Beautiful boy is a 2010 drama film starring michael sheen and maria bello. Hard to watch, well written and acted, beautiful boy is an uncomfortable, but yet compelling drama. Beautiful boy was adapted by the filmmaker and cowriter luke davies from the bestselling memoir of the same name by acclaimed writer david sheff, as well as the companion book tweak, by. Beautiful boy 2010 film, a 2010 drama directed by shawn ku. Beautiful boy 2018 film, a 2018 film directed by felix van groeningen. The more conventional visuals switch over to handheld work to cover the improvised argument scenes. Oct 26, 2017 nicolas cage is set to star in highland film groups action thriller a score to settle, from beautiful boy director shawn ku. Joels contemporary drama, shoestring paradise, is being developed as a film for director shawn ku beautiful boy, with producers josh young and mike medavoy.
Beautiful boy 2010 shawn ku synopsis, characteristics. A fathers journey through his sons addiction, a 2008 book by david sheff. Beautiful boy bluray disc, 2011 for sale online ebay. Rather than creating a cinematic car wreck at which audiences would be ashamed to gawk, its sensitive, wise, and painful beyond most measures. They may be accessed by the bibliography tab at the top of most pages, or via the related topics box in the sidebar. Anchor bays bluray of beautiful boy is a flawless encoding of a picture given fine production values, the standard with most any new movie filmed on a real budget. Oct, 2011 strong emotion and excellent performances make beautiful boy compelling despite its drearysounding premise. Jul 18, 2014 learn more about shawn ku at with exclusive news, full bio and filmography as well as photos, videos, and more. Shawn ku s beautiful boy the movie suffers from constant repetition, as bill and kate cry, fight and dodge their peers time and again.
Beautiful boy, winner of the fipresci prize at the 2010 toronto international film festival and the feature debut from director shawn ku, begins with the depiction of a marriage on the rocks. Bill michael sheen and kates maria bello already strained marriage is tested as they realize all they have left with each other is the shared grief and confusion, and the. Buy beautiful boy directed by shawn ku online at alibris. Beautiful boy is a gripping rex reed, the new york observer and unconventional love story that explores the journey of a married couple on the verge of separation, who must turn to each other to overcome heartbreak. Nicolas cage has a score to settle movies, tv, comic books. A fathers journey through his sons addiction is a memoir by david sheff that describes how his family dealt with his son nics methamphetamine addiction. Understanding is an elastic word, meaning knowledge but implying sympathy, and the friction between these two things is what powers beautiful boy, an assured debut feature by writerdirector shawn. Beautiful boy was an incredibly informative reading experience for me personally. With michael sheen, maria bello, kyle gallner, logan south. Off the success of flowers in the attic and its sequel petals on the wind, lifetime has officially greenlit seeds of yesterday, the fourth installment in v. Beautiful boy is a memoir written by david sheff about his experiences as he tried to save his teenage son from drug addiction.
Married couple bill michael sheen and kate maria bello find they have less and less to say to each other after their only child, sammy kyle gallner, leaves for his freshman year at college. Directed by shawn ku, starring shawn ku, bruce french, nigel gibbs, meat loaf. A fathers journey through his sons addiction from the worlds largest community of readers. Feb 03, 2016 12 ya books that are almost too beautifully written to be real. The aftershocks of a school shooting in beautiful boy the. Michael sheen, maria bello, kyle gallner, shawn ku. In beautiful boy, the themes are vast but the picture is small, and the ensuing. The film opens up with home videos of a husband and wife at the beach with their young son. Bill is a businessman, and kate proofreads books for a living. Shawn ku s beautiful boy played on eight screens across the country this year at best and quietly makes its way to dvd, where hopefully it will get the audience it deserves.
