"Mary" "Mary Trailer" - First Look "Mary" - In Theaters TBD 2008
In the movie "Mary," from director Abel Ferrara, (perhaps best known for the 1990 film "Bad Lieutenant" starring Harvey Keitel), three characters are linked by the mythical Maria Maddalena - Mary Magdalene. Tony Childress, an infamous, egotistical and obsessive actor/director is playing the lead role of Jesus in his controversial new film "This Is My Blood." When the shoot wraps, Marie Palesi (Oscar nominee Juliette Binoche), his lead actress, is left alone in Jerusalem, drained, empty. Into the void within her is poured the spirit of Mary Magdalene, and Marie embarks on a profound journey towards enlightenment. Meanwhile, in New York City, television journalist Ted Younger (Oscar winner, "The Last King of Scotland," Forest Whitaker) begins his own quest for spiritual truth through his documentary about the life of Christ. When the premiere of Tony's film becomes the target of bomb threats by the vengeful religious Right, the lives and paths of these three characters come dramatically together.
It will have taken two years since the movie "Mary" premiered at the Venice Film Festival until its United States release!
STARRING: Juliette Binoche, Forest Whitaker,
Vincent Gallo, Sarah Polley, Heather Graham, Matthew Modine, Marion Cotillard
DIRECTOR: Abel Ferrara
STUDIO: IFC Films
RATING: R (For violence, language and sexual situations)
