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* Alan Terpins |
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* [[Anne Hathaway]] |
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| released = {{Film date|2022|5|19|[[2022 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]|2022|10|28|United States}} |
| released = {{Film date|2022|5|19|[[2022 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]|2022|10|28|United States}} |
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| runtime = 115 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/armageddon-time|title=Armageddon Time|website=[[Cannes Film Festival]]|access-date=May 9, 2022}}</ref> |
| runtime = 115 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/armageddon-time|title=Armageddon Time|website=[[Cannes Film Festival]]|access-date=May 9, 2022|archive-date=May 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520155728/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/films/armageddon-time|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| country = United States |
| country = United States |
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| language = English |
| language = English |
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| budget = $15 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https:// |
| budget = $15 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/focus-features-15-million-worldwide-deal-armageddon-time-james-gray-robert-deniro-oscar-isaac-cate-blanchett-anne-hathaway-1202979422/amp/|title=Focus Features Finalizing $15M WW Deal For James Gray-Directed 'Armageddon Time:' Virtual Cannes|website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|date=July 7, 2020|access-date=October 10, 2022|archive-date=November 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121131544/https://deadline.com/2020/07/focus-features-15-million-worldwide-deal-armageddon-time-james-gray-robert-deniro-oscar-isaac-cate-blanchett-anne-hathaway-1202979422/amp/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| gross = $ |
| gross = $6.6 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite Box Office Mojo |id=2295104257|title= Armageddon Time (2022) |access-date=November 23, 2022}}</ref><ref name=NUM>{{cite The Numbers |id= Armageddon-Time |title= Armageddon Time (2022) |access-date=December 22, 2022}}</ref> |
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'''''Armageddon Time''''' is a 2022 American [[Coming-of-age story|coming-of-age |
'''''Armageddon Time''''' is a 2022 American [[Coming-of-age story|coming-of-age]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] written, directed, and produced by [[James Gray (director)|James Gray]]. The film stars [[Anne Hathaway]], [[Jeremy Strong]], Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb, and [[Anthony Hopkins]]. Inspired by Gray's childhood experiences,<ref name="nationalreview/armageddon-time">{{cite news |title=Armageddon Time: James Gray's Apologetic Origin Story |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/10/armageddon-time-james-grays-apologetic-origin-story/ |access-date=4 December 2022 |work=[[National Review]] |date=28 October 2022 |archive-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204033500/https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/10/armageddon-time-james-grays-apologetic-origin-story/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the story follows a young [[Jewish-American]] boy who befriends an African-American classmate and begins to struggle with his family's expectations and growing up in a time of inequality and prejudice. It was shot in [[New Jersey]] and [[Fresh Meadows, Queens]], where Gray grew up. |
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''Armageddon Time'' had its world premiere at the [[2022 Cannes Film Festival]] on May 19, 2022, and was released in the United States via a [[limited theatrical release]] on October 28, 2022, by [[Focus Features]], before expanding wide on November 4 |
''Armageddon Time'' had its world premiere at the [[2022 Cannes Film Festival]] on May 19, 2022, and was released in the United States via a [[limited theatrical release]] on October 28, 2022, by [[Focus Features]], before expanding wide on November 4. It received positive reviews from critics, but [[Box-office bomb|failed at the box office]], grossing $6.6 million against a production budget of $15 million. |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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In 1980 [[Queens]], New York City, on his first day in sixth grade, [[Jewish-American]] Paul Graff becomes friends with a rebellious [[African-American]] classmate, Johnny Davis. Johnny was held back by a year and gets harsher treatment from their teacher when they both joke around in class. Paul often disassociates from his schoolwork and draws pictures instead. |
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After [[Jewish-American]] Paul Graff and his [[African-American]] friend Johnny are caught smoking [[cannabis]], Paul is sent to his older brother's private school. Immediately met with prejudice, Paul's parents, including his grandfather Aaron, do their best to try and teach him about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the [[American Dream]]. |
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Paul lives with his financially stable family. He is close with his maternal grandfather, Aaron Rabinowitz, who encourages him to pursue his aspiration to become an artist. His well-meaning but strict parents, Esther and Irving, are less convinced of Paul's career prospects as an artist. At night, Aaron tells Paul the story of how Aaron's mother escaped [[antisemitism|antisemitic]] persecution in [[Ukraine]], fleeing to [[London]] before eventually emigrating to the U.S. with Aaron and her British husband. |
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One day, Paul and Johnny are caught smoking a [[Joint (cannabis)|joint]] in the restrooms, unaware that it's an illegal drug. Furious, Esther allows Irving to beat Paul as punishment. In the hope that he becomes more disciplined, Paul is sent to the [[Kew-Forest School|Forest Manor Prep]] private school by his parents,<ref name="nationalreview/armageddon-time" /> where his older brother Ted is studying. Meanwhile, Johnny stops going to school after being relegated to special education. |
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Forest Manor is financially supported by famous businessman [[Fred Trump]], who also supports [[Ronald Reagan]] in the upcoming [[1980 United States presidential election|presidential election]]. Many of the students are also Reagan supporters. On Paul's first day, Fred's daughter [[Maryanne Trump Barry|Maryanne]], one of the school's famous alumni, gives a speech to the students about working to earn their success. Paul sees the school's advantages over his previous school but doesn't feel welcome. He is also unnerved by other students' racist comments when Johnny meets with him during recess. Johnny begins living in secret at Paul's clubhouse, having nowhere to go other than living with his sick grandmother, where [[foster care|foster system]] workers searching for Johnny have begun to visit regularly. |
