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02 SYNOPSIS Robin Wright, playing the role of herself, gets an offer from a major studio to sell her cinematic identity: she‘ll be numerically scanned and sampled so that her alias can be used with no restrictions in all kinds of Hollywood films – even the most commercial ones that she previously refused. In exchange she receives loads of money, but more importantly, the studio agrees to keep her digitalized character forever young – for all eternity – in all of their films. The contract is valid for 20 years. The Congress follows Robin as she makes her comeback after the contract expires, straight into the world of future fantasy cinema.

03 04 Into the psychochemical whirlwind foreseen tribulations after selling her image, up until the by Lem, the film adaptation of his novel intro- moment when the studio turns her into a duces the current cinematic technologies of chemical formula. 3-D and motion capture, which threaten to eradicate the cinema we grew up on. In the Only the mesmerizing combination of anima- post-“Avatar” era, every filmmaker must pon- tion – with the beautiful freedom it bestows der whether the flesh and blood actors who on cinematic interpretation – and quasi- have rocked our imagination since childhood documentary live-action, can illustrate the can be replaced by computer-generated 3-D transition made by the human mind between images. Can these computerized characters psychochemical influence and deceptive create in us the same excitement and ent- reality. The Congress is primarily a futuristic husiasm, and does it truly matter? The film, fantasy, but it is also a cry for help and a entitled The Congress, takes 3-D computer profound cry of nostalgia for the old-time images one step further, developing them into cinema we know and love. a chemical formula that every customer may consume through prescription pills, thereby compiling in their minds the movies they have Director’s Note always wanted to see, staging their fantasies, and casting the actors they adore. In this In his novel The Futurological Congress, the world, these beloved creatures of stage and great science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem cinema become futile relics, lacking in con- foresaw a worldwide chemical dictatorship tent, remembered by no one. Where, then, do run by the leading pharmaceutical compa- these actors go after selling their souls and nies. Written in the late nineteen-sixties, the identities to the studio devil? book depicted drug manufacturers’ complete control of our entire range of emotions, from The Congress comprises quasi-documentary love and longings, to jealousy and deadly fear. live-action sequences that follow one such Lem, considered sci-fi’s greatest prophet and actress, Robin Wright, as she accepts an offer philosopher (alongside Philip K. Dick), could to be scanned and signs a contract selling not have realized how prescient he was in her identity to the studio, then transitions predicting the start of the third millennium. into an animated world that depicts her

05 06 The novel‘s hero Ijon Tichy was an explorer and Polonsky on the previous night. Robin com- scientist, so how did you decide to make the mitted herself on the spot and that was where main character of your adaptation an actress? we started a 4 year journey together. Basically I feel that if you‘re adapting a classic, you need the courage to be free and to not get THE CONGRESS presents a strongly dystopic trapped by the original text. I was looking for a vision of Hollywood and big studio movies – is new, more current dimension to the allegory that also how you view that part of the indust- of the communist era in the book. The chemical ry? Does your film reflect a fear for the future dictatorship in the novel was transformed of cinema? Interview with during the writing process into dealing with While searching for a suitable location in LA dictatorship within the entertainment business, to shoot the scanning room scene, I was shocked specifically, the film industry controlled by big to learn that such a room already exists. Actors THE CONGRESS was years in the making – can studios. From there, the theme of an aging have been scanned for a number of years now you tell us how you first came to the project and actress involved in the story was just a matter – this technology is already here. Flesh and the journey of adapting Stanislaw Lem‘s cult of process. blood actors are not really needed in this ”post science fiction novel? Avatar era“. I guess its economics now that The first time I read Lem‘s novel was when Why did you finally settle on Robin Wright to dictate whether the next generation of films i was 16 years old and a sci-fi buff, I fell in incarnate your hero? Tell us about the relation- will be with scanned actors, or with a com- love with it. The second time was during film ship between her real life career/persona and pletely new generation of actors ”built from school, where I decided for the first time, that her fictional alter-ego in THE CONGRESS. scratch“. As an optimist, I think the choice I wanted to do something cinematic with the text. Thinking about the film, I always had the for a human actor will win out and I hope The It was only after digging deep into opening shot in my mind; where the actress is Congress is our small contribution toward that while making that I had a being crucified by her long-term agent. During goal. vision of how to adapt it. It took me a whole year the winter of 2009, while attending a ceremony to write the script and I went far away from in LA, I met Robin Wright by chance and spent So many details in THE CONGRESS are ”futu- the original text, but always came back to it the entire evening sitting across from her. I ristic“ yet still very current – do you see any when getting lost during the writing process. couldn‘t resist placing the image of her in that positive aspects of living in another reality, I think the spirit of the novel is a huge part of opening shot, it was a perfect match. The next behind an online avatar for example? Do you the final picture and for sure, it is very present day I pitched the project to her, along with think it approaches the film‘s idea of choosing in the animated section. some illustrations of her drawn by David your own reality?

