<b>Time Network News</b> Oscar queen Hilary Swank's new film "denial" is a serious theme, with both court scenes and historical review, from the theme to the lineup are directed to the awards season. The film is directed by the Englishman Mick Jackson ("Autism", "Meet Tuesday", "The Bodyguard"), and the male star is British actor Tom Wilkinson ("The Selma Parade", "The Grand Budapest Hotel").
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The film "Denial" is based on the 2005 book History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier. The book, written by historian Deborah E Lipstadt, a professor at Emory University in the United States, reviews the details of her six-year defamation case with David Owen, a best-selling author in World War II history.
In 1993, In his book, Lipsstadt called Owen "one of the most dangerous spokesmen for Holocaust deniers." Owen immediately took her and her British publisher to court, accusing the book of discrediting him as a historian. This litigation war lasted for 6 years and attracted widespread attention in the West. In court, Lipsstadt proved legally that the Holocaust had indeed happened. In 2000, the judge declared Lipstadt a winner.
In order to successfully adapt this historically significant work, the film invited David Hale, the screenwriter of "Reader" and "All the Time", to write the script, and he was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe. Hillary Swank will play the protagonist Lipstadt and Tom Wilkinson as David Owen, and the two real-life casts will also be American ladies and British gentlemen.
Such a serious theme and creative lineup of films, naturally hope to make a difference in the awards season. Producer Gary Foster and Russ Krasnoff Negative said, "It's an epic-based story that encompasses politics and humanity and is very powerful. No one can attempt to falsify history and distort the facts, and David Hale's script is very exciting. Another producer, Alison Thompson, who oversees international rights sales, will be at the Cannes Film Market in May to find buyers.