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The Maestro (2018 film)

{{short description|2018 drama film directed by Adam Cushman}}

{{unreliable sources|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Maestro

| image = The Maestro Poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Official poster

| director = Adam Cushman

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| writer = C.V. Herst

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| music = {{Plainlist|

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| cinematography = Colton Davie

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| production_companies = {{Plainlist|

  • Phillm Productions
  • White Rabbit

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| distributor = Freestyle Releasing

| released = {{Film date|2018|12|08}}

| runtime = 94 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

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The Maestro is a 2018 American historical drama directed, produced by Adam Cushman and David J. Phillips and written by C.V. Herst, the real-life son of the film's protagonist Jerry Herst. The film features Xander Berkeley as composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, an Italian immigrant who arrived in Los Angeles in the thirties after evading Mussolini's Italy. The Maestro premiered at the Heartland Film Festival in 2017.{{Cite web|title=Special Events, Pavilion and Premieres Schedule|url=https://heartlandfilm.org/festival/special-events/|access-date=2020-09-14|website=Heartland Film|language=en-US}} The film was acquired for distribution by Freestyle Releasing and had a limited theatrical release in Los Angeles.{{Cite web|last=Hipes|first=Patrick|date=2019-01-18|title=Xander Berkeley Pic ‘The Maestro’ Scores Freestyle Deal; Giant Pictures Acquires Feminist Thriller ‘The Bellwether’|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/xander-berkeley-the-maestro-the-bellwether-alex-reid-release-dates-deals-1202537093/|access-date=2020-09-14|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}

Plot

After World War II, budding musician Jerry Herst (Leo Marks) returns to Los Angeles for one more go at becoming a successful film composer. In Los Angeles, Herst studies with the famed instructor Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (Xander Berkeley), whose students include John Williams, Andre Previn, Henry Mancini, Nelson Riddle and Jerry Goldsmith. Herst, who already had a hit under his belt, 1937's "So Rare", struggles between family pressure and his musical calling, as Tedesco teaches him what it means to be a successful artist. The film also features actor Jon Polito as fictional MGM executive Herbert Englehardt in what would be Polito's final performance.

Cast

Release

The film played several festivals before its official release, receiving the Audience Award at the Tallgrass Film Festival in 2018,{{Cite web|title=Tallgrass Film Association|url=https://www.facebook.com/TallgrassFilm/posts/10155896898201167|access-date=2020-09-14|website=www.facebook.com|language=en}} the Jury Award at the Borrego Springs Film Festival in 2019,{{Cite web|title=The WINNERS!|url=http://www.borregospringsfilmfestival.org/social/2020/1/22/the-winners|access-date=2020-09-14|website=THE BSFF|language=en-US}} the Silver Palm award at the 2018 Mexico International Film Festival, and the Youth Film Award at the Rhode Island International Film Festival in 2018.{{Cite web|title=2018 RIIFF Awards|url=http://www.film-festival.org/award18.php|access-date=2020-09-14|website=www.film-festival.org}} Actor Xander Berkeley received "Best Actor" awards at the 2017 Oaxaca Film Festival and the 2018 Albuquerque Film & Music Experience.{{Cite web|title=2019 AWARD WINNERS|url=https://www.abqfilmx.com/award-winners|access-date=2020-09-14|website=AFMX|language=en}}

On Rotten Tomatoes it has a rating of 83% based on reviews from 6 critics.{{cite web |title=The Maestro (2019)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_maestro |access-date=2020-09-14}}

References

External links

  • {{IMDb title|tt5985672}}
  • {{rotten-tomatoes|the_maestro|The Maestro}}

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Category:2018 films