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SCREEN MEDIA
Presents
BEL CANTO
In NY & LA Theaters September 14th On Digital & On Demand September 21st
Starring Oscar® winner Julianne Moore and Oscar® nominee Ken Watanabe
Directed by Paul Weitz (“Mozart In The Jungle”, GRANDMA, ADMISSION, LITTLE FOCKERS) Written by Anthony Weintraub and Paul Weitz Vocals by international opera star Renée Fleming
Based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Ann Patchett
RT: 100 Minutes
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ABOUT THE STORY
Based on Ann Patchett’s best-selling novel, BEL CANTO is a dramatic love story that follows a famous soprano (Julianne Moore) who travels to South America to give a private concert at a party for a wealthy Japanese industrialist (Ken Watanabe). Just as the glittering gathering of diplomats and politicians convenes, the mansion is taken over by a guerrilla rebel group demanding the release of their imprisoned comrades. Threats are made, lives are lost, a tense negotiation begins, and a long standoff ensues.
While they are confined to the house, the hostages and their captors, who speak different
languages, are forced to find ways to communicate. Music, especially the beautiful arias performed by Moore’s character, sparks a shared sense of camaraderie and even love, uniting the disparate housemates as they form unexpected bonds, overcome their differences, and discover their shared humanity.
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ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
In a mythical South American country, a place known for poverty and repression, a
famous American opera singer, a Japanese industrialist, and a group of diplomats become pawns in a politically-charged stand-off when impassioned revolutionaries raid a state-sponsored event and hold the guests hostage. BEL CANTO is a beautifully observed story about the prisoners and their captors, painting a complex, compelling, and emotionally-charged portrait of how human nature reveals itself in the course of an impossibly tense situation. The standoff challenges conventional ideas about friends and enemies, right and wrong, justice and injustice. Based on the bestselling novel by Ann Patchett, BEL CANTO stars Julianne Moore as Roxane Coss, the soprano with the voice of an angel, Ken Watanabe as Mr. Hosokawa, the businessman who is her devoted fan, Christopher Lambert as the French Ambassador, and an impressive international cast that includes Sebastian Koch, Ryo Kase, Maria Mercedes Coroy, Tenoch Huerta, Noe Hernandez and Elsa Zlyberstein . BEL CANTO was directed by Academy Award nominee Paul Weitz, written by Weitz and Anthony Weintraub, and produced by Academy Award nominee Caroline Baron, Anthony Weintraub, Andrew Miano, Lizzie Friedman, Karen Lauder and Greg Little.
Published in 2001, BEL CANTO received instant acclaim and went on to win the
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the Orange Prize for Fiction, and was named Amazon’s Best Book of the Year. The New York Times called it “A beguiling mix of thrills, romantic-comedy, and a novel of ideas.” The New Yorker described it as “A fantasia of guns and Puccini and Red Cross negotiations.” And the San Francisco Chronicle said it was “blissfully romantic” and “spellcasting.”
Producer Caroline Baron read the book soon after its release, immediately recognized its
dramatic potential and optioned it in 2002. “I read the book in the fall of 2001 shortly after 9/11. At a time when the world seemed fractured and frightening, I was immediately drawn in by this story about a group of multi-national, multi-lingual characters, who ultimately recognize their shared humanity through music. I had recently founded FilmAid, an international humanitarian aid organization with a mission to use the healing power of film to relieve psychological tension in refugee camps, and the book’s themes resonated deeply with me.”
At the time, she was dating writer/producer Anthony Weintraub, and he sparked to the
novel as well, immediately seeing its cinematic potential. “Ann has an amazing ability to write dramatic, dynamic stories in beautiful settings that speak to the heart,” he says. “Many readers have commented that the book ‘leaps from the page,’ meaning it feels so real, so visual, and that’s what made it so enticing to imagine as a film. That doesn’t mean it was easy to write – in some ways it was more challenging – but it does make you feel like you are seeing the movie play out when you read the book. To me, this represents the essence of a story ripe for adaptation.”
He cites the story’s enduring themes as strong points in any medium. “To me, BEL
CANTO is about human connection, how during the gravest of circumstances we yearn for and make connections, see beyond differences and find love. Actually, what the story suggests is that
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instead of turning to hatred and violence, our strongest impulse is to be civil. We gravitate towards each other, not away from each other.”
When approached by Baron and Weintraub to work on the project, director Paul Weitz,
whose credits include Grandma, Admission, About a Boy, and Mozart in the Jungle, was also struck by the book’s universality and its cinematic qualities. “The imagery in the novel is beautiful,” he observes. “It felt like there was a dash of Buñuel in it, as well as the influence of opera, which deals so directly with big, eternal questions. There is a beginning and end to the narrative, as there is in life. Most importantly, the bare bones of the story felt like a fable, which spoke to the most important things in life.”
The filmmakers made it their mission to preserve the novel’s virtues. As Weitz explains,
“A film has a very short time with which it can tell a story. I think an adaptation is a portrait of a novel – a portrait that hopefully captures something of the work’s essence.” A challenge was the fact that many of the characters do not speak the same language. The importance of communication – in the literal sense that one person cannot understand another’s words, and metaphorically, when there are differences in class, culture, education, motivation, and dreams – becomes one of BEL CANTO’S underlying themes. “One of the most salient points of the book for us was that it was about people from all over the world coming together in a very trying situation and not killing each other,” Weintraub observes. “So that representation, a sort of United Nations in the house, as it were, was not only vitally important to us, it was one of the story’s main attractions.”
