THE BRUTALIST Trailer (2024) Adrien Brody

THE BRUTALIST Trailer (2024) Adrien Brody

THE BRUTALIST Trailer (2024) Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce
© 2025 - A24

"Monumental." A24 has unveiled the first trailer for the masterpiece film The Brutalist, the third feature film directed by acclaimed filmmaker / actor Brady Corbet. It premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival where it was instantly regarded as one of the best films of the year, a towering, monumental, masterpiece of American cinema about a brilliant architect who emerges from the Holocaust in WWII and resettles in America. When visionary architect László Toth and his wife Erzsébet flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious and extremely wealthy benefactor - a man named Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. Made by director Brady Corbet, co-written by Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold, the film stars Adrien Brody as László, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, with Isaach De Bankolé, and Alessandro Nivola. Shot on film and projected on film (both 35mm and 70mm) this is opening in theaters starting in December. I'm one of many who have already been calling this a masterpiece, describing it in my review as a film "we will be celebrating for decades to come." I cannot wait to watch it again in the theater.

Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Brady Corbet's film The Brutalist, direct from YouTube:

The Brutalist Poster

Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren recognizes his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost... The Brutalist is directed by acclaimed American actor / filmmaker Brady Corbet, directing his third feature film following the renowned The Childhood of a Leader and Vox Lux previously, plus a few other shorts and music videos. The screenplay is written by Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold. Produced by Nick Gordon, D.J. Gugenheim, Andrew Lauren, Trevor Matthews, Andrew Morrison, and Brian Young. This initially premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival this fall (read our review) where it won the Best Director prize. A24 will debut Brady Corbet's The Brutalist film in select US theaters (including 70mm projection) starting on December 20th, 2024 at the end of this year. First impression? Look any good?
The Brutalist
Poster for The Brutalist (2024), depicting the Statue of Liberty upside-down
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Brady Corbet
Written by
Brady Corbet
Mona Fastvold
Produced by
Trevor Matthews
Nick Gordon
Brian Young
Andrew Morrison
Andrew Lauren
D.J. Gugenheim
Brady Corbet
Starring
Adrien Brody
Felicity Jones
Guy Pearce
Joe Alwyn
Raffey Cassidy
Stacy Martin
Emma Laird
Isaach de Bankolé
Alessandro Nivola
Cinematography Lol Crawley
Edited by Dávid Jancsó
Music by Daniel Blumberg
Production
companies
Brookstreet Pictures
Kaplan Morrison
Distributed by
A24 (United States)
Universal Pictures
Focus Features (International)
Release dates
September 1, 2024 (Venice)
December 20, 2024 (United States)
January 24, 2025 (United Kingdom)
Running time 215 minutes[1]
Countries
United States
United Kingdom[2]
Hungary[2]
Languages
English
Yiddish
Hungarian
Hebrew
Italian
Budget $6–10 million[3][4]
The Brutalist is a 2024 epic[5] historical drama film directed and produced by Brady Corbet, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Mona Fastvold. An international co-production between the United States, United Kingdom, and Hungary, it stars Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach de Bankolé, and Alessandro Nivola. It follows the life of László Tóth, a fictional Hungarian-born Jewish architect who survives the Holocaust and emigrates to the United States, where he struggles to achieve the American Dream until a wealthy client changes his life.

The film premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2024, where it received critical acclaim for its direction, screenplay, score, cinematography, editing, costume and production design, and performances—particularly those of Brody, Pearce, and Jones. Corbet was awarded the Silver Lion for Best Direction.[6] It is scheduled to be released in the United States on December 20, 2024, by A24.

Plot
Part 1: The Enigma of Arrival
Hungarian-Jewish architect László Tóth, forcibly separated from his wife Erzsébet and his niece Zsófia in Budapest during World War II and the Holocaust, manages to emigrate to America. He travels to Philadelphia, where his immigrant cousin Attila and Audrey, his American wife, run a furniture store and they allow him to stay with them while he looks for employment.

In 1947, as László helps with his cousin’s business, he and Attila are commissioned to renovate the study and library room of wealthy industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren by his son, Harry, as a surprise to his father while he is away on business. Harrison arrives home furious at the state of the renovations, ordering László and Attila out. After Harrison refuses to pay for the labor and materials and Audrey falsely claims László made advances towards her, Attila evicts him from their home.

Years later, László is living with and working in a shipyard alongside Gordon, a poor African-American man trying to raise his young son. One day, Harrison locates László at work and takes him out to lunch, where he reveals that his modern study/library has been lauded by the architectural community. After discovering László’s past in Europe as an accomplished architect, Harrison invites László to live at his estate and commissions him to construct a community center in honor of his late mother featuring a library, a theater, a gymnasium, and, most importantly, a chapel. For László’s services, Harrison’s personal lawyer is able to expedite Erzsébet and Zsófia’s immigration to America.

