An indie Cinderella tale
Thriller about drugs and corruption bows in Gotham
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Ray Liotta gets a reaction from helmer Joe Carnahan, but co-star Jason Patric seems unfazed at 'Narc's' Gotham bow. |
"It all started to happen for the film once we got on the Bel Air screening circuit after Sundance," explained Carnahan. "We were getting great responses and then when Paula Wagner saw the movie, she called my agent to set up a screening for Tom Cruise. He flipped out over it."
"As far as Cruise goes, it's like Moses dropping his staff into the Red Sea and splitting it down the middle," continued the director.
The thriller about drugs, corruption and murder in a Detroit undercover unit begins platforming in New York and Los Angeles Dec. 20 before going wide early next year. "Narc" recently earned Independent Spirit Award noms for director Carnahan, supporting actor Ray Liotta and Alex Nepomniaschy for cinematography. Pic stars Jason Patric.
The Dec. 13 premiere at New York's DGA Theater was preceded by cocktails at Le Parker Meridian Hotel.
"Every day while we were shooting I was worried we wouldn't make payroll and would have to shut down," said Diane Nabatoff, who partnered with Liotta to produce "Narc." "The fact that we went from a tiny movie to one with the most support you could hope for from a studio feels like a miracle." "Narc" has earned comparison to the hard-edged cop thrillers of the 1970s, among them William Friedkin's "The French Connection."
