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Evening (film)

Evening is a 2007 American drama film directed by Lajos Koltai. The screenplay by Susan Minot and Michael Cunningham is based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Minot.

Evening
Original poster
Directed byLajos Koltai
Written bySusan Minot
Michael Cunningham
Based onEvening
by Susan Minot
Produced byJeffrey Sharp
Starring
CinematographyGyula Pados
Edited byAllyson C. Johnson
Music byJan A. P. Kaczmarek
Distributed byFocus Features
Release date
June 29, 2007 (2007-06-29)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million[1]
Box office$20 million[2]

Plot edit

The film alternates between the 1950s and the present, in which a dying Ann Grant Lord reflects on her past. Her comments about people she never mentioned before leave her daughters, Constance and Nina, wondering if she is delusional.

As a young woman in her early twenties, cabaret singer Ann arrives at the spacious Newport, Rhode Island, home of her best friend Lila Wittenborn, who is soon to marry Karl Ross. Lila's brother (and Ann's college friend) Buddy introduces her to Harris Arden, a young doctor and the son of a former family servant. Buddy tells Ann his sister has always adored Harris, and expresses his concern that she's marrying another out of a sense of duty rather than love. Drunk, Buddy passes out, and as Ann and Harris chat they have an instant connection.

On Lila's wedding day, she tells Ann that she confronted Harris with her feelings and he rebuffed her, so she marries Karl as planned. At the reception, Ann sings and is joined on stage by Harris. Afterwards Buddy, perpetually drunk, confronts them about their growing closeness. Then he unexpectedly kisses Harris. As Lila prepares to depart with her new husband, Ann offers to help her get away, but Lila refuses and leaves for her honeymoon.

Buddy admits to Ann he and Lila have had a type of crush on Harris since his childhood, though he says not in "that way". He then changes the subject, confessing he has loved Ann for years, offering as proof a quick innocuous note she once gave him he has kept in his pocket ever since.

The younger guests dance drunkenly and dive into the sea from a clifftop: Buddy joins in but fails to surface, prompting a panicked search. When Buddy reappears at the top of the cliff, Ann expresses her anger at the prank and berates him for building her up as his true love and possibly for repressing his feelings for others. Storming off, she and Harris slip off to his secret hideaway and make love.

Buddy, seeking Ann, stumbles into the road and is hit by a car. He is found, but too late to save him. The following morning, Ann and Harris, oblivious to what transpired the night before, jokingly consider sailing away, but at the Wittenborn's they hear the news of Buddy.

In the present day, Lila arrives at Ann's bedside to comfort her and reminisce. Ann recalls a day when she ran into Harris in the street in New York City. By then she had one daughter and was on the verge of moving to Los Angeles, and he was married with a son. He declared he still loved her before they exchanged cordial goodbyes.

As Lila leaves, she tells Nina about Harris and reassures her that her mother did not make any mistakes in her life. Nina sits with Ann, who encourages her daughter to have a happy life. Nina finally musters the courage to tell her boyfriend Luc she is pregnant with their child. An ecstatic Luc proudly announces the news to Constance and promises he always will be there for Nina. Their joy is interrupted by Ann's nurse, who urges the women to rush to bid Ann farewell.

Cast edit

The 1950s

The Present

Production notes edit

Filming began in September 2006.[3]

The original screenplay, as was the novel, was set in Maine, but according to the commentary on the DVD release of the film, director Lajos Koltai was so taken with the Newport house found by his location scouts that he opted to change the setting to Rhode Island.[4][5] A house in Tiverton was used for interior and exterior scenes. Bristol and Providence, Rhode Island, Greenwich Village, and the Upper West Side of Manhattan also were used for external scenes. Most of the automobiles were provided by the Antique Car Barn LLC from Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

The song "Time After Time" which Ann sings for Lila at the wedding was written in 1947 by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne. The song "I See the Moon" she later sings to her daughters is based on a traditional nursery rhyme.

