Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman can't seem to sell their Brooklyn apartment in a new trailer for 5 Flights Up.
The romantic comedy stars the pair as a couple who are trying to escape the "hipster" culture of Brooklyn, but have tremendous trouble selling their apartment.
Freeman serves as one of the producers of 5 Flights Up, which is being directed by Firewall's Richard Loncraine.
The movie has been adapted from the novel Heroic Measures by Canadian author Jill Ciment.
Starring with Keaton and Freeman are Sex and the City's Cynthia Nixon, Emmy-winning Good Wife star Carrie Preston and Hedwig and the Angry Inch star Miriam Shor.
5 Flights Up opens on May 8 in the Us. No UK date has been set as yet.
The romantic comedy stars the pair as a couple who are trying to escape the "hipster" culture of Brooklyn, but have tremendous trouble selling their apartment.
Freeman serves as one of the producers of 5 Flights Up, which is being directed by Firewall's Richard Loncraine.
The movie has been adapted from the novel Heroic Measures by Canadian author Jill Ciment.
Starring with Keaton and Freeman are Sex and the City's Cynthia Nixon, Emmy-winning Good Wife star Carrie Preston and Hedwig and the Angry Inch star Miriam Shor.
5 Flights Up opens on May 8 in the Us. No UK date has been set as yet.
- 3/13/2015
- Digital Spy
Focus World has released the latest trailer for 5 Flights Up.
A wise comedy about life, love, and real estate, 5 Flights Up stars Academy Award winners Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman as a couple whose attempts at relocation send them on an urban odyssey — and help them redefine the meaning of home.
This often humorous, delicately constructed and poignant film is based on the novel Heroic Measures by Jill Ciment, which was hailed by Oprah and praised by the Los Angeles Times as “a brave, generous, nearly perfect novel.”
Check out the new trailer here.
When Ruth (Diane Keaton) and Alex (Morgan Freeman) first moved to Brooklyn, it was the 1970s — years before gentrification, and years before they would realize that they won’t always be physically able to climb several flights of stairs just to get home. Still highly active, yet feeling the undeniable effects of age, the couple opts...
A wise comedy about life, love, and real estate, 5 Flights Up stars Academy Award winners Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman as a couple whose attempts at relocation send them on an urban odyssey — and help them redefine the meaning of home.
This often humorous, delicately constructed and poignant film is based on the novel Heroic Measures by Jill Ciment, which was hailed by Oprah and praised by the Los Angeles Times as “a brave, generous, nearly perfect novel.”
Check out the new trailer here.
When Ruth (Diane Keaton) and Alex (Morgan Freeman) first moved to Brooklyn, it was the 1970s — years before gentrification, and years before they would realize that they won’t always be physically able to climb several flights of stairs just to get home. Still highly active, yet feeling the undeniable effects of age, the couple opts...
- 3/9/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Focus World has formally confirmed the title for Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton’s upcoming dramedy, which will now be released as 5 Flights Up.
During development, the project — which was directed by My One and Only‘s Richard Loncraine — flirted with a variety of titles including Ruth & Alex and Life Itself before settling on the aforementioned moniker. In tandem with the news, the studio also confirmed a new release date for the comedy, which will have a limited release on May 8, 2015.
As you’ve probably already guessed by now, 5 Flights Up will see Freeman and Keaton play a married couple who find themselves faced with a tough decision: should they sell their beloved Brooklyn home? Over the course of the film, they begin to realize that leaving the house they know and love may not be as daunting as they first imagined, instead offering up a whole new life opportunity in their twilight years.
During development, the project — which was directed by My One and Only‘s Richard Loncraine — flirted with a variety of titles including Ruth & Alex and Life Itself before settling on the aforementioned moniker. In tandem with the news, the studio also confirmed a new release date for the comedy, which will have a limited release on May 8, 2015.
As you’ve probably already guessed by now, 5 Flights Up will see Freeman and Keaton play a married couple who find themselves faced with a tough decision: should they sell their beloved Brooklyn home? Over the course of the film, they begin to realize that leaving the house they know and love may not be as daunting as they first imagined, instead offering up a whole new life opportunity in their twilight years.
- 1/8/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Directed by Richard Loncraine from Charlie Peters' script, the film world-premiered earlier this month in Toronto, where critics were mixed but affectionate toward the cast. Keaton and Freeman play a long-married couple who, over one weekend, debate selling their Brooklyn walk-up. Throw in Cynthia Nixon, the family dog and a raft of open-house guests and everything goes comically nutty. "Ruth & Alex" is based on Jill Ciment's book "Heroic Measures." Release date forthcoming.
