Asteroid City 2023

Asteroid City 2023 Search Asteroid City Article Talk LanguageDownload PDFWatchEdit Asteroid City is a 2023 American comedy-drama film written directed and produced by Wes Anderson from a story he wrote with Roman Coppola It features an ensemble cast including Jason Schwartzman Scarlett Johansson Tom Hanks Jeffrey Wright Tilda Swinton Bryan Cranston Edward Norton Adrien Brody Liev Schreiber Hope Davis Steve Park Rupert Friend Maya Hawke Steve Carell Matt Dillon Hong Chau Willem Dafoe Margot Robbie Tony Revolori Jake Ryan and Jeff Goldblum Its metatextual plot simultaneously depicts the events of a Junior Stargazer convention in a retrofuturistic version of 1955 staged as a play and the creation of the play 6 It is Anderson s homage to popular memory and mythology about extraterrestrials and UFOs witnessed in the Southwestern desert in close proximity to atomic test sites during the postwar period of the American 20th century Asteroid City Theatrical release poster Directed byWes AndersonScreenplay byWes AndersonStory by Wes AndersonRoman Coppola Produced by Wes AndersonSteven RalesJeremy Dawson Starring Jason SchwartzmanScarlett JohanssonTom HanksJeffrey WrightTilda SwintonBryan CranstonEdward NortonAdrien BrodyLiev SchreiberHope DavisStephen ParkRupert FriendMaya HawkeSteve CarellMatt DillonHong ChauWillem DafoeMargot RobbieTony RevoloriJake RyanJeff Goldblum CinematographyRobert YeomanEdited byBarney PillingMusic byAlexandre Desplat Production companies American Empirical PicturesIndian Paintbrush Distributed by Focus Features United States Universal Pictures International international 1 Release dates May 23 2023 Cannes June 16 2023 United States Running time 105 minutes 2 CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 25 million 3 Box office 53 6 million 4 5 The project was announced in September 2020 as an untitled romance film with Anderson writing producing and directing alongside Jeremy Dawson of American Empirical Pictures and Steven Rales of Indian Paintbrush In February 2021 it was described as being about a group of brainy teenagers Originally set for Rome filming took place in Spain between August and October 2021 with cinematographer Robert D Yeoman Several sets in Chinchón resembling a desert landscape and a mock train station were used Post-production included editor Barney Pilling and a score composed by frequent Anderson composer Alexandre Desplat featuring country and western songs from many artists The official title was revealed in October 2021 at the BFI London Film Festival Asteroid City premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on May 23 2023 where it competed for the Palme d Or It began a limited theatrical release through Focus Features in the United States on June 16 2023 expanding to a wide release a week later 7 It has grossed 53 million worldwide and received generally positive reviews Plotedit In a retro-futuristic version of the 1950s a television host introduces a live production of a documentary about the creation and production of Asteroid City a fictional play within the TV show s setting by the fictional famed playwright Conrad Earp In the play a youth astronomy convention is held in the fictional desert town of Asteroid City The play s events are depicted in widescreen and stylized color while the television special is seen in black-and-white Academy ratio In the play war photojournalist Augie Steenbeck arrives early to the Junior Stargazer convention with Woodrow his intellectual teenage son and his three younger daughters When their car breaks down Augie phones his father-in-law Stanley asking his help Stanley who dislikes his son-in-law persuades him to tell the children about their mother s recent death which Augie had concealed Augie and Woodrow meet Midge Campbell a famous but world-weary actress and her daughter Dinah who like Woodrow will be honored at the convention Augie and Midge and Woodrow and Dinah gradually fall in love throughout the play The other convention participants arrive five-star General Grif Gibson astronomer Dr Hickenlooper three additional teenaged honorees Ricky Clifford and Shelly and their parents J J Roger and Sandy a busload of elementary-school children chaperoned by young teacher June Douglas and a cowboy band led by singer Montana A local motel provides everyone s accommodations Gibson welcomes the attendees at the Asteroid City crater where the teenagers are to receive awards for various inventions A UFO suddenly appears above the crater an alien emerges and steals a fragment of the meteorite that created the crater Augie photographs the alien General Gibson with instructions from the president places the town under military quarantine and everyone is subjected to medical and psychiatric examinations Meanwhile a romance blossoms between Montana and June who assure the students that the alien is likely peaceful The Stargazer honorees use Dr Hickenlooper s equipment to attempt to contact the alien Using a guarded pay phone Ricky calls his school newspaper to relay the quarantine details and cover-up to the outside world The Asteroid City events become national news A furious General Gibson is about to end the quarantine when the UFO reappears and the alien returns the meteorite fragment When Gibson reinstates the quarantine the children scientists and parents revolt using the honorees inventions to overpower the military The play s creation is interspersed between the play Some time after Conrad Earp started writing he meets with actor Jones Hall who performs an audition in Earp s home and is immediately cast During the same interaction Earp and Hall kiss establishing their relationship as lovers Earp writes the play with help from a local acting school and recruits most cast members from it including Mercedes Ford a temperamental yet talented actress who plays Midge During the recorded performance of the play Hall who plays Augie confronts the play s director Schubert Green saying he still doesn t understand the play and asks Green if he is doing him right Green tells Hall to keep playing Augie the same way despite being uncertain and that he is doing him right After that interaction while taking a smoke break on a balcony Hall runs into the actress who was cast to play Augie s wife before her only scene was cut She recites the deleted scene s text to him Six months into the play s run Conrad Earp dies in an automobile accident In the play s epilogue Augie and his family are the last to leave Asteroid City after General Gibson lifts the quarantine Augie s daughters bury their mother s ashes in the desert Woodrow wins the fellowship funding and Midge leaves Augie her mailing address Augie and his family quietly drive away Castedit Jason Schwartzman as Augie Steenbeck 8 a war photojournalist and father to Woodrow and also as Jones Hall the actor playing SteenbeckScarlett Johansson as Midge Campbell