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Universal Premieres 75-Minute Documentary on the Making of Nolan's The Odyssey

Jonah VillalbaPublished 4m ago2 min readBased on 1 source
Universal Premieres 75-Minute Documentary on the Making of Nolan's The Odyssey
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Universal premiered a 75-minute documentary about the making of Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey on Tuesday night, 10 November, and that longer cut was a one-time presentation. The film, Behind the Scenes of The Odyssey, was shown at the Spielberg Theater on the Universal Studios lot, according to Variety.

A shorter version will be included with the film's digital home release, which arrives on 17 November. Digital release means the film goes on sale or rental for home viewing on services such as iTunes and Amazon.

The premiere opens two weeks of awards-season screenings for The Odyssey. Awards season is the run of events studios hold so that Academy voters see their films before the Oscars. Universal is campaigning the film in all Oscar categories.

Matt Damon, who plays Odysseus, moderated an hourlong conversation after the documentary with 12 department heads, the people who lead areas such as costumes, sound and visual effects. Damon also said he did not loop a single line of dialogue for the film. Looping means re-recording spoken lines in a studio after filming.

The film has already made money on a large scale. Variety reported that The Odyssey has grossed $1.8 billion, the highest total of Nolan's career.

The screenings continue through the coming week and into the next:

  • Wednesday, 11 November: Robert Downey Jr. is scheduled to moderate an IMAX 70mm screening at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles after the documentary premiere. IMAX 70mm is a large-format film presentation.
  • Thursday, 12 November: Guillermo del Toro is scheduled to appear for the film at AMC Universal CityWalk.
  • Saturday, 14 November: Nolan is scheduled to moderate a question-and-answer session with Alejandro G. Iñárritu, director of Digger.
  • Tuesday, 17 November: Steven Spielberg is scheduled to sit down with Nolan at the DGA Theater, the same day the film arrives on digital.

Taken together, the schedule has the film's makers and guests speaking in public across two weeks, with the home release timed to the middle of that run. Nolan's name sits at the centre of most of the events, either as the guest of honour or as the moderator. The dates are set, and each one is a scheduled appearance rather than a confirmed attendance record, so the events will show over the next week how the plan plays out.

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