What Was on the Back of the Card in Before We Go
2014 film directed by Chris Evans
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| Directed by | Chris Evans |
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| Cinematography | John Guleserian |
| Edited by | John Axelrad |
| Music by | Chris Westlake |
| Production | Wonderland Sound and Vision |
| Distributed by | RADiUS |
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| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3 million[1] |
Before We Go is a 2014 American romantic drama film directed by Chris Evans in his directorial debut. It stars Evans (who also co-produced) and Alice Eve as two strangers stuck in Manhattan, New York City for the night.
The film had its world premiere in the Special Presentations section of the 39th Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2014.[2] [3] It was released on video on demand on July 21, 2015 and had a limited theatrical release in the United States on September 4, 2015.
Plot [edit]
While busking in Grand Central Terminal, Nick Vaughan (Chris Evans) sees Brooke Dalton (Alice Eve), drop her phone while running to catch a train. She misses it and passes by and he returns her broken phone.
Nick finds Brooke standing outside and she admits she was just robbed and is trapped in the city. Offering to pay for a cab to Boston, neither of his cards work. Trying to call a friend to come help out he's out of charge. He offers to pay for a room for Brooke, but she insists she must reach Boston by morning.
Nick decides to help Brooke find her missing purse. They track it down to a sweatshop specializing in stolen purses. As he heads inside to retrieve it, Brooke calls her husband on a payphone. After the call, she sends a couple of police officers passing by to investigate the building Nick is in. The sweatshop owners get spooked, punch Nick, and run out with the bag.
Nick and Brooke go to the wedding of a friend of Nick's, hoping to borrow money. Along the way, they open up to each other. She had just sold a painting and was going to surprise her husband by coming home early. Nick has an audition for a band that he has wanted to play with for a long time.
Instead of the wedding, they stumble upon an event where they are mistaken for members of the band. Nick and Brooke perform "My Funny Valentine" and flee when the real band shows up. When their attempt to get a bus to Boston fails for lack of funds, Brooke borrows a phone, asking a friend to retrieve the letter she left for her husband she now does not want him to read.
Elated her problem is now solved, Brooke offers to go to Nick's friend's wedding and act as his girlfriend in front of his ex, Hannah. There, Nick sees Hannah, but after meeting her new boyfriend, he leaves abruptly. Outside, Nick tells Brooke that this was the first time he had seen Hannah since she broke up with him before he could propose six years ago.
At Brooke's insistence, Nick goes back to speak to Hannah and discovers that she is pregnant and their relationship is truly over. Wandering around the city, they find a psychic who is still open. After he reads her future, he allows Brooke to use his phone and she learns her friend could not get into her home to retrieve the letter.
After leaving the psychic, Brooke tells Nick she discovered her husband was cheating on her. Though he ended the affair, she found out he was going to see her again. Devastated, she wrote him a letter ending the marriage and went to New York for work. However, during her trip he called, saying he was coming home early and she realized he had ended it for good.
At a diner, Nick tells Brooke her husband he will likely understand why she wrote the letter. She, preoccupied about the possible end of her marriage, sneaks out the back, trying to hail a cab to the airport to fly to her mother's in Indiana. Nick appears, frustrated she had tried to bail on him, and they argue. Then, going to Nick's friend's hotel room, they unwind from the night's adventures. They then share a kiss, write on the back of paintings in the room (a reference to an earlier encounter with a painting with erotic writing on the back of it) and reflect on their night.
In the morning, they return to Grand Central Station where they are about to part. Nick picks up a receiver again from a phone booth and, like earlier, uses it as a "time machine", pretending to call himself in the past, saying that he will meet a woman and "you will need her more than she needs you". They share one last kiss and finally depart. On her way home, Brooke finds the hotel guest service paper they had filled out together. On the bottom it says, "Turn over". After reading what he wrote on the back, she smiles.
