Meg Thomson, producer of ‘Freud’s Last Session’ posted this new picture on Instagram –
[Meg Thomson – Instagram]
FREUD finishing frenzy! (a.k.a a post post)
Finally put the finishing touches on #freudslastsession — with the first festival screening just days away!
THANK YOU to the team at @lipsync_post and all of the wonderful creatives who contributed throughout post-production: the grading team blinking their eyes after weeks in darkness, guided by @bensmitharddop; the VFX team, adding magic to every moment, the music team, recording at @angelstudiosuk, performing the gorgeous score by @cobybrownmusic ; the sound team, mixing effects, music and dialogue to perfection; and the stalwarts: director @mlbrownla and editor #paultothill, as we bump into our star ⭐️ #matthewgoode in Soho!
Information from Deadline –
Sony Pictures Classics has firmed up release plans for its drama Freud’s Last Session, starring Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode, which charts the relationship between psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and author C.S. Lewis. Based on the stage play by Mark St. Germain, who wrote the script, the film opens in theaters in New York and L.A. December 22, with an expansion to follow in January.
Sony Picture Classics has shared this new promo still of Matthew Goode in ‘Freud’s Last Session’.
More info’ available here – CLICK HERE!
Details below are from AFI Fest
World Premiere
London, 1939. On the eve of the Second World War, the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud (Anthony Hopkins), hosts Oxford don and committed Christian C.S. Lewis (Matthew Goode) at his Hampstead home. Lewis, who would later author “The Chronicles of Narnia,” had recently written a minor fantasy novel that lightly spoofed the great doctor from Vienna and is sheepishly apologetic about it. Freud finds Lewis’ firm faith in a higher being unpersuasive at best, and prefers instead to explore the unexamined corners in Lewis’ life: his relationships to his late mother and his estranged father, his PTSD following service in the Great War, and his unusual relationship with his live-in companion, Janie Moore (Orla Brady), the mother of a fallen comrade. But then Freud, too, is tuning out things in his life: the need for his daughter Anna (Liv Lisa Fries) to live her life authentically, the seriousness of his cancer and worsening drug dependency, and the outbreak of war on the radio news. Directed by Matt Brown (THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY), Hopkins and Goode deliver crafty and moving performances as two of the 20th century’s great minds, whose intellectual sparring demonstrates both men’s formidable strengths and emotional vulnerabilities. –Todd Hitchcock
Screenings
October 27, 5:00 p.m.
Chinese 1
Director: Matthew Brown
Screenwriter: Mark St. Germain
Cast/Featuring: Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Goode
Running Time (minutes): 118
Link to buy tickets – https://fest.afi.com/2023/special-screenings-2023/freuds-last-session/
‘A day in the editing room with the insanely talented director, Matt Brown. Teaser dropping soon for our movie #FreudsLastSession’
An extract from ‘Vents Magazine’
Why Is There So Much Excitement About Freud’s Last Session?
Known for working with Hollywood royalty such as Jeremy Irons and Stephen Fry, Director Matt Brown shouldn’t be too daunted to work with Anthony Hopkins, whose life’s work encompasses many of the movie world’s most treasured motion pictures.
However, the hype surrounding Freud’s Last Session is not only down to its incredible leading man and talented director, but also its promise as a likely Oscars contender. Variety wasted no time in reporting that the movie is one to watch as the Academy Awards season draws closer.
Meanwhile, Deadline revealed that Sony Classics has already purchased distribution rights for the feature, which will also star The Crown actor and Emmy nominee Matthew Goode, who is set to take on the role of Lewis, providing just the kind of mighty co-presence that a revered actor like Hopkins requires!
… and Matthew Goode is on their long list for ‘Best Supporting Actor’ in Freud’s Last Session – extract from Variety –
Oscars Predictions: Best Supporting Actor
AND THE PREDICTED NOMINEES ARE:
- Robert DeNiro – “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures)
- Ryan Gosling – “Barbie” (Warner Bros.)
- Robert Downey Jr. – “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)
- Charles Melton – “May December” (Netflix)
- John Magaro – “Past Lives” (A24)
NEXT IN LINE
- Glenn Howerton – “BlackBerry” (IFC Films)
- Chris Messina – “Air” (Amazon Studios)
- Matthew Goode – “Freud’s Last Session” (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Willem Dafoe – “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)
- Matt Damon – “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures)