#79. Being Flynn – Paul Wetiz
While they made several pick-ups at the festival, Focus Features aren’t in the habit of premiering films in Park City, so we can call Being Flynn, the adaptation of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, my hail mary pass pick on this predictions list. Sure the pic is a studio indie and budgeted higher than brother Chris Weitz’s recent dip into low-budget production a la A Better Life, but I’m liking the packaging of indie actors surrounding De Niro and Moore the actors, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby, Lili Taylor, Victor Rasuk and Dale Dickey. Would maybe make a good fit for a closing festival film.
Gist: Based on the novel “Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir” by Nick Flynn, this is about an uncoventional relationship between a father and son. It tells the story of a young writer, Nick (Dano), who takes a job at a homeless shelter – where one night he discovers his long-absent father Jonathan (De Niro) seeking a bed. Julianne Moore portrays the writer’s mother Jody; and Olivia Thirlby portrays Denise, a worker at the shelter.
Producers: Michael Costigan (Cyrus) and Andrew Miano (A Single Man)
(IONCINEMA.com Preview Page // IMDB Link)
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