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Downtown Owl is an upcoming American drama film directed by Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater, in their directorial debuts, from a screenplay by Linklater. It is based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Chuck Klosterman. The film is produced by Rabe, Bettina Barrow, Linklater (in his debut production), Rebecca Green, and Michael Melamedoff under Kill Claudio Productions, Three Point Capital and Esme Grace Media, in association with Stage 6 Films. It stars Rabe, Henry Golding, Vanessa Hudgens, August Blanco Rosenstein, Jack Dylan Grazer, Finn Wittrock, and Ed Harris.

Downtown Owl
Directed by	Lily Rabe Hamish Linklater
Screenplay by	Hamish Linklater
Based on	Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman
Produced by	Lily Rabe Hamish Linklater Bettina Barrow Rebecca Green Michael Melamedoff
Starring	Lily Rabe Henry Golding Vanessa Hudgens August Blanco Rosenstein Jack Dylan Grazer Finn Wittrock Ed Harris
Cinematography	Bart Cortright
Edited by	Nena Erb
Music by	T Bone Burnett
Production companies	Stage 6 Films Kill Claudio Productions Three Point Capital Esme Grace Media
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Country	United States
Language	English

Premise

Set in the year of 1983, in the fictional town of Owl, North Dakota, the story centers around three intangibly connected residents—Horace, an old man who spends his afternoons reminiscing better times from the past at the local coffee shop, Mitch, a depressed high school backup quarterback, and Julia, an English teacher at the local high school who recently moved to Owl—whose lives, along with those of the town’s other residents, are upended by a whiteout blizzard.

Cast

• Lily Rabe as Julia[1]
• Ed Harris as Horace[2]
• August Blanco Rosenstein as Mitch[3]
• Jack Dylan Grazer[4]
• Henry Golding[5]
• Vanessa Hudgens[6]
• Finn Wittrock[7]
• Derek Hughes[8]
• Arden Michalec[8]
• Emma Halleen[8]
• Jeremy Kucharek
• Daniel Owens
• Anna Schmitz
• Elise White

Production

In October 2012, it was announced Adam Scott and Naomi Scott had optioned rights to Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman for a planned film adaption to produce under their Gettin Rad Productions banner.[9]

In April 2022, it was announced Lily Rabe, Ed Harris, Vanessa Hudgens, Finn Wittrock, Jack Dylan Grazer, and August Blanco Rosenstein had joined the cast of the film, with Rabe directing and producing alongside Hamish Linklater who wrote the screenplay, and her producing partner Bettina Barrow under their banner, Kill Claudio Productions with Sony Pictures' Stage 6 Films overseeing production and Sony Pictures Releasing set to distribute.[1][6][3] The film was a part of the Sundance Institute's Feature Film Program and Creative Producing Initiative under the organization's Creative Producing Summit and Talent Forum.[6][5] It was also announced that T Bone Burnett had signed on to compose the film score, and Rebecca Green and Michael Melamedoff were co-producing under Three Point Capital and Esme Grace Media.[1][10][11] The following day, it was revealed that Henry Golding had joined the cast of the film.[4][12]

Principal photography began prior to the official announcement, on April 3, 2022 in Minnesota.[13] Filming took place in Saint Paul,[14] Independence,[15] and Elko New Market,[16] and wrapped in early May.[17][8]

References

External links

• Downtown Owl at IMDb

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