12 Years A Slave

Theatrical - Limited 2013-10-18

Cast Michael Fassbender Chiwetel Ejiofor Brad Pitt Paul Dano Benedict Cumberbatch Paul Giamatti Ruth Negga Sarah Paulson Scoot McNairy Garret Dillahunt Lupita Nyong'o Taran Killam
Directed by Steve McQueen
Written by Steve McQueen John Ridley

Genres: Drama

JoBlo's Rating

9/10

Synopsis

An adaptation of Solomon Northup’s autobiographical novel about his experience as a free black man who, promised a job playing violin in the circus, is drugged and dragged to Louisiana and sold into slavery for twelve years.

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Review: 12 Years a Slave

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: The devastating true story of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man who, in 1853, was kidnapped from his home in Washington D.C, and sold into slavery in the south. REVIEW: At the Toronto International Film Festival premiere...

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Exclusive 1:1 Interview with 12 Years a Slave star Chiwetel Ejiofer

Posted 13 years ago

It’s hard to truly describe the experience of watching Chiwetel Ejiofer in 12 YEARS A SLAVE. Playing Solomon Northup – whose true, terrifying story this film is based upon – Ejiofer disappears in an all-too-real way into his role as...

Exclusive 1:1 Interview with 12 Years a Slave stars Alfre Woodard and Lupita Nyong’o

Posted 13 years ago

12 YEARS A SLAVE is Steve McQueen‘s harrowing dramatization of Solomon Northup’s experience going from a free man to slave in the blink of an eye. And though he’s the center of this particular, unforgettable depiction of slavery in America,...

Exclusive 1:1 Interview with 12 Years a Slave star Sarah Paulson

Posted 13 years ago

There are many evils depicted in 12 YEARS A SLAVE, Steve McQueen‘s searing depiction of slavery in America, and actress Sarah Paulson is party to quite a few of them. Playing the wife of a merciless plantation owner (portrayed by...

2013 Toronto International Film Festival Wrap-Up and Top 10!

Posted 13 years ago

It’s hard to believe but the Toronto International Film Festival has already come and gone. This year marked my fifth trip in a row to TIFF, and I gotta say this may well have been the best year ever for...

2013 Toronto International Film Festival Preview!

Posted 13 years ago

I can’t believe it’s been a whole year since last year’s edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, but here it is again! From September 5th to the 15th, I’ll be heading to Toronto for my fifth year (crazy how...

Emotionally charged first trailer for 12 Years A Slave, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, and Brad Pitt

Posted 13 years ago

Based on the memoir by Soloman Northup, Steve McQueen‘s adaptation of 12 YEARS A SLAVE has debuted an emotionally-charged trailer that highlights the plight of Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor) who was born a free man and pushed into slavery illegally for...

First images of Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender and Benedict Cumberbatch from 12 Years a Slave

Posted 13 years ago

12 YEARS A SLAVE is the next film from director Steve McQueen (HUNGER, SHAME) and it has a stellar cast for his adaptation of the autobiography of Solomon Northup. USA Today has the first images from the movie and it...

Omar from The Wire signs on to 12 Years A Slave

Posted 14 years ago

Yes, the casting for this film just keeps getting better. And no, I’m not surprised. If someone as talented as Steve McQueen asked me to be in one of his projects, I’d drop just about everything to do it. This...

A host of great actors led by Paul Giamatti join 12 Years A Slave

Posted 14 years ago

I thought that after Benedict Cumberbatch had joined Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Paul Dano, and Brad Pitt in 12 YEARS A SLAVE we were already on route to a brilliantly acted piece of cinema. But then co-writer/director Steve McQueen said...

Benedict Cumberbatch joins Pitt, Dano, Ejiofor, and Fassbender in 12 Years A Slave

Posted 14 years ago

12 YEARS A SLAVE actually keeps getting better. I didn’t even comprehend that being possible, yet here we are as one of the most impressive filmmaking teams this side of TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY comes together to tell the true...

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