07 08 I think the chemical world outlined in Lem‘s tribute to my idol twice; once novel and in the film is a fantasy, but at the with a reference to Dr. Strangelove and another same time its still a major fear for those of us to 2001: A Space Odyssey, still my favorite sci-fi who travel in our imagination and our dreams. movie ever. I have always had the feeling that everybody, everywhere lives in parallel universes, one, Age, free will and mortality are among the were we function in real time and the other, deep philosophical questions running through the universe where our mind takes us – with THE CONGRESS – what do you want your or without our control. Combining the two audiences to take away from the film? worlds into a one, is for me the biggest goal of I think this is the beauty of filmmaking; being a filmmaker. once you finish your work, its not up to you any more, its up to the audience. All i need to The film is unique but features what seems like do now is sit back and listen to them, maybe an encyclopedia of significant references in you‘ll have a chance to learn what you really terms of cinema and otherwise. Were there key did. films or other influences that served as guides or inspirations as you made this movie? The animated part is a tribute to the great Fleischer Brothers‘ work from the 30‘s. It‘s hand drawn, made in 8 different countries and took two and a half years to create 55 minutes of animation. It was by far the toughest mission of my life as a director. The team back , led by the director of animation, were working 24/7 to ensure the animation from a number of different studios had a consistency in the characters from scene to scene. During the process we discovered that sleep is for mortals and animation for the insane! Elsewhere in the movie I try to pay

09 10 in the occupied territories. In 1996 he co-wrote Feature Films and directed Saint Clara, a feature film based 2008 Waltz with Bashir – Writer Director & Producer. on a novel by Czech author Pavel Kohout. The Winner – Golden Globe for best foreign film. Winner – Cesar for best foreign film, Nominated for an Academy film won seven Israeli , inclu- award for best foreign film and winner of another 26 ding Best Director and Best Film. Saint Clara awards around the world. opened the Berlin Film Festival‘s Panorama and won the People‘s Choice Award. The film 2001 Made In – Writer and Director. was screened throughout America and Europe Winner 2 Israeli Academy awards. to critical acclaim. Ari continued directing 1996 Saint Clara – Co-Director and Writer. ari folman successful documentary series and took time Winner 7 Israeli academy awards, including ”Best Director“ off for his second feature in 2001. Made in and ”Best Picture“, Winner jury prize at the Karlovy In the mid 1980s, after completing his military Israel is a futuristic fantasy that centers upon Vary festival. Opened the Panorama at the 1996 Berlinale service, Ari Folman ventured out on his dream the pursuit of the world‘s only remaining Nazi. Film Festival. trip to circle the world with a backpack. Just Ari has written for several successful Israeli 1991 Comfortably Numb – Co-Director and Writer. two weeks and two countries into the trip, Ari TV series, including the award-winning In A documentary shot in Tel-Aviv during the Gulf War. realized traveling was not for him, so he settled Treatment (Be Tipul), which was the basis for Winner of the Israeli Oscar for ”Best Documentary“ into small guesthouses in Southeast Asia and the new HBO series of the same name. 1991. Winner Wolgin Prize at the Jerusalem Film wrote letters to his friends at home, letters in Festival. which he totally fabricated the perfect trip. One Ari made his initial attempt at animation in his whole year of being in one place and writing series The Material that Love is made of – each TV Work down the fruits of his fantastical imagination episode opens with five minutes of documentary 2009 – writer – 3 Episodes. convinced him to return home and study cinema. animation which depicts scientists presenting 2005-2009 On Any Saturday – TV Dramatic Series. their theories on the evolution of love. This Writer – 16 episodes. Winner – Israeli Academy award His graduate film, Comfortably Numb (1991) successful attempt at documentary animation for best TV series 2008. documented Ari‘s close friends taking cover propelled Ari to develop the unique format of on the verge of anxiety attacks during the first Waltz with Bashir. Based on a true story, the film 2000–2004 Saturdays & Holidays – TV Dramatic series, Gulf war while Iraqi missiles landed all over is a quest into the director‘s memory for the Writer, 13 episodes. . The result was comical and absurd missing pieces from the days of the Lebanon Winner Israeli Academy award for best drama series 2002. and the film won the Israeli Academy award War in the mid 80s. As far as Ari was concerned, for Best Documentary. Between 1991 –1996 Ari it was only natural to transform the quest into 1993–2000 Directed over 20 short documentaries directed documentary specials for TV, mainly animation, full of imagination and fantasy. (up to 25 minutes long) for Israel‘s ”Channel 2“. 