Weitz concurs that he wanted to avoid the unrealistic trope of having every character
somehow speaking English. “One reason I was attracted to the project was that I wanted to make a film in multiple languages and to work with certain actors whose primary languages I didn’t speak. I felt that I lucked out in casting Maria Mercedes Coroy (Carmen), whose only previous film, Ixcanul, had been made entirely in her first language, Kaqchikel.” Ryo Kase plays the role of Gen, Hosokawa’s translator. Raised in Japan, Kase spent part of his childhood in Washington state. He studied German, French, Spanish and Russian in order to authentically portray an interpreter. In the film, Julianne Moore speaks English; Ken Wantanabe speaks Japanese; and the rebels speak Spanish and Kaqchikel. “Making this work cinematically without sacrificing believability was one of our greatest challenges,” says Weintraub. “The mechanics changed subtly over time – for example, the character Gen, the translator played by Ryo Kase, was used in creative ways. But we tried hard not to scrub anything out of the film merely for simplicity’s sake.”
At the center of BEL CANTO is the language that transcends all barriers – the universal
language of music. The film uses opera as a plot device – it is the raison d’etre for the characters assembling in the first place – and the film is operatic in its form and impassioned style of storytelling. Music brings the characters together, as they gather to hear internationally acclaimed soprano Roxane Coss perform at a state function. Music fuels the romantic liaison between Roxane and Mr. Hosokawa, the devoted fan who traveled to South America to hear her perform in person. And music eventually creates bonds among the disparate group of captors and hostages as their fates become increasingly intertwined. “Lacking language, the characters are
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united by music,” explains Weintraub. “It is Roxane’s voice that provides a kind of ‘soft landing’ for the people to communicate and be together.”
In terms of the romance between characters who don’t speak the same language, Weitz
was reminded of his maternal grandmother, Lupita Tovar, an actress from Oaxaca Mexico, who fell in love with his grandfather, a Czech, before she spoke their eventual common language of English.
Casting a film based on a popular novel can be a difficult undertaking because readers
have expectations of how the characters should look and act. In this respect, BEL CANTO does not disappoint. The filmmakers have assembled a stellar international cast, with Academy Award winner Julianne Moore and Academy Award nominee Ken Watanabe at its center, and skilled actors such as Christopher Lambert, Sebastian Koch, Olek Krupa, Ryo Kase, Maria Mercedes Coroy, Tenoch Huerta and Elsa Zylberstein in the ensemble. “Casting was one of the most exciting and fun parts of the job, simply because there are such great actors out there,“ recalls Weintraub. “We had an embarrassment of riches, and it was a joy coming to work each day with such a diverse cast.” The international, multi-lingual cast mirrored their characters’ interactions - the actors worked closely together, translating for one another and helping each other as they adapted to a temporary life in NYC. For some, it was the first time living in the United States.
Weitz had worked with Moore on his film Being Flynn, and also with Watanabe on
Cirque du Freak, and was very enthusiastic about their participation in BEL CANTO. “The key thing for me was sending the script to Julianne Moore and having her want to make the film with me,” Weitz observes. “There is a baseline of intelligence and fearlessness to her as a person and as an actress. I knew I would be building BEL CANTO with a partner whom I admired.” Moore portrays Roxane Coss as a strong, smart, and compassionate woman who knows the power of her art. Even when she finds herself trapped in a dangerous, life-or-death situation in a foreign locale, she radiates confidence and control.
Weitz also has high praise for Watanabe. “Ken Watanabe has a lovely sense of humor
and a physical grace that I knew would benefit a character who is being held captive during most of the film.” A composed and contemplative man – a natural leader at all times – he brings serenity and ultimately, romance to the tense hostage drama.
Music plays a critical part in the film, both dramatically and thematically, so it was
extremely important to weave opera into the story in a beautiful, believable, and melodic way. Additionally, Julianne Moore had to be completely credible as a famous soprano. The incomparable Renee Fleming, arguably the most celebrated opera singer in the world, recorded the singing for the film and worked with Julianne Moore to develop her character. Fleming’s involvement with BEL CANTO began when Ann Patchett contacted her while she was researching the novel, and they became friends. Subsequently, the filmmakers met Fleming in the process of developing the film. “It was always our dream to have her involved,” says Weintraub, “but there was never a presumption that she would sing the role. Renee was always incredibly generous, and when the time came, we asked her if she would come on the project. We were overjoyed when she said “yes.”
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Weitz had previous experience filming opera during production on the award-winning
series, “Mozart in the Jungle,” when he staged a recital featuring Placido Domingo on the Grand Canal in Venice. He was eager to work with Renee Fleming because he knew she would provide great insight into the character. “Renee was integral to the creation of Roxane Coss,” he explains.” “I even used something she said casually during her first recording session, which was that Dvorak’s “Rusalka” is ‘just like The Little Mermaid, but it’s opera, so everyone dies in the end.’ Renee has a lovely sense of humor, and that helped to inform the character.”
Julianne Moore was present when Fleming recorded the vocals for the film, so she was
able to study the soprano’s singing style, posture, and gestures. They conferred about how the music – particularly Tosca’s “Vissi d’Arte” – should be performed from a dramatic point of view. Moore visited the Metropolitan Opera a few times to observe rehearsals and attended a performance of “Rusalka.” She was coached by Gerald Martin Moore, a brilliant vocal coach, accompanist, and raconteur who has worked closely with Renee Fleming for many years. Her research and her understanding of the role enabled Moore to deliver an inspired portrayal of a classical singer completely at home in the modern world.
While opera is in the foreground of the film, the filmmakers had to consider what kind of
a score would best suit BEL CANTO -- whether to have one, or to punctuate the action with incidental music. “Music is the beating heart of the film,” says Weitz , “so it was always important to make sure the choices of the songs and any other musical elements made sense, both dramatically and thematically.” He was attracted to the work of Emmy-nominated composer David Majzlin, who developed a score that complemented the film beautifully and worked in concert, so to speak, with the classical music that was already a significant part of the story. Renee Fleming was effusive when describing Majzlin’s contribution, stating that his “evocative scoring lends itself perfectly to the dramatic unfolding of the film – the vocal textures are both beautiful and haunting. It’s clear that David had an artistic vision for the entire soundscape, which is rich, and infused with Latin flavor.”
