June 27, 2024
FOXCATCHER (2014) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Bennett Miller and co-edited by AFI Alum Jay Cassidy (AFI Class of 1976), FOXCATCHER (2014) was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2014, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official rationale, “FOXCATCHER paints a complex, haunting portrait of America...
July 28, 2021
AFI Movie Club: CAPOTE
Starring the chameleon character actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, CAPOTE details the series of events that occurred while Truman Capote was writing his novel “In Cold Blood.” Hoffman took home the Academy Award® for Best Actor for portraying the eponymous author, while the film itself was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2005. HOW TO WATCH...
July 19, 2014
FOXCATCHER Director Bennett Miller Talks About How He Cast The Film
Director Bennett Miller recently stopped by the AFI campus for a Harold Lloyd Master Seminar talk with AFI Conservatory Fellows. During the discussion, moderated by Dean Jan Schuette, Miller was asked how he went about casting the three leads in FOXCATCHER, the true story about Olympic Wrestling Champions and eccentric multimillionaire John E. du Pont. Steve Carell portrays…
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