RUN ALL NIGHT
From
Warner Bros. Pictures comes the action thriller “Run All Night,”
starring Oscar nominee Liam Neeson (“Schindler’s List,” “Non-Stop”),
Joel Kinnaman (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”), Vincent D’Onofrio
(“The Judge”), and Oscar nominee Ed Harris (“Pollock,” “The Hours”),
under the direction of Jaume Collet-Serra (“Non-Stop”).
Brooklyn
mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon (Neeson), once known as The
Gravedigger, has seen better days. Longtime best friend of mob boss
Shawn Maguire (Harris), Jimmy, now 55, is haunted by the sins of his
past—as well as a dogged police detective (D’Onofrio) who’s been one
step behind Jimmy for 30 years. Lately, it seems Jimmy’s only solace can
be found at the bottom of a whiskey glass.
But when Jimmy’s
estranged son, Mike (Kinnaman), becomes a target, Jimmy must make a
choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he
abandoned long ago. With Mike on the run, Jimmy’s only penance for his
past mistakes may be to keep his son from the same fate Jimmy is certain
he’ll face himself…at the wrong end of a gun. Now, with nowhere safe to
turn, Jimmy just has one night to figure out exactly where his
loyalties lie and to see if he can finally make things right.
“Run
All Night” stars Neeson, Kinnaman, D’Onofrio, Bruce McGill (“Ride
Along”), Genesis Rodriguez (“Identity Thief”), Boyd Holbrook (HBO’s
“Behind the Candelabra”), Holt McCallany (“Gangster Squad”), with Common
(“Now You See Me”) and Harris.
Collet-Serra directs from a
screenplay by Brad Ingelsby (“Out of the Furnace”). The film is produced
by Roy Lee (“The Departed”), Brooklyn Weaver (executive producer, “Out
of the Furnace”), and Michael Tadross (“Gangster Squad,” “Sherlock
Holmes”), with John Powers Middleton (TV’s “Bates Motel”) serving as
executive producer.
The behind-the-scenes creative team includes
director of photography Martin Ruhe (“The American”), production
designer Sharon Seymour (“Argo”), editor Dirk Westervelt (“Journey to
the Center of the Earth”), and costume designer Catherine Marie Thomas
(“The Heat”). The music is by Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL) (“300: Rise of
An Empire”).
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Vertigo
Entertainment production, a Jaume Collet-Serra film, “Run All Night.”
The film is set for release in cinemas across India on March 20, 2015,
and will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros.
Entertainment Company.
From Warner Bros.
Pictures comes the action thriller “Run All Night,” starring Oscar
nominees Liam Neeson (“Schindler’s List,” “Non-Stop”), and Ed Harris
(“Pollock,” “The Hours”), under the direction of Jaume Collet-Serra
(“Non-Stop”).
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon
(Neeson), once known as The Gravedigger, has seen better days. Longtime
best friend of mob boss Shawn Maguire (Harris), Jimmy, now 55, is
haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective
(Vincent D’Onofrio) who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years.
Lately, it seems Jimmy’s only solace can be found at the bottom of a
whiskey glass.
But when Jimmy’s estranged son, Mike (Joel
Kinnaman), becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime
family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. With Mike on
the run, Jimmy’s only penance for his past mistakes may be to keep his
son from the same fate Jimmy is certain he’ll face himself…at the wrong
end of a gun. Now, with nowhere safe to turn, Jimmy just has one night
to figure out exactly where his loyalties lie and to see if he can
finally make things right.
“Run All Night” stars Liam Neeson, Joel
Kinnaman (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”), Vincent D’Onofrio (“The
Judge”), Oscar nominee Nick Nolte (“Warrior,” “Affliction,” “Prince of
Tides”), Bruce McGill (“Ride Along”), Genesis Rodriguez (“Identity
Thief”), with Oscar winner Common (“Selma”) and Ed Harris. Rounding out
the cast are Boyd Holbrook (HBO’s “Behind the Candelabra”), and Holt
McCallany (“Gangster Squad”).
Collet-Serra directs from a
screenplay by Brad Ingelsby (“Out of the Furnace”). The film is produced
by Roy Lee (“The Departed”), Brooklyn Weaver (executive producer, “Out
of the Furnace”), and Michael Tadross (“Gangster Squad,” “Sherlock
Holmes”), with John Powers Middleton (TV’s “Bates Motel”) serving as
executive producer alongside Collet-Serra.
The behind-the-scenes
creative team includes director of photography Martin Ruhe (“The
American”), production designer Sharon Seymour (“Argo”), editor Dirk
Westervelt (“Journey to the Center of the Earth”), and costume designer
Catherine Marie Thomas (“The Heat”). The music is by Tom Holkenborg
(Junkie XL) (“300: Rise of An Empire”).
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Vertigo Entertainment production, a Jaume Collet-Serra film, “Run All Night.”
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ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
The Sins of the Fathers
JIMMY
I’ve done terrible things in my life. Things
for which I can never be forgiven. I decided
long ago that when the night finally came for
me to pay for the things I’d done, I wouldn’t
protest… But the night didn’t go as planned.
And they didn’t just come for me.
Mob
hitman Jimmy Conlon has lived a life of regret, full of things he’s
done that he can never take back. Decisions of a moment that haunt his
waking hours as well as his dreams and, one way or another, come back
around to hurt him…or worse, the ones he loves.
And on this night, one split-second decision will make him run for his life.
In
“Run All Night,” Liam Neeson stars as Conlon, who, over the course of
just one night, must face off with his former mob boss in order to
protect his son. In doing so, he sets off an action-packed chase where
he is the most wanted man in the city—by both sides of the law.
“I
loved how the story is full of action while it also examines the
fractured relationships between two men who are like brothers, and a
father trying to make amends with his son for things that happened years
ago. It was complex and rich, with thrills and spills, and a lot of
‘what ifs,’” says Neeson. “What would have happened if Jimmy had taken
this course instead of that course? But that’s the story of all our
lives, isn’t it?”
Neeson once again teams up with director Jaume
Collet-Serra, whom he describes as “like a brother,” and who the actor
says, “sees action movies as symphonies.”
Collet-Serra states, “It
was one of the best scripts I’ve ever read. Every word came to life.
The central story of the fathers’ sins coming back to haunt their sons
was evocative and the characters were full of soul.” The director
reveals he immediately envisioned Neeson in the role of Jimmy. “It was a
no-brainer. Not only does Liam have great range, but he has sons, and I
knew he’d connect to the story on a whole other level.”
Neeson
admits that the script hit a deeper chord with him, having sons who are
at the age of discerning their own paths in life. “I can’t imagine
losing their love or trust and I can relate to being willing to do
anything—no matter what it takes—to get that back.”
In the twists
and turns of the night on the run, Collet-Serra saw Ed Harris as mob
boss Shawn Maguire, who is also going to protect his own son, and is
coming after Conlon with everything he’s got.
“I thought Ed was
perfect for the role,” notes Collet-Serra. “He’s a wonderful actor and
can exude intimidation. He and Liam each command a powerful presence,
and together they really ratchet up both the drama and the action. The
combination of the two gives the film a real punch.”
Harris was
intrigued with the tale of retribution, regrets and redemption, and
eager to work with Collet-Serra and Neeson. “I was glad they asked me to
join them, I thought it would be fun. There’s an edge, but also an
intimacy to the crazy night they get caught up in. Jaume knows how to
weave the action and emotion together and I’ve always had a lot of
admiration for Liam, so it was a great scenario all around.”
Producer Roy Lee also found the story and the creative mix exciting.
“It had me from the get-go. One split-second event triggers the dominos
and the life-and-death chase to stay alive is on…and one way or another,
before dawn, it’s going to play itself out. Jaume is a master at the
chase and Ed and Liam are masters at being tough guys.”
The script
came to Lee by way of producer Brooklyn Weaver, who manages
screenwriter Brad Ingelsby. Weaver says, “I was absolutely blown-away by
the emotionally powerful characters and journey, which he had executed
in such a thematically epic manner. On page four I had goose bumps and
by page 11 I knew I wanted to make the movie. I really connected to the
complex, intertwined story of fathers and sons in the middle of all this
great action that kept me turning the pages. I knew Brad’s script would
be in great hands with Jaume, Liam, and the rest of the incredible
cast.”
Ingelsby wanted to set the deathly conflict against the
gritty backdrop of the mafia, explaining, “That world always interested
me. Particularly from the vantage point of years down the road, when the
repercussions of the choices these guys made when they were young and
the full weight of their actions eventually catch up with them.”
Producer
Michael Tadross was equally intrigued by the mob element. He adds, “I
love these stories because they deal with loyalty and, in this film in
particular, how the decisions you make in life really affect your
family. You can run from your past, but you can’t hide.”
But maybe, just maybe, you can get a second chance.
Collet-Serra
says, “Most people wish they could have at least one do-over, to right
some wrong in their life. To actually get that opportunity to redeem
yourself is very appealing and everyone can relate to that.”
But
Jimmy’s only got one shot at redemption, at having his son not hate him
anymore. One shot to live…and one night to pull it off.
Retribution
SHAWN
Nobody gives a s**t about you. I’m the only
one who ever cared…and all that ended an hour ago.
JIMMY
I won’t let you take him, Shawn.
