new trend by any stretch of the imagination but it has cropped up in this year’s Oscar race with the likes of Hidden Figures, Lion, and Moonlight all in the mix.
Each of these films is considered a frontrunner for being a best picture nominee, according to Scott Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter in his most recent check-in before Thanksgiving. The actors and actresses who are being portrayed by various players are key players in the acting categories, too: Taraji P. Henson is considered a major threat for Hidden Figures and Dev Patel is a frontrunner for best supporting actor for Lion. Mahershala Ali,...
By: Carson Blackwelder
Managing Editor
This year, maybe more than any other in recent memory, features a unique format of storytelling: having multiple actors play the same character in various stages of his or her life. It’s not a new trend by any stretch of the imagination but it has cropped up in this year’s Oscar race with the likes of Hidden Figures, Lion, and Moonlight all in the mix.
Each of these films is considered a frontrunner for being a best picture nominee, according to Scott Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter in his most recent check-in before Thanksgiving. The actors and actresses who are being portrayed by various players are key players in the acting categories, too: Taraji P. Henson is considered a major threat for Hidden Figures and Dev Patel is a frontrunner for best supporting actor for Lion. Mahershala Ali,...
- 11/22/2016
- by Carson Blackwelder
- Scott Feinberg
For more from Nicole Kidman, watch the full episode of The Jess Cagle Interview, available now on the new People/Entertainment Weekly Network (Pen). Go to People.com/Pen, or download the Pen app on Apple TV, Roku Players, Amazon Fire TV, Xumo, Chromecast, iOS and Android devices.
In her new movie Lion, Nicole Kidman plays Sue Brierley, an Australian woman who adopted a young boy named Saroo after he was separated from his family in India.
It’s a touching true story based on Saroo Brierley’s autobiography A Long Way Home — and a role that hits close to home for Kidman,...
In her new movie Lion, Nicole Kidman plays Sue Brierley, an Australian woman who adopted a young boy named Saroo after he was separated from his family in India.
It’s a touching true story based on Saroo Brierley’s autobiography A Long Way Home — and a role that hits close to home for Kidman,...
- 11/21/2016
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Bill Clinton made a surprise appearance at the New York premiere of Lion on Wednesday night.
The former president attended the Museum of Modern Art screening, with castmembers Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and Sunny Pawar in tow. The drama's subject, Saroo Brierley, and his parents, Sue and John Brierley, were also present.
Directed by Garth Davis and adapted from Saroo Brierley's memoir, A Long Way Home, Lion tells the true story of how a wrong train takes a 5-year-old Indian boy hundreds of miles from home. After overcoming many challenges, he is adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty-five years...
The former president attended the Museum of Modern Art screening, with castmembers Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and Sunny Pawar in tow. The drama's subject, Saroo Brierley, and his parents, Sue and John Brierley, were also present.
Directed by Garth Davis and adapted from Saroo Brierley's memoir, A Long Way Home, Lion tells the true story of how a wrong train takes a 5-year-old Indian boy hundreds of miles from home. After overcoming many challenges, he is adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty-five years...
- 11/17/2016
- by Ashley Lee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nicole Kidman‘s deep personal connection to the character she plays in her new film Lion is on full display in a new clip debuted exclusively with People.
Lion tells the incredible true story of Saroo Bierley, who was separated from his biological family in India at the age of 5 and was adopted by an Australian couple, played by Kidman and David Wenham. When Bierley grows up, he begins a search for his long-lost family using Google Earth. (Dev Patel stars as grown-up Saroo, and Sunny Pawar plays a young Saroo.)
The movie, which premiered earlier this year at the Toronto International Film Festival,...
Lion tells the incredible true story of Saroo Bierley, who was separated from his biological family in India at the age of 5 and was adopted by an Australian couple, played by Kidman and David Wenham. When Bierley grows up, he begins a search for his long-lost family using Google Earth. (Dev Patel stars as grown-up Saroo, and Sunny Pawar plays a young Saroo.)
