New York Film Festival 2010 Preview: Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter

The closing film for the 48th New York Film Festival is Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter.

The film follows three intersecting stories of a blue collar American, a French journalist and a school boy from London. It explores the possibilites of connecting with loved ones who have passed away in the afterlife. Starring Matt Damon, Cécile De France, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jay Mohr and Jennifer Lewis. Written by Peter Morgan (The Queen) and directed by Clint Eastwood (Invictus and Letters From Iwo Jima). This film will bring the close of the 48th Annual New York Film Festival.

Sun Oct 10: 7:00pm (Gala screening)

Sun Oct 10: 10:00pm (Festival screening)

Ticket Info

Fri., 10/15/10 – Limited/exclusive engagements open in Los Angeles, New York City and Toronto

Weds., 10/20/10 – Exclusive engagements open in Chicago and San Francisco

Fri., 10/22/10 – Opens in theaters nationwide

Oscar ® winner Matt Damon (“Good Will Hunting,” “Invictus”) stars in “Hereafter,” directed by Academy Award ® winner Clint Eastwood (“Million Dollar Baby,” “Unforgiven”) from a screenplay by two time Oscar ® nominee Peter Morgan (“Frost/Nixon,” “The Queen”).

“Hereafter” tells the story of three people who are haunted by mortality in different ways. Matt Damon stars as George, a blue-collar American who has a special connection to the afterlife. On the other side of the world, Marie (Cecile de France), a French journalist, has a near-death experience that shakes her reality. And when Marcus (Frankie/George McLaren), a London schoolboy, loses the person closest to him, he desperately needs answers. Each on a path in search of the truth, their lives will intersect, forever changed by what they believe might–or must–exist in the hereafter.

The film also stars award-winning French actress Cecile de France (“A Secret”) as Marie, and twins Frankie and George McLaren. The international cast also includes Jay Mohr (“Street Kings,” TV’s “Gary Unmarried”), Bryce Dallas Howard (“Eclipse,” “Spider-Man 3”), Marthe Keller, Thierry Neuvic and Derek Jacobi.

“Hereafter” is produced by Eastwood, multiple Oscar ®-nominated producer Kathleen Kennedy (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Munich,” “E.T.”) and two-time Oscar ® nominee Robert Lorenz (“Letters from Iwo Jima,” “Mystic River”). Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, Peter Morgan and Tim Moore served as executive producers.

Behind the scenes, Eastwood reunited with his longtime collaborators, including director of photography Tom Stern, production designer James J. Murakami, editors Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach, and costume designer Deborah Hopper.

“Hereafter” was filmed entirely on location in Paris, London, Hawaii and San Francisco.

Warner Bros. Pictures Presents a Kennedy/Marshall Production, a Malpaso Production, “Hereafter.” Slated for limited release on October 15, 2010 and opening wide October 22, 2010, the film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

This film has been rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements including disturbing disaster and accident images, and for brief strong language.