Ever since the rocky start at the Venice Film Festival, things haven’t been looking promising for Madonna‘s W.E.. The Weinstein Company was reportedly re-editing the film and then recently pushed back its roll-out. The first theatrical trailer has arrived and it actually looks somewhat appealing, mostly technical-wise. The Lives of Others cinematographer Hagen Bogdanski is behind the camera and Abel Korzeniowski, who gave us the wonderful score for A Single Man, composed here.
I can see the complaints of the two storylines forced together in a false fashion, but even if this is a disaster as many have claimed, it doesn’t seem like a dull one. Starring Andrea Riseborough, Natalie Dormer, Abbie Cornish, Annabelle Wallis, Oscar Isaac, Katie McGrath, James D’Arcy, and Richard Coyle, one can see the trailer below via Moviefone.
Synopsis:
The year is 1998, and Manhattan is abuzz with anticipation about the upcoming auction of the estate of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. But the auction is far more than a diversion for Wally Winthrop (Abbie Cornish), a transplanted Southerner trapped in an unhappy and abusive marriage. Transfixed by the exquisite artifacts of the Windsors’ lives, Wally becomes obsessed with the love story of Wallis Simspon (Andrea Riseborough), the chic, charismatic American who captured the heart of King Edward VIII (James D’Arcy). As she learns more about the sacrifices Wallis made in choosing to be with Edward, Wally finds the courage to follow her own heart and create her own happiness.
W.E. opens in an Oscar-qualifying limited release December 9 in New York and Los Angeles and then return to theaters February 3rd for a wider release.
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