11 12 as a goddess. Robin goes through yet another years later, both in dreams and in reality, in an List of Characters ordeal when Miramount transitions to the attempt to extend Robin’s contract with the studio chemical method, whereby she will no longer be and turn her into a fantasy that can be consumed Robin Wright: A major American actress who a computerized image, but a chemical formula chemically, in return for a fair price. was a rising star in her twenties, playing leading free for anyone to consume. The Robin Wright of roles in films such as The Princess Bride and The Congress is an animated tragic figure: she Dylan Truliner: The animator who invents “Forest Gump. In The Congress, Robin plays will be forced to give up not only her identity, but Robin on Miramount’s computers. He is head herself in quasi-documentary fashion. She must also her son and only true love, in order to attain of the “Robin Wright department” at the studio. contend with Miramount Studios’ surprising offer the film’s final catharsis. For twenty years, his life has been devoted to to purchase her cinematic identity. According to manipulating her computerized image in order the deal, Miramount will have exclusive owner- Aaron Wright: The movie begins with the to create the Triple R movies, a sci-fi series ship of the character known as “Robin Wright” emergence of his rare condition, Usher’s starring Robin that has become a huge cash-cow and have the right to re-create her forever syndrome, which causes partial hearing loss for the studio. Over the years, Dylan has fallen in their movies as a 3-D computer-generated that gradually deteriorates into total deafness in love with Robin’s animated character, his own character. Robin, in turn, will remain an eternal and blindness. Aaron is convinced that he is the creation, and now attempts to save her life in thirty-something in all Miramount films, but is heir to the Wright Brothers and compulsively the hallucinatory, chaotic world of Miramount also forbidden from acting on any other stage, builds huge kites. He dreams of smashing a kite Nagasaki. Dylan fulfills his dream (and the anywhere in the world, forever. The contract is into a real passenger plane because the day this dream we all have): he meets the object of his valid for 20 years. Robin eventually signs the happens, he believes, he will be cured. His fantasy, falls in love with her, and then makes deal because she is an actress – and in the new disease forces his mother, Robin, to give up her her fall in love with him. But he will ultimately pay economy of scanned actors – this is the only acting career, and the entire family to live in a dis- a high price for this love, as his destiny becomes way to survive. In addition to that, she must take tant, surreal spot in , literally right next intertwined with the tragic course of Robin’s life. care of her son, Aaron, who suffers from a rare to a large airport. Aaron’s condition worsens as the disorder known as Usher’s syndrome, a disease movie unfolds, and his mother gives up everything Al: Robin’s agent. Aging, old-school, he is the that manifests itself in adolescence with symp- to stay with him until the inevitably tragic end. one who has been with Robin through thick and toms such as loss of hearing and balance, and thin for twenty-five years – at once her agent, usually ends with total blindness and deafness. Jeff Green: CEO of Miramount Studios, a cold, her best friend, the father she never had, and the Twenty years later, Robin is an anonymous cynical, evil and frighteningly sharp money man. man who has secretly loved her for years. Now older woman in her sixties when she comes He is the executive who convinces Robin Wright he will also be the one to lead her from the by- face to face with the screen character created to sign the contract in which she sells her identity gone era into the world of illusions that emerges by Miramount’s computers, who is now idolized and her soul to the studio. Jeff reappears twenty once she decides to sell her image to the studio. 