Paper Tiger Trailer: Driver, Teller as Brothers in NYC
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- Neon released the trailer for Paper Tiger, James Gray's drama that had its world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival after Neon acquired it as a late lineup addition.
- Paper Tiger stars Adam Driver as ex-cop Gary and Miles Teller as his engineer brother Isaac, with Scarlett Johansson as Isaac's wife; the story follows the brothers' entanglement in a Russian mafia scheme that threatens their family.
- James Gray said the story is loosely based on his own family's encounter with the Russian mafia in 1980s NYC, and the film is set in 1986 Queens.
- Paper Tiger received a 10-minute standing ovation at its Cannes premiere, and Deadline's Pete Hammond called it "superbly crafted" with Gray twisting a crime-genre tale into something "fresh and pulse-pounding."
- The film will open the New York Film Festival at the end of September before its November 13 limited theatrical release, positioning it in the heart of awards season.
Why it matters: Gray's film arrives as a late Cannes Competition pickup with awards-season positioning, a 10-minute standing ovation, and a lead cast of Driver, Teller, and Johansson — a combination that signals Neon's bet on the title as an awards contender through the November 13 limited release and New York Film Festival opener.
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