SHAWN
You don’t got a choice. I’m coming at your
boy with everything I got, Jimmy.
Blood
may be thicker than water but mafia ties outlast everything. Jimmy
knows where the bodies are buried, because he put them there. But his
secrets have cost him.
Neeson says of his character, “Jimmy’s part
of a group that has a very unique set of morals and a code of ethics
that they rigidly stand by. Loyalty is everything. And that’s his great
conflict—and also what gets him into trouble. When push comes to shove,
who does he choose?”
Collet-Serra points out, “Liam has obviously
played a father before, but I think the difference with this character
is that it’s not just about protecting or saving, it’s about earning
back the title. For anybody who’s a father I would imagine losing that
can be heartbreaking and you would do anything to reverse the
situation.”
Estranged from his family because of the many deeds
done at the bidding of his boss, Jimmy is all alone and without heat in a
dumpy Brooklyn apartment at Christmas.
“Jimmy’s a remnant of a
period that’s long gone, struggling to survive in a modern world that
has no room for him anymore,” Neeson describes. “He gave everything up
for his job and all he has left are his regrets. The closest thing he
has to family now is Shawn. That’s who he goes to when he needs help,
like money to pay the heating bill. That’s who has his back.”
Ingelsby
explains, “I thought it was an interesting dynamic to depict someone
who used to be a very powerful man, who now isn’t in a position of power
but is still in the periphery of that same world. Now the same guys who
were afraid of him don’t take him seriously, they make fun of him.”
Although
he is no longer Shawn’s enforcer, those guys still have to keep their
distance, because Shawn still looks out for Jimmy.
“Jimmy carries a
heavy burden, this loyalty to a crime family that is more like his
family than his own, by his own choice. It’s a very honorable thing to
try to keep that darkness away from his son. So he’s really caught in a
bind,” says Collet-Serra. “Day one, first take, Liam brought all that to
the character. That’s been my experience with him, on all the movies
we’ve worked on. He’s a damn good actor and it’s always a pleasure.”
Trained
to kill as a covert operations solider in the military, Jimmy came back
home and when things didn’t work out, he fell back on what he knew how
to do well.
Neeson offers, “Seeing what he’s seen and doing what
he’s done, he could do what other people couldn’t do, so he took care
of their dirty work. It’s been a few years now and he may be down, but
he’s not out. He’s been involved in life-and-death issues, not just in
Vietnam but in the concrete jungle of New York, so at the end of the
day, he knows what to do to stay alive. He’s a survivor.”
Jimmy’s boss, Shawn Maguire, is another survivor, running what’s left of the Irish mob on the West side, the Westies.
Harris
observes, “In the ‘70s, the Westies who ran Hell’s Kitchen were really
brutal, and vicious, and druggies; most of those guys are either dead or
behind bars. Like Jimmy, Shawn has stayed out of jail and out of a
coffin. He’s tough.”
But the two have more in common than their
survival skills. They’re also friends, tied inexorably together through
their past—from the girls they dated, to the men they killed.
Collet-Serra
notes, “It was very important to establish the friendship between Jimmy
and his boss and really feel their deep bond so when their relationship
and loyalty is tested, it’s more profound. Ed did a fantastic job
conveying both best friend and worst enemy in their bittersweet
journey.”
Neeson was thrilled to work with Harris and says of his
co-star, “If you get the chance to work with Ed Harris, you do it. No
questions. Ed is a legendary actor. It was extraordinary doing these
intense scenes with him.”
“Jimmy and Sean have such a rich
history; they are so closely tied together, and because of that, so are
their sons’ destinies. It was interesting to explore that with Liam,”
says Harris. “Jimmy is Shawn’s guy from the early days, his best pal,
really. Now he’s in bad shape and Shawn’s trying to help him out. It
creates so many layers. These guys really care about each other even
though they end up on opposite sides of the fence.”
It was the
first time the two had the opportunity to work together. Although Harris
was doing eight shows a week on Broadway at the same time, filmmakers
rearranged the schedule to accommodate him. “It speaks to how much we
wanted Ed, and how much he wanted to do the film,” says Collet-Serra. “I
admire his stamina.”
Tadross recalls, “We’d race him to the
curtain with a police escort, whatever we had to do to get him there. He
was working day and night through the whole shoot. Ed is such a pro.
He’s amazing.”
“It was worth it. I feel really good about the work,” states Harris.
Jimmy
and Shawn have fatherly instincts in common, as well as their checkered
past. And those instincts conflict with their fierce loyalty to each
other one terrible night when their sons inadvertently cross paths.
Although they both grew up in the same city and around the business,
Jimmy and Sean’s boys couldn’t be more different.
Joel
Kinnaman stars in the role of Mike Conlon, Jimmy’s estranged son, who
wants nothing to do with his father or his father’s line of work, not
since Jimmy abandoned them years ago. A quick run as a professional
boxer didn’t pan out, so in addition to his construction job, he drives a
limo to support his wife and two kids.
Kinnaman describes Mike as
“another casualty of his father’s lifestyle. He walked out on Mike when
he was five and Mike’s lived his life just trying to be everything his
father wasn’t.” The only time Mike has seen Jimmy in the past five
years has been at his mom’s funeral, and even then Jimmy showed up
drunk. Before that, it was only when he needed a place to hide out.
“Jimmy has not been a father figure in any way and so Mike takes his own
role as a dad very seriously. That’s why he works so hard; he’s trying
to make ends meet for his family and his family is everything. It’s what
he lives for,” says Kinnaman.
The actor had been on
Collet-Serra’s radar for some time. “I’m a fan of Joel’s and was just
delighted that he came on board. He’s powerful in so many ways—mentally,
physically, emotionally—and he brought all that to this character. He
and Liam connected immediately.”
Both Kinnaman and Neeson agree
that working out the father and son relationship on screen afforded them
the chance to become close off screen.
Kinnaman shares, “I’ve
always looked up to him, so it was a very special opportunity. It was a
great honor to get to play alongside Liam. He’s had so many memorable
performances.”
“It was wonderful working with Joel,” Neeson
affirms. “We were very much a team, discovering our way through the
emotional maze of this fractured father-son relationship. They are
suddenly thrust into this situation where they have to trust each other,
but Michael doesn’t know how to trust Jimmy.” Things are so strained
that Jimmy has never even met his son’s wife or his granddaughters, who
are also drawn into the fray.
Genesis Rodriguez stars as Mike’s
expectant wife, Gabriela Conlon. “She’s very grounded and supportive,”
says the actress. “She understands more than anyone he’s a tortured son
who just wants to be a good dad, and Gabriela and their two daughters
fill that void for Mike in the family that he’s always been lacking.”
Rodriguez
admits the role was different for her, particularly in an action film.
“I’ve never played a mother, someone who has to take care of other
people before herself. You feel so much more vulnerable once you have
the belly strapped on; you feel the weight of it and it literally drags
you down when you have to run,” she says.
“Genesis is great,”
Kinnaman acknowledges. “She really gave a fierce, maternal energy to
Gabriela. And she really brought it in scenes where Gabriela and Mike
are disagreeing. You can see why he fights to protect his family, but
you know Gabriela protects him too.”
“Joel has this internal monologue always going on underneath the surface, which is great to work off of,” says Rodriguez.
Mike’s
commitment to be a good father figure also extends to kids at the gym,
and in particular a young boxer nicknamed Curtis “Legs” Banks, played by
Aubrey Omari Joseph, whom he mentors. In the course of their flight,
Mike must also protect Legs from the fallout of the night’s perilous
events. Kinnaman prepared for his role by learning to box, training with
professional boxers for three months.
Producer Mike Tadross
shares, “He was really great at it, picked it right up. He had
professional boxers around him telling me, ‘This kid can really box.’”
Kinnaman enjoyed the training. “The boxing really shows Mike’s
deep-seated anger, but it also gives him a physicality and hints at his
ability to be lethal. He didn’t want a part of his father’s violent life
but in a way he still vents his emotions through violence,” he details.
Although
Jimmy and Shawn’s sons have taken different paths, Danny Maguire has
had his own issues. He may have followed in Shawn’s footsteps and
gotten into the business, but there is a growing philosophical and
emotional rift between them that comes to a head over getting into bed
with Albanian drug dealers. Unlike his dad, who wants no part of the
drug trade, Danny is not content with his dad’s legitimate business,
running a bar.
Boyd Holbrook plays Danny and says of his
character, “Danny and Mike are yin and yang. Mike is straight-laced;
he’s got a family, he’s got an honest job. Danny’s just trying to get
ahead as quickly as possible. He’s a little ambitious in all the wrong
ways. He has a lot to prove to live up to his father.”
A father
he’s heard a lot of stories about. “In his mind, his father’s larger
than life, and he wants that rite of passage,” he continues. “He’s
always been catching up and trying to make himself and his presence
known, to be somewhat of a contemporary version of him.”
“Shawn’s son is a bit of a wild card,” Harris posits. “I think Danny
wants to emulate who he thinks Shawn is or wishes he is, like the
vicious outlaws who were pretty insane on a certain level. He wishes
Shawn was more reckless, and bolder in his dealings.”