BEL CANTO had an efficient shooting schedule of approximately twenty-eight days,
with locations concentrated in New York and Mexico City. “This is a ‘hostage siege’ movie, and almost all of the film takes place inside a mansion. “We embarked on a search for a house, and amazingly, we found a mansion in Yonkers that was an ideal setting for the Vice-President’s home in the story. Through the magic of cinema – and our Production Designer, Tommaso Ortino – we were able to dress the home and create the environment for the film while also remaining in New York. This matched beautifully with our exterior location in Mexico City, where we shot for about eight days.”
The Metropolitan Opera is highlighted during the film’s dramatic final scene, and in this
case, the production was fortunate to have access to “Live in HD” footage graciously provided by the Met, so the audience and interior shots could be grand and authentic.
Paul Weitz believes that the dominant theme of BEL CANTO is a search for the essence
of what makes us human. “In the beginning of the movie, the characters are adversaries, “ he
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says. “But, by the end, their differences have been eroded by their shared experiences, romance, music, and a sense of mortality. They have bonded with each other. It is an operatic theme.”
And, he points out, given current events, the story is even more topical than it was when
the book first came out. “The question of whether we deal with people as fellow human beings, or as “the other,” is obviously a pressing one right now. I am happy that the movie weighs in on the side of human commonality.” Adds Weintraub, “We are so divided as a society, with less connection and more ways (such as technology) to hide. BEL CANTO celebrates our inherent need to come together. Stripped of everything, these people find ways to talk to each other, to connect, to find their common humanity. In the end, they discover that we are all the same.”
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WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN PERU? The book and the film were inspired by the 1996 Peruvian hostage crisis, often referred to
as the Japanese embassy hostage crisis. The crisis began in December of 1996 when members of one of the two largest rebel groups in Peru - the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (or MRTA) - raided a party being held at the residence of the Japanese ambassador to Peru, a party intended to celebrate Japanese Emperor Akihito’s birthday.
The leader of Peru at the time was Alberto Fujimori, a Japanese Peruvian known for his
anti-terrorist strongarm policies, who eventually ended up fleeing Peru over charges of corruption and human rights violations. After an initial shootout, members of the Túpac Amaru, led by former union leader Nestor Cerpa took hundreds of diplomats, government officials and business executives hostage, but they soon released the women and children and most of the foreigners.
After worldwide attention over the four-month crisis, but little movement in negotiations,
the Peruvian Armed Forces conducted an intricately planned siege, resulting in the deaths of one hostage, two commandos, and all the MRTA militants. President Fujimori initially basked in the ‘successful’ resolution, but reports later surfaced that a number of the insurgents were summarily executed after surrendering. Additional stories from released hostages generated further favorable publicity for the rebels, as many spoke positively of their treatment at the hands of the guerrillas.
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ABOUT THE CAST Julianne Moore Julianne Moore is an Academy Award and Emmy winning actor, and the first American woman to be awarded top acting prizes at the Cannes, Berlin, and Venice film festivals. Julianne also is a NY Times bestselling author for her children’s book series Freckleface Strawberry. She is on the Advisory Council of The Children's Health Fund, a supporter of the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance, and in 2015, became founding chair of the Everytown for Gun Safety Creative Council, a creative community established to help amplify the movement to end gun violence in America. Julianne can next be seen in Bel Canto (2018) and Gloria (2018). Ken Watanabe Since Ken Watanabe made his American film debut in Ed Zwick’s The Last Samurai (Oscar, Screen Actors Guild, Critics’ Choice and Golden Globe award nominations) opposite Tom Cruise, the actor has collaborated with some of most significant filmmakers of our time. In 2006, Watanabe portrayed the courageous Japanese General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Clint Eastwood’s award-winning World War II drama Letters from Iwo Jima. Watanabe first worked with director Christopher Nolan on the 2005 blockbuster Batman Begins and subsequently on Inception. For Rob Marshall, Watanabe starred in Memoirs of a Geisha, the lush screen adaptation of Arthur Golden’s best-selling novel. Earlier this year, Watanabe lent his voice to Isle of Dogs, Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated film. Watanabe most recently completed work with Ryan Reynolds in Detective Pikachu, Legendary Entertainment’s live-action Pokémon movie directed by Rob Letterman. In a role specifically created for the film, Watanabe plays a character named Detective Yoshida. Universal is set to release Detective Pikachu on May 10, 2019. Christopher Lambert Though born in Great Neck, Long Island, Christopher Lambert's family left the US when he was only two years old. His father was a United Nations diplomat assigned to Switzerland and, as a result, Chris was educated at private boarding schools in Geneva. Inspired through his having appeared in a play at age 12, he went to the Paris Conservatoire where he remained for two years. After a few small parts in French films, beginning in 1980, he successfully competed for the title role in Warner Bros. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes. His co-stars included Ian Holm, James Fox and Ralph Richardson (in his final film performance). The movie was popular with Tarzan buffs for remaining faithful (in the first half at least) to Edgar Rice Burroughs' original story. Two years later Lambert brought to the screen Gregory Widens' legendary Connor MacLeod, the immortal Highlander, born in the Highlands of Scotland in 1518 and carrying over into the futuristic Highlander II: The Quickening and Highlander: The Final Dimension. The Highlander franchise has brought together about 50 million fans worldwide. He also appeared as the lead on Michael Cimino’s film, The Sicilian. He worked on two of Claude Lelouch films, Un Plus Une opposite Jean Dujardin, and Chacun Sa Vie, both which premiered at the LA Film Festival. Christopher got to work with the Coen Brothers on the film Hail, Caesar!
