New York Film Festival audiences will be looking at Timote Chalamett in Josh Safdy’s “Marty Supreme.”
The A24 film is one of the most anticipated year, but remains one of the few nominees to be announced. That changed Monday evening when Indie Studios gave Marty Supreme a surprising world premiere at Lincoln Center’s Alistair Hall. This setting makes sense given that Safdie is a typical Big Apple filmmaker, Chalamet is the native son, and the film was filmed in five districts. Both the stars and directors are in attendance.
The screening was confirmed after audiences filled the festival’s secret screening seats and Safdi took to the stage.
“I don’t like surprise either,” Safdi told the crowd. The secret screening was a tight deadline for the director. As he added, “It ended yesterday at 2am. …You are the first audience to see this movie.”
Chalamet then joined the director on stage, introducing the film and revealing his personal connection to the evening. The star shared that he went down the street from Alice Tully to high school, “It’s ‘Amazing’ to premiere with the knife.
Based on the trailer for “Marty Sprame,” Chalamet appears to play the ambitious ping-pong champion. Film co-star Gwyneth Paltrow said he will play the wife of a rival expert who previously had ties to Chalamett. “I mean, there’s a lot of sex in this movie,” Paltrow teased. “There are a lot – there are a lot.”
The cast also includes Odessa Azion, Kevin O’Leary, Tyler O’Comma, Abel Ferrara and Fran Drescher. Safdie co-written the script with Ronald Bronstein.
The film costs $70 million and is the most expensive film on the A24. The premiere comes when the studio’s “The Smashing Machine,” directed by Josh Safdy’s brother Benny, can’t make it to the box office despite good reviews. SAFDIES previously worked together as co-directors on “Good Times” and “Uncut Jewels.”
The New York Film Festival has premiered several award nominees, including Noah Bambach’s “Jay Kelly,” Luca Guadanino’s “After the Hunt,” Kathryn Bigelow’s “The House of Dynamite,” and Scott Cooper’s “Springsteen: Delivery Me No May.”