Release edit

The film grossed $12,406,646 in the US and $478,928 in foreign markets for a total worldwide box office of $12,885,574.[1]

Critical reception edit

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a 27% approval rating, based on 129 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Beautifully filmed, but decidedly dull, Evening is a collossal [sic] waste of a talented cast."[6] On Metacritic it has a score of 45% based on reviews from 33 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[7]

Manohla Dargis of The New York Times wrote "Stuffed with actors of variable talent, burdened with false, labored dialogue and distinguished by a florid visual style better suited to fairy tales and greeting cards, this miscalculation underlines what can happen when certain literary works meet the bottom line of the movies. It also proves that not every book deserves its own film."[8]

In the San Francisco Chronicle, Mick LaSalle observed "The film arrives at a pessimistic and almost nihilistic view of life as something not very important - and then invites us to take strength and comfort in the notion. It's not what you'd expect, and it's certainly not the typical message. It might be the most interesting thing about the picture."[9]

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone rated the film itself 2½ out of a possible four stars, but praised the cast, writing, "the actors ... provide flashes of brilliance. Hugh Dancy scores as the plot's catalyst for tragedy. And Claire Danes is stellar as the young Ann ... [Mamie] Gummer proves her talent is her own in a star-is-born performance that signals an exceptional career ahead."[10]

In the St. Petersburg Times, Steve Persall graded the film C and added "Strong performances and an author's weak backbone make Evening a curious mistake ... [it] is memorable only for lovely period designs and for casting mothers and daughters to ensure better continuity."[11]

Justin Chang of Variety wrote "The more immediate problem with this ambitious, elliptical film is Koltai and editor Allyson C. Johnson's difficulty in establishing a narrative rhythm, as the back-and-forth shifts in time that seemed delicately free-associative on the page are rendered with considerably less grace onscreen. In ways reminiscent of Stephen Daldry's film of The Hours, the telling connections between past and present feel calculated rather than authentically illuminating."[12]

In Time, Richard Schickel said the film "represents perhaps the greatest diva round-up in modern movie history ... Wow, you might think, how bad can that be? To which one responds, after two lugubrious hours in their company, really awful. Rarely have so many gifted women labored so tastefully to bring forth such a wee, lockjawed mouse ... This may in part because it was Michael Cunningham, author of the book The Hours, another stupefying exercise in unspoken angst, who was hired to punch up the script Susan Minot was trying to make out of her novel. They share screenplay credit for Evening, but even in the press kit you can sense her loathing for his work. He's sort of Henry James without the cojones and definitely the most constipated sensibility the literary community has lately been in awe of. But I suspect that the director, Lajos Koltai, a Hungarian, has even more to do with the film's inertness."[13]

Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly rated Evening as the second-worst movie of 2007 (behind I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry).[14]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Evening (2007) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  2. ^ "Evening". Box Office Mojo.
  3. ^ "Movie stars rise in Newport during filming of Evening". Houston Chronicle. September 18, 2006. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  4. ^ "One Weekend by the Sea: Remembering Evening". Evening (DVD). Universal. 2007.
  5. ^ Barrett, Scott (November 15, 2021). "Lights, camera, action: Check out these movies shot in Newport, Rhode Island". Newport Daily News. from the original on November 15, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
  6. ^ Evening at Rotten Tomatoes
  7. ^ "Evening". Metacritic. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  8. ^ Dargis, Manohla (June 29, 2007). "Sustained in Death by the Memory of One Great Love". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  9. ^ LaSalle, Mick (June 29, 2007). "Dying woman young again in memory". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, California: Hearst Corporation. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  10. ^ Travers, Peter (June 13, 2007). "Evening". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  11. ^ Persall, Steve (June 28, 2007). . St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  12. ^ Chang, Justin (June 21, 2007). "Evening". Variety. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  13. ^ Schickel, Richard (June 29, 2007). . Time. New York City: Meredith Corporation. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  14. ^ Schwarzbaum, Lisa. . Entertainment Weekly. New York City: Meredith Corporation. Archived from the original on December 29, 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2018.

