A place beyond the pines a film by derek cianfrance
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- RAY LIOTTA (Deluca)
- ROSE BYRNE (Jennifer)
- BRUCE GREENWOOD (Bill Killcullen)
- THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES About the Filmmakers DEREK CIANFRANCE (Co-Writer/Director)
- JAMIE PATRICOF (Producer)
- LYNETTE HOWELL (Producer)
- ALEX ORLOVSKY (Producer)
With three upcoming film projects in 2012, New York City native Emory Cohen, is making his mark as one of Hollywood's fastest rising young stars. He can be seen in the upcoming The Place Beyond The Pines, as AJ, alongside Bradley Cooper and Ryan Gosling, which will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2012.Also set for theatrical release, Emory is the lead in Four, playing June, alongside Wendell Pierce. Four debuted at the Los Angeles Film Festival where it was reviewed as “A Remarkable and Moving Portrait of Solitude.” The cast won ‘Best Performance in the Narrative Competition.’Currently, Emory is filming the independent feature Blue Potato as Casper, a dreamer with no ambition to fuel those dreams. The film is written and produced by Gita Pullapilly and Aron Gaudet, whose documentary project The Way We Get By won 18 festival awards.In the fall of 2012 Cohen will reprise his role as ‘Leo’ on NBC’s SMASH as ‘Julia Houston’ (Debra Messing)’s son.His past film credits include: Tess and Nana, Afterschool, Lucky Dog, Nor’Easter and Hungry Ghosts, a feature directed by Michael Imperioli. RAY LIOTTA (Deluca) With more than 60 feature films to his credit, Ray Liotta has chosen diverse and challenging roles in both comedies and drama. Liotta started his career with a Golden Globe nominated performance in Jonathan Demme’s Something Wild and followed this playing the title character of ‘Eugene’ opposite Tom Hulce in Dominic And Eugene, and then the iconic role of ‘Shoeless Joe Jackson’ in the Oscar-nominated, Field Of Dreams. But perhaps the film that brought Liotta his most widespread acclaim was his portrayal of real-life mobster ‘Henry Hill’ in Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas starring opposite Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci. His performance helped the film earn a ‘Best Picture’ Academy Award nomination and solidified Liotta's status with critics and the public alike. Liotta continued to create notable performances is films like Copland opposite Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel for director James Mangold, Hannibal opposite Anthony Hopkins for director Ridley Scott, Heartbreakers with Sigourney Weaver, and Blow opposite Johnny Depp. Liotta then produced and starred in the intense cop drama Narc for director Joe Carnahan. The film would received critical acclaim and earn Liotta an Independent Spirit Award nomination for his searing performance as Henry Oak. Liotta’s upcoming films include The Place Beyond The Pines for director Derek Cianfrance and opposite Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper, and he will next be seen opposite Brad Pitt in Cogan’s Trade for director Andrew Dominik, The Details opposite Tobey Maguire, and The Son Of No One opposite Al Pacino and Channing Tatum. He also has a fun cameo in the Judd Apatow produced comedy, Wanderlust with Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston. Other recent films include Date Night opposite Tina Fey and Steve Carell, Observe And Report opposite Seth Rogen, Youth In Revolt opposite Michael Sera, Wild Hogs opposite Tim Allen and John Travolta, and Smokin’ Aces opposite Ryan Reynolds which would reunite him with director Joe Carnahan. Liotta made a guest appearance on the television drama ER which ignited the series ratings and was the most talked-about episode earning him an Emmy award win for ‘Best Guest Actor’. Also on Television, Liotta starred in HBO’S The Rat Pack playing Frank Sinatra. His portrayal would earn Liotta a Screen Actors Guild nomination for ‘Best Actor’. For his 2004 Broadway debut opposite Frank Langella in Stephen Belber's Match, Liotta received a Distinguished Performance honor at the 70th Annual Drama League Awards. A New Jersey native, Liotta began acting while a student at the University of Miami. He now resides in Los Angeles, California. ROSE BYRNE (Jennifer) In a short amount of time, Rose Byrne has established herself as a rising star of the big screen. The Australian native commands the attention of filmgoers and television viewers with her beauty, talent, versatility and poise. For two consecutive years, Byrne was nominated for an Emmy for her portrayal of Ellen Parsons on the