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Quentin Tarantino Shares 'The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth' at AFI Fest
Variety • • general
Key Points:
- Quentin Tarantino surprised AFI Fest audiences by screening the first 17 minutes of "The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth," a Netflix film directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt reprising his role as Cliff Booth.
- Set in 1977, the film follows Cliff Booth as a fixer navigating Hollywood's darker side, involving characters like talent agent Karen Crosby (Elizabeth Debicki), TV star Charlie Peters (Scott Caan), and gangsters known as the Verdusco brothers.
- Tarantino wrote the screenplay, expressing his fondness for the Cliff Booth character and envisioning a series of adventures featuring him, describing Booth as a "paperback hero" in a world he would like to live in.
- The film, noted for its gritty 1977 Hollywood aesthetic in Fincher's style, will premiere in IMAX theaters on November 25 and stream on Netflix starting December 23.
- During the event, Tarantino shared anecdotes including his conversations with Burt Reynolds about playing George Spahn, a role ultimately portrayed by Bruce Dern after Reynolds passed away.