13 14 15 16 Berger and is committed to continue her role Movie or Miniseries in ‘s Empire in the remaining two parts of the trilogy. Falls. She has received three Independent She will also be seen in Two Mothers starring Spirit nominations for her performances in opposite . Erin Dignam‘s Loved; Rodrigo Garcia‘s Nine Lives; and Jeff Stanzler‘s Sorry, Haters. Addi- Robin consistently receives glowing reviews tionally, Wright starred in and served as an for the various characters she plays. In 2010, executive producer on Deborah Kampmeier‘s Wright received critical acclaim as Mary Virgin, which received an Independent Spirit Surratt in ‘s riveting court- nomination for Best First Feature also known room drama, The Conspirator. Also, last year, as the “ Award.“ Wright starred alongside in Oren Moverman’s Rampart. Wright received Other film credits include: Bennett Miller’s praise for her portrayal in 2009 as ”Pippa Lee” Moneyball, starring and , in ’s The Private Lives of Pippa ‘s cult classic The Princess Bride, Lee.The same year, Wright was also seen ‘s What Just Happened and ROBIN WRIGHT in the Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol, Deborah Kampmeier‘s Houndog, which Wright directed by . also executive produced; Kevin Macdonald‘s Robin Wright continues to make an indelible State of Play; ‘s Breaking mark in Hollywood. She can currently be Wright has been recognized for her outstan- and Entering; Robert Zemeckis‘ Beowulf; seen in the highly acclaimed House of Cards, ding performances over the years. She was Keith Gordon‘s The Singing Detective; Peter alongside , produced by David honored with a career tribute at the 35th Kosminsky‘s White Oleander; Anthony Drazan‘s Fincher. Robin has received outstanding Annual Deauville American Film Festival. ; ‘s The Pledge; Luis reviews for her portrayal as the formidable Her first two nominations, a Golden Globe Mandoki‘s Message in a Bottle; M. Night . The first season of the and for Best Supporting Shyamalan‘s Unbreakable; ‘s series is now available exclusively on , Actress, came as early as 1995 for her unfor- Moll Flanders; Barry Levinson‘s Toys and Room and production has currently begun on the gettable role as ”Jenny” in Robert Zemeckis‘ 10 for GLAMOUR magazine‘s ”Reel Women second season. Most recently she completed Best Picture Oscar winner, . Film Series.“ filming A Most Wanted Man with Phillip Seymour Wright earned her second Screen Actors Hoffman. She was last seen on the big screen Guild nomination for Best Lead Actress in in ’s highly acclaimed The Girl Nick Cassavetes‘ She’s So Lovely, and her third with the Dragon Tattoo as journalist Erika nomination for Best Actress in a Television 17 18 An Academy Award-nominated supporting Keitel’s long list of additional films include role in heralded a new beginning for , , Fingers, Blue Keitel, and he became a favorite on the indie Collar, Eagle‘s Wing, Deathwatch, The Border, film scene of the through his association Wise Guys, The Pick-Up Artist, The Last Tempta- with cult classics Reservoir tion of Christ, , Thelma & Louise, Dogs and . He also had several Bugsy, , Smoke, Clockers, From successes when he chose to tap his inner soft Dusk Till Dawn, , Three Seasons, Holy side in ’s , but by far, Smoke, U-571, , , Red he was the go-to guy for potentially explosive Dragon, National Treasure, , National everymen, grizzled police force veterans and Treasure: Book of Secrets, , G-men in both subtle indies and gun-blazing Little Fockers, and most recently, Wes Ander- big budget adventures alike. son’s , which opened the 65th . Keitel was raised in , NY where he Keitel resides in , NY. joined the Marines at age 16 and served over- seas in the Middle East. When he returned home, he began to pursue an interest in acting, training at the famed before eventually landing stage roles in summer stock, repertory, and the fringes of off-off Broadway and Community Theater. He made his off Broadway debut in ’s Up to Thursday in 1965 and two years later began To pigeonhole Harvey Keitel as a master of his association with Scorsese when he edgy degenerates and killers would have answered a newspaper ad placed by the dismissed the actor’s many successes with then-NYU student director. Scorsese cast surly husbands, benign cops and intrepid him in Who’s That Knocking at My Door?, which detectives. His prolific but slow-to-ignite career evolved from a student short to Scorsese’s began with memorably unlikable supporting well-received feature debut. Keitel went on roles in character studies to make a strong impression with a breakout and Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. role as the director’s alter ego in . 