Armageddon Time
Armageddon Time is a 2022 American coming-of-age drama film written, directed, and produced by James Gray. The film stars Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb, and Anthony Hopkins. Inspired by Gray's childhood experiences, the story follows a young Jewish-American boy who befriends an African-American classmate and begins to struggle with his family's expectations and growing up in a time of inequality and prejudice. It was shot in New Jersey and Fresh Meadows, Queens, where Gray grew up.
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| Written by | James Gray
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| Music by | Christopher Spelman
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| Running time | 115 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Language | English
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Grandpa Aaron Rabinowitz: What do you do when that happens?
Paul Graff: Obviously, nothing, of course.
Grandpa Aaron Rabinowitz: Do you think that's smart?
- (Grandma Mickey Rabinowitz) Tovah Feldshuh is the only family member who identifies as Jewish in real life. (Irving Graff) Jeremy Strong's father is Jewish, but he doesn't identify as Jewish. (Esther Graff) Anne Hathaway's husband, Adam Shulman is Jewish and they wed in a traditional Jewish Ceremony, but Anne doesn't identify as Jewish.
- James Gray attended the Kew-Forest School, whose alums include Donald and Maryanne Trump. Like in the movie, Maryanne did come give a speech to the students when Gray was a student. He tried to recreate the real speech as best as he could from memory, Gray told Screen Daily in 2021. He told the Atlantic in an article published November 2022, that he also remembered Fred chastising him in the hallway, the way Fred does to Paul in the film.
- James Gray said in October 2022 to The Playlist, that there are more stories from his family that he's interested in adapting for the screen, such as his mother getting sick and dying of brain cancer after his father achieved financial success. The movie alludes to his mom's illness, in a scene where she has a headache.
- The movie is based on the director's childhood. Him and his brother, who were distant in the film are very close now that they are older. He says they "talk three or four times a week at least". When his brother Ed Gray saw the film he really loved it and he felt it was extremely accurate to his recollection.
- This is James Gray's first digitally shot film. According to Gray (who's open about his preference for 35mm film), he and cinematographer Darius Khondji wanted to shoot on film but weren't able to due to a variety of reasons, one of which is likely problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which temporarily shut production down or limited budget. However, Khondji managed to secure lenses from the 1970s, which Gray used in the film.
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