THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL
Film - Homage: CineMerit Award | Jessica Lange

THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL

Directed by Michael Cristofer

Info

Director: Michael Cristofer
Section: Homage: CineMerit Award | Jessica Lange
Country: USA
Year: 2023
BT: CINEMERIT: JESSICA LANGE / THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL
Language: English
Version: Original version
Cast: Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Lily Rabe, Jesse Williams, Pierce Brosnan
12+

Also in this program

Logline

Jessica Lange is inspiring in this emotional drama about growing older and the sum of the roles one plays in life.

During rehearsals for Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard”, Broadway star Lillian Hall struggles more and more with forgetfulness. But the show must go on: theater has been her life for decades and opening night remains her goal. A balancing act between the needs of her family and her own craving for the limelight begins.

Show calendar

Calendar

  • After the film: Extended film talk with Jessica Lange

    Deutsches Theater
  • City 1
  • Gloria Palast

Meet the director

THE GREAT LILLIAN HALL

Michael Cristofer

Michael Cristofer is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and playwright whose 1977 play “The Shadow Box” won both a Pulitzer Prize for drama and a Tony Award for best play. He also directed the films GIA (1998), BODY SHOTS (1999), and ORIGINAL SIN (2001), the latter starring Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie.

Credits

Screenplay: Elisabeth Seldes Annacone
Director of Photography: Simon Dennis
Film Editor: Joseph Krings
Composer: Mac Quayle
Production Designer: Ina Mayhew
Costume Design: Emilio Sosa
Sound: Michael Phelan
Sound design: Chris Basta
Make-up artist: Karri Farris
Casting director: Jessica Fox-Thigpen
Producer: Bruce Cohen, Steven Rogers, Scott Thigpen, Marie Halliday
Production Company: Crazy Legs Features, Bold Choices Productions
Executive producer: Tom Cappello
Co-Producer: George Scarles
World Sales: CAA