Part 2: The Hard Core of Beauty
In 1953, László greets Erzsébet and Zsófia at the train station, where he learns that, due to the conditions and traumas suffered in the war and its aftermath, Erzsébet has developed osteoporosis and Zsófia has become mute. During construction of the center, László learns of changes to the design and materials made without his approval and butts heads with the other developers. Though László intends to pay out of pocket for the necessary materials necessary to his intended vision, Harry warns him to stay in his place, saying he’s merely "tolerated". Sometime later, the train carrying László’s materials crashes and derails, critically injuring two brakemen. With the expected legal fees and the cost it would take to transport the materials up, Harrison abandons the construction and lays off all workers, including Gordon.

Years later, László has been employed by an architecture firm in Philadelphia, where he and Erzsébet now live. Zsófia, having overcome her muteness, is expecting a child with her new devoutly Jewish husband. She announces to her aunt and uncle that they are moving to Jerusalem in the then-newly established state of Israel, urging them to come with them to no avail. One day, Harrison contacts László to inform him that, by forgoing his community center’s library to cover legal expenses from the train crash, they can resume construction while staying on budget.

In order to acquire cheap stone to complete the building, László contacts an old Italian ally whose antifascist militia has taken control of one of Italy’s quarries, and allows them to take its stone. During a party the night before László and Harrison return to America, Harrison finds a drunken László deep inside the quarry where, as a show of dominance, he anally rapes him and berates him for wasting his potential. A traumatized and anxious László later viciously yells at a worker playing on the scaffolding, creating a scene in front of his wife and avoiding a meeting with a developer.

After Erzsébet runs out of pain medication for her osteoporosis, László begins injecting her with heroin, which he developed an addiction to on the boat to America, and she nearly overdoses one night. Erzsébet, sickened by America, proposes to live in Jerusalem with Zsófia, her husband, and their grandniece; László accepts. One night, Erzsébet pays Harrison a visit during a business dinner at his home and declares him a rapist in front of his children and associates. After Erzsébet is dragged shouting from the dining room and ejected from the house, Harry and his sister, Maggie, notice Harrison is not in the house. Following a manhunt that lasts until the following morning, Harrison’s body is seemingly found inside the chapel.

Epilogue
In 1980 Venice, an exhibition of László’s designs and buildings (including the community center which finally completed construction over a decade after it was halted) paying tribute to a now-elderly László is held, Erzsébet having died sometime earlier. A now adult Zsófia gives a speech highlighting the importance and meaning of László’s work and how his family’s experience with the Holocaust shaped it, telling the audience that "it’s not about the journey. It’s the destination".

Cast

Adrien Brody stars as architect László Tóth.
Adrien Brody as László Tóth, a Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor who emigrates to America
Felicity Jones as Erzsébet Tóth, László's wife
Guy Pearce as Harrison Lee Van Buren, a wealthy industrialist who becomes László's most important client
Joe Alwyn as Harry Lee Van Buren, Harrison's entitled and pompous young son
Raffey Cassidy as Zsófia, László's mute, orphaned teenage niece
Ariane Labed as adult Zsófia
Stacy Martin as Maggie Van Buren, Harry's twin sister
Emma Laird as Audrey, Attila's wife
Isaach de Bankolé as Gordon, László's friend
Alessandro Nivola as Attila, a furniture store owner in Philadelphia and László's cousin
Michael Epp as Jim Simpson
Jonathan Hyde as Leslie Woodrow
Peter Polycarpou as Michael Hoffman
Maria Sand as Michelle Hoffman
Salvatore Sansone as Orazio, László's friend in Carrara
Production
Development

Writer and director Brady Corbet.
In September 2018, Deadline reported that director Brady Corbet had chosen the period drama The Brutalist as his next project following the world premiere of his second feature film, Vox Lux.[7] New York-based Andrew Lauren Productions (ALP) developed the screenplay with Corbet and financed the film.[7] Corbet co-wrote the screenplay with his partner Mona Fastvold, with whom he co-wrote the 2015 film The Childhood of a Leader and the 2018 film Vox Lux.[8] The film was originally announced as a co-production between Andrew Lauren and D.J. Gugenheim for ALP, Trevor Matthews and Nick Gordon for Brookstreet Pictures,[9] Brian Young's Three Six Zero,[7] and the Polish company Madants,[10][11] and executive produced by Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler, and David Hinojosa of Killer Films.[9]

On September 2, 2020, Deadline announced that Joel Edgerton and Marion Cotillard had been cast as the film's leads, László Tóth and Erzsébet Tóth, respectively, and that Mark Rylance was cast in the role of László's mysterious client.[9] Sebastian Stan, Vanessa Kirby, Isaach De Bankolé, Alessandro Nivola, Raffey Cassidy and Stacy Martin were also announced in unknown roles.[9] Corbet described The Brutalist as "a film which celebrates the triumphs of the most daring and accomplished visionaries; our ancestors", and the project which is so far the closest to his heart and family history.[9] Filming was scheduled to begin in Poland in January 2021.[12][9] Protagonist Pictures presented the project to buyers at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival.[9] The film takes place in Philadelphia and was shot in English, Yiddish, Hungarian and Italian.[8][9]