19 On the big screen, Hamm is attached to star Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, The Division, in the baseball drama Million Dollar Arm, What About Brian, The Unit, Numb3rs and CSI based on a script by Thomas McCarthy, about Miami, as well as voice work on Metalocalypse, a sports agent who discovers professional , Bob’s Burgers and more. Hamm pitchers through a reality show he staged first came to audience’s attention in the NBC in with cricket players. Hamm most series Providence. Signed for a cameo role, he recently starred in (which impressed the producers so much that he ended he also produced), for writer/director/star up with an 18-episode run on the series. , opposite , , and . A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Hamm received His previous film credits include Bridesmaids his Bachelor of Arts in English at the University with Kristen Wiig, ’s The Town, of Missouri-Columbia and currently resides Zack Snyder’s fantasy thriller Sucker Punch, in . Howl with , Forever After, in which he voiced the character ”Brogan”, The Day The Earth Stood Still with Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Westfeldt’s Ira & Abby, Kissing Jessica Stein, and We Were Soldiers. Jon Hamm’s nuanced portrayal of the high- powered, philandering advertising executive Hamm will next begin production on an un- Don Draper on AMC’s award-winning drama titled Larry David comedy for director Greg series Mad Men has firmly established him Mottola and HBO and completed work on A as one of Hollywood’s most talented and ver- Young Doctor’s Notebook, a BBC miniseries in satile actors, and has earned him numerous which he stars opposite Daniel Radcliffe and accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, also executive produced. Hamm’s appearances Television Critics Association Award and a on the Emmy-winning comedy, , Critics’ Choice Television Award, as well have earned him three Emmy nominations for as multiple Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, nominations. He has also joined with the entire and he has hosted three cast to win the Screen Actors Guild Award for times to critical-acclaim. His additional tele- Best Ensemble in a Drama Series. vision credits include IFC’s The Increasingly 20 as the title role of ”James”, opposite Isabel MY FATHER (dir. ) with Eric Furman, , and Evan Ross. Bana and Franka Potente, garnered him the 2007 AFI Award for ”Best Young Actor” as well He also filmed the lead role in A Birder‘s Guide as a ”Best Actor” Nomination; the Australian To Everything (dir: Rob Meyer), opposite Ben film (dir. Nadia Tass) for which Kingsley which premiered at the 2013 he received a 2010 AFI Nomination for ”Best Film Festival. Kodi played “Benvolio” in Supporting Actor” and also Dead Europe (dir. & (dir. Carlo Carlei) opposite Hailee by Tony Krawitz) opposite Ewen Leslie and Steinfeld, Douglas Booth, Ed Westwick, and Marton Csokas which premiered at the 2012 . International Film Festival.

Kodi starred in Laika Entertainment / ’ Paranorman, in which he lends his voice as the lead role of ”Norman”. The film was nominated for ”Best Animated Feature” for the 2013 Academy Awards, and also KODI SMIT-­MCPHEE received a 2013 BAFTA Awards nomination for ”Best Animated Film.” The cast includes Kodi Smit-McPhee is currently filming Twen- Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, tieth Century Fox’s Dawn Of The Planet Of The , Leslie Mann, and Jeff Garlin. Apes opposite , Jason Clarke, Kodi previously starred in Let Me In (dir. Matt , and . The project Reeves), opposite Chloe Grace Moretz and reunites him with director Matt Reeves with , for which he received a 2010 whom he previously worked with on the film Critics Choice Nomination for ”Best Young Let Me In. Actor” for his performance in the film; The Road (dir. John Hillcoat) opposite Viggo Kodi recently finished filming The Young Ones Mortenson, and Robert (dir: Jake Paltrow), starring opposite Nicholas Duvall, for which he received a 2009 Broadcast Hoult, Elle Fanning and . Critics Nomination for ”Best Young Actor” and In addition, Kodi filmed the independent film, a 2010 Australian Film Institute (AFI) Nomi- The Wilderness Of James (dir: Michael J. Johnson) nation for ”Best International Actor”; Romulus, 21 In July 2012, Huston wrapped production