Danny’s
determination to prove himself to his father and Mike’s determination to
steer clear of his throws them into each other’s path one night when
Mike unwittingly chauffeurs the drug dealers connected to Danny. Mike
subsequently witnesses a murder and can implicate Danny, and in that
moment his whole life changes.
Brooklyn Weaver notes, “From our very first meeting, Jaume’s theory was that this one night is the key to Mike’s entire path.”
Whether
or not he realizes it, or likes it, he needs his father’s help.
Kinnaman relates, “He’s reluctant to accept that help at first because
of his feelings toward him, but it becomes evident that his dad is the
only person who can help him out of this situation. So they are forced
together.”
Collet-Serra adds, “In the larger scheme of things, if
this night didn’t happen, Mike would not be complete. This night has to
happen so that he can reconnect with his father, so he in turn can be
the best father he can be.”
To help his son, Jimmy must dust off
his gun—and use it again. Of course once he does, he has both the mob
and the entire police department on their trail. “Father and son are
together and yet not together, trying to evade the forces of law and
order, and the Westie gang, and it sets up a lovely tension between the
two of them,” says Neeson.
Vincent D’Onofrio stars as Detective
John Harding, a cop who has wanted to put Jimmy away for three decades
and who may now get the opportunity to do just that. “I definitely
wanted to be involved with a New York kind of drama/action film with
Liam and Ed,” says D’Onofrio, who has spent many hours in the theatre
watching Harris on stage. “Harding is a New York City detective who has a
rocky history with Jimmy. He’s never been able to prove how many hits
Jimmy committed and he’s still fixated on that. It’s been many, many
years but when they meet again, it’s actually the first thing on
Harding’s mind. He believes this is the night he’s going to finally
nail Jimmy Conlon.”
If he can catch him.
Neeson offers,
“Harding represents not only justice, but also Jimmy’s conscience. Jimmy
is haunted by his kills, he sees their faces, and he wants to unburden
himself. He just has to get through this night to arrive at a place
where he finally may be able to after all this time.”
But who
Jimmy really needs to worry about is the guy Shawn has called upon to
track him and his son down: Andrew Price. He’s a whole new kind of
enforcer, and he’s colder and harder than Jimmy ever was.
Collet-Serra
describes Price as “the monster that you unleash and you cannot stop.
He’s a next generation hitman. He has no alliances to anybody or
anything except money. He represents the new way of the mob. Everything
has a bottom line.”
When Shawn reaches out to Price, the bottom
line becomes taking out Jimmy and Mike. No matter what. Harris says,
“Both Jimmy and Shawn know there’s only one way it can end. It’s the
rule of the street in the world they inhabit.”
Common stars as
Price, the assassin who isn’t going to stop until, as Jimmy says, “We’re
all dead.” He offers, “It’s just cool to be in a film with Liam Neeson
and to play his character’s modern-day counterpart. The guy who will
look someone in the eye, shoot them in the head, say ‘job’s done’ and
keep going. Price has an edge, he’s a little disturbed, is very smart
and determined and moves with precision. He’s on this quest to get his
prey and he is
on them. It was exciting to embark on that.”
Collet-Serra
recalls their first meeting. “Common is a really nice guy. That
obviously speaks to his acting skills as he was able to draw from
somewhere deep and play this villain who’s really tough and scary, and
has this relentless energy.”
For his role, Common trained with the
stunt coordinators to develop a body language and gun skills that were
different from anyone else’s. “He definitely lived up to the expectation
of somebody coming after a Liam Neeson character, which is not an easy
thing to do,” Collet-Serra smiles.
Rounding out the cast are Bruce
McGill as Shawn’s consigliere, Pat Mullen; Holt McCallany as his
muscle, Frank; and Patricia Kalember as his wife, Rose Maguire. Nick
Nolte also makes an appearance in a pivotal scene as Jimmy’s brother,
Eddie, whom he rarely sees.
Neeson declares, “We were so blessed
to have the great Nick Nolte. I couldn’t believe it when Jaume told me.
He was wonderful. So raw and honest. His part is brief but hugely
important to my character and we were all very excited by his taking the
role.”
Collet-Serra agrees. “I was very fortunate to have such a
great cast to collaborate with. They all brought so much to their
characters and that brought so much to the story. Their performances
engage you and keep you on the edge of your seat, and really elevate the
stakes of survival and redemption.”
Redemption
JIMMY
Right now, Shawn’s got everyone meeting at the
Abbey…they’re gonna start pullin’ your life apart.
And the cops got their own motivation. All I’m
asking…is…listen to your father for one night.
MICHAEL
One night. Then I never have to see you again.
“Run
All Night” shot in practical locations in and around New York.
Originally set in the screenwriter’s hometown of Philly around the
Italian mob, Brad Ingelsby researched and incorporated the Irish mafia
when filmmakers decided to change the locale. The production team also
mined the rich world of the Westies, the infamous and cutthroat mobsters
that ran Hell’s Kitchen in the ‘70s.
“Although that mob, per se,
doesn’t exist anymore, a lot of people moved over to Queens,” comments
Collet-Serra. So that’s where we scouted.” As they drove around, a
visual imagery began to develop in the director’s mind. “It’s full of
Irish pubs and Irish culture and I realized that a lot of those places
were near or under the elevated train. That instantly gave me a sense of
place and structure. So the elevated trains and subways became a
metaphor for the mafia connections. Everything and everyone that had to
do with that world was near a subway or a train.”
Production
designer Sharon Seymour says, “It was a great hook to hang our gangsters
on, really visual, a smart idea on Jaume’s part. And it was an
interesting take on New York because we’re not showing typical
‘Manhattan movie’ New York; there’s a very real sense of what the
neighborhoods and community outside of the Manhattan borough are like.
Jaume really embraced that, he has a really great aesthetic. What he
likes and what he responds to are very strong, architectural spaces that
have a sense of place.”
The production design team created
Shawn’s pub, the Abbey, which is the headquarters of the mob, out of
three different locations: an exterior under the train on Jamaica
Avenue, another exterior reverse under the train in Woodside, and an
interior in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. They looked at many Irish bars in the
boroughs, and quite a bit in Yonkers. Seymour recalls, “Once we had
identified what we wanted for the exterior, our choices were limited to
the elevated subway area. It took awhile, it was a complex puzzle, but
we solved it.” The interior had the same feel as the exterior and a
bigger, more dynamic space.
Jimmy’s place also had to
be connected to the train and that took awhile as well. Seymour recalls,
“We ended up in a real space that we made even smaller than it actually
is, but the kitchen windows directly overlook the train, and the
exterior has the train running right by it. The result is very
claustrophobic. It really reflects the end of the line and Jimmy’s
decline.”
The interiors play out in the tight quarters of actual
working class row houses in Ridgewood, Douglaston and Bellerose. The
characters environments, except for Mike’s and his family’s, are in
either a natural palette, like brick and wood, or in cool tones.
Mike’s
world is the only one that has really warm colors and “has this real
sense of humanity to it,” says Seymour. “We wanted to reflect how they
were doing economically, and that they were really struggling to get by.
We found this house in Maspeth that was a single floor, small
two-bedroom, and it just felt right. It had a lot of paneling. It just
felt very much like a starter home. It was cramped, but full of life.”
John’s
Boxing Club in the Bronx was one of the first locations they found. “It
felt like a community-based gym, it didn’t feel slick and new,” says
Seymour. They also travelled north to Putnam, New York for the rural
cabin setting of one scene.
Collet-Serra notes, “It was very
important that with a movie called ‘Run All Night,’ we don’t just run
from Brooklyn to Queens. You want to run through all of New York. We
made a big effort to go into Manhattan several times, as well as Queens,
Brooklyn and the Bronx. We really shot almost everywhere.”
Tadross smiles, “The story takes place in one night, but we shot 48 nights. In New York. In the winter.”
Brooklyn
Weaver adds, “Mike Tadross knows everyone in New York and knows the
city inside and out. Without him we wouldn’t have gotten the locations
we got.”
One of the most recognizable places they incorporated
into the shoot is the world-famous Madison Square Garden. “Although the
mob has a large presence in the Woodside area, they would still have
roots back in the city,” Seymour explains. “That’s what led us to the
whole connection with Madison Square Garden and the restaurant nearby.
It would have been something that is a renovated version of a place they
used to frequent back in the day.”
Roy Lee says shooting at the
Garden was “challenging, but definitely paid off.” Collet-Serra shot
inside the venue just before a New York Rangers hockey game, but to get
the exterior, used the actual crowd exiting the event, working around
the real traffic on Seventh Avenue.
Equally challenging was
shooting the action sequences in the subway. Since the subways are
always in motion and New York officials staunchly protect the system,
filmmakers were only allowed to use it at certain times.
Collet-Serra
had four hours each day, in two days, to shoot. “We couldn’t control
any of the subways, except one for about an hour, from 3:00 a.m. to 4:00
a.m. one night. But you don’t know when the train is going to come, or
if it’s going to be full of people or not, and if it is, if they are
going to look into the camera…so it just makes everything much more
difficult and complicated. But then, that’s New York,” he smiles.
In
addition to a subway chase, there is a dramatic car sequence in which
Jimmy is chasing the cops through Brooklyn in his Camaro. But there’s a
twist—Mike is also in the cop car he’s running down. For the sequence’s
spectacular finish, the production design team built an entire pawn shop
from the ground up in an empty lot in the Richmond Hill neighborhood of
Queens.