Its the most beautiful books that tend to have the most impact on me. As cowriters michael armbruster and director shawn ku set it up, this is a marriage already in deep trouble, destined now to go through even more wrenching changes. Beautiful boy tiptoes into a minefield, where it loses its nerve and remains frozen in its tracks, too timid to find a way back. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. It was published by houghton mifflin on february 26, 2008. Beautiful boy takes viewers to the heart of darkness with its memorable portrait of a couple in crisis. The beautiful boy or the boy, a 2003 book by germaine greer. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Synopsis to confront the truth, first they had to face each other. However bills plan to move out, and kates one last attempt at a family holiday to make things better are blown by the most earthshattering news. Beautiful boy a couple struggling with the aftermath of a horrific crime must deal with their own troubles as well as the grief of others in this independent drama. He has also danced on broadway, and acted in an independent featurelength film.
The commentary with cowriterdirector shawn ku, editor chad galster and cinematographer michael fimognari covers the efforts of. Beautiful boy, a 2018 film directed by felix van groeningen. In beautiful boy, ku manages to take a newtomovie subject and flatten it into something that, despite its harrowing contours, is often grindingly familiar. Maria bello, michael sheen, kyle gallner, alan tudyk, meat loaf aday, shawn ku. Beautiful boy is a haunting, deeply disturbing but beautifully made film with depth and range about a dark subjectthe aftermath of tragedy faced by the parents of a seemingly perfect son after. Beautiful boy by shawn ku overdrive rakuten overdrive. As they struggle numbly through the media onslaught and the awkward pity from relatives and friends, they are forced to face their. The direction from shawn ku his first feature film is sensitive but a bit pedestrian. Bill michael sheen of the twilight saga and kates maria bello of tvs touch, a history of violence already strained marriage is tested when their collegeage son commits a shocking act of violence that reverberates across the country. David sheff, author of clean in his latest book, the author of beautiful boy describes a new way of treating substance addiction and related mental illnesses. Oct 08, 2014 shawn ku beautiful boy will direct the film from the script written by darren stein jawbreaker.
As noted above, the color of flesh is in preproduction, with director virgil widrich. Bill tries to continue working at his office, but his coworkers stare and wonder. Written by john newman and directed by shawn ku beautiful boy, produced by goldrush entertainments eric gozlan beautiful boy and minds eye entertainments kevin dewalt the humanity bureau, and danielle masters, the film stars nicolas cage mandy, benjamin bratt doctor strange and noah le gros wolves. Bill michael sheen of the twilight saga, frostnixon and kates maria bello of a history of violence, the company men already strained marriage is tested when their collegeage son commits a shocking act of violence that reverberates across the country. Beautiful boy dvd douglas county libraries bibliocommons. Jun 17, 2011 in beautiful boy, maria bello and michael sheen strain for maximal glumness.
Shawn ku is a producer and director, known for beautiful boy 2010, pretty dead girl 2004 and seeds of yesterday 2015. Beautiful boy by shawn ku maria bello, michael sheen, alan tudyk. Bill michael sheen and kate maria bello are a married couple who are tightly wound and devoted to their work bill is a businessman, kate proofreads books. Maria bello, who stars in shawn ku s beautiful boy, has played a variety of roles but specializes in bringing damaged, worldweary women to life. She stares off into nothing and balls herself up on a bed. For his part, directorcowriter shawn ku astutely captures how. The prize of the international critics for the discovery program went to director shawn ku for beautiful boy, a searing drama that stars michael sheen and maria bello as estranged parents of a. We are provided with glimpses of him through flashbacks and snippets of his final video, but the question of why. Beautiful boy, directed by shawn ku and cowritten by ku and.
Jun 03, 2011 a kind of apocalyptic 21stcentury ordinary people, beautiful boy, directed by shawn ku from a screenplay he wrote with michael armbruster, is so highmindedly determined to avoid. When the most volatile emotions surface, the couple scream at each other letting out all their anger. Bill tries to continue working at his office, but his co workers stare and wonder. Beautiful boy was the first feature film from director shawn ku. Andrews series of novels that began with flowers in the attic. Writerdirector shawn ku left and cowriter michael armbruster. We all grapple with both grief and guilt at some point in our lives, but few movies attempt to tackle the complex dynamic between those two emotional states as directly as shawn kus beautiful boy. Aug 01, 2019 less comfortable is his director, shawn ku whose last bigscreen feature, beautiful boy, was almost 10 years ago, who struggles to match his stars surrender to a story that seems to.
