The Film Society of Lincoln Center announces Pablo LarraÃn's JACKIE as a Special U.S. Premiere Presentation of the 54th New York Film Festival (September 30 - October 16) on Thursday, October 13 at Alice Tully Hall. Jackie is the director's second film in this year's festival, with Neruda, his portrait of the great Chilean poet, screening the week prior.
Pablo LarraÃn's first English-language film is a bolt from the blue, a fugue-like study of Jackie Kennedy, brilliantly acted by Natalie Portman. Dramatizing events from just before, during, and after JFK's assassination, this carefully reconstructed, beautifully visualized film is grounded in Jackie's interactions with her children, her social secretary (Greta Gerwig), LBJ's special assistant Jack Valenti (Max Casella), her brother-in-law Bobby (Peter Sarsgaard), a priest (John Hurt), a journalist (Billy Crudup), and others. In this emotionally urgent film, from a script by Noah Oppenheim, we feel not only Jackie's tragic solitude but also her precise awareness that every move she makes carries historical ramifications. A
FOX Searchlight Pictures release.
Jackie is produced by Juan de Dios LarraÃn, Darren Aronofsky, Mickey Liddell, Scott Franklin, and Ari Handel, and opens in select theaters December 2.
The 17-day New York Film Festival highlights the best in world cinema, featuring works from celebrated filmmakers as well as fresh new talent. The selection committee, chaired by Jones, also includes Dennis Lim, FSLC Director of Programming; Florence Almozini, FSLC Associate Director of Programming; Amy Taubin, Contributing Editor, Artforum and Film Comment; and Gavin Smith, who serves as a consultant.
Photo: © Stephanie Branchu
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