A Late Quartet
| A Late Quartet | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Yaron Zilberman |
| Written by | Yaron Zilberman Seth Grossman |
| Produced by | Yaron Zilberman Mandy Tagger Vanessa Coifman David Faigenblum Emanuel Michael Tamar Sela |
| Starring | Philip Seymour Hoffman Christopher Walken Catherine Keener |
| Cinematography | Frederick Elmes |
| Edited by | Yuval Shar |
| Music by | Angelo Badalamenti (Score) |
Production companies | Opening Night Productions RKO Pictures |
| Distributed by | Entertainment One |
Release dates |
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Running time | 106 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,562,546[2] |
A Late Quartet (released in Australia as Performance) is a 2012 American drama film co-written (with Seth Grossman), produced, and directed by Yaron Zilberman.[3][4] The film uses chamber music played by the Brentano String Quartet and especially, Beethoven's Op. 131.[5]
Plot
As a quartet approaches its 25th anniversary, the illness of one member unleashes the drama in their relationships.
Cast
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Robert Gelbart
- Christopher Walken as Peter Mitchell
- Catherine Keener as Juliette Gelbart
- Mark Ivanir as Daniel Lerner
- Imogen Poots as Alexandra Gelbart
- Wallace Shawn as Gideon Rosen
- Anne Sofie von Otter as Miriam
Soundtrack
- Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131, performed by the Brentano String Quartet
- Joseph Haydn: String Quartet No. 5 in F minor, 3rd movement, performed by the Brentano String Quartet
- Uri Caine: "City Nights", performed by Uri Caine
- Cristian Puig: "Bulerias Del Encuentro" (flamenco), performed by Cristian Puig and Rebeca Tomas
- Pablo de Sarasate: "Zigeunerweisen", Op. 20, performed by Mark Steinberg
- Jonathan Dagan: "Salty Air" (from Rivers and Homes), performed by j.viewz
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010, performed by Nina Lee (Brentano String Quartet)
- Erich Korngold: "Marietta's Song" from Die tote Stadt, performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano), Kjell Lysell and Ulf Forsberg (violins), sv (viola), Mats Lidström (cello)
The film's stage performances were filmed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, the same stage where the Guarneri Quartet gave its farewell concert in 2009.
Reception
A Late Quartet received generally positive reviews, currently holding a 74% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[6]
References
- ^ "A Late Quartet (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 2013-03-06. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
- ^ A Late Quartet at Box Office Mojo
- ^ A Late Quartet, comingsoon.net
- ^ A Late Quartet, review by Katherine Brooks, The Huffington Post, 11 September 2012
- ^ Cast & Crew, film's official web site
- ^ A Late Quartet at Rotten Tomatoes