Ceremony (2010)

Last Update: August 26th, 2010 at 1:01 pm

Uma Thurman as Zoe
Release Date 2010
Directed by Max Winkler
Written by Max Winkler
Genre Comedy
MPAA Rating n/a
Company Polymorphic Pictures
Filming locations Nala Films

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Synopsis

A perpetual adolescent stumbling through his twenties with inflated self-confidence, Sam (Michael Angarano) clings to the naive notions of love and romance that he immortalizes in a series of unpublished children’s books. With his sensitive, sycophantic best friend Marshall (Reece Thompson) in tow, he heads to the Hamptons to make a last-ditch effort to woo the object of his infatuation.

Thirty-something publisher Zoe (Uma Thurman) is about to marry Whit (Lee Pace), a self-important documentary filmmaker who’s an outrageous cross between Jacques Costeau and “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin. Sam refuses to accept that anyone else could be the love of Zoe’s life and, dressed to the nines in a crumpled burgundy suit, crashes Zoe and Whit’s wedding reception, determined to prove his point.

Starring

Michael Angarano ... Sam Davis
Lee Pace ... Whit
Rebecca Mader ... Esme
Reece Thompson ... Marshall

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Ceremony (2010)

Here is the first still from Uma’s Ceremony. The movie will be screened on this years Toronto International Film Festival.

Here is an description of the movie from the TIFF website.

A perpetual adolescent stumbling through his twenties with inflated self-confidence, Sam (Michael Angarano) clings to the naive notions of love and romance that he immortalizes in a series of unpublished children’s books. With his sensitive, sycophantic best friend Marshall (Reece Thompson) in tow, he heads to the Hamptons to make a last-ditch effort to woo the object of his infatuation.

Thirty-something publisher Zoe (Uma Thurman) is about to marry Whit (Lee Pace), a self-important documentary filmmaker who’s an outrageous cross between Jacques Costeau and “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin. Sam refuses to accept that anyone else could be the love of Zoe’s life and, dressed to the nines in a crumpled burgundy suit, crashes Zoe and Whit’s wedding reception, determined to prove his point.

Like its lead character, Ceremony is dressed for laughs, clothed in all the finery common to romantic comedies: geeky best friends crashing a party in search of revelatory adventure; an egotistical buffoon as the lead character’s romantic competition; a younger sibling (Paper Heart’s Jake M. Johnson – heartfelt and hilarious in every scene) who’s satisfied being a loser since the role of overachiever has already been taken; and of course, a lovelorn lad who clings to his romantic delusions until they blow up in his face.

Yet the heart of the film is deep, complex and ultimately more serious than its initial trappings may suggest. Showing startling maturity for a first-time writer-director, Max Winkler is less concerned with easy laughs and poppy punchlines than with peeling back the layers of his characters’ insecurities, revealing the damaged heart beating beneath the surface and the wounded ego that struggles to gain attention.

Is Sam searching for true love or for unconditional acceptance from a mother figure? When we engage in the ceremonies of courtship, are we following our hearts or being led astray by our desires? Drawing seamlessly upon these themes while eliciting pitch-perfect performances from a terrific cast, Winkler announces himself as a talented director capable of plumbing the depths of human relationships.

Source: TIFF

Ceremony (2010)

The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off next month and the organizers have released the impressive list of guests scheduled to attend.

Some of the big names attending include Ryan Phillippe and Malin Akerman for Bang Bang Club; Natalie Portman for Black Swan, Ryan Gosling for Blue Valentine, Ryan Reynolds for Buried, Emma Stone and Penn Badgley for Easy A, Will Ferrell for Everything Must Go, Scott Speedman and Jay Baruchel for Good Neighbours, Matt Damon and Clint Eastwood for Hereafter, Emma Roberts and Zach Galifianakis for It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Mickey Rourke, Megan Fox and Bill Murray for Passion Play, Michael C. Hall, Rainn Wilson and Sarah Silverman for Peep World, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, Rainn Wilson and Ellen Page for Super, and Blake Lively, Ben Affleck, Jon Hamm and Jeremy Renner for The Town.

Here’s a more complete, alphabetical list of the stars set to hit the red carpet between September 9th and 19th.

Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin, Amber Heard, Bill Gates, Bill Murray, Blake Lively, Bruce Springsteen, Carey
Mulligan, Clive Owen, Colin Firth, David Suzuki, Dominic Cooper, Edward Norton, Ellen Page, Emma Roberts, Emma Stone, Freida Pinto, Gemma Arterton, Harvey Keitel, Helen Mirren, Hilary Swank, Jackson Rathbone, James Franco, Javier Bardem, Jay Baruchel, Jennifer Connelly, Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm, John Legend, Josh Hartnett, Josh Lucas, Kat Dennings, Keanu Reeves, Kevin Spacey, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Liv Tyler, Malin Akerman, Maria Bello, Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Megan Fox, Michael C. Hall, Michael Moore, Michael Sheen, Mickey Rourke, Milla Jovovich, Minnie Driver, Natalie Portman, Nicole Kidman, Paul Giamatti, Penn Badgley, Rachel Weisz, Rachelle Lefevre, Rainn Wilson, Rebecca Hall, Robert De Niro, Ryan Gosling, Ryan Phillippe, Ryan Reynolds, Sam Rockwell, Sarah Silverman, Scott Speedman, Uma Thurman, Vera Farmiga, Vincent Cassel, Will Ferrell, William H. Macy, Woody Harrelson, Zach Braff and Zach Galifianakis.

Source: Muchmusic

Ceremony (2010)

Uma Thurman will star in Ceremony written and to be directed by Max Winkler.

In the comedy, a young man falls hard for an older woman (Thurman) who is about to be married. The infatuation prompts him to take along his unwitting friend to a beach town in an effort to break up the wedding. Upon arriving, the young men quickly realize just how out of place they are among the stately British groom-to-be and his guests. Previous reports had Jesse Eisenberg playing the “young man” and Michael Angarano playing the “unwitting friend”. However, in reporting Thurman’s casting, Variety has Angarano playing the “young man” with no mention of Eisenberg. Hmm.

Production is scheduled to begin in October on Long Island.

Aside from a couple of movies that haven’t really gone anywhere, Thurman has been pretty much off the movie grid since she starred with Luke Wilson in My Super Ex-Girlfriend in 2006. She returns to theaters in February 2010 playing Medusa in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.

Source: Empire Movies