We’ve seen some great things over the past few months for director Tony Kaye’s upcoming film, Detachment, led by Adrien Brody. A beautiful international poster arrived back in November with Brody looking pensive before a chalk board, followed by a great international trailer just before Christmas.
We’ve now got another terrific new trailer to share with you, courtesy of Apple via The Playlist, ahead of the film’s release on iTunes in the US next month before a limited theatrical release in March.
“Detachment is a chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of a substitute teacher named Henry Barthes (Adrien Brody). Henry’s method of imparting vital knowledge onto his temporary students is interrupted by the arrival of three women in his life.”
Along with Brody, the film has a terrific cast that includes Lucy Liu (Kill Bill: Vol.1), Christina Hendricks (Drive), Bryan Cranston (TV’s Breaking Bad), James Caan (The Godfather), Marcia Gay Harden (Miller’s Crossing), Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother, Where Art Thou?), William Peterson (TV’s CSI), Blythe Danner (Meet the Parents), and Isiah Whitlock, Jr. (TV’s The Wire). Essentially, a very talented group of people, and as the trailer notes, we’ll be introduced to the acting talents of young Sami Gayle (TV’s Blue Bloods), who makes her feature debut in this.
This new trailer gives an even more intimate look at the film than the one we saw before Christmas, and it definitely looks like something to look forward to. The film has spent the past year touring festivals, taking the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival as well as a host of others elsewhere, and I can’t wait to see how it all unfolds. Kaye is best known for his tremendous debut on American History X, and this looks like it could be the film to revitalise his career, directing from what should be a fantastic debut for screenwriter Carl Lund.
There’s still no word yet on a UK release, but hopefully we can look forward to seeing it arrive on our shores soon, either through a platform like iTunes in the US or a theatrical release (I’m hoping we’ll be treated to the latter too, but sadly I think it’s a bit of wishful thinking), ahead of a physical release hopefully later in the year. Until then, here’s the wonderful new trailer to enjoy.
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