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Professional Motion Picture Production and Distribution NEWS
New Movie Directed by Jonathan Levine, "50/50," Scheduled for September 30, 2011 Release
By StudentFilmmakers.com
posted Aug 4, 2011, 14:42 |
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anna Kendrick star in "50/50". Photo by Chris Helcermanas-Benge. Courtesy of Summit Entertainment.
"50/50" is scheduled to be released on September 20, 2011. Directed by
Jonathan Levine, and produced by Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen, and Ben Karlin.
The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas
Howard, and Anjelica Huston.
Inspired by personal experiences, "50/50" is an original story about friendship,
love, survival and finding humor in unlikely places. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and
Seth Rogen star as best friends whose lives are changed by a cancer diagnosis.
Rogen also serves as producer, along with Evan Goldberg and Ben Karlin. Jonathan
Levine directs from a script by Will Reiser.
“We worked with Will on Da Ali G show, and it was shortly after that
we learned he was sick.” Rogen recalls. “As shocking, sad, confusing
and generally screwed up as it was; we couldn't ignore that because we were
so ill-equipped to deal with the situation, funny things kept happening. Will
got better, and when he did, we thought the best way to pull something good
out of the situation was to get him to write a screenplay. Ideally we wanted
to make a film that would be as funny, sad, and hopefully as honest as the experience
we went through. As soon as the script was completed, it quickly became a passion
project for all of us. It helped us come to terms with Will's struggle as well
as our own experiences.”
"50/50" is the story of a guy’s transformative and, yes, sometimes funny
journey to health. "50/50" draws its emotional core from Will Reiser’s
own experience with cancer and reminds us that friendship and love, no matter
what bizarre turns they take, are the greatest healers.
Resources:
http://www.50-50themovie.com/
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