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Sebastian Koch Sebastian Koch is one of Germany’s most successful actors. The Lives of Others marked his international breakthrough, with the film winning both the 2007 Academy Award and 2007 BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film, along with the César, and the Best Film Award at the European Film Awards and the German Film Awards. In 2013, he played Bruce Willis’ adversary in part five of the Die Hard film series, A Good Day To Die Hard. In 2014, Sebastian Koch returned to German Television in “Bertha von Suttner und Alfred Nobel - Eine Liebe für den Frieden”. Then followed two Hollywood films in 2015: Stephen Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies alongside Tom Hanks, and Tom Hooper’s The Danish Girl in which he played the surgeon Dr. Warnekros. He also starred in the French film Bamberski – The Kalinka-Case, Kai Wessel’s Fog in August, and Au Nom de ma Fille. He returned to the small screen with a leading role of Otto Düring in the critically acclaimed series “Homeland”, alongside Claire Danes. Sebastian Koch will next be seen in Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s upcoming feature film which will have its world premiere at Venice Film Festival, and then will play at Toronto and Zürich Festivals. Ryo Kase Ryo Kase was born on November 9, 1974 in Kanagawa, Japan. Shortly after birth his family moved to Washington, United States, where he spent most of his childhood. Kase began his acting career in 2000 and gained his first starring role in Kazuyoshi Kumakiri’s Antenna (2004). He then went to work with several internationally renowned Japanese film directors, including Takashi Kitano, Hirokazu Koreeda and Kiyoshi Kurosawa. His first appearance in an international film was Clint Eastwood’s Letters from Iwo Jima (2006). He continued to appear in several high-profile international films including Gus Van Sant’s Restless (2011), Abbas Kiarostami’s Like Someone in Love (2012), Hong Sang-soo’s Hill of Freedom (2014) and Martin Scorsese’s Silence (2017). He is a recipient of multiple awards, including a nomination for a Japan Academy Award, Blue Ribbon Award, and Hochi Film Award. Tenoch Huerta Mexican actor nominated 5 times for the Mexican Academy ward (Arieles), winner of the award for best performance in 2012 for the movie Di as de Gracia (official selection for Cannes Film Festival). Tenoch has participated in multiple films and TV shows nationally and internationally, notably: Sin nombre, directed by Kary Fukunaga; Gueros, directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios; El movil, directed by Manuel Marti n Cuenca; Tigers are Not Afraid, directed by Issa Lopez; Aqui en la tierra, a Fox production’ and “Narcos,” the Netflix top show. Tenoch is one of the most representative actors of the Mexican film scene and his films have received praise from specialized critics around the globe, as well as countless awards in the most important film festivals in the world. Maria Mercedes Coroy María Mercedes Coroy was born and raised in Guatemala. Her first professional acting experience came with Ixcanul, a movie directed by Jayro Bustamante, who found and cast her in her own town Santa María de Jesús. Early this year, she was shooting her first TV series, which includes five episodes, directed by Julián De Tavira, in the leading role of “Malinche” for Bravo Films and Canal Once in Mexico. María Mercedes will be shooting her next film La Llorona, at the end of this year directed again by Jayro Bustamante and produced by La Casa de Producción.
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Olek Krupa Olek Krupa (née Aleksander) is a Polish-born actor, primarily known for his work as a Russian “tough guy.” He studied acting at the Drama Academy in Warsaw, Poland, and became a lead performer at Teatr Stu, a long-thriving avant-garde theater company in Krakow, Poland. In 1981, he immigrated to the United States, where he began his career performing on stage, and in film, and television. He received the Drama-Logue Award for his performance in Figaro Gets A Divorce at the La Jolla Playhouse, and has participated in stage productions with great American directors such as Joseph Papp and Robert Woodruff, and American playwrights, Len Jenkin, and Mac Wellman. He has worked with film directors John Turturro, Woody Allen, the Coen brothers, John Frankenheimer, and Adrian Lyne, and countless other noted, talented artists. He is best known for his work in films such as Miller’s Crossing, Home Alone 3, Blue Streak, Behind Enemy Lines, The Italian Job, and Hidden Figures.
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ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS Paul Weitz (Director, Screenwriter) Paul Weitz’s directorial debut, along with his brother Chris, was American Pie. In addition to writing the animated film Antz, Paul also co-wrote and directed About a Boy, for which he and Chris earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. Additionally, Paul is the writer and director of films including Being Flynn, In Good Company, American Dreamz, Little Fockers, and Admission. Paul developed, wrote, directed and produced the Golden Globe-winning Amazon series “Mozart in the Jungle,” starring Gael Garcia Bernal. His most recent film, Grandma, starring Lily Tomlin, was released by Sony Pictures Classics and received a Globe nomination for Tomlin. As a playwright, he works with Second Stage Theatre in New York. His published plays include “Lonely I’m Not” which starred Topher Grace and “Trust” starring Bobby Cannavale and Sutton Foster. As an actor he has worked for directors Miguel Arteta (Chuck and Buck) and Jeff Baena (Little Hours). Anthony Weintraub (Screenwriter, Producer) Anthony Weintraub is an accomplished screenwriter, film and TV producer and director, with a foot in industries ranging from feature films, children’s media, communications, and branding. Through their company A-Line Pictures, Weintraub and his partner/wife Caroline Baron recently produced the feature film Bel Canto, based on the bestselling novel by Ann Patchett and starring Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe. Anthony co-wrote the screenplay with director Paul Weitz. In 2007, Anthony adapted Taiyo Matsumoto’s groundbreaking graphic novel Tekkonkinkreet to the screen, becoming the first Westerner to write a Japanese anime. Tekkonkinkreet won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Animated Film and was nominated for Best First Feature at the Berlin Film Festival. Anthony also contributed dialogue and story-edited the classic anime omnibus series The Animatrix (based on the scifi masterpiece The Matrix). Beginning work in the industry as a story editor, Anthony went on to advise and do scene and dialogue work for several major Hollywood studios. As well, Anthony has directed award-winning short films which have screened in the Deauville, Ann Arbor, and Athens Film Festivals. Anthony recently co-founded yummico, a children’s media company, developing projects and writing teleplays for companies such as Dreamworks, Canadian Broadcasting Corp, and Amazon. Anthony also conceptualized and wrote Yummiloo Rainbow Power, an award-winning iOS game app, as well as launching a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the pilot for yummico’s show Yummiloo. Anthony is also a consultant for non-profit institutions – making promotional and brand films, directing special events, and designing media outreach campaigns for NGOs including Human Rights Watch, the Richard Gere Foundation, The Nation Institute, and FilmAid International. Weintraub’s brand and lifestyle consulting work extends to hotel and retail ventures as well as other media outlets. Anthony is an adjunct professor at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, an active lecturer and public speaker. Anthony graduated with a BA in Theater and Art (Film concentration) from Wesleyan University in 1987 and completed an MA in Film Production from USC in 1992. He lives in New York with Caroline and their sons Asher and Emmanuel.
