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Worth is a 2021 American biographical film written and co-produced by Max Borenstein and directed by Sara Colangelo. Based on the memoir by lawyer Kenneth Feinberg , the film depicts Feinberg's handling of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund .
The Outsider is a 2021 American documentary film directed by Steven Rosenbaum and Pamela Yoder about the making of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City. [2][3][4] Using footage collected over eight years, the film follows the journey of the museum's creative director Michael Shulan (the titular "outsider") from the day ...
Worth: Directed by Sara Colangelo. With Michael Keaton, Amy Ryan, Stanley Tucci, Tate Donovan. An attorney in Washington D.C. battles against cynicism, bureaucracy and politics to help the victims of 9/11.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Sara Colangelo
- 2021-09-03
- Kenneth Feinberg
- Charles Wolf
- Camille Biros
- Composite Characters
Kenneth Feinberg, the lawyer who was Special Master of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, is played by Michael Keaton in the movie, and his portrait is typical for this kind of movie: There are a lot of correct details, but the overall shape of events has been massaged a little to fit into a film narrative. Feinberg chronicled his experie...
Charles Wolf, the husband of a Sept. 11 victim who was an early critic of Feinberg’s administration of the fund, is played by Stanley Tucci in the movie. He’s a much bigger part of Feinberg’s story in the movie than he seems to have been in real life, and some adjustments have been made to make him a better foil for Feinberg. For starters, he’s mov...
Camille Biros is played by Amy Ryan on-screen, and if her official role at Feinberg’s firm is not entirely clear in Worth, that’s because the Sept. 11 Victims Compensation Fund seems to have been a turning point for her career. Biros, who is not a lawyer, became Feinberg’s administrative assistant in 1979 when he was working for Ted Kennedy. By 200...
Any movie based on a true story has composite characters, but Worth has more than most, because both Feinberg and the filmmakers are sensitive to the privacy of the families of the Sept. 11 victims. There are two important composite characters who are not victims, though: sleazy corporate lawyer Lee Quinn (Tate Donovan) and up and coming Feinberg a...
- Matthew Dessem
Aug 2, 2021 · Netflix has just revealed a release date for Worth, the upcoming film set around the 9/11 aftermath and recovery process.
- Kristen Santer
Oct 21, 2021 · With the new 2021 movie, director Denis Villeneuve turns the novel's meditations on race, culture and colonialism into riveting and undeniable cinema.
Aug 10, 2021 · Michael Keaton stars alongside Stanley Tucci and Amy Ryan in the gripping first-look trailer for Netflix's powerful new 9/11 movie Worth.
