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News of the World

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Original title: News of the World
Year: 2020
Running time: 118 min.
Country: United States
Director: Paul Greengrass
Screenwriter: Paul Greengrass, Luke Davies. Novel: Paulette Jiles
Music: James Newton Howard
Cinematography: Dariusz Wolski
Cast: Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Neil Sandilands, Elizabeth Marvel, Ray McKinnon, Mare Winningham, Bill Camp, Chukwudi Iwuji, Thomas Francis Murphy, Tom Astor, Michael Angelo Covino, Fred Hechinger, Annacheska Brown, Christopher Hagen, Stafford Douglas, Michelle Campbell, Stephanie Hill, Clint Obenchain, Cheo Tapia, Winsome Brown, J. Nathan Simmons, Cynthia Casaus, Francheska Bardacke, William Sterchi, David Hight, Brenden Wedner, Randy Ritsema, Bob KnowltonSee 15 More
Producer: Playtone, Pretty Pictures, Universal Pictures, Perfect World Pictures. Distributor: Universal Pictures, Netflix
Genre: Western. Drama | Road Movie. Kidnapping Film / Disappearance. 19th Century
Synopsis: Five years after the end of the Civil War, veteran Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd (Tom Hanks) now moves from town to town as a non-fiction storyteller, sharing the news and gripping adventures from the far reaches of the globe. In the plains of Texas, he crosses paths with Johanna (Helena Zengel), a 10-year-old taken in by the Kiowa people six years earlier and raised as one of their own. Johanna, hostile to a world she's never experienced, is being returned to her biological aunt and uncle against her will. Kidd agrees to deliver the child where the law says she belongs. As they travel hundreds of miles into the unforgiving wilderness, the two will face tremendous challenges of both human and natural forces as they search for a place that either can call home.

Rankings Position

#80 Best Movies of 2020

Awards: 2020: Academy Awards: 4 Nominations inc. Best Cinematography & Original Score

2020: Golden Globes: Nom. Best Supp. Actress (Zengel) & Best Original Soundtrack

2020: BAFTA Awards: 4 nominations, including Best Cinematography

2020: National Board of Review (NBR): Top 10 & Best Adapted Screenplay

2020: Critics Choice Awards: 7 Nominations, incl. Best Picture & Actor

2020: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay

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2020: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): 2 Nom., incl. Best Actress in Supp. Role (Zengel)

2020: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nominated Most Promising Performer (Zengel)

2020: Satellite Awards: 4 Nominations, including Best Supporting Actress (Zengel)

Critics' reviews

"An epic Western with an intimate gaze that recalls The Searchers and True Grit, providing Tom Hanks with one of his best roles"

David Rooney: The Hollywood Reporter
"'News of the World' works at the highest levels as a story of two lost souls who find one another, and as a crackling good, blood-spattered Western (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Richard Roeper: Chicago Sun-Times
"A modest but morally forceful Western about a nation in need of healing (...) it lacks the muscle needed to reach the end of the journey without getting tired."

David Ehrlich: IndieWire
"Anchored by the innate decency that Tom Hanks brings to the majority of his performances, News of the World is a comforting balm from a director who usually avoids such warmth in his pictures."

Matt Goldberg: Collider
"One of the most rewarding subtexts of the film is the theme of journalism (...) Kidd doesn’t report the news, but he recognizes that, in telling stories, there are truths that can restore our humanity (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Michael O'Sullivan: The Washington Post
"Favoring scenery over incident, Paul Greengrass and Tom Hanks reunite for a long, slow road movie"

Peter Debruge: Variety
"There’s something comforting about giving yourself over to an undeniably talented group of artists for two hours and just letting them tell you a story (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
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