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The actor bought the rights to Jonathan Lethem's book in 1999, and finally was able to direct his own adaptation of the novel.
The actor bought the rights to Jonathan Lethem's book in 1999, and finally was able to direct his own adaptation of the novel.
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Persevering For A Pet Project
Today's special membership drive edition of The Frame is devoted entirely to John Horn's interview with Edward Norton. He's the director and star of "Motherless Brooklyn," a film based on Jonathan Lethem’s book of the same name. Norton acquired the rights in 1999, but he didn’t finish adapting the script until 2016. The film has an all-star cast that includes Bruce Willis, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Willem Dafoe and Alec Baldwin, who plays a Trump-like villain. When John spoke with Norton at the Telluride Film Festival, they discussed why it took so long to make the film, which opens on Nov. 1.