Ashby (film)

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Ashby
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTony McNamara
Written byTony McNamara
Produced by
  • Josh Kesselman
  • Rory Koslow
  • Kevin McCormick
Starring
CinematographyChristopher Baffa
Edited byMatt Friedman
Music byAlec Puro
Production
company
Langley Park Productions
Distributed by
Release dates
  • April 19, 2015 (2015-04-19) (
    Tribeca Film Festival
    )
  • September 25, 2015 (2015-09-25) (United States)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$122,919[1]

Ashby is a 2015 American

limited release and on video on demand on September 25, 2015, by Paramount Home Media Distribution and The Film Arcade.[3]

Plot

High-school nerd Ed Wallis (Nat Wolff) enters into a friendship with his neighbor, Ashby (Mickey Rourke), a retired CIA assassin who only has a few months to live. The film is a coming of age/approaching death comedy drama.

Ashby initially tells Ed that he is a retired napkin salesman. Ed realizes he's more than that when he finds multiple passports with Ashby's photo, and cupboards full of weapons.

Cast

Production

In June 2014, a casting call was held for extras.[4] On June 27, 2014, as the production began on the film, more actors joined the film which include Michael Lerner, Kevin Dunn and Zachary Knighton.[5]

Filming

Set in Virginia, the principal photography on the film began on June 22, 2014, in Charlotte, North Carolina and lasted for five weeks.[6] On June 23, filming took place in Matthews, North Carolina.[7][8] Almost 500 extras filled the football stadium at South Mecklenburg High School to film game scenes.[9]

Music

In October 2014, Alec Puro was hired to compose the music for the film.[10]

Release

The film had its world premiere at the

limited release and through video on demand on September 25, 2015.[3]

Critical response

Ashby received mixed reviews from film critics. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 52%, based on 21 reviews, with an average rating of 5.51/10.[12] On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 46 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[13]

Dennis Harvey of Variety gave the film a mixed review, writing: "Starring Mickey Rourke as a retired CIA assassin turned improbable mentor to Nat Wolff's next-door-neighbor misfit, Ashby is a genre jumble that makes half-baked use of high-school sports, crime comedy, teen romance and other formulