WINTER'S TALE BRINGS
ENCHANTING ROMANTIC FANTASY!
One of the enchanting magical movies ready to spellbind your late winter at the beginning of February around St. Valentines is fantasy drama and romance WINTER'S TALE with Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe and Jessica Brown Findlay. The directorial debut of Academy Award Winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (A BEAUTIFUL MIND), who also wrote the script for this $50 million romantic film, is based on a novel of the same name written back in 1983 by Mark Helprin. Set in a mythic New York City and spanning more than a century, WINTER'S TALE is a story of miracles, crossed destinies, and the age-old battle between good and evil.
Back in 1916, New York City is subsumed in arctic winds, dark nights, and white lights, its life unfolds, for it is an extraordinary hive of the imagination, the greatest house ever built, and nothing exists that can check its vitality. One night in winter, Peter Lake (Colin Farrell), orphan and master-mechanic, attempts to rob a fortress-like mansion on the Upper West Side. Though he thinks the house is empty, the daughter of the house is home. In an unexpected turn of events this event starts the love between Peter, a middle-aged Irish burglar, and Beverly Penn (Jessica Brown Findlay), a young girl, who is fatally ill and is dying. Peter believes that his love could save her. At the same time Lake is saved from the Irish insane gangster Pearly Soames (Russell Crowe), for whom he used to work and is now running from, and his gang of thugs by Athansor, a mysterious white horse who becomes his guardian angel. But when Pearly finally catches up with our hero and he seems doomed, something strange happens: he shows up in present-day Manhattan having lost his memory and befriends Virginia (Jennifer Connelly), who helps him explore his past.
WINTER'S TALE TIDBITS
WILL SMITH IN A SHORT ROLE
In the star studded cast Colin Farrell stars as Peter Lake, Russell Crowe as Pearly Soames, DOWNTON ABBEY's Jessica Brown Findlay as Beverly Penn, Jennifer Connelly as Virginia Gamely, William Hurt as Isaac Penn, Eva Marie Saint as adult Willa, Will Smith as Judge, Matt Bomer as Peter's father, Lucy Griffiths as Peter's mother! Kevin Durand, Graham Greene and Fin Wittrock are also starring. Tom Hiddleston and Lily Collins were originally wanted for the roles (what a magnificent cast that would've been), and in the case that Colin Farrell hadn't accepted the lead role Akiva Goldsman also had in mind Welsh star Luke Evans, Liam Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker and Aaron Johnson! Oscar winner Hans Zimmer is composing the music for the movie.
In the star studded cast Colin Farrell stars as Peter Lake, Russell Crowe as Pearly Soames, DOWNTON ABBEY's Jessica Brown Findlay as Beverly Penn, Jennifer Connelly as Virginia Gamely, William Hurt as Isaac Penn, Eva Marie Saint as adult Willa, Will Smith as Judge, Matt Bomer as Peter's father, Lucy Griffiths as Peter's mother! Kevin Durand, Graham Greene and Fin Wittrock are also starring. Tom Hiddleston and Lily Collins were originally wanted for the roles (what a magnificent cast that would've been), and in the case that Colin Farrell hadn't accepted the lead role Akiva Goldsman also had in mind Welsh star Luke Evans, Liam Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker and Aaron Johnson! Oscar winner Hans Zimmer is composing the music for the movie.
So much to look forward to this winter!
ReplyDeleteA bit of romance can't hurt in the late months of winter
DeleteI'm kind of interested to see this one, despite Farrell's bad hair. :))
ReplyDeleteThat truly is a bad bad, very bad, hair :)
Deletecan we throw a snowball, not at the film.. just the winter's tail.... wait that made no sense...
ReplyDeleteIt rarely does, it rarely does :P
DeleteI can't say that the story line really grabs me but yes indeed, it has a stellar cast.
ReplyDeleteI like the fantastic romantic element of it
Deletea good cast but I'm not sure If I'll like it
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Daisy will :P
DeleteI was just thinking the same thing, Daisy would probably love it.
Deleteexactly
DeleteI like it!
ReplyDeleteMe too, Marcy
DeleteThat looks like the perfect Valentine's Day movie!
ReplyDeletemethinks so too, Sherry
DeleteI love this movie !
ReplyDeleteShould be really fun, Vincent
DeleteThis definitely goes to my bucket list of films to watch next year.
ReplyDeleteit does sound lovely,doesn't it?
DeleteThis sounds like a beautiful movie! Though I will probably have to watch it alone. The hubs isn't into the mushy movies. Can you believe he hated The Notebook!? I could just poke him in the eye over that!
ReplyDeleteI haven't watched THE NOTEBOOK since I don't like the actors in it, but I know tones of people love it :) I do love romantic flicks, probably my second fave genre after historical and fantasy movies
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