Fay Grim
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| Directed by | Hal Hartley |
| Produced by | Hal Hartley Jason Kilot Joana Vicente |
| Written by | Hal Hartley |
| Starring | Parker Posey James Urbaniak Liam Aiken Jeff Goldblum |
| Music by | Hal Hartley |
| Cinematography | Sarah Cawley |
| Editing by | Hal Hartley |
| Distributed by | Magnolia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 19, 2007 (Sundance Film Festival) May 18, 2007 (United States) |
| Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | United States Germany |
| Language | English |
Fay Grim is a 2006 film written and directed by Hal Hartley. The film is a sequel to Hartley's 1997 film Henry Fool, and revolves around the title character, played by Parker Posey, the sister of Simon Grim (James Urbaniak). The plot revolves around Fay's attempt to unravel an increasingly violent mystery in Europe. The film was shot almost entirely in Dutch angles, meaning the vast majority of shots are framed diagonally, or "tilted." At the Sundance Film Festival in 2007, Hartley revealed that the two shots in the film's final cut that are not "Dutched" occurred when he and the film crew forgot to tilt the camera.
It premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released in theaters across America on May 18, 2007, with a DVD release the following Tuesday, May 22, in conjunction with Magnolia Pictures' "day-and-date" release strategy. The film won the "Audience Choice Award" at the RiverRun International Film Festival in 2007.
[edit] Plot
Seven years after the events of Henry Fool, Fay Grim (Parker Posey) is coerced by a CIA agent (Jeff Goldblum) to try to locate notebooks that belonged to her fugitive husband (Thomas Jay Ryan). The notes contain information that could compromise the security of the U.S., causing Fay to first head to Paris to fetch them.
[edit] Cast
- Parker Posey as Fay Grim
- James Urbaniak as Simon Grim
- Liam Aiken as Ned Grim
- Jeff Goldblum as Agent Fulbright
- Megan Gay as Principal
- Chuck Montgomery as Angus James
- Leo Fitzpatrick as Carl Fogg
- Saffron Burrows as Juliet
- Elina Löwensohn as Bebe
- Thomas Jay Ryan as Henry Fool
- David Scheller as Convict Husband
- Sibel Kekilli as Concierge First Istanbul Hotel
- Anatole Taubman as Jallal
- Nikolai Kinski as Amin
[edit] External links
- Fay Grim
- Fay Grim at Hal Hartley's Website
- Fay Grim Production Notes
- Fay Grim at Rotten Tomatoes
- Fay Grim at the Internet Movie Database
- The Director Interviews: Hal Hartley, Fay Grim at Filmmaker Magazine
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