THE TROTSKY Movie Trailer with Jay Baruchel
Check out the trailer for THE TROTSKY starring Jay Baruchel, Domini Blythe, Geneviève Bujold, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Colm Feore, Emily Hampshire, Michael Murphy, Saul Rubinek, and directed by Jacob Tierney.
The trailer for The Trotsky is finally here, which is really exciting since I got a chance to interview the director, Jacob Tierney, and Jay Baruchel about the movie. Check it out below!
The Trotsky Synopsis: Leon Bronstein (Jay Baruchel) is not your average Montreal West high school student. For one thing, none of his peers can claim to be the reincarnation of early 20th century Soviet iconoclast and Red Army hero, Leon Trotsky. When his father (Saul Rubinek) sends Leon to public school as punishment for starting a hunger strike at Papa's clothing factory, Leon quickly lends new meaning to the term "student union," determined as he is to live out his pre-ordained destiny to the fullest and change the world.
The Trotsky's Director JACOB TIERNEY Exclusive Interview
September 3, 2009 by Sandie
Filed under Interviews
I recently got a chance to speak with director JACOB TIERNEY about his new movie, The Trotksy, which is in the Special Presentations lineup at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Jacob Tierney has a pretty big acting background, but The Trotsky marks his second directorial work. And while his first film, "Twist," was pretty serious drama, this new one is a comedy.
During the interview, Jacob Tierney talked about his inspiration for the film, the process of getting the film done, some of his directorial influences, and more. So enjoy the interview below and check out The Trotsky at the Festival when it premieres on September 11.
Congratulations on getting a movie into the festival. That's exciting.
Jacob Tierney: Thank you very much, it is exciting. I'm pretty pumped.
The premiere is in a couple of weeks?
Jacob Tierney: Well, I guess it's the first of September. So ten days. It's kind of weird to have a screening time on September 11th. You don't forget it. I'm like, 'I'm screening on September 11th. Okay.' It's also not going to be like, 'I can't remember. It's some day, the 10th or 12th.' It's pretty clear.
Can you talk about the story of 'The Trotsky' and what the tone of the film is like?
Jacob Tierney: The story is basically about a kid who thinks he's the reincarnation of Leon Trotsky, the Red Army founder and Bolshevik. He's kind of determined to live out Trotsky's life beat by beat, as he sees it. So when we find him in the story he's trying to get arrested for the first time and trying to unionize the students at his high school. He's also trying to find his first wife. That kind of picks up the crux of the story, and the tone, it's a comedy obviously. Before I made it, I used to describe it as 'Reds' in high school, only funny. That was kind of the movie that I wanted to make. This kid thinks his life is an epic and so the comedy kind of comes from there. The movie is on his side and we're trying to make it in epic form and the irony results in other people just not viewing his life as being that epic.
THE TROTSKY Movie Picture with Jay Baruchel
Check out a picture from THE TROTSKY starring Jay Baruchel, Domini Blythe, Geneviève Bujold, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Colm Feore, Emily Hampshire, Michael Murphy, Saul Rubinek, and directed by Jacob Tierney.
The Trotsky is part of the Special Presentations lineup at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.
The story sounds good and we all know that Jay Baruchel (Tropic Thunder, Fanboys) can be pretty funny.
The Trotsky Synopsis: Leon Bronstein (Jay Baruchel) is not your average Montreal West high school student. For one thing, none of his peers can claim to be the reincarnation of early 20th century Soviet iconoclast and Red Army hero, Leon Trotsky. When his father (Saul Rubinek) sends Leon to public school as punishment for starting a hunger strike at Papa's clothing factory, Leon quickly lends new meaning to the term "student union," determined as he is to live out his pre-ordained destiny to the fullest and change the world.