critically acclaimed and Emmy-nominated FX Network series Damages. She also received a Golden Globe nomination for ‘Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture’ in 2010 and 2008. The third season finished airing on FX in May 2010 and the series was picked up by DirecTV for a fourth and fifth season. The fifth and final season of the Sony-produced series premiered July 2012. Glenn Close co-stars in the series. Byrne is scheduled to begin shooting the new comedy The Internship in Atlanta this month alongside Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. Vaughn and Wilson play men in their forties who have been laid off and find work as interns at a young and successful Internet company. Byrne plays a manager with a wandering eye. Last year, Byrne starred seen in three blockbuster films. The first film Insidious is a paranormal thriller co-starring Patrick Wilson. In the film, she portrays the mother of a young boy who is haunted by a paranormal channel, from which she and her husband (Wilson) must rescue him. The film is directed by James Wan (Saw) and produced by Oren Peli (Paranormal Activity). It screened at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival and was released April 1, 2011. Byrne also appeared in the comedy Bridesmaids, which was written by and co-stars Kristin Wiig (Saturday Night Live). Bridesmaids marked Byrne’s second collaboration with comedy producer Judd Apatow and Universal Pictures. Byrne and Wiig portray rival bridesmaids in the film which was released on May 13, 2011. The film won multiple awards including ‘AFI Movie of the Year’ for the AFI Film Awards, ‘Best Ensemble’ for the 2011 New York Film Critics Online Awards, ‘Favorite Comedy Movie’ for the 2012 People’s Choice Awards and was nominated for ‘Best Original Screenplay’ for the 2012 Academy Awards, ‘Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture’ for the 2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards, ‘Favorite Movie and Favorite Ensemble Movie Cast’ for the 2012 People’s Choice Awards, ‘Best Acting Ensemble’ and ‘Best Comedy’ for the 2011 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, ‘Best Picture for a Comedy or Musical’ for the 2011 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Awards, ‘Best Picture’ for the 2011 Producers Guild of America Awards, ‘Best Ensemble’ for the 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards, ‘Best Acting Ensemble’ for the 2012 Critics Choice Awards and ‘Best Motion Picture’ for the 2012 Golden Globes. In addition to both in Insidious and Bridesmaids, Byrne starred in the prequel to the X-Men franchise, X Men: First Class as CIA agent Moira MacTaggert. The latest film in the franchise provides an origin foundation for the series and co-stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, January Jones, Kevin Bacon and Jennifer Lawrence. The film was released on June 3, 2011 and brought in over $50 million dollars at the box office in its opening weekend. Byrne starred in producer Judd Apatow’s 2010 film Get Him to the Greek. Written by the film’s director Nicolas Stoller and Jason Segal, Get Him to the Greek is a spin-off of 2008’s hit Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Russell Brand reprises his role as Aldous Snow, the rocker ex-boyfriend of Byrne’s ‘Jackie Q,’ an outrageous pop star. Jonah Hill and Sean Combs also star. Universal Pictures released the film on June 4, 2010. Illustrating her inimitable range and versatility, Byrne co-starred alongside Nicolas Cage in the mega-thriller Knowing. The film was released by Summit Entertainment on March 20, 2009 and came in number one at the box office on its opening weekend. Also in 2009, Byrne co-starred in Adam, a unique love story set against the backdrop of Manhattan, with thespians Hugh Dancy and Peter Gallagher. The film was purchased by Fox Searchlight at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and was released on July 29, 2009. Her additional credits include Sophia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, the sci-fi thrillers 28 Weeks Later and Danny Boyle’s Sunshine, critically acclaimed independent film The Dead Girl, Wolfgang Peterson’s epic Troy opposite Brad Pitt, Paul McGuigan’s thriller Wicker Park with Josh Hartnett, the acclaimed I Capture Castle, based on the classic English romance, the BBC Drama Cassanova with Peter O’Toole and Danny Green’s The Tenants opposite Dylan McDermott. Byrne’s fame in Australia began with her role in the gritty crime comedy Two Hands in which she starred with Heath Ledger. She went on to star in Clara Law’s The Goddess