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While playing at the park on the weekend, Paul tells Aaron of his struggles at school and how he did nothing when he witnessed racism. Aaron encourages Paul to stand up against prejudice when he sees it, reminding him that while antisemitism still covertly persists, he and his family still have the privilege of being white. Shortly after, Aaron dies of bone cancer, with the family mourning his loss. |
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Tired of living under high expectations from family and school, as well as the unfair treatment of Johnny, Paul convinces Johnny to steal a computer from school and sell it so they can run away together. After stealing the computer, they are arrested for trying to pawn it. While being interrogated, Paul confesses that it was all his plan. But knowing that he has no options in life, Johnny takes the blame to let Paul go, much to Paul's dismay. Paul and Johnny bid farewell, as Irving arrives to take him home with no consequences because Irving once did the interrogating officer a favor. At home, Irving confesses to Paul that he is sympathetic to his frustration with America's unfair racial inequality, but tells him that they need to survive to have a good life. The two agree to not tell Esther what happened, as she is still mourning her father. |
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Days later, the Graff family are disappointed by Reagan's victory in the election, while Paul is focused on schoolwork. During a [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]] dance at school, Fred Trump addresses the students, expressing hope that they'll become the next successful elite. A disillusioned Paul leaves during the speech. |
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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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* Banks Repeta as Paul Graff |
* Banks Repeta as Paul Graff |
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* [[Anne Hathaway]] as Esther Graff, Paul's mother |
* [[Anne Hathaway]] as Esther Graff, Paul's mother and Aaron's daughter |
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* [[Jeremy Strong]] as Irving Graff, Paul's father |
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* Jaylin Webb as Johnny Davis, Paul's African-American friend and public school classmate |
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* [[Anthony Hopkins]] as Aaron Rabinowitz, Paul's grandfather |
* [[Anthony Hopkins]] as Aaron Rabinowitz, Paul's grandfather |
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* [[Tovah Feldshuh]] as Mickey Rabinowitz, Paul's grandmother and Aaron's wife |
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* Ryan Sell as Ted Graff, Paul's older brother |
* Ryan Sell as Ted Graff, Paul's older brother |
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* [[John Diehl]] as [[Fred Trump]], a famous businessman and financier of Forest Manor Prep private school<ref name="THR Review">{{Cite web |last=Rooney |first=David |date=2022-05-19 |title=Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong in James Gray's ''Armageddon Time'': Film Review {{!}} Cannes 2022 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/armageddon-time-james-gray-cannes-2022-1235148764/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |archive-date=May 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519182608/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/armageddon-time-james-gray-cannes-2022-1235148764/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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* [[Tovah Feldshuh]] as Mickey Rabinowitz, Paul's grandmother |
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* [[Jessica Chastain]] as [[Maryanne Trump Barry|Maryanne Trump]], Fred's daughter<ref name="THR Review" /> |
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* Dane West as Topper Lowell, Paul's friend and classmate |
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* Andrew Polk as Mr. Turkeltaub, Paul and Johnny's public school teacher |
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* Landon James Forlenza as Chad Eastman, Topper's friend |
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* Teddy Coluca as Uncle Louis, Paul's uncle |
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* Marcia Haufrecht as Aunt Ruth, Paul's aunt |
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* [[Richard Bekins]] as Headmaster Fitzroy |
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* Dane Zagarino (aka Dane West) as Topper Lowell, Paul's friend at Forest Manor |
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* Jacob MacKinnon as Edgar Romanelli |
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* [[Richard Bekins]] as Forest Manor Headmaster Fitzroy |
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* [[Domenick Lombardozzi]] as Police Sergeant D’Arienzo |
* [[Domenick Lombardozzi]] as Police Sergeant D’Arienzo |
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* [[Marcia Jean Kurtz]] as Forest Manor Student Guide |
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* [[John Diehl]] as [[Fred Trump]], Maryanne's father<ref name="THR Review">{{Cite web |last=Rooney |first=David |date=2022-05-19 |title=Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong in James Gray's ''Armageddon Time'': Film Review {{!}} Cannes 2022 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/armageddon-time-james-gray-cannes-2022-1235148764/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |
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* Landon James Forlenza as Chad Eastman, Topper's friend |
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* [[Jessica Chastain]] as [[Maryanne Trump Barry|Maryanne Trump]], [[Donald Trump]]'s sister and Fred's daughter<ref name="THR Review" /> |
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* Eva Jette Putrello as Veronika Bronfman, a Forest Manor student |
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* Jacob MacKinnon as Edgar Romanelli, a public school student |
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==Production== |
==Production== |
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[[File:James Gray Premiere of The Lost City of Z at Zoo Palast Berlinale 2017 01.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=James Gray at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival in Berlin, Germany.|Writer, director, and producer [[James Gray (director)|James Gray]]]] |
[[File:James Gray Premiere of The Lost City of Z at Zoo Palast Berlinale 2017 01.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=James Gray at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival in Berlin, Germany.|Writer, director, and producer [[James Gray (director)|James Gray]]]] |
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On May 16, 2019, |
