‘Motherless Brooklyn’ gets India release date

Alec Baldwin and Willem Dafoe’s “Motherless Brooklyn” will release in India on November 15.

Edward Norton’s crime drama “Motherless Brooklyn” is based on the 1999 novel by Jonathan Lethem. It follows Lionel Essrog (Norton), a young man who works for a small-time mobster in Brooklyn while struggling with an intense case of Tourette Syndrome. The film revolves around Essrog’s decision to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend, Frank Minna (Bruce Willis).

Directed by Norton, the film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Norton also produced the film with his Class 5 Films producing partner Bill Migliore; Michael Bederman; and MWM Studios’ Gigi Pritzker and Rachel Shane.

It also stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Bobby Cannavale, Cherry Jones, Leslie Mann, Ethan Suplee, Dallas Roberts along with Baldwin and Dafoe.

Music plays an important role in setting the tone and establishing the period of “Motherless Brooklyn”. The score is composed by Daniel Pemberton and features Wynton Marsalis on the trumpet.

(IANS)