Anesthesia (film)
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| Directed by | Tim Blake Nelson |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Tim Blake Nelson |
| Starring |
Sam Waterston Glenn Close Kristen Stewart Tim Blake Nelson Gretchen Mol Corey Stoll |
| Music by | Jeff Danna |
| Cinematography | Christina Voros |
| Edited by | Mako Kamitsuna |
Production company |
Hello Please |
Release dates |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Anesthesia is an upcoming independent drama film written, produced and directed by Tim Blake Nelson. Nelson will appear in the film along with Sam Waterston, Kristen Stewart, Glenn Close, Gretchen Mol, and Corey Stoll.
The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 22, 2015.[1] [2]
Plot
When Professor Walter Zarrow (Sam Waterston) gets violently mugged, it brings together the lives of people he's affected in the past.
Cast
- Sam Waterston[3] as Prof. Walter Zarrow[4]
- Tim Blake Nelson as Adam Zarrow [4]
- Kristen Stewart as Sophie
- Glenn Close[4] as Marcia Zarrow
- Gretchen Mol
- K. Todd Freeman as Joe
- Mickey Sumner as Nicole
- Rob Morgan as Parnell
- Lee Wilkof as Ray Eisenberg
- Hannah Marks as Ella Zarrow
- Katie Chang as Amy[5]
- Corey Stoll
- Michael K. Williams[4]
- Gloria Reuben[4]
- Scott Cohen as Dr. Laffer
- Yul Vazquez as Dr. Edward Barnes
Production
Filming took place in November 2013 in Manhattan.[3]
Release
On March 5, 2015, it was announced that the film had been selected to premiere at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival.[1] On the same day the first image of the film was released. [6]
Reception
Anesthesia premiered at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival to positive reviews. Dan Callahan of The Wrap gave the film a positive review and praised the performances: "Writer-director Tim Blake Nelson avoids sentimentality in a contemporary drama suffused with anger and vitality" and "It is the anger that runs through “Anesthesia” that gives it its flavor, its mood, and its ultimate gravity. This film demands to be taken very seriously, and it earns that right. The woebegone despair that is ever-present in Nelson’s face on screen also suffuses the best of his writing here as well as in his direction of Stewart, with whom he joins forces very dynamically."[7]
John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "Any viewer entering the film without wanting to hug Waterston will have a crush by the picture's end, with the actor perfectly embodying a flavor of learned humanism that carries us through a couple of more abstractly angst discussions of society's decay."[8]
David D'Arcy of Screen International praised the film as well: "This finely acted, tender, drama is one of the surprises of the Tribeca Film Festival" and "No surprise, acting is the film’s most obvious strength. Probably due to a low budget and the many schedules that Nelson had to juggle, the style is remarkably natural."[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tribeca Festival Adds Mary J. Blige, Cannibal Cop and a Schwarzenegger Zombie Movie". Variety. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
- ↑ http://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/anesthesia-2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Honeyford, Holly. "Kristen Stewart Starts Filming Role in Tim Blake Nelson’s ‘Anesthesia’". Focus Film. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Yamato, Jen. "Tim Blake Nelson’s ‘Anesthesia’ Adds Glenn Close, Sam Waterston, Gretchen Mol, Michael K. Williams, Corey Stoll & More". Deadline. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ↑ Ford, Rebecca. "'Bling Ring' Star Joins Indie 'Anesthesia'". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ↑ http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/2015-tribeca-film-festival-adds-mojave-slow-west-schwarzenegger-zombie-movie-maggie-more-20150305
- ↑ http://www.thewrap.com/anesthesia-tribeca-review-kristen-stewart-glenn-close-tim-blake-nelson/
- ↑ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/anesthesia-tribeca-review-790972
- ↑ http://www.screendaily.com/anesthesia-review/5086650.article?referrer=RSS
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