Is ‘The Goldfinch’ all that glitters… “The Goldfinch” follows teenager Theodore Decker (Ansel Elgort) whose mother is tragically killed in a terrorist attack at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the ensuing chaos and confusion, Decker steals a priceless piece of art that’s known as The Goldfinch in this coming-of-age tale with a twist. The drama unfolds as Decker is taken in by a wealthy family and he attempts to navigate the new direction in which his life has been taken.
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But is it worth its weight in gold? The talent on board certainly suggests so. Based on Donna Tartt’s novel, which came away with the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, “The Goldfinch” is layered, labyrinthine and seems promisingly loyal to the source material. Being as it spent 30 weeks on The New York Times Best Sellers list, that can only be a good thing.
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What’s more, it will no doubt be beautiful to behold, with Roger Deakins on Director of Photography duties. His first film since 2007’s oh-so-orange “Bladerunner 2049,” which won the Best Achievement in Cinematography Oscar in 2018, all eyes will be on his every composition in “The Goldfinch.”
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Add to that John Crowley, the sometime director of “True Detective” and the BAFTA-winning “Brooklyn” at the helm. Then take Peter Straughan, the Oscar-nominated co-screenwriter of “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” on screenplay duties and we could well be looking at a serious contender for the gold come awards season.
Starring the Oscar-winning Nicole Kidman, the Golden Globe-winning Sarah Paulson and the generally awesome Finn Wolfhard, alongside Ansel Elgort, Luke Wilson and Jeffrey Wright, “The Goldfinch” is scheduled to be released on September 13, 2019. Official synopsis and trailer below.
Theodore “Theo” Decker was 13 years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day…a painting of a tiny bird chained to its perch. The Goldfinch.
‘The Goldfinch’ trailer, with Ansel Elgort, Finn Wolfhard, and Nicole Kidman, arrives Wednesday at 12 am ET. New images via @USAToday pic.twitter.com/jk6CxezTVc
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