The movie, which premiered earlier this year at the Toronto International Film Festival,...
- 11/11/2016
- by m34miller
- PEOPLE.com
Lion The Weinstein Company Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Garth Davis Written by: Luke Davies from Saroo Briefley’s book “A Long Way Home” Cast: Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham, Nicole Kidman, Sunny Pawar, Abhiskek Bharate Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 11/4/16 Opens: November 24, 2016 During the just-completed presidential campaign in the U.S. reactionaries came out of the woodwork to demand programs like “English only” or “No signs in foreign languages.” While it’s certainly admirable for all immigrants to our country if they could speak English for their own benefit, we celebrate diversity for its own sake. Many immigrants annoy conservative folk when they speak of [ Read More ]
The post Lion Movie Review appeared first on Shockya.com.
The post Lion Movie Review appeared first on Shockya.com.
- 11/8/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Nicole Kidman‘s latest film, Lion, is a powerful story about a boy who gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, ends up adopted by an Australian family, and 25 years later searches for his family.
Also starring Rooney Mara and Dev Patel, the film is a surprisingly wild ride that can’t help but move audiences.
Kidman covers the latest Town & Country magazine, and opens up about her very personal connection to the story. Though she mentions that it’s difficult to figure out the hows and whys of picking her projects – “I call myself the wild card because I have no idea what it is. I’m so spontaneous—sometimes to my detriment and sometimes my benefit—but it’s how I’ve always been. My husband [Keith Urban] never knows what I’m going to choose. And then he’ll ask me to explain why and I can’t!” – Lion...
Also starring Rooney Mara and Dev Patel, the film is a surprisingly wild ride that can’t help but move audiences.
Kidman covers the latest Town & Country magazine, and opens up about her very personal connection to the story. Though she mentions that it’s difficult to figure out the hows and whys of picking her projects – “I call myself the wild card because I have no idea what it is. I’m so spontaneous—sometimes to my detriment and sometimes my benefit—but it’s how I’ve always been. My husband [Keith Urban] never knows what I’m going to choose. And then he’ll ask me to explain why and I can’t!” – Lion...
- 11/7/2016
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Nicole Kidman‘s latest film role is one that’s deeply personal for the actress — because it involves a family that looks a lot like hers.
In a new interview with Town & Country magazine, Kidman explains why she felt drawn to her character Sue in the upcoming drama Lion.
“I can see now, for Lion, that it was important to me because I’m a mother with adopted children,” she says. “This movie is a love letter to my children.”
Lion tells the story of Sue’s adoptive son Saroo (played by Dev Patel), who as a young boy became...
In a new interview with Town & Country magazine, Kidman explains why she felt drawn to her character Sue in the upcoming drama Lion.
“I can see now, for Lion, that it was important to me because I’m a mother with adopted children,” she says. “This movie is a love letter to my children.”
Lion tells the story of Sue’s adoptive son Saroo (played by Dev Patel), who as a young boy became...
- 11/3/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
Lion.
Saroo and Sue Brierley, whose story is at the heart of Garth Davis.s first feature Lion, will attend the Aimc premiere of the film.
The Brierleys will be be special guests at the red carpet event presented by Screen Australia and Transmission Films on October 12.
The film is adapted from the true story A Long Way Home, written by Saroo.
Saroo was five when he found himself on a train bound the wrong direction from his home in northern India. Frightened and bewildered, he ended up forced to live on the streets of Kolkata, thousands of kilometres away. He was then adopted by an Australian couple and brought up in Tasmania wondering if he would ever see his Indian family again. Using memories and Google Earth, he tracked down his birth mother and her family.
Lion was lauded at the recent Toronto Film Festival, named as first runner-up...
Saroo and Sue Brierley, whose story is at the heart of Garth Davis.s first feature Lion, will attend the Aimc premiere of the film.
The Brierleys will be be special guests at the red carpet event presented by Screen Australia and Transmission Films on October 12.
The film is adapted from the true story A Long Way Home, written by Saroo.
