new promotional still for A Statement, a new film with Zach Woods, Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti and more. It will have its world premiere at NYFF this fall.
In October 1980, on the eve of a presidential election that would change the course of history, a group of environmental activists, scientists, and U.S. policymakers convened in a hotel in St. Petersburg, Florida, to discuss an alarming recent government study on the dangers of carbon dioxide emissions and rising global temperatures. Their goal: to come up with a statement with suggestions for how Congress should react to the threat. But agreeing upon the wording proves not so easy. Academy Award–winning Spotlight writer-director Tom McCarthy has ingeniously constructed a funny, frightening, and ever timely re-creation of these events, set in the same hotel where the actual meeting took place and using the transcription from the conference to help build the screenplay. A brilliant ensemble cast—including Paul Rudd, Evan Peters, Amy Ryan, Paul Giamatti, John Turturro, Tatiana Maslany, Mary Catherine Garrison, Nina Arianda, and Zach Woods—brings to vivid life a seemingly small moment in history that would have wide repercussions for the fate of the world. A Sony Pictures Classics release.