Two Jacks

Two Jacks
Promotional poster
Directed byBernard Rose
Written byBernard Rose
Based on
Two Hussars
by
Produced byJulia Verdin
StarringDanny Huston
Sienna Miller
Jacqueline Bisset
Jack Huston
CinematographyBernard Rose
Release dates
  • August 25, 2012 (2012-08-25) (Montréal World Film Festival)
  • October 18, 2013 (2013-10-18) (United States)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Two Jacks is a 2012 comedy-drama film written and directed by Bernard Rose starring Sienna Miller and Danny Huston. It is an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1856 short story "Two Hussars"[1] and is Rose's fifth Tolstoy adaptation, following Anna Karenina (1997), Ivans XTC (2002), The Kreutzer Sonata (2008) and Boxing Day (2012). The film premiered in competition at the Montreal World Film Festival (August 23 to September 3, 2012).[2]

Plot

In 1992, Jack (Danny Huston), a legendary filmmaker, returns to Hollywood after a long absence. He is looking to secure finance for his new film project. His return to Tinseltown is heralded by a series of adventures, as he drinks freely, seduces a beautiful woman named Diana (Miller), quarrels with studio executives and finally procures funds for his new project by winning a poker game.

Twenty years on, the filmmaker's son (Jack Huston) arrives in Hollywood looking to make his directorial debut amid questions of whether he has inherited his father's gift.[3]

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Bernard Rose: Tolstoy, America and me". The Guardian. 17 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Sienna Miller's 'Two Jacks' Enters Montreal Festival Competition". The Hollywood Reporter. 7 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Sienna Miller, Danny Huston draw 'Jacks'". Variety. 17 December 2010.