{"id":12434,"date":"2021-08-04T14:53:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T12:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=12434"},"modified":"2021-08-04T14:53:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T12:53:20","slug":"world-premiere-jeymes-samuels-the-harder-they-fall-to-open-the-65th-bfi-london-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2021\/08\/04\/world-premiere-jeymes-samuels-the-harder-they-fall-to-open-the-65th-bfi-london-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"World Premiere: Jeymes Samuel’s The Harder They Fall To Open The 65th BFI London Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 65th<\/sup> BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express is delighted to announce that this year\u2019s Opening Night Gala will be Netflix\u2019s THE HARDER THEY FALL, directed by Londoner Jeymes Samuel. The film will receive its World Premiere on Wednesday 6th<\/sup> October at LFF gala venue the Southbank Centre\u2019s Royal Festival Hall, with Samuel expected to attend along with key cast including Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, Regina King and Idris Elba. The BFI London Film Festival is also pleased to announce that there will be simultaneous preview screenings of THE HARDER THEY FALL taking place at cinemas across the UK. The film will debut on Netflix on November 3rd following a theatrical release in UK cinemas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Starring Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, Delroy Lindo, LaKeith Stanfield, Danielle Deadwyler, Edi Gathegi, R.J. Cyler, Damon Wayans Jr. and Deon Cole with Regina King and Idris Elba (image courtesy Netflix)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Written by Jeymes Samuel and Boaz Yakin, produced by Shawn Carter, James Lassiter, Lawrence Bender and Samuel, the film features an original soundtrack album produced by Samuel and executive produced by Carter, and a stunning all-star cast, including Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, Delroy Lindo, LaKeith Stanfield, Danielle Deadwyler, Edi Gathegi, R.J. Cyler, Damon Wayans Jr. and Deon Cole with Regina King and Idris Elba. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When outlaw Nat Love (Majors) discovers that his enemy Rufus Buck (Elba) is being released from prison, he rounds up his gang to track Rufus down and seek revenge. Those riding with him in this assured, righteously new school Western includes his former love Stagecoach Mary, his right- and left-hand men \u2014 hot-tempered Bill Pickett and fast drawing Jim Beckwourth – and a surprising adversary-turned-ally.  Rufus Buck has his own fearsome crew, including \u201cTreacherous\u201d Trudy Smith and Cherokee Bill, and they are not a group that knows how to lose. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writer, director and producer of THE HARDER THEY FALL, Jeymes Samuel, said \u201cIt\u2019s a great honour that THE HARDER THEY FALL will have its world premiere opening the 65th BFI London Film Festival. Growing up in the UK, the festival has always been the highlight of my year and I couldn\u2019t have imagined anything better than to have my debut film included in this year\u2019s lineup.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tricia Tuttle, BFI London Film Festival Director said: \u201cJeymes Samuel has come out with both guns blazing with his lightning-paced, witty and phenomenally entertaining new western, THE HARDER THE FALL.  This is brutal and funny genre filmmaking, sometimes making you chuckle and gasp in the same breath, while each of its mega stars absolutely burns up the screen, working to a cleverly written script from Samuel and Boaz Yakin that reveals the tenderness even in the darkest villainous heart. It\u2019s rare for a debut filmmaker to pull off something this ambitious and accomplished in their first feature and Samuel knowingly tips his hat to cinematic forbearers, but also delivers a film which is inventive and uniquely his own. It\u2019s a total joy for us to open the Festival with the work of a filmmaker from London, and we\u2019re so grateful to Jeymes, the producers and Netflix for trusting us with their World Premiere. We can\u2019t wait to share THE HARDER THEY FALL.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BFI London Film Festival has previously announced that, alongside flagship venue BFI Southbank, a new partnership with the Southbank Centre\u2019s Royal Festival Hall will make London\u2019s South Bank the heart of the film festival experience, with this iconic cultural neighbour hosting red carpet gala premieres. Audiences can book tickets from \u00a310 (\u00a35 for 25 & Under) for all LFF gala screenings at Southbank Centre\u2019s Royal Festival Hall. Other London venue partners will return with the West End remaining a key hub for the Festival\u2019s film programme. This year\u2019s LFF will bring back some of the most popular elements of 2020\u2019s hugely successful hybrid edition that made it the most accessible Festival ever, with a selected programme available at UK-wide cinema partners and a broad range of films from the programme screening on BFI Player, alongside the in-cinema premieres. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 65th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express takes place from Wednesday 6th<\/sup> October \u2013 Sunday 17th<\/sup> October, 2021. The LFF Programme Launch will take place on Tuesday 7th September, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 65th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express is delighted to announce that this year\u2019s Opening Night Gala will be Netflix\u2019s THE HARDER THEY FALL, directed by Londoner Jeymes Samuel. The film will receive its World Premiere on Wednesday 6th October at LFF gala venue the Southbank Centre\u2019s Royal Festival Hall, with… Continue reading World Premiere: Jeymes Samuel’s The Harder They Fall To Open The 65th BFI London Film Festival<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}