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Clifton Collins Jr. appears in Jockey by Clint Bently, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday was “Jockey,” a portrayal of a down-on-his-luck older reinsman seeking redemption filmed at Turf Paradise in Phoenix, Ariz. According to
thewrap.com, Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to the film.
“Filmmakers Clint Bentley, co-writer Greg Kwedar and producer Nancy Schafer have made such a good movie, that is engaging, satisfying, visual, and precise cinematic storytelling,” Sony Pictures Classics said in a statement. “Anchored by a truly amazing performance by Clifton Collins Jr., an actor we have admired in so many roles for over 2 decades, ably supported by Molly Parker and Moses Arias, Jockey is about what happens to a professional at the end of a career with the background of horse racing, a subject of inter
Jockey Could Finally Give Clifton Collins Jr. His Shot at Stardom
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Clifton Collins Jr. doesn’t believe in half measures.
For “Jockey,” an intimate drama about an aging rider, the actor shut himself off from friends and family to get in the mindset of his loner character. He needed to access the pain and emotional baggage of a man who is grappling with failing health, as well as the arrival of a younger racer (Moises Arias) who claims to be his son.
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“I cut myself off from the world,” Collins tells
Variety shortly before “Jockey” premiered to stellar reviews at this year’s Sundance. “I talked to three people the entire time I was gone. I like to go deep.”
Turf Paradise Operating Group Suing Insurance Company For COVID-Related Losses Sponsored by:
Turf Paradise in Phoenix, Ariz.
TP Racing LLP, which operates Turf Paradise in Phoenix, Ariz., filed a civil lawsuit against American Home Assurance Company last week for what the racing group says is a failure to pay for COVID-related losses covered under the group s insurance policy. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, seeks a jury trial for the racing group s claim on its American Home policy, which the company denied in July 2020.
According to TP Racing, the organization maintained a policy with American Home which promised to pay for business income losses, losses caused by loss of property or restriction of access to properties, and interruption of business due to orders of a civil authority. TP Racing s complaint states that the insurance policy does not specifically contain an exemption for viruses or bacteria.
Three Sundance films with Texas ties are screening in Dallas
The Texas Theatre is showing ‘Cusp,’ ‘Jockey’ and ‘The Blazing World’ on Jan. 31 as part of the Sundance Film Festival.
Udo Kier appears in The Blazing World by Carlson Young.(Supplied / Sundance Institute)
The Texas films screening at the Texas Theatre as part of the Sundance Film Festival are not to be missed. They include a coming-of-age documentary about teenagers the filmmakers met by chance, a semi-autobiographical drama filmed on location at a horse racing track and a dark fantasy directed by a noted female horror filmmaker from Fort Worth.
Sponsored by: I really, really trust my dad. I know he’s going to give me his very honest feedback on how a horse feels, trainer Kaylyn Kato said of her father, Akifumi (photo courtesy of Kato family)
If you ve spent a lot of time watching racing on the West Coast, you may have been surprised to see Akifumi Kato s name in the program at Turf Paradise in Phoenix, Ariz., last week. Could it be the same jockey who once dominated Playfair Race Course, taking four editions of the Playfair Mile?
Indeed, it is the same Akifumi Kato who made the winner s circles in the state of Washington familiar spaces in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. In fact, Kato turned 69 years old on Jan. 7, the same day he booted home his 2,034th career winner, She s a Lady Griz, earning him the unusual distinction of having ridden a winner a year for 50 years.