On May 16, 2019, ''Variety'' reported that [[James Gray (director)|James Gray]] would write and direct ''Armageddon Time'', a film based on his upbringing in [[Queens]], New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/markets-festivals/james-gray-armageddon-time-donald-trump-fred-trump-1203217061/|title=James Gray Writing, Directing ''Armageddon Time'' (Exclusive)|date=May 16, 2019|first=Brent|last=Lang|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323130200/https://variety.com/2019/film/markets-festivals/james-gray-armageddon-time-donald-trump-fred-trump-1203217061/|archive-date=March 23, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=October 12, 2021}}</ref> [[Cate Blanchett]] was cast in May 2020,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |title=Cate Blanchett Joins James Gray, Adam McKay's Next Films (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/cate-blanchett-james-gray-adam-mckay-1234603499/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=16 June 2020 |date=May 11, 2020 |archive-date=May 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512044813/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/cate-blanchett-james-gray-adam-mckay-1234603499/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with Gray saying she would shoot all her scenes in three days, including a long monologue.<ref name="BlanchettsRole">{{cite web |last1=Sharf |first1=Zack |title=Cate Blanchett to Play Donald Trump's Sister in James Gray's New Film: 'It's a Real Scene-Stealer' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2021/03/cate-blanchett-donald-trump-sister-james-gray-armageddon-time-1234624278/ |website=[[IndieWire]] |access-date=11 April 2021 |date=March 17, 2021 |archive-date=October 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018190501/https://www.indiewire.com/2021/03/cate-blanchett-donald-trump-sister-james-gray-armageddon-time-1234624278/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The next month, [[Robert De Niro]], [[Oscar Isaac]], [[Donald Sutherland]], and [[Anne Hathaway]] were added to the cast, with plans to film in New York City once the effects of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] were minimal.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr. |title=Robert De Niro, Oscar Isaac, Donald Sutherland & Anne Hathaway Join Cate Blanchett In James Gray's ''Armageddon Time'': Hot Virtual Cannes Package |url=https://deadline.com/2020/06/robert-de-niro-oscar-isaac-donald-sutherland-anne-hathaway-join-james-gray-armageddon-time-virtual-cannes-rt-films-1202960380/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=16 June 2020 |date=June 16, 2020 |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725022445/https://deadline.com/2020/06/robert-de-niro-oscar-isaac-donald-sutherland-anne-hathaway-join-james-gray-armageddon-time-virtual-cannes-rt-films-1202960380/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Filming began in October 2021 in |
Filming began in October 2021 in New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/2021/10/11/film-starring-anne-hathaway-anthony-hopkins-and-jeremy-strong-seeks-nj-kids-between-12-17-in-bayonnejersey-city-area/|title=Film Starring Anne Hathaway, Anthony Hopkins, and Jeremy Strong Seeks NJ Kids Between 12-17 In Bayonne/Jersey City Area|date=October 11, 2021|website=New Jersey Stage|access-date=October 15, 2021|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117195002/https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/2021/10/11/film-starring-anne-hathaway-anthony-hopkins-and-jeremy-strong-seeks-nj-kids-between-12-17-in-bayonnejersey-city-area/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was initially expected to start in early 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Welk |first1=Brian |title=Focus Features Closes Deal for James Gray's ''Armageddon Time'' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.thewrap.com/focus-features-in-talks-to-finance-and-distribute-james-grays-armageddon-time-with-cate-blanchett/ |website=[[TheWrap]] |access-date=21 December 2020 |date=July 28, 2020 |archive-date=October 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018190500/https://www.thewrap.com/focus-features-in-talks-to-finance-and-distribute-james-grays-armageddon-time-with-cate-blanchett/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In October, it was reported that [[Anthony Hopkins]] and [[Jeremy Strong (actor)|Jeremy Strong]] would also star alongside newcomers Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb, and Ryan Sell, with Hopkins and Strong replacing De Niro and Isaac, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/anthony-hopkins-jeremy-strong-anne-hathaway-james-grays-armageddon-time-focus-1234854179/|title=Anthony Hopkins and Jeremy Strong Join Anne Hathaway In James Gray's ''Armageddon Time'' For Focus|date=October 12, 2021|first=Justin|last=Kroll|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=October 12, 2021|archive-date=October 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012195435/https://deadline.com/2021/10/anthony-hopkins-jeremy-strong-anne-hathaway-james-grays-armageddon-time-focus-1234854179/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/anthony-hopkins-jeremy-strong-armageddon-time-james-gray/|title=Anthony Hopkins and Jeremy Strong Join James Gray's ''Armageddon Time'' With Anne Hathaway|date=October 12, 2021|first=Brian|last=Welk|website=[[TheWrap]]|access-date=October 12, 2021|archive-date=October 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018190500/https://www.thewrap.com/anthony-hopkins-jeremy-strong-armageddon-time-james-gray/|url-status=live}}</ref> Production wrapped in December 2021, and Andrew Polk and [[Tovah Feldshuh]] were confirmed to star.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/armageddon-time-andrew-polk-joins-james-gray-focus-features-film-1234900762/|title=''Armageddon Time'': Andrew Polk Boards James Gray's Focus Features Coming-Of-Age Film|date=December 22, 2021|first=Matt|last=Grobar|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=December 22, 2021|archive-date=December 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222183610/https://deadline.com/2021/12/armageddon-time-andrew-polk-joins-james-gray-focus-features-film-1234900762/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Haun |first1=Harry |title=The Book of Tovah: From Jewish Cheerleader to Yentl to Dr. Ruth |url=https://observer.com/2021/12/the-book-of-tovah-from-jewish-cheerleader-to-yentl-to-dr-ruth/ |website=[[Observer Media]] |access-date=1 April 2022 |date=December 3, 2021 |archive-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715233811/https://observer.com/2021/12/the-book-of-tovah-from-jewish-cheerleader-to-yentl-to-dr-ruth/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Domenick Lombardozzi]] was revealed as part of the cast in March 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |title=''Tulsa King'': Max Casella, Domenick Lombardozzi, Vincent Piazza & Jay Will Join Sylvester Stallone In Paramount+ Series |url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/tulsa-king-max-casella-domenick-lombardozzi-vincent-piazza-jay-cast-sylvester-stallone-paramount-plus-1234985490/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=1 April 2022 |date=March 24, 2022 |archive-date=April 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415095241/https://deadline.com/2022/03/tulsa-king-max-casella-domenick-lombardozzi-vincent-piazza-jay-cast-sylvester-stallone-paramount-plus-1234985490/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Jessica Chastain]] was later revealed to have replaced Blanchett in a cameo role.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Donnelly |first1=Matt |last2=Vary |first2=Adam B. |date=2022-05-19 |title=Jessica Chastain Plays Surprise Role as Maryanne Trump, Donald Trump's Sister, in ''Armageddon Time'' 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The title comes from [[The Clash]]'s song "[[Armagideon Time]]", which is heard several times in the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/nov/09/movie-review-armageddon-time-privilege-and-punk-ro/ |title=Movie Review: 'Armageddon Time': Privilege and punk rock in 1980s Queens |website=spokesman.com |date=November 9, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2022 |archive-date=December 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203034028/https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/nov/09/movie-review-armageddon-time-privilege-and-punk-ro/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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==Release== |
