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LEAN ON PETE a FILM by CHLOË SEVIGNY

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From acclaimed flmmaker camaraderie at a local racetrack equal measure, but never lose Andrew Haigh (Weekend, 45 where he lands a job caring for their irrepressible hope and For his fourth feature flm, of their epic journey across Years), and based on the beloved an aging quarter horse named resiliency as they pursue their British-born writer-director the modern frontier, the pair novel by Willy Vlautin, comes . Te horse’s gruf dream of fnding a place they Andrew Haigh (, develops a profound bond. Lean on Pete —a deeply moving owner Del Montgomery (Steve can call home. Weekend, HBO’s “Looking”) Haigh discovered the novel story about love, loneliness, Buscemi) and his seasoned turned to an adaptation by the in the months leading up to family, and friendship, told jockey Bonnie (Chloë Sevigny) Featuring an incredible breakout Oregon-based novelist Willy the U.S. release of his 2011 through the unique prism of one help Charley fll the void of turn by Charlie Plummer Vlautin, whose works include breakthrough feature Weekend, boy’s connection to a very special his father’s absence — until he (Te Dinner, King Jack, Ridley Te Free (2014), Northline which — like Lean On Pete — racehorse. discovers that Pete is bound for Scott’s forthcoming All Te (2008) and Te Motel Life examines themes of loneliness slaughter, prompting him to Money in the World) and (2006). Vlautin’s 2010 novel and fnding connection in Fifteen-year-old Charley take extreme measures to spare memorable supporting work Lean On Pete, set in Portland, unexpected places. Seeing Tompson (Charlie Plummer) his new friend’s life. Charley by indie stalwarts Buscemi, Oregon and across the Western cinematic potential in the arrives in Portland, Oregon and Pete head out into the Sevigny and , Lean United States, tells the story of novel’s emotional bonds, wide- with his single father Ray great unknown, embarking on Pete is a compassionate and a teenage boy who befriends open spaces and insistence on (), both eager on an odyssey across the new heartrending look at the desire an aging quarter horse while hope and resiliency in the face for a fresh start after a series American frontier in search of for love, family, and acceptance working at a racetrack, hitting of struggle, Haigh through his of hard knocks. While Ray a loving aunt Charley hasn’t that drives all of us. the road together when the big-screen adaptation of Lean descends into personal turmoil, seen in years. Tey experience steed becomes marked for the On Pete creates an American Charley fnds acceptance and adventure and heartbreak in slaughterhouse. In the course odyssey for the ages.

03 THE SOURCE MATERIAL

Vlautin’s novel centers on a for his own adaptation of the horses but I also get crushes on lonely, self-reliant 15-year-old novel, Haigh began to consider them and fnd myself wondering who is continually let down Charley’s indefatigable resilience what happens after they stop by the world but who refuses in the face of constant struggle racing,” admits Vlautin. “I wrote to give up in his search for and setback, particularly during Lean On Pete as a way of fguring stability, connection and a the novel’s second half, as he out my relationship with horse loving home. While he searches roams the American countryside racing, but it’s also about being the Pacifc Northwest for an in search of a home. 15 years old — Charley’s age in estranged relative, Lean On Pete the novel. He’s so close to having locates profound grace in the “Lean On Pete is a story about independence, whether it’s a job, friendship and bond between its a kid trying to fnd stability a car or simply a voice, but he protagonist Charley Tompson and a sense of belonging,” says fnds himself hitting the road in and the titular quarter horse he Haigh. “He wants to be cared order to save this horse he loves.” cares for while working for Del about and cared for. As the story Montgomery, the gruf horse progresses, and he becomes less Lean On Pete in its second racer who hires the teenager to safe and less stable, it becomes half becomes an odyssey sweep the stalls and care for Pete a perilous journey about fnding documenting Charley and between races. those essential things. Willy’s Pete’s journey across the frontier novel is heartbreaking but never and serving up vivid snapshots “Willy brings alive the reality of sentimental, and Charley’s of the side roads, byways and daily life at the local track in his relationship with Pete reveals the rural strivers in a hardscrabble novel,” says Haigh. “Tis type of inherent kindness of this kid — American West similar to place is not like the top tracks. and his deep understanding that the one depicted by Steinbeck, Te purses are low and nobody we all share a very basic need to Raymond Carver and Sam makes a lot of money. Tey’re feel protected.” Shepard. One of Steinbeck’s just getting by. But there’s also a most enduring works remains community behind the scenes — Vlautin himself found an Travels With Charley: In a family almost.” unexpected home at the Portland Search of America, the writer’s Meadows racetrack, which came 1960 travelogue detailing an Vlautin — who grew up in to fgure prominently in Haigh’s unforgettable road trip across Reno but moved to Portland 20 adaptation of the novel. Over the the U.S. with his beloved years ago — prefaced his novel years, Vlautin became friendly Standard Poodle. Vlautin’s novel with an epigraph from John with the fgures at the track, swaps Steinbeck’s formula for a Steinbeck, America’s foremost including the jockeys, handlers boy and his horse on the road novelist and essayist of the and gamblers that inspired him together, fnding poetic grandeur Western experience: It is true to create indelible, nuanced in their struggle to endure on that we are weak and sick and characters like Del Montgomery. their own in the wilds of the ugly and quarrelsome but if that He even went so far as to adopt Pacifc Northwest. is all we ever were, we would an aging quarter horse named millenniums ago have disappeared Meritable Dash, which planted from the face of the earth. Using the seed for the fctional Lean the epigraph as an inspiration On Pete. “I love gambling on

