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91% Rotten Tomatoes Directed by Josh Mond Edited by Matthew Hannam Director Josh Mond Cinematography Mátyás Erdély | 7.1/10 IMDb 4/4 Roger Ebert Written by Josh Mond Initial release 23 January 2015 Screenplay Josh Mond Box office 101,368 USD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Max BornAntonio CamposSean DurkinMelody C. RoscherF.A. Eric Schultz Starring Christopher AbbottCynthia NixonScott MescudiRon LivingstonMakenzie LeighDavid Call Music by Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi Cast Christopher Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Kid Cudi, Makenzie Leigh, Ron Livingston Similar I Smile Back, Very Good Girls, A Better Life Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James white official trailer 1 2015 christopher abbott movie hd
James White is a 2015 American drama film written and directed by Josh Mond. The film stars Christopher Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Scott Mescudi, Ron Livingston, Makenzie Leigh and David Call.
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- James white official trailer 1 2015 christopher abbott movie hd
- Cast
- Production
- Release
- Reception
- References
James White premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival where it won the NEXT Audience Award. The film received a limited release on November 13, 2015, by The Film Arcade.
Cast
Production
Josh Mond started writing the script to explore and understand his own feelings after losing his mother to cancer in 2011. During the writing of the script, Mond listened to Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi's albums. They served as inspiration and motivation.
In the middle of writing the script, Mond made an experimental short film precursor called ‘1009’ and had his close-friend, actor Christopher Abbott play the leading role. After the short, he decided that the part of James White was going to be written for Abbott. Abbott based his performance on people he'd met, especially New Yorkers, Josh Mond and himself. Cynthia Nixon met up with Mond after reading the script. Mond and Nixon bonded over the fact that they both were from Manhattan with artsy parents. Unfortunately, both Nixon and Mond's mothers died of cancer, and Nixon herself is a cancer survivor. She based her performance on Mond's mother and her own mother as well, even wearing her mother's jewerly in the film. Actor-director Mark Webber, a friend of Mond's, sent his former colleague Mescudi the script. Mescudi joined the film and later scored the film.
The film started shooting in New York City in December 2013. The shooting lasted 18 days in New York and another 4 days were spent shooting in Mexico. Borderline Films reached out via Kickstarter to finance the film's post-production editing costs and music rights.
Release
The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the NEXT Audience Award. It also screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and at the 2015 AFI Fest where it won the American Independents Audience Award. The film received a limited release on November 13, 2015 by distributors, The Film Arcade.
Reception
James White has been met with critical acclaim. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 91% approval rating based on reviews from 53 critics, with an average rating of 7.4 out of 10. The site's critical consensus states: " Led by powerfully complementary performances from Christopher Abbott and Cynthia Nixon, James White offers an affecting calling card for debuting writer-director Josh Mond." On Metacritic the film has received a weighted average score of 84 out of 100 based on 23 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".