Kit Harington
John F. Donovan
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The Death & Life of John F. Donovan is a 2018 Canadian drama film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Xavier Dolan, in his English -language debut. The film stars Kit Harington, Jacob Tremblay, Natalie Portman, Susan Sarandon, Kathy Bates, Thandiwe Newton, Ben Schnetzer, and Jared Keeso. It deals with themes of celebrity, tabloid media in ...
Dec 13, 2019 · The Death & Life of John F. Donovan: Directed by Xavier Dolan. With Kit Harington, Natalie Portman, Jacob Tremblay, Susan Sarandon. A decade after the death of an American television star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he shared with him, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.
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- Drama
- Xavier Dolan
- 2019-12-13
Sep 13, 2018 · Toronto Film Review: ‘The Death and Life of John F. Donovan’. Xavier Dolan crafts an ecstatic ode to the power of celebrity in this intensely personal account of how a child actor’s ...
Dec 13, 2019 · Harrington plays John with the thickest layer of doomed brooding, which almost comes off as comical in certain scenes, like during his exaggerated migraine-turned-fistfight on set near the end of the film. Despite the talented cast and an appropriately gloomy cinematography by frequent Dolan collaborator André Turpin, the movie feels so wildly ...
Jun 4, 2019 · Kit Harington plays Donovan, a spiralling young actor who finds in Rupert Turner (Jacob Tremblay), an 11-year-old fan, the most unexpected pen-pal. Now fully grown, years after John’s death, Rupert (Ben Schnetzer) chooses to gather their correspondence for a book, reflecting on the late star’s state(s) of mind through his words.
Sep 11, 2018 · Jacob Tremblay in The Death and Life of John F Donovan Photograph: 1996-98 AccuSoft Inc., All right/Toronto film festival. Dolan’s affinity for soap worked in his favour with the energetic ...
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