Fierce People (film)

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Fierce People

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Griffin Dunne
Produced by Griffin Dunne
Nick Wechsler
Dirk Wittenborn
Screenplay by Dirk Wittenborn
Based on Fierce People by
Dick Wittenborn
Narrated by Anton Yelchin
Starring Diane Lane
Anton Yelchin
Donald Sutherland
Chris Evans
Kristen Stewart
Music by Nick Laird-Clowes
Cinematography William Rexer
Editing by Allyson C. Johnson
Studio Industry Entertainment
Distributed by Lions Gate Films
Autonomous Films
Release date(s) April 24, 2005 (2005-04-24) (Tribeca)
April 28, 2006 (2006-04-28) (Canada)
September 30, 2007 (2007-09-30) (Limited)
November 30, 2007 (2007-11-30)
Running time 111 minutes
Country United States
Canada
Language English
Tagalog
Box office $269,755[1]

Fierce People is a 2005 drama thriller film adapted by Dirk Wittenborn from his 2002 novel of the same name. Directed by Griffin Dunne, it starred Anton Yelchin, Diane Lane, Kristen Stewart, Chris Evans, and Donald Sutherland.

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[edit] Plot

Trapped in his drug-dependent mother, Liz's (Diane Lane), Lower East Side apartment, 16-year-old Finn Earl (Anton Yelchin) wants nothing more than to escape New York. He wants to spend the summer in South America studying the Ishkanani Indians (known as the "Fierce People") with his anthropologist father whom he's never met. Earl's plan has to change after he is arrested in an effort to help Liz, who works as a massage therapist. Determined to get their lives back on track, Liz moves the two of them into a guesthouse for the summer on the country estate of her ex-client, the aging billionaire, Ogden C. Osbourne (Donald Sutherland).

In Osbourne's world of privilege and power, Finn and Liz encounter the super rich, a tribe portrayed as fiercer and more mysterious than anything the youth might find in the South American jungle. (Dirk Wittenborn, the author of the novel on which the film is based, grew up poor and feeling an outsider among the super rich in an upper-crust New Jersey enclave.[2])

While Liz battles her substance abuse and struggles to win back her son's love and trust, Finn falls in love with Osbourne's granddaughter, Maya (Kristen Stewart). He befriends her older brother, Bryce (Chris Evans); and wins the favor of Osbourne. When violence ends Finn's acceptance within the Osbourne clan, the promises of this world quickly sour. Both Finn and Liz, caught in a harrowing struggle for their dignity, discover that membership in a group comes at a steep price.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Production

Portions of the film were shot on location in British Columbia, Canada at Hatley Castle.[3]

[edit] Release

[edit] Critical reception

Fierce People earned mixed critical reviews.[4][5]

The film currently holds a 24% 'Fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus, "Fierce People's premise of a teenager studying rich people like animals is grating and self-satisfied, and Anton Yelchin's smug performance makes the film even harder to agree with."[6]

[edit] Box office

The film received a limited release and grossed $85,410 at the box office in the US.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fierce People at Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ Joy Press, "Privileged Information", Village Voice, 11 Jun 2002
  3. ^ Hatley Castle
  4. ^ Movie Review - "Fierce People (2006): Surviving in That Rain Forest East of the Delaware River", The New York Times, 7 September 2007, accessed 8 Jan 2010.
  5. ^ Movie Review - Fierce People (2006), chicago.metromix.com.
  6. ^ Fierce People at Rotten Tomatoes
  7. ^ http://www.hollywood.com/movie/Fierce_People/1747663 "Fierce People"], Hollywood.com, accessed 8 Jan 2010

[edit] External links

Films directed by Griffin Dunne
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