“You always see cops chasing the bad guys, so
it’s fun to have the bad guy chase the cops. Ultimately, if you have
your main character chasing a car in which his son is riding, it adds
more danger to the situation,” says Collet-Serra. “I also really wanted
it to happen under the elevated subway, and crashing through a building
gave it a dramatic ending.”
There were seven cameras outside, one
on an ultimate arm that was travelling and moving. They also used a
movie bird—a camera on a high crane looking down, for a wide shot—and
several crash boxes. Additionally, four surveillance monitors inside the
pawn shop grabbed footage from that angle to cut in.
The car had
to hit the ramp, fly through the air and end up right in the middle of
the pawn shop. “It’s like threading a needle,” says Collet-Serra. “They
only had four feet on each side of this entrance as he’s coming in
sideways, and they have to hit a specific mark. If they were short or
long we were in trouble. But the team really prepared and we had a
really great stunt driver who nailed it.”
Another sequence was shot in the Linden Plaza Apartments in Brooklyn, where Mike’s young protégé, Legs, lives.
Seymour
describes, “The New York City Housing Authority built a lot of the
projects at the same time. When we originally started looking at them,
they all have a cookie cutter look to them. But when pictures of this
came up, it was just so striking and visually bold. It has these great
balconies, which facilitated one of our more interesting action
sequences.”
During this part of the story, Neeson,
Common, D’Onofrio and Kinnaman’s characters are all chasing each other
through the interior and exterior of the massive multi-level complex.
The building was difficult to control because of its size, and required
huge lighting set-ups and crews. Multiple cameras and helicopters were
employed all night and the two days there were the coldest and windiest
of the entire shoot. And, finally, the night schedule meant residents
would be in their apartments while they were filming.
D’Onofrio
recalls, “We would come through an apartment, break through all the
partitions on the balconies, go out at the end of the building, through
the hallway and then back through their room, all through the night
while people were watching TV, or trying to get some sleep. By the time
we finished, the last take that I did, there was a couple sleeping in
their beds with their newborn, which was sound asleep and didn’t wake up
through any of the shooting. Then we had to tip-toe through the living
room, and onto the balcony and do one last take. It was pretty funny.”
“It
was freezing, it was night, it was tough, but a great experience,”
Tadross notes. “The residents invited us into their homes, they made us
coffee. They were just lovely, wonderful people.”
One of the
internal sequences at the same location required hand-to-hand combat in a
burning apartment. Collet-Serra shares, “I had wanted to do a fight
sequence in a burning room for a long time. It’s very difficult because
it gets very hot, very quickly. There’s a lot of the smoke and the
camera doesn’t really see through it.” But his actors were in for the
long haul and no one complained.
“It helps when you have such a
well-oiled machine, with a director at the helm like that,” says Lee.
“You don't want to mess around at four o'clock in the morning, but
that’s why you have the right guy for that job. Sometimes, Jaume and
Liam didn’t even have to speak. Liam knew what Jaume was thinking and
vise versa. They’re just a great team.”
From fights on
a subway to hanging off a building, Neeson is very hands-on planning
and executing his fight sequences. Kinnaman recounts, “There were a lot
of intense action sequences that we had to do, and a lot of fight
scenes, and it was especially fun to do it with Liam; it’s impressive
how much he does and how physical he is.”
Collet-Serra says, “Liam
loves to do action and really puts time into rehearsing to get it
right. He’s a trouper. In our last film, I had him doing all sorts of
things, and even swinging from a cable, and in this one I’ve got him
doing even more, and on a cable 16 feet off the ground.”
Neeson’s
longtime stunt double, Mark Vanselow, was also the stunt coordinator and
worked closely with Neeson and Collet-Serra to choreograph the fights.
Neeson observes, “Each character you play has a different back story so
each character is going to react differently to things, and even hold
weapons a different way. It’s always a fascinating process.”
Junkie
XL’s music accompanies the night’s journey as it winds up to its
frenetic climax, with Jimmy and Shawn facing the ultimate sacrifice for
their sons.
“I’ve always had a soft spot for the
tapestry of family conflict in movies, especially if you can wrap it up
in a little bit of action, and I believe this movie has all of that,”
says Neeson.
Collet-Serra concludes, “I think if audiences come
for the action, they’ll get hooked in by the emotion, and they’ll enjoy
quite a ride.”
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ABOUT THE CAST
LIAM NEESON (Jimmy
Conlon) is an award-winning actor who has been internationally
recognized for his work in both major studio blockbusters and acclaimed
independent features. He has been honored for his depictions of three
very different real-life figures. Neeson received Academy Award, Golden
Globe and BAFTA Award nominations for his performance as Oskar Schindler
in Steven Spielberg’s 1993 Oscar-winning Best Picture “Schindler’s
List.” Three years later, he played the title role in Neil Jordan’s
biopic “Michael Collins,” earning another Golden Globe nomination and
winning an Evening Standard British Film Award and the 1996 Venice Film
Festival’s Volpi Cup for his impassioned portrayal of the Irish
Republican hero. In 2004, Neeson starred as controversial sex researcher
Alfred Kinsey in Bill Condon’s “Kinsey,” for which he garnered his
third Golden Globe nomination and an Independent Spirit Award
nomination, and won a Los Angeles Film Critics Award.
He previously collaborated with Jaume Collet-Serra, starring in the 2011 thriller “Unknown” and, again in 2014’s “Non-Stop.”
Neeson
recently reprised his role as unstoppable CIA operative Bryan Mills in
2014’s “Taken 3,” grossing $40.4 million in its opening weekend as the
third in the successful series, which began with the 2008 hit crime
thriller “Taken.” Also in 2014, he starred in the drama “A Walk Among
the Tombstones,” Seth MacFarlane’s comedy “A Million Ways to Die in the
West,” and lent his voice to the animated megahit “The LEGO Movie” as
Bad Cop/Good Cop/Pa Cop and the animated film “The Prophet.”
His
prior films include the hit comedy “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”;
writer/director Paul Haggis’ “Third Person” and “The Next Three Days”;
Peter Berg’s actioner “Battleship;” and starred in Joe Carnahan’s
thriller “The Grey,” which topped the box office in its opening weekend.
His recent film credits also include “The A-Team”; and the role of Zeus
in “Clash of the Titans” and “Wrath of the Titans”; as well as the
indie films “Chloe,” directed by Atom Egoyan, and “After.Life.”
Neeson
is also well known to film fans for his work in two blockbuster film
franchises: playing the role of Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn in “Star Wars:
Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace,” and the enigmatic Henri Ducard in
Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins.” In addition, Neeson lends his
distinctive voice to the character of Aslan in “The Chronicles of
Narnia” films: “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” “Prince Caspian”
and “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.”
Born in Ireland, Neeson
began acting in 1976 with the Lyric Players Theatre in Belfast, and made
his professional debut in Joseph Plunkett’s “The Risen People.” After
two years, he joined the famed repertory company of Dublin’s Abbey
Theatre, appearing in their production of Brian Friel’s “Translations.”
He later won a Best Actor award for his performance in Sean O’Casey’s
“The Plough and the Stars” at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester,
England.
In 1980, director John Boorman spotted Neeson as Lennie
in John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men,” and cast him in the Arthurian
epic “Excalibur.” During that decade, he played a wide range of
characters in such films as Roger Donaldson’s “The Bounty”; Roland
Joffe’s “The Mission”; “Lamb,” in the title role; Andrei Konchalovskiy’s
“Duet for One”; “A Prayer for the Dying”; Peter Yates’ “Suspect”; “The
Good Mother”; and “High Spirits,” which marked his first collaboration
with director Neil Jordan.
Neeson’s film work includes Sam Raimi’s
“Darkman”; “Crossing the Line”; “Under Suspicion”; Woody Allen’s
“Husbands and Wives”; John Madden’s “Ethan Frome,” playing the title
role; Michael Apted’s “Nell,” with Jodie Foster and Natasha Richardson;
“Rob Roy,” as the title character; Barbet Schroeder’s “Before and
After,” opposite Meryl Streep; “Les Miserables”; Kathryn Bigelow’s
“K-19: The Widowmaker”; Martin Scorsese’s “Gangs of New York”; Richard
Curtis’ ensemble hit “Love Actually”; Ridley Scott’s “Kingdom of
Heaven”; and Neil Jordan’s “Breakfast on Pluto.”
Throughout his film career, Neeson returned to the stage. He made his
Broadway debut in the 1993 revival of Eugene O’Neill’s “Anna Christie,”
for which he garnered a Tony Award nomination. In 1998, he played Oscar
Wilde in David Hare’s play “The Judas Kiss,” which opened in London’s
West End and later moved to Broadway. He returned to Broadway in 2002 to
play Proctor in Sir Richard Eyre’s acclaimed production of Arthur
Miller’s “The Crucible,” opposite Laura Linney, earning a second Tony
Award nomination and a Drama Desk Award nomination. Neeson also starred
in the 2008 Lincoln Center Festival presentation of Samuel Beckett’s “Eh
Joe,” directed by Atom Egoyan and produced by Dublin’s Gate Theatre.
