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January 11, 2006
'Night' Owls: Phoenix and Gray Re-team For NYC Crime Drama
Production Weekly (via Cinematical) confirms today that Joaquin Phoenix and director James Grey--who last collaborated on 2000's dodgy Queens-noir The Yards--are set to reunite in February for Gray's follow-up, We Own the Night.
Gray (right) had sort of casually mentioned the new film last month while talking up his re-cut Yards DVD, noting that Night would be the last of the unofficial "crime trilogy" begun in 1995 with the acclaimed Little Odessa. Indeed, We Own the Night will revisit his debut's Russian mafia themes, featuring Phoenix as a nightclub owner trying to save his father and brother (both cops) from a narcotics gang hit squad in the '80s. Robert Duvall and Eva Mendes co-star; shooting starts here in town Feb. 20, probably squaring up for a Toronto/NY Film Festival push and a little Oscar-season love in 2007.
Whoa--wait a second. Did I just invoke Oscar '07? Jesus Christ--it must be the contact high.
Posted by stvanairsdale at January 11, 2006 05:53 PM
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