Saroo was five when he found himself on a train bound the wrong direction from his home in northern India. Frightened and bewildered, he ended up forced to live on the streets of Kolkata, thousands of kilometres away. He was then adopted by an Australian couple and brought up in Tasmania wondering if he would ever see his Indian family again. Using memories and Google Earth, he tracked down his birth mother and her family.
Lion was lauded at the recent Toronto Film Festival, named as first runner-up...
- 10/3/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
From Down Under to the True North. Longtime best friends Naomi Watts and Nicole Kidman reunited at the Toronto International Film Festival over the weekend, where they were both promoting their upcoming films. Watts documented the reunion on Instagram, posting a black-and-white photo of the pair. "When you run into your #bff even for one second, it's a winning moment," Watts, 47, wrote of the sweet encounter. "#tff #loveyoutothemoon." When you run into your #bff even for one second, it's a winning moment. #tff #loveyoutothemoon A photo posted by Naomi Watts (@naomiwatts) on Sep 10, 2016 at 2:53pm Pdt Both actresses hail from Australia,...
- 9/11/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
From Down Under to the True North. Longtime best friends Naomi Watts and Nicole Kidman reunited at the Toronto International Film Festival over the weekend, where they were both promoting their upcoming films. Watts documented the reunion on Instagram, posting a black-and-white photo of the pair. "When you run into your #bff even for one second, it's a winning moment," Watts, 47, wrote of the sweet encounter. "#tff #loveyoutothemoon." When you run into your #bff even for one second, it's a winning moment. #tff #loveyoutothemoon A photo posted by Naomi Watts (@naomiwatts) on Sep 10, 2016 at 2:53pm Pdt Both actresses hail from Australia,...
- 9/11/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
The story begs for the big screen: In 1986, five-year-old Saroo Brierley, the youngest member of a family in the impoverished Indian neighborhood of Khandwa, got stuck on a train. He traveled close to 1,000 miles across his country, wound up in a shelter and eventually was adopted by an Australian couple. Some 25 years later, equipped with Google Earth and vague childhood memories, Brierley retraced his path and found his way back to his birth mother. Cue the tears.
“Lion,” the first feature directed by Garth Davis, sufficiently realizes the emotional arc built into Brieley’s experience. Adapted from his book “A Long Way Home,” the movie features a sturdy Dev Patel as the intense young Saroo eager to reconnect with his roots, but the movie’s best moments precede his arrival. In its first hour, Davis delivers a gripping account of young Brierley’s Homeric odyssey across India, during which time...
“Lion,” the first feature directed by Garth Davis, sufficiently realizes the emotional arc built into Brieley’s experience. Adapted from his book “A Long Way Home,” the movie features a sturdy Dev Patel as the intense young Saroo eager to reconnect with his roots, but the movie’s best moments precede his arrival. In its first hour, Davis delivers a gripping account of young Brierley’s Homeric odyssey across India, during which time...
- 9/11/2016
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The 2016 Toronto Film Festival kicks off Sept. 8 - waving the flag for the unofficial start of the Oscar race. Scores of films will screen over the festival's 10 days - which in the past has seen the debuts of eventual Best Picture winners The King's Speech, 12 Years a Slave and Spotlight. From big-time movie stars tackling gritty roles to biopics of fascinating geniuses to new takes on humanity's big issues, there will certainly be a lot to watch. As the contenders warm up, here are 10 films generating the biggest buzz. 1. La La LandRyan Gosling and Emma Stone reunite for the third...
- 9/1/2016
- by Dave Quinn, @NineDaves
- PEOPLE.com
Director Garth Davis and Harvey Weinstein to present the true life story in Zurich.
Garth Davis’ Lion, starring Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham and Nicole Kidman, is to open the 12th Zurich Film Festival (Sept 22-Oct 2).
The film will receive its European premiere on Sept 22 at the festival, with director Garth Davis and exec producer Harvey Weinstein expected to attend.
