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Gone Baby Gone A preview followed by a conversation with Casey Affleck
Tue 27 May 2008
Gone Baby Gone star Casey Affleck
Presented by the National Film and Television School and The Script Factory, in association with Curzon Cinemas
Tuesday 27 May at 6.15pm
Curzon Mayfair, London W1
Ben Affleck’s feature debut as director, Gone Baby Gone, which he also adapted from the novel by Dennis Lehane (Mystic River), sees a major starring role for his younger brother Casey. Affleck junior stars as Patrick Kenzie, a baby-faced private investigator who finds himself embroiled in a local tragedy when he steps in to help find a little girl who’s been abducted from his Boston neighbourhood. Clashing with the police team who are also on the hunt for the missing 4yr old, Patrick and Angie, his partner - in both business and life - find the investigation dragging them into a moral conundrum where their relationship, their sanity, and even their lives are suddenly at risk.
Morgan Freeman with Casey AffleckAlready a major Award-winner with Amy Ryan singled out as an Academy Award-nominee for her performance as the distraught single mother, Gone Baby Gone fell foul of real life events moments before its planned release last year when its story seemed to echo that of the awful Madeleine McCann abduction. Affleck decided it would be sensitive to delay the release. Now, with a year’s distance, the film can be properly judged and the result is a truly impressive debut for him, a taut emotional thriller, and a signal of the huge talent of Casey Affleck.
We are delighted that following this preview screening Casey Affleck will be joining us to talk about his career to date which as an actor has seen him go from Lonesome Jim to The Assassination of Jesse James via Ocean’s 11, in addition to co-writing Gus Van Sant’s Gerry in which he starred alongside Matt Damon.
Gone Baby Gone
A preview followed by a conversation with Casey Affleck
Tuesday 27 May at 6.15pm
Curzon Mayfair W1, 38 Curzon St, London, W1J 7TY
Tickets are on sale now costing £12 (£9 Script Factory/Curzon Members) from 0871 7033 989 or online at www.curzoncinemas.com
Please note that Members discount is not available when booking online - to get your discount please book by phone or in person at the venue.
Ben Affleck on set
This preview event is courtesy of Miramax Films who release Gone Baby Gone across the UK from 6 June 2008.
www.thefilmfactory.co.uk/gonebabygone
This event is part of The Stanley Kubrick Masterclass series, presented by the National Film and Television School and The Script Factory, supported by Skillset through the Film Skills Fund & Warner Bros Studios, Dana & Albert R Broccoli Charitable Foundation and NFTS Foundation.