The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Daughter of Sidney Lumet who appeared in his films but whose first script, Rachel Getting Married, has been directed by Jonathan Demme
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
After 13 years of pecking away at screenplays, Jenny Lumet is finally seeing one of her scripts come to life on the big screen. “Rachel Getting Married,” a drama that opened Friday, documents the havoc wreaked at a wedding by the bride’s sister, a recovering addict played by Anne Hathaway. ( Kansas City Star critic Robert Butler gave it four stars.)
SimplyScripts (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Spirit Award nominations are out Best First Screenplay Dustin Lance Black, “Milk” Lance Hammer, “Ballast” Courtney Hunt, “Frozen River” Jonathan Levine, “The Wackness” Jenny Lumet, “Rachel Getting Married” script online Best Screenplay Woody Allen, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” script online Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, “Sugar” Charlie Kaufman, “Synecdoche, New York” script online Howard A....
The Screenwriters League (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Like Zombie did a few weeks ago, yesterday I treated myself to a morning at the cinema and saw Rachel Getting Married . Written by Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married is, as I'm sure you're well aware by now, about dysfunctional ex-junkie Kym, played wonderfully by Anne Hathaway, getting leave from rehab to attend her sister Rachel's wedding. and all that happens over that wedding weekend....
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
Part 1 of 2: Rachel Getting Married Special When I interviewed screenwriter Jenny Lumet she claimed ignorance, blissful ignorance, when it came to the movie industry. While it's true that she grew up in a famous household (she calls legendary Lena Horne grandmother and one of Hollywood's most lauded filmmakers, Sidney Lumet, father) she didn't know the fine details of getting script...
STV News - Entertainment (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Nearly a year after they walked off the job for the Writers Guild of America's 100-day strike, six screenwriters recently met at a Beverly Hills eatery to talk about their work. In attendance were Dustin Lance Black ("Milk"), Jenny Lumet ("Rachel Getting Married"), Thomas McCarthy ("The Visitor"), John Patrick Shanley ("Doubt"), Andrew Stanton ("WALL-E")...
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Variety your daily dose of Pushing Daisies cancellation (?) paranoia Anne Thompson Oscar's Animated race Defamer mixed buzz for Curious Case s & Revolutionary Road s Reel Artsy Screenwriter Jenny Lumet wins the first of presumably multiple prizes for Rachel Getting Married Pfeiffer the Face a new poster for Personal Effects (now aiming for 2009 release) and editing officially wraps on...
Deadline Hollywood Daily (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
... In addition to Hawkins, ICM has Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler, Michael Sheen for Frost/Nixon, Jenny Lumet and Jonathan Demme for Rachel Getting Married, Christian McKay for Me And Orson Welles, Rosario Dawson for Seven Pounds, Beyoncé Knowles for Cadillac Records, Kathy Bates for Revolutionary Road, and Alexa Davalas for Defiance. There's an interesting agency backstory about The...
Miami Student (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
... sticks better than any character's in recent memory.Director Jonathan Demme and screenwriter Jenny Lumet's dedication to reality has both its pros and cons. One positive is the work's style: like any homemade documentary, the story is portrayed through shaky low-quality cameras with awkward lighting and gritty visuals. On the down side, several of the film's sequences-such as the...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... for "Stop Loss" -- Super Producer, Shauna Robertson, for "Pineapple Express" -- Screenwriter, Jenny Lumet, for "Rachel Getting Married" -- Cinematographer, Wally Pfister, for "The Dark Knight" -- Production Designer, Martin Laing, for "City of Ember" -- Costume Designer, Albert Wolsky, for "Revolutionary Road" -- Property Master, Russell Bobbitt, for "Iron Man" -- Stunt Choreography,...
Filmmaker Magazine: Blog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... saw Rachel Getting Married last night and want to tell you that it is a total gem. The script, by Jenny Lumet, is amazing -- extremely mature and subtle and featuring complex, finely drawn characters across the board. But it's the absolute audaciousness of the movie itself that is overwhelming. The rehearsal dinner toasts go on and on. We start to think, "Okay, this is too much."...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
Anne Hathaway gives a powerful performance in 'Rachel Getting Married' **** Samuel Johnson famously remarked that a second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience. Director Jonathan Demme and screenwriter Jenny Lumet, in their tumultuous and moving Rachel Getting Married , suggest that this saying applies to a first marriage, too, when the bride or groom is the product of a shattered...
Tativille (Free subscription) | 25/10/2008
Jonathan Demme's Rachel Getting Married , from a screenplay by Jenny Lumet , condenses many of the key preoccupations of a three-decade directorial career that is better-known for its less personal The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Oscar-aspirant Philadelphia (1993) examples, or even for its inexplicable remakes - The Truth About Charlie (2002) and The Manchurian Candidate (2004) -...
Celebrity Baby Blog (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
Amy Sussman/Getty Former Third Watch star (and Will & Grace's Vince!) Bobby Cannavale and his 10-year-old son Jacob posed in lookalike black ensembles at the LAByrinth Theater Company's 6th Annual Gala Benefit, held Monday evening at Terminal 5 in NYC. Mom is ex-wife Jenny Lumet, to whom Bobby, 37, was...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
... around the incursion of a not-fully-rehabilitated narcissist into a celebration that isn't hers. Jenny Lumet's script is modest in the best sense. The action takes place over one weekend. When Kym arrives, the house is full of people rehearsing music, setting up tents, generally enjoying the prenuptial buildup. It's a scene Kym responds to with impatience, dread and contempt. The...
