Sidewalk Hustle

Every­thing about this movie sounds beyond appeal­ing to me. A mov­ing yet unset­tling dra­matic plot line, acted by the orig­i­nal Mr Darcy, Colin Firth and Juli­enne Moore, pro­duc­tion design by the peo­ple behind Mad Men, and if that wasn’t enough, the man behind direc­tion, pro­duc­tion, and author­ing the screen­play is the one, the only, the fash­ion lord, TOM FORD!

And, incase that isn’t enough for you, add loud Oscar buzz to the equation!

Set in 1962, adapted from the Christo­pher Ish­er­wood novel A Sin­gle Man, the film, by the same name, has been rec­og­nized for its Golden Lion award win­ning cast and incred­i­ble cin­e­matog­ra­phy.  It’s also Tom Ford’s direc­to­r­ial debut and tran­si­tion from his pre­vi­ous world-wind suc­cess as a fash­ion designer for Gucci, YSL, and his own mens line TOM FORD.

The novel, ded­i­cated to Gore Vidal, depicts one day in the life of the main char­ac­ter George, a middle-aged gay British col­lege pro­fes­sor deal­ing with the sud­den and tragic death of his long­time partner.

The novel has also been been regarded by Amer­i­can author and lit­er­ary critic Edmund White as “one of the first and best nov­els of the mod­ern gay liberation movement”.

The film cen­ters on the same premise and promises to be a true dra­matic masterpiece.

Check out the trailer below.