《弗鲁特维尔车站》《神奇四侠2015》主演迈克尔·B·乔丹确定将在新片中饰演美国人权律师布莱恩·史蒂文森。据好莱坞报道者消息,这部电影根据美国人权律师布莱恩·史蒂文森的回忆录《Just Mercy: A Story of Race and Redemption》改编,该片将由《少年收容所》导演德斯汀·克里顿执导。“Just Mercy”将由Broad Green Pictures出品,《少年派的奇幻漂流》的制片人吉尔·内特担任制片。该片将讲述美国人权律师史蒂文森的生平故事,这位黑人律师是美国倡导公平裁判的先驱,他与不公正甚至是错误的司法体系作斗争,以保护那些受到不平等待遇的黑人和穷人。回忆录《Just Mercy》记录了史蒂文森接手的首个案件——一个名叫Walter McMillian的年轻男子在经历了一天半的审讯之后,在没有认罪的情况下被判处了死刑。克里顿将同时执笔“Just Mercy”的剧本。很显然他很擅长改编这类题材,在《少年收容所》中,他就曾以十分机智的方式向人们抛出了关于儿童虐待和遗弃的问题,这次对于类似题材的改编还是令人颇为期待。。该片编剧为法雷利和《绿皮书》的联合编剧Brian Currie及Pete Jones(《嘿咻卡》),改编自纪实书《The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A True Story of Friendship Stronger Than War》,讲述John "Chickie" Donohue的真实故事:越南战争时期的1967年,26岁的前美国海军陆战队成员Donohue从纽约出发,去越南寻找正在当兵的三个儿时好友,给他们送去啤酒。。Eburi is a 36 year-old man. Nothing enthuses him any more. While being drunk, he promises to contribute a story to a magazine. When he sobers down, he decides to write about the life of a salaried employee like himself who is very ordinary, not particularly talented.
The following is his story:
In 1949, Eburi gets married to Natsuko. His monthly salary is 8,000 yen and hers 4,000 yen. Therefore, both have to work to support themselves. Eburi has developed a habituIl tendency to pester around when he gets drunk. One year after their marriage, son Shosuke is born. In 1959, Eburi's mother dies in despair of her husband who has become listless due to the several ups and downs of gaining big profits and going bankrupt. His father is still alive and Eburi is enable to find a way to pay his father's debts. He is doubtful if he can make his wife and child happy. Nevertheless, he has somehow managed to survive so far, living in one of the houses at the employee housing quarters. He gives the title "The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman" to his story of half novel and half essay style. When it is published, it receives the Naoki Literary Prize (the award given in memory of popular writer Naoki Sanjugo). At a party to celebrate his award, he gets drunk and pesters around.
Notes
The film is based on a novel written in the style of an essay under the same title by Yamaguchi Hitomi, depicting everyday life of a man categorized as "During-the-war Generation" who spent school days during the war and get married to start new life in the struggling post-war era. "Everyman" in the title means an average salaried employee who makes up an overwhelming majority of the city population in Japan, and "The Elegant Life" indicates sarcasm on betterment of the standard of living of ordinary salaried employees accompanied with Japan's economic growth after only a decade from the destroyed post-war period. As depicted in the film, the author Yamaguchi Hitomi was awarded the Naoki Literature Prize for this story. When he established himself well enough to become independent, he quit working as a salaried employee. Director Okamoto Kihachi and the leading actor Kobayashi Keiju belong to the same generation as the author. Exploiting innovative effects such as inserting animation sequences, the film humorously presents compassion of a middle-aged salaried employee. Kobayashi Keiju, who was originally noted for his excellent portrayal of salaried employee, won the best leading actor award of the Mainichi Film Contest for his superb performance in this picture.。