Monday, April 18, 2016
Movie #1182 ........................."Coming Through the Rye"
Movie #1182 "Coming Through the Rye" was a delightful movie I got to see as the award winning movie at the Phoenix Film Festival this year. At the Q and A afterwards, the director said it was totally autobiographical, and 99% of the (2) scenes between him and J.D. Salinger was all true. So, yes, the director/writer James Sadwith (played by the wonderful Alex Wolf) hunted for and eventually found the reclusive Salinger (played here impeccably by Chris Cooper) to get his permission to make his famous book "Catcher in the Rye" into a stage play for his senior project. Of course, he did not get permission, but it was still done .....and there's much more to the story and the film.....involving bullying, young love, searching for your dream, etc. It was beautifully filmed and the story was wonderful and I recommend it to those who did And didn't like the book --- doesn't matter, it's the "Coming through" and not necessarily the "Catching" that is in focus here --- the once in a lifetime journey, and we are able to go along in this film. Loved it. Hope it gets universally distributed into a theatre near you! 5 stars out of 5.
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