An officer comes to the door and they think their son has been killed by the shooter but actually their son is the shooter and he killed himself. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. Sep 19, 2010 the prize of the international critics for the discovery program went to director shawn ku for beautiful boy, a searing drama that stars michael sheen and maria bello as estranged parents of a. Inspired by his familys personal connection to the virginia tech shooting and unexpected death of a visiting friend, shawn ku developed his 2010 film beautiful boy from those experiences. Bill and kate hopelessly try to find some hint of an explanation after finding out that their only son committed a mass shooting at his university before taking his own life. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Beautiful boy, from cowriter and director shawn ku, is about the furthest thing from a. Jun 01, 2011 beautiful boy is best in its early, pensive scenes, and its two leads are effective particularly bello, if implausibly detached. A kind of apocalyptic 21stcentury ordinary people, beautiful boy, directed by shawn ku from a screenplay he wrote with michael armbruster, is so highmindedly determined to avoid. When an unhappily married couple learns their teenage son is the shooter in a college campus massacre, they struggle to find refuge from both the media and t. Kate maria bello and bill michael sheen are the abouttobeseparated parents of college freshman sammy kyle gallner. A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their. This book may do a better job at capturing the attention of readers who are parents themselves or have a family member or friend who. Beautiful boy directed by shawn ku available on bluray.
Cage stars as frank, a convicted mob enforcer battling a terminal. A film that explores the aftermath of such a tragedy from the other side was well overdue, and. Shawn ku directs this intense and wellacted drama with a keen sense of the unusual mix of guilt, loss, bafflement, and rage that kate and bill feel. Directed by beautiful boy s shawn ku, the film will see cage as a mob enforcer exacting vengeance on the people who put. Beautiful boy, a song by nate borofsky from never enough time beautiful boy, a song from the 2005 musical lestat. This unconventional love story explores the journey of a married couple on the verge of separation who must turn to each other to overcome. Lifetime greenlights fourth flowers in the attic tv. Beautiful boy by shawn ku maria bello, michael sheen. In beautiful boy, maria bello and michael sheen strain for maximal glumness. Beautiful boy ist ein usamerikanisches drama aus dem jahre 2010. They struggle numbly through the funeral, the media onslaught, and the awkward pity from relatives and friends. Sure, hes tried drugshes a teenager, and about half of all american kids will try drugs. A husband and wife are sitting in their living room watching tv and they hear about a school shooting where their son goes.
Beautiful boy maria bello and michael sheen star in a drama that is very good but so grim it is sometimes hard to watch. Inspired by his familys personal connection to the virginia tech shooting and unexpected death of a visiting friend, shawn ku developed his 2010 film beautiful boy. Oct 26, 2017 nicolas cage has a new action thriller on the way called a score to settle. Beautiful boy is about bill and kate and what happens to their already troubled marriage once the glue holding it together is. Nndb has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. A young man reads a short story about a boy and girl. Their already strained marriage is tested as they realize all they have left with each. Bill michael sheen and kate maria bello, whose moody son sam kyle gallner, has recently gone off to college, they are on the. We all grapple with both grief and guilt at some point in our lives, but few movies attempt to tackle the complex dynamic between those two emotional states as directly as shawn ku s beautiful boy.
The whole purpose is to put the viewer in the shoes of these. His writing has appeared in the new york times, the new york times magazine, rolling stone, playboy, wired, and many other publications. Find a library or download libby an app by overdrive. A disaffected married couple living on the precipice of divorce must cope with the news of their sons shooting spree and subsequent suicide at his college campus.
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