05 FROM NOVEL radically diferent from Europe.” One of the most striking TO SCREEN aspects for the flmmaker in this regard was the country’s rich cultural and geographic diversity. “Te personality of Utah is very diferent from Colorado,” he says. “Portland itself feels miles away socially and politically from Eastern Oregon. It was sometimes shocking while traveling around to see the intense patriotism some Americans have for their country, even when faced with intense economic difculties. For Haigh, it wasn’t simply A strong through-line in Haigh’s People still seem to believe in Lean On Pete’s distinct world work is his humane approach to the American Dream, even as it of small-time horse racers and characters and their struggles. continues to fail so many.” gamblers that made the novel In Lean On Pete, Haigh feel cinematic — even more warmed to Vlautin’s distinctly Lean On Pete adopts a wistful, palpable and immediate was its non-judgmental approach to nostalgic and peripatetic sense of yearning and loneliness, his own characters, whether the approach to its story of dovetailing with the tenor and young protagonist Charley or friendship and survival on themes of his own work. In supporting characters like Del, the road. In the simplest Weekend, two strangers come Bonnie and Silver, the drifter terms, it’s a love story about together for a 48-hour period Charley meets in Laramie, a boy and his horse trying after meeting in a discotheque, Wyoming during his travels. Portland to meet with Vlautin spending three months driving the locations described in the to hold on in an unforgiving fnding unexpected intimacy “Willy does not vilify any of his and begin adapting the Oregon around at least gave me some source material; capturing the but resilient America. “Te and friendship in their brief characters, even when they act writer’s third novel. idea of the world Willy writes local and national truths of story is contemporary but it’s encounter; in 45 Years, a married in less than admirable ways,” about in his novels.” the novel became important to more connected to the classic couple grapples over the course says Haigh. “He is acutely aware In Portland, Vlautin showed both producer and flmmaker. American movies of the 1970s of several days leading up to that these are people struggling him some of the locations that He sent drafts of the script to “Tis is a deeply personal story like Midnight Cowboy,” adds an anniversary celebration of to keep their head above water inspired his novel, including Vlautin, who replied with his about one boy searching for a producer Goligher. “We don’t their nearly fve-decade union; and that has a profound impact nearby Portland Meadows, thoughts on Haigh’s slightly home and a family, but it also see these types of human dramas in the HBO series “Looking”, on how they act. In many ways where Charley meets Del, abridged version of the novel, has an epic scale with political much anymore.” which he helped write, produce the novel is about the need for Bonnie and Lean On Pete. which condenses some of the importance,” says Goligher. and direct over the course of kindness and compassion to Haigh then set of on a road travelogue scenes and combines “Charley is at the center of the two seasons (including the those that are in need.” trip around the Western United several characters into one — story, but it’s also about how 2016 Haigh-directed feature- States, observing the same including the jockey Bonnie, we’ve come to abandon some of length fnale, “Looking: Te Te novel was already on trajectory as Charley and Pete who was also a waitress in the most vulnerable people in Movie”), a group of close-knit the radar of several other in the novel. He traveled across the book. “Tere were tough Western society. Our protagonist San Franciscans come together flmmakers, prompting U.K.- Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah decisions to make about what embodies this — his journey and fall apart as they navigate based producer Tristan Goligher and Colorado, visiting county to keep and what to lose, but to survive and fnd a home is personal and professional of London and Paris-based fairs in remote Oregon towns Willy was indispensible in that something we are struggling challenges in a gentrifying outft Te Bureau — with whom like Tillamook and Burns, process,” he says. “He was also with on a large scale right now.” metropolis. “Tere’s a simplicity Haigh made both Weekend watching horse races along the tremendously forthcoming with to Lean On Pete that I wanted and 45 Years — to option the way and immersing himself in contacts, including the trainers, Haigh found himself enchanted to capture in the flm. Charley’s flm rights. Lean On Pete regional culture. “I stayed in jockeys and managers who work and inspired by what he struggle is less a coming-of-age stayed on his radar through the motels named in the book,” the track at Portland Meadows.” discovered on his journey into identity quest than something 2014 as he directed 45 Years, says Haigh. “I camped, ate cans the remote pockets of America. more fundamental: What drives featuring award-winning turns of chili, and took rolls and rolls While Haigh was on the road, “It’s a staggeringly beautiful him is his desperate need to by and of slide flm. It’s ridiculous researching and drafting the country and I think it would fnd that feeling of home — , and multiple to consider that I could ever script, Goligher met with the take me years to come to grips somewhere he can feel safe and episodes of HBO’s “Looking”. experience what Charley goes Oregon Film Ofce to talk with it as a nation,” he says. “But secure.” Soon thereafter, he few to through on his epic journey, but about shooting the flm in it has an identity and drive that’s