- 9/17/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Focus World has plunked down roughly $1.5 million for domestic rights to Ruth & Alex, an adult-skewing dramedy starring Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton that made its world premiere earlier this month at the Toronto Film Festival. Like Radius-twc, Focus World has a mandate from its parent company, Focus Features, to pursue alternative distribution models, such as day-and-date VOD releases. Ruth & Alex, based on the book Heroic Measures by Jill Ciment and taking place over the course of a weekend, tells the story of a couple grappling with whether to sell their Brooklyn walk-
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- 9/17/2014
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Focus World has picked up domestic rights to the Diane Keaton-Morgan Freeman pic Ruth & Alex following its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. Directed by Richard Loncraine (Wimbledon, My One And Only) from a script by Charlie Peters, the adaptation of Jill Ciment’s Heroic Measures also stars Cynthia Nixon in the story of a NYC couple (Keaton and Freeman) deciding whether to sell their longtime Brooklyn home.
Focus World, the alternative distribution arm of Focus Features, will release the film, and Myriad Pictures continues to sell international rights. Anjay Nagpal negotiated the deal for Focus World with Wme Global and CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.
Focus World, the alternative distribution arm of Focus Features, will release the film, and Myriad Pictures continues to sell international rights. Anjay Nagpal negotiated the deal for Focus World with Wme Global and CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.
- 9/17/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Focus Features’ specialty label Focus World has acquired domestic distribution rights to Richard Loncraine's comedy “Ruth & Alex,” which stars Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman, the company announced Wednesday. Cynthia Nixon co-stars in the film, which was written by Charlie Peters, who adapted Jill Ciment's book “Heroic Measures.” The movie made its world premiere earlier this month at the Toronto International Film Festival. Also read: Morgan Freeman Will Join Cast of ‘Ted 2' “Ruth & Alex” was produced by Lori McCreary and Tracy Mercer via Morgan Freeman and McCreary's Revelations Entertainment banner, as well as Curtis Burch via his...
- 9/17/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
The Toronto International Film Festival announced more selections Tuesday for the upcoming 2014 edition of the annual awards season kick-off. The majority of the festival's program was announced last month, but this group includes intriguing world premieres from notable directors such as Todd McCarthy ("The Cobbler") and Gina Prince-Bythewood ("Beyond the Lights"). A number of the titles revealed have screened at other festivals including the underrated "Infinitely Polar Bear" and "Laggies" from Sundance as well as Cannes players "Two Days, One Night," "The Search" and "Clouds of Sils Maria." And yes, the presence of "Sils Maria," which is a favorite of this particular writer, means Kristen Stewart will likely hit one of the festival's many red carpets. As you'd expect for Toronto, the world premieres feature some big names including Josh Hutcherson and Benicio Del Toro in "Escobar: Paradise Lost," Jean Dujardin in "The Connection (La French)," Dustin Hoffman in "Boychoir,...
- 8/12/2014
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
This morning the Toronto Film Festival added several more films to their lineup including the world premiere of Thomas McCarthy's The Cobbler which stars Adam Sandler as a New York City cobbler who, disenchanted with the grind of daily life, stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way. The film co-stars Method Man, Ellen Barkin, Melonie Diaz, Dan Stevens, Steve Buscemi and Dustin Hoffman. Additionally, Sundance standouts Infinity Polar Bear and Laggies starring Keira Knightley and Chloe Grace Moretz were added to the Gala selection. Joining The Cobbler as new additions to the Special Presentations field include Olivier Assayas' Clouds of Sils Maria starring Kristen Stewart and Juliette Binoche and Two Days, One Night from Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne and starring Marion Cotillard. Both films made a splash at Cannes earlier this year,...
- 8/12/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The 2014 Toronto Film Festival, which begins Sept. 4, added seven Galas and 17 Special Presentations to its lineup, including a semi-serious Adam Sandler project from Tom McCarthy, the director of The Station Agent and The Visitor. In The Cobbler, Sandler plays a man who has the unique ability to walk in his customers’ shoes. The movie features Dustin Hoffman, who also stars in Boychoir, François Girard’s tale of an orphan’s steep learning curve at a prestigious music school. In Welcome to Me, Kristen Wiig plays a mentally unstable woman who wins the lottery and decides to sink her winnings into a talk show.
- 8/12/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Expect to see a bevy of stars on the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival this September. Today, more Gala and Special Presentation titles were announced, with some star-studded projects in the mix. Now, Escobar: Paradise Lost, starring Benicio del Toro as the infamous drug lord, will have its world premiere at Tiff, as will The Forger, with John Travolta, Christopher Plummer and Tye Sheridan.
Other promising projects newly announced to be screening at Tiff are Win Win director Thomas McCarthy’s The Cobbler, which finds Adam Sandler taking on a rare dramatic role; Clouds of Sils Maria, which stars Juliette Binoche as an aging actress who confronts the young starlet (Chloe Grace Moretz) taking on the role that made her famous decades earlier; and Gemma Bovery, starring Gemma Arterton as the sensual object of a French food critic’s affection. Check out the full list of new...
