Country: USA
Year: 2012
Duration: 89'
The film, set in the near future, tells the story of Frank, a retired thief once specialized in jewelry heists, and who is now over seventy years old. His two sons, worried that he might be losing his memory and his self-sufficiency, decide to entrust their father’s care into the hands of a robot programmed to improve his physical and mental conditions. The “cohabitation” is difficult at first but they eventually develop a particular and valuable bond. Frank’s condition drastically improves: he finds pleasure again in the passions he had cultivated all his life. Including the one for thefts.
Biography
film director
Jake Schreier
Jake Schreier graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts in New York in 2003. He is a founding member of the Brooklyn-based filmmaker collective Waverly Films; in 2006 he started working with the production company Parks Pictures, directing some commercials and music videos, and becoming quickly known in the sector. Meanwhile, in 2005 he directed his first short film, Christopher Ford Sees a Film, a comedy named after Christopher Ford (who plays the protagonist), a friend and former classmate of his, as well as a trusted screenwriter. Robot & Frank (2012) represents his feature film debut, which has already earned him the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. In the past, he played the keyboard for the indie group Francis and the Lights, and he was also responsible for their multimedia productions.
FILMOGRAFIA
Christopher Ford Sees a Film (cm, 2005), Robot & Frank (2012).
Declaration
film director
“We’ve been fortunate enough to show the film to a lot of different people in robotics. […] We also were part of the Robot Film Festival in New York, which was really interesting. A lot of people there worked in different parts of the robotics industry. In general, people seem very pleased just to have a movie in which robots aren’t trying to kill everyone.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/directorJake Schreier
sceneggiatura/screenplay Christopher D.Ford
fotografia/cinematography Matthew J. Lloyd
montaggio/film editing Jacob Craycroft
scenografia/production design Sharon Lomofsky
costumi/costume design Erika Munro
musica/music Matt Veligdan
suono/sound Paul Hsu
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Frank Langella (Frank), James Mardsen (Hunter), Liv Tyler (Madison), Peter Sarsgaard (voce del robot/robot’s voice), Susan Sarandon (Jennifer), Jeremy Strong (Jake), Jeremy Sisto (lo sceriffo/sheriff Rowling), Rachel Ma (il robot/robot performer), Bonnie Bentley (Ava)
produttori/producers Galt Niederhoffer, Sam Bisbee, Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Lance Acord
produzione/production Hallowell House
coproduttori/coproducers Erika Hampson, Cody Ryder
vendita all’estero/world sales Exclusive Media
sceneggiatura/screenplay Christopher D.Ford
fotografia/cinematography Matthew J. Lloyd
montaggio/film editing Jacob Craycroft
scenografia/production design Sharon Lomofsky
costumi/costume design Erika Munro
musica/music Matt Veligdan
suono/sound Paul Hsu
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Frank Langella (Frank), James Mardsen (Hunter), Liv Tyler (Madison), Peter Sarsgaard (voce del robot/robot’s voice), Susan Sarandon (Jennifer), Jeremy Strong (Jake), Jeremy Sisto (lo sceriffo/sheriff Rowling), Rachel Ma (il robot/robot performer), Bonnie Bentley (Ava)
produttori/producers Galt Niederhoffer, Sam Bisbee, Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Lance Acord
produzione/production Hallowell House
coproduttori/coproducers Erika Hampson, Cody Ryder
vendita all’estero/world sales Exclusive Media
