Evening is a 2007 drama ensemble film based on the novel by Susan Minot. Minot and Michael Cunningham co-wrote the screenplay. The film was produced by Jeff Sharp and co-produced by Luke Parker Bowles. The story is about a dying woman who reflects on the time in her youth when she met the love of her life as her two daughters wrestle with their mother's impending death and their own personal issues. This film is rated PG-13 for some thematic elements, sexual material, a brief accident scene, and language. The film premiered on June 29, 2007. Informally, the evening is the period in which the daylight is decreasing, between the late afternoon and night; it extends from the latter portion of the daylight (before sunset) until dark (after sunset). ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 405 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (510 × 755 pixel, file size: 58 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This image is of a poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher or the creator of the work depicted. ... Lajos Koltai, ASC, HSC, (born April 2, 1946 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian cinematographer and film director best known for his work with legendary Hungarian director Istvan Szabo, and Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore. ... Michael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952) is an award-winning American writer, best known for his 1998 novel The Hours, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1999. ... Mary Louise Streep, mostly known as Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an Academy Award-winning American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. ... Toni Collette (born November 1, 1972) is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actress and musician. ... Claire Catherine Danes (born on April 12, 1979) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American film, television, and theater actress. ... Patrick Wilson (born July 3, 1973) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American theater and film actor and singer. ... Hugh Dancy (born 19 June 1975) is a British actor. ... Natasha Jane Richardson (born May 11, 1963 in London), is a Tony Award-winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family, an enduring theatrical dynasty. ... Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January 1937) is an Academy Award winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family, one of the enduring theatrical dynasties. ... Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is a five-time Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actress. ... Focus Features is the art house films division of Universal Pictures, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distrubutor for foreign films. ... Universal Pictures is the main motion picture production/distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 has been referred to, by film and media critics, as the year of the threequels, a nickname referring to both the 2004 summer movie season and several film franchises which premiered or had installments released in 2004, which appear again this year: Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third, Ocean... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... 2007 has been referred to, by film and media critics, as the year of the threequels, a nickname referring to both the 2004 summer movie season and several film franchises which premiered or had installments released in 2004, which appear again this year: Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third, Ocean... This does not cite any references or sources. ... An ensemble cast is a cast in which the principal performers are assigned roughly equal amounts of importance in a dramatic production. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Susan Minot (b. ... Michael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952) is an award-winning American writer, best known for his 1998 novel The Hours, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1999. ... Jeffrey Jeff Sharp is one of New York’s most prominent independent film producers. ... The MPAA film rating system is a system used in the United States and instituted by the Motion Picture Association of America to rate a movie based on its content. ... is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the. ...

Cast

Mary Louise Streep, mostly known as Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an Academy Award-winning American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. ... Toni Collette (born November 1, 1972) is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actress and musician. ... Natasha Jane Richardson (born May 11, 1963 in London), is a Tony Award-winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family, an enduring theatrical dynasty. ... Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January 1937) is an Academy Award winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family, one of the enduring theatrical dynasties. ... Claire Catherine Danes (born on April 12, 1979) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American film, television, and theater actress. ... Patrick Wilson (born July 3, 1973) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American theater and film actor and singer. ... Hugh Dancy (born 19 June 1975) is a British actor. ... Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is a five-time Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actress. ... Mamie Gummer (born Mary Willa Gummer, August 3, 1983) is an American actress. ...

Trivia

• Four of the female leads in this film were part of the cast of The Hours, Stephen Daldry's cinematic adaptation of Michael Cunningham's novel: Streep, Collette, Danes, and Eileen Atkins.
• Evening 1st week debuted at #5 on the Australian top 10 box office.
• The film ended up grossing just $13,681,877 worldwide.
• The Evening cast also features two mother-daughter pairs: Meryl Streep and Mamie Gummer, and Vanessa Redgrave and Natasha Richardson.
• Kate Bosworth, Britney Spears,^{[citation needed]} and Rachel McAdams were each considered for the role of "Young Ann", and Kirsten Dunst was in talks for several months.
• Claire Danes and Patrick Wilson worked together previously in a popular Gap commercial.
• Patrick Wilson played Meryl Streep's son in the Emmy-winning two-part mini series by Mike Nichols" "Angels in America".
• All of the cars in the flash back scenes were provided by Shaun Reed, a New England car enthusiast. He was given a cameo in the movie as a driver in one scene.
• DVD will be released on September 25, 2007.

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