Gods Behaving Badly (film)
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| Directed by | Marc Turtletaub |
| Written by | Marie Phillips Josh Goldfaden |
| Based on | Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips |
| Produced by | Peter Saraf Marc Turtletaub Caroline Jaczbo |
| Starring | Alicia Silverstone Christopher Walken Sharon Stone John Turturro Edie Falco Oliver Platt Rosie Perez |
| Cinematography | Tak Fujimoto |
| Edited by | Alan Heim Joe Landauer |
| Music by | Christopher Young |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Gods Behaving Badly is a 2013 film adaptation of Marie Phillips' 2007 satire novel Gods Behaving Badly. The film is the feature-length directorial debut of Marc Turtletaub, who is better known as a film producer.[1]
Plot
[edit]The film is about a young mortal couple (Alicia Silverstone and Ebon Moss-Bachrach) who encounter a group of Greek gods living in New York City.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Alicia Silverstone as Kate
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Neil
- Christopher Walken as Zeus
- Sharon Stone as Aphrodite
- John Turturro as Hades
- Edie Falco as Artemis
- Oliver Platt as Apollo
- Rosie Perez as Persephone
- Phylicia Rashad as Demeter
- Nelsan Ellis as Dionysus
- Gideon Glick as Eros
- Laryssa Lauret as Trudy
- Henry Zebrowski as Hermes
- Will Swenson as Ares
- Glenn Fleshler as Landauer
- Aasif Mandvi as Maxwell
- Kathleen Turner as Styx
Production
[edit]The film was shot during mid-2011.[3] The setting of the story was changed from contemporary London to modern day New York City.[4]
Release
[edit]The film was shot in 2011 and premiered at the 2013 Rome Film Festival,[5] where it received negative reviews,[6][7] and was never officially released.
References
[edit]- ^ Uddin, Zakia (July 6, 2011). "Christopher Walken to play modern-day Zeus in 'Gods Behaving Badly'". Digital Spy. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
- ^ Sneider, Jeff (July 6, 2011). "Big Beach finds 'Gods'". Variety. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
- ^ Bettinger, Brendan (July 5, 2011). "Christopher Walken, John Turturro, Alicia Silverstone, Sharon Stone, Edie Falco, Rosie Perez, Phylicia Rashad and More Star in Gods Behaving Badly". Retrieved August 23, 2012.
- ^ White, James (July 6, 2011). "Walken Among Gods Behaving Badly". Empire. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
- ^ "Gods Behaving Badly". Rome Film Festival. November 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
- ^ Weissberg, Jay (2013-11-24). "Rome Film Review: 'Gods Behaving Badly'". Variety. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
- ^ Adams, Lee (2022-02-04). "Gods Behaving Badly: The Unreleased Christopher Walken Project We've Never Seen". /Film. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
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