Here’s your first look at the Jay Kelly trailer. Starring George Clooney, Adam Sandler, and Laura Dern (as well as a host of other very talented actors), Jay Kelly features Clooney as an actor undergoing some kind of personal crisis while on a European jaunt. The film stems from the mind of writer-director Noah Baumbach who brought Dern her Oscar for Marriage Story. This one feels perfectly suited for the Academy’s tastes. Clooney seems set for a Best Actor nomination, but it’s really Sandler whose supporting performance already has people buzzing. It remains to be seen how large Dern’s role is, but never count her out. She won that Oscar for 15 minutes of screen time.
Additional details follow the Jay Kelley trailer below. It will drop in select theaters on November 14 and on Netflix December 5. Of course, we’re hoping it makes the trip from Venice to the Telluride Film Festival later this month. Seems likely, I think.
ABOUT JAY KELLY
Director: Noah Baumbach
Writers: Noah Baumbach and Emily Mortimer
Producers: David Heyman, Amy Pascal, Noah Baumbach
Cast: George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough, Grace Edwards, Stacy Keach, Jim Broadbent, Patrick Wilson, Eve Hewson, Greta Gerwig, Alba Rohrwacher, Josh Hamilton, Lenny Henry, Emily Mortimer, Nicôle Lecky, Thaddea Graham, Isla Fisher, Louis Partridge, Charlie Rowe
Original Score By: Nicholas Britell
Cinematography: Linus Sandgren
Editors: Valerio Bonelli, Rachel Durance
Sound: Christopher Scarabosio
Production Designer: Mark Tildesley
Costume Designer: Jacqueline Durran
Casting By: Douglas Aibel and Nina Gold
Logline: JAY KELLY, the new film from Academy Award nominee Noah Baumbach, follows famous movie actor Jay Kelly (George Clooney) and his devoted manager Ron (Adam Sandler) as they embark on a whirlwind and unexpectedly profound journey through Europe. Along the way, both men are forced to confront the choices they’ve made, the relationships with their loved ones, and the legacies they’ll leave behind.
Clarence Moye is a proud co-founder of The Contending where he writes about film, television, and occasionally Taylor Swift. Under his 10-year run at Awards Daily, Clarence covered the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes, the Telluride Film Festival, the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, the Middleburg Film Festival, and much more.
Clarence is a member of the Critics Choice Association.
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