THE PRETENDERS 2019 FULL
This production has come full circle within our region. Film Albany is very honored to partner with the Palace Theatre (one of the locations in the movie) on hosting The Pretenders Albany premiere, one day after the Pretenders national premiere in Los Angeles and New York City. “The New York State Film Tax Credit Program, under the Empire State Development Corporation, continues to drive productions to upstate New York and Albany County,” advised Debby Goedeke, Albany County Film Commissioner, “These credits provide our region with opportunities for additional jobs as well as an economic impact to Albany County and the surrounding counties. After years of sex, betrayal, and collateral damage, the three careen into a lifestyle that leaves one of them fighting for their life.įilming for THE PRETENDERS took place in 2016 throughout Albany and the Capital Region including the Palace Theatre. The longer they know each other, the more they realize they don’t truly know the real Catherine. Life imitates deadly art as French New Wave obsessed film student Terry (Jack Kilmer) and his best friend, the smooth talking Phil (Shameik Moore) are both seduced by mysterious actress Catherine (Jane Levy). Tickets for the premiere of THE PRETENDERS are $10 and are ON SALE NOW in person at the Palace Theatre Box Office, online at and by phone at 51.ĭirected by James Franco and written by Will Patterson and Jesse Woods, the drama stars Jack Kilmer (The Nice Guys), Jane Levy (Don’t Breathe), Shameik Moore (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse), Tyler Alvarez (American Vandal), Brian Cox (X2: X-Men United), Dennis Quaid (The Day After Tomorrow), Juno Temple (Maleficent) and James Franco.
THE PRETENDERS 2019 MOVIE
The movie will begin at 7:00 pm – doors open at 6:00 pm. There are genuine efforts to make this feel heartbreaking, even deeply personal, but Franco keeps us distant, almost vouyeristic, which might be a design choice and even intentional in Boone’s screenplay, but it draws a clear boundary that has us leaning in to try and get a closer look without ever feeling close enough to make it matter.SEPTEMBER 9, 2019, ALBANY, NY - The Palace Theatre along with Film Albany are excited to roll out the red carpet for the Capital Region premiere of James Franco’s THE PRETENDERS on Saturday, October 5. But it’s awkwardly static and there is, by its end, no wonder in the journey of Terry and his endeavors, despite the hurdles right there in the story that offer plenty of potential.
It’s too bad because initially, the characters are engrossing, the setup prime and the setting authentic. However, the story is not without some hooks and there is some compulsion in seeing how point A gets to points B and C with some interest, despite a general lack of momentum. That means lots of blurry edges and deep shadows, roaming handhelds and intense lighting. We don’t get any sense of personality from Terry, Phil or Catherine, only that one is tender and in love with cinema maybe more than romance and the other wielding sex like a hammer she the pendulum between them.įranco does find some flare in the presentation, purposefully taming the whole thing to look a bit amateurish, with most of it seemingly coming from a director who knows his influences and does what he can to emulate without duplicating. None of that is probably the point though, Franco, working from a script by Josh Boone, interested in the larger blunt force trauma of love, betrayal, loss and less.
It’s awash in saturated neon colors, random nudity, plenty of clips of foreign movies, and a few modest efforts in giving it a period look. Unfortunately, Phil can’t tolerate that Terry might find happiness and commits to sabotage, and over the years, the three cross paths until Terry finally gets his big break, turning a story by Catherine into a screenplay where he meets Victoria ( Juno Temple), hoping she will help him get over his past.ĭirected by James Franco, The Pretenders is an arthouse student film in about every respect, with a very small budget and a minimalist approach filmed with hazy filters and a stage play feel. Terry becomes obsessed with finding Catherine, and when they finally reconnect, convinces her to star in his short film based on his search and feelings for her, believing it an opportunity to get intimate. He also meets Phil ( Shameik Moore), an ambitious photographer with a history of sleeping around, resisting personal relationships. It’s 1979 and Terry ( Jack Kilmer) meets an enchanting young woman named Catherine ( Jane Levy) at a movie theater, but lets her go before getting her name and number. The Pretenders is a 2019 drama about a love triangle involving a photographer, a director and an actress.
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