Other promising projects newly announced to be screening at Tiff are Win Win director Thomas McCarthy’s The Cobbler, which finds Adam Sandler taking on a rare dramatic role; Clouds of Sils Maria, which stars Juliette Binoche as an aging actress who confronts the young starlet (Chloe Grace Moretz) taking on the role that made her famous decades earlier; and Gemma Bovery, starring Gemma Arterton as the sensual object of a French food critic’s affection. Check out the full list of new...
- 8/12/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
The 39th Toronto International Film Festival added another seven Galas and 17 Special Presentations to its September fest lineup running September 4 to 14. Here are the newcomers:
Galas
Boychoir François Girard, USA World Premiere
An orphaned 12-year-old boy is sent to prestigious music school where he struggles to join an elite group of world-class singers. No one expects this rebellious loner to succeed, least of all the school’s relentlessly-tough conductor who wages a battle of wills to bring out the boy’s extraordinary musical gift. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Josh Lucas, Kevin McHale, Eddie Izzard, Debra Winger and Garrett Wareing.
The Connection (La French) Cédric Jimenez, France/Belgium World Premiere
Marseille, 1975. Pierre Michel, a young police magistrate with a wife and children, has just been transferred to help crack down on the city’s organized crime. He decides to take on the French Connection, a Mafia-run operation that exports heroin all over the world.
Galas
Boychoir François Girard, USA World Premiere
An orphaned 12-year-old boy is sent to prestigious music school where he struggles to join an elite group of world-class singers. No one expects this rebellious loner to succeed, least of all the school’s relentlessly-tough conductor who wages a battle of wills to bring out the boy’s extraordinary musical gift. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Josh Lucas, Kevin McHale, Eddie Izzard, Debra Winger and Garrett Wareing.
The Connection (La French) Cédric Jimenez, France/Belgium World Premiere
Marseille, 1975. Pierre Michel, a young police magistrate with a wife and children, has just been transferred to help crack down on the city’s organized crime. He decides to take on the French Connection, a Mafia-run operation that exports heroin all over the world.
- 8/12/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
Production of Revelations Entertainment’s comedy Life Itself is underway in New York City starring starring Academy Award® winners Morgan Freeman, Diane Keaton and Cynthia Nixon.
This marks the first time that Freeman and Keaton have worked together.
The film is directed by award-winning director Richard Loncraine (The Gathering Storm, My One and Only, Firewall, Wimbledon, Richard III), and is based on the acclaimed novel “Heroic Measures” by Jill Ciment, from a screenplay written by Charlie Peters (My One and Only, Krippendorf’s Tribe, Three Men and A Little Lady, Blame It On Rio).
Life Itself tells the story of one comic and eventful weekend in the life of Ruth (Keaton) and Alex (Freeman), an aging New York couple who have finally decided to sell their Brooklyn apartment of 40 years. They fear that they are getting too old to climb the stairs, and Ruth’s realtor niece (Nixon) has convinced...
This marks the first time that Freeman and Keaton have worked together.
The film is directed by award-winning director Richard Loncraine (The Gathering Storm, My One and Only, Firewall, Wimbledon, Richard III), and is based on the acclaimed novel “Heroic Measures” by Jill Ciment, from a screenplay written by Charlie Peters (My One and Only, Krippendorf’s Tribe, Three Men and A Little Lady, Blame It On Rio).
Life Itself tells the story of one comic and eventful weekend in the life of Ruth (Keaton) and Alex (Freeman), an aging New York couple who have finally decided to sell their Brooklyn apartment of 40 years. They fear that they are getting too old to climb the stairs, and Ruth’s realtor niece (Nixon) has convinced...
- 10/8/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Claire van der Boom. Photo credit: David Cook..
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When Claire van der Boom auditioned for the role of a younger version of Diane Keaton.s character in the Us movie Life Itself, the director told her she was the only one who didn.t try to impersonate Keaton as Annie Hall in the classic Woody Allen movie.
That was the clincher and the Los Angeles-based Australian actress started shooting the film directed by Englishman Richard Loncraine (Wimbledon, My One and Only) in New York last week.
Adapted from Jill Ciment.s novel Heroic Measures, the film stars Keaton and Morgan Freeman as Ruth and Alex, a couple whose life is disrupted when the East Village apartment where they lived for 40 years is put up for sale, a bidding war ensues and Manhattan falls under a terrorism threat.
Claire plays Ruth as she meets Alex, an artist, when she models for his paintings.
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When Claire van der Boom auditioned for the role of a younger version of Diane Keaton.s character in the Us movie Life Itself, the director told her she was the only one who didn.t try to impersonate Keaton as Annie Hall in the classic Woody Allen movie.
