- Original name: The big goodbye
- Country: USA
- Genre: drama
- Producer: B. Affleck
- World premiere: 2021-2022
Ben Affleck returns to directing for the adaptation of The Big Farewell: Chinatown and the Final Years of Hollywood. The film can be expected no earlier than 2021, as well as the trailer, but something is already known now. Affleck has signed a contract to direct The Great Goodbye with Paramount and will also write and co-produce. The actor was attracted to the project by his love for the history of cinema and interest in the legendary figures of cinema. Here's what we know about the film's plot and voiceover team.
Plot
The film will talk about the decline of the auteur cinema in Hollywood, created by the giant film studios (including Paramount Pictures). Viewers will learn how the 1974 Oscar-winning Chinatown was created. The film will feature the names and characters of Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, director Roman Polanski and Robert Evans (head of Paramount at the time).
The book tells the backstage story of the classic 1974 film noir film Chinatown, starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. It was directed by Roman Polanski and written by Robert Towne. The film shocked moviegoers to the core and added to a long list of films-legends of the 1970s.
Production
Director and Screenplay - Ben Affleck (Operation Argo, City of Thieves, Goodbye Baby, Goodbye, Pearl Harbor, Gone Girl, City on a Hill).
Voiceover group:
- Screenplay: B. Affleck, Sam Wasson (Fossey / Verdon);
- Producers: B. Affleck, Lorne Michaels (Ruttles: All You Need is Cash, Lassie, Saturday Night Live).
Actors
Not announced yet.
Interesting Facts
Do you know that:
- The Big Farewell: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood (2021) is Ben Affleck's first directorial since the 2016 thriller Live by Night. Film rating: KinoPoisk - 6.5, IMDb - 6.4.