Director of photography Lol Crawley, editor Dávid Jancsó, and costume designer Kate Forbes were announced on March 9, 2023.[13][14] Production designer Judy Becker was announced on April 11, 2023.[2] Daniel Blumberg will compose the film's score.[15]

On April 11, 2023, it was announced that Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Jonathan Hyde, Emma Laird, and Peter Polycarpou would star in the film, while Edgerton, Cotillard, Rylance, Stan, and Kirby were no longer attached.[2] It was also announced that the film would be co-produced by the US-based companies Andrew Lauren Productions and Yellow Bear along with the United Kingdom's Brookstreet and Intake Films, and Hungary's Proton Cinema,[2] and financed by Brookstreet UK, Yellow Bear, Lip Sync Productions, Richmond Pictures, Meyohas Studio, Carte Blanche, Cofiloisirs, and Parable Media.[2] CAA Media Finance handles US sales with Protagonist Pictures handling international sales.[2] Focus Features subsequently acquired international distribution rights to the film.[16]

Filming
Filming was originally set to start in 2020,[17] but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[17] It was then scheduled to start in January 2021,[12] but it was postponed to August 2021,[18] then it was postponed again to late spring 2022.[17] Corbet said filming was postponed several times due to the pandemic as well as several pregnancies and deaths in the families of the film's cast and crew.[19]

After several delays, filming finally began in Budapest,[20][2] Hungary on March 16, 2023.[21] Production then moved to the city of Carrara in Tuscany, Italy on April 29, 2023,[22][23] and wrapped on May 5, 2023.[24]

The film was shot using the VistaVision process and cameras, which involves shooting horizontally on 35mm film stock, which was then scanned, with the intention of also making prints for a 70mm film release.[25] Corbet explained: "It just seemed like the best way to access that period (1950s) was to shoot on something that was engineered in that same decade." In addition, the film is presented in two acts with a 15-minute intermission.[26]

Release
The Brutalist had its world premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2024, where it competed for the Golden Lion and won the Silver Lion for Corbet.[27] It also played at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2024.[28] The film's festival run also included selections for screenings at the 2024 New York Film Festival the 69th Valladolid International Film Festival, and the 31st Austin Film Festival.[29][30][31] A week after its premiere at Venice, A24 acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film for "just under $10 million" in what was described as a competitive situation.[32] It is scheduled to be released on December 20, 2024.[33] The film will be released in the United Kingdom on January 24, 2025 by Universal Pictures and Focus Features.[34]

Reception
Critical reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 97% of 71 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.9/10. The website's consensus reads: "Structurally beautiful and suffused with Adrien Brody's soulful performance, writer-director Brady Corbet's immaculately designed The Brutalist is a towering tribute to the immigrant experience."[35] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 88 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[36]

The film received a five-star review from The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw who called it "an amazing and engrossing epic". He continued: "The Brutalist obviously takes something from Ayn Rand, but also from Bernard Malamud and Saul Bellow in its depiction of the US immigrant adventure and the promise of success – but maybe Corbet and Fastvold go further and faster into how dizzyingly sensual and sexual it all is". Bradshaw concluded: "It is an electrifying piece of work, stunningly shot by cinematographer Lol Crawley and superbly designed by Judy Becker. I emerged from this movie light-headed and euphoric, dizzy with rubbernecking at its monumental vastness".[37] In a review for Vogue, the cinematography, score, costumes, and production design were described as “sumptuous,” “impressively stylish,” and possessing a “staggering ambition.” [38]

Awards and nominations
Award Ceremony date Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Venice International Film Festival 7 September 2024 Golden Lion Brady Corbet Nominated [39]
Silver Lion Won
ARCA CinemaGiovani Award for Best Film of Venezia 81 Won [40]
Premio CinemaSarà Won
FIPRESCI Award for Best Film from Venezia 81 Won
UNIMED Award for Cultural Diversity Won
Valladolid International Film Festival 26 October 2024 Golden Spike The Brutalist Nominated [41]
Camerimage 23 November 2024 Golden Frog Lol Crawley Nominated [42]
Silver Frog Won [43]
Gotham Awards 2 December 2024 Outstanding Lead Performance Adrien Brody Pending [44]
Outstanding Supporting Performance Guy Pearce Pending
Astra Film and Creative Awards 8 December 2024 Best Picture The Brutalist Pending [45]
Best Director Brady Corbet Pending
Best Original Screenplay Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold Pending
Best Actor Adrien Brody Pending
Best Supporting Actor Guy Pearce Pending
8 December 2024 Best Cinematography Lol Crawley Pending
Best Original Score Daniel Blumberg Pending
Best Production Design Judy Becker Pending
Palm Springs International Film Festival 3 January 2025 Desert Palm Achievement Award Adrien Brody Won [46]
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 11 January 2025 Best Actor Pending [47]
Best Supporting Actor Guy Pearce Pending
Best Time Capsule The Brutalist Pending
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 15 February 2025 Cinema Vanguard Award Adrien Brody Won [48]
Guy Pearce Won
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Adrien Brody