of 1967 for which she was awarded ‘Best Actress’ at the Venice Film Festival. Byrne resides in New York, Los Angeles and Australia. BRUCE GREENWOOD (Bill Killcullen) Bruce Greenwood most recently starred in the ABC Horror/Drama series The River as wildlife explorer and TV personality Emmet Cole who goes looking for magic in the uncharted Amazon and disappears while his family and friends set out on a mysterious and deadly journey to find him. Oren Peli, creator of Paranormal Activity and Steven Spielberg are Executive Producers. He will next be seen in the drama Flight opposite Denzel Washington for Paramount Pictures, directed by Robert Zemeckis. The film centers on airline pilot Whip (Washington) with substance abuse issues who steers an endangered flight to a crash-landing, saving nearly all passengers. Greenwood plays Charlie, the president of the Pilots’ Union who used to fly with Whip and tries to help him through a scandal. The film is slated for a November 2012 release. He just wrapped production on Devils' Knot drawn from the book by the same name opposite Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth for acclaimed Canadian director Atom Egoyan and marks their fourth film together. His 3 previous films include a leading role in Exotica as a tax inspector obsessed with a stripper. The film was nominated for the Palm D’Or at Cannes and named ‘Best Canadian Feature Film’ at the Toronto International Film Festival. He also starred in the drama The Sweet Hereafter playing a father of two children killed in a tragic bus accident. The film earned the ‘Jury Grand Prize’ at Cannes and swept the Genie Awards including ‘Best Motion Picture’ and also earned him a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor. Additionally he starred in the drama Ararat. He recently reprised his role as Captain Christopher Pike in Paramount Pictures next installment of Star Trek opposite Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Zoe Saldana for director J.J. Abrams. The follow up to the 2009 blockbuster is slated for a 2013 release. This summer he starred opposite Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper in A Place Beyond the Pines about a motorcycle stunt rider who considers committing a crime in order to provide for his family, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician. Greenwood plays Bill Killcullen an Assistant District Attorney. The film is written and directed by Derek Cianfrance. Earlier he starred opposite Steve Carell and Paul Rudd in the comedy Dinner for Schmucks for director Jay Roach. His other credits include Mao’s Last Dancer for director Bruce Beresford. The film is based on the best-selling memoir of dancer Li Cunxin, The film premiered as a Special Presentation at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. The Walt Disney action thriller National Treasure: Book of Secrets as the President of the United States opposite Nicholas Cage. In 2007, his dual role in the unconventional biopic of legendary singer/songwriter Bob Dylan I’m Not There opposite Cate Blanchette and Richard Gere for writer/director Todd Haynes earned the Independent Spirit Awards inaugural Robert Altman Award. He is well known for his outstanding portrayal of President John F. Kennedy negotiating the Cuban Missile Crisis and its fallout in the riveting drama Thirteen Days, opposite Kevin Costner and Steven Culp. The film earned Greenwood a Golden Satellite Award for ‘Best Supporting Actor’. In 2006 he appeared in the thriller Déjà Vu for director Tony Scott alongside Denzel Washington and Val Kilmer. In 2005 he starred opposite Philip Seymour as Truman Capote’s partner, writer Jack Dunphy, in Capote. That performance earned him a Screen Actors Guild Nomination for ‘Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture’. In 2004 he appeared opposite Will Smith in the sci-fi box office hit I, Robot in which he played a ruthless CEO of U.S. Robotics who was suspected of murder. That same year he played the dashing paramour of an aging actress (Annette Bening) in the critically- praised Being Julia. That role earned him a Genie Award nomination for ‘Best Supporting Actor’. In 1999 he starred opposite Ashley Judd as a murderous plotting spouse in the suspense thriller “Double Jeopardy,” which earned him a Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination for Favorite Supporting Actor. Greenwood’s other film credits include Meeks Cutoff opposite Michelle Williams for director Kelly Reichardt, Barney’s Version, Donovan’s Echo opposite Danny Glover, as well as Firehouse Dog, Hollywood Homicide, The World’s