06 07 T H E C A S T

When the script was complete, Flats” and a small role in Oren character’s tenacity in the face Haigh and company set about Moverman’s Te Dinner, co- of hardship deeply impressed casting the lead roles, including starring Richard Gere, Laura the young , prompting him the central character of Charley Linney, Rebecca Hall and Chloë to aggressively pursue the role. Tompson, who appears in Sevigny. In late 2017, he appears “What stood out for me most every scene of the movie. as John Paul Getty, Jr. in Ridley of all is the fact that Charley Renowned casting director Scott’s All the Money In the never gives up,” Plummer adds. Carmen Cuba (Te Martian, World. “I haven’t been forced to deal “Stranger Tings”), was tasked with everything Charley goes with fnding the perfect Charley, For his Lean On Pete audition, through over the course of this putting out a national call for Plummer submitted a tape and story, but I’ve felt the struggle teenage boys who exuded the followed up with detailed letter of persuading yourself not to kind of soulful resilience that’s addressed to Haigh, describing give up when things become a key feature in both script and why he was the ideal person to unbearable. I saw him as such a novel. “We saw the young actor play Charley Tompson. “In his hopeful character.” Charlie Plummer early on, but letter Charlie showed me how kept looking at other fundamentally he understood For Haigh, Plummer was because you have to be rigorous,” the story and the character,” the leading candidate to play says Cuba. “We’d seen him in says Haigh. “It was incredible Charley after the casting team his indie breakout King Jack and how perceptive he was from the looked at hundreds of other knew he was someone special.” beginning. He’s a remarkably teenagers. “I always look for the subtle actor, able to keep his same thing in my actors, which Plummer had a recurring role as emotions and pain buried deep, is sensitivity and subtlety, and a child on HBO’s “Boardwalk which I like in a performance.” Charlie has both of those things” Empire” before breaking says Haigh. “Plenty of actors can into features as a teenager, Plummer, who hails from the locate and act the appropriate including King Jack, which Hudson Valley in Upstate New emotions but with Charlie there won the Audience Award at York, turned to his own youthful is always something happening the 2014 , hard knocks to help him shape behind the eyes — something earning notable accolades for the fctional Charley. “I traveled very delicate and hard to Plummer’s bracing depiction of around a lot as a child, attending articulate, but it feels truthful a vulnerable adolescent tough eight or nine diferent schools,” and honest at all times.” Te guy. Subsequent works include says Plummer. “I connected to result is a breakout performance a recurring role in the Netfix Charley’s search for home and from what is certain to be one of Cold War drama “Granite what that means to him.” Te this generation’s greatest talents.

08 09 T H E C A S T an ease and chemistry that is hard to fake. And Chloë has always (CONTINUED) had a great mixture of toughness and vulnerability, which is perfect for the role of Bonnie.”