Brody in 2023
Born Adrien Nicholas Brody
April 14, 1973 (age 51)
New York City, U.S.
Alma mater
City University of New York
Occupation Actor
Years active 1989–present
Partner Elsa Pataky (2006–2009)
Mother Sylvia Plachy
Adrien Nicholas Brody (born April 14, 1973)[1] is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Władysław Szpilman in Roman Polanski's war drama The Pianist (2002), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at age 29, becoming the youngest actor to win in that category. He also became the second American male actor to win the César Award for Best Actor for the same film.

Brody has also starred in The Thin Red Line (1998), Harrison's Flowers (2000), The Village (2004), King Kong (2005), Hollywoodland (2006), Cadillac Records (2008), Predators (2010), See How They Run (2022), and The Brutalist (2024). He has frequently collaborated with filmmaker Wes Anderson, appearing in his films The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), The French Dispatch (2021), and Asteroid City (2023). He portrayed Salvador Dalí in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris (2011) and Arthur Miller in Andrew Dominik's Blonde (2022).

In television, he has played Luca Changretta in the fourth season of the BBC series Peaky Blinders (2017), and Pat Riley in the HBO sports drama series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022–2023). He earned Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his roles as Harry Houdini in the History Channel miniseries Houdini (2014), and investor Josh Aaronson in the HBO series Succession (2021).

Early life
Brody was born in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, the son of Sylvia Plachy, a photographer, and Elliot Brody, a retired history professor and painter.[2] Brody's father is of Polish Jewish descent;[3][4][5] Brody's mother, who was raised Catholic, was born in Budapest, Hungary, and is the daughter of a Catholic Hungarian aristocrat father and a Czech Jewish mother,[6][7][8] although Brody says he was raised "without a strong connection" to either Judaism or Christianity.[9]

As a child, Brody performed magic shows at children's birthday parties as "The Amazing Adrien".[10] He attended I.S. 145 Joseph Pulitzer Middle School and New York's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. His parents enrolled him in acting classes to distance him from the dangerous children with whom he associated.[11] He attended summer camp at Long Lake Camp for the Arts in the Adirondacks in upstate New York.[12] Brody attended Stony Brook University before transferring to Queens College for a semester.

Career
Taking acting classes as a child, by age thirteen, he appeared in an Off-Broadway play and a PBS television film.[13] After appearing in Bullet in 1996 with Tupac Shakur and Mickey Rourke, Brody hovered on the brink of stardom, receiving an Independent Spirit Award nomination for his role in the 1998 film Restaurant, and later praise for his roles in Spike Lee's Summer of Sam and Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line.[14] One day, Roman Polanski watched Brody's performance in Harrison's Flowers (2000), and then Polanski decided to offer Brody the leading role of The Pianist (2002).[15] To prepare for the role, Brody withdrew for months, gave up his apartment and his car, broke up with his then-girlfriend,[13] and took piano lessons for four hours a day until he could master passages from some of Chopin's finest works. At 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) tall, he lost 30 pounds (14 kg), dropping him to 130 lb (59 kg). The role won him an Academy Award for Best Actor, making him, at age twenty-nine, the youngest actor ever to win the award, and, to date, the only winner under the age of thirty. He also won a César Award for his performance.[16]

Brody appeared on Saturday Night Live on May 10, 2003, his first TV work. During this appearance, he controversially gave an introduction for Jamaican reggae musical guest Sean Paul, while wearing faux dreadlocks and using a Jamaican accent. It was reported at the time that he had improvised the bit, causing him to be banned from Saturday Night Live, however, it was later revealed it was part of the dress rehearsal too.[17] Other TV appearances include NBC's The Today Show, and on MTV's Punk'd after being tricked by Ashton Kutcher.

After The Pianist, Brody appeared in four very different films. In Dummy (released in 2003, but originally shot in 2000, just prior to his work in The Pianist), he portrayed Steven Schoichet, a socially awkward aspiring ventriloquist in pursuit of a love interest (his employment counsellor). He learned ventriloquism and puppetry for the role (under the tutelage of actor/ventriloquist Alan Semok) convincingly enough to perform all of the voice stunts and puppet manipulation live on set in real time, with no subsequent post dubbing. He played Noah Percy, a mentally disabled young man, in the film The Village, by M. Night Shyamalan, shell-shocked war veteran Jack Starks in The Jacket, writer Jack Driscoll in the 2005 King Kong remake, and father-to-be Peter Whitman in The Darjeeling Limited by Wes Anderson. King Kong was both a critical and box office success—it grossed $550 million worldwide, and is Brody's most successful film to date, financially. He reprised his role voicing Driscoll in the video game adaptation of the film. Additionally, Brody played a detective in Hollywoodland. He has also appeared in Diet Coke and Schweppes commercials, as well as Tori Amos' music video for "A Sorta Fairytale".[18]

