Author(s): Wes Freeman & Tyler Pratt
Location: Miami, FL
“To Live"
Directed By: Martin Scorsese
Written By:Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese
Produced By: Brad Grey and Grahm King
Distibuted By: Warner Brothers
Principal Cast:
Daniel Day-Lewis as Thomas Warren
Vera Farmiga as Jane Malenko
Emma Thompson as Helen Warren - Somers
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as Patrick Warren
John C. Reilly as Jared Pearlman
Lorraine Bracco as Angela Harari
Robert DeNiro as Dr. Anthony Correli
Tagline: "It's not so bad that Thomas Warren will die. Whats even worse is that he never lived"
Synopsis: The old man is dying of cancer and he knows it,Thomas Warren somberly tells Jared Pearlmen, a strangerhe met in a bar. Warren tells Jared that he has alot of money to spend but he just doesnt know how to use it. Warren is insistant that he wants to have a good time, so Jared takes him on the town, to casinos,night clubs the red light district and finally in the waning hours of the night back to the bar, where a piano player calls for requests. Thomas, who has been wearing his hat and overcoat all night, takes them off and requests "Life Is Short". The piano player strains to remember the song until he begins to slowly play. As he plays Thomas begins to sing the song in his delicate soft voice, but everyone falls silent drawn int a heart breaking moment of reverie.
Flash back to that morning, 9:00 a.m. Warren is standing behind an X-Ray at his doctors office. Afterwards while waiting in the lobby for his results, he is drawn into a conversation with a cancer patient who describes the symptoms of stomach cancer. Like a message from death, Warren realizes he is experiencing all of these problems. The man tells him that if the doctor says that he can eat whatever he wants, he has less than a year to live. Ten minutes later the doctor says the dreaded words, causing Warren to nearly have a panic attack.
Fast foward to where we were at the begining. Thomas is at the bar having a drink with Jared Pearlman, talking about his cancer and describes his job to him. Thomas has worked at the same job as a file clerk at New York City hall for over thirty years, and has never accomplished anything. He has become the chief of his section and sits at his desk all day shuffling papers. Nothing ever happens. Nothing is ever accomplished. His real job is to deal with citezin complaints, but all he ever does is just stamp their files to show he has looked at them. Warren tells Jared about how when he got home that morning and realized how pathetic his life is, he cried himself to sleep.
We fast foward again to the other bar where Thomas is finishing up his song to the applause of the patrons. Him and Jared go back to drinking and Thomas finally breaks down. Warren pleas that he cant die because he has never truly lived. Jared consuls him and gets him a taxi home. Warren parts ways with Jared and thanks him for the best night of his life. The next day Warren does not show up for work and he continues to skip again and again for a week until one day, Jane Malenko, a young employee of his tracks him down to get his signature on her resignation papers. After signing them he asks her out to lunch, which Jane accepts after hesitation. They go to see a showing of an old Fellini film "La Dolce Vita" and go to lunch afterwards. They discuss his cancer and his thought on his life, to which Jane asks why he didnt quit his job years ago. Thomas explains how he had been going through a messy divorce and how he had to pay child support for a son that cares nothing for him. Jane encourages Warren to see his son again to recapture that lost time.
The next day Warren visits his son at his law firm, but when he tells him that he is dying Patrick greedily forces him to give him his inheritence before Thomas can spend it on call girls. Thomas, shattered, says goodbye to his son one last time before giving him a check and going on his way. A few days later Thomas and Jane meet again, this time to do something more exciting. The pair spend the day at Central Park, playing mini golf, and finally going Bungee jumping. That night at dinner, Thomas tells her about how he wishes to accomplish something important before his death, when he sees a young child bieng sung Happy Birthday. Warren immediately calls his lawyer to discuss his plans for building a children's park where his home now stands. For the next few months he drives himself into a craze over the construction until finally in December it is finished. That night while the snow is falling around him he sits on a swing set admiring his work. For the first time in his life he is truly happy. That same night he dies peacefuly in his sleep.
Three days later at his funeral, all the guests in attendence debate about why Thomas had been acting so strangely, though none of them were correct. They had failed to realize that this boring drone was for the first time learning to live.
What the press would say:
Right when you think Martin Scorsese has done it all, he delivers one of his finest masterpieces "To live", a remake of the revered Akira Kurosawa film "Ikiru". "To Live" is one of those rare films that come along and is able to make us feel emotions never before felt of joy. Every second of watching it is full of sheer joy and love. "To live" reaccounts the last year in the life of a drone who when finds that he has cancer begins to live his life to the fullest. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis as the title character Thomas Warren, giving a career best preformance topping his past grets such as the oscar winning "My Left Foot", and nominated "In the Name of the father", "The Boxer" and "Gangs of New York". His acting reveals the pathos of an acting genius. Vera Farmiga also breaks out in a role considered to be the Best Supporting Actress favorite, proving that her role in "To The bone" was no fluke. Not only does the acting and Scorsese's directing shine, the screenplay penned by Jay Cocks and Scorsese is phenominal. So good that if they had written this as a book it would have been a best seller. The script is clean and concise and takes no liberties with "Ikiru".
It would be a travesty come award season if "To Live" goes unnominated. It is the critics darling of the year.
