Jude Law Thriller ‘The Order’ Scared Distributors but Will Not Suffer Trumpian Zeitgeist in U.S. Release, Producer Stuart Ford Says
variety.comNick Vivarelli International Correspondent Jude Law thriller “The Order,” which opens next week in the U.S., has not been an easy sell amid the current Trumpian zeitgeist.
The Justin Kurzel-directed film, in which Law plays an FBI agent fighting white supremacist terrorists in 1980s Idaho, is emblematic of how U.S.
buyers are gun shy in general right now. And particularly so, when it comes to politically sensitive fare. “When we came to sell the film (before its Venice launch) there were some distributors who were outwardly nervous that its subject matter was divisive from a Red State/Blue State perspective,” said “The Order” producer Stuart Ford on Saturday speaking on the sidelines of Morocco’s Marrakech Film Festival, where the thriller was the warmly received opener. “We think that was a hopelessly overcautious way of looking at the film.
But that definitively was a factor,” added Ford, who heads prominent indie content company AGC Studios. Based on true events, “The Order” is set in 1983 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
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