All the fucking hopefulness, and dad not even being able to listen to music anymore. Rachel getting married, kym the monologue database. Anne hathaways wreaking havoc in jonathan demmes new film. Mar 22, 2010 when anne hathaway received the rachel getting married script, the project could have been anything. In the works is a joyful, multicultural wedding shes a wasp, her fiance is african american, the theme is indian that promises to embrace everyone into the fold, even rachels wayward sister, kym anne hathaway. A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years, returns home for the weekend for her sisters wedding. Ricki and the flash 2015 was a dark comedy about an aging rockandroll singer meryl streep who reconnects. Feb 11, 2010 theres a great example of this from a movie i really liked rachel getting married 2008 with a fine screenplay by jenny lumet personally i thought it deserved a wga nomination for best original screenplay and excellent direction by jonathan demme. Rachel getting married 2008 follows a young woman anne hathaway who has been temporarily released from a drug rehabilitation centre in order to attend her sisters wedding.
Rachel getting married is an engrossing tale of family angst, highlighted by anne hathaways powerful performance and director jonathan demmes return to. Kym tells the story of being in charge of her young sibling in the past, but being high on percocet when she accidentally drove off a bridge and then couldnt get her brother. Anne hathaway, playing the central character in rachel getting married, gives a. Multiple links are listed since a different versions exist and b many scripts posted become unavailable over time.
But i believe the film s deep subject is the marriage itself. Credit and many thanks to joseph for this monologue, it is very much appreciated. Rachel getting married is the story of kym, who comes home for her sister rachels wedding after having been in and out of rehab for the past 10 years. Intense familial conflict portrayed in rachel getting married.
Filmed in captivating handheld documentary style, when kym returns home from rehab for her sisters wedding, the drama unfolds like the footage of a disastrous home movie. With anne hathaway, rosemarie dewitt, debra winger, sebastian stan. The problem in rachel getting married not the problem with the film, mind you is that even though rachel is the one getting married, its all about kym, her younger sister. Actors can create a free profile as well as directors, casting directors, producers and agentsmanagers. Kym is a recovering drug addict who has a difficult time adjusting to life outside of rehab. Culture film features movies you might have missed. Kym anne hathaway is a young woman who has been in and out of rehab for about ten years. Raquel woodruff kyms monologue from rachel getting married.
Still not recovered from being the center of attention, kym constantly and blatantly grabs for. This isnt a naive film, and the characters know that a decade of unresolved family problems will not be erased in a weekend. Monologues, movie scripts, casting calls and more at. Day 1 kym, a darkly beautiful girl in her early 20s, is smoking furiously on the porch of an urban halfway house. She comes back to her family just in time for her sister rachels rosemarie dewitt wedding, and despite her best intentions, kym finds a way to make the entire situation about her rather than her sister when she comes home, she starts to feel as. Rachel getting married exclusive anne hathaway interview. This puppy is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of the movie to get the dialogue. Rachel getting married s title is vaguely misleading, and its ads are borderline deceptive. Rachel and sidney decide to get married, and rachels friend, emma, is to be the maid of honor. Oct 16, 2011 in rachel getting married 2008, anne hathaway plays kym, who is released from rehab in order to go to her sister rachel s wedding, which takes place at the home of her father, paul and step. And he was in his red socks just running around in these piles of leaves. When she goes back home for her sister rachels wedding, old.
In rachel getting married, directed by jonathan demme from an original screenplay by jenny lumet daughter of veteran director sidney, she plays kym, a. Twice kym knocks on rachels door and is admittedthe first time with the shrieks of joy and recognition, the second time with a heartfelt come here. Rachel and kym argue about the latter and her need to have the focus on her, as well as their relationship, with kym then being mad that rachel announces shes pregnant. Highstrung, selfinvolved rehab veteran kym anne hathaway takes a vacation from her home away from home for a shaky trip back to the bosom of her family to attend her sister rachels rosemarie dewitt wedding in rachel getting married 2008.