Fastest Indian, Eight Below, Rules of Engagement, Racing Stripes, Here on Earth, The Lost Son, Thick as Thieves, Disturbing Behavior, Passenger 57 and Wild Orchid. Greenwood also enjoys a diverse and successful career in television. In 2009 he performed in the Hallmark Hall of Fame holiday movie A Dog Named Christmas, based on the Greg Kincaid novel. In 2007 he starred in the David Milch HBO series John from Cincinnati. Earlier in his career he was a regular as Dr. Seth Griffith on the award-winning series St. Elsewhere. He also appeared on the critically-acclaimed Larry Sanders Show. He also starred in the remake of the Magnificent Ambersons, as well as several movies-of- the week presentations, including The Riverman, for A&E and Saving Millie for CBS. Bruce and his wife Susan divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Vancouver. THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES About the Filmmakers DEREK CIANFRANCE (Co-Writer/Director) Derek attended the University of Colorado’s film school, where he studied under avant-garde film legends Stan Brakhage and Phil Solomon. His first three student films took the university’s top prize and earned him a Special Dean’s Grant for Achievement in the Arts as well as the Independent Film Channel’s top award for Excellence in Student Filmmaking. Derek went on to shoot and edit his first feature, Brother Tied, at the age of 23. The film made its American premiere at Sundance, where it was lauded as “one of the most striking American independent debuts in some time” by The Guardian’s Jonathan Romney and hailed as a work of “visual genius” by Newsday’s John Anderson. The film traveled to over 30 festivals and won international awards at six of them. With credentials in narrative filmmaking, Derek ventured into documentary work where he explored a wide array of subjects and characters for both theatrical exhibition and TV. His work has includes profiles of such artists as Mos Def, Sean “Diddy” Combs, and Run-DMC. He has also turned his lens on various topics, from Mixed-Martial Arts fighters for Cagefighter, to Vietnam veteran biker clubs for Rolling Thunder-Ride For Freedom. Serving as director of photography, Derek revealed teen racing and Hispanic subculture in Streets Of Legend for which he won the Excellence in Cinematography Award at Sundance 2003. Derek has also directed numerous commercials and various high profile branded content work including the pioneering internet serial Meet The Lucky Ones which made Adweek’s Top Ten Ad Campaigns of 2004, and the award-winning internet documentary Ford: Bold Moves, which he co-directed with documentary legends Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky. Other campaigns, for which Derek has directed, include ESPN, Honda, the University of Phoenix, and Apple. His second feature, Blue Valentine, had its premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. The Weinstein Company immediately acquired the film, which starred Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. Gosling and Williams received a great deal of critical recognition for their roles, including ‘Best Actor’ and ‘Best Actress’ Golden Globe nominations and a ‘Best Actress’ Oscar nomination for Williams. Derek's most recent feature, The Place Beyond The Pines, stars Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, and Eva Mendes. He is also at work on an adaptation of the memoir Muscle for HBO. JAMIE PATRICOF (Producer) Jamie Patricof is a co-founder of Electric City Entertainment, a production company based in Los Angeles. In 2010 he completed Blue Valentine, a film co-written and directed by Derek Cianfrance, starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, which premiered at Sundance 2010 and was released by The Weinstein Company. The film earned multiple Golden Globe nominations as well as a ‘Best Actress’ nomination for Williams. His most recent film Little Birds, written and directed by Elgin James, debuted at Sundance 2011 and will be released later this year by Millennium Entertainment.
Currently, Patricof is in post-production on The Place Beyond The Pines, the latest film by director Derek Cianfrance, The film stars Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Rose Byrne and Ray Liotta. His first feature, Half Nelson, by filmmakers Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden, premiered in 2006 and garnered significant awards attention, highlighted by Spirit and Gotham Award victories as well as an Academy Award nomination for star Ryan Gosling. Patricof later produced Fleck and Boden’s sophomore feature Sugar.
