September 27, 2020
(2009)
A SINGLE MAN, a beautiful meditation on love, grief and mortality, stars Colin Firth as a gay man struggling with the recent loss of his partner over the course of a single day. The film was honored with an AFI Award in 2009 – recognizing it as one of the 10 outstanding films deemed culturally and artistically representative of the year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image.
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A SINGLE MAN had its U.S. premiere at the 2009 AFI FEST. Since 1987, AFI has celebrated the art of the moving picture with AFI FEST, bringing films new and classic, global and domestic, to audiences. Going virtual for the first time ever, the 2020 AFI FEST begins on October 15, 2020. Go to Fest.AFI.com for more information.
A SINGLE MAN had its U.S. premiere at the 2009 AFI FEST. Since 1987, AFI has celebrated the art of the moving picture with AFI FEST, bringing films new and classic, global and domestic, to audiences. Going virtual for the first time ever, the 2020 AFI FEST begins on October 15, 2020. Go to Fest.AFI.com for more information.
According to writer/director Tom Ford, he always envisioned Colin Firth in the role of George Falconer, but Firth originally declined the role due to other commitments. Ford cast another actor in the role, but the actor dropped out due to a scheduling conflict – which allowed Firth, who had since become available, to step into the role.
Novelist Christopher Isherwood based the character of Charley, played by Julianne Moore in the film, on Iris Tree, a bohemian English poet, actress and artists’ model. Isherwood didn’t want Tree to know, so he dramatically changed her in the book. He revealed this all to director Tom Ford after he had made her more glamorous in the film, which ironically was closer to the origins of the character.
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