TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Edward Norton, Robert De Niro, Frances Conroy and Milla Jovovich at the Stone press conference
TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Edward Norton, Robert De Niro, Frances Conroy and Milla Jovovich at the Stone press conference
By Karon Liu | September 11, 2010
By Karon Liu | 09/11/2010
Frances Conroy, Robert De Niro, Milla Jovavich and Edward Norton at the press conference for Stone (Image: Karon Liu)
The bright constellation of stars in this new prison thriller, Stone , attracted a mob of journalists to the Hyatt Regency. Robert De Niro , Edward Norton , Milla Jovovich and Frances Conroy didn’t disappoint, joking with one another, discussing the U.S. prison system and talking seriously about how they prepared for their their deeply psychological roles.
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Milla Jovavich at the press conference for Stone (Image: Karon Liu)
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Milla Jovavich and Frances Conroy at the press conference for Stone (Image: Karon Liu)
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Robert DeNiro, Milla Jovavich and Frances Conroy share a laugh at the press conference for Stone (Image: Karon Liu)
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Robert DeNiro at the press conference for Stone (Image: Karon Liu)
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Robert DeNiro, Milla Jovavich and Frances Conroy at the press conference for Stone (Image: Karon Liu)
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Edward Norton at the press conference for Stone (Image: Karon Liu)
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Edward Norton at the press conference for Stone (Image: Karon Liu)
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Edward Norton at the press conference for Stone (Image: Karon Liu)
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Frances Conroy, Robert DeNiro, Milla Jovavich and Edward Norton at the press conference for Stone (Image: Karon Liu)
Norton was particularly upfront, saying he got ready for the film by going to a correctional facility near Detroit “that was very accommodating to” the cast. “That was my main resource, trying to dig into the authenticity of [the prisoners’] experience and how they speak.”
Of the prison system itself, Norton said, according to the Wall Street Journal :
I will say that we have an enormous problem in the United States; I think we’ve got more people per 100,000 in prison than any country in the world except South Africa under Apartheid, we’ve made it a massive industry… [Parole workers] are totally undermanned and overwhelmed by the insane case loads they have to deal with. These people seemed tremendously overworked, and I couldn’t imagine how daunting it would be to make penetrating decisions about people at the speed in which they were being asked to handle their work.
It seems as though Edward Norton really did his “homework“ for this flick. I agree with him on the fact that too many people are out of prison, some of whom really belong there, and especially in Can., the Justice system is really lacking; sometimes condemning innocent people to prison for a crime they really didn`t commit; and others that are repeated sex criminals, etc., getting less time spent in jail or prison, than absolutely necessary–and not getting the proper “Rehabilitation“ that they need. Thus follows a “vicious circle“ of repeated offenders. So, the Parolle Officers get “bogged down“ with the over-abundance of repeat offenders. It`s not much worse than our Social Welfare System–but that`s another story(issue)!
Anyhow, the movie should be “interesting“, to say the l least!