The bromance between Michael Fassbender and former Beta Band member turned director John Maclean was first forged on the shorts "Man On A Motorcycle" and the award winning "Pitch Black Heist." Now it has blossomed into the feature length "Slow West," and the first trailer is here. Co-starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Ben Mendelsohn, and Caren Pistorius, the story follows a mysterious drifter who teams with a 16 year-old, to help the young man cross the American frontier in search of the woman he loves. It's a movie that impressed our man on the ground at Sundance, who says it has a "thrilling and explosive ending with a high body count, but with heart and soul, too" and he commends the "dark, but spirited fable." "Slow West" gallops to the Tribeca Film Festival next and opens in cinemas on May 15th. Watch below.
- 3/24/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
A24 and Directv have swooped on their latest film, taking Us rights from world sales agent HanWay Films to the upcoming Sundance world premiere starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender and Ben Mendelsohn.
John Maclean’s directorial debut will screen in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition and takes place in the late 1800’s as a 16-year-old journeys across the American Frontier in search of the woman he loves.
Fassbender plays the youngster’s mysterious companion and Mendelsohn is the outlaw on their tail.
Fassbender and Maclean previously worked together on two of Maclean’s short films, Man On A Motorcycle and the 2012 best short film BAFTA winner Pitch Black Heist.
Producing Slow West are Conor McCaughan, Fassbender’s partner at Dmc Film, as well as Iain Canning and Emile Sherman of See-Saw Films and Rachel Gardner of Rachel Gardner Films.
Film4 developed the project and co-financed with the BFI, the New Zealand Film Commission and Fulcrum Media Finance...
John Maclean’s directorial debut will screen in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition and takes place in the late 1800’s as a 16-year-old journeys across the American Frontier in search of the woman he loves.
Fassbender plays the youngster’s mysterious companion and Mendelsohn is the outlaw on their tail.
Fassbender and Maclean previously worked together on two of Maclean’s short films, Man On A Motorcycle and the 2012 best short film BAFTA winner Pitch Black Heist.
Producing Slow West are Conor McCaughan, Fassbender’s partner at Dmc Film, as well as Iain Canning and Emile Sherman of See-Saw Films and Rachel Gardner of Rachel Gardner Films.
Film4 developed the project and co-financed with the BFI, the New Zealand Film Commission and Fulcrum Media Finance...
- 12/15/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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