==Release== |
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The film premiered at the [[2022 Cannes Film Festival]] on May 19, 2022, where it received a seven-minute standing ovation |
The film premiered at the [[2022 Cannes Film Festival]] on May 19, 2022, where it received a seven-minute standing ovation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/anne-hathaway-jeremy-strong-armageddon-time-premiere-1235272190/ | title=Anne Hathaway, James Gray Tear up During Seven-Minute Emotional Cannes Standing Ovation for ''Armageddon Time'' | date=May 19, 2022 | access-date=May 20, 2022 | archive-date=May 19, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519192125/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/anne-hathaway-jeremy-strong-armageddon-time-premiere-1235272190/ | url-status=live }}</ref> It began a [[limited release]] in the U.S. on October 28, 2022, before expanding [[wide release|nationwide]] on November 4.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Grobar |first1=Matt |title='Armageddon Time' Release Date: James Gray's Focus Features Drama Set For Fall |url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/armageddon-time-release-date-james-grays-focus-features-drama-set-for-fall-1235060058/ |website=Deadline |date=July 7, 2022 |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-date=September 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927001012/https://deadline.com/2022/07/armageddon-time-release-date-james-grays-focus-features-drama-set-for-fall-1235060058/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was distributed in the U.S. by [[Focus Features]] and internationally by [[Universal Pictures]].<ref name=":0" /> |
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''Armageddon Time'' was released on [[Video on demand|VOD]] platforms on November 22, 2022,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/10858/armageddon-time|title=Armageddon Time DVD Release Date|website=www.dvdsreleasedates.com|access-date=November 30, 2022|archive-date=November 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130113310/https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/10858/armageddon-time|url-status=live}}</ref> followed by release on [[home media]] (Blu-ray and DVD) on January 3, 2023, by [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]] and [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment#Studio Distribution Services, LLC|Studio Distribution Services]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=31860 | title=Armageddon Time Blu-ray | access-date=December 22, 2022 | archive-date=December 22, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222032443/https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=31860 | url-status=live }}</ref> |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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===Box office=== |
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{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|score=77|average=6.8|count=140|ref=yes|access-date=November 4, 2022}} The website's critical consensus reads, "''Armageddon Time'' finds writer-director James Gray excavating his own past and returning with a well-acted drama refreshingly free of nostalgia."<ref>{{cite Rotten Tomatoes|type=m|id=armageddon_time|title={{PAGENAMEBASE}}|access-date=November 4, 2022}}</ref> [[Metacritic]], which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 74 out of 100 based on 45 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite Metacritic|type=movie|id=armageddon-time|title={{PAGENAMEBASE}}|access-date=November 1, 2022}}</ref> |
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The film grossed $1.9 million domestically and $4.7 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $6.5 million. Sources such as ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' attributed this performance to poor marketing, a mixed audience reception and the general public losing interest in supporting [[prestige picture|prestige films]] in favor of [[Marvel Cinematic Universe|MCU franchise]] and [[horror films]] in a movie-going environment altered by the [[Coronavirus pandemic|pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/why-she-said-bombed-box-office-oscar-season-flops-fabelmans-1235438084/ | title='She Said' Bombs: Why Aren't Awards Season Movies Resonating with Audiences? | date=November 20, 2022 | access-date=February 19, 2023 | archive-date=January 8, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108023047/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/why-she-said-bombed-box-office-oscar-season-flops-fabelmans-1235438084/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/oscar-bait-movies-bomb-box-office/ | title=Panic Time? Oscar-Bait Movies Keep Tanking at Box Office | date=November 6, 2022 | access-date=February 19, 2023 | archive-date=February 19, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219032816/https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/oscar-bait-movies-bomb-box-office/ | url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Gray called the film's financial performance a "failure" and warned that films of its kind would continue to fail commercially, adding,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/armageddon-time-director-anne-hathaway-commercial-failure-1235286964/ | title='Armageddon Time' Director Calls Film a Commercial "Failure" but Dismisses the Importance of Box Office | website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date=December 23, 2022 | access-date=January 5, 2023 | archive-date=January 5, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105054804/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/armageddon-time-director-anne-hathaway-commercial-failure-1235286964/ | url-status=live }}</ref> |
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''You’re now in a situation where literally every single one of these [non-franchise] movies is not doing well, and in some ways, that’s the great equalizer ... But you also know as a film person that has absolutely no bearing on the long-term reaction to a film. I’m a film person, and I have no idea what the box office receipts were of, you know, ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' or something. So I try to divorce myself from that as well. Because I can’t do anything about it.'' |
