The Farewell l A24 l Awkwafina l RBG-approved

[Eric Loves Rey]

https://deadline.com/2019/01/the-farewell-sundance-deal-a24-worldwide-rights-1202543028/

 

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A24 is near to closing on what sources said is a $6 milion deal for worldwide rights excluding China on The Farewell, the Lulu Wang-directed comedy that stars Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, and Diana Lin.

 

A Chinese family discovers that their beloved grandmother has a short time to live. They don’t tell her, but instead stage a wedding so the family can gather before she expires. The film has been a buzz titles since it premiered Friday at Eccles. It is in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category.

 

What buyers were saying is that while there are subtitles in the film, and it is not as glossy as Crazy Rich Asians, it is similar to that film in that it tells a genuine story infused in Chinese culture. Wang wrote the script and based it on an event that actually happened in her own life.

 

Edited August 9, 2019 by CoolEric258

[SLAM!]

There's a lot of really smart people at A24. They know which films are the ones worth shooting for when they go to purchase films at Sundance, for the most part. This acquisition made me much more excited for this than I was!

[Ethan Hunt]

I am so jazzed for this

[titanic2187]

Next Roma?

[Morieris]

Thank god A24 got this and not Annapurna. This is probably the one "prestige" movie I'm excited for (after Ad Astra I suppose).

 

Now there's a chance we can actually see it within our lifetime in the theater.

[rjones1325]

 

Hey! I'm back from Sundance. Will be posting some reviews of films I've seen from the festival over the course of the coming weeks.

 

Here's one of them.

[Eric Loves Rey]

 

[Eric Loves Rey]

 

[SLAM!]

35 minutes ago, CoolEric258 said:

 

 

"Finally, an A24 film about family taht you can comfortably watch with your whole family."

 

[Taylor]

 

[lorddemaxus]

20 minutes ago, Taylor said:

 

Breakout hit incoming for A24. Could do double what Lady Bird (their highest grossing movie yet) did. 100 mil DOM, 140 mil WW

[Deja23]

That looks really good. Excited for it. Haven’t seen Akwafina in a dramatic role before. 

[SLAM!]

I'm willing to say this film looks distinct from other films that I've seen. I'm definitely going to want to see this in theaters, and I'm hoping this becomes a big hit!

[Sam]

That looks fantastic!

 

I can identify so much with the East “One’s life doesn’t belong to oneself” mentality, not just in death but in every aspects of life really.

 

On 5/3/2019 at 8:58 PM, CoolEric258 said:

 

Lmao at Ehrlich: “It cleared my skin and did my taxes”  

[filmlover]

This looks great. I could see this becoming an indie sleeper hit throughout the second half of summer.

[Eric Loves Rey]

 

[gadd]

For any UK based users, this has a release date of October 11th according to the fairly reliable Launching Films release calendar.

Edited July 14, 2019 by gadd

[ban1o]

interesting enough this movie is the first I've seen since rotten tomatoes new audience score system where there is a reasonably sized difference between the verified audience score and all audience score. Granted there are less than 100 votes so it probably doesn't statically matter in the long run but the verified audience score is 97% and the all audience score is 86% 

 

Before this the biggest difference was MIB:I 66% verified audience score 60% all audience score 

Edited July 15, 2019 by ban1o

[Jamiem]

Watched this as part of the NZIFF a little while ago and this is easily my favourite film of the year, hope it makes a bunch of bank for A24, Lulu Wang, Akwafina and everyone else involved. Good to see it’s had a solid start with its limited release in the domestic market so far. 

 

Also real hopes this gets some awards noms, never have I watched a live-action film weave humour and despair together so beautifully. Akwafina deserves all the praise as well, she did great in comedic roles but didn’t know if she had the chops to nail a dramatic role but she really blew me away, will definitely have her and the director Lulu Wang on my radar for their future projects. 

[gadd]

On 7/14/2019 at 11:06 AM, gadd said:

For any UK based users, this has a release date of October 11th according to the fairly reliable Launching Films release calendar.

Forget this, it's now been bumped UP to September 20th.