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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2008: #36 The Reader

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The Reader Daldry

#36. The Reader

Director: Stephen Daldry
Writers: David Hare (The Hours)
Producers: Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack and Scott Rudin
Distributor:The Weinstein Company

The Gist: Based on the Bernard Schlink novel, and scripted
by David Hare this tells the tale of fifteen-year-old Michael Berg who
is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. In time she becomes his
lover–then she inexplicably disappears. When Michael next sees her, he
is a young law student, and she is on trial for a hideous crime.

Fact: Kidman has just dropped out of the project in favor of Kate Winslet.

See It: Fans of Daldry’s The Hours and Schlink’s novel are very much looking forward to this piece. Prediction: Oscar noms for Best Actress.     

Release Date/Status?: This is the sort of project that is synonymous with year-end award-season kudos. A December 12th release date is a lock.

 
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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