Adapted from Saroo Brierley’s memoir A Long Way Home, the film tells the true story of how a wrong train took a five-year-old Indian boy hundreds of miles from home.
He was placed in an orphanage and eventually adopted by an Australian couple, Sue and John Brierley (played by Kidman and Wenham).
Patel plays the older Saroo, haunted by memories of his childhood, who set out to find his lost family using Google Earth technology.
Davis makes his feature directorial debut, having previously co-directed mini-series Top Of The Lake with Jane Campion.
Zff director...
Garth Davis’ Lion, starring Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham and Nicole Kidman, is to open the 12th Zurich Film Festival (Sept 22-Oct 2).
The film will receive its European premiere on Sept 22 at the festival, with director Garth Davis and exec producer Harvey Weinstein expected to attend.
Adapted from Saroo Brierley’s memoir A Long Way Home, the film tells the true story of how a wrong train took a five-year-old Indian boy hundreds of miles from home.
He was placed in an orphanage and eventually adopted by an Australian couple, Sue and John Brierley (played by Kidman and Wenham).
Patel plays the older Saroo, haunted by memories of his childhood, who set out to find his lost family using Google Earth technology.
Davis makes his feature directorial debut, having previously co-directed mini-series Top Of The Lake with Jane Campion.
Zff director...
- 8/29/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Zurich Film Festival has set The Weinstein Co/See-Saw Films' Lion as its opening night film. The European premiere of the Garth Davis-directed pic will take place on September 22. Based on Saroo Brierley's A Long Way Home, Lion tells the true story of how a wrong train takes a 5-year-old Indian boy hundreds of miles from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by an Australian couple. But 25 years later, haunted by memories of his childhood, he learns…...
- 8/29/2016
- Deadline TV
The Zurich Film Festival has set The Weinstein Co/See-Saw Films' Lion as its opening night film. The European premiere of the Garth Davis-directed pic will take place on September 22. Based on Saroo Brierley's A Long Way Home, Lion tells the true story of how a wrong train takes a 5-year-old Indian boy hundreds of miles from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by an Australian couple. But 25 years later, haunted by memories of his childhood, he learns…...
- 8/29/2016
- Deadline
New trailers for Rings, La La Land and Manchester by the Sea make our weekly news round-up!New trailers for Rings, La La Land and Manchester by the Sea make our weekly news round-up!Adriana Floridia8/26/2016 3:27:00 Pm
This week, there were new trailer for every kind of movie lover.
For horror fans, we finally got our first look at the follow up to the classic, The Ring, with Rings. For fans of musicals, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone (which is all of us, we'd presume), there was a new trailer for La La Land. Fans of thrillers will love the new trailer for Kidnap, starring Halle Berry. If you like your movies more dramatic and potentially heart-wrenching, we also got new trailers for Sully, Manchester by the Sea and Lion.
Check out our trailer round-up below!
Rings
Remember 2002’s The Ring with Naomi Watts? Honestly, how could you forget?...
This week, there were new trailer for every kind of movie lover.
For horror fans, we finally got our first look at the follow up to the classic, The Ring, with Rings. For fans of musicals, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone (which is all of us, we'd presume), there was a new trailer for La La Land. Fans of thrillers will love the new trailer for Kidnap, starring Halle Berry. If you like your movies more dramatic and potentially heart-wrenching, we also got new trailers for Sully, Manchester by the Sea and Lion.
Check out our trailer round-up below!
Rings
Remember 2002’s The Ring with Naomi Watts? Honestly, how could you forget?...
- 8/26/2016
- by Adriana Floridia
- Cineplex
Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham and Nicole Kidman star in Canadian Exclusive first trailer for Tiff film LionDev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham and Nicole Kidman star in Canadian Exclusive first trailer for Tiff film LionAdriana Floridia8/26/2016 11:18:00 Am
One of our most anticipated films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Lion, just debuted its first trailer!
