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| Bradley Cooper, director of Is This Thing On?: “NYC injects an energy into every aspect of filmmaking that just can’t be replicated.” Photo: Anne Katrin Titze |
Film at Lincoln Center has announced that Bradley Cooper’s Is This Thing On? (based on British comedian John Bishop), starring Will Arnett and Laura Dern with Andra Day, Christine Ebersole, Ciarán Hinds, Sean Hayes, Peyton Manning, and Amy Sedaris is the Closing Night selection of the 63rd New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall on Friday, October 10, with the director and members of the cast in attendance. It is a Searchlight Pictures release from Lea Pictures and Archery Pictures. Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, co-written with Josh Singer on the life of Leonard Bernstein was the Spotlight Gala selection of the 61st New York Film Festival.
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| Bradley Cooper’s Is This Thing On? to close 63rd New York Film Festival Photo: Jason McDonald, courtesy of Searchlight Pictures |
Bradley Cooper: “We are honoured and humbled to première our film at the New York Film Festival. Earlier this year we had the wonderful opportunity to shoot this story all throughout the city, so it’s very exciting to debut it on the closing evening of the festival.
“I have attended many premières at NYFF over the years and to have the support and belief in our film from Dennis Lim and his team is an enormous thing for us. Thank you! On behalf of Will, Laura, and the entire cast and crew—we can’t wait!”
“We are thrilled to close the festival with Bradley Cooper’s delightful third feature,” said Dennis Lim, Artistic Director, New York Film Festival. “Is This Thing On? is a film of many dimensions and surprises: a fond tribute to New York City’s comedy scene, a sensitive study of midlife discontent, and a modern-day comedy of remarriage, pitch-perfect in its balance of humor and feeling.”
The NYFF Main Slate selection committee is chaired by Dennis Lim, NYFF Artistic Director, and includes Florence Almozini, Justin Chang, K. Austin Collins, and Rachel Rosen.
The 63rd New York Film Festival runs from Friday, September 26 through Monday, October 13.
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