Brody at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival
On January 5, 2006, Brody confirmed speculation that he was interested in playing the role of The Joker in 2008's The Dark Knight, and also met with director Christopher Nolan. However, Nolan and Warner Bros. decided instead to cast Heath Ledger in the role.[19][20] He was also in talks with Paramount to play Spock in J. J. Abrams' Star Trek, but it ultimately went to Zachary Quinto.[21][22] In 2009, he starred in Splice, a science-fiction film written and directed by Vincenzo Natali. Originally a Sundance film, Splice was adopted by Dark Castle Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros. In 2010, he played the star role of Royce in Predators (a sequel to the original Predator), directed by Nimród Antal and produced by Robert Rodriguez.[23]

In 2011, Brody starred in a Stella Artois beer ad called "Crying Jean" that premiered right after half-time of Super Bowl XLV as part of Stella's "She Is a Thing of Beauty" campaign. He appeared in Woody Allen's 2011 Academy Award-winning comedy, Midnight in Paris as Salvador Dalí.[24] On January 16, 2012, Brody made his debut as a runway model for Prada Men Fall/Winter 2012 show.[25]

In 2014, Brody collaborated again with Wes Anderson in the Academy Award-winning The Grand Budapest Hotel, where he played Dmitri. He received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or in a Movie for portraying the title character in Houdini, a History miniseries. The same year, Brody was cast as the title role of Lee Tamahori's action epic Emperor, about a young woman seeking revenge for the execution of her father by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V,[26][27] opposite Sophie Cookson.[28] The movie was finished and screened at Cannes in 2017[29] but its release has been held up by legal challenges.[30]

In 2015, he starred as Tiberius in the Chinese film Dragon Blade, which grossed $54.8 million in its opening week in China.[31] He also received the Cinema Vanguard award at the San Diego Film Festival the same year.[32]

In 2017, it was announced that he would join the cast of the fourth season of the BBC crime drama Peaky Blinders.[33] On August 4, 2017, he received the Leopard Club Award at the Locarno Festival.[34] The Leopard Club Award pays homage to a major film personality whose work has made a lasting impact on the collective imagination.

In 2019, Brody left Paradigm to sign with CAA Creative Artists Agency.[35]

In 2021, he received the Vanguard Award at SCAD's Savannah Film Festival.[36]

On April 11, 2023, it was announced that Brody would star in the lead role for Brady Corbet's The Brutalist, replacing Joel Edgerton in the lead role and joining an ensemble cast consisting of Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Jonathan Hyde, Emma Laird, and Peter Polycarpou.[37] It was also announced that the film would be co-produced by the US-based companies Andrew Lauren Productions and Yellow Bear along with the United Kingdom's Brookstreet and Intake Films, and Hungary's Proton Cinema,[37] and financed by Brookstreet UK, Yellow Bear, Lip Sync Productions, Richmond Pictures, Meyohas Studio, Carte Blanche, Cofiloisirs, and Parable Media.[37] CAA Media Finance handles US sales with Protagonist Pictures handling international sales.[37] Focus Features subsequently acquired international distribution rights to the film.[38] Brody's performance in the film as the Hungarian-Jewish Holocaust survivor László Tóth was critically acclaimed, with critics praising his subtlety and stating that it was one of his finest performances since The Pianist.

Brody appeared in a one-man stage play, The Fear of 13, written by Lindsey Ferrentino, at the Donmar Warehouse in London in October–November 2024. The play is based on the true story of Nick Yarris, an exonerated death-row inmate from Pennsylvania.[39][40]

Personal life
In 1992, Brody was seriously hurt in a motorcycle accident in which he was thrown over a car and crashed head-first into a crosswalk.[41] He spent months recuperating. He has broken his nose three times doing stunts, including during the filming of Summer of Sam.[42]

Brody began dating Spanish actress and model Elsa Pataky in 2006. For Pataky's 31st birthday in July 2007, Brody purchased for her a 19th-century farm in Central New York state that was remodeled to look like a castle. Brody and Pataky were featured at their New York home in a 35-page spread for HELLO! magazine in October 2008.[43] The pair broke up in 2009.[44]

In 2010, Brody sued makers of the film Giallo, alleging they failed to pay his full salary.[45][46] In January 2011 it was reported that Brody had reached a settlement with the producers. Brody stated, "I very much enjoyed the process of making Giallo and am happy that things have been resolved and that people can now enjoy seeing the film."[47]

In February 2020, it was reported that he was in a relationship with English fashion designer and actress Georgina Chapman, whom he began dating while she was still married to but in a formal separation from Harvey Weinstein.[48]

