Director Tom Ford
Producers Tom Ford, Chris Weitz, Andrew Miano, Robert Salerno
Production companies Fade To Black Productions, Depth Of Field Productions
US distribution The Weinstein Company
International sales IM Global
US release date December 11
Worldwide gross $217,000 to December 13
Best picture chances
The journey of fashion icon Tom Ford and his debut film A Single Man began with rave reviews at Venice and Toronto, where The Weinstein Company snapped up US distribution rights. Ford’s elegant debut may illustrate his fascination with beauty, but it also demonstrates a talent for storytelling and a fearlessness at tackling some of life’s bigger issues. It is destined to catch fire in several categories, and a place on the best picture shortlist is not out of its grasp.
What Screen said
“This adaptation of the 1964 novel by Christopher Isherwood, about a gay British college professor in Los Angeles coping with the death of his partner, is both stylistically assured and quietly moving. It also represents a quantum leap for Colin Firth, who gives his most nuanced, compelling performance to date in the lead role. Julianne Moore is a worthy support to Firth as a lonely, gin-tippling woman who is still in love with her best friend… A Single Man is good at evoking and sparking complex emotions, but it resonates above all because of the way it turns a single man’s single day into a spiritual journey from despair to transfiguration… Given the right timing, the film should play well at the broader end of the prestige arthouse market.”
Lee Marshall
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