Ben Affleck In Person! Double Feature: THE TOWN & GONE BABY GONE January 6, 2011

Actor-director Ben Affleck first gained serious attention in 1997’s GOOD WILL HUNTING, a film in which he gave an excellent supporting performance and won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay with co-writer and friend Matt Damon. His acting career has comprised such films as SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, HOLLYWOODLAND and STATE OF PLAY, along with Terrence Malick’s most recent project. Not confined to one area of film, Affleck has moved with confidence into the role of director with 2007’s lauded GONE BABY GONE, and this year’s critically acclaimed THE TOWN.

Double Feature: THE TOWN, 2010, Warner Bros., 125 min. After masked armed robbers hold up a bank and briefly take employee Claire (Rebecca Hall) hostage, the gang's leader Doug (Ben Affleck) insinuates himself into her life to make sure she won't give any unwanted information to the Feds. The two begin a poignant if problematic romance, while Doug's dangerously volatile best friend (Jeremy Renner) keeps a watchful, malevolent eye on the couple. Ben Affleck excels as both director and lead in this gritty tale of South Boston hoods chasing the allusive Perfect Crime. With Jon Hamm and Blake Lively. [35mm]
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GONE BABY GONE, Miramax, 114 min. Dir. Ben Affleck. In this mesmerizing neo-noir, two detectives search the most unsavory corners of Boston for an abducted four-year-old girl. With a screenplay by Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard based on the Dennis Lehame novel, GONE BABY GONE boasts an outstanding ensemble cast: Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Ed Harris and Morgan Freeman. Of particular note is Amy Ryan, who received an Oscar nomination for her turn as a deadbeat mother who viciously capitalizes on the media coverage of her daughter’s disappearance. [35mm] Discussion between films with actor-director Ben Affleck.
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