The Giver’s 18 year journey:
Coming to the big screen after
finding the right fit, right cast
Jesus Figueroa
Writer
The world of black and white, no pain
and no emotions comes crashing down as
a young man starts to see the colors and
possibilities of the world in new film “The
Giver.”
During the Los Angeles Press day on
August 2 in Beverly Hills, California the
cast and crew of the film discussed the 18year long process of bringing the film to the
big screen.
Producer and actor Jeff Bridges, who
plays the title role of “The Giver,” began by
expressing his admiration for the film.
“I originally wanted to direct my father
Lloyd Bridges in the movie. I wanted to
make a movie my kids could see, they were
all young kids at the time. I was looking at
a catalogue of children’s books and I came
across this wonderful cover of this grizzled
old guy with a Newberry award stamp on it,”
Bridges said. “I thought this is great. I read
it, I was knocked out on a kid book level but
also as an adult. I thought this was a movie
is love to see be made,” he said.
“I am thrilled bout the film we have now.
You can’t make something happen before
it’s time and evidently this was the time
of ‘The Giver.’ What Jeff (Bridges) was
saying is that it’s every side of this film that
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