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Finestkind, with Brian Helgeland
Austin Film Festival's On Story
English - April 17, 2024 16:00 - 23 minutes - 53 MB - ★★★★★ - 77 ratingsTV & Film Arts Visual Arts festival inspiration movies screenplay write austin craft creator creators entertainment Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week on On Story, a conversation with Brian Helgeland, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter who penned acclaimed movies including L.A. Confidential and Mystic River, and the director who brought to life beloved films such as A Knight’s Tale and 42. He lends a behind the scenes look at the making of Finestkind, a film mined from his relationship with his father and their experiences as deep sea fishermen.
The film, set in Helgeland’s own hometown of New Bedford, Massachusetts, tells the story of two estranged brothers’ navigating a splintered relationship in the high-stakes world of commercial fishing and drug dealing. Helgeland discusses grounding the story in setting, crafting character backgrounds with Tommy Lee Jones (who plays the boys’ father) and imbuing the film with his personal touch. Finestkind is now streaming on Paramount Plus.
Finestkind clips courtesy of Paramount Plus.