Performances
Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1989 New York Stories Mel Segment: "Life Without Zoe"
1991 The Boy Who Cried Bitch Eddie
1993 King of the Hill Lester Silverstone
1994 Angels in the Outfield Danny Hemmerling
1995 Ten Benny Ray Diglovanni
1996 Bullet Ruby Stein
Solo Dr. Bill Stewart
1997 The Last Time I Committed Suicide Ben
The Undertaker's Wedding Mario Bellini
Six Ways to Sunday Arnie Finklestein
1998 Restaurant Chris Calloway
The Thin Red Line Cpl. Geoffrey Fife
1999 Summer of Sam Richie Tringale
Oxygen Harry Houdini
Liberty Heights Van Kurtzman
2000 Bread and Roses Sam Shapiro
Harrison's Flowers Kyle Morris
2001 Love the Hard Way Jack Grace
The Affair of the Necklace Count Nicolas De La Motte
2002 Dummy Steven Schoichet
The Pianist Władysław Szpilman
2003 The Singing Detective First Hood
2004 The Village Noah Percy
2005 The Jacket Jack Starks
King Kong Jack Driscoll
2006 Hollywoodland Louis Simo Also additional cinematographer
2007 The Darjeeling Limited Peter Whitman
2008 Manolete Manolete
The Brothers Bloom Bloom
Cadillac Records Leonard Chess
2009 Giallo Inspector Enzo Lavia Also producer
Splice Clive Nicoli
Fantastic Mr. Fox Rickity Voice
2010 High School Edward "Psycho Ed" Highbaugh
Predators Royce
The Experiment Travis Cacksmackberg
Wrecked Man Also executive producer
2011 Detachment Henry Barthes Also executive producer
Midnight in Paris Salvador Dalí
2012 Back to 1942 Theodore White
2013 Inappropriate Comedy Flirty Harry Also wrote additional dialogue
Third Person Scott Lowry
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Dmitri Desgoffe und Taxis
American Heist Frankie Kelly Also executive producer
2015 Dragon Blade Tiberius
Stone Barn Castle — Documentary;
director, producer and composer
Backtrack Peter Bower
Septembers of Shiraz Isaac Amin Also executive producer
2016 Manhattan Night Porter Wren Also producer
2017 Emperor Charles V Unreleased[49]
Bullet Head Stacy
2018 Air Strike Steve
2021 Clean Clean Also co-writer, producer and composer
The French Dispatch Julien Cadazio
2022 See How They Run Leo Köpernick
Blonde Arthur Miller
2023 Manodrome Dad Dan
Ghosted Leveque
Fool's Paradise Chad Luxt
Asteroid City Schubert Green [50]
2024 The Brutalist László Tóth
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1988 Home at Last Billy Television film
Annie McGuire Lenny McGuire Episode: "Annie and the Brooklyn Bridge"
1994 Rebel Highway Skinny Episode: "Jailbreakers"
1996 Bullet Hearts Chuckie Bragg Pilot
1999 Split Screen Harry Episode: "Waiting for Star Wars"
2003 Saturday Night Live Himself (host) Episode: "Adrien Brody/Sean Paul, Wayne Wonder"
2014 Houdini Harry Houdini Miniseries; 2 episodes
2015 Breakthrough Narrator Episode: "Decoding the Brain"[51][52]
2016 Dice Himself Episode: "Ego"
2017 Peaky Blinders Luca Changretta 6 episodes
2021 Chapelwaite Captain Charles Boone 10 episodes
Succession Josh Aaronson 2 episodes
2022–2023 Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty Pat Riley 15 episodes
2023 Poker Face Sterling Frost Jr. 2 episodes
Stage
Year Title Role Venue
2024 The Fear of 13 Nick Yarris Donmar Warehouse
Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Peter Jackson's King Kong Jack Driscoll Voice; Spike Video Game Award for Best Cast
Music videos
Year Title Role Notes
2002 "A Sorta Fairytale" Tori's lover
2010 "Brodyquest" as himself
Awards and nominations
Year Association Category Project Result
1999 Satellite Awards Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble The Thin Red Line Won
2001 Independent Spirit Awards Best Male Lead Restaurant Nominated
2002 Boston Society of Film Critics Best Actor The Pianist Won
2003 Academy Awards Best Actor Won
BAFTA Awards Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated
Golden Globe Awards Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role Nominated
César Awards Best Actor Won
National Society of Film Critics Awards Best Actor Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Actor Nominated
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards Best Actor Nominated
2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Midnight in Paris Nominated
2015 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture The Grand Budapest Hotel Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Acting Ensemble Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Houdini Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Nominated
2016 Outstanding Narrator Breakthrough Nominated
2022 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Succession Nominated
Critics' Choice Super Awards Best Actor in a Horror Series Chapelwaite Nominated
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The first trailer for Brady Corbet’s epic “The Brutalist,” starring Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones, has been released.

The official logline reads, “When visionary architect László Toth (Brody) and his wife Erzsébet (Jones) flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern America, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious and wealthy client.”

Additional cast members include Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Isaach De Bankolé, Alessandro Nivola, Ariane Labed, Michael Epp, Emma Laird, Jonathan Hyde and Peter Polycarpou.