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Not to be confused with Evenings film Evening is a 2007 American drama film directed by Lajos Koltai The screenplay by Susan Minot and Michael Cunningham is based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Minot EveningOriginal posterDirected byLajos KoltaiWritten bySusan Minot Michael CunninghamBased onEveningby Susan MinotProduced byJeffrey SharpStarringClaire Danes Toni Collette Vanessa Redgrave Patrick Wilson Hugh Dancy Natasha Richardson Mamie Gummer Eileen Atkins Meryl Streep Glenn CloseCinematographyGyula PadosEdited byAllyson C JohnsonMusic byJan A P KaczmarekDistributed byFocus FeaturesRelease dateJune 29 2007 2007 06 29 Running time117 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 30 million 1 Box office 20 million 2 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production notes 4 Release 5 Critical reception 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksPlot editThe film alternates between the 1950s and the present in which a dying Ann Grant Lord reflects on her past Her comments about people she never mentioned before leave her daughters Constance and Nina wondering if she is delusional As a young woman in her early twenties cabaret singer Ann arrives at the spacious Newport Rhode Island home of her best friend Lila Wittenborn who is soon to marry Karl Ross Lila s brother and Ann s college friend Buddy introduces her to Harris Arden a young doctor and the son of a former family servant Buddy tells Ann his sister has always adored Harris and expresses his concern that she s marrying another out of a sense of duty rather than love Drunk Buddy passes out and as Ann and Harris chat they have an instant connection On Lila s wedding day she tells Ann that she confronted Harris with her feelings and he rebuffed her so she marries Karl as planned At the reception Ann sings and is joined on stage by Harris Afterwards Buddy perpetually drunk confronts them about their growing closeness Then he unexpectedly kisses Harris As Lila prepares to depart with her new husband Ann offers to help her get away but Lila refuses and leaves for her honeymoon Buddy admits to Ann he and Lila have had a type of crush on Harris since his childhood though he says not in that way He then changes the subject confessing he has loved Ann for years offering as proof a quick innocuous note she once gave him he has kept in his pocket ever since The younger guests dance drunkenly and dive into the sea from a clifftop Buddy joins in but fails to surface prompting a panicked search When Buddy reappears at the top of the cliff Ann expresses her anger at the prank and berates him for building her up as his true love and possibly for repressing his feelings for others Storming off she and Harris slip off to his secret hideaway and make love Buddy seeking Ann stumbles into the road and is hit by a car He is found but too late to save him The following morning Ann and Harris oblivious to what transpired the night before jokingly consider sailing away but at the Wittenborn s they hear the news of Buddy In the present day Lila arrives at Ann s bedside to comfort her and reminisce Ann recalls a day when she ran into Harris in the street in New York City By then she had one daughter and was on the verge of moving to Los Angeles and he was married with a son He declared he still loved her before they exchanged cordial goodbyes As Lila leaves she tells Nina about Harris and reassures her that her mother did not make any mistakes in her life Nina sits with Ann who encourages her daughter to have a happy life Nina finally musters the courage to tell her boyfriend Luc she is pregnant with their child An ecstatic Luc proudly announces the news to Constance and promises he always will be there for Nina Their joy is interrupted by Ann s nurse who urges the women to rush to bid Ann farewell Cast editThe 1950s Claire Danes as Ann Grant Mamie Gummer as Lila Wittenborn Patrick Wilson as Harris Arden Hugh Dancy as Buddy Wittenborn Glenn Close as Mrs Wittenborn Barry Bostwick as Mr Wittenborn The Present Vanessa Redgrave as Ann Grant Lord Toni Collette as Nina Mars Natasha Richardson as Constance Haverford Meryl Streep as Lila Wittenborn Ross Ebon Moss Bachrach as Luc David Call as Pip Eileen Atkins as Mrs Brown the night nurse Kara F Doherty as Chloe Sarah Clements as Lizzie TullProduction notes editFilming began in September 2006 3 The original screenplay as was the novel was set in Maine but according to the commentary on the DVD release of the film director Lajos Koltai was so taken with the Newport house found by his location scouts that he opted to change the setting to Rhode Island 4 5 A house in Tiverton was used for interior and exterior scenes Bristol and Providence Rhode Island Greenwich Village and the Upper West Side of Manhattan also were used for external scenes Most of the automobiles were provided by the Antique Car Barn LLC from Pawtucket Rhode Island The song Time After Time which Ann sings for Lila at the wedding was written in 1947 by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne The song I See the Moon she later sings to her daughters is based on a