Patricof is an Executive Producer for the The Rachel Zoe Project on Bravo. His documentary for ESPN’s 30/30 series, Straight Outta L.A., directed by Ice Cube, debuted at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. Patricof executive produced Players: Ludacris and Run DMC and Jam Master Jay: The Last Interview for VH1. Prior to that, he produced ESPN’s Emmy nominated series The Life, a behind-the-scenes look at athletes’ lives off the field. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Los Angeles. LYNETTE HOWELL (Producer) In January 2012, Lynette Howell ventured with longtime producing partner, Jamie Patricof, in launching, Electric City Entertainment, a filmmaker driven Production Company based in Los Angeles. Their first film under the Electric City banner is Derek Cianfrance’s The Place Beyond The Pines starring Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, and Eva Mendes, which will have its world premiere at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival. Lynette also recently completed Matt Ross’s directorial debut 28 Hotel Rooms starring Chris Messina and Marin Ireland, which had its world premiere at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and will be released by Oscilloscope later this year. Lynette’s most recent films include: Blue Valentine directed by Derek Cianfrance and starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams in performances that garnered Golden Globe nominations for both actors and an Oscar nomination for Michelle. The film premiered at the 2010 Sundance, Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals and was released by The Weinstein Company. Other movies produced by Lynette in release last year include Terri written by Patrick deWitt and directed by Azazel Jacobs, starring Jacob Wysocki and John C. Reilly, which was released by ATO Pictures and premiered in competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Also in competition that year was On The Ice written and directed by Sundance Lab alum Andrew Okpeaha MacLean. The film also competed at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the ‘Crystal Bear Award’ and ‘Best First Feature’. Last year Lynette also completed Shark Night 3D, which was released by Relativity Media Labor Day Weekend 2011; and The Space Between written and directed by Travis Fine, starring Melissa Leo, Anthony Keyvan and AnnaSophia Robb, which was released on the USA Network on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Lynette’s previous films include, Half Nelson, directed by Ryan Fleck and starring Ryan Gosling in a performance which garnered him a ‘Best Actor’ Oscar nomination; Stephanie Daley, starring Oscar winners Tilda Swinton and Timothy Hutton, and Amber Tamblyn, written and directed by Hilary Brougher; Mark Heller’s The Passage, which premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival; Phoebe In Wonderland, written and directed by Daniel Barnz and starring Elle Fanning; The Greatest, starring Pierce Brosnan, Oscar winner Susan Sarandon and Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan; and An Invisible Sign Of My Own starring Jessica Alba and Chris Messina. Originally from Liverpool, England, Lynette began her career in London theatre and then went on to become the Theatrical Executive for Broadway and West End production company East of Doheny based in Los Angeles. Lynette is an Advisor to the Sundance Creative Producing Initiative and Film Independents Producers Lab. In 2007 Lynette was named in Variety’s ‘Ten Producers to Watch’ list. ALEX ORLOVSKY (Producer) In 2012, Alex Orlovsky completed two films, The Place Beyond the Pines, starring Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper and Kiss Of The Damned, directed by Xan Cassavetes. He is also in production on Towheads, written, directed by and starring performance artist Shannon Plumb. Previous projects include Terri, directed by Azazel Jacobs, starring Jacob Wysocki and John C Reilly. It premiered in Competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and was released by ATO Pictures. Prior to that, he produced Blue Valentine, starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, which was released theatrically by the Weinstein Company and screened at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, 2010 Cannes Film Festival and at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival. Blue Valentine was nominated for multiple major awards, including two Golden Globes and an Oscar nomination for Michelle. Momma's Man premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, and was distributed by theatrically Kino International. Orlovsky was an Executive Producer on Gerardo Naranjo’s Voy A Explotar, which premiered at the 2008 Venice Film Festival and was released by IFC Films. Also premiering at the Venice Film Festival was Natalie Portman’s directorial debut, a short film called Eve, on which Alex served as Co-Producer. Previous feature films include Ryan Fleck’s Half Nelson, which premiered in August of 2006 and went on to win three Gotham Awards and two Independent Spirit Awards. Its star, Ryan Gosling, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Alex was also the producer of Point and Shoot, which screened at the Tribeca and Hamptons film festivals. Alex currently sits on the board of Artists Public Domain (APD), a non-profit organization dedicated to the production of innovative film and media projects. In addition to Momma’s Man, APD recently premiered Another Earth at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, where it was acquired by Fox Searchlight, Josh Fox’s film Memorial Day at the 2008 Cinevegas Film Festival, and Zero Bridge at the 2008 Venice Film Festival. Alongside his feature work, Orlovsky has produced fine art projects that have shown at some of the most prestigious galleries and museums in New York including the Mary Boone Gallery, the Whitney Museum of Contemporary Art and MoMA. He has also produced music videos, short films & commercials. He also is a faculty member of the film department of SUNY Purchase. 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