A24 has released a new behind-the-scenes first look at Tony, featuring director Matt Johnson alongside stars Dominic Sessa and Antonio Banderas ahead of the film’s August theatrical release. The film follows a pivotal summer in 1975 when a 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain arrives in Provincetown, Massachusetts and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, an experience Bourdain later credited as the turning point that shaped his entire life.
Johnson told Entertainment Weekly of what drew him to those chapters of Bourdain’s 2000 memoir Kitchen Confidential, “Those two chapters read like ‘Genesis’ to me. So little happens, but the margins are packed. It meant the cast and I could investigate this man’s origin together, knowing only where he would end up 20 years later.” He added that the collaboration with Sessa began almost immediately: “I had lunch with Dominic in New York with my producer, and within an hour we were writing what would become the screenplay of the movie together.”
What is ‘Tony’ about?
According to the official description, the film follows “a 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain” who “travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life.” Banderas plays Ciro, the Brazilian-born restaurateur who hires Bourdain as a dishwasher and recognizes his potential.
Who stars in ‘Tony’?
Sessa leads alongside Emilia Jones, Dagmara Dominczyk, Rich Sommer, Stavros Halkias, Leo Woodall and Antonio Banderas. Johnson directs from a script by Todd Bartels and Lou Howe.
When does ‘Tony’ open in theaters?
Tony opens in New York and Los Angeles Aug. 7, expanding nationwide Aug. 21.
Watch the first look below:
Featured image photo credit: Photo: A24
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