Move aside Quentin Tarantino, because Steve McQueen is coming to completely knock you off your horse with a far superior movie about slavery.
"A man living in New York during the mid-1800s is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the deep south."
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Solomon Northup
Michael Fassbender - Edwin Epps
Brad Pitt - Solomon Northup's lawyer
Quvenzhané Wallis - Solomon Northup's daughter
Benedict Cumberbatch - William Ford
Paul Dano - John Tibeats
Paul Giamatti - Theophilus Freeman
Marcus Lyle Brown - Jasper
Michael Kenneth Williams - Robert
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Solomon Northup
Garret Dillahunt - Armsby
Dwight Henry - Uncle Abram
Tom Proctor - Biddee
Scoot McNairy (unnamed role)
Sarah Paulson (unnamed role)
Taran Killam (unnamed role)
Just look at that cast. If I could pick any active director to film a movie about slavery, my pick would be Steve McQueen. I'm sure he will give us another powerful and triumphant film with his third feature, Twelve Years a Slave. Not to mention the director/actor duo of McQueen and Fassbender is a force to be reckoned with. They work off of one another so well. This is currently my most anticipated film of 2013.
Thoughts?
Last edited by hapax_legomena; 02-27-13 at 07:27 AM.