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'The Weight' Answers the Question: How Far Would You Go?
Hawke says the Great Depression thriller draws on Pacific Northwest history and a physically demanding role that relies on action and emotion.
- On Friday, September 18, Ethan Hawke's new film, The Weight, opens in Seattle-area theaters. Starring Hawke and Russell Crowe, the film follows prisoners during the Great Depression tasked with smuggling gold from a remote mine.
- When Samuel Murphy is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal prison, Warden Clancy offers him a high-stakes proposition: smuggle gold out of a remote mine with a dangerous crew and win his freedom. Murphy accepts the challenge.
- Hawke's character relies primarily on physicality rather than dialogue in The Weight, representing a departure from previous roles where he played talkative men. This stoic approach challenged Hawke after starring in stage productions emphasizing verbal dexterity.
- Hawke lived in Seattle during the mid-1990s while performing in The Cider House Rules at Seattle Rep, an experience he remembers fondly. He later starred in the Washington-filmed Snow Falling on Cedars, a drama about a Japanese American fisher.
- Following The Weight, Hawke returns for the second season of The Lowdown in October. He reunites with Yakima-born actor Kyle MacLachlan, whom he previously worked with on Hamlet and Tesla.
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'The Weight' answers the question: How far would you go?
Would you do anything for your child? That’s at the heart of “The Weight,” a new movie from Padraic McKinley starring Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe and Julia Jones.
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'The Weight' Interview: Ethan Hawke and Julia Jones
Opening in theaters on September 18th is the new historical drama 'The Weight', which was directed by Padraic McKinley, and stars Ethan Hawke ('Training Day'), Russell Crowe ('Gladiator'), and Julia Jones ('Wind River'). Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Ethan Hawke and Julia Jones about their work on 'The Weight', Hawke's first reaction to his character, Jones' experience working with Hawke, and shooting the movie's most diff…
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