Tenderness
There are release dates now for Tenderness at the IMDb: Australia - October 2007 -- The USA - 30 November 2007 - Thanks, Allison
Updated June 26, 2007 Links
for Tenderness Reading Group Guides (Spoilers) *********************** Russell Crowe - Lieutenant Cristofuoro Directed
by John Polson
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2/13/07 - Thanks to Amy at the CC Board: IndieWire: GreeneStreet Sells "Tenderness" (and to Maria) 1/22/07 - Related: John Polson's Tropfest Blog: "...I am also in post-production on my next directing project called “Tenderness”. The cast includes Russell Crowe and Laura Dern and will be out later this year." - Great images from Tenderness HERE at the blog 12/18/06 - The Hollywood Reporter: Lionsgate tries a lot of 'Tenderness' (on their front page) - "Lionsgate has scooped up the rights to the Russell Crowe-starring indie thriller "Tenderness." The studio will distribute the John Polson-directed film from GreeneStreet Films in North America, the U.K., Australia and South Africa." - Direct link to story HERE - Thanks to all
6/14/06 - The Times Herald Record (Tenderness) : Russel(l) Crowe movie being shot in region - Thanks, Maria 6/4/06 - Thanks to June and a friend, larger images of Russell on the set as Lieutenent Cristofuoro 6/2/06 -3 AM Girls The Daily Mirror: "HAS Russell Crowe decided his hardman image had to Go West? Judging by the droopy 'tache that's taken over his chops, [see image in left column] the Gladiator star could double as The Biker from camp 80s group The Village People. Still, Russ has an excuse. He was on the New York set of new film Tenderness on Wednesday. And anyway, at 42 he's too old for the YMCA." - Thanks, Zell 5/21/06 - Cinematical.com: "Laura Dern has joined the cast of Tenderness, the Russell Crowe-starring indie flick we told you about last month. The movie takes on the unsettling subject of a teenage serial killer and his romantic entanglement with a damaged runaway girl. Crowe plays a cop who tries to figure the kid out; it's not clear what role Dern will play. The movie begins shooting this week in New York." - Thanks, Amy (Maybe Lori's mother?) 5/18/06 - The Boston Globe: Word is Steven Foster's famous sons, Ben and Jon, are investors in their father's latest Boston restaurant venture. But don't expect the boys to be hanging around Match on Mass Ave. They're way too busy. Ben's got a big role in the summer blockbuster ''X-Men: The Last Stand" as well as in Nick Cassavetes's upcoming ''Alpha Dog." Meanwhile, Jon's shooting ''Tenderness" with Russell Crowe. . . . 5/18/06 - Comingsoon.net: "GreeneStreet's Russell Crowe-starrer Tenderness has also tapped more cast: Jon Foster (The Door in the Floor) and Sophie Traub (Daltry Calhoun). The film by John Polson (Hide and Seek) starts shooting May 22 and follows Foster as a violent teen whose life intertwines with a 16-year old runaway (Traub). Crowe plays a cop who sets out to unravel Foster's complicated past." - Thanks, Amy 5/9/06 - The IMDb: Re "Tenderness." Posted by joyofsound at the message board -- "...i haven't read the book, only the script. he is described as "being in his 40's, maybe 50's, it's hard to tell" - first shoot date was scheduled for May 22nd . it may have changed. most major locations have been secured." - Thanks, Maria At Showfax.com, calls for casting for Tenderness (Sides are portions of actual scripts that the actors have so they can study their lines. Casting sides are sides given for the use of people who are auditioning for roles of new characters.) NineMSN: (From a November 2005 article on John Polson) -- "...A small but pivotal role in Tenderness will be played by an American actor of some note, he said. "It will be a guy in his 40s or 50s and a guy based on the East Coast (of the US)," he said. "It is a very important role. This movie is seen through the eyes of this guy." 4/22/06 - The Telegraph article 4/18/06 -- Coming Soon.net: Russell Crowe has signed to star in director John Polson's indie thriller Tenderness for New York-based GreeneStreet Films.... (In the book, the detective is called Jake Proctor. It looks like a name change in the film - to Lieutenant Cristofuoro) Variety: "Russell Crowe has signed to star in director John Polson's indie thriller Tenderness for New York-based GreeneStreet Films. The actor will shoot the project for Polson (Hide and Seek) in May before heading into production on Universal's American Gangster in July, and then Baz Luhrmann's untitled period epic, opposite Nicole Kidman, early next year. Tenderness was adapted by screenwriter Emil Stern from the novel by Robert Cormier. The film follows a violent teenager, Eric, whose life intertwines with Lori, a 16-year-old runaway who can't resist his charm. Crowe will play Lieutenant Cristofuoro, a cop who sets out to unravel Eric's complex past. Tenderness will be produced by GreeneStreet president John Penotti, with Charles Randolph and Howard Meltzer. GreeneStreet's Fisher Stevens and Tim Williams are executive producing." - Thanks, Ivani ************************ The tired old detective whose life has become focused on catching a certain criminal is a familiar character in fiction and film, beginning with Javert in Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. Jake Proctor, obsessed with convicting Eric Poole for his murders, is a clear example of this literary type. Like Eric and Lori, he is driven by an overwhelming need. What has happened to Jake in the past that makes catching Eric so important to him? What would the meaning of this conviction be for him and what need would it satisfy? In what two ways is he ultimately disappointed?
References to Jake Proctor (Lieutenant Cristofuoro) in the book
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