Spirits were bright Wednesday night in West Hollywood when Fox Searchlight celebrated the season with their annual holiday party — really, just an excuse to fete Oscar candidates Win Win, Tree of Life, Shame, Martha Marcy May Marlene, and The Descendants like debs at a coming out ball. Movieline caught up with Fox Searchlight’s hopefuls at the early awards-season shindig.
Among the talents gunning for Academy and box-office recognition, it was refreshing to see Win Win screenwriter/director Thomas McCarthy chatting with fans and colleagues. His low-key Paul Giamatti movie came out in March, and though it’s not soaring up Movieline’s Oscar index, it’s an unforgettably sincere look at a downtrodden suburban attorney who winds up housing and coaching a talented high school wrestler (Alex Shaffer) after arranging some dubious business dealings with an older client.
“A lot of people come up and say, ‘That’s my son!’ or ‘That’s my daughter!’” McCarthy said of his film’s deeply feeling wrestling wunderkind. “I think Alex Shaffer did an amazing job embodying this, but we wanted a kid that was not overly expressive and articulate for a change. Most kids at that age, they hear everything. They’re little sponges. They’re taking it in, they’re forming opinions, they’re developing their personalities. They’re just not necessarily ready to show us that.
“They’re struggling with all kinds of things — who they are, what they are, what they want to be,” McCarthy added. “That, for many of those kids, is a very private and scary struggle. A lot of times how that manifests itself is a very deadpan approach to the world: ‘I’m not going to let you see what I’m feeling until I’m ready to really show that.’ It’s definitely a…
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