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‘The Friend’ Filmmakers David Siegel and Scott McGehee on Pairing Naomi Watts with a Great Dane (Video Interview)
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‘The Friend’ Filmmakers David Siegel and Scott McGehee on Pairing Naomi Watts with a Great Dane (Video Interview)

Filmmakers David Siegel and Scott McGehee have been making independent films for over thirty years, and while they might not be the most prolific filmmakers, they always tend to release thought-provoking films with a mix of original and adapted works. Their latest film is The Friend, starring Naomi Watts as Iris, a New York-based writer…

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NYFF: ‘The Friend’ Video Review – Naomi Watts Shares the Screen with a Great Dane
Festivals

NYFF: ‘The Friend’ Video Review – Naomi Watts Shares the Screen with a Great Dane

It’s not that often when a movie comes into the September festival season without any distribution but that’s the case with David Siegel and Scott McGehee’s The Friend, starring Naomi Watts, which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival, then played at the 62nd New York Film Festival. Based on the novel by Sigrid Nunez,…

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