JOEL KINNAMAN
(Mike Conlon) is originally from Stockholm, Sweden and a graduate of
the prestigious Swedish Academic School of Drama, whose alumni include
Stellan Skarsgård, Peter Stormare and Lena Olin.
Kinnaman made
his feature film debut in the Swedish film “Snabba Cash,” directed by
Daniel Espinosa. The film, the first of three, based on the
international best-selling series written by Jens Lapidus, is the
highest grossing Swedish movie in history. Kinnaman won the 2011
Guldbagge Award for Best Actor for his work in the film.
Shortly
after he relocated to Los Angeles, Kinnaman won the male lead in the
critically acclaimed AMC series “The Killing,” starring opposite
Mireille Enos. The show recently completed its fourth and final season.
Most
recently, he starred in José Padhilla’s feature action film “Robocop”
as the title role character, alongside Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson
and Abbie Cornish.
Kinnaman next reunites with Espinosa to star
opposite Tom Hardy in “Child 44,” produced by Ridley Scott. He also
collaborated with Espinosa in 2012, appearing in the action-thriller
“Safe House,” starring Ryan Reynolds.
Among Kinnaman’s other
feature credits are the sci-fi feature film “The Darkest Hour”; the
romantic comedy “Lola Versus”; and David Fincher’s “The Girl With the
Dragon Tattoo.”
VINCENT D’ONOFRIO
(Detective John Harding) recently wrapped filming on Colin Trevorrow’s
“Jurassic World,” opposite Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard. He is
currently filming the Netflix series “Daredevil,” opposite Charlie Cox,
as the supervillain The Kingpin. He was recently seen in “The Judge,”
opposite Robert Downey, Jr. and Robert Duvall.
D’Onofrio will next
be seen as the coach in Brian Grazer’s “Pelé,” written and directed by
Jeff Zimbalist and Michael Zimbalist. Last year he wrapped the
independent film “Broken Horses,” opposite Anton Yelchin. In July 2013,
D’Onofrio was seen in Wayne Kramer’s action-comedy “Pawn Shop
Chronicles,” with Elijah Wood, Matt Dillon and Brendan Frasier.
D’Onofrio
was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Hawaii, Colorado and
Florida. He eventually returned to New York to study acting at the
American Stanislavsky Theatre with Sharon Chatten of the Actors Studio.
While honing his craft, he appeared in several films at New York
University and worked as a bouncer at dance clubs in the city.
In
1984, he became a full-fledged member of the American Stanislavsky
Theatre, appearing in “The Petrified Forest,” “Of Mice and Men,” “Sexual
Perversity in Chicago” and “The Indian Wants the Bronx.” That same
year, he made his Broadway debut in “Open Admissions.” He recently
starred off-Broadway in Sam Shepard’s “Tooth of Crime (Second Dance).”
D’Onofrio
gained attention for his intense and compelling talent on the screen in
1987 with a haunting portrayal of an unstable Vietnam War recruit in
Stanley Kubrick’s gritty “Full Metal Jacket.” His other early film
appearances include “Mystic Pizza” and “Adventures in Babysitting.” He
also executive produced and portrayed 1960s counterculture icon Abbie
Hoffman in the film “Steal This Movie,” opposite Janeane Garofalo, and
starred opposite Jennifer Lopez and Vince Vaughn in the science-fiction
noir film “The Cell.”
His other film credits include “The
Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys,” opposite Jodie Foster; “The Salton Sea,”
opposite Val Kilmer; “Imposter,” with Gary Sinise; “Chelsea Walls,”
directed by Ethan Hawke; “Happy Accidents,” co-starring Marisa Tomei;
Robert Altman’s “The Player”; Joel Schumacher’s “Dying Young”; Tim
Burton’s “Ed Wood”; Kathryn Bigelow’s “Strange Days,” opposite Ralph
Fiennes and Angela Bassett; Harold Ramis’ “Stuart Saves His Family”;
Barry Sonnenfeld’s “Men In Black,” opposite Will Smith and Tommy Lee
Jones; “The Thirteenth Floor,” opposite Craig Bierko; “The Whole Wide
World,” which he produced and starred in, opposite Renée Zellweger; and
Oliver Stone’s “JFK.” More recently, D’Onofrio appeared in the sci-fi
thriller “The Tomb,” featuring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold
Schwarzenegger, and also recently finished “Fire with Fire,” opposite
Bruce Willis and Josh Duhamel. Forthcoming film appearances also
include the independent feature “Chained,” from writer-director Jennifer
Chambers Lynch.
On television, D’Onofrio starred as Detective
Robert Goren in over 100 episodes of the series “Law & Order:
Criminal Intent.” He received an Emmy Award nomination in 1998 for his
riveting guest appearance in the “Homicide: Life on the Street” episode
“The Subway.” D’Onofrio directed, produced and starred in the short
film “Five Minutes, Mr. Welles,” and recently appeared in the Academy
Award-winning short “The New Tenants.”
NICK NOLTE
(Eddie Conlon) is a three-time Academy Award nominee, who earned his
first Oscar nod for Best Actor for his role in the 1991 drama “The
Prince of Tides,” opposite Barbra Streisand, who also directed the film.
In addition, Nolte won a Golden Globe and the Los Angeles and Boston
Film Critics’ Awards for his portrayal of a man trying to help his
suicidal sister while uncovering his own haunting childhood memories. He
received his second Best Actor Oscar nomination for his performance as a
man battling addiction in 1997’s “Affliction,” directed by Paul
Schrader, as well as Best Actor Awards from the New York Film Critics
Circle and the National Society of Film Critics, and garnered Golden
Globe, Independent Spirit Award and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award
nominations. His third Academy Award nod came in 2012, for his
supporting performance in “Warrior”; he was also nominated for his work
by SAG, the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Chicago Film
Critics Association.
Most recently he appeared in Ken Kwapis’ “A
Walk In The Woods,” with Nick Offerman, Robert Redford and Emma
Thompson, and lent his voice to “Noah,” starring Russell Crowe.
Among
his other recent films are “The Trials of Cate McCall,” with Kate
Beckinsale and James Cromwell; Roger Spottiswoode’s “The Impossible
Dream”; Taylor Hackford’s “Parker,” starring Jason Statham; the
independent films “Hateship, Friendship,” with Guy Pearce and Kristen
Wiig, which premiered at the 2013 Toronoto International Film Festival,
and “My Own Love Song,” opposite Renée Zellweger and Forest Whitaker,
which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
His previous
projects include Robert Redford’s “The Company You Keep”; the indie
“Arcadia Lost”; Ben Stiller’s Hollywood spoof “Tropic Thunder”; the
family adventure “The Spiderwick Chronicles”; Hans Petter Moland’s “The
Beautiful Country,” executive produced by Terrence Malick; Olivier
Assayas’ “Clean”; “Peaceful Warrior,” adapted from the Dan Millman novel
Way of the Peaceful Warrior and directed by Victor Salva; and
“Neverwas,” directed by Joshua Michael Stern and co-starring Ian
McKellen, Jessica Lange and William Hurt. He also voiced Vincent the
Bear in the animated feature “Over the Hedge,” Butch in “Cats &
Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore,” and Bernie the Gorilla in
“Zookeeper.”
Nolte’s other notable film credits
include the critically acclaimed “Hotel Rwanda,” with Don Cheadle, for
which he earned a SAG Award nomination; Neil Jordan’s “The Good Thief”;
Ang Lee’s “The Hulk”; the Polish Brothers’ “Northfork”; Alan Rudolph’s
“Investigating Sex”; Oliver Stone’s “U-Turn”; “Jefferson In Paris”;
Martin Scorsese’s “Cape Fear”; “I Love Trouble”; William Friedkin’s
“Blue Chips”; writer/director James L. Brooks’ “I'll Do Anything”; and
the critically acclaimed “Lorenzo’s Oil.”
His
television credits include the mini-series “Rich Man, Poor Man,” for
which he received a Golden Globe and Emmy Award nomination for Best
Actor, and, more recently, the TV series “Luck,” alongside Dustin
Hoffman and the 2014 Fox series “Grace Point.”
In 2000, Nolte
returned to his acting roots in the stage production of Sam Shephard’s
play “The Late Henry Moss,” in which he starred with Sean Penn.
His
production company, Kingsgate, currently has in development “White
Jazz,” based on the James Ellroy best selling film noir novel, and “The
Last Magic Summer,” an adaptation of the Peter Gent novel of the same
name.
An Omaha, Nebraska native, Nolte began his
acting career at the Pasadena Playhouse. He studied with Bryan O'Byrne
at Stella Adler’s Academy in Los Angeles and traveled for several years,
performing in regional theatres, before gaining international
recognition with his breakthrough role in the legendary series “Rich
Man, Poor Man.” Soon after, he made his feature film starring debut in
“The Deep,” opposite Jacqueline Bisset, and went on to deliver a number
of diverse character roles in such films as “Who’ll Stop The Rain”;
“North Dallas Forty,” which he developed with author Peter Gent”; “Heart
Beat”; and “Cannery Row.” His additional film credits include “Down and
Out in Beverly Hills,” “48 Hours,” “Under Fire,” “Extreme Prejudice,”
“Weeds,” “Three Fugitives,” “Farewell to the King,” Martin Scorsese’s
segment of “New York Stories,” Karel Reisz’ “Everybody Wins,” and Sidney
Lumet’s “Q&A.”