on DiCaprio, for which the ensemble cast was Libertador, due in 2013, for director Alberto nominated for a 2004 Screen Actors Guild Arvel Mendoza in Madrid. Most recently, Award. The following year, Huston received Huston starred as ”Whitfield Cook” in Fox the Golden Satellite Award for Best Supporting Searchlight’s Hitchcock. Actor for his performance as ”Sandy Woodrow” in Fernando Meirelles’ The Constant Gardener Also in 2012, Huston starred in Jonathan and starred in the critically acclaimed Liebesman’s Wrath Of The Titans, reprising his Australian The Proposition (directed role as ”Poseidon” opposite by John Hillcoat), alongside and and . Warner Bros. released the Emily Watson. Marie Antoinette (directed by film on March 30, 2012. Huston also appeared ), Children Of Men (director in Simon West’s Stolen, with Nicholas Cage, Alfonso Cuarón), Fade To Black, in which he Malin Akerman and Josh Lucas. 2012 also played directed by Oliver Parker, showcased Huston in two The Number 23 (directed by Joel Schumacher), projects: opposite Sienna Miller The Kingdom (directed by ), 30 Days and his nephew, and Boxing Day. Of Night (directed by David Slade), The Kreutzer Both films are based on works of Tolstoy. Sonata (directed by Bernard Rose), the comedy How To Lose Friends And Alienate People Award-winning actor and director, Danny Huston Known as a writer, director and producer, Huston (directed by Robert Weide), and he portrayed is known for his versatility and dramatic got his start directing Mr. North starring Samuel Adams in the award-winning HBO screen presence. True to Huston form, Danny Anthony Edwards, Robert Mitchum and his miniseries and FOX blockbuster has a storied career both in front of and behind sister, . Later, Huston gave his franchise X-Men Origins: Wolverine. the camera. breakthrough acting performance in the independent film Ivansxtc and was nominated Released in 2011, Robert Redford’s The Con- This summer, Huston will return in the role of for Best Male Performance at the Independent spirator, with James McAvoy, Robin Wright and ”Ben Diamond”, on his first television series Spirit Awards in 2003. , A Monster In Paris animation directed helmed by Mitch Glazer, Magic City. He was by Bibo Bergeron, and Playoff directed by Eran honored for his role with a “Best Performance by Huston’s other film credits include Birth Riklis based on the life of Ralph Klein, infamous an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini- (directed by Jonathan Glazer) opposite Nicole Israeli basketball coach which garnished him Series or Motion Picture Made for Television” Kidman; Silver City (directed by John Sayles); the 2011 Best Male Lead Performance Award nomination at the Golden Globe Awards in 2013. Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator starring Leonardo at the Film Festival. 22 Released in 2010, films included Martin Campbell’s thriller Edge Of Darkness opposite , and ’s Robin Hood starring and , and the fantasy-action Sngmoo Lee’s The Warrior’s Way with Kate Bosworth and . In Barry Levinson’s HBO critically acclaimed award-winning You Don’t Know Jack, Huston portrayed ”Geoffrey Feiger,” Kevorkian’s lawyer, opposite . Huston currently resides in Los Angeles. Sami Gayle

Sami Gayle began her acting career as Baby June in the Off-Broadway production of Gypsy starring Patti LuPone. Gayle reprised her role when the show transferred to Broadway a few months later. After working Off-Broadway in plays such as Oohrah! at the Atlantic Theater Company and Family Week under the direction of Academy-Award winner , Gayle was cast opposite Academy-Award winner Adrien Brody in the 2012 film Detachment. Gayle is a series regular on the CBS television drama Blue Bloods, which starts filming its fourth season in July. Gayle played ‘s daughter in the 2012 action film Stolen. Upcoming film credits include: Hateship, Friendship with Kristen Wiig and Noah with Russell Crowe and . 23 PAUL GIAMATTI

With a diverse roster of finely etched, award-winning and critically acclaimed per- formances, Paul Giamatti has established himself as one of the most versatile actors of his generation.

Next up for Giamatti is Phil Morrison’s Almost Christmas, which he also produced and stars alongside . The film premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. The actor will also begin filming the highly anticipated sequel, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, directed by in which he stars as “Aleksei Sytsevich / The Rhino,” opposite Emma Stone, Shailene Woodley, , Sally Field and .

