Sometimes movie kismet brings together an improbable group of disparate artists who deliver magic cinema. Festival hit “Jackie,” which goes behind the scenes at the 1963 Kennedy White House, is the collaboration of three New Yorkers — a neophyte writer, veteran filmmaker/producer, and Oscar-winning actress — with a Latin-American auteur working in English for the first time, whose skill and intuition crafted a unique movie.
The Writer. Six years ago, 32-year-old former New York NBC newsman Noah Oppenheim was working in reality TV and trying to make it in Los Angeles. On the side, he turned his obsession with the Kennedy family into his first script, “Jackie.” He figured out that she was the person to come up with the myth of Camelot, during an interview just seven days after JFK was killed.
“I always thought the great untold story about Jackie was her role in crafting the mythology of her husband’s presidency,...
The Writer. Six years ago, 32-year-old former New York NBC newsman Noah Oppenheim was working in reality TV and trying to make it in Los Angeles. On the side, he turned his obsession with the Kennedy family into his first script, “Jackie.” He figured out that she was the person to come up with the myth of Camelot, during an interview just seven days after JFK was killed.
“I always thought the great untold story about Jackie was her role in crafting the mythology of her husband’s presidency,...
- 11/30/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Sometimes movie kismet brings together an improbable group of disparate artists who deliver magic cinema. Festival hit “Jackie,” which goes behind the scenes at the 1963 Kennedy White House, is the collaboration of three New Yorkers — a neophyte writer, veteran filmmaker/producer, and Oscar-winning actress — with a Latin-American auteur working in English for the first time, whose skill and intuition crafted a unique movie.
The Writer. Six years ago, 32-year-old former New York NBC newsman Noah Oppenheim was working in reality TV and trying to make it in Los Angeles. On the side, he turned his obsession with the Kennedy family into his first script, “Jackie.” He figured out that she was the person to come up with the myth of Camelot, during an interview just seven days after JFK was killed.
“I always thought the great untold story about Jackie was her role in crafting the mythology of her husband’s presidency,...
The Writer. Six years ago, 32-year-old former New York NBC newsman Noah Oppenheim was working in reality TV and trying to make it in Los Angeles. On the side, he turned his obsession with the Kennedy family into his first script, “Jackie.” He figured out that she was the person to come up with the myth of Camelot, during an interview just seven days after JFK was killed.
“I always thought the great untold story about Jackie was her role in crafting the mythology of her husband’s presidency,...
- 11/30/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
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While Natalie Portman has made many memorable physical transformations throughout her 20-year acting career (see: Black Swan, V for Vendetta), the preparation for playing real-life icon Jackie Kennedy in the upcoming movie Jackie carried a lot more weight.
Because the film takes place around the 1963 assassination of JFK, Portman, 35, and the filmmakers had to capture a specific place...
While Natalie Portman has made many memorable physical transformations throughout her 20-year acting career (see: Black Swan, V for Vendetta), the preparation for playing real-life icon Jackie Kennedy in the upcoming movie Jackie carried a lot more weight.
Because the film takes place around the 1963 assassination of JFK, Portman, 35, and the filmmakers had to capture a specific place...
- 11/30/2016
- by Kara Warner
- PEOPLE.com
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