Rachel getting married is harrowing, messy, and real the spool. The jonathan demme touch, like the famed lubitsch touch, isnt easy to define, because it isnt based on any clear stylistic signatures or some uniform, easily recognizable approach to varied material. Im doing a monologue from the movie rachel getting married. In the works is a joyful, multicultural wedding shes a wasp, her fiance is african american, the theme is indian that promises to embrace everyone into the fold, even rachel s wayward sister, kym anne hathaway. Rachel getting married is a 2008 american drama film directed by jonathan demme, and starring anne hathaway, rosemarie dewitt, bill irwin, and debra winger. Oct 03, 2008 the problem in rachel getting married not the problem with the film, mind you is that even though rachel is the one getting married, its all about kym, her younger sister. Rachel getting married soundtrack original soundtrack. Rachel getting married written by jenny lumet 1 ext. However, much to emmas chagrin, she is replaced by kym, rachel s substanceabusing sister who appears shortly before the engagement. Directed by jonathan demme, the film stars anne hathaway as kym a role for which she received an academy award nomination and rosemarie dewitt as the titular rachel with bill irwin and debra winger. Anne hathaways wreaking havoc in jonathan demmes new. Other articles where rachel getting married is discussed. In rachel getting married, anne hathaway gets to flex her dramatic muscles as kym, a recovering drug addict.
As the saying goes, home is where when you go there they have to take you in. This is not a film with pitchperfect monologues or grand speeches that. Well, apparently, she has a whole history of sexual molestation that we didnt know about. Kyms monologue from rachel getting married 2008 film hi, im ann. In his liner notes to this soundtrack album, film producerdirector jonathan demme writes that he and his director of photography, declan quinn, decided to take as documentarylike an approach as we could to rachel getting married, even though it was a fictional movie about the marriage of a young upperclass american woman at her fathers home in stamford, ct, and the disruption caused by. She comes back to her family just in time for her sister rachel s rosemarie dewitt wedding, and despite her best intentions, kym finds a way to make the entire situation about her rather than her sister. Anne hathaway gets candid about rachel getting married. Jan 24, 2009 in rachel getting married, directed by jonathan demme from an original screenplay by jenny lumet daughter of veteran director sidney, she plays kym, a woman in her early 20s who emerges from.
A hilarious celebration of lifelong female friendship duration. A casting calls, auditions resource and talent database. Jonathan demmes rachel getting married on hulu stream. Monologue in rachel getting married preformed by anne hathway. The occasion of the wedding causes the family to encounter their dysfunctional issues. Written by jenny lumet, daughter of acclaimed director sidney lumet and granddaughter of legendary entertainer lena horne, rachel getting married is a poignant and provocative drama that gives insight to hidden emotions within a family. Monologue from rachel getting married melanie youtube. A monologue from the film rachel getting married by jenny. Anne hathaway gets candid about rachel getting married sheknows. Jul 26, 20 im doing a monologue from the movie rachel getting married.
I have rarely seen anne hathaway act better than this and she plays the narcissistic, damaged and. It took me two viewings of rachel getting married to decide whether i liked the soundtrack, and on the second viewing i got to like parts of it very much. Rachel getting married more painful secrets come to the surface in this conversation and monologue between daughters kym anne hathaway, rachel rosemarie dewitt, and their father. There is an engrossing plot involving her sister kym anne hathaway. Still not recovered from being the center of attention, kym constantly and blatantly grabs for the spotlightyou can almost hear the grinding of. However, much to emmas chagrin, she is replaced by kym, rachels substanceabusing sister who appears shortly before the engagement. Self expression and access to their feelings and emotions is the goal. Finally, the rachel getting maried script is here for all you fans of the anne hathaway and rosmarie dewitt movie.
A degendered monologue from rachel getting married. Working with director jonathan demme was an opportunity of a lifetime. After rachels concern about kym ruining the wedding, this wonderful and human moment. But as her monologue lurches along, the camera catches the.
