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Feelgood presents David Frankel's film titled "It's never too late" and starring Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones which will premiere in theaters on Thursday 22 November 2012.

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE – A sofa wedding

I can't tell you how heartwarming and uplifting it is to see a gentle, tender and intelligent film with top stars playing real people with real problems in the everyday world. The New York Observer, Rex Reed

Spectacularly well matched and coordinated with each other, Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones deliver two of the most polished performances of the year. Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

"It's Never Too Late" keeps in mind that the good ending is temporary. What the exuberant film gives the two protagonists is a renewed zest for life. And that is something that never gets old.Peter Travers , Rolling Stone

"It's Never Too Late" is a minor miracle. While the Hollywood tradition tends to treat sex as something titillating or idealized, as taboo or completely pornographic, finally someone made a movie that handles it in the most risque way possible: as the physical expression of intimacy between two imperfect adults. Ann Hornaday,Washington Post.

After the great box office and artistic success of "The Devil Wears Prada", the perfect duo, director David Frankel and star Meryl Streep reunite for a delightful comedy about a woman's unexpected decision to rekindle her sex life after 30 years of marriage. Written by the talented Vanessa Taylor (Game of Thrones) and co-starring the one and only Tommy Lee Jones and Steve Carell, "It's Never Too Late" in addition to amazing performances has all the ingredients of a bold film that can disarm even the most cynical.

Summary:
Kay (Meryl Streep) and Arnold (Tommy Lee Jones) they can be a loving couple,  but they suffer from all the symptoms of familiarity. After decades of married life, Kay feels the need to rekindle the passion between them. So, when he learns about a famous marriage counselor (Steve Carell) based in Great Hope Springs, a country town, she tries to convince her wary husband to leave with her for a week of intensive care. But this is only the beginning. However difficult it may be to get the stubborn and workaholic Arnold to accompany her on this journey of pleasure and discovery, the real challenge awaits them when they reach their destination. There, they will need to shed all their inhibitions and try, with their hearts, to rekindle the spark that once brought them together.
Duration: 100’

Trivia/Fun facts:
• Screenwriter Vanessa Taylor has gone through a lot for this script, after, as known, a good idea is not enough to make a movie. When she showed the first manuscript to her mentor, he told her to throw away the last ones 60 pages. Of course she didn't like that idea at all, but decided to take his advice and rewrote the final scene. After its completion, the script was circulated, as they say in Hollywood, but no one was choosing it. And then the script entered the so-called Black List. The Black List includes the most promising scripts circulating in Hollywood that have not yet been made into films.
• It was producer Guymon Casady who took the initiative to bring the script to light. He himself remembers: “My wife Robyn, who is also a screenwriter herself, had met Vanessa Taylor at a barbeque, resulting in Vanessa giving the script of Never Too Late to Robyn. A week later, we were lying in bed reading and my wife was engrossed in the script. When he finished it, he came back and said i know it's late, but you must read this script. It's amazing. I read it that night and fell in love with it and decided to take it on as a producer.".
• For the scenes, where the couple meets with the psychologist, the director thought that the best way to achieve a live, fresh and funny scene, was to avoid many rehearsals or in some cases no rehearsals at all. For Steve Carell this was a big challenge for obvious reasons. “Imagine! You sit across from Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones for a scene that has 9 pages and say “Action!” and you start. There was definitely an element of fear, and I think David wanted to capture that. But it was fun. I understand why David didn't want a lot of rehearsals. He wanted it to feel fresh and organic, and not that of the written script".
• The film has been shot exclusively in Connecticut. In the first three weeks, the scenes were shot in the office of Dr. Feld, for which an old factory was transformed into a conference space. Next came the scenes of the lead duo at their home in Omaha, in the hotel in Maine and in the room of a romantic inn.
• The script's fictional town of Great Hope Springs is set in an idyllic fishing village called Stonington. There, the crew had to intervene in some buildings for the needs of the scenario, while the locals not only watched the filming, but they also participated as extras.

Source : culturenow.gr