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Following “The Brutalist” premiere at the 81st annual Venice Film Festival, Variety film critic Owen Gleiberman described the sprawling examination of the Hungarian architect as “an echt-American tale of immigration and ambition, and of what it means to be an artist. But it’s also a tale of what it means to be Jewish in a world that approaches Jews with supreme ambivalence. This aspect of the film feels overstated, if only because the era it’s set in was such a powerful age of assimilation. It’s clear that Corbet made this movie because he wants it to mean something big. Whether it does may be in the eye of the beholder. Mostly, ‘The Brutalist’ lets you feel that you’re seeing a man’s life pass before your eyes. That may be meaning enough.”

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Corbet directed and co-wrote the script with Mona Fastvold. Mark Gillespie, Jiarui Guo, Aaron Himmel, David Hinojosa, Joshua Horsfield, Pamela Koffler, Max Kondziolka, Mark Lampert, Sarah Meyohas, Oleg Nodelman, Michael Orcutt, Kelly Peck, Thomas Pierce, Klaudia Smieja, Carter Stanton, Kyle Stroud, Christine Vachon, Ruby Walden, Scott Weber and Brian Young serve as executive producers. Producers include Nick Gordon, D.J Gugenheim, Andrew Lauren, Trevor Matthews, Andrew Morrison and Brian Young.

“The Brutalist” opens in limited release on Dec. 20. Watch the trailer below.

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Here’s your first peek at Brady Corbet’s much-talked-about 215-minute historical epic The Brutalist.

The short trailer was dropped this morning by A24, which has U.S. rights to the flick and will launch it in cinemas December 20.

The film chronicles the journey of Hungarian-born Jewish architect László Tóth, who emigrated to the U.S. in 1947. Initially forced to toil in poverty, he soon wins a contract with shady benefactors. Corbet wrote the story with Mona Fastvold, and the pic stars Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce and Joe Alwyn.

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‘The Brutalist’ Filmmaker Brady Corbet Says Making 70mm 3 1/2-Hour Epic For Under $10 Million Meant “Educating People On The Ground”
Earlier this month we reported that the film will screen from 70mm prints in select cinemas. Corbet, who last directed Natalie Portman popstar-in-crisis pic Vox Lux, has spoken widely about the financial struggles he faced making the pic.

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“We’re not reinventing the wheel,” said Corbet at a CAA screening earlier this month. “The reality is that we would have been happier and more comfortable if we had more money.”

He added: “It came at a great personal, physical expense at times because of the number of sleepless nights in the last seven years. You have to have blind faith for getting this thing which is completely malnourished across the finish line.”

The New York-set film was also shot in Hungary, taking advantage of tax credits.

“We were shooting in a country where things would cost what they really should cost,” he said. “Hungary is not that cheap where we shot. It’s cheaper than New York City where we spent $1 million in transpo on the last movie.”

Corbet won the Silver Lion award for Best Director at Venice for his work on the pic. The film also played the New York Film Festival.

Check out the trailer above.

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Here’s your first peek at Brady Corbet’s much-talked-about 215-minute historical epic The Brutalist.

The short trailer was dropped this morning by A24, which has U.S. rights to the flick and will launch it in cinemas December 20.

The film chronicles the journey of Hungarian-born Jewish architect László Tóth, who emigrated to the U.S. in 1947. Initially forced to toil in poverty, he soon wins a contract with shady benefactors. Corbet wrote the story with Mona Fastvold, and the pic stars Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce and Joe Alwyn.

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‘The Brutalist’ Filmmaker Brady Corbet Says Making 70mm 3 1/2-Hour Epic For Under $10 Million Meant “Educating People On The Ground”
Earlier this month we reported that the film will screen from 70mm prints in select cinemas. Corbet, who last directed Natalie Portman popstar-in-crisis pic Vox Lux, has spoken widely about the financial struggles he faced making the pic.

Watch on Deadline
“We’re not reinventing the wheel,” said Corbet at a CAA screening earlier this month. “The reality is that we would have been happier and more comfortable if we had more money.”

He added: “It came at a great personal, physical expense at times because of the number of sleepless nights in the last seven years. You have to have blind faith for getting this thing which is completely malnourished across the finish line.”

The New York-set film was also shot in Hungary, taking advantage of tax credits.

“We were shooting in a country where things would cost what they really should cost,” he said. “Hungary is not that cheap where we shot. It’s cheaper than New York City where we spent $1 million in transpo on the last movie.”

Corbet won the Silver Lion award for Best Director at Venice for his work on the pic. The film also played the New York Film Festival.

Check out the trailer above.