BRUCE McGILL (Pat
Mullen) has been a constant and memorable screen presence since driving
his motorcycle up the Delta House stairs as D-Day in National Lampoonʼs
“Animal House.” He has appeared in over 145 films, television movies and
series spanning the last five decades. Throughout his career he has
consistently received rave reviews for his stand-out performances,
showing no signs of slowing down.
On the big screen McGill
recently portrayed Edwin Stanton in Steven Spielbergʼs “Lincoln,” with
Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field. He also appeared in the comedy "Ride
Along" with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart.
Among his more than 80 motion
films are “Law Abiding Citizen,” with Gerard Butler and Jamie Fox;
Oliver Stoneʼs “W”; “Vantage Point,” with Dennis Quaid; “Runaway Jury”;
Ridley Scott's “Matchstick Men,” and “Cinderella Man,” with Russell
Crowe; and Michael Mann's “Collateral.” He previously collaborated with
Mann on “Ali” and garnered high praise from critics and audiences alike
for his performance as southern attorney Ron Motley in Mann’s “The
Insider.” His other notable film work includes “The Sum of All Fears,”
“Shallow Hal,” “My Cousin Vinny,” “The Last Boy Scout,” “Silkwood,”
“Wildcats,” “The Lookout,” and “Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, &
Blonde.” McGill is a single-digit handicap golfer and played Walter
Hagen in “The Legend of Bagger Vance,” which was directed by Robert
Redford and remains one of his favorite roles to date.
McGill is
now in his 6th season of portraying Detective Vince Korsak on TNT's hit
series “Rizzoli & Isles.” His list of television credits past is
equally impressive, as he has starred in some of HBOʼs most critically
acclaimed productions: portraying controversial journalist Peter Arnett
in “Live From Baghdad”; painting a chilling portrait of LBJ cabinet
member George Ball in “Path to War”; and realistically capturing
legendary Yankees manager Ralph Houk in “61.” He has made memorable
guest appearances on “The Good Wife,” “C.S.I,” “The Practice,” “Gideonʼs
Crossing,” “Home Improvement,” “Star Trek: Voyager,” “The Commish,”
“Quantum Leap” and “Miami Vice,” among others. McGill may be best known
as Jack Dalton, MacGyverʼs troublemaking best friend, which he portrayed
for six seasons on “MacGyver.”
Hailing from Texas, McGill is
proud to be the voice of the Longhorn Network, taking over that job from
Walter Cronkite. After earning his bachelor's degree in acting from the
University of Texas at Austin, he made his professional debut as a
member of Rhode Islandʼs Trinity Square Repertory Company. Relocating to
New York City, he began a long association with the New York
Shakespeare Festival, appearing in “Hamlet,” produced by the legendary
Joseph Papp; “Henry V”; and playing Iago, opposite Raul Juliaʼs Othello,
for the NYSFʼs Shakespeare in the Park series. He also starred on
Broadway for two years in “My One and Only,” with Tommy Tune and Twiggy.
In 2007, he returned to the stage after 22 years with an acclaimed
portrayal of Orson Welles in “Orsonʼs Shadow” at the Pasadena Playhouse.
In 2010, Bruce was deeply honored when he was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame.
Genesis Rodriguez (Gabriela
Conlon) most recently starred in Kevin Smith’s modern-day monster film
“Tusk,” alongside Justin Long and Haley Joel Osment and Smith’s upcoming
comedy thriller “Yoga Hosers.” She will next appear in the thriller
“Home,” starring alongside Topher Grace.
Rodriguez previously
starred alongside Paul Walker in the dramatic thriller “Hours” and lent
her voice as Honey Lemon to the Oscar nominated animated film “Big Hero
6.”
In 2013, Rodriguez starred alongside Melissa McCarthy, Jason
Bateman, Eric Stonestreet and Jon Favreau in the comedy “Identity
Thief.” Rodriguez was also seen alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Rodrigo Santoro and Forest Whitaker in the action thriller “The Last
Stand.”
Among Rodriguez’s other films are “What to Expect When
You’re Expecting,” alongside Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez and Chris
Rock; the suspense thriller “Man on a Ledge,” opposite Sam Worthington,
Elizabeth Banks, Ed Harris and Ed Burns; and as Will Ferrell’s love
interest in the Spanish-language comedy “Casa de mi Padre,” opposite
Ferrell, Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna.
Rodriguez’s memorable American television roles include Becky Ferrer on
the NBC soap opera “Days of our Lives” and Sarah in HBO’s “Entourage.”
She is also known for her roles in the highly acclaimed NBC
Universal/Telemundo television series “Prisionera,” “Dame Chocolate” and
“Dona Barbara.”
Rodriguez was born and raised in Miami, Florida
and is the youngest daughter of legendary international recording artist
and actor Jose Luis Rodriguez “El Puma.” She is an alumnus of the Lee
Strasberg Theater in Los Angeles and New York’s Film Institute.
Boyd Holbrook (Danny
Maguire) is quickly amassing an impressive resume of diverse roles,
starring among some of the most respected actors and proving to be one
of Hollywood’s most engaging and sought after young talents.
Holbrook
can next be seen in Gavin O’Connor’s western “Jane Got A Gun,”
alongside Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor, set to release in
September. These noteworthy performances will follow his latest leading
role in Sara Colangelo’s indie film “Little Accidents,” opposite
Elizabeth Banks and Chloe Sevigny.
He is currently in production
for the Netflix original series “Narcos,” based on the true events that
depict Pablo Escobar’s life and set to release August/September.
Holbrook will star as DEA agent Steve Murphy, one of the male leads,
sent to Colombia as part of a U.S. mission to capture and kill the
notorious cocaine kingpin in the late ’80s and early ’90s. He is also
set to star in the indie drama “Cardboard Boxer,” alongside Terrence
Howard and Thomas Haden Church, as well as Terrence Malick’s latest
film, opposite Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Michael Fassbender, Rooney
Mara and Natalie Portman.
Last year, Holbrook received notice for
his riveting performances, including his work with director David
Fincher in the adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s novel “Gone Girl,”
alongside Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. In addition, he could be seen
opposite Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader in “Skeleton Twins,” which debuted
at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and in Scott Frank’s crime drama “A
Walk Among the Tombstones,” where he first starred alongside Liam
Neeson. Additionally, Holbrook completed production for his writing and
directorial debut, “Peacock Killer,” a short film based on a short story
of the same title by Sam Shepard.
Prior, Holbrook starred in the
drama “Very Good Girls,” alongside Elizabeth Olsen, Dakota Fanning and
Peter Sarsgaard, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival; in
Scott Cooper’s “Out of the Furnace,” alongside Christian Bale and Zoe
Saldana; as well as Andrew Niccol’s “The Host,” based on Stephanie
Meyer’s romance novel of the same name. That same year he also starred
in the HBO Liberace biopic directed by Steven Soderbergh, “Behind the
Candelabra,” opposite Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, which opened to
rave reviews at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Preceding this success,
he garnered prolific roles in numerous films, including Vera Farmiga’s
“Higher Ground” and Gus Van Sant’s Academy Award nominated drama “Milk”;
and in the unforgettable Emmy nominated television mini-series
“Hatfields & McCoys,” as well as the Golden Globe nominated Showtime
series “The Big C.”
In addition to his thriving film career,
Holbrook pursues other creative endeavors as an avid sculptor. His work
has been exhibited at various locations, including the Rare Gallery in
New York.
COMMON (Andrew Price) recently
won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Glory” from the Oscar
nominated film “Selma,” shared with John Legend. Common also won a
Golden Globe as well as Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for the
song. Starring in the film as 1960s Civil Rights Movement leader James
Bevel, Common also shared nominations from numerous Critics Associations
for Best Ensemble with a cast including Oprah Winfrey. Already a
multi-Grammy Award winner, Common recently received two more Grammy
Award nominations this year, for a total of twelve, for his 2014 rap
album “Nobody’s Smiling,” in the category of Best Rap Album, as well as
for Best Rap/SungCollaboration for his Song “Blak Majik,” featuring
Jhene Aiko.
His numerous previous accomplishments in film and
music include starring on the silver screen in films such as “Smokin
Aces,” “American Gangster,” “Wanted,” “Terminator Salvation,” “Date
Night,” “Just Wright,” “The Odd Life of Timothy Green,” “Luv,” and “Now
You See Me.” Common also starred in the acclaimed AMC TV series “Hell On
Wheels,” as Elam, a freed slave who comes west in post-Civil War
America seeking work on the Transcontinental Railroad.
Prior to
acting, Common rose to prominence as one of hip hop’s most poetic and
respected lyricists, having recorded more than eight albums and
garnering multiple Grammy Awards. In 2004, he partnered with Chicago
native and rap music mega-star Kanye West to produce the album “Be,”
which went on to garner four Grammy Award nominations. In 2007, Common
released his critically acclaimed seventh album, “Finding Forever,”
which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart and went on to earn
a Grammy Award. His eighth album, “Universal Mind Control,” was
released in 2008 and was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best
Rap Album. Common’s highly anticipated ninth album, “The Believer, The
Dreamer,” was released to critical acclaim by Warner Bros. Records on
December 20th, 2011. On September 18th, 2012, Common joined forces with
the rest of the G.O.O.D. Music crew to release the highly anticipated
“Cruel Summer” album. Additional artists on the album include Kanye
West, John Legend, Pusha T, Big Sean, 2 Chainz, and Kid Cudi. Common
plans to release his first mixtape in April of this year followed by his
tenth solo album in September.
