Matthew mcconaughey dallas buyers club
Matthew mcconaughey dallas buyers club, What's it all about?
Set in Dallas in 1986, it's based on the true story of Ron Woodroof, a HIV-positive electrician who defied the Food and Drug Administration by smuggling illegal Aids medications across the border from Mexico. Woodroof, who died six years after his diagnosis, recruited his doctor and a transgender fellow patient called Rayon to help develop a market for the alternative medicines across Texas.
How did it happen?
A slender McConaughey shortly before shooting Dallas Buyers Club
The project has been kicking around for ages, with Brad Pitt and Ryan Gosling once mooted as potential Woodroofs, until Matthew McConaughey stepped up in May 2011. Woodroof's family gave the casting their blessing last year. "He's got that same swagger that Ron had," Woodroof's mother, Sharon, told the Daily Mail.
Jennifer Garner was added to the cast in October 2012 (she plays Woodroof's doctor), while Jared Leto signed on to play Rayon a month after. Both McConaughey and Leto had to lose a huge amount of weight to convincingly play men dying of Aids. McConaughey lost 38 pounds in a process he described as a series of "tough parts and plateaus". Thirty-eight pounds is the average weight of a four-year-old.
Nominations it wants
McConaughey and Leto didn't slough those pounds for nothing. They'll want gold on the mantelpiece. Garner might be overshadowed by the spectacle of her superskinny co-stars. Director Jean-Marc Vallée (The Young Victoria, CRAZY) has patchy form but could scrape a nom. McConaughey could drag it on to the best picture list.
What it might win
Best actor. McConaughey's performance apparently carries weight, even though he doesn't. Then there's his recent run – Killer Joe, Magic Mike, Bernie, The Paperboy – a hit list of impeccable performances in great to piddling movies. Plus, the Academy loves a thesp who'll commit to a role.
Reasons to fall for it
McConaughey again. Leto maybe. And Woodroof was a fascinating character. A habitual drug user and homophobic womaniser, who contracted HIV. Even his sister, Yvette, says he was something of a rogue. "I will say this: I love Ronnie and always have – and I miss him with all my heart – but I know where he is and I know where my cars are now!" she told the Mail.
Reasons it might fail
Could be too heavy-going if the Academy is feeling bubbly. And perhaps casting McConaughey as a drawlin' good ol' boy with a nasty edge is now a bit rote? Seriously though, he's likely to win the thing.
When can we see it?
It has its premiere in Toronto next month, before starting its awards campaign with a US release on 6 December. No UK release date as yet.
In five words
McConaughey's slim chance of losing.
Set in Dallas in 1986, it's based on the true story of Ron Woodroof, a HIV-positive electrician who defied the Food and Drug Administration by smuggling illegal Aids medications across the border from Mexico. Woodroof, who died six years after his diagnosis, recruited his doctor and a transgender fellow patient called Rayon to help develop a market for the alternative medicines across Texas.
How did it happen?
A slender McConaughey shortly before shooting Dallas Buyers Club
The project has been kicking around for ages, with Brad Pitt and Ryan Gosling once mooted as potential Woodroofs, until Matthew McConaughey stepped up in May 2011. Woodroof's family gave the casting their blessing last year. "He's got that same swagger that Ron had," Woodroof's mother, Sharon, told the Daily Mail.
Jennifer Garner was added to the cast in October 2012 (she plays Woodroof's doctor), while Jared Leto signed on to play Rayon a month after. Both McConaughey and Leto had to lose a huge amount of weight to convincingly play men dying of Aids. McConaughey lost 38 pounds in a process he described as a series of "tough parts and plateaus". Thirty-eight pounds is the average weight of a four-year-old.
Nominations it wants
McConaughey and Leto didn't slough those pounds for nothing. They'll want gold on the mantelpiece. Garner might be overshadowed by the spectacle of her superskinny co-stars. Director Jean-Marc Vallée (The Young Victoria, CRAZY) has patchy form but could scrape a nom. McConaughey could drag it on to the best picture list.
What it might win
Best actor. McConaughey's performance apparently carries weight, even though he doesn't. Then there's his recent run – Killer Joe, Magic Mike, Bernie, The Paperboy – a hit list of impeccable performances in great to piddling movies. Plus, the Academy loves a thesp who'll commit to a role.
Reasons to fall for it
McConaughey again. Leto maybe. And Woodroof was a fascinating character. A habitual drug user and homophobic womaniser, who contracted HIV. Even his sister, Yvette, says he was something of a rogue. "I will say this: I love Ronnie and always have – and I miss him with all my heart – but I know where he is and I know where my cars are now!" she told the Mail.
Reasons it might fail
Could be too heavy-going if the Academy is feeling bubbly. And perhaps casting McConaughey as a drawlin' good ol' boy with a nasty edge is now a bit rote? Seriously though, he's likely to win the thing.
When can we see it?
It has its premiere in Toronto next month, before starting its awards campaign with a US release on 6 December. No UK release date as yet.
In five words
McConaughey's slim chance of losing.
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