Set against the rise and fall of the weather underground, the antiwar group of the vietnam war era, the company you keep is a sweeping american saga about sacrifice, the ecstatic righteousness of youth, and the tension between political ideals and family loyalties. After years in hiding, exweather underground militant, nick sloan aka jim grant, learns about his old compatriots arrest for a bank robbery turned deadly in the 1970s, which he is wanted for as an accomplice. In robert redford assassination of abraham lincoln, and the company you keep 2012, in which he starred as a family man running from his radical activist past. His directing style is characterized by long, meditative takes and by an emotional detachment from subject matter that serves to.
The movie is quite faithful to the book, but theres so much more in the book about the times in which the book is set i learned a great deal about the late sixties that i had never understood before even though i was. For nearly 50 years, robert redford has been on quest to prove he is more than a golden boy matinee idol. The 37th annual toronto international film festival tiff was held in toronto, ontario, canada between september 6 and september 16, 2012. Starring robert redford, shia labeouf, julie christie, susan sarandon. As for nick sloan, hes the one exweatherman character we dont believe as. He may be one of the best understated actors in the business, and he has stuffed this drama with an ensemble of fine and finer thespians with a cupboardfull of award nominations and wins among them. The company you keep 2012 cinema clock movie times. The great cast of characters, though, raises this up a notch. Tiff announced the films that were accepted on august 21, 2012.
Shia labeouf tries to convince anna kendrick to help him with a big story in this scene from director robert redfords new thriller. The festival opened with the indian director mira nairs the reluctant fundamentalist, and closed with the out of competition film the man who laughs, directed by jeanpierre ameris. After living for more than 30 years underground, grant must now go on. Watch the company you keep online stream full movie. The company you keep 2012 the company you keep 2012. In the company you keep, he looks and moves like a really fit, handsome 76yearold a real distraction, given hes playing a former 1970s radical who now has an 11yearold daughter and is living a quiet life under an assumed name. His directing style is characterized by long, meditative takes and by an emotional detachment from subject matter that serves to heighten the irony of the narrative. Jim grant robert redford is a public interest lawyer and single father raising his daughter in the tranquil suburbs of albany, new york. Now a major motion picture directed by robert redford and starring shia labeouf, susan sarandon, julie christie. To start watching from thousands of movies and tv shows, all free, you ll need to sign in or create an account. No, its a fictional story, based on the novel by neil gordon. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies.
The company you keep is nowhere near as formally audacious as soderberghs film, but in its stolid, oldfashioned way, it satisfies an appetite, especially among mature auds, for dialogue. With every change of scene in the company you keep redfords first actingdirecting effort since 2007s lions for lambs comes another actor well and. The company you keep official trailer sonypicturesdvd. People like sam elliott, nick nolte, chris cooper and stanley tucci have a couple, three scenes at most and arent given much of anything to sink their teeth into. Films of the united states, 2012 wikimedia commons.
Your account returns centre 100% purchase protection amazon app download amazon assistant download help. The company you keep is a frustratingly slowburning thriller about very contemporary. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Grants world is turned upside down,when a brash young reporter named ben shepard shia labeouf exposes his true identity as a former 1970s antiwar radical fugitive wanted for murder. The company you keep feels generic from start to finish. I dunno what it was about it, but i didnt think it was. Dark of the moon like all of us, he can barely seem to stomach the third transformers movie.
A thriller centered on a former weather underground activist who goes on the run from a journalist who has discovered his identity. The last time we saw footage from the company you keep a political thriller directed by and starring robert redford it was just about to premiere in toronto. The company you keep, based on the novel by neil gordon, has so far won two awards from the venice film festival and is a hard look back at the radical era that made redford. The film was produced by nicolas chartier voltage pictures, redford and bill holderman. The company you keep 20 cast and crew decades after an illfated robbery, a former member susan sarandon of the weather underground turns herself in to authorities. The company you keep 2012 il film impropriamente tradotto. I saw the movie of the company you keep, and thought it so interesting that i just had to read the book. The company you keep national news story clip apr 1, 20.
When a young reporter figures out the truth, grant must stay one step ahead of the fbi, who want to. Robert redfords company you keep revisits radical 60s the. Although not one of redfords best, the company you keep is still way better than the majority of so called thrillerdramas produced these days in my humble opinion. Now a housewife, she has just been arrested for the murder of a bank guard during a robbery many years earlier. Paul wilson novel of the same name, originally published in 1981. Redford plays jim grant, an attorney and widower, who is contacted by a friend to help a former activist susan sarandon. But dont let that spoil a look back at a movie that finds new ways to obliterate the world. Shia labeouf tries to convince anna kendrick to help him with a big story in this. Ben shepard is a young and ambitious reporter determined to make a name for himself in the media world.
