Jude Law‘s latest film, The Order, received a seven-minute standing ovation at the Venice International Film Festival and promises to be one of the best movies of the year. While much of the attention went to the film’s leading man, Law’s co-stars and director also enjoyed the celebration-like reception of the crime thriller, which is based on a true story. The Order is director Justin Kurzel’s latest drama and stars Law alongside Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Sebastian Pigott, Jurnee Smollett, Huxley Fisher, and Marc Maron, among others.
Per a report from the event via Variety, the premiere in Venice resonated with the audience, who cheered for the director and cast for seven whole minutes (some reports put the number as high as eight), during a standing ovation that would likely have lasted longer if the cast and crew hadn’t exited the theater. Other films that received standing ovations at the festival this year include Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, I’m Still Here, Maria, and The Brutalist.
The Order was written by Zach Baylin, the screenwriter behind projects such as King Richard, Creed III, and this year’s polarizing adaptation of The Crow. We’ll try not to hold that last one against them. Director Justin Kurzel, meanwhile, is the Australian auteur who debuted with the bloodcurdling thriller Snowtown back in 2011 before going on to make films such as Macbeth, Assassin’s Creed, and True History of the Kelly Gang.
The Order Is More Relevant Than Ever
The Order is an adaptation of 1989’s “The Silent Brotherhood,” a non-fiction book written by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt that offers a glimpse into the white supremacist group known as The Order, which operated in the country in the early 1980s. The film focuses on an FBI agent who identifies the source of several bank robberies across the Pacific Northwest: it’s all the work of Bob Matthews, the neo-Nazi leader who is now planning to overthrow the U.S. government.
The film’s press conference was a box office hit for M. Night, a sequel to The Shape of Water, and a sequel to The Social Network.
“Sadly, the relevance speaks for itself. It felt like a piece of work that needed to be made now. It’s always interesting finding a piece from the past that has some relevant relationship to the present day.”
Kurzel has also commented on why the film is so relevant to today’s social turmoil, calling The Order “a foreshadowing of a divided America.”
“[The movie] delves deep into the heart of hatred, serving as a precursor to a fractured America, sounding an alarm about past events and potential future ones.”
The Order
will premiere in theaters on December 6, 2024. International audiences will be able to stream the film on Amazon Prime Video, but the official streaming date is yet to be confirmed.
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2024-09-03 15:31