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Caroline Baron (Producer) Caroline Baron is an award-winning film and television producer. Through their company A-Line Pictures, Baron and her partner /husband Anthony Weintraub recently produced the feature film Bel Canto based on the bestselling novel by Ann Patchett and starring Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe. Her many credits include the critically acclaimed Amazon original series, Mozart in the Jungle, for which she won a Golden Globe, Errol Morris’ Wormwood, the Oscar nominated film Capote and cross-cultural hit Monsoon Wedding, winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Baron has been recognized for her work at numerous international awards ceremonies and events, including winning the Emerging Producer award at the 2006 Independent Spirit Awards, an Oscar nomination for Capote for Best Picture, a Spirit Award nomination for Capote for Best Picture, an Emmy Award Citation for her work on The Wonder Years, and a 2006 Vision Producer of Excellence Award for Capote. She has received an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Chapman University and the 2008 Alumni Achievement award from Brandeis University. In 1999, motivated by reports of individuals fleeing their homes in Kosovo to seek refuge in crowded camps in Macedonia, Baron founded the non-profit organization FilmAid International. FilmAid uses film and other media to bring life-saving information, psychological relief, and much-needed hope to refugees and other communities in need. Baron and Weintraub also co-founded yummico, inc. a children’s media company whose mission is to deliver quality content to children and their families. She is an adjunct professor in Producing at NYU’s Tisch School of Undergraduate Film and Television. Baron graduated with BA in English from Brandeis University. She lives in NYC with Weintraub and their two sons Asher and Emmanuel. Lizzie Friedman (Producer) Lizzie Friedman was raised in New York City and graduated from Duke University with a degree in Literature. She started her career at Jersey Films as an assistant to producer Stacey Sher and later moved into the development department, working on films including Get Shorty, Matilda, Out of Sight, and Gattica. Past credits include The Stanford Prison Experiment, directed by Kyle Alvarez and starring Ezra Miller, Tye Sheridan, and Billy Crudup, which won The Alfred P. Sloan Screenwriting award at Sundance 2015 as well as Michael Thelin’s psychological thriller, Emelie starring Sarah Bolger. Friedman has also produced A View from the Top for Miramax starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Mark Ruffalo, and Academy Award Winner Helen Hunt’s feature Ride, which Hunt directed and starred in along with Luke Wilson and Brenton Thwaites, And Soon the Darkness, starring Amber Heard and Karl Urban for Studio Canal, the documentary One Lucky Elephant, which was broadcast on OWN. On the television side, Friedman’s credits include “Silent Witness” starring Dermot Mulroney and Anne Heche for TNT. In 2015, Friedman formed Priority Pictures with partners Greg Little and Karen Lauder. Priority is a production company dedicated to developing, producing and financing high quality films with its first being The Land, directed by Steven Caple Jr., starring Erykah Badu and executive
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produced by Nas. Priority’s most recent film includes an adaptation Anne Patchett’s best-selling novel Bel Canto, starring Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe and the documentary Momentum Generation, directed by award winning directors Jeff and Mike Zimbalist featuring Kelly Slater, Rob Machado, and Shane Dorian. Among titles in development, Priority has a television adaptation of “The Bell Jar,” created by Frankie Shaw starring Dakota Fanning and a feature film entitled Mother’s Milk, written and to be directed by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte and starring Olivia Cooke. Tobias Datum (Cinematographer) Tobias Datum was born and raised in Frankfurt, Germany. He studied cinematography at the SFOF in Berlin, Germany, and subsequently at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. Since then he has shot feature film, tv-series and commercials all over the world, including The Lovers and Grandma. Many of his films have premiered at the most prestigious festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Sundance, Toronto, Venice, Rotterdam, Moscow and have won awards along with critical acclaim. In 2017 Tobias was nominated for a primetime Emmy for his work on “Mozart in the Jungle.” He currently lives in Los Angeles and Frankfurt am Main. David Majzlin (Composer) David Majzlin is an Emmy®-nominated composer and music producer whose eclectic, genre-bending approach to scoring spans across a myriad of styles unique to each project. He recently had the opportunity to work with opera superstar and five-time Grammy winner, Renée Fleming for the score to Bel Canto, directed by Academy-nominated director, Paul Weitz (About a Boy, American Pie) and starring Oscar winner, Julianne Moore and Oscar nominated, Ken Watanabe. Other notable films include multiple Emmy-award-winner, “The Loving Story,” (HBO), directed by Nancy Buirsky, Emmy®-nominated “Sins of My Father,” (HBO), multi-award-winner and audience favorite, Herb and Dorothy, (Independent Lens), 2018 Peabody Award award-winner “Deej.”, multi-award-winning doc “Althea,” (American Masters / PBS), “Youth Knows no Pain,” (HBO), “Stille,” (Winner - Best Score - Avignon Film Festival), “Angel of Nanjing,” “Being Reel” (Grand Prize - Project Greenlight Competition) and “Shenandoah” (Louverture Films, Netflix), directed by Pulitzer Prize-Winning photographer, David Turnley. He has also produced and created original music for a myriad of television shows and promos including “Mozart in the Jungle,”, “Parenthood,”, “Person of Interest,”, “Animal Planet,” “Ugly Betty,” “CSI,” “The Ghostwriter,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” and “Desperate Housewives.”