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Brady Corbet
The Brutalist
200 (Stargate SG-1) • Abby (TV series) • Abyssinia, Henry • Adventure Time • The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. • All Hell Breaks Loose (Supernatural) • All Souls (TV series) • The American Bible Challenge • Animaniacs • Aquaman (TV pilot) • Barge of the Dead • Melanie Barnett • The Beginning of the End (Lost) • The Bill (Inside No. 9) • Blue's Clues • Bluey (2018 TV series) • The Body (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) • The Boys from Baghdad High • Ed Bradley • Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King • CBS Building • A Canterlot Wedding • Cape Feare • Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons • Carnivàle • Cartman Gets an Anal Probe • Chains of Love (TV series) • The Chase (American game show) • The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson • Cold Feet • Confirmed Dead • Richard Cordray • C. J. Cregg • Daisy (advertisement) • Damien (South Park) • Dark Angel (American TV series) • Deadalive • Death on the Rock • Deep Throat (The X-Files episode) • Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King? • Donald Trump (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver) • Doomsday (Doctor Who) • Ed, Edd n Eddy • El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie • The Emperor's New School • Episode 2 (Twin Peaks) • Episode 14 (Twin Peaks) • Eve (American TV series) • Faces (Star Trek: Voyager) • Family Trade • Favorite Son (Star Trek: Voyager) • Format of Sesame Street • George Formby • Fresh Blood (Supernatural) • From the Doctor to My Son Thomas • Gender Bender (The X-Files) • Give Peace a Chance (Grey's Anatomy) • Goodbyeee • Greatest Hits (Lost) • Greed (game show) • Grey's Anatomy season 17 • Jane Grigson • Hannah Montana • Chad Harris-Crane • Sadie Harris • Head over Heels (American TV series) • Hell Is Other Robots • High School Musical: The Musical: The Series • History of Sesame Street • Home (The X-Files) • Homer's Enemy • Homer's Phobia • Homicide: Life on the Street season 1 • Homicide: Life on the Street season 2 • Kenneth Horne • Horrible Histories (2009 TV series) • House (TV series) • Ice (The X-Files) • Janet(s) • Peter Jennings • Joking Apart • The Joy of Sect • KNXV-TV • Kampung Boy (TV series) • KARE (TV) • Katie Joplin • KCPQ • Kes (Star Trek) • Leah LaBelle • Lady Blue (TV series) • Last Gasp (Inside No. 9) • Last of the Summer Wine • The Last Temptation of Krust • John Le Mesurier • Lisa the Skeptic • Lisa the Vegetarian • Lost: Missing Pieces • Love, Inc. (TV series) • The Man Trap • Todd Manning • The Masked Singer (American TV series) • Meerkat Manor • Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins • Meet Kevin Johnson • Mercy Point • The Million Second Quiz • Mind Meld • Kylie Minogue • Mother and Child Reunion (Degrassi: The Next Generation) • Mother's Day (Rugrats) • Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo • A Nice Day for a Posh Wedding • Nightswimming (Awake) • No Rest for the Wicked (Supernatural) • No Such Thing as Vampires • North by North Quahog • Once More, with Feeling (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) • One of the Boys (1989 TV series) • The Other Woman (Lost) • Our Friends in the North • Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption • Over There (Fringe) • Paramount Television Network • Parks and Recreation season 1 • Partners in Crime (Doctor Who) • Persuasion (1995 film) • Pilot (House) • Pilot (Parks and Recreation) • Pilot (Smallville) • Pilot (Supernatural) • Pokémon Channel • The Post-Modern Prometheus • The Power of Nightmares • Premiere (The O.C.) • Press Gang • Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series) • Quatermass II • Quatermass and the Pit • A Quiet Night In • Raichu • The Random Years • Ronald Reagan • The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest • Rejoined • The Riddle of the Sphinx (Inside No. 9) • Road to the Multiverse • A Rugrats Chanukah • A Rugrats Kwanzaa • Eve Russell • Simone Russell • Russell family (Passions) • SLAPP Suits • San Junipero • Sardines (Inside No. 9) • Say Hello to My Little Friend (Awake) • Sesame Street • Sesame Street international co-productions • Sesame Street research • Sesame Workshop • Shannen Says • The Shape of Things to Come (Lost) • Bart Simpson • Homer Simpson • The Simpsons • Sisters at Heart • The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati • Red Skelton • Smallville season 1 • Aaron Sorkin • Soultaker (film) • South Park season 13 • Space Seed • Squeeze (The X-Files) • Squirm • Jo Stafford • Stark Raving Dad • Starvin' Marvin • The Stolen Earth • A Streetcar Named Marge • Subway (Homicide: Life on the Street) • Supernatural season 2 • Supernatural season 1 • Swift Justice • Temperatures Rising • Terms of Endearment (The X-Files) • These Are the Voyages... • Through the Looking Glass (Lost) • Thunderbirds (TV series) • Treehouse of Horror • Triangle (The X-Files) • Michael Tritter • True Detective season 1 • The Truth (The X-Files) • The Turn of the Screw (2009 film) • The Unnatural (The X-Files) • Veronica Clare • Volcano (South Park) • WBPX-TV • WSNS-TV • Weight Gain 4000 • What Is and What Should Never Be (Supernatural) • Wizards of Waverly Place • WWJ-TV • X-Cops • Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus • Yesterday's Enterpr