Interview [Video]: Richard LaGravenese (“The Last Five Years”)

Richard LaGravenese is one of Hollywood’s A-list screenwriters whose film credits include The Fisher King, Bridges of Madison County, The Horse Whisperer, Beloved, and Unbroken. He is also a writer-director as with his newest project The Last Five Years, bringing the Tony Award-winning musical to the Big Screen. It is a love story with an interesting narrative structure:

THE LAST FIVE YEARS is a musical chronicling a love affair and marriage taking place over a five year period. Jamie Wallerstein (Jordan) is a young, talented up and coming novelist who falls in love with Cathy Hiatt (Kendrick), a struggling actress. Their story is told almost entirely through song. All of Cathy’s songs begin at the end of their marriage and move backwards in time to the beginning of their love affair, while Jamie’s songs start at the beginning of their affair and move forward to the end of their marriage. They meet in the center when Jamie proposes.

Here is the Forscene interview with LaGravenese:

Here is a trailer for the movie:

The movie website here.

Via Forscene.