Don DeLillo Movies
- 2009
Don DeLillo's farcical novel gets the big-screen treatment with this story of a college football player (Josh Hartnett) whose fascination with nuclear war leads him to look at the game in a whole new way in this ATO Pictures production. George Ratliff directs from a script adapted by David Gilbert, with Sam Rockwell and Kat Dennings set to co-star. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Josh Hartnett, Sam Rockwell, (more)
- 2007
Night Court alumnus John Larroquette and Tyler Hoechlin co-star in actor-turned-director Keith Bogart's short feature The Rapture of the Athlete Assumed into Heaven. The film concerns a reporter (Larroquette) interviewing a tennis star who achieves his greatest athletic triumph - and greatest concomitant thrill - on the final day of his life. Novelist Don DeLillo adapted the work from his own play. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Larroquette, Tyler Hoechlin, (more)
A writer runs an obstacle course of neuroses as he prepares to debut an important new work in this comedy drama. Nicky Rogan (Michael Keaton) is a successful playwright who, after a series of hit comedies, is about to debut a deeply personal drama, and is more than a little nervous about how it will be received. Rogan has learned that notoriously tough critic Steven Schwimmer (Robert Downey Jr.) will be reviewing the opening night performance; a bad notice from Schwimmer sent Nicky's good friend and fellow writer Elliott (Griffin Dunne) into an emotional tailspin from which he's yet to recover. Rogan also has reason to believe that Peter Redmond (Harris Yulin), the play's leading man, may have a serious health problem that could sideline the show. Rogan is being dogged by personal anxieties as well -- his wife, Lillian (Catherine O'Hara), is leaving him, he's having an affair with Joanne (Bebe Neuwirth), who is bankrolling the show, his father (Tom Aldredge) is in failing health, and the life-long Boston Red Sox fan is panicking as his heroes are being trounced by the New York Mets in game six of the World Series. Game Six was the first original screenplay from noted novelist and playwright Don DeLillo; the film premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael Keaton, Robert Downey, Jr., (more)
