| Gods Behaving Badly | |
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| Directed by | Marc Turtletaub |
| Written by | Marie Phillips Josh Goldfaden |
| Based on | Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips |
| Produced by | Peter Saraf Marc Turtletaub Caroline Jaczbo |
| Starring | Alicia Silverstone Christopher Walken Sharon Stone John Turturro Edie Falco Oliver Platt Rosie Perez |
| Cinematography | Tak Fujimoto |
| Edited by | Alan Heim Joe Landauer |
| Music by | Christopher Young |
| Production company | Big Beach Films |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Gods Behaving Badly is a 2013 film adaptation of Marie Phillips' 2007 satire novel Gods Behaving Badly. The film is the feature-length directorial debut of Marc Turtletaub, who is better known as a film producer.
Plot
The film is about a young mortal couple (Alicia Silverstone and Ebon Moss-Bachrach) who encounter a group of Greek gods living in New York City.
Cast
- Alicia Silverstone as Kate
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Neil
- Christopher Walken as Zeus
- Sharon Stone as Aphrodite
- John Turturro as Hades
- Edie Falco as Artemis
- Oliver Platt as Apollo
- Rosie Perez as Persephone
- Phylicia Rashad as Demeter
- Nelsan Ellis as Dionysus
- Gideon Glick as Eros
- Laryssa Lauret as Trudy
- Henry Zebrowski as Hermes
- Will Swenson as Ares
- Glenn Fleshler as Landauer
- Aasif Mandvi as Maxwell
- Kathleen Turner as Styx
Production
The film was shot during mid-2011. The setting of the story was changed from contemporary London to modern day New York City.
Release
The film was shot in 2011 and premiered at the 2013 Rome Film Festival, where it received negative reviews, and was never officially released.
References
- Uddin, Zakia (July 6, 2011). "Christopher Walken to play modern-day Zeus in 'Gods Behaving Badly'". Digital Spy. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
- Sneider, Jeff (July 6, 2011). "Big Beach finds 'Gods'". Variety. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
- Bettinger, Brendan (July 5, 2011). "Christopher Walken, John Turturro, Alicia Silverstone, Sharon Stone, Edie Falco, Rosie Perez, Phylicia Rashad and More Star in Gods Behaving Badly". Retrieved August 23, 2012.
- White, James (July 6, 2011). "Walken Among Gods Behaving Badly". Empire. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
- "Gods Behaving Badly". Rome Film Festival. November 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
- Weissberg, Jay (2013-11-24). "Rome Film Review: 'Gods Behaving Badly'". Variety. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
- Adams, Lee (2022-02-04). "Gods Behaving Badly: The Unreleased Christopher Walken Project We've Never Seen". /Film. Retrieved 2023-09-12.