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Spring Forward

Liev in "Spring Forward"***

Liev & Ned Beatty
in "Spring Forward"

Peri Gilpin & Liev Schreiber
in "Spring Forward"
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Ned Beatty & Liev Schreiber with director Tom Gilroy
in "Spring Forward"
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Ned Beatty & Liev Schreiber
in "Spring Forward"
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Liev Schreiber & Catherine Kellner
in "Spring Forward"
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Maryland Film Festival 2000
Closing Night

Liev Schreiber and Tom Gilroy chill out at the Closing Night Party. Tom directed Liev in Spring Forward which was shot in sequence over the course of a year. The film is about the relationship between two Parks Department employees, an ex-convict (Schreiber) who is matched up to work with an old wise man near retirement played by Ned Beatty. Liev begged his good friend Tom to cast him as Paul because he loved the script and he thought it'd be a good acting challenge for him. It was indeed an acting challenge, and he ended up hating jumping in and out of character over the course of the year.

A couple of Liev's fans met up with him at the festival.

24^th Atlanta Film and Video Festival
May 13, 2000
Spring Forward-review and comments

by Cami Lipman

This film is about the friendship that develops between two men over the course of one year who work for the public park system in New England. Paul (played by Liev Schreiber) is an ex-con who is trying to change his life and at the same time find his place in society. Murphy (played by Ned Beatty) is facing a serious problem in his personal life and his impending retirement. As this friendship develops over the course of a year the changes of the seasons are used as the back drop for the story.

Q&A after the film:
Tom Gilroy answered some questions after the film. He said that the film was shot in sequence over the course of approximately three years and that initially he wasn’t going to cast Liev in the part because he felt that Liev was to Urban for the character of Paul. He also refused to answer the question of what the budget was for the film because he feels that people become too obsessed with the money aspect of making quality movies. He also said that his inspiration for the film was a period of time that he spent with his father when his mother was in the hospital and the conversations that him and his father had about various subjects.

Other Observations and comments:
After the film there was a reception and I met Tom, told him about this site and I took his picture. What was so weird was that he thought that he knew me and we had never met prior to this festival. He did say the Liev was unable to attend because he got a job in Amsterdam and he also made the comment that Liev would probably be directing soon.

Spring Forward director Tom Gilroy
24^th Atlanta Film and Video Festival
May 13, 2000
photo by Cami Lipman

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