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FULL CREDITS
Unit Production Manager
CAROLINE BARON
First Assistant Director
JESSE NYE
Second Assistant Director
PATRICK MANGAN
CAST
Roxane Coss JULIANNE MOORE
Hosokowa KEN WATANABE
Messner SEBASTIAN KOCH
Gen RYO KASE
Comandante Benjamin TENOCH HUERTA
Comandante Alfredo NOÉ HERNÁNDEZ
Gilbert JOHNNY ORTIZ
Carmen MARÍA MERCEDES COROY
Cesar ETHAN SIMPSON
Ishmael GABO AUGUSTINE
Beatriz CARMEN ZILLES
Ruben Ochoa J. EDDIE MARTINEZ
Simon Thibault CHRISTOPHER LAMBERT
Fyodorov OLEK KRUPA
Father Arguedas BOBBY RODRIGUEZ
Monsignor Rolland JAY SANTIAGO
Christopf THORBJØRN HARR
Dr. Gomez ELUID KAUFFMAN
Ruben's Wife GISELA CHIPE
Ruben's Son NICO BUSTAMENTE
Esmeralda MELISSA C. NAVIA
Edith Thibault ELSA ZYLBERSTEIN
President Masuda PHIL NEE
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Hosokawa's Son KENJI TERAMOTO
Army Colonel IGNACIO TORRES
Government Man FERNANDO SÁNCHEZ
Guerillas CRISTHIAN CAMPAÑA
KEVIN CANO
ALEXANDER SPITFIRE
WILSON ALDAS
JAVIER MALDONADO
Party Guests/Hostages BEN VAN BERGEN
MARK VINCENT
ALBERTO VAZQUEZ
MARCOS GONZALEZ
LUIGI SCORCIA
LOUKAS PAPAS
FRED HADY
PAOLO GILARDI
EDWIN VALERO
TED MEJIA
RONNIE MAGRI
FRANCISCO CASTENADA
GUS BENEDICTO
ANTHONY LINZALONE
RICHARD CERQUEIRA
HOWARD LOCKSER
DAVID STERN
Stunt Coordinator MANNY SIVERIO
Stunts CHRIS COLOMBO
CERRONE MAY
JAMES GONZALES
ANDRE DA SILVA
DEVIN FLORES-SIVERIO
JAMES ORTIZ
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CREW
Assistant Unit Production Manager SEAN FOGEL
Production Supervisor GINA JONES ROCHÉ
Second Second Assistant Director SCOTT BOWERS
Music Producer ELENA PARK
A Camera/Steadicam Operator ALEC JARNAGIN
First Assistant A Camera KEVIN AKERS
Second Assistant A Camera BOBBY ARNOLD
B Camera Operator GREG WILSON
First Assistant B Camera DOUG DURANT
Second Assistant B Camera KALI RILEY
Loader TOMMY SCOGGINS
Script Supervisor SASHA VITELLI
Production Sound Mixer THOMAS VARGA, CAS
Boom Operator BRYANT MUSGROVE
Second Boom/Sound Utility JAMES APPLETON
Audio Playback EGOR PANCHENKO
Gaffer JASON VELEZ
Best Boy Electrician ANTHONY STRUBE
Dimmer Board Operator WILL CALLAHAN
Rigging Gaffer COLIN GREEN
Generator Operator GABE DIRIENZO
Key Grip CESAR BAPTISTA
Best Boy Grip CORY BARTH
Dolly Grip CHRIS CAZAVILAN
Grips CONOR STALVEY
JUSTINE BERTI
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Art Director DEREK WANG
Art Department Coordinator ANNE MARIE SMART
Art Production Assistant JOSEPH CATO
Graphic Art MASON CHESLER
Set Decorator PIPPA CULPEPPER
Leadman BO WANGKEO
On-Set Dressers BECCA BANKS
BRANDON BOYLES
JAMES GALAYAT
Set Dec Production Assistant LUI KOBASHI
Construction Coordinator RICHARD HEBRANK
Property Master MICHAEL CORY
Assistant Prop Masters MATTHEW MARKS
ELIZABETH NEVEU
Prop Assistant ASHLEY CLEMENTS
Scenic Charge CATHY NASCH
Lead Scenic GREG BOATWRIGHT
On-Set Scenic DANA KENN
Assistant Costume Designer MATHEW HEMESATH
Wardrobe Supervisor KATE SMITH
Costume Coordinator SARAH LIND
Tailor LORENA TORRES
Costumers OLIVIA JANCZYK
ISABEL GANDIA
Tailor LORENA TORRES
Costume Production Assistant VICTORIA JANCZYK
Make-Up Department Head KRYSTAL PHILLIPS
Key Make-Up Artist TOMY RIVERO
Make-Up Artist to Julianne Moore SUSAN REILLY LEHANE
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Hair Department Head ESTHER AHN
Key Hair Stylist MICHAEL THOMAS ZAMBRANO
Hair Stylist to Julianne Moore KAY GEORGIOU
Assistant Production Coordinator LISA SEVER-FERRARO
Production Secretary JOCELYN MAGSUMBOL
Office Production Assistant EMMA HUNTINGTON
Production Accountant SLATER BRAUNS
First Assistant Accountant HYE SON KIM
Accounting Clerk CHAD BALODIS
Payroll Accountant EVELYN CHU
Payroll Clerk BILLY CHI
Location Manager DAVID CHAMBERS
Assistant Location Manager STEPHEN DONOVAN
Unit Production Assistant JOHNNY SCHIFANO
Casting Associate LEEBA ZAKHAROV
Japan Casting Consultant KEISUKE ASADA
Extras Casting GRANT WILFLEY
Extras Casting Associate ALEX CODY
Assistant to Ms. Friedman, Ms. Lauder, and
Mr. Little ALLISON KRISSBERG
Assistant to Ms. Baron and Mr. Weintraub ANDREW NADKARNI
Assistant to Mr. Weitz and Mr. Miano MEGAN RITCHIE
Assistant to Mr. Weitz JD WADDILL