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{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|score=75|average=6.8|count=224|consensus=''Armageddon Time'' finds writer-director James Gray excavating his own past and returning with a well-acted drama refreshingly free of nostalgia.|ref=yes|access-date=April 6, 2023}} [[Metacritic]], which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 74 out of 100 based on 54 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite Metacritic|type=movie|id=armageddon-time|title={{PAGENAMEBASE}}|access-date=November 12, 2022}}</ref> |
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| rowspan="2"|[[22nd AARP Movies for Grownups Awards|28 January 2023]] |
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| [[AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Intergenerational Film|Best Intergenerational Film]] |
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| rowspan="2"|''Armageddon Time'' |
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| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/awards/events/top-gun-maverick-aarp-movies-for-grownups-awards-1235505079/ |title='Top Gun: Maverick' Named Best Picture at AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards |last=Malkin |first=Marc |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=28 January 2023 |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=January 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129061610/https://variety.com/2023/awards/events/top-gun-maverick-aarp-movies-for-grownups-awards-1235505079/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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| [[AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Time Capsule|Best Time Capsule]] |
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| [[2022 Cannes Film Festival|28 May 2022]] |
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| [[Palme d'Or]] |
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| [[James Gray (director)|James Gray]] |
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| {{nom}} |
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| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |date=26 April 2022 |title=The films of the Official Selection 2022 |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/infos-communiques/communique/articles/the-films-of-the-official-selection-2022 |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=Festival de Cannes |language=en-US |archive-date=August 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816063205/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/infos-communiques/communique/articles/the-films-of-the-official-selection-2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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| [[28th Critics' Choice Awards|15 January 2023]] |
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| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer|Best Young Actor/Actress]] |
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| Banks Repeta |
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| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/awards/news/critics-choice-awards-2023-winners-list-1235488828/ |title=Critics' Choice Awards 2023 Full Winners List: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once', 'Abbott Elementary' and 'Better Call Saul' Take Top Honors |last1=Panaligan |last2=Earl |first1=EJ |first2=William |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=15 January 2023 |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=January 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116000355/https://variety.com/2023/awards/news/critics-choice-awards-2023-winners-list-1235488828/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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| [[38th Artios Awards|9 March 2023]] |
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| Douglas Aibel and Matthew Glasner |
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| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Coates |first=Tyler |date=9 March 2023 |title=Artios Awards: ''Everything Everywhere All at Once'', ''The Fabelmans'', and ''Marcel the Shell With Shoes On'' Among Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/2023-artios-awards-winners-1235346873/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310134123/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/2023-artios-awards-winners-1235346873/ |archive-date=10 March 2023 |access-date=10 March 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> |
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| 19 November 2022 |
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| Best Film |
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| [[James Gray (director)|James Gray]] |
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| align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Todas las películas de la Sección Albar |url=https://ficx.tv/seccion-oficial/albar/ |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=FICX |language=es-ES |archive-date=February 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228110050/https://ficx.tv/seccion-oficial/albar/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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| [[Gotham Independent Film Awards 2022|28 November 2022]] |
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| [[Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] |
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| [[James Gray (director)|James Gray]] |
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| align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2022/11/gotham-awards-2022-winners-list-1234785895/|title=Gotham Awards Winners List (Updating Live)|website=[[IndieWire]]|first=Christian|last=Zilko|date=28 November 2022|access-date=28 February 2023|archive-date=January 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129074110/https://www.indiewire.com/2022/11/gotham-awards-2022-winners-list-1234785895/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| 5 March 2023 |
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| Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Under 25 Million Dollars |
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| Joe Rudge |
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| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/artisans/awards/guild-music-supervisors-nominations-2023-lady-gaga-taylor-swift-rihanna-1235499185/ |title=Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Taylor Swift Nominated for Guild of Music Supervisors Awards |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=23 January 2023 |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=January 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123205658/https://variety.com/2023/artisans/awards/guild-music-supervisors-nominations-2023-lady-gaga-taylor-swift-rihanna-1235499185/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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| 11 December 2022 |
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| Best Male Youth Performance (Under 21) |
