#80.Defiance
Director: Edward Zwick
Writers: Clay and Claton Frohman and Zwick
Producers: Pieter Jan Brugger (Miami Vice) and Zwick
Distributor: Paramount Vantage
The Gist: Based on Nechama Tec’s book “Defiance: The Bielski Partisans”, the film revolves around Jewish brothers (Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell) living in Nazi-occupied Poland who escape into the Belarussian forest where they join Russian resistance fighters in battling the Nazis.
Fact: Production took place in the little known country (for Hollywood movies) of Lithuania.
See It: I’m not a Zwick fan, but the material on which this is based upon is intriguing to say the least. It will be nice to see Daniel Craig back to back as Bond and then in a less “suave” role.
Release Date/Status?: Currently filming, Paramount Vantage will take their time to plan the
release of this film – but don’t be surprised to see it as Holiday
fair as Zwick’s The Last Samurai and Blood Diamond were both released
in the month of December.
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