Rounding out the cast are smaller turns by former Calvin Klein model turned TV and movie star Travis Fimmel (“”, Warcraft), as Charley’s hard- living, philandering father Ray, and indie stalwart Steve Zahn as the drifter Silver. “Tese are two very similar characters at each end of the story,” says Haigh. Lean On Pete took further shape says Buscemi. “He laments the “Both are big kids who can’t as Haigh built the supporting glory days but since he’s getting grow up and who can’t protect cast around Plummer. older, he’s catching the tail end those they are meant to look after. -born Steve Buscemi of all that and he struggles. He’s Both characters are instinctually (, Fargo) was the got a good heart but he’s not a good people that make bad next to come on board as Del sentimental guy. He’s had a hard decisions, and Travis and Steve Montgomery, the cantankerous life and that informs everything nailed that complexity.” quarter horse racer who gives he does.” Adds Haigh: “I didn’t Charley a summer job caring want Del to be the obvious for Lean On Pete. Te indie bad guy because he’s someone flm veteran who began his who is trying to get by. Steve is career with Parting Glances a naturally sympathetic actor, who warms to the flm’s teenage Montgomery. Tey have a kind in 1986, and who played Tony supportive of everyone around protagonist as he yearns for of camaraderie and ease, working Soprano’s cousin Tony Blundetto him, which was essential to me family and community. “Bonnie together when it’s convenient.” during the ffth season of “Te in casting him.” is salt of the earth, grounded Sopranos”, exploded in the and maternal,” says Sevigny. Having made her feature debut public imagination with his Next to join the cast was Chloë “Although you’d expect the only in Larry Clark’s hard-hitting lead role in HBO’s critically Sevigny (Kids, Boys Don’t Cry, major female in the movie to be youth drama Kids in 1995, and acclaimed period crime drama HBO’s “Big Love”) as Bonnie, more nurturing, she’s more like, reached mass appeal in HBO’s “”, playing the jockey and close confdant of whatever, kid — I’ll buy you a polygamy drama “Big Love”, Atlantic City political boss Del Montgomery who becomes soda. She doesn’t treat Charley Sevigny found Lean On Pete Enoch “Nucky” Tompson, a maternal fgure to Charley like a little boy, which I thought an obvious addition to her a role that earned the actor after they meet at Portland made for a nice relationship.” considerable and eclectic body two Emmy nominations Meadows. Sevigny appeared of work. “I like female characters and a Golden Globe Award. in Te Dinner with Plummer, In Haigh’s adaptation, Bonnie who are more hearty, like Nicki Conveniently, Plummer had but the two actors never met became an amalgamation of on ‘Big Love’, who was very already worked with Buscemi on on set. She also had previously two characters in the novel, capable,” says Sevigny. “I’ve “Empire” and had even talked worked with Buscemi, who culminating in the kind of tough always liked playing women with the veteran actor on set cast the actress in what was yet vulnerable role Sevigny has who take care of business and about the acting life. only her second feature flm, readily pursued for two decades. get things done and who aren’t 1996’s , which also “She’s a real horse person damsels in distress. I like to be For Buscemi, Del Montgomery marked Buscemi’s directorial coming from a world she’s on the same level as the boys.” was an intriguing addition to debut. For Lean On Pete, known all her life,” says Sevigny. the vast arsenal of lovable losers Sevigny initially read for the “She’s been thrown from horses For Haigh, seeing Sevigny and and downwardly mobile strivers role of Charley’s aunt Martha, a few times but still gets back Buscemi on screen together he’s played over the years. “Del’s the elusive fgure he searches up and goes for it again and again was a particular pleasure. a guy who grew up around for during his long journey again because otherwise she’d “I was so excited to see them the racetrack, following in his across the Western states. But be waitressing. She loves the together for the frst time since father’s footsteps most likely, she also read for Bonnie, the excitement of the track and Trees Lounge, a flm I greatly and it’s kind of all he knows,” kindly but hard-living jockey has a long history with Del admire,” says Haigh. “Tey have