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| Banks Repeta |
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| {{nom}} |
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| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Neglia |first=Matt |date=2022-12-10 |title=The 2022 Las Vegas Film Critics Society (LVFCS) Nominations |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2022-las-vegas-film-critics-society-lvfcs-nominations/ |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=Next Best Picture |language=en-US |archive-date=December 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222113226/https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2022-las-vegas-film-critics-society-lvfcs-nominations/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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| 9 January 2023 |
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| Best Young Actor |
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| Banks Repeta |
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| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Neglia |first=Matt |date=2023-01-03 |title=The 2022 Music City Film Critics Association (MCFCA) Nominations |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2022-music-city-film-critics-association-mcfca-nominations/ |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=Next Best Picture |language=en-US |archive-date=January 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103180253/https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2022-music-city-film-critics-association-mcfca-nominations/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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|[[National Board of Review Awards 2022|8 December 2022]] |
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| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Independent Films|Top Ten Independent Films]] |
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|''Armageddon Time'' |
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| {{won}} |
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| align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Clayton |last2=Moreau |first2=Jordan |date=December 8, 2022 |title=''Top Gun: Maverick'' Named Best Picture by National Board of Review |url=https://variety.com/2022/awards/awards/national-board-of-review-winners-top-gun-maverick-1235454143/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208193613/https://variety.com/2022/awards/awards/national-board-of-review-winners-top-gun-maverick-1235454143/ |archive-date=December 8, 2022 |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> |
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|[[2022 National Society of Film Critics Awards|7 January 2023]] |
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|[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] |
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| [[James Gray (director)|James Gray]] |
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| {{draw|Runner-up}} |
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| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Zilko |first=Christian |date=January 7, 2023 |title='TÁR' and 'Aftersun' Win Big at National Society of Film Critics Awards (Complete Winners List) |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2023/01/national-society-of-film-critics-awards-2023-winners-list-1234797151/ |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=[[IndieWire]] |language=en |archive-date=January 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107210823/https://www.indiewire.com/2023/01/national-society-of-film-critics-awards-2023-winners-list-1234797151/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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| 16 January 2023 |
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| Best Actor in a Supporting Role |
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| [[Anthony Hopkins]] |
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| {{nom}} |
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| align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-16 |title=2022 PCA Award Winners |url=http://portlandcritics.com/2022-awards/ |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=PortlandCritics |language=en-US |archive-date=January 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109154034/http://portlandcritics.com/2022-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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! scope="row" rowspan="2"|[[San Diego Film Critics Society|San Diego Film Critics Society Awards]] |
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| rowspan="2"|[[San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2022|6 January 2023]] |
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| rowspan="2"|Best Youth Performance (Under 16) |
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| Jaylin Webb |
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| {{won}} |
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| align="center" rowspan="2"|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-06 |title=2022 San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) winners |url=https://awardswatch.com/2022-san-diego-film-critics-society-sdfcs-winners/ |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=AwardsWatch |language=en-US |archive-date=January 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107031215/https://awardswatch.com/2022-san-diego-film-critics-society-sdfcs-winners/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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| Banks Repeta |
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| {{draw|Runner-up}} (tied) |
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| |[[San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards 2022|9 January 2023]] |
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| [[San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] |
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| [[Anthony Hopkins]] |
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| {{nom}} |
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| align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-06 |title=2022 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) nominations |url=https://awardswatch.com/2022-san-francisco-bay-area-film-critics-circle-sfbafcc-nominations/ |access-date=28 February 2023 |website=AwardsWatch |language=en-US |archive-date=January 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107030526/https://awardswatch.com/2022-san-francisco-bay-area-film-critics-circle-sfbafcc-nominations/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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| February 10, 2023 |
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| Virtuoso Award |
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| [[Jeremy Strong (actor)|Jeremy Strong]] |
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| {{won}} |
