Annette Bening is honored at the gala screening of '20th Century Women'

Record ID: 78317

  • Title: Annette Bening is honored at the gala screening of '20th Century Women'
  • Date: 17th November 2016
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 16, 2016) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** ACTRESS ANNETTE BENING, ACTOR WARREN BEATTY AND DAUGHTER POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS ACTRESS GRETA GERWIG POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS ACTOR BILLY CRUDUP POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS ACTOR LUCAS JADE ZUMANN POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS BENING AND BEATTY TALKING TO REPORTER DIRECTOR MIKE MILLS TALKING TO REPORTER (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS ANNETTE BENING SAYING: "I don't know, it's really just a part of life and so and the fact that we have our family together and our children and we have our lives separate from all of this, I think makes it more special to me. I mean, I love the work, I love the craft, the further that I get into it, the more I enjoy it to tell you the truth because I feel more free than I did when I was younger, when I'm working." BENING AND BEATTY TALKING TO REPORTER ZUMANN TALKING TO REPORTER (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS ANNETTE BENING SAYING: "Great challenge, I love her, I love how she was sort of an enigma to me and so the process of trying to find her and find the moments with Mike Mills the director, the writer, that for me was a real adventure." CLOSE UP OF ANNETTE BENING MILLS AND ZUMANN POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR BILLY CRUDUP SAYING: "I've been a fan of Annette's work for 20 years, since I started to think about being an actor. She was the kind of actor that I wanted to be and so, I felt very privileged to be a part of this." BENING AND BEATTY ON THE RED CARPET ACTRESS GRETA GERWIG TALKING TO REPORTER (SOUNDBITE) (English) FILM DIRECTOR MIKE MILLS SAYING: "Films are, films are long complicated relationships, they're sort of out of your control, but I sleep at night and I made a movie about my mom and my sister and all these things that are very personal to me and I sleep at night, so I felt that I must of succeeded to a degree." BENING AND BEATTY TALKING TO REPORTER
  • Embargoed: 2nd December 2016 07:08
  • Keywords: 20th Century Women Annette Bening Warren Beatty Elle Fanning Billy Crudup Mike Mills Greta Gerwig
  • Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS
  • City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Film
  • Reuters ID: LVA00158TZF4D
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Actress Annette Bening was honored by the American Film Institute (AFI) at the gala screening of her new film, "20th Century Women," on Wednesday night (November 16).
    The AFI Fest celebrated Bening's career with the screening and a conversation with the 58 year-old actress.
    "It's really just a part of life and so and the fact that we have our family together and our children and we have our lives separate from all of this, I think makes it more special to me. I mean, I love the work, I love the craft, the further that I get into it, the more I enjoy it to tell you the truth because I feel more free than I did when I was younger, when I'm working," said Bening, reflecting on her career.
    Bening is a fourth-time Oscar nominee for Best Supporting Actress in "The Grifters" (1990) and Best Actress for "American Beauty" (1999), "Being Julia" (2004) and in 2011 for 'The Kids Are All Right."
    Bening arrived with husband Warren Beatty to the premiere.
    "20th Century Women" centers on a single mother who tries to teach her teenage son about love and freedom, along with two other women. The film is set in Santa Barbara in the summer of 1979 and directed and written by acclaimed director, Mike Mills.
    "Films are long complicated relationships, I made a movie about my mom and my sister and all these things that are very personal to me and I sleep at night, so I felt that I must of succeeded to a degree," said Mills, whose character in the film is played by up and coming actor Lucas Jade Zumann.
    "Great challenge, I love how she was sort of an enigma to me and so the process of trying to find her and find the moments with Mike Mills the director, the writer, that for me was a real adventure," said Bening of her role as Dorothea Fields in "20th Century Women."
    "20th Century Women" stars Elle Fanning, Lucas Jade Zumann, Greta Gerwig and Billy Crudup.
    "20th Century Women" is set to release in theaters on December 25.
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