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)
For those of you who don’t subscribe to Sky Cinema in the UK – The Colour Room is being released on DVD at last.
Matthew Goode plays the owner of a large pottery manufacturer where Clarice Cliff gets her chance to shine.
LB Entertainment instagram shared two pictures of the clip in their Instagram story:-
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Northern Ireland World reported about some recent filming involving Matthew Goode for ‘Freud’s Last Session’. Some extracts follow –
Whitehead Railway Museum was the recent setting for scenes from ‘Freud’s Last Session’.
Set on the eve of World War Two in 1939, the film sees Sigmund Freud (Sir Anthony) invite Belfast-born Christian author CS Lewis for a debate on the existence of God. Having taken up the invite, CS Lewis, played by Goode, was present at Whitehead – suitably dressed as a rural Oxfordshire station – in order to catch the train to see Freud.
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The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (RPSI) laid on a train of 100-year-old steam engine No. 461, which is usually on display at the museum, plus three heritage carriages and a luggage van.
The locomotive was out of steam but fitted with a steam machine, while the RPSI’s train rides steam engine No. 3BG was on hand to shunt the train up and down the siding as required. The train had to be filmed in three main positions:
- Sitting stationary at the platform whilst passengers / evacuees embarked and disembarked;
- Departing with CS Lewis aboard (in daylight);
- Arriving back with CS Lewis having met Freud (in the dark).
The weather was bright and sunny for the daylight shoots, and calm for the filming after darkness fell. The work was completed by 10.30pm and a cheer went up from the cast and crew because this was the final sequence in the shoot.
Lisa Adair, RPSI general manager, said: “We are regularly in demand from film-makers because we can provide steam engines and vintage carriages. We are always pleased to be able to assist.
“We are told that Freud’s Last Session will be released around December, so we look forward to seeing the finished product in the cinema.”
We’ll wait for official confirmation about the release date but it looks like it might be earlier than we thought.
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The Mail On-line has published more behind the scenes pictures. Extracts of the article can be read in the press archive. Here are some of the new pictures from the article. All credit to Mark Doyle/Splash News and Mail Online.
All credit to Mark Doyle/Splash News and Mail Online.
A series of location pictures have appeared on several news sites this weekend. The articles are in the press archive for you to read but here are some of the photos [All credit to Mark Doyle/Splash News]
[All credit to Mark Doyle/Splash News – via Daily Star, Daily Mirror and Daily Express UK]