10 11 WORKING W I T H H O R S E S

— and the other requires physical his aunt. When Pete gives him actions, like horse races or the that kind of love, it’s the most accident that arrives at the story’s amazing feeling in the world midpoint.” to him.” Adds Haigh: “Every morning Charlie got up and Both required extensive training learned how to look after and for the actors as well as the horses. care for the horse. Once I Plummer arrived in Portland saw the connection they had three weeks prior to shooting to together and how protective he meet with Haigh and discuss his felt towards Starsky, I knew we’d character while at the same time be fne.” becoming comfortable working with his co-star, a 1,500-pound Sevigny also traveled to Portland horse. Tis was achieved through prior to flming to work with trust-building exercises that over Henry and Sonnenburg and time developed unmistakable practice leg-ups with Plummer chemistry between boy and and the horses Starsky and animal. “Horses are smart and High Pockets. Additionally, A particular challenge for Haigh can sense whether or not you’re she did extensive training in and his director of photography comfortable with them,” says Los Angeles to become more Magnus Nordenhof Joenck Plummer. “After I got to know comfortable around horses (Bridgend, A War, A Hijacking) Starsky, I knew immediately that in general, watching movies was flming the racing scenes at it was going to be difcult to say like the horse-whispering Portland Downs, many of which goodbye to him later. He’s so smart documentary Buck in order to had to be shot in one take. “Te and compassionate. Hopefully that better acquaint herself with the races were especially stressful shows up on the screen.” vernacular of horseracing and in that we usually only had Te casting of Lean On Pete leading up to production to equine handlers. “Tis helped one chance to get it right,” says continued in the form of its ensure safety and sensitivity Over time, and in particular me get over any fears I had Haigh. “We couldn’t aford to non-human cast members, during the month-long shoot, during the trust-building exercises, about being around horses,” says run more than one set of horses, including 20 Toroughbreds for which wrapped in September Plummer came to see Lean On Sevigny. “You have to learn a lot and we had to mix professional the Portland Meadows racing 2016. Pete as a unique love story between of sensitivity when you’re around horses like Starsky with actual scenes and six “performing” a boy and his horse. “Obviously them because every environment race horses. Luckily we had very horses, including Starsky, who “It’s a challenge when you’re not a love story in the romantic they go into is diferent to them. few problems with the animals. makes his feature flm debut as trying to get two diferent things sense but in the way that they You learn where to nuzzle them Starsky in particular was a Lean On Pete. Animal trainers from a horse,” says Goligher. become true over the or stroke them to make them complete professional who had Lauren Henry and Roland “One is a performance entailing course of the story,” says Plummer. feel more comfortable. Tis was been trained incredibly well by Sonnenburg and horse racing interaction with our human “Charley is constantly in search a great opportunity.” his handlers.” adviser Terry Bechner worked actors — the emotional part of of love — from his father, from with cast and crew in the weeks the story that needs to be told Del and Bonnie, eventually from

12 13 THE LOOK

Lean On Pete was shot in and looked at realist photography movement — to use tracks and around Portland in late summer from the likes of William dollies alongside slow zooms, 2016, at the Portland Meadows Eggleston, Steven Shore and with a rule of always following racetrack and in the Delta Park Joel Sternfeld, fnding in their the action without drawing suburb north of the city, moving works a sense of epic desolation attention to itself. I wanted the to the mountains around Mount in America’s remote corners. flm to possess a gentle beauty Hood for the flm’s driving Haigh and Joenck worked and a tender realism.” and river scenes, and on to the together to push the emotional desert for three further weeks efect of the flm’s visuals, Principal photography on Lean in the remote of Burns, striving to elicit to maximum On Pete began on August 13, Oregon. Working with Danish feeling through their images. 2016 in Portland, Oregon and cinematographer Joenck, Haigh concluded on September 10, set out to capture the lush green Tey center-framed Charley 2016. “It was a very challenging tones of the Pacifc Northwest as much as possible and shot shoot,” admits Goligher. “We and the parched, sun-drenched, in the 1:85 aspect ratio instead were dealing with twenty horses, wide-open spaces of the High of the more traditional 2:35 in three races and our lead was Desert terrain that marks order to emphasize height above a minor. Te geography was Charley’s later journey toward rather than width on either side, unpredictable and the desert Laramie, Wyoming and Denver, resulting in screen characters weather meant it could be 42 Colorado. that become almost dwarfed by degrees during the day and the vast landscape surrounding absolutely freezing at night.” Haigh and Joenck watched them. “I liked the idea that a wide range of movies for we’re watching this boy’s life inspiration, from John Huston’s unfold, close at hand, but we’re Fat City and Wim Wenders’ unable to help him,” says Haigh. Paris, Texas to Paul Tomas “Magnus and I talked about how Anderson’s Te Master. Tey also to give the flm the right kind of

