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Asteroid City
USA 2023
produced by
Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales, Christoph Fisser (executive), Henning Molfenter (executive), Charlie Woebcken (executive) for Indian Paintbrush, American Empirical Pictures, Focus Features
directed by Wes Anderson
starring Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Jason Schwartzman, Jake Ryan, Scarlett Johansson, Grace Edwards, Maya Hawke, Rupert Friend, Jeffrey Wright, Hope Davis, Steve Park, Liev Schreiber, Aristou Meehan, Ethan Josh Lee, Sophia Lillis, Tom Hanks, Ella Faris, Gracie Faris, Willan Faris, Deanna Dunagan, Vandi Clark, Pedro Placer, Matt Dillon, Iván López, Aaron Ziobrowski, Celia Bermejo, Zoe Bernard, Brayden Frasure, Preston Mota, Kyleigh Fuller, Henry Rhoades, Jack Eyman, Sebastian Stephens, Willa Skye, Annalise Mackulin, Calhoun Metcalf, Seu Jorge, Jarvis Cocker, Pere Mallén, Jean-Yves Lozac'h, Damien Bonnard, Steve Carell, Ramón Ródenas, Tony Revolori, Bob Balaban, Fisher Stevens, Tilda Swinton, Elvira Arce, Nicolas Avinée, Mohamed Belhadjine, Katy Heffernan Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Adrien Brody, Paul Kynman, Hong Chau, Sam Marra, Rita Wilson, Ara Hollyday, Willem Dafoe, Kenneth Bate, Christian Bate, Margot Robbie, Sandy Hamilton, Roberto Moreno De Matias, Francisco Serrano, Francisco Javier Gomez, Jacinto Domingo Torija, Alvaro Olivas Marques, Dominique Fouassier, Pablo Amorós, Yann Tremblay, Sébastien Fouassier, Carlos Arimón, Antonio Graziano, Nuria Gigorro, Raquel Jiménez Martínez, Jorge Francisco Mena Garcia, Ana Isabel Comendador Martínez, Carlos Saez, Karine Niederman, Jesús Olivas Santos, José Luis Figueroa, Pascale Coppola, Matilda Clarke, Milagros Ahijon, Paula Domingo, Crístian García Jiménez, Junior Harris, Robert Tattam, Eusebio Mateo Díaz, Stéphane Bak, Tom Hudson, Rodolphe Pauly, Aimee Mullins, Valérie Sadoun, Erica Dorn, Julia Kruger, Anisse Elias, Rebecca Cornford, Avery Looser, Guy Trevellyan, Truman Hanks, Honor Northridge, Eliel Ford, Caris Yeoman, Yann Pozzoli, Sonia Gascón, Marian Huélamo, Timothy Cordukes, Carmen Méndez, Ainhoa Aldanondo, Marta Rubio, Marcos Pereiro, Susana Hornos, Alicia San Lorenzo, Palmira Ferrer, Jose Antonio Turiégano Carrasco, Pilar Ramírez Escalona, Virginia Romano Álvarez, Milagros Reyeros Ruiz, Jonatan Buitrago Díaz, Ricardo Mohedas Tiñana, Carlos Arroyo, Ismael González Carrasco, Celedonio Guijarro Cano, Juan Abad Molina, Patricia Colin, Elena Uriz, Jose Segovia Ortiz, Enrique Ruiz Granado, Juan Carlos Iglesias Gómez, Óscar Mínguez García Patrón, Guillermo Garcia, David Navarro Romero, Javier Gigorro De Las Peñas, Alejandro García Aparicio, Diego Maldonado Davila, David Rodríguez Moreno, Mario Perez Lomas, Alejandro Urbina Escalona, David Verdejo Escribano, Adrián Corpa Fernández, Jesús Jiménez Caler, Francisco Corrales Rubio, Sergio Martinez Martinez, Félix Israel Pinilla De La Guia, Jay Lau, Mario Turiégano Delgado, Pedro Padilla Perez, Randall Poster, Matthew Frasure, Chris Faris, Erika Godwin, Sara Greisberg, Manuela Martinez Zafra
story by Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, screenplay by Wes Anderson, music by Alexandre Desplat
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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Asteroid City's main and probably only claim to fame is that 5,000
years ago a meteor has struck the area - and thus by the 1950s, an
observatory has been built and there's a yearly science fair. Other than
that, it's a very unremarkable desert town. But for said science fair,
Augie (Jason Schwartzman) brings his children (Jake Ryan, Ella Faris,
Gracie Faris, Willan Faris) to town, and he also tries to find the right
moment that their mum has died ... three weeks ago. But since his car has
broken down, he has to call his father-in-law (Tom Hanks), who has never
thought much of him. On the plus side, he meets somewhat vain Hollywood
star Midge Campell (Scarlett Johansson), who takes an interest in him. And
then, out of nowhere an alien lands in town to take Asteroid City's most
prized posession, the meteorite that struck back when, and suddenly the
whole town's under quarantine - or that's the plan, as for a couple or so
weeks the town becomes a tourist attraction, shaking up pretty much
everybody's life ... Now a synopsis, any synopsis, hardly does Asteroid
City justice as it's not so much a film that lives through its story
but through its mood, its aesthetics (which are often reminiscent of faded
photographs), its very dry humour, its intentionally often stilted
dialogue, even its play with meta levels (which includes Bryan Cranston as
a host "leading" the audience through the story and actors
rehearsing and discussing their roles). And the result is a pretty unusual
piece of film that's at the same time more than a bit absurd but also
highly enjoyable and absolutely entertaining.
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