Cast [edit]
- Chris Evans as Nick Vaughan
- Alice Eve as Brooke Dalton
- Emma Fitzpatrick as Hannah Dempsey[4]
- Mark Kassen as Danny
- Daniel Spink as Tyler[4]
- Elijah Moreland as Cole[4]
- John Cullum as Harry
- Scott Evans as Concierge
Production [edit]
The film, originally titled 1:30 Train, was first announced in August 2013, when Chris Evans signed on to star, as well as make his directorial debut.[5] In October Alice Eve signed on to play the female lead.[6]
Filming began in December 2013 in Manhattan's Lower East Side and lasted for 19 days.[7] [8]
In July 2014, it was announced that the film would premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, and that the title had been changed to Before We Go.[9] [10]
The film is scored by Chris Westlake.[11]
Release [edit]
The film had its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2014.[12] Prior to the premiere it was announced Radius-TWC had acquired all distribution rights to the film.[13] The film then went on to screen at the Seattle International Film Festival on May 22, 2015.[14] The film was released on video on demand on July 21, 2015, and in theaters in a limited release on September 4, 2015.[15] [16]
Home media [edit]
Before We Go was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 3, 2015 and was added to Netflix Instant Streaming on March 1, 2016.[17]
Reception [edit]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 27% based on 30 reviews, with an average rating of 2.7/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "Chris Evans' directorial debut is modest to a fault, with a threadbare story and minimal style leaving his and Alice Eve's likable performances adrift in New York City with nowhere to go."[18] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 31 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[19]
Soundtrack [edit]
| Title | Performer(s) |
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| Into the Sea | Aiden Hawken |
| England | The National |
| My Funny Valentine | Alice Eve |
| Only Yesterday | Taken by trees |
| Move On | Andre Lockington |
| The Alchemy Between Us | Young Galaxy |
| I'm Too Sexy | Alice Eve |
| Best Part of Me | St Leonards |
| So Here We Are | Bloc Party |
References [edit]
- ^ Setoodeh, Ramin (March 25, 2014). "'Captain America's' Chris Evans Says He's Ready to Leave Acting Behind". Variety . Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ Punter, Jennie (July 22, 2014). "Toronto Film Festival Lineup Includes Denzel Washington's 'Equalizer,' Kate Winslet's 'A Little Chaos'". Variety . Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (September 11, 2014). "Toronto: Chris Evans-Helmed 'Before We Go' To RADiUS". Deadline . Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ a b c Scott Foundas (September 12, 2014). "Toronto Film Review: 'Before We Go'". Variety. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
- ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. "Chris Evans To Helm '1:30 Train' Before Reprising Captain America In 'Avengers 2'". Deadline. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ^ McNary, Dave. "Alice Eve Boards Chris Evans' '1:30 Train'". Variety. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ^ Setoodeh, Ramin (March 25, 2014). "'Captain America's' Chris Evans Says He's Ready to Leave Acting Behind". Variety . Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ Maresca, Rachel. "Chris Evans spotted on cozy dinner date with co-star Alice Eve". NY Daily News. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ^ Linda Barnard. "TIFF shows strength with first batch of 2014 premieres". Toronto Star . Retrieved July 23, 2014.
- ^ Greg Gilman. "Captain America Cozies Up With Alice Eve in First Look at Chris Evans' Directorial Debut (Photo)". Yahoo. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
- ^ "Chris Westlake to Score Chris Evans' 'Before We Go'". filmmusicreporter.com. July 25, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ Toronto International Film Festival. "TIFF.net - Before We Go". TIFF. Archived from the original on July 5, 2015.
- ^ Michele Debczak (September 11, 2014). "RADiUS-TWC Nabs Chris Evans' Directorial Debut, 'Before W - Indiewire". Indiewire.
- ^ "Before We Go". Seattle International Film Festival. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
- ^ Ron Bass (July 20, 2015). "Before We Go". ComingSoon.net.
- ^ "Before We Go Trailer Starring Chris Evans and Alice Eve". Collider.
- ^ "Before We Go DVD and Blu-ray". dvdsreleasedates.com. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ^ "Before We Go (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
- ^ "Before We Go reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
External links [edit]
- Before We Go at IMDb
- Before We Go at Rotten Tomatoes
What Was on the Back of the Card in Before We Go
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_We_Go
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