“Winter’s Tale,” the film adaptation of Mark Helprin’s 1983 book, hits theaters Friday just in time for Valentine’s Day. After the book was first published it attracted a huge following despite its long length at 800 pages. Like the book, the romantic movie is set in New York City split between the World War I era and the present. Magical elements in the movie include the iconic flying horse from the book, enchanted lovers and mysterious time travel. A burglar named Peter Lake (played by Colin Farrell) falls in love with heiress Beverly Penn (played by Jessica Brown Findlay) who is dying of consumption. Peter learns he is able to reincarnate and sets out to save his love from death. Latin Times was able get the inside scope on what into the making of “Winter’s Tale” from writer-director Akiva Goldsman and actors Colin Farrell, Jennifer Brown Findlay, Jennifer Connelly and Eva Marie Saint.
The film is Akiva Goldsman’s directorial debut. He won an Academy Award for screenwriting “A Beautiful Mind.” Goldsman describes the genre of “Winter’s Tale” as “Magical Realism, and it seems for him it is was definitely a act of love. While writing the script for the movie, he experienced a terrible personal tragedy. His wife passed away. Many of his actors have noted that his loss provided a richness to the film. Goldsman said “Winter’s Tale” is “a secret message for those who have experienced great loss in life, and are in desperate need for some unexpected magic.” It seems he could very much relate to this message.
Goldsman’s first film boasts an incredible cast including Legendary Eva Maria Saint who has worked with big-name directors like Alfred Hitchcock and Elia Kazan. Many of the actors said they enjoyed working with Goldsman and called him “down-to-earth.” He was very involved in the development of the characters due to his love of Helprin’s text. He described Connelly’s character Virginia as “the character most like the rest of us. She is what keeps the movie in the real world.”
The movie was filmed in all five boroughs of New York City and spanned all three periods of 1895, 1916 and 2014. Producer Marc Platt said “what is so interesting and perhaps unique about New York is that there’s so much of it that existed in the early 20th Century and still exists today. The architecture, the parks, they’ve been witness to the journey of the city and the journey of the people in the city.” Watch a trailer for “Winter’s Tale” below before you see it in theaters this weekend!
Winter's Tale - Official Trailer [HD]
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