Fading Gigolo by John Turturro

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Thanks!

[Bebe]

"Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Fading Gigolo"
www.woodyallenpages.com/2013/01/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-fading-gigolo/

Sounds like it will be a very funny & enjoyable movie. More about Vanessa's character Avital:

A Hasidic widowed woman, she is the lice lady to Turturro children.

Oh no!

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Can't say enough how much I love Liev's hair in this ! lol I think it's lovely, also how much I want Sofia Vergara's body, her body is incredible as we see in these few shots...

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John Turturro talking about the movie : www.qedintl.com/films/fading-gigolo/

[flo116]

Thanks so much Meixang...now we know more about who is who and it sounds good and funny.
Hope I get to see it as I have said before I have not had the pleasure of seeing any of Vanessa's films.

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Thanks!

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I don't know if it's a official facebook page but I share anyway

Fading Gigolo Movie

And a new vid where I can regonize Vanessa

www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=4093046209070

[duffbear]

Fading Gigolo Official Trailer

[Chandelle]

Thanks for the links, trailer, etc., everyone ... this looks great!

[flo116]

WOW Thanks looks interesting...

[evochka]

wow. looks promising

[duffbear]

Filming Finished!

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The movie at the Toronto International Film Festival 2013 (for 3 screenings!)!!!!!

Festival - Special Presentation

Woody Allen plays as bookseller-turned-pimp to John Turturro’s middle-aged neophyte hustler, in actor-writer-director Turturro’s inspired left-field comedy. The premise is as inspired as it is absurd, and Turturro carries it off with his own affecting and surprisingly romantic vision of New York City.
Woody Allen plays a pimp and John Turturro his gigolo employee. Got that? Accept the brilliantly absurd premise of Fading Gigolo and you're in for a hilarious ride. Working from his own screenplay, Turturro sets up the crazy idea in quick, bold strokes, then goes on to explore just what it would mean to be a middle-aged man for hire. And did we mention he's a novice?

Fioravante (Turturro) is a junior florist and friend to Murray (Allen), whose small bookshop is facing closure. To help the business stay solvent, the two men decide to try the world's oldest profession. In a New York full of wealthy older women with active libidos, surely a greying Don Juan could make a few bucks. And so, adopting the names "Virgil Howard" and "Dan Bongo," the duo gets to work.

Somewhere between Spike Lee's and Woody Allen's own visions of idiosyncratic New York lies the left-field comedy Turturro brings to this film. His characters are strong and unapologetic; in addition to Allen's pimp and Turturro's gigolo, legendary screen sexpots Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara turn up as eager clients. But the film's most surprising and affecting element is the romance that develops between Fioravante and Avigal, an orthodox Jewish widow played by Vanessa Paradis. Sheltered and lonely, she slowly opens a door to the outside world, but under the watchful eye of Dovi (Liev Schreiber), a vigilant member of the neighbourhood's Jewish police.

In the midst of Allen's remarkable resurgence behind the camera, it's a thrill to watch him work onscreen with someone else's material. His wit and his rhythms are in fine form here, and Turturro knows how to use the legend to best effect. With Fading Gigolo, Woody adds yet another indelible role to his catalogue of New York stories.

tiff.net/filmsandschedules/festival/2013/fadinggigolo

[MarieClaire]

Woo! Thank you for the info Meixang!

[flo116]

This film looks wonderful...I really hope I get to see it. ///////thanks for the links.

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If I understand well, John Turturro, Woody Allen & Vanessa are expected tonight in Toronto!

www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=572666899458529&l=8aa01397df

[flo116]

Fiddle I was going to watch the trailer again and it has been removed. I wonder why.
Oh I hope Vanessa attends maybe we will get new pictures.

[Lily-Lou]

I really hope this movie will be shown in Polish cinemas. It looks great and I love Woody Allen

[lizzie]

The North American distribution rights have been sold! Yes!!! I think the $3 million price paid is a very good one for a small indie like this.
www.deadline.com/2013/09/toronto-fading-gigolo-sells-for-3-million-to-millennium-films/

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A review by The Guardian

www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/09/fading-gigolo-toronto-review-john-turturro-woody-allen