Jodie Foster's performances in �The Accused� and �The Silence of the Lambs� earned her two Academy Awards� for Best Actress and a reputation as one of the most critically acclaimed actresses of her generation. Now, she directs a full-length film for the third time � Summit Entertainment's �The Beaver,� an emotional story about a man on a journey to re-discover his family and re-start his life. The critically acclaimed film will be shown exclusively at Ayala Mall Cinemas (Glorietta 4, Greenbelt 3 and Trinoma) starting August 10.
In the film, Walter Black (Mel Gibson) was once a successful toy executive and family man who now suffers from depression. No matter what he tries, Walter can�t seem to get himself back on track�until a beaver hand puppet enters his life. Emerging from what had seemed like a terminal stupor, he begins speaking through the hand puppet, at first to himself, then to everyone else.
�I think there are many genuine examples in our culture over and over again where people will don a different personality, split themselves, in order to cope with an overwhelming situation,� Foster explains. �We see that in everyday life, that there are things you know you just can�t face, so you find a way to cope.�
Because of her deep connection to the material, Foster realized that she wanted to play the role of Meredith, Walter's wife. She was, however, unsure of Mel�s reaction. So she went in person to his house to break the news and see if he was comfortable with it. Gibson was delighted.
�It�s always great,� he says. �I worked with her once before and I really dug it. She�s always there if you need a friend. So I was happy to work closely with her again.�
�Meredith buys into Walter as the beaver because of how much she loves her younger son Henry and how worried she is about him,� shares Foster. �Henry�s been in a shell, socially withdrawn. When the beaver comes along he comes alive and begs his mother to allow the beaver to remain part of their lives. It�s plausible that a mother would do anything to see her child thrive.
�Porter, the teenage son is the only character who refuses to buy into the beaver, going so far as to tell his younger sibling the beaver isn�t real. Porter�s basically appalled by his father�s behavior as most 17 year-olds would be. He�s desperately afraid of becoming like his father.�
�Porter�s main goal is to avoid being like Walter and, in general, to avoid having any sort of personality for fear that he will be just like him after all,� says Anton Yelchin who plays the part. �In a way he�s trying to shut himself down. But of course he and his father are similar in ways that it kills Porter to acknowledge.�
Foster concludes, �It�s easy to think of `The Beaver' as a story about a guy who puts a puppet on his hand but it�s also equally a tale of a son who is so like his father, but wishes he wasn�t.�
In the film, Walter Black (Mel Gibson) was once a successful toy executive and family man who now suffers from depression. No matter what he tries, Walter can�t seem to get himself back on track�until a beaver hand puppet enters his life. Emerging from what had seemed like a terminal stupor, he begins speaking through the hand puppet, at first to himself, then to everyone else.
�I think there are many genuine examples in our culture over and over again where people will don a different personality, split themselves, in order to cope with an overwhelming situation,� Foster explains. �We see that in everyday life, that there are things you know you just can�t face, so you find a way to cope.�
Because of her deep connection to the material, Foster realized that she wanted to play the role of Meredith, Walter's wife. She was, however, unsure of Mel�s reaction. So she went in person to his house to break the news and see if he was comfortable with it. Gibson was delighted.
�It�s always great,� he says. �I worked with her once before and I really dug it. She�s always there if you need a friend. So I was happy to work closely with her again.�
�Meredith buys into Walter as the beaver because of how much she loves her younger son Henry and how worried she is about him,� shares Foster. �Henry�s been in a shell, socially withdrawn. When the beaver comes along he comes alive and begs his mother to allow the beaver to remain part of their lives. It�s plausible that a mother would do anything to see her child thrive.
�Porter, the teenage son is the only character who refuses to buy into the beaver, going so far as to tell his younger sibling the beaver isn�t real. Porter�s basically appalled by his father�s behavior as most 17 year-olds would be. He�s desperately afraid of becoming like his father.�
�Porter�s main goal is to avoid being like Walter and, in general, to avoid having any sort of personality for fear that he will be just like him after all,� says Anton Yelchin who plays the part. �In a way he�s trying to shut himself down. But of course he and his father are similar in ways that it kills Porter to acknowledge.�
Foster concludes, �It�s easy to think of `The Beaver' as a story about a guy who puts a puppet on his hand but it�s also equally a tale of a son who is so like his father, but wishes he wasn�t.�
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