That was the clincher and the Los Angeles-based Australian actress started shooting the film directed by Englishman Richard Loncraine (Wimbledon, My One and Only) in New York last week.
Adapted from Jill Ciment.s novel Heroic Measures, the film stars Keaton and Morgan Freeman as Ruth and Alex, a couple whose life is disrupted when the East Village apartment where they lived for 40 years is put up for sale, a bidding war ensues and Manhattan falls under a terrorism threat.
Claire plays Ruth as she meets Alex, an artist, when she models for his paintings.
- 10/8/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton have had long careers, both of them have won Oscars, and both of them are so popular and prolific that you'd have to assume they crossed paths at some point, right? Nope. The two will be filming their first movie together this year-- and even better, they'll be getting romantically involved to do it. Myriad Pictures announced the two will star in Richard Loncraine.s comedy Life Itself, and they.ll play a long-married couple, so they.re really going to get some screen time together in a plot that sounds more enjoyable than most of the feel-good projects that Keaton usually gets herself into. The film is Loncraine.s first since 2009.s My One and Only, and he.s reteaming with that film.s screenwriter Charlie Peters (3 Men and a Little Lady), who adapted it from the much-loved novel Heroic Measures by Jill Ciment.
- 5/20/2013
- cinemablend.com
Academy Award winner Diane Keaton will star with Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman for the first time on screen in a new dramedy Life Itself based on the Jill Ciment novel ‘Heroic Measures.’ The heartwarming comedy will be directed by an award winning British director of television (The Gathering Storm) and film (Richard III), Richard Loncraine. The screenplay was written by Charlie Peters (My One and Only). Freeman and Keaton will play Alex and Ruth, a married couple in New York City who are forced to move from the downtown apartment they’ve lived most of their lies after a real estate bidding war. Myriad Pictures...
- 5/19/2013
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Myriad Pictures announced today that Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman ( The Shawshank Redemption , The Dark Knight Rises , Driving Miss Daisy , The Bucket List ) and Academy Award winner Diane Keaton ( Something's Gotta Give , The Big Wedding , "The Godfather" trilogy, Annie Hall ) will star together for the first time in the heartwarming comedy Life Itself . The film will be directed by award-winning director Richard Loncraine ( The Gathering Storm , My One and Only , Firewall , Wimbledon and Richard III ), and is based on the acclaimed novel "Heroic Measures" by Jill Ciment, from a screenplay written by Charlie Peters. In the film, Keaton and Freeman play a long-married New York City couple who find themselves swept into an emotional and...
- 5/19/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Myriad Pictures has announced that Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton will star in "Life Itself", a heartwarming comedy directed by Richard Loncraine (Wimbledon, Firewall). The film's based on the acclaimed "Heroic Measures" novel written by Jill Ciment which Charlie Peters is adapting for the screen. Revelations Entertainment is producing "Life Itself" in association with Latitude Productions. Producers are Curtis Burch, Lori McCreary, Tracy Mercer and Peters while Freeman serves as executive producer via Revelations. "Life Itself" tell the story of one eventful weekend in the life of Ruth (Keaton) and Alex (Freeman), an aging New York couple who have finally decided to sell their East Village apartment of 40 years. They fear that they are getting too old...
- 5/19/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Morgan Freeman has signed up to co-star with Diane Keaton in a dramedy titled Life Itself, which is based on a novel by Jill Ciment titled Heroic Measures. Here's Amazon's description of the novel: New York City is on high alert—a gasoline truck is “stuck” in the Midtown tunnel and the driver has fled. Through panic and gridlock, Alex and Ruth must transport their beloved old dachshund—whose back legs are suddenly paralyzed—to the animal hospital, using a cutting board as a stretcher. But this is also the weekend when Alex and Ruth must sell the apartment in which they have lived for most of their adult lives. Over the course of...
- 5/18/2013
- by Courtney
- ShadowAndAct
Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton are set to star in the Richard Loncraine-directed comedy Life Itself at Myriad Pictures, Revelations Entertainment and Latitude Productions.
Based on the Jill Ciment novel Heroic Measures, the story follows a long-married New York couple who find themselves swept into an emotional and comical real estate bidding war when they put their beloved downtown apartment on the market.
The soon must come to terms with the possibility of moving from the home where they have spent most of their adult lives. Charlie Peters adapted the screenplay.
Lori McCreary, Curtis Burch, and Tracy Mercer are producing.
Source: Deadline...
Based on the Jill Ciment novel Heroic Measures, the story follows a long-married New York couple who find themselves swept into an emotional and comical real estate bidding war when they put their beloved downtown apartment on the market.
The soon must come to terms with the possibility of moving from the home where they have spent most of their adult lives. Charlie Peters adapted the screenplay.
Lori McCreary, Curtis Burch, and Tracy Mercer are producing.
Source: Deadline...
- 5/18/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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