traditional nursery rhyme Release editThe film grossed 12 406 646 in the US and 478 928 in foreign markets for a total worldwide box office of 12 885 574 1 Critical reception editOn Rotten Tomatoes the film has a 27 approval rating based on 129 reviews The website s consensus reads Beautifully filmed but decidedly dull Evening is a collossal sic waste of a talented cast 6 On Metacritic it has a score of 45 based on reviews from 33 critics indicating mixed or average reviews 7 Manohla Dargis of The New York Times wrote Stuffed with actors of variable talent burdened with false labored dialogue and distinguished by a florid visual style better suited to fairy tales and greeting cards this miscalculation underlines what can happen when certain literary works meet the bottom line of the movies It also proves that not every book deserves its own film 8 In the San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle observed The film arrives at a pessimistic and almost nihilistic view of life as something not very important and then invites us to take strength and comfort in the notion It s not what you d expect and it s certainly not the typical message It might be the most interesting thing about the picture 9 Peter Travers of Rolling Stone rated the film itself 2 out of a possible four stars but praised the cast writing the actors provide flashes of brilliance Hugh Dancy scores as the plot s catalyst for tragedy And Claire Danes is stellar as the young Ann Mamie Gummer proves her talent is her own in a star is born performance that signals an exceptional career ahead 10 In the St Petersburg Times Steve Persall graded the film C and added Strong performances and an author s weak backbone make Evening a curious mistake it is memorable only for lovely period designs and for casting mothers and daughters to ensure better continuity 11 Justin Chang of Variety wrote The more immediate problem with this ambitious elliptical film is Koltai and editor Allyson C Johnson s difficulty in establishing a narrative rhythm as the back and forth shifts in time that seemed delicately free associative on the page are rendered with considerably less grace onscreen In ways reminiscent of Stephen Daldry s film of The Hours the telling connections between past and present feel calculated rather than authentically illuminating 12 In Time Richard Schickel said the film represents perhaps the greatest diva round up in modern movie history Wow you might think how bad can that be To which one responds after two lugubrious hours in their company really awful Rarely have so many gifted women labored so tastefully to bring forth such a wee lockjawed mouse This may in part because it was Michael Cunningham author of the book The Hours another stupefying exercise in unspoken angst who was hired to punch up the script Susan Minot was trying to make out of her novel They share screenplay credit for Evening but even in the press kit you can sense her loathing for his work He s sort of Henry James without the cojones and definitely the most constipated sensibility the literary community has lately been in awe of But I suspect that the director Lajos Koltai a Hungarian has even more to do with the film s inertness 13 Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly rated Evening as the second worst movie of 2007 behind I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry 14 See also editList of American films of 2007References edit a b Evening 2007 Financial Information The Numbers Retrieved May 29 2018 Evening Box Office Mojo Movie stars rise in Newport during filming of Evening Houston Chronicle September 18 2006 Retrieved September 18 2023 One Weekend by the Sea Remembering Evening Evening DVD Universal 2007 Barrett Scott November 15 2021 Lights camera action Check out these movies shot in Newport Rhode Island Newport Daily News Archived from the original on November 15 2021 Retrieved September 18 2023 Evening at Rotten Tomatoes Evening Metacritic Retrieved January 1 2021 Dargis Manohla June 29 2007 Sustained in Death by the Memory of One Great Love The New York Times New York City Retrieved May 29 2018 LaSalle Mick June 29 2007 Dying woman young again in memory San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco California Hearst Corporation Retrieved May 29 2018 Travers Peter June 13 2007 Evening Rolling Stone Retrieved November 16 2018 Persall Steve June 28 2007 Evening Review St Petersburg Times Archived from the original on March 3 2016 Retrieved May 29 2018 Chang Justin June 21 2007 Evening Variety Retrieved May 29 2021 Schickel Richard June 29 2007 Some Unenchanted Evening Time New York City Meredith Corporation Archived from the original on July 1 2007 Retrieved May 29 2018 Schwarzbaum Lisa Photo 4 The Worst Movies of 2007 The Best amp Worst of 2007 Entertainment Weekly New York City Meredith Corporation Archived from the original on December 29 2007 Retrieved May 29 2018 External links editOfficial website Evening at AllMovie Evening at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Evening film amp oldid 1187354042, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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