The company you keep movie trailer, starring shia labeouf, robert redford and julie christie. Rent the company you keep 2012 on dvd and bluray dvd. Oh, sure, you can look at the pictures, but without the dialogue its going to be most. Heres the official track list of the soundtrack of the company you keep, the upcoming thriller movie directed by robert redford and based on the novel of the same name written by neil gordon. Media in category films of the united states, 2012 the following 11 files are in this category, out of 11 total. Trailer for the company you keep robert redford directs and stars in this gripping political thriller about a young journalist shia labeouf who stumbles upon the story of his career when he uncovers the identity of a wanted exradical activist. The company you keep is ridiculously star studded the supporting cast includes older superstars like julie christie and nick nolte. Rent the company you keep 2012 starring robert redford and shia labeouf on dvd and bluray. The theatrical trailer premiered on 3 november 2011, and the film was released on 6 january 2012. In select theaters october 16, everywhere october 30. Read the the company you keep movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. The company you keep 2012 full movie download full hd.
Jun 30, 2003 set against the rise and fall of the weather underground, the antiwar group of the vietnam war era, the company you keep is a sweeping american saga about sacrifice, the ecstatic righteousness of youth, and the tension between political ideals and family loyalties. Aug 31, 2012 trailer for the company you keep robert redford directs and stars in this gripping political thriller about a young journalist shia labeouf who stumbles upon the story of his career when he uncovers the identity of a wanted exradical activist redford who has been underground for five decades. This movie has some solid performances and seeing julie christie in a film is incredible. Watch the company you keep starring robert redford in this drama on directv. The company you keep is one of those complex thrillers with some twists and turns, that just doesnt work out quite like it could have. Robert redfords drama received the venice film festivals open prize and the vittorio veneto film festival award. Robert redford used to not be preachythere, i said it, believe it or not. Apr 11, 20 yet like so many great stars before him, redford, now 76, steadfastly refuses to go gently into that good grandfatherhood.
This is the most depressing movie ever made about radicalism. The company you keep is a 2012 american political thriller film produced, directed by and starring robert redford. The first trailer for robert redfords the company you keep, starring redford, shia labeouf, susan sarandon, and brit marling. The film features an ensemble cast of abhishek bachchan, bobby deol, vinod khanna, bipasha basu, neil nitin mukesh, sonam kapoor, sikandar kher and omi vaidya in the lead roles, while aftab shivdasani appears in a cameo. But along with those emotions, this earnest, wellintentioned movie elicits frustration that its story had to be packaged as a conventional, not very. Before settling into such comfortable territory, however, the movie is propulsive and involving. Watch the company you keep full movie in hd visit movie 87496 a former weather underground activist goes on the run from a jo. The company you keep, a 2012 political thriller film disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title the company you keep. Robert redfords the company you keep 2012 movie trailer stars robert redford, shia labeouf, susan sarandon, stanley tucci, and nick nolte. The company you keep 2012 is available on netflix since. Working from a script by lem dobbs, robert redford directs and stars in the company you keep as jim grant, a former member of the weather underground who has been hiding out under an assumed identity ever since members of the group participated in a bank heist that ended in a guards death.
Robert redford stars with a wonderful cast of golden oldies in the company you keep, a 2012 film. The 69th annual venice international film festival, organized by venice biennale, took place at venice lido from 29 august to 8 september 2012. The company you keep 2012 tt81404 a former weather underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity. Decades after an illfated robbery, a former member susan sarandon of the weather underground turns herself in to authorities. The company you keep film by redford 2012 britannica. It was produced by harald kloser, mark gordon, and larry j. I think you will too, i just wish there was a little more tension to build on it lacked a little of that, but overall the company you keep is good reminder of,if you want to do anything,underhanded that isdo it yourself that way you have nobody to. Set against the rise and fall of the radical antiwar group the weather underground, the company you keep is a sweeping american saga about sacrifice, the ecstatic righteousness of youth, and the tension between political ideals and family loyalties. If the company you keep is far from radical, its pretty audacious by the standards of. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the company you keep near you. I just love robert redfordmovies,you will never see this guy doing. Siskel wrote, stay away from the keep, one of the most inaudible movies ever made. The company you keep smoothly combines the pacing of a race for survival with the consciousness of a moderate liberal trying to show the unglamorous effects of sins, like excessive ambition and murder, over a lifetime.
The company you keep 20 decades after an illfated robbery, a former member susan sarandon of the weather underground turns herself in to authorities. Like our page for more clips, news, and theater information. The film stars john cusack, chiwetel ejiofor, amanda peet, oliver platt, thandie newton, danny glover, and woody harrelson. The company you keep 2012 official trailer youtube. The company you keep movie clip it didnt come from me. As the company you keep adds more characters and ladles on the soapopera twists, we get further and further away from those early, riveting scenes with sarandon who disappears from the movie and other weather people now living lawabiding lives under assumed names. The company you keep has a startlingly starstudded cast and i was surprised to see that most of them were in small, thankless roles. Rent the company you keep 2012 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. In its favor the film does not overdo its sympathy for the kids of these radicals, although brit marling as rebecca osborne would make anyone cry over her, so. The script was written by lem dobbs based on the 2003 novel of the same name by neil gordon.
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