The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
Overview
A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.
- Budget
- $35,000,000
- Revenue
- $3,326,364
- Production
- Sons of Manual, Lyla Films, Warp Films
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Cast
Kit Harington
John F. Donovan
Natalie Portman
Sam Turner
Jacob Tremblay
Rupert Turner
Susan Sarandon
Grace Donovan
Kathy Bates
Barbara Haggermaker
Ben Schnetzer
Rupert Turner (21 y.o.)
Thandiwe Newton
Journalist
Jared Keeso
James Donovan
Chris Zylka
Will Jefford Jr.
Amara Karan
Miss Kureshi
Emily Hampshire
Amy Bosworth
Michael Gambon
Man in Diner
Sarah Gadon
Liz Jones
Susan Almgren
Aunt Faith
Jane Wheeler
Aunt Anne
Craig Eldridge
Uncle Patrick
Ari Millen
Big Billy
Gijs Blom
Rupert's Boyfriend
Rob Baker
Late Night Show Host
Ellen David
Adam's Mother
Crew
- Director
- Xavier Dolan
- Writers
- Xavier Dolan,Jacob Tierney
- Producers
- Lyse Lafontaine,Nancy Grant,Xavier Dolan,Joe Iacono
- Cinematography
- André Turpin
- Composer
- Gabriel Yared
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cityguide
September 5, 2018
Perhaps best known as the film that Jessica Chastain’s role was cut from, Xavier Dolan’s upcoming drama is still plenty star-studded, featuring a cast that includes Natalie Portman, Jacob Tremblay, Thandie Newton, Susan Sarandon, and Kit Harington. Though little is truly known about the project — only a single 17-second teaser trailer has been released — it’s described as a reminiscence on the life and death of an American TV star (Kit Harington), as told through his then 11-year-old pen pal (Ja…
SWITCH.
May 13, 2020
You can see Xavier Dolan reaching for something grand with this film, a bigger story than he has ever attempted before and even more romantic questions of identity and self, but while one of the problems of 'The Death and Life of John F. Donovan' is that there are <i>too</i> many questions being asked, it doesn't mean that any of them aren't worth asking. This is still a Xavier Dolan film, and for all the right reasons, even down to his continuing dissection of the complex relationships between …