Special Effects PHIL BECK
Video Assist DEVIN DONEGAN
Key Production Assistant SOFIA BLANCO
Set Production Assistants ALYSSA STHAY-YOUNG
RYAN FITZMARTIN
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ADAM HAGOPIAN-ZIRKEL
BRYAN LUNDAHL
On-Set Interpreter PAOLA MATHEU
Still Photographer NICOLE RIVELLI
Transportation Captain TIM WOOD
Transportation Co-Captain JEREMY OLSZEWSI
Alder Manor Staff CHRIS RIBEIRO
Catering HENRY'S CUISINE
Craft Service NYCRAFTY
JAVIER ROJAS
MEXICO UNIT
Unit Production Manager GILDARDO MARTÍNEZ
First Assistant Director STEPHANIE "TUTY" CORREA
Second Second Assistant Director VALERIA VILLALOBOS
Stunt Coordinator GERARDO MORENO
Stunts ALEJANDRO MARQUEZ
VICTOR MARTÍNEZ
VALENTINA MORENO
MIGUEL PLATA
ERICK DELGADILLO
MARCO GUERRA
DAVID SÁNCHEZ
DAVID RODRÍGUEZ
ASHBYK LAMBERT
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RICARDO TORRES
JORGE VALDEZ
ISIDRO MORA
TOMAS GUZMÁN
First Asstistant A Camera JOAQUÍN CERVERA
Second Asstistant A Camera JOVANY GARCÍA
B Camera/Steadicam Operator GERARDO MANJAREZ
C Camera Operators ALAN KELVIN
CHRISTIAN SÁNCHEZ
Production Sound Mixer DAVID MORENO
Gaffer CARLOS SÁNCHEZ
Key Grip MAURICIO “TANQUE” VEGA
Production Coordinator ANDREA GAMBOA
Assistant Production Coordinator ADRIANA ENRÍQUEZ
Office Production Assistant DANIELA LOZA NERI
Production Accountant ROSA ISELA “CHELY” VILLEGAS
First Assistant Accountant JUAN SALVADOR MELGOZA
Accounting Clerk ARMANDO A. TORRES
Location Manager JUAN PABLO NOVAL
Assistant Location Manager CARLOS MUÑOZ
Location Coordinator CLAUDIA MONTERO
Extras Casting JULIO TOLEDO
Art Director CARLOS Y. JACQUES
Art Department Coordinator JIMENA CONTRERAS
Set Decorator DANIELA ROJAS
Picture Car Coordinator EDGAR “CHIVATA” LEZAMA
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Wardrobe Supervisor CLAUDIA SOFÍA SANDOVAL
Key Make-Up Artist LUCY BETANCOURT
Key Hair Stylist KARLA DUEÑAS
Hair Stylist ESTRELLA LORRABAQUIO
Assistant to Mr. Weitz SARED JIMÉNEZ
Special Effects EFECCINE MOBILE SA DE CV
Video Assist DAVID BAHENA
Key Production Assistant PATRICIO WOODSIDE
Set Production Assistants VALERIA GARCÍA
LUZ MONTERO
JESÚS MOLINA
MAR MARTÍNEZ
NATALIA CRUZ
ANTONIO HARFUCH
Still Photographer ALBERTO HIDALGO
Transportation Coordinator MARIO “PICACHU” ROJAS
On-Set Medic DR. ERNESTO TREJO
Security MAGUEN TEAM
LIDOR AMSELLEM
On-Location Security CONTROL GUERREROS SA DE CV
MARIO LÓPEZ
Catering and Craft Services ALOSA
ANA BALLESTEROS
JOSÉ MANUEL BALLESTEROS
JUAN CARLOS BALLESTEROS
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A.N.D.A.On-Set Representative MARÍA DEL CARMEN JIMÉNEZ
Second Unit Production Manager ENRIQUE SUÁREZ
Second Unit First Assistant Director RODRIGO URBANO
Second Unit Director of Photography MARTÍN BOEGE
POST-PRODUCTION
Assistant Editors PHILLIP KIMSEY
JIM MAKIEJ
Post-Production Coordinator ARIELLA BROWN
Post-Production Assistant JORDAN MCAFEE-HAHN
Visual Effects by RING OF FIRE
VFX Supervisor JERRY SPIVACK
EP VFX Supervisor JOHN MYERS
VFX Producer SARA EBERHARDT
VFX Artists JERRY SPIVACK
STEPHEN GRIMM
DAVID TORNO
KEVIN KID CRUZ LIM
VFX Assist GARY MOTENSEN
VFX Coordinator DEREK SCHMIDT
Titles Designed and Produced by MICHAEL ARIAS
Post-Production Accounting by TREVANNA POST
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YANA COLLINS LEHMAN
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Sound Editorial and Mix Service by HARBOR PICTURE COMPANY
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Supervising Sound Editor ROBERT HEIN
Re-Recording Mixers TONY VOLANTE
ROBERT HEIN
Mix Technician GIUSEPPE CAPPELLO
Dialogue Editor DAN TIMMONS
ADR Voice Casting THE LOOPING DIVISION
JASON HARRIS
PETER PAMELA ROSE
ADR Mixer BOBBY JOHANSON
ADR Recordist MIKE RIVERA
ADR Manager TRICIA SCHULTZ
ADR Editors DAN TIMMONS
PETER CALSTEDT
Foley Recording STEPPING STONE FOLEY STUDIO
Foley Artist JAY PECK
Foley Recordist GAVIN HECKER
Sound Engineer AVI LANIADO
Producer, Sound Post KELSEA WIGMORE
Senior Producer, Sound Post GABRIELA CELI
General Manager, Harbor Picture Company DARRELL SMITH
Music Editors SUZANA PERIĆ
JOHN CARBONARA
Assistant Music Supervisor EVAN JAMES
Dailies Producer MICHAEL MAIDA
