Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” has been announced as the spotlight gala film at the 61st New York Film Festival.
“Maestro is a bravura achievement for its director and star, a work of conviction and imagination that does justice to the brilliance and complexity of its subject,” said Dennis Lim, artistic director of New York Film Festival. “We are honored to have Bradley Cooper’s enthralling film as a gala presentation at this year’s festival, and doubly so to be showing it in a venue that is synonymous with Leonard Bernstein.”
“Maestro” is a biographical romance in which Cooper plays the famed conductor Leonard Bernstein. On Oct. 2, it will become the first film to premiere in the new David Geffen Hall, home of the New York Philharmonic, which Bernstein led for over a decade and where New York Film Festival began in 1963.
The film focuses on Bernstein’s tumultuous 25-year marriage to Felicia Montealegre,...
“Maestro is a bravura achievement for its director and star, a work of conviction and imagination that does justice to the brilliance and complexity of its subject,” said Dennis Lim, artistic director of New York Film Festival. “We are honored to have Bradley Cooper’s enthralling film as a gala presentation at this year’s festival, and doubly so to be showing it in a venue that is synonymous with Leonard Bernstein.”
“Maestro” is a biographical romance in which Cooper plays the famed conductor Leonard Bernstein. On Oct. 2, it will become the first film to premiere in the new David Geffen Hall, home of the New York Philharmonic, which Bernstein led for over a decade and where New York Film Festival began in 1963.
The film focuses on Bernstein’s tumultuous 25-year marriage to Felicia Montealegre,...
- 8/16/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has revealed the first official trailer for “Maestro,” Bradley Cooper’s second directorial effort that sees the actor star as conductor Leonard Bernstein.
The biographical romance, which Cooper also co-wrote and produced, chronicles the life of the acclaimed conductor and composer with a focus on his tumultuous 25-year marriage to Felicia Montealegre.
Co-starring opposite Cooper is “She Said” actor Carey Mulligan as Montealegre. Maya Hawke plays their daughter, Jamie, and Sam Nivola plays their son, Alexander. Additional cast members include Matt Bomer, Sarah Silverman, Gideon Glick, Gabe Fazio, Eric Parkinson, William Hill, Nick Blaemire, Oscar Pavlo, Tim Rogan and Mallory Portnoy.
Producers include Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, and executive producers are Carla Raij, Josh Singer, Bobby Wilhelm, Weston Middleton and Tracey Landon. In addition to Cooper, “Spotlight” scribe Josh Singer co-wrote the screenplay. Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” collaborator Matthew Libatique is the cinematographer.
The biographical romance, which Cooper also co-wrote and produced, chronicles the life of the acclaimed conductor and composer with a focus on his tumultuous 25-year marriage to Felicia Montealegre.
Co-starring opposite Cooper is “She Said” actor Carey Mulligan as Montealegre. Maya Hawke plays their daughter, Jamie, and Sam Nivola plays their son, Alexander. Additional cast members include Matt Bomer, Sarah Silverman, Gideon Glick, Gabe Fazio, Eric Parkinson, William Hill, Nick Blaemire, Oscar Pavlo, Tim Rogan and Mallory Portnoy.
Producers include Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, and executive producers are Carla Raij, Josh Singer, Bobby Wilhelm, Weston Middleton and Tracey Landon. In addition to Cooper, “Spotlight” scribe Josh Singer co-wrote the screenplay. Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” collaborator Matthew Libatique is the cinematographer.
- 8/15/2023
- by Katie Reul
- Variety Film + TV
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