Detachment (film)

Detachment
Directed by	Tony Kaye
Produced by	Greg Shapiro Carl Lund Bingo Gubelmann Austin Stark Benji Kohn and Chris Papavasiliou
Written by	Carl Lund
Starring	Adrien Brody James Caan Christina Hendricks Lucy Liu Marcia Gay Harden Tim Blake Nelson Bryan Cranston Sami Gayle Louis Zorich and William Petersen
Music by	The Newton Brothers
Cinematography	Tony Kaye
Editing by	Barry Alexander Brown and Geoffrey Richman
Distributed by	Tribeca Film
Release date(s)	February 2012 (2012-02)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Detachment is a 2012 American drama about the high school education system starring Adrien Brody with an ensemble supporting cast.

Plot

Detachment is a chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of a substitute teacher named Henry Barthes (Adrien Brody). Henry's method of imparting vital knowledge onto his temporary students is interrupted by the arrival of three women in his life.

Cast

• Adrien Brody as Henry Barthes
• James Caan as Mr. Seaboldt
• Christina Hendricks as Ms. Madison
• Lucy Liu as Dr. Parker
• Marcia Gay Harden as Principal Carol Dearden
• Bryan Cranston as Richard Dearden
• William Petersen as Sarge
• Blythe Danner as Ms. Perkins
• Tim Blake Nelson as Mr. Wiatt
• Louis Zorich as Grampa
• Sami Gayle as Erica
• Betty Kaye as Meredith

Release

Detachment premiered in April 2011 at the Tribeca Film Festival.[1] Pretty Pictures acquired rights to distribute the film in France.[2[ In September 2011, Tribeca Film acquired U.S. distribution rights with Celluloid Dreams repping worldwide sales rights.[3] Territories sold include Benelux (Wild Bunch), Italy (UBU), Middle East (Shooting Stars), Russia (CP Digital), Latin America (California), India (Pictureworks), Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam (PT Parkit) and Taiwan (Cineplex).[4]

In September Detachment screened in competition at the 37th Deauville American Film Festival.[5[ It won both the Cartier Revelation Prize and the International Critics Prize.[6] On September 18th, Detachment was announced as the Closing Night Film at the Woodstock Film Festival, where director Tony Kaye was the recipient of the WFF Honorary Maverick Award.[7]

In mid October 2011, Detachment screened in competition at the Festival de Cinema Valenciennes, where it won the Grand Prize and the Audience Award.[8] Later in October, Detachment screened in competition at the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival.[9] It received the Award for Best Artistic Contribution, sharing honors with the film Kora.[10]

Detachment also screened in competition at the 35th São Paulo International Film Festival and won the Audience Award for Best Foreign Language Film, sharing honors with Chicken With Plums.[11] In November Detachment will screen at the 53rd Muestra Internacional de Cine in Mexico.[12] The film will be released in February 2012.

Production

Filming took place in Mineola High School on Long Island.

References

1. ^ Gordon, Cox (April 4, 2011). " 'Detachment', Rocker Doc Join Tribeca" Variety.

2. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (April 29, 2011) "Pretty Pictures takes French Rights to Detachment" Screen International.

3. ^ Fernandez, Jay (September 8, 2011) "Tribeca Films Picks Up Tony Kaye's Detachment for U.S." The Hollywood Reporter.

4. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (November 4, 2011) "Buyers attached to Celluloid Dreams' Detachment" Screen International.

5. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (August 17, 2011) "Deauville Sets Competition" Variety.

6. ^ Leffler, Rebecca (September 10, 2011) "Take Shelter Wins Grand Prize" The Hollywood Reporter.

7. ^ Cox, Gordon (September 20, 2011) "Detachment Closes Woodstock" Variety.

8. ^ (October 16, 2011) "Detachment Double Crown in Valenciennes" La Voix Du Nord.

9. ^ Schilling, Mark (September 21, 2011) " 'Detachment' joins Tokyo fest lineup" Variety.

10. ^ Schilling, Mark (October 30, 2011) "Untouchables Wins Tokyo Grand Prix" Variety.

11. ^ (November 3, 2011) "35 Mostra Internacional de Cinema" 35.mostra.org.

12. ^ Gijon, Bernardo (November 3, 2011) "53 International Film Festival" El Punto Critico.

External links

• Detachment at the Internet Movie Database