Recently, Giamatti wrapped production on Steve McQueen’s Twelve Years a Slave where he stars opposite Brad Pitt, , 24 and ; as well as John Lee In 2006, Giamatti’s performance in Ron Shari Springer Berman and Roger Pulcini‘s Hancock’s Saving Mr. Banks co-starring Tom Howard‘s earned him his first The Nanny Diaries, M. Night Shyamalan‘s Lady Hanks and . SAG Award and a Broadcast Film Critics‘ Award in the Water, The Illusionist, directed by Neil for Best Supporting Actor, as well as Academy Burger, Milos Forman‘s Man on the Moon, Other recent credits for him include Rock of Award and Golden Globe® nominations in the Julian Goldberger‘s The Hawk is Dying, Tim Ages, ’s Cosmopolis, The Ides same category. Robbins‘ The , F. Gary Gray‘s of March, ’s HBO movie Too Big To The Negotiator, ‘s Saving Private Fail, in which his performance earned him his For his role in ‘s critically- Ryan, ‘s , Mike third SAG Award for Outstanding Performance lauded , Giamatti earned several Newell‘s Donnie Brasco, ‘ Storytelling, by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Mini- accolades for his performance including Best ‘s , Duets, opposite series as well as an Emmy® and Golden Globe® Actor from the Independent Spirit Awards, , the animated film Robots nomination. Giamatti also starred in the critically New York Film Critics Circle as well as a and Big Momma‘s House, co-starring Martin praised Win Win, a film written and directed by Golden Globe® and SAG Award nomination. Lawrence. Giamatti also appeared in James Oscar® nominee Tom McCarthy. Foley‘s Confidence and ‘s Paycheck. In 2004, Giamatti garnered outstanding His performance in 2010’s Barney’s Version reviews and commendations (Independent As an accomplished stage actor, Giamatti earned him his second Golden Globe® Award. Spirit Award nomination for Best Actor, received a Drama Desk nomination for Best Based on the best-selling novel of the same National Board of Review Breakthrough Supporting Actor as ”Jimmy Tomorrow“ in name by Mordechai Richler, the film was directed performance of the Year) for his portrayal of Kevin Spacey‘s Broadway revival of The Iceman by Richard J. Lewis and co-starred Dustin in Shari Springer Berman and Cometh. His other Broadway credits include Hoffman, Rosamund Pike and Minnie Driver. Robert Pulcini‘s American Splendor. The directed by Scott Elliot; Racing Demon directed by Richard Eyre; and In 2008, Giamatti won an Emmy®, SAG and Golden Giamatti first captured the eyes of America directed by Trevor Nunn. He was also Globe® Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries for in ‘ hit comedy Private Parts. seen Off-Broadway in the ensemble cast of his portrayal of the title character in the HBO 7 His extensive list of film credits also includes The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui with Al Pacino. Part Emmy® Award Winning Mini-Series John Jonathan English’s Ironclad, ’ Adams. Directed by Emmy® Award Winning 2, opposite For television, Giamatti appeared in The director , Giamatti played President and , Tony with James Spader, HBO‘s John Adams in a cast that also included Gilroy’s Duplicity, Cold Souls which Giamatti Winchell opposite and Jane award-winning actors , Tom also Executive Produced, ‘s Fred Anderson‘s If These Walls Could Talk 2. Wilkinson, David Morse and Stephen Dillane. Claus, Shoot Em’ Up opposite , He resides in Brooklyn, NY. 25 CAST Robin Wright Robin Wright · Al Harvey Keitel · Dylan Jon Hamm · Dr. Barker Paul Giamatti · Aaron Kodi Smit-McPhee Jeff Danny Huston · Sarah Sami Gayle · Steve Michael Stahi-David · Maxi Michael Landes · Michelle Sarah Shahi

Crew Director Ari Folman · Writer Ari Folman · based on the book ”The Futurological Congress“ by Stanislaw Lem · Production Designer David Polonsky Director of Animation Yoni Goodman · Director of Photography Michal Englert · Editor Nili Feller · Original Music Supervising sound editor Aviv Aldema · Visual Effects Supervison Roly Nitzan · Script Editor Casting Deborah Aquila, C.S.A, Tricia Wood, C.S.A, Erin Toner · Costume Designer Mandi Line A coproduction Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Pandora Film, Opus Film, Paul Thiltges Distribution, ARP, Entre Chien et Loup

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