Jeremy Irons, left, and Edward Pressman at producer's BAM retrospective.
Manhattan's glittering skyline and the East River's black waters made a fitting backdrop to the after-party Friday at Brooklyn's Kino restaurant, where fans, friends, and colleagues arrived to celebrate the work of prolific New York producer Edward R. Pressman, whose five-week retrospective opened at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
"It's quite an honor, but I fought against it," said Pressman grinning mischievously. "This is about looking back, and I keep thinking about the future."
New Yorker film critic David Denby, who grew up with Pressman in Manhattan, was definitive on the importance of Pressman. "He's the most original producer we've got. He chooses the most difficult material."
Jeremy Irons, looking stylishly rumpled in brown jeans and a blue sweater, described Pressman as being "always supportive and dead straight on." About the earlier screening of "Reversal of Fortune," Irons said, "It's really a black comedy."
Among those celebrating with Pressman were thesps Christine Baranski and Glenn Close, attorney Alan Dershowitz and "Reversal" co-producer Elon Dershowitz.
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