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The Congress is a 2013 live-action/animated science-fiction drama film written and directed by Ari Folman, based on Stanisław Lem's 1971 Polish science-fiction novel The Futurological Congress. It stars Robin Wright as a fictionalized version of herself who agrees to have a film studio use a digital clone of her in any film they want.
Jul 24, 2014 · The Congress: Directed by Ari Folman. With Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Sami Gayle, Jon Hamm. An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
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- Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
- Ari Folman
- 2014-07-24
Aug 29, 2014 · "The Congress," playing fast and loose with a source novel by Stanislaw Lem, splits from its version of reality at the 45-minute mark, and at that point becomes a decadent post-modern classic. Wright is invited to a Futurist Congress by her studio (a "restricted, animated zone") and becomes embroiled in a bizarre bit of mental espionage ...
Jun 9, 2013 · The Congress Movie. By Amy Renner Oct. 20, 2014. Who's Involved: Paul Giamatti, Robin Wright, Jon Hamm, Harvey Keitel, Ari Folman. Release Date: Friday, August 29, 2014 Limited. N/A NOT AVAILABLE MPA. Runtime: N/A. Language: English. Buy / Rent. Contents: Plot. Cast/Crew. Trailers. Production. Releases. Photos. Q / A. Plot: What's the story about?
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- Harvey Keitel
- Ari Folman
The National Film Registry (NFR) is the United States National Film Preservation Board's (NFPB) collection of films selected for preservation, each selected for its historical, cultural and aesthetic contributions since the NFPB's inception in 1988.
Film TitleFilm TypeYear Of ReleaseYear Of InductionNarrative feature19681991Narrative feature19572012Documentary19972017Narrative feature19582008Part live-action and part animation, Israeli director Ari Folman’s The Congress presents a sharp picture of the Hollywood of the future in which flesh and blood actors have been replaced by computer images, scanned to capture them at the most productive point of their career (technology that Folman discovered already exists).
Aug 29, 2014 · International Cinephile Society Awards. • 1 Win & 2 Nominations. More than two decades after catapulting to stardom with The Princess Bride, an aging actress (Robin Wright, playing a version of herself) decides to take her final job: preserving her digital likeness for a future Hollywood.
