Being Flynn (2012)

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• Project Phase: Completed
• Release Date: 2012-03-02 - Limited Release
• Distributor(s): Focus Features
• Film Genre(s): Dark Comedy
• Country: United States
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Based on Nick Flynn’s 2004 memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir, this explores bonds both unbreakable and fragile between parent and child. Paul Dano portrays Nick Flynn, a young writer seeking to define himself. He misses his late mother, Jody (Julianne Moore), and her loving nature. But his father, Jonathan, is not even a memory, as Nick has not seen the man in 18 years. Jonathan Flynn (Robert De Niro) has long defined himself as a great writer, “a master storyteller.” Suddenly facing eviction from his apartment, Jonathan impulsively reaches out to Nick and the two come face-to-face. Olivia Thirlby portrays Denise, a worker at the shelter.

RELATED NEWS

While they made several pick-ups at the festival, : 2011-11-14

After adding Julianne Moore to the cast last week, : 2011-03-03

With Robert De Niro and Paul Dano already on board : 2011-02-24

  The Hollywood Reporter reports that Paul Weitz is set to write and direct the project. : 2005-04-08

 Variety reports that Columbia Pictures has acquired the rights to the novel for producer Michael Costigan. : 2004-11-09

  Focus Features announced that production has begun on the pic. Dale Dickey and Lili Taylor have joined the project. The executive producers are Tribeca’s Jane Rosenthal and Meghan Lyvers, Caroline Baron, and Depth of Field’s Kerry Kohansky. Declan Quinn is the cinematographer on the film, and Sarah Knowles is the production designer. : 2011-03-08