The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2019)
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2019)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Kit Harington
John F. Donovan
Jacob Tremblay
Rupert Turner
Natalie Portman
Sam Turner
Ben Schnetzer
Adult Rupert Turner
Thandiwe Newton
Audrey Newhouse
Susan Sarandon
Grace Donovan
Amara Karan
Mrs. Kureishi
Chris Zylka
Will Jefford Jr.
Emily Hampshire
Amy Bosworth
Jared Keeso
James Donovan
Kathy Bates
Barbara Haggermaker
Michael Gambon
Man in Diner
Sarah Gadon
Liz Jones
Dakota Jamal Wellman
Eric
Susan Almgren
Aunt Faith
Leni Parker
Bonnie
Joe Iacono
Producer
Ari Millen
Billy
Katy Breier
Trish
Ellen David
Adam's Mother
Alison Louder
Hellsome High Actress
Matthew Raudsepp
Hellsome High Actor
Harry Strandjofski
Producer
Trevor Hayes
Director
Pat Kiely
Director #2
Anne Pritchard
ProductionDesigner
Brent Skagford
Editor #1
Sangita Patel
Journalist #3
Lukas Rolfe
Cedric James
Jane Wheeler
Aunt Anne
Craig Eldridge
Uncle Patrick
Carolyn Fe
Porter
Connor McMahon
Sasha
Holly Bernier
Journalist #2
Hamza Haq
Journalist #4
Niko Nikolov
Security Guard
Patrick Allard
Club Boy #1
Pierre-Luc Lafontaine
Fan in the Club
Gijs Blom
Rupert's Boyfriend
Sam Taylor Buck
Young Daniel
Daniel Murphy
Editor #2
Xavier Dolan
Director / Screenplay / Producer / Editor / Costume Design
Jacob Tierney
Writer
Nancy Grant
Producer
Lyse Lafontaine
Producer
Colombe Raby
Production Design
Charles-Olivier Tremblay
Art Department Assistant
Lucie Tremblay
Set Designer
Jean-François Ferland
Visual Effects Supervisor
Marie-Claude Lafontaine
Visual Effects Coordinator / Visual Effects Producer
Yves Desjardins
Production Coordinator
Marianne Messier Petit
Transportation Coordinator
Peter Carlton
Co-Producer
Barry Ryan
Co-Producer
Denis Lamothe
Gaffer
Benoît Mathieu
Location Manager
Réal Hamel
Picture Car Coordinator
Liana Dee
Production Accountant
Christian Fluet
Production Accountant
André Turpin
Cinematography
Mathieu Denis
Editor
Michele Clapton
Costume Design
Pierre-Yves Gayraud
Costume Design
Pierre Perrault
Art Direction
Kathy Kelso
Key Makeup Artist / Makeup Department Head
Denis Vidal
Key Hair Stylist
Carmen Cuba
Casting Director
Gabriel Yared
Original Music Composer
Julie Brisebois
Makeup Artist
Linda Dowds
Makeup Artist
Sjaan Gillings
Makeup Supervisor
Sian Grigg
Makeup Artist
Scott Hersh
Makeup Artist
Camiel McLean
Makeup Artist
Maïna Militza
Makeup Artist
Sylvain Brassard
Sound Re-Recording Mixer / ADR Editor / Supervising Sound Editor / Sound Effects Editor / Sound Designer
Jean-Charles Liozu
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jean-Philippe Savard
Sound Effects Editor
Frédérique Bolté
Set Decoration
Pascale Deschênes
Set Decoration
Susan Raney
Set Decoration
Sébastien Thivierge
Set Decoration
Patrick Binette
Set Dresser
Louis Cyr
Set Dresser
Raymond Larose
Set Designer
Anna Mayerová
Set Designer
Benoit Robitaille
Set Dresser
Georges Samuel
Set Dresser
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 13, 2019
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 7m
Content RatingR
Budget$35,000,000
Genres
Wiki.
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan is a 2018 Canadian drama film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Xavier Dolan, in his English-language debut. The film stars Kit Harington, Jacob Tremblay, Natalie Portman, Susan Sarandon, Kathy Bates, Thandiwe Newton, Ben Schnetzer, and Jared Keeso. It deals with themes of celebrity, tabloid media in Hollywood, mother-son relationships, and homosexuality.
It is presented as three different sequences of scenes interspersed during the film: a series set in 2017 showing a young actor who reminisces about the written correspondence he shared as a child with an American TV star who died since then, and two other series set in the mid-2000s depicting the lives of both characters at the time of the correspondence.
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan had its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was critically panned, with many critics describing it as Dolan's worst directorial effort.