Common also offers an even younger
generation a better understanding of self-respect and love, by
utilizing the cultural relevance of hip hop in the children’s books he
has written. His first book, entitled
The Mirror and Me, teaches lessons of life, the human spirit, and human nature. His follow-up book
I Like You But I Love Me was nominated for an NAACP Image Award, and in 2008 he released his third book,
M.E. (Mixed Emotions). Common recently added to this list of accomplished written works with his revealing memoir,
One Day It’ll All Make Sense, which made the prestigious
New York Times
Best Seller list upon publication. Every aspect of his life’s journey
was unveiled in this deeply personal account of who Common is and the
people, faith and events that have shaped and molded him into the
award-winning, critically acclaimed conscious artist of today.
In
addition to his music, film, and literary pursuits, Common has been the
face, voice and inspiration behind some of the largest consumer brands
in the country. Common was the voice of Gatorade’s G Series Sports Drink
commercial that was launched during Super Bowl 2010. In 2009, he was
announced as the face of the new Diesel Men’s fragrance Only the Brave
and he partnered with Microsoft as the inspiration and one of the
designers to launch their Softwear clothing t-shirt line.
Common
is a regularly requested guest speaker known to motivate and empower
collegiate minds while speaking at prestigious universities across the
country. In 2000, he launched his own philanthropic effort, The Common
Ground Foundation, whose mission is dedicated to the empowerment and
development of disadvantaged youth in urban communities by mentoring in
three areas: character development, creative expression and healthy
living.
ED HARRIS (Shawn Maguire) will
next be seen starring with Ethan Hawke and Milla Jovovich in
“Cymbeline,” Michael Almereyda’s modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s
play. He recently completed filming on Dean Devlin’s untitled
directorial debut.
Harris made his feature film
directing debut on “Pollock,” receiving an Academy Award nomination as
Best Actor for his performance in the title role. His co-star, Marcia
Gay Harden, won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar under his direction.
Harris’ film credits include “Appaloosa,” which he starred in
, directed,
and co-wrote; “A History of Violence,” receiving a National Society of
Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor; “The Hours,” garnering
Best Supporting Actor Oscar, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and
BAFTA nominations; last year’s “Frontera,” with Michael Pena and “The
Face of Love,” with Annette Bening; “Pain and Gain”; “Gone Baby Gone”;
“The Truman Show,” receiving an Oscar nomination and Golden Globe Award
for Best Supporting Actor; “Apollo 13,” garnering Oscar and Golden Globe
nominations for Best Supporting Actor and a SAG Award in the same
category; “The Way Back,” “Copying Beethoven,” “The Right Stuff,” “The
Abyss,” “The Rock,” “The Human Stain,” “A Beautiful Mind,” “Stepmom,”
“The Firm,” “A Flash of Green,” “Places in the Heart,” “Alamo Bay,”
“Sweet Dreams,” “Jacknife,” “State of Grace,” “The Third Miracle” and
“Touching Home.”
On television, Harris will star in J.J. Abrams’
and Jonathan Nolan’s “Westworld” for HBO. When last on HBO, Harris won a
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, along with Emmy and SAG
nominations, for his portrayal of John McCain in Jay Roach’s “Game
Change.” He starred with Paul Newman in the HBO miniseries “Empire
Falls,” receiving Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Best Actor nominations for
his performance. His other television credits include “The Last Innocent
Man,” “Running Mates,” “Paris Trout” and “Riders of the Purple Sage,”
for which he and his wife Amy Madigan, as co-producers and co-stars,
were presented with the Western Heritage Wrangler Award for Outstanding
Television Feature Film.
In 2012, at the Geffen Playhouse in Los
Angeles, Harris starred with Amy Madigan, Bill Pullman and Glenne
Headley in the world premiere of playwright Beth Henley’s “The
Jacksonian,” directed by Robert Falls. He reprised that role this past
fall to critical acclaim in the play’s New York Premiere at
off-Broadway’s Acorn Theater. Harris received both an Outer Critics
Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance and a Lucille
Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Solo Show for the off-Broadway
production of “Wrecks” at New York City’s Public Theatre. He originated
the role, with writer/director Neil LaBute, for the play’s world
premiere at the Everyman Palace Theatre in Cork, Ireland and won the
2010 LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Solo Performance for the
production of “Wrecks” at the Geffen Playhouse. His theatre credits
include: Ronald Harwood’s “Taking Sides,” Sam Shepard’s plays “Fool for
Love,” for which he won an Obie Award and “Simpatico,” for which he won
the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Actor; George Furth’s “Precious Sons,”
receiving a Drama Desk Award; “Prairie Avenue,” “Scar,” “A Streetcar
Named Desire,” “The Grapes of Wrath,” and “Sweet Bird of Youth.”
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
JAUME COLLET-SERRA (Director)
was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in 1974. In the early 1990s, he
moved from Barcelona to Los Angeles to attend film school at Columbia
College.
From there, Collet-Serra moved into directing music
videos and then commercials for products such as PlayStation, Budweiser,
MasterCard, Miller Lite, Pontiac, Smirnoff Ice, Renault, Verizon and
7-UP, working with such agencies as McCann-Erickson, J. Walter Thompson,
BBDO, and TBWA\Chiat\Day.
Collet-Serra’s stylized, surreal and
often dark imagery quickly caught the eye of producer Joel Silver, who
hired him to direct “House of Wax” in 2005. Then in 2007, Collet-Serra’s
love for soccer took him back to Spain to shoot “Goal II: Living the
Dream.” Collet-Serra collaborated with Silver in 2009, directing the
horror thriller “Orphan.” In 2011, Collet-Serra and Silver teamed with
Liam Neeson for the first time with the thriller “Unknown,” and again in
2014 with “Non-Stop.”
While in post-production for “Unknown” and
in anticipation of its worldwide success, Collet-Serra and longtime
friend, attorney Juan Sola, launched Ombra Films with offices in Los
Angeles. Since its inception in mid 2011, Ombra has produced 5 films:
“Anna,” “Curve,” “Eden,” “Extinction,” and “Hooked Up.”
BRAD INGELSBY
(Screenwriter) previously co-wrote the 2014 indie crime drama “Out of
the Furnace,” which starred Christian Bale, and was directed by Oscar
nominee Scott Cooper. The film was produced by Leonardo DiCaprio/Appian
Way, Ridley Scott/Scott Free, and Ryan Kavanaugh.
Additionally,
Ingelsby scripted the 2013 indie drama “The Dynamiter,” which premiered
at the Berlin Film Festival, and received two Independent Spirit Award
nominations.
Ingelsby received his MFA in screenwriting in 2005 from the American Film Institute.
ROY LEE (Producer)
earned
his first motion picture producing credit as executive producer on Gore
Verbinski’s 2002 blockbuster “The Ring.” He went on to produce the
2004 haunted house horror “The Grudge,” which, upon its October 2004
release, broke the record for the biggest opening weekend of all time
for a horror film. October 2006 saw the release of “The Departed,” a
crime thriller directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Jack Nicholson,
Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio, which went on to win four Academy
Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay. He
most recently produced the blockbuster “The LEGO Movie,” and the
upcoming sequels and spin-offs. Currently, Lee maintains a first-look
deal with Warner Bros. and is working on several projects in various
stages of production and development, including “The Minecraft
Movie.” Among his other projects are “Poltergeist,” a remake of the
horror classic; and adaptations of Stephen King’s novels, “The Stand”
and “IT.” A Korean-American born in Brooklyn and raised in Bethesda,
Maryland, Lee earned a Bachelors degree from George Washington
University and a law degree from American University. After a brief
stint as a corporate attorney, Lee relocated from Washington, D.C. to
Los Angeles in 1996 to pursue a career in the film industry.
BROOKLYN WEAVER (Producer) is the CEO/owner of Energy Entertainment, a production and literary management company founded in 2000.
Weaver
is currently an executive producer with Steven Spielberg/Amblin
Television on the CBS series “Extant,” starring Halle Berry.
In
2014, Weaver executive produced Scott Cooper’s indie crime drama “Out of
the Furnace,” which starred Christian Bale and was produced by Leonardo
DiCaprio/Appian Way, Ridley Scott/Scott Free, and Ryan Kavanaugh.
MICHAEL TADROSS
(Producer) most recently produced Akiva Goldsman’s “Winter’s Tale,” and
the gritty drama “Gangster Squad,” starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, and
Ryan Gosling. He also produced the comedies “Arthur” and “Cop Out.”
Tadross served as executive producer on Guy Ritchie’s action-adventure
mystery “Sherlock Holmes,” starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, and
on the Will Smith hits “I Am Legend,” a sci-fi action thriller, and the
comedy “Hitch.”