The film premiered at the 65th venice international film festival on september 3, 2008. Rachel getting married is a 2008 drama directed by jonathan demme that focuses on kyms anne hathaway reintroduction to her family postrehab. Rachel getting married is a 2008 drama film about kym, the black sheep of her family, who is released from rehab just in time for her sister rachels wedding. Rachel getting married letterboxd social film discovery. When i was sixteen, i was babysitting my little brother. Kyms monologue from rachel getting married 2008 film. How it unfolds, who attends, the nature of the ceremony, what it has to observe about how the concept of family embraces others, and how our multicultural. In rachel getting married 2008, anne hathaway plays kym, who is released from rehab in order to go to her sister rachels wedding, which takes place at the home of her father, paul and step. I have them write a monologue to someone they have something important to say to. Rachel getting married monologueanne hathaway youtube. Sometimes just getting them to say various adjectives and come up with a visualization and a memory for each can help. Rachel getting married film by demme 2008 britannica.
Performed in acting for the camera 1 class at academy of art university. From the movie rachel getting married, kym played by anne hathaway attends an aa meeting where she shares that she accidentally killed her little brother while high. The director of rachel getting married talks to jason solomons about anne hathaways character, the silence of the lambs and david byrnes suit 10. Rachel getting married original soundtrack rachel getting.
In rachel getting married, anne hathaways train wreck of a. Rachel getting married is genuinely hard to watch because jonathan demmes direction just shows you an awkward family wedding with overly enthusiastic friends and family with strange customs blending cultures. Anne hathaway and rosemarie dewitt in rachel getting married. In fact this film is more about kym than rachel, despite the title. At his bestand his new movie, rachel getting married, finds him in peak formdemme is simply the most humane of directors, capable of projecting warmth, vibrancy, and compassion without. Director jonathan demme acknowledges his admiration for robert altmans film a wedding, and we see evidence of that in the freefloating cinematic style of the drama along with the playfulness of so many musical interludes. Rachel and sidney decide to get married, and rachel s friend, emma, is to be the maid of honor. Emotional ownership in parenting in rachel getting married. She glances impatiently at her watch and presses her ear to her cell phone. Aug 26, 20 monologue in rachel getting married preformed by anne hathway. This is rachel getting married monologue by skye beker on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. As the title proclaims, rachel rosemarie dewitt is getting married. Jonathan demmes rachel getting married on hulu stream on.
A monologue from the film rachel getting married by jenny lumet. Theres a great example of this from a movie i really liked rachel getting married 2008 with a fine screenplay by jenny lumet. But by far the most beautiful piece was the long violin piece played during the final credits. Anne hathaway as kym in a dramatic monologue for women in the film rachel getting married, 2008. Annamaria chen monologue rachel getting married youtube. Actually, it feels like were all trapped in this celebration, and director jonathan demme is making sure we swallow every last drop of the festivities. Please add any constructive feedback, questions, comments, etc. Apr 19, 2018 culture film features movies you might have missed. The not so perfect child monologue for female actor written by d. Based on those alone, one might assume this is a feelgood dramedy with an indie vibe.
Arrangements for a traditional indian service are made. As is, though, rachel getting married injects a muchneeded dose of hard feelings and dour defeats into the wedding film genre, which otherwise thrives by. Rachel getting married 2008 as an affluent new england family prepares for one daughters wedding, another named kym anne hathaway just out of her latest stint in rehab whirls into town. Kyms monologue from rachel getting married 2008 film close posted by 2 minutes ago. Jonathan demme picked anne hathaway out of a crowd to star in his final masterpiece, playing a recovering addict. When anne hathaway received the rachel getting married script, the project could have been anything. But at the heart of rachel getting married is a family tragedy that has festered in everyones soul. Monologue from the film rachel getting married this video is unavailable. A filmed monologue from the 2008 film rachel getting married performed by ashley kristeen vega as anne hathaways character, kym bauchman. The prodigal has returned home, and this time has been embraced by everyone. On furlough from yet another stint in rehab, kyms determined to keep it together. Rachel getting maried script transcript from the screenplay.
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