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| align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/santa-barbara-film-festival-virtuosos-award-1235253667/ |title=Once' Duo, Jeremys Pope and Strong Among 8 Tapped for Virtuosos Award |author=Scott Feinberg |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=November 1, 2022 |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207190724/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/santa-barbara-film-festival-virtuosos-award-1235253667/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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| [[27th Satellite Awards|3 March 2023]] |
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| [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]] |
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| [[Jeremy Strong (actor)|Jeremy Strong]] |
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| {{nom}} |
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| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://awardswatch.com/top-gun-maverick-leads-international-press-academys-27th-satellite-awards-nominations/ |title='Top Gun: Maverick' leads International Press Academy's 27th Satellite Awards nominations |last=Anderson |first=Erik |publisher=AwardsWatch |date=8 December 2022 |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209002942/https://awardswatch.com/top-gun-maverick-leads-international-press-academys-27th-satellite-awards-nominations/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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! scope="row"| [[Seattle Film Critics Society]] |
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| [[2022 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards|17 January 2023]] |
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| Best Youth Performance |
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| Banks Repeta |
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| {{nom}} |
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| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://awardswatch.com/2022-seattle-film-critics-society-nominations-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-leads-with-14/ |title=2022 Seattle Film Critics Society nominations |last=Anderson |first=Erik |publisher=AwardsWatch |date=2023-01-09 |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=January 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109214326/https://awardswatch.com/2022-seattle-film-critics-society-nominations-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-leads-with-14/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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| [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2022|12 December 2022]] |
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| [[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Breakthrough Performance|Best Youth Performance]] |
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| Banks Repeta |
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| {{nom}} |
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| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://awardswatch.com/washington-dc-critics-go-for-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-glass-onion-the-banshees-of-inisherin/ |title=Washington DC Critics go for 'Everything Everywhere All At Once', 'Glass Onion', 'The Banshees of Inisherin' |last=Anderson |first=Erik |publisher=AwardsWatch |date=12 December 2022 |access-date=28 February 2023 |archive-date=December 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212164507/https://awardswatch.com/washington-dc-critics-go-for-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-glass-onion-the-banshees-of-inisherin/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Armageddon Time | |
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Directed by | James Gray |
Written by | James Gray |
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Cinematography | Darius Khondji |
Edited by | Scott Morris |
Music by | Christopher Spelman |
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Running time | 115 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $15 million[2] |
Box office | $6.6 million[3][4] |
Armageddon Time is a 2022 American coming-of-age drama film written, directed, and produced by James Gray. The film stars Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb, and Anthony Hopkins. Inspired by Gray's childhood experiences,[5] the story follows a young Jewish-American boy who befriends an African-American classmate and begins to struggle with his family's expectations and growing up in a time of inequality and prejudice. It was shot in New Jersey and Fresh Meadows, Queens, where Gray grew up.
Armageddon Time had its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2022, and was released in the United States via a limited theatrical release on October 28, 2022, by Focus Features, before expanding wide on November 4. It received positive reviews from critics, but failed at the box office, grossing $6.6 million against a production budget of $15 million.
Plot
[edit]In 1980 Queens, New York City, on his first day in sixth grade, Jewish-American Paul Graff becomes friends with a rebellious African-American classmate, Johnny Davis. Johnny was held back by a year and gets harsher treatment from their teacher when they both joke around in class. Paul often disassociates from his schoolwork and draws pictures instead.
Paul lives with his financially stable family. He is close with his maternal grandfather, Aaron Rabinowitz, who encourages him to pursue his aspiration to become an artist. His well-meaning but strict parents, Esther and Irving, are less convinced of Paul's career prospects as an artist. At night, Aaron tells Paul the story of how Aaron's mother escaped antisemitic persecution in Ukraine, fleeing to London before eventually emigrating to the U.S. with Aaron and her British husband.
One day, Paul and Johnny are caught smoking a joint in the restrooms, unaware that it's an illegal drug. Furious, Esther allows Irving to beat Paul as punishment. In the hope that he becomes more disciplined, Paul is sent to the Forest Manor Prep private school by his parents,[5] where his older brother Ted is studying. Meanwhile, Johnny stops going to school after being relegated to special education.
Forest Manor is financially supported by famous businessman Fred Trump, who also supports Ronald Reagan in the upcoming presidential election. Many of the students are also Reagan supporters. On Paul's first day, Fred's daughter Maryanne, one of the school's famous alumni, gives a speech to the students about working to earn their success. Paul sees the school's advantages over his previous school but doesn't feel welcome. He is also unnerved by other students' racist comments when Johnny meets with him during recess. Johnny begins living in secret at Paul's clubhouse, having nowhere to go other than living with his sick grandmother, where foster system workers searching for Johnny have begun to visit regularly.
While playing at the park on the weekend, Paul tells Aaron of his struggles at school and how he did nothing when he witnessed racism. Aaron encourages Paul to stand up against prejudice when he sees it, reminding him that while antisemitism still covertly persists, he and his family still have the privilege of being white. Shortly after, Aaron dies of bone cancer, with the family mourning his loss.
