Story of movie Wildlife Film :
Wildlife is a 2018 American drama film directed by Paul Dano and co-written by Dano and Zoe Kazan. It is based on the novel of the same name by Richard Ford first published in 1990. The film stars Carey Mulligan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ed Oxenbould, and Bill Camp; it is Dano's directorial debut. The film was acclaimed by critics, with many praising Mulligan and Gyllenhaal's performances.
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| Directed by | Paul Dano |
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| Based on | Wildlife by Richard Ford |
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| Music by | David Lang |
| Cinematography | Diego García |
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| Distributed by | IFC Films |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.1 million |
The film had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2018. It was released in the United States on October 19, and in the United Kingdom on November 9, 2018.
Screenplay
The film is set in 1960. Jeannette and Jerry Brinson have recently moved to Great Falls, Montana with their teenage son Joe. Tensions build after Jerry is fired from a job as a golf pro at a country club. He is offered his old job back but refuses out of pride, and instead takes a low-paying job fighting a forest fire raging in nearby mountains.
While Jerry is away, Jeannette takes a job as a swimming instructor, and becomes romantically involved with one of her students, Warren Miller, a prosperous older man who owns an automobile dealership. She does not hide her affair from her son but instead flaunts it, "as if she needed Joe to understand just how unhinged her married life has finally made her."
Jerry returns and their marriage disintegrates, with Joe staying with Jerry while Jeannette moves to Oregon.
- Carey Mulligan as Jeanette Brinson
- Jake Gyllenhaal as Jerry Brinson
- Ed Oxenbould as Joe Brinson
- Zoe Margaret Colletti as Ruth-Ann
- Bill Camp as Warren Miller
- Darryl Cox as Clarence Snow
Development
In July 2016, it was announced that Paul Dano would adapt Richard Ford's novel with a script he had co-written with Zoe Kazan, and that neither Dano nor Kazan would act in the film. Dano said, "in Richard’s book I saw myself and many others. I have always wanted to make films—and have always known I would make films about family." He has also said that this is the first in a series of films he wants to make about dysfunctional families. The film was produced by June Pictures and Nine Stories Productions.
In September 2016, it was announced that Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan would star in the film. American composer David Lang wrote the score.
Filming
Principal photography took place in Montana and Oklahoma (due to concerns with the winter weather in Montana).
The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2018. Shortly after, IFC Films acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film. It screened at the Cannes Film Festival on May 9, 2018. It also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2018, the New York Film Festival on September 30, 2018, the Woodstock Film Festival on October 13, 2018, and the New Orleans Film Festival on October 18, 2018. Wildlife was released in the United States on October 19, 2018.
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 94% based on 108 reviews, and an average rating of 7.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Wildlife's portrait of a family in crisis is beautifully composed by director Paul Dano -- and brought brilliantly to life by a career-best performance from Carey Mulligan." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 80 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
New York Times critic Glenn Kenny called Wildlife a "superb film," calling it "a domestic drama both sad and terrifying." Kenny praised the cast for "exceptional" acting, and said that Mulligan "gives the best performance of any I’ve seen in film this year." He called Oxenbould "an exciting find" and praised the direction and cinematography.
Writing for RogerEbert.com, Brian Tallerico gave the film 3.5 out of 4 stars, saying, "This is an accomplished, moving piece of filmmaking, one that cares about its characters and trusts its performers. It comes from a relatively old school of dramatic storytelling but it connects emotionally because of Dano’s tender but confident work and what he’s able to draw from two of the best performers of their generation." Variety's Owen Gleiberman called Dano "a natural-born filmmaker, with an eye for elegant spare compositions that refrain from being too showy" and gave the film 4 out of 5 stars.
David Edelstein, writing for Vulture gave the film full marks, calling the film "superb", saying " gives his actors space so that the rhythms are their own, and they hold us through the tough final scenes and bittersweet ending." The Guardian's Jordan Hoffman gave the film three stars out of five, saying "It is a quiet, subtle story and, as is so often the case when an actor takes their first trip behind the camera, a showcase for terrific performances."
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