Dailies Colorist ROBERT BELL
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Dailies Technician JOHN ROBERT HAMMERER
Lead Dailies Technician CHRISTOPHER ZARCONE
Digital Intermediate provided by COMPANY 3 - NEW YORK
Colorist SOFIE BORUP
DI Producer/Head of Production MARGARET LEWIS
Digital Conform GINA KALIM
Color Assistant BRETT PRICE
Account Executive JIM GARDNER
CO3 Executive Producer STEFAN SONNENFELD
Vocal Coach to Ms. Fleming and Ms. Moore GERALD MARTIN MOORE
Music Producer for Renée Fleming DAVID FROST
Recording Engineer SILAS BROWN
Associate Engineer ISAIAH ABOLIN
Score Produced, Arranged and Conducted by DAVID MAJZLIN
Score Orchestration by MARK BAECHLE
DAVID MAJZLIN
Score Recorded and Mixed by LAWRENCE MANCHESTER
Assistant Engineers THOM BEEMER
CARLOS MORA
Music Contractor ANTOINE SILVERMAN
Recorded at The DiMenna Center for
Classical Music
Recording services provided by Audiosmith
Digital Solutions
MUSIC
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“Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” (Song To The
Moon) from Rusalka
Written by Antonín Dvořák & Jaroslav Kvapil
Performed by Renée Fleming
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
February 8, 2014 Courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera
“Death Becomes You”
Written by Brian Tichy & Marc Ferrari
Courtesy of FirstCom Music
“Piano Trio in G Major”
Written by Joseph Haydn
Performed by Kungsbacka Piano Trio
Courtesy of Naxos
“Ombra di nube”
Written by Licinio Refice & Emidio Mucci
Performed by Renée Fleming & Gerald Martin Moore
“Maple Leaf Rag”
Written by Scott Joplin
Performed by David Frost
“Vissi d’arte”
Written by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Renée Fleming & Gerarld Martin Moore
“Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5”
Written by Heitor Villa-Lobos
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Performed by Renée Fleming & Gerarld Martin Moore
“Danza De La Paloma Enamorada”
Written by Atahualpa Yupanqui
Performed by Roberto Aussel
Courtesy of Naxos
“Caro mio ben”
Written by Giuseppe Giordani
Performed by Renée Fleming & Ethan Simpson
“Vladimir Martynov: The Beatitudes”
Written by Vladimir Martynov
Performed by Kronos Quartet
Courtesy of Nonesuch Records
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
“Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém [Rusalka, Op.
114 / Act 1]”
Written by Antonín Dvořák & Jaroslav Kvapil
Performed by Renée Fleming, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles
Mackerras Courtesy of Decca Music Group Limited
under license from Universal Music Enterprises
“O Silver Moon [Rusalka, Op. 114 / Act 1]”
Written by Antonín Dvořák & Jaroslav Kvapil
Performed by Renée Fleming, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Courtesy of Decca Music Group Limited under license from Universal Music
Enterprises
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VERY SPECIAL THANKS
GLORIA and ALVIN BARON
JUDITH and MALCOLM WEINTRAUB
MICHAEL ARIAS
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SPECIAL THANKS
MARK ANKNER
JOAN and RON ARIAS
JUSTINE ARTETA
MIGUEL ARTETA
DAN BALGOYEN
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JILL BARON
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KYLE JONES
CAROLINE KAPLAN and MAURICIO RUBENSTEIN
DANIEL KIRSCHEN
DORA KOMURA
ALEX KOHNER
SUSAN KORN
DAVID LATT
JOSH LIEBERMAN
BRANDON LIEBMAN
JUDY LITTLE
DAVID LUBLINER
TOM LUDDY
JACKIE MULHEARN
SANDRO MANZO and FIAMMA ARDITI
JOHNNY MARKS
MATIAS MOSTEIRIN
EMMIE NAGATA
EDWARD NERSESSIAN
ALICIA NOGALES
EVELYN O'NEILL
DEAN PARISOT
GUY PENINI
LOUIS PETRICH
GAVIN RAMOUTAR
PAMELA REIS and KEVIN HYMAN
SAMANTHA RACANELLI
BRITTA ROWINGS
MARIA RYAN
MICHELLE SATTER
ELYSE SCHERZ
DAVID SCHMERLER
KELLY SLACHMAN
JOEL SPITALNIK
GRAHAM TAYLOR
MIKA TAYLOR
JON TIERNEY
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JEREMY THOMAS
KARINE VORPERIAN
JOAN VOGT
LAURA VILLALOBOS
SATCH WATANABE
PETER WATSON
LOREN WEEKS
WEINTRAUB FAMILY
STUART WEISBROD
MAYU YOSHIKAWA
POLA ZITO
ASHER WEINTRAUB
EMMANUEL WEINTRAUB
PATRICIA WEITZ
JANE, MAX AND SAM
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