GEORGETOWN Vertical Entertainment Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Christopher Waltz
Georgetown, inspired by a real story of fraud and murder among the wealthy and powerful in the toniest neighborhood of Washington DC, focuses too much on the how and not enough on the why.
New movie Georgetown dives into bizarre 2011 murder story of DC socialite Viola Herms Drath
A man was found guilty of killing his 91-year-old wife Viola Drath in August 2011. And the movie is based on the book called The Worst Marriage in Georgetown.
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A person walks in the shopping district Georgetown Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in Washington. Officials have urged Washington residents to stay home to contain the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Author: Nick Boykin (WUSA9) Updated: 9:15 PM EDT May 5, 2021
WASHINGTON A movie inspired by the 2011 murder of D.C. socialite Viola Herms Drath has just had a trailer released by Paramount Movies under the name
Exclusive: Watch the trailer for Christoph Waltz s directorial debut Georgetown Brian Truitt, USA TODAY
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Count Christoph Waltz as the latest Oscar-winning actor to direct and star in his own movie – and a twisty, deadly one at that.
Waltz makes his directorial debut with the new crime drama Georgetown (in theaters May 14, on digital/video-on-demand May 18), written by Tony-winning playwright David Auburn ( Proof ) and based on a true story.
USA TODAY is exclusively debuting the first trailer for the film, which finds Waltz surrounding himself with some serious talent including Vanessa Redgrave and Annette Bening. Georgetown stars Waltz as Ulrich Mott, a strange but charismatic German social climber known all over Washington, D.C. He s married to the much older, very wealthy and well-connected Elsa Brecht (Redgrave), but when she s found dead in their house, her daughter Amanda eyes Ulrich as the prime suspect. In the trailer,