George Clooney’s new movie The tender bar will be released on Amazon Prime next month, and with the stellar cast of the set, and a screenplay adapted by JR Moehringer’s book, ‘The Tender Bar’ which was named Best Book of the Year by ‘The New York Times ‘,’ Esquire, ” The Los Angeles Times Book Review, ‘Entertainment Weekly,’ ‘USA Today’ and ‘Fresh Air’ by NPR, all set in a magical and celebrated era of the ’60s and’ 70s, we can expect to a moving film. Clooney, speaking from reading the script, saw his own uncle in the movie’s Uncle Charlie (Ben Affleck). If you haven’t seen the trailer, we’ll catch up with you.
Speaking of his uncle, George Clooney said, “He had it all, but he was a bad drunk and was an alcoholic for a good part of his life. During the summers, I lived with him above a bar, which my mother always called the Bucket of Blood. The difference between that and the movie was that everyone sounded like they were from Kentucky instead of Manhasset. But the mentality was the same: people who drink at noon in a dark bar, regulars who tell stories and who are funny and support each other. My uncle was that character. When you’re a kid, it’s exciting. I bonded with the guy, because I really loved my uncle George. He was also the funniest person I have ever met. In the end, he pulled himself together.
The official synopsis reads: “The Tender Bar tells the story of JR (Tye Sheridan), a fatherless boy who grows up by the glow of a bar where the bartender, his uncle Charlie (Ben Affleck), is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of eccentric and demonstrative father figures. As the boy’s determined mother (Rabe) struggles to give her son opportunities that are denied – and to leave the ramshackle house of his outrageous but reluctantly supportive father (Christopher Lloyd) – JR starts playing, though not always gracefully, pursuing romantic and professional dreams – with one foot constantly placed in Uncle Charlie’s bar. The tender bar is based on the best-selling memories of the same. ”
The entire cast, including Oscar winner Ben Affleck and Tye Sheridan, starring Christopher Lloyd and Lily Rabe, will tell the story of JR Moehringer who won him the Pulitzer Prize. The screenplay adaptation was written by Oscar winner William Monahan (The dead, The player). This will be the fourth feature film directed by George Clooney that tells a true story, including The Monuments Men, good night and good luck., and the ironic memoirs of Chuck Barris, Confessions of a dangerous mind.
George Clooney is also directing the new series Confessions of a dangerous mind, with Justin Timberlake as Chuck Barris. He will continue to tell the story with his Water gate mini-series, Boys in the boat which is based on “The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics,” the “New York Times” best-selling story about America’s Olympic triumph. rowing in Nazi Germany. If you haven’t read it, treat yourself. He will continue his biographical sequence with Saint Jean.
The coming-of-age drama hits theaters in Los Angeles and New York in a limited release on December 17 and opens nationwide on December 22. The film will be available worldwide to stream via Amazon Prime Video on January 7. from Variety
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