15 T H E C A S T “”. He was nominated his feature flm directorial debut for a Lola, from the German with Trees Lounge, which Film , for his he also wrote and starred in. work in John Rabe, which was Buscemi’s second feature flm as directed by Academy Award a director, , told CHLOË winning director Florian the story about a young man Gallenberger and stars an sent to prison for an unjustly S E V I G N Y international cast. harsh sentence who eventually Born in Brooklyn, , becomes a product of his Buscemi began to show an environment. Te flm, based interest in drama while in his on a book by , CHLOË SEVIGNY (Bonnie) last year of high school. Soon starred and is an Academy Award- after, he moved to , and premiered nominated and Golden to study acting with John at the 2000 Sundance Film Globe-winning actress who was Strasberg. Tere he and a fellow Festival. recently seen ’s actor/writer Te Dinner, co-starring opposite began writing and performing Buscemi also has many TV Richard Gere and Steve Coogan, their own theatre pieces directing credits, including and Miguel Arteta’s Beatriz At in performance spaces and “Homicide: Life On the Street” Dinner, with Salma Hayek and downtown theatres. Tis soon (DGA Award nomination); “Te . Te critically led to Steve being cast in his Sopranos” (Emmy and DGA acclaimed series “Bloodline,” in frst lead role in Bill Sherwood’s Awards for Season 3’s “Pine which Chloë stars with Sissy Parting Glances as a musician Barrens” episode); “”, Spacek and Kyle Chandler, is with AIDS. “”, and “Portlandia”. currently airing its third and fnal season on Netfix. Being Buscemi is the actor of In 2008, Buscemi started Olive released in October 2017 is choice for some of the most Productions with Stanley Tomas Alfredson’s Te Snowman CHARLIE S T E V E respected flm directors in the Tucci and Wren Arthur, a New with business, including: Martin York based company which and Golden Exits, directed by PLUMMER BUSCEMI Scorsese (); produces his Emmy-winning Alex Ross Perry, with Jason (Cofee and AOL series “Park Bench With Schwartzman and Mary Cigarettes and Mystery Train); Steve Buscemi” and various Louise Parker. Chloë made her CHARLIE PLUMMER the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival, STEVE BUSCEMI (Del Te (Miller’s other projects including the directorial debut last on the (Charley Tompson) is currently released theatrically in 2016. Montgomery) has built a Crossing, , Fargo, Te documentary “A Good Job: short flm Kitty, which debuted starring in ’s kidnap He was most recently seen in career portraying some of , and Te Big Stories of the FDNY” for HBO. at the 2016 Cannes Film thriller All the Money in the the 2017 indie thriller Te most unique and unforgettable Lebowski); Festival. She made her second World, playing John Paul Getty Dinner, opposite Richard Gere, characters in recent cinema. ( and Reservoir Buscemi most recently co- foray into directing with the III alongside , , Steve Coogan, Buscemi, a multiple award- Dogs, for which he won an starred opposite Louis CK in short flm Carmen. Chloë made Michelle Williams and Mark Chloë Sevigny and Rebecca winning actor, starred in Spirit Award the critically acclaimed web her flm debut in the lead role of Wahlberg, shooting in Rome, Hall, written and directed HBO hit drama, “Boardwalk as Best Supporting Male); series “”. He Jennie in the controversial Kids, Jordan, and London. Also by Oren Moverman. Charlie Empire”, which garnered him Robert Altman (Kansas City); just wrapped production on directed by Larry Clark and forthcoming are the features began his professional career in a Golden Globe Award, two (); Tom ’s political written by Harmony Korine. For Behold My Heart, with Marisa Sopranos’ creator ’s Awards, DiCillo (); Te Death of Stalin. her performance as Lana Tisdel Tomei and Timothy Olyphant, feature flm Not Fade Away, and two Emmy nominations. Alexandre Rockwell (In the Buscemi appears opposite in Kimberly Peirce’s Boys Don’t and Clovehitch with Dylan and the same year was cast in a Buscemi has also won an Soup and Somebody to Love); Richard Gere in Norman Cry, Chloë received nominations McDermott. Following the recurring role in HBO’s award- Independent Spirit Award, Oren Moverman (Te Messenger, from director Joseph Cedar. for the Academy Award®, the production of All the Money in winning “Boardwalk Empire.” Te New York Film Critics Rampart, and Time Out of His voice can be heard in the Golden Globe®, and the Screen the World, Charlie will begin He was also a series regular on Award and was nominated Mind); Terry Zwigof (Art School DreamWorks Animation flm Actors Guild Award, as well as shooting Gully, the debut feature the Netfix Cold War drama for a Golden Globe for his Confdential); Te Boss Baby opposite Alec winning an Independent Spirit from acclaimed flmmaker Nabil “Granite Flats,” starring with role in MGM’s World. (Desperado); and Miguel Arteta Baldwin. He next appears in Award, the Los Angeles Film Elderkin (Kendrick Lamar’s and Parker He was nominated for an (Youth In Revolt). (UK) and Amazon Critics Award, the Boston Film “DNA”, , John Posey. Emmy for his role as Tony Prime’s upcoming anthology Critics Award, Film Legend, Nicki Minaj, among Blundetto in “Te Sopranos”, In addition to his talents as an series “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Critics and the National Society many others). Charlie played the plus received additional Emmy accomplished actor, Buscemi Dreams.” of Film Critics and a Golden titular role in King Jack, which nominations for his appearances has proven to be a respected Satellite Award. She makes her won the Audience Award at on NBC’s “30 Rock” and IFC’s writer and director. He marked home in New York.

