Max Winkler’s ‘Ceremony’ Trailer
Magnolia Pictures has released the first movie trailer forMax Winkler’s feature directorial debutCeremony. I saw the film at theToronto Film Festival, where I wrote the following: “Ceremony feels like the first movie from a filmmaker we need to watch — a fantastic feature debut. His screenplay is filled with complex, interesting and engrossing characters, and his film has fantastic performances across the board.”
Ceremonystars the very underratedMichael Angarano(Almost Famous, Snow Angels) as an aspiring children’s book author named Sam Davis, who convinces his former best friend Marshall (played by the also underratedReece ThompsonofRocket ScienceandAssassination of a High School President) to spend a weekend with him to re-establish their friendship. But Sam has secret ulterior motives — he plans to infiltrate and break-up a wedding ceremony being held at a big Gatsby-esque-sized beach house in Long Island because he is in love with the bride, an older woman named Zoe (played byUma Thurman).
Watch it now embedded after the jump. Please leave your thoughts in the comments below.
The 27-year old USC film school graduate and son of television actorHenry Winkler(Fonzie on Happy Days) is probably best known as the director of the popularClark and Michaelweb series which starredMichael CeraandClark Duke. In 2005, he co-wrote and co-directed a short film titledThe King of Central Park, which screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, Malibu International Film Festival and Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The short is wonderfully awkward, sometimes Wes Anderson-like, especially in the music, use of slow motion and symmetrical framing.