Based on Saroo Brierly’s 2013 memoir “A Long Way Home”, Lion follows Saroo (Dev Patel) who as a child, was taken thousands of kilometres away from his family and home after getting onto the wrong train. He manages to survive despite many obstacles, and eventually is adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty-five years later, he learns about the new technology that is Google Earth, and with the scantest of clues, he sets out to find his lost family and the hometown he left behind.
The film boasts an impressive cast,...
One of our most anticipated films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Lion, just debuted its first trailer!
Based on Saroo Brierly’s 2013 memoir “A Long Way Home”, Lion follows Saroo (Dev Patel) who as a child, was taken thousands of kilometres away from his family and home after getting onto the wrong train. He manages to survive despite many obstacles, and eventually is adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty-five years later, he learns about the new technology that is Google Earth, and with the scantest of clues, he sets out to find his lost family and the hometown he left behind.
The film boasts an impressive cast,...
- 8/26/2016
- by Adriana Floridia
- Cineplex
With the summer dwindling down and the fall festivals approaching, it's time to look at some globe-trotting prestige movies that could be Oscar contenders early next year. Check out trailers for Lion, A United Kingdom and Planetarium below. Lion First we head to India for the true story of Saroo Brierley (Dev Patel), who got lost as a boy and wound up adopted by an Australian couple (Nicole Kidman and David Wenham) and then returned to India as an adult to find his real family. Rooney Mara also co-stars in the adaptation of Brierley's nonfiction bestseller A Long Way Home, which is the feature directorial debut of Garth Davis (Top of the Lake). After premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival, the movie will...
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- 8/26/2016
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
The Dev Patel–starring biopic “Lion” has made its way onto many an awards season shortlist. Given its high-profile roster of talent on screen and off, it’s not surprising; co-starring Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara, the film is written by Luke Davies (“Candy”) and helmed by Garth Davis (“Top of the Lake”) in his feature film debut. With the release of the movie’s stirring trailer today, it’s even clearer that Academy voters and awards season pundits will be taking notice. “Lion” traces the real-life story of Saroo Brierley, who was separated from his family in India at the age of five and later adopted by an Australian couple. Based on Brierley’s memoir “A Long Way Home,” the film follows Brierley as he attempts to locate his birth parents—through the magic of Google Earth. Could Patel have a shot at an Oscar nomination for best leading actor?...
- 8/25/2016
- backstage.com
If there’s one film this fall that will leave moviegoers reaching for their Kleenexes, it’s Weinstein Co.’s emotional drama Lion directed by Garth Davis. Based on Saroo Brierley’s 2013 memoir A Long Way Home, Lion follows the 5-year-old Saroo (Sunny Pawar) who becomes separated from his family after falling asleep on a parked train, and winds up 1,000 miles from his village in Calcutta. After learning to survive in Kolkata, Saroo is ultimately adopted by an Australian…...
- 8/25/2016
- Deadline
Coming off an Emmy for directing Top of the Lake, Garth Davis has helmed a new feature titled Lion. Set for a premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival before a release this fall, the drama starring Dev Patel, Rooney Mara and Nicole Kidman follows the true story of a man who takes a journey to his home in India after being adopted and raised in Australia for 25 years.
“Google Earth is a far more advanced application now and simpler to navigate. When Saroo was searching, it was cloudy, square pixels and took ages to zoom in to look closely,” Patel tells USA Today, who debuted the trailer. “This became his completely-consuming obsession, finding this needle in a haystack. This man’s determination and perseverance was incredible.”
Check out the trailer below for The Weinstein Company drama that will arrive in November.
Tiff synopsis:
From the production team that brought...
“Google Earth is a far more advanced application now and simpler to navigate. When Saroo was searching, it was cloudy, square pixels and took ages to zoom in to look closely,” Patel tells USA Today, who debuted the trailer. “This became his completely-consuming obsession, finding this needle in a haystack. This man’s determination and perseverance was incredible.”
Check out the trailer below for The Weinstein Company drama that will arrive in November.
Tiff synopsis:
From the production team that brought...
- 8/25/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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