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TRAVIS FIMMEL (Ray) is and was acquired by Sony STEVE ZAHN (Silver) is a of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, A Zahn has received critical Cambridge, MA, before moving best known for playing the Pictures Classics. Upcoming versatile actor with extensive Perfect Getaway, Te Great Buck acclaim for his scene-stealing to New York and being cast in lead role of Ragnar on four releases include a lead role in credits who has received critical Howard and Night Train. work as Glen Michaels in Out of ’s National Tour of seasons of History Channel’s the Mark Steven Johnson indie praise for his work on both stage Sight and for his heartbreaking . Following Birdie, hit original series “Vikings”. Finding Steve McQueen with and screen. Currently Steve can His television credits include turn as a drug-addicted father Zahn went on to star in various Te show premiered in March Forrest Whitaker and William be seen in the acclaimed flm four seasons on the hit HBO in the directed theater productions and caught 2013 to both critical acclaim Fichtner. Past credits include War For the and series “Treme”, “Comanche flm . the eye of director , and record audience numbers. a supporting role opposite has just wrapped the feature flm Moon” alongside Val Kilmer His standout performance who cast him in what would His performance in Season 2 Matthew McConaughey in the Where’d You Go Bernadette? As and Rachel Grifths, and USA’s in Miramax Films’ Happy, be Zahn’s feature-flm debut, landed him on Variety’s Emmy Anchor Bay Entertainment flm part of the cast of Dallas Buyers “Monk” as Tony Shaloub’s Texas garnered him numerous . His breakthrough Contenders short list and his Surfer Dude, directed by S.R. Club he was nominated for the half brother. He was the lead, accolades, including a Grand performance was for director fnal season, which aired in 2016, Blinder. Additional flm credits SAG Award for Outstanding opposite , in Jury Special Actor Award at the ’ directorial debut, is garnering equal acclaim. On include Ivory Trade, Needle, Performance by a Cast in a ABC’s, “Mind Games”. He also 1999 Tat Ting You Do! as Lenny. the big screen, Fimmel was most co-starring , Motion Picture. He can be seen recurred on “” and an Independent Spirit recently seen as the lead role in Restraint, opposite Teresa opposite Viggo Mortensen, as Ty Burrell’s neighbor, Ronnie, Award for Best Actor. Warcraft for Legendary Pictures/ Palmer and Stephen Moyer, Te Ann Dowd and Frank Langella and was the lead role in theseries Universal, which amassed more Experimentwith Adrien Brody, in Matt Ross’ flm Captain “Mad Dogs” for Amazon Zahn was frst introduced to than $450 million worldwide. Te Baytown Outlaws with Billy Fantastic. His starring role Studios. He is currently the improvisational theater in high Te flm also stars , Bob Tornton and Harodim, in ’s Rescue lead in the ABC “Te school where he crashed the Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga opposite . In 2008, he Dawn, opposite , Crossing”. audition of a local production and Paula Patton and was starred opposite the late Patrick prompted of Biloxi Blues, winning the directed by Duncan Jones. He Swayze on A&E’s drama series to call him a “revelation” and lead role in the play. Following was also seen in the romantic “Te Beast”. Fimmel is a native resulted in an Independent his debut, he trained for comedy Maggie’s Plan, starring of Echuca , Australia. Spirit Award nomination for two years at the prestigious alongside , Ethan Best Supporting Actor. Zahn’s American Repertory Teater in Hawke and . flm work also includes starring Te -directed alongside in flm premiered at the Toronto Management, Tat Ting You Do!, International Film Festival and Diary

