A Late Quartet
7.2 /10 1 Votes7.2
Initial DVD release February 5, 2013 (USA) Duration Language English | 7/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Music Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date September 10, 2012 (2012-09-10) (TIFF)November 2, 2012 (2012-11-02) Cast (Robert), (Peter Mitchell), (Alexandra Gelbart), (Juliette Gelbart), (Gideon Rosen), (Daniel Lerner) Similar movies Christopher Walken appears in A Late Quartet and The Comfort of Strangers Tagline No arrangement is more beautiful...or more complicated. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A Late Quartet (released in Australia as Performance) is a 2012 American film co-written, with Seth Grossman, and directed by Yaron Zilberman starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, Mark Ivanir and Imogen Poots. The film premiered in the Special Presentation program at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was theatrically released in over 30 countries. It was a New York Times Critics' Pick which Stephen Holden called a magnificently acted, "deeply felt, musically savvy film". Rolling Stone's Peter Travers called it "a shining gem of a movie" and Roger Ebert said "it does one of the most interesting things any film can do. It shows how skilled professionals work." On Walken's performance, Lou Lumenick of the New York Post said "you won't see a better piece of acting this year than his final speech."
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- A late quartet movie clip 2 2012 philip seymour hoffman movie hd
- Plot
- Cast
- Adaptation from source material
- Soundtrack
- Reception
- References
Inspired by and structured around Beethoven's Op. 131, the film follows the world-renowned Fugue String Quartet after its cellist Peter Mitchell (Christopher Walken) is diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. Cinematographer Frederick Elmes lensed the film and composer Angelo Badalamenti composed the score for the film. The Brentano String Quartet played the quartet music for the soundtrack and Anne Sofie von Otter appears as the cellist's late wife, singing Korngold's "Marietta's Song" from Die tote Stadt.
Plot
As the Fugue String quartet approaches its 25th anniversary, the onset of a debilitating illness to cellist Peter Mitchell (Christopher Walken), forces its members to reevaluate their relationships. After being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, Peter announces his decision to play one final concert before he retires. Meanwhile the second violinist, Robert (Philip Seymour Hoffman), voices his desire to alternate the first violinist role, long held by Daniel (Mark Ivanir). Robert is married to Juliette (Catherine Keener), the viola player of the group. Upon discovering Juliette does not support him in this matter, Robert has a one-night stand. Further complicating matters, their daughter, Alexandra (Imogen Poots), begins an affair with Daniel, whom her mother once pined for. Yet bound together by their years of collaboration, the quartet will search for a fitting farewell to their shared passion of music and perhaps even a new beginning.
Cast
Adaptation from source material
The scene in which Peter Mitchell tells his music class an anecdote about meeting Pablo Casals is adapted from an anecdote found in Cellist, the autobiography of cellist Gregor Piatigorsky; the circumstances of the encounter and the pieces played are changed in the film, but Casals's words are essentially identical to those recounted by Piatigorsky.
The subway poetry the Little Girl reads from when Juliette visits Peter is from Ogden Nash's poem "Old Men".
Soundtrack
Reception
A Late Quartet received generally positive reviews, currently holding a 78% "fresh" rating based on 108 critics from Rotten Tomatoes and a 85% from Top Critics.
References
A Late Quartet WikipediaA Late Quartet IMDb A Late Quartet themoviedb.org