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Joe Wright's 'Pride Prejudice' (2005), starring Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFadyen, returns to Indian theatres on July 25.
Joe Wright on the set of “Pride & Prejudice” (2005). Austen wasn’t particularly front-of-mind for Wright. “I was reading Charles Bukowski and people like that at the time, William Burrows.
Joe Wright, at the Smile restaurant in Manhattan, says he was attracted to “Darkest Hour” by the humor in the script and the way it humanized British icon Winston Churchill.
Director Joe Wright went through many of the same emotions as most of us during the early months of the pandemic. Panic and uncertainty. Fear. Boredom and stir-craziness. And, at one point, a deep ...
Joe Wright has always felt a connection with Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play “Cyrano de Bergerac,” which has been reinterpreted onstage and in film for decades.
Joe Wright has style. He’s the kind of sumptuously visual director you either love or hate, which may explain why a Best Director Oscar nomination has eluded him so far, even when his signature ...
Joe Wright is a director who not only sees but conceives his films through their setting and a sense of space. “Drama occurs between people in relation to each other, ...
Filmmaker Joe Wright takes a 180 in the portrayal of World War II prime ministers, pivoting from the wise and measured Winston Churchill in 2017’s Darkest Hour (which delivered a Best Actor ...
So what does esteemed director Joe Wright have in common with Steven Spielberg? After a long career behind the camera they both finally made their first musical this year, Spielberg of course with ...
Fortunately, Joe Wright recognized the impact of “Wherever I Fall” and refused to let it be excised from his movie – employing his skills as a director to ensure that the sequence became ...
As Joe Wright started working on “Darkest Hour” in January of 2016, he thought about one day hoping to make a topical film. But Brexit, the American election and the British election weren’t ...
Joe Wright, who was probably the most powerful member of a legislature he helped make independent from the governor, was remembered as a farmer and family man, always his top priorities.