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A N D R E W TRISTAN M A G N U S HAIGH GOLIGHER NORDENHOF JONCK

ANDREW HAIGH (Writer, TRISTAN GOLIGHER MAGNUS NORDENHOF Director) has directed four (Producer) has been a producer JOENCK (Director of features, including his latest, at Te Bureau since 2010. His Photography) recently wrapped Lean On Pete. His previous flm, latest flm is Andrew Haigh’s on Hold the Dark for after 45 Years, premiered at Berlinale Lean On Pete. Premiering in working with Andrew Haigh 2015 where it won Silver Bears Competition at the Venice Film on Lean On Pete. Magnus also for the lead performances of Festival the flm stars newcomer recently shot Tobias Lindholm’s Charlotte Rampling and Tom Charlie Plummer, Steve A War, which was nominated for Courtenay. It went on to win a Buscemi, and Chloe Sevigny. an Oscar in the category of Best number of international awards His previous collaborations Foreign Film and selected for and received an Academy with Haigh include the award Venice last year, following their Award® nomination for Best winning flm Weekend, and the collaboration on A Hijacking, Actress for Charlotte Rampling. BAFTA and Academy Award® selected for Venice and Toronto His second feature Weekend nominated 45 Years. Te latter and for which he was nominated R Y A N premiered at SXSW in 2011, premiered at Berlinale 2015 for Best Cinematography. where it won the Emerging where it won two Silver Bears Magnus also shot the award- WARREN JULIE Visions Audience Award. He for the lead performances of winning Bridgend for Jeppe was also the Executive Producer Charlotte Rampling and Tom Ronde, and worked extensively SMITH CARNAHAN and lead writer/director on the Courtenay. Goligher produced with Michael Noer on his HBO show “Looking” including Peter Mackie Burns debut features R and Northwest. the fnale television movie Daphne, which recently won RYAN WARREN SMITH Kris Kristoferson and Stephen JULIE CARNAHAN broadcast in 2015. Best Actress at the Edinburgh (Production Design) is a Dorf; For Ellen, directed by So (Costume Designer) has over Film Festival, and will be multifaceted production designer Yong Kim, starring Paul Dano, 28 years of experience designing released in the U.K. by Altitude working in commercials, music Jon Heder and Jena Malone; costumes for flm and television. in September 2017. He is videos and independent feature and Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Her TV credits include “Te currently in pre-production on flms. He began his career as an Room, starring Anton Yelchin Ben Stiller Show,” the frst two Harry Wootlif’s frst feature, on-set dresser working alongside and Patrick Stewart, which seasons of “MADtv” and Season which will shoot in September high-profle directors including premiered in the 2015 Director’s Two of “Dirk Gently’s Holistic 2017. and Gus Van Sant. Fortnight at the Cannes Film Detective Agency”. Her work in His frst flm as a production Festival. He recently completed feature flms includes Waiting for designer was Kelly Reichardt’s Saulnier’s Hold the Dark, starring Gufman, C.O.G., Brother Nature Wendy & Lucy, starring Michelle Alexander Skarsgård, Jefrey and I Don’t Feel At Home in the Williams, which premiered Wright and . World Anymore. Julie currently at the Cannes Film Festival lives in Portland, Oregon, and before screening at numerous is a dual citizen of the United festivals around the world. It States and Ireland. was also nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Feature. Ryan has designed nine feature-length flms, including the Polsky Brothers’ Te Motel Life, starring , ,

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CARMEN CUBA (Casting JONATHAN ALBERTS INTERNATIONAL Director) is based in Los (Editor) is originally from PRESS IN VENICE Angeles. Her award-winning Canada and attended McGill career began in 1999 with the University in Montréal before controversial flmmaker Larry receiving his MFA in editing International Rescue PR Clark on the flms Bully and from the American Film Ken Park. In 2004, she began a Institute. His flms include Charles McDonald: long-standing collaboration with Wristcutters: A Love Story, [email protected] Steven Soderbergh, having cast Breathe In, Equals and the his last eleven flms. Recently, Sundance Grand Jury Prize Matthew Sanders: her work with Ridley Scott has winner Like Crazy. His work [email protected] included Te Martian, Alien: in television includes HBO’s Covenant and All the Money in “Hung” and Netfix’s “Te OA”. Katie Driscoll: the World. Other notable feature Alberts’ frst collaboration with [email protected] collaborators include Léos Andrew Haigh was on the pilot Carax, Sean Baker and Andrew and series of HBO’s “Looking”, Haigh. Her work expanded including the fnale feature flm to television in 2012 with the “Looking: Te Movie”. Teir INTERNATIONAL HBO “Behind the flm work continued with 45 PRESS IN TORONTO Candelabra”, for which she Years and Lean On Pete. won an Emmy for Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries/ Cinetic Marketing Movie. Other notable television projects include “Te Knick” Ryan Werner: and “Te Girlfriend Experience” [email protected] for Soderbergh; “Narcos” for José Padhilla; “Sense8” for Te Charlie Olsky: Wachowskis, and “Stranger [email protected] Tings” for the Dufer Brothers. She is currently working on a series with Lena Waithe entitled “Te Chi” and on a George INTERNATIONAL Saunders/Hiro Murai pilot SALES starring entitled “Sea Oak”. Te Bureau Sales in association She was recently nominated for with Celluloid Dreams a 2017 Emmy for her work on “Stranger Tings” and in the [email protected] past has been nominated for the [email protected] Artios Award for her work on “Narcos,” “Looking,” “Behind www.thebureauflms.com the Candelabra,” and Magic www.celluloid-dreams.com Mike. Carmen is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Television Academy, and the Casting Society of America.

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