Paul Giamatti Is Ready To Make A Western With Alexander Payne [Interview]
theplaylist.netIn case you were wondering, there was no beef between Paul Giamatti and Alexander Payne. The actor and filmmaker collaborated on 2004’s “Sideways,” an art-house breakout that earned over $100 million worldwide and five Oscar nominations including Best Picture (Payne and Jim Taylor won for Adapted Screenplay).
But it’s almost been 20 years since that first collaboration. Now, finally, the pair are back together with the word-of-mouth wonder, “The Holdovers.” READ MORE: “The Holdovers”: David Hemingson on writing for Paul Giamatti, channeling his boarding school experiences and more [Interview] Set mostly at a prestigious New England boarding school in 1970, the film centers on the unlikely friendship between a student abandoned by his parents over the Christmas break (newcomer Dominic Sessa), a grumpy teacher with a scandalous past (Giamatti), and the kitchen head who is still mourning the death of her son in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph).
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