Tired of living under high expectations from family and school, as well as the unfair treatment of Johnny, Paul convinces Johnny to steal a computer from school and sell it so they can run away together. After stealing the computer, they are arrested for trying to pawn it. While being interrogated, Paul confesses that it was all his plan. But knowing that he has no options in life, Johnny takes the blame to let Paul go, much to Paul's dismay. Paul and Johnny bid farewell, as Irving arrives to take him home with no consequences because Irving once did the interrogating officer a favor. At home, Irving confesses to Paul that he is sympathetic to his frustration with America's unfair racial inequality, but tells him that they need to survive to have a good life. The two agree to not tell Esther what happened, as she is still mourning her father.
Days later, the Graff family are disappointed by Reagan's victory in the election, while Paul is focused on schoolwork. During a Thanksgiving dance at school, Fred Trump addresses the students, expressing hope that they'll become the next successful elite. A disillusioned Paul leaves during the speech.
Cast
[edit]- Banks Repeta as Paul Graff
- Anne Hathaway as Esther Graff, Paul's mother and Aaron's daughter
- Jeremy Strong as Irving Graff, Paul's father
- Jaylin Webb as Johnny Davis, Paul's African-American friend and public school classmate
- Anthony Hopkins as Aaron Rabinowitz, Paul's grandfather
- Tovah Feldshuh as Mickey Rabinowitz, Paul's grandmother and Aaron's wife
- Ryan Sell as Ted Graff, Paul's older brother
- John Diehl as Fred Trump, a famous businessman and financier of Forest Manor Prep private school[6]
- Jessica Chastain as Maryanne Trump, Fred's daughter[6]
- Andrew Polk as Mr. Turkeltaub, Paul and Johnny's public school teacher
- Teddy Coluca as Uncle Louis, Paul's uncle
- Marcia Haufrecht as Aunt Ruth, Paul's aunt
- Dane Zagarino (aka Dane West) as Topper Lowell, Paul's friend at Forest Manor
- Richard Bekins as Forest Manor Headmaster Fitzroy
- Domenick Lombardozzi as Police Sergeant D’Arienzo
- Marcia Jean Kurtz as Forest Manor Student Guide
- Landon James Forlenza as Chad Eastman, Topper's friend
- Eva Jette Putrello as Veronika Bronfman, a Forest Manor student
- Jacob MacKinnon as Edgar Romanelli, a public school student
Production
[edit]On May 16, 2019, Variety reported that James Gray would write and direct Armageddon Time, a film based on his upbringing in Queens, New York.[7] Cate Blanchett was cast in May 2020,[8] with Gray saying she would shoot all her scenes in three days, including a long monologue.[9] The next month, Robert De Niro, Oscar Isaac, Donald Sutherland, and Anne Hathaway were added to the cast, with plans to film in New York City once the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were minimal.[10]
Filming began in October 2021 in New Jersey.[11] It was initially expected to start in early 2021.[12] In October, it was reported that Anthony Hopkins and Jeremy Strong would also star alongside newcomers Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb, and Ryan Sell, with Hopkins and Strong replacing De Niro and Isaac, respectively.[13][14] Production wrapped in December 2021, and Andrew Polk and Tovah Feldshuh were confirmed to star.[15][16] Domenick Lombardozzi was revealed as part of the cast in March 2022.[17] Jessica Chastain was later revealed to have replaced Blanchett in a cameo role.[18]
The title comes from The Clash's song "Armagideon Time", which is heard several times in the film.[19]
Release
[edit]The film premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2022, where it received a seven-minute standing ovation.[20] It began a limited release in the U.S. on October 28, 2022, before expanding nationwide on November 4.[21] It was distributed in the U.S. by Focus Features and internationally by Universal Pictures.[21]
Armageddon Time was released on VOD platforms on November 22, 2022,[22] followed by release on home media (Blu-ray and DVD) on January 3, 2023, by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Studio Distribution Services.[23]
Reception
[edit]Box office
[edit]The film grossed $1.9 million domestically and $4.7 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $6.5 million. Sources such as Variety attributed this performance to poor marketing, a mixed audience reception and the general public losing interest in supporting prestige films in favor of MCU franchise and horror films in a movie-going environment altered by the pandemic.[24][25]
Gray called the film's financial performance a "failure" and warned that films of its kind would continue to fail commercially, adding,[26]
You’re now in a situation where literally every single one of these [non-franchise] movies is not doing well, and in some ways, that’s the great equalizer ... But you also know as a film person that has absolutely no bearing on the long-term reaction to a film. I’m a film person, and I have no idea what the box office receipts were of, you know, A Clockwork Orange or something. So I try to divorce myself from that as well. Because I can’t do anything about it.
Critical reception
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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 75% of 224 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's consensus reads: "Armageddon Time finds writer-director James Gray excavating his own past and returning with a well-acted drama refreshingly free of nostalgia."[27] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 74 out of 100 based on 54 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[28]
Accolades
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