Previously, Tadross produced or executive produced
a wide range of motion pictures, including “Basic,” starring John
Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson; “Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding”; “Rollerball,”
with Chris Klein, LL Cool J and Jean Reno; “The Thomas Crown Affair,”
starring Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo; “Jack Frost,” with Michael
Keaton; “The Devil’s Advocate,” starring Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves;
“Eraser,” with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams and James Caan;
“Indecent Proposal,” with Robert Redford and Demi Moore; “School Ties,”
with Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck; and “Die Hard: With a
Vengeance,” starring Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons and Samuel L. Jackson,
which was one of the top ten grossing films of 1995.
For
television, Tadross produced the telefilms “When Will I Be Loved?,”
starring Stephanie Powers, and “Deadly Illusions,” starring Billy Dee
Williams.
Tadross served as Senior Vice President of Feature
Production at Paramount Pictures from 1991 to 1994. During this time, he
oversaw such films as “Forrest Gump,” “The Naked Gun,” “The Firm,”
“Clear and Present Danger,” the “Wayne’s World” franchise, “Searching
for Bobby Fischer,” “Beverly Hills Cop III,” “Blue Chips,” “Coneheads”
and “Sliver.”
He also worked as a unit production manager/first
assistant director on such films as “Coming to America,” “Black Rain,”
“Ghost,” “Trading Places,” “Masquerade,” “Cocktail” and “Death Wish 3,”
as well as numerous mini-series and movies of the week.
Tadross
was born and raised in Brooklyn. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts
from Wagner College, and was an award-winning photojournalist before
starting his film career as a camera trainee and assistant film editor.
JOHN POWERS MIDDLETON (Executive Producer) is a producer at Vertigo Entertainment, which has a first look deal with Warner Bros. Pictures.
Middleton
was a co-producer on the 2014 box office hit “The LEGO Movie,” and
executive produced Spike Lee's 2013 action mystery “Old Boy,” starring
Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen and Samuel L. Jackson. Among his other
film credits are the upcoming horror comedy “The Voices,” starring Ryan
Reynolds, Gemma Arterton and Anna Kendrick and the thriller “7500,”
which he executive produced. He will next serve as an executive
producer on “Sleepless Night,” starring Jamie Foxx and Michelle
Monaghan.
In television, Middleton served as an executive producer
on the critically acclaimed A&E series “Bates Motel,” starring Vera
Farmiga and Freddie Highmore, approaching its third season. In 2014,
he co-founded The Affleck/Middleton Project production company with
Casey Affleck and has various projects in development under that banner
as well. He also produces for Good Universe with Roy Lee.
Middleton is a native of Philadelphia.
MARTIN
RUHE (Director of Photography) most recently lensed “The Keeping Room,”
a Civil War drama starring Hailee Steinfeld, Brit Marling and Sam
Worthington and directed by Daniel Barber, with whom Ruhe also
collaborated on the action drama “Harry Brown,” starring Michael Caine.
Ruhe’s
collaborations with director Anton Corbijn include the crime thriller
“The American,” starring George Clooney as an aging assassin; “Linear”;
and the critically acclaimed “Control,” starring Sam Riley and Samantha
Morton. “Control” earned Ruhe Best Cinematography honors at the 2007
Auteur Film Festival, as well as a Camerimage Golden Frog nomination and
a Best Technical Achievement for Cinematography nomination from the
British Independent Film Awards. The music biography about enigmatic
singer Ian Curtis was also nominated for two BAFTA Awards and won the
British Independent Film Award for Best Independent Film as well as the
London Critics Circle Film and Evening Standard British Film Awards for
Best Film. In addition, the film received the Golden Camera at Cannes.
For
his cinematography on David Hare’s dark spy thriller “Page Eight,” Ruhe
won the 2012 American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding
Achievement in Cinematography in Motion Picture/Miniseries Television
Award.
Ruhe’s work also includes the feature films “The Countess,” directed by and starring Julie Delpy.
Since
2000, the commercials and music videos Ruhe has worked on have earned
him a grand total of 26 industry awards. In 2007, Variety magazine named
Ruhe one of their Top Ten DPs to Watch.
SHARON SEYMOUR
(Production Designer) has collaborated with director Ben Affleck on his
films “Gone Baby Gone,” “The Town,” and, most recently, “Argo,”
receiving nominations from the Art Directors Guild for the Excellence in
Production Design Award for both “The Town” and “Argo.”
She has
designed such films as Spike Lee’s “Oldboy” and the George
Clooney-directed “The Ides of March.” Her work also includes “The Men
Who Stare at Goats,” “Friday Night Lights,” “Bad Santa,” “The Truth
about Cats and Dogs” and “Don Juan DeMarco.”
Coming from a theater
background, Seymour graduated from Ithaca College and moved to New York
City. A job on George Romero’s “Creepshow” led her to Los Angeles and a
Masters Degree in production design at the American Film Institute. She
then established herself as a designer on “The Ben Stiller Show,”
followed by “Reality Bites” and “The Cable Guy.”
CATHERINE MARIE THOMAS
(Costume Designer) began her film work in 1994, and her influential
designs have defined some of the most memorable film characters of the
past two decades. Among her most notable achievements have been the
cutting-edge bright yellow fight suit designed for Uma Thurman in
Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill,” the folksy attire donned by Meryl
Streep and Lily Tomlin in Robert Altman’s “A Prairie Home Companion
,” and
her Costume Design Guild Award-winning and Emmy nominated designs worn
by Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange in Michael Sucsy’s “Grey Gardens”
for HBO.
Thomas has designed over two dozen feature films, most
recently collaborating with Juame Collet-Serra on the action film
“Non-Stop.” Among her other films are the hit comedies “The Heat,”
directed by Paul Feig, and Anne Fletcher’s “27 Dresses,” and “The
Proposal,” as well as Fletcher’s upcoming “Hot Pursuit.” Her
filmography also includes Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut, “Whip It,”
Neil Jordan’s “The Brave One,” Richard Shepard’s “The Matador,” Ethan
Hawke’s “The Hottest State” and “Chelsea Walls.” She has also
collaborated with writer/director Edward Burns four times, on “Purple
Violets,” “The Groomsmen,” “Ash Wednesday,” and “Sidewalks Of New York.”
In
October 2012, Thomas’ work was featured in a 100 year retrospective of
Hollywood costume designers at the Victoria & Albert Museum in
London, UK.
In addition to the recognition of her work in “Grey
Gardens,” Thomas earned Costume Designers Guild Award nominations for
“Kill Bill: Volumes 1 and 2” and was profiled in Deborah Nadoolman
Landis’
Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costumes,
published by Harper Collins in 2007. She received a career achievement
award from New York Women in Film & Television and
Variety Magazine
and a Distinguished Alumni Award from the Chicago Academy for the Arts.
Her media appearances have included NBC’s “The Talk,” “Access
Hollywood,” NPR’s “Eight Forty-‐Eight,” TBS’s “Dinner and a Movie” and
she has been featured in
Interview, Vogue (US, UK, Japan), W,
Harpers Bazaar, WWD, The New York Times, USA Today, Variety, Clothes on Film, and
The Hollywood Reporter.
A
Brooklyn resident and Chicago native, Thomas studied at the Chicago
Academy for the Arts and the Kansas City Art Institute before starting
her career as a designer in New York City in the costume shop at The
Julliard School.
TOM HOLKENBORG (JUNKIE XL) (Composer)
is
a Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum producer and composer. A
multi-instrumentalist who plays keyboards, guitar, drums, violin, and
bass, he also possesses a mastery of studio technology.
Currently
focusing on film composition, Holkenborg is creating the music for
director George Miller’s upcoming installment of the “Mad Max”
franchise, “Mad Max: Fury Road.” He previously scored “300: Rise of An
Empire,” which Snyder produced. His additional credits include Robert
Luketic’s “Paranoia” and the young adult film “Divergent,” based on
Veronica’s Roth’s successful trilogy.
The foundation for this new
career path was laid in his native Holland, where he created multiple
film scores. He later continued to grow under mentorships with
celebrated composers like Harry Gregson-Williams, on the films “Domino”
and “Kingdom of Heaven,” and Klaus Badelt on “Catwoman.” From there,
Holkenborg formed a highly successful association with Zimmer. They have
collaborated on films including the 2013 blockbuster “Man of Steel,”
Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises,” the “Madagascar” films, “
Megamind” and “Inception.”
Earlier
in his composing career, Holkenborg also provided music for such films
as “Bandslam,” “DOA: Dead or Alive,” “The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark
Fury,” “The Animatrix” and “Resident Evil.”
Holkenborg’s career as
an artist began in 1993 when he started industrial rock band NERVE,
while also producing hardcore and metal bands like Sepultura and Fear
Factory. Drawn to EDM, he started Junkie XL in 1997, debuting with the
album
Saturday Teenage Kick. Holkenborg went on to produce
five more albums under the Junkie XL moniker while playing headline
shows all over the world. In 2002, the producer-remixer scored a number
1 hit in 24 countries with his rework of Elvis Preseley’s “A Little
Less Conversation.” Following that success, Holkenborg collaborated
with celebrated artists like Dave Gahan, Robert Smith and Chuck D, and
remixed such artists as Coldplay, Depeche Mode, Britney Spears, and
Justin Timberlake, among many others. In addition, Holkenborg created
the music for videogames, including “Need for Speed,” “The Sims” and
“SSX,” as well as commercials for global campaigns for Nike, Heineken,
Adidas, Cadillac and VISA.
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