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Seduced And Abandoned (2013 Film)
''Seduced and Abandoned'' is a 2013 documentary film directed by James Toback. The film details the journey of Toback and actor Alec Baldwin, as they try to sell a film concept at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012. Taking part in several pitch sessions with producers as well as interviews with directors and actors, the duo explore the film production aspect of film financing. The film premiered at the festival a year later on May 20, 2013. Cast * Ryan Gosling as Himself * Jessica Chastain as Herself * Diane Kruger as Herself * Martin Scorsese as Himself * Alec Baldwin as Himself * James Caan as Himself * Roman Polanski as Himself * Francis Ford Coppola as Himself * Bérénice Bejo as Herself * Bernardo Bertolucci as Himself * Charlotte Kirk as Herself * Jeremy Thomas as Himself * Ben Schneider as Himself * Thorsten Schumacher as Himself * Taki Theodoracopulos as Himself Production After discussing a film idea for quite some time, actor Alec Baldwin and writer/director James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Toback
James Toback (; born November 23, 1944) is an American film director and screenwriter. His screenplay for ''Bugsy'' won the 1991 Los Angeles Film Critics Association award for best screenplay of the year and was nominated for both the Academy Award for best original screenplay and for the Golden Globe best screenplay award. Toback's documentary Tyson, which he directed and co-produced, was featured at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, winning a prize in the festival's ''Un Certain Regard'' section. That film was nominated for best documentary awards in several United States competitions. In 2009, the San Francisco International Film Festival selected Toback for its annual Kanbar Award for excellence in screenwriting. Filmmaker Nicholas Jarecki examined Toback in a 2005 documentary '' The Outsider: A Film about James Toback''. Interspliced with a narrative tracking Toback's 2004 whirlwind creation of '' When Will I Be Loved'', Jarecki puts a "Who is James Toback?" question to multipl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