Awards:
Golden Globes
- Best Picture : Drama
- Best Director
- Best Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Screenplay
Academy Awards
- Best Picture
- Best Director : Martin Scorsese
- Best Actor : Daniel Day - Lewis
- Best Supporting Actress : Vera Farmiga
- Best Adapted screenplay : Jay Cocks & Martin Scorsese
- Best Editing
- Best Cinematography
Location: Miami, FL
“To Live"
Directed By: Martin Scorsese
Written By:Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese
Produced By: Brad Grey and Grahm King
Distibuted By: Warner Brothers
Principal Cast:
Daniel Day-Lewis as Thomas Warren
Vera Farmiga as Jane Malenko
Emma Thompson as Helen Warren - Somers
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as Patrick Warren
John C. Reilly as Jared Pearlman
Lorraine Bracco as Angela Harari
Robert DeNiro as Dr. Anthony Correli
Tagline: "It's not so bad that Thomas Warren will die. Whats even worse is that he never lived"
Synopsis: The old man is dying of cancer and he knows it,Thomas Warren somberly tells Jared Pearlmen, a strangerhe met in a bar. Warren tells Jared that he has alot of money to spend but he just doesnt know how to use it. Warren is insistant that he wants to have a good time, so Jared takes him on the town, to casinos,night clubs the red light district and finally in the waning hours of the night back to the bar, where a piano player calls for requests. Thomas, who has been wearing his hat and overcoat all night, takes them off and requests "Life Is Short". The piano player strains to remember the song until he begins to slowly play. As he plays Thomas begins to sing the song in his delicate soft voice, but everyone falls silent drawn int a heart breaking moment of reverie.
Flash back to that morning, 9:00 a.m. Warren is standing behind an X-Ray at his doctors office. Afterwards while waiting in the lobby for his results, he is drawn into a conversation with a cancer patient who describes the symptoms of stomach cancer. Like a message from death, Warren realizes he is experiencing all of these problems. The man tells him that if the doctor says that he can eat whatever he wants, he has less than a year to live. Ten minutes later the doctor says the dreaded words, causing Warren to nearly have a panic attack.
Fast foward to where we were at the begining. Thomas is at the bar having a drink with Jared Pearlman, talking about his cancer and describes his job to him. Thomas has worked at the same job as a file clerk at New York City hall for over thirty years, and has never accomplished anything. He has become the chief of his section and sits at his desk all day shuffling papers. Nothing ever happens. Nothing is ever accomplished. His real job is to deal with citezin complaints, but all he ever does is just stamp their files to show he has looked at them. Warren tells Jared about how when he got home that morning and realized how pathetic his life is, he cried himself to sleep.
We fast foward again to the other bar where Thomas is finishing up his song to the applause of the patrons. Him and Jared go back to drinking and Thomas finally breaks down. Warren pleas that he cant die because he has never truly lived. Jared consuls him and gets him a taxi home. Warren parts ways with Jared and thanks him for the best night of his life. The next day Warren does not show up for work and he continues to skip again and again for a week until one day, Jane Malenko, a young employee of his tracks him down to get his signature on her resignation papers. After signing them he asks her out to lunch, which Jane accepts after hesitation. They go to see a showing of an old Fellini film "La Dolce Vita" and go to lunch afterwards. They discuss his cancer and his thought on his life, to which Jane asks why he didnt quit his job years ago. Thomas explains how he had been going through a messy divorce and how he had to pay child support for a son that cares nothing for him. Jane encourages Warren to see his son again to recapture that lost time.
The next day Warren visits his son at his law firm, but when he tells him that he is dying Patrick greedily forces him to give him his inheritence before Thomas can spend it on call girls. Thomas, shattered, says goodbye to his son one last time before giving him a check and going on his way. A few days later Thomas and Jane meet again, this time to do something more exciting. The pair spend the day at Central Park, playing mini golf, and finally going Bungee jumping. That night at dinner, Thomas tells her about how he wishes to accomplish something important before his death, when he sees a young child bieng sung Happy Birthday. Warren immediately calls his lawyer to discuss his plans for building a children's park where his home now stands. For the next few months he drives himself into a craze over the construction until finally in December it is finished. That night while the snow is falling around him he sits on a swing set admiring his work. For the first time in his life he is truly happy. That same night he dies peacefuly in his sleep.
Three days later at his funeral, all the guests in attendence debate about why Thomas had been acting so strangely, though none of them were correct. They had failed to realize that this boring drone was for the first time learning to live.
What the press would say:
Right when you think Martin Scorsese has done it all, he delivers one of his finest masterpieces "To live", a remake of the revered Akira Kurosawa film "Ikiru". "To Live" is one of those rare films that come along and is able to make us feel emotions never before felt of joy. Every second of watching it is full of sheer joy and love. "To live" reaccounts the last year in the life of a drone who when finds that he has cancer begins to live his life to the fullest. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis as the title character Thomas Warren, giving a career best preformance topping his past grets such as the oscar winning "My Left Foot", and nominated "In the Name of the father", "The Boxer" and "Gangs of New York". His acting reveals the pathos of an acting genius. Vera Farmiga also breaks out in a role considered to be the Best Supporting Actress favorite, proving that her role in "To The bone" was no fluke. Not only does the acting and Scorsese's directing shine, the screenplay penned by Jay Cocks and Scorsese is phenominal. So good that if they had written this as a book it would have been a best seller. The script is clean and concise and takes no liberties with "Ikiru".
It would be a travesty come award season if "To Live" goes unnominated. It is the critics darling of the year.
Awards:
Golden Globes
- Best Picture : Drama
- Best Director
- Best Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Screenplay
Academy Awards
- Best Picture
- Best Director : Martin Scorsese
- Best Actor : Daniel Day - Lewis
- Best Supporting Actress : Vera Farmiga
- Best Adapted screenplay : Jay Cocks & Martin Scorsese
- Best Editing
- Best Cinematography
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