“Paul and I were talking constantly about this,” said Hanks. “Had he not found Johanna what would have happened to this man-what would he have been five years later?” asked Ray. I mean you can’t get from Point A to point B any faster than our horse Wimpy would walk.” “I think to be an actor in that-I just ended up liking the slower, plodding pace. “In that regard, the Western was absolutely fantastic,” noted Hanks. And that timeless theme, that timeless story of very damaged people becoming better.”Īnd, he added, one is looking for “big obstacles” that can keep the story from happening too easy. That wasn’t nearly as interesting as what we had in hand, which is the story of Captain Kidd and young Johanna or Cicada as she’s known. “The thing that Westerns have always had for them was some kind of gunplay and justice against long odds. Hanks pointed out that as “pieces of commerce” there are a lot of arguments against making Westerns. PREDICT the 2021 Oscar nominations through March 15 And that for me, made it incredibly contemporary and incredibly affecting because just two wonderful characters go on a wonderful journey.” The adventure is a journey out of dark times, to something hopeful. “He comes upon this girl and they go on an adventure. “I think you can say it is a post-Civil War film, but in the end, it’s the story of a lonely newsreader who lost everything,” said Greengrass. The romance of the West.” But as is the case of the best films of the genre, “News of the World” is so much more than a “Western.” “I remember ‘Bonanza’ as a kid-that was always on in the U.K.
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Greengrass noted he grew up watching Westerns on TV in England. And Greengrass and Luke Davies won the National Board of Review honor for best screenplay. The acclaimed “News of the World,” which recalls John Ford’s 1956 masterpiece “The Searchers,” has been receiving awards buzz especially for German-born Zengel, Dariusz Wolski’s cinematography and James Newton Howard’s score. Army to return Johanna (Zengel), a young girl who had been captured by the Kiowa six years later, to her relatives. His life changes when he is told by the U.S.
Set in 1870, “News of the World” finds Hanks playing a Confederate veteran Captain Kidd who travels to small towns in Texas to read the news of the world.
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