Boxoffice Pro - October 2019

ON SCREEN
LIMITED RELEASES
JOE PESCI AND ROBERT DE NIRO
IN MARTIN SCORSESE’S
THE IRISHMAN
THE CURRENT WAR
OCT. 25 / 101 STUDIOS
Once a Weinstein Company release
and finally arriving in theaters after two
years, this drama chronicles the intense
competition between two pioneering
inventors: Thomas Edison and George
Westinghouse (assisted by the young Nikola
Tesla). Both seek to bring electricity
to America, but Edison champions D.C.
technology while Westinghouse believes
in the A.C. current. Cue the song “Dirty
Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.” Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
directed.
CAST BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, MICHAEL
SHANNON, NICHOLAS HOULT, TOM
HOLLAND, KATHERINE WATERSTON,
TUPPENCE MIDDLETON, MATTHEW
MACFADYEN RATING PG-13 RUNNING
TIME 107 MIN.
FRANKIE
OCT. 25 / SONY PICTURES
CLASSICS
This ensemble drama from director Ira
Sachs (Love Is Strange) takes place over
the course of one day in the picturesque
town of Sintra, Portugal, as a celebrated
French actress schemes to marry off her
son to an American hairstylist, just one of
many romantic complications that arise.
CAST ISABELLE HUPPERT, MARISA TOMEI,
BRENDAN GLEESON, JÉRÉMIE RENIER,
GREG KINNEAR, PASCAL GREGGORY,
SENNIA NANUA, ARIYON BAKARE, VINETTE
ROBINSON RATING PG-13 RUNNING TIME
98 MIN.
THE KILL TEAM
OCT. 25 / A24
Dan Krauss directs a narrative version of
his 2013 documentary about the moral
quandary of a young American soldier in
Afghanistan who witnesses his fellow recruits
murdering innocent civilians, egged
on by a sadistic sergeant.
CAST NAT WOLFF, ALEXANDER
SKARSGÅRD, ADAM LONG, JONATHAN
WHITESELL, ROB MORROW, OSY IKHILE
RATING R RUNNING TIME 87 MIN.
SYNONYMS
OCT. 25 / KINO LORBER
A young Israeli moves to Paris to make
a fresh start in life, but his belongings
are stolen soon after he moves into the
apartment he didn’t realize was unfurnished.
Writer-director Nadav Lapid’s
existential tale, based on his own experiences,
won the Golden Bear at the 2019
Berlin Film Festival.
CAST TOM MERCIER, QUENTIN DOLMAIRE,
LOUISE CHEVILLOTTE, URIA HAYIK RATING
NOT RATED RUNNING TIME 123 MIN.
THE IRISHMAN
NOV. 1 / NETFLIX
Martin Scorsese’s much anticipated crime
epic stars Al Pacino as Teamsters president
Jimmy Hoffa, Joe Pesci as Pennsylvania
mob boss Russell Bufalino, and
Robert De Niro as Bufalino and Hoffa’s
“muscle,” Frank Sheeran. A big chunk of
the rumored $200 million budget went
toward de-aging the stars for the movie’s
early sequences.
CAST ROBERT DE NIRO, AL PACINO, JOE
PESCI, RAY ROMANO, ANNA PAQUIN,
HARVEY KEITEL, BOBBY CANNAVALE,
JESSE PLEMONS, STEPHEN GRAHAM, JACK
HUSTON, ALEKSA PALLADINO RATING R
RUNNING TIME 209 MIN.
WAVES
NOV. 1 / A24
Trey Edward Schults, who wrote and
directed the acclaimed Krisha and
It Comes at Night, returns with this
provocative drama about tensions
within a suburban African American
family. Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Luce) is a
high-school wrestling star, newcomer
Taylor Russell is his sensitive sister, and
Sterling K. Brown (“This Is Us”) is their
demanding father.
CAST KELVIN HARRISON JR., STERLING K.
BROWN, TAYLOR RUSSELL, LUCAS HEDGES,
RENÉE ELISE GOLDSBERRY, ALEXA DEMIE,
NEAL HUFF, CLIFTON COLLINS JR. RATING
TBA RUNNING TIME 135 MIN.
MARRIAGE STORY
NOV. 6 / NETFLIX
Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson
earned raves in Venice, Telluride, and Toronto
for their performances in this drama
about a couple—a New York theater
director and his main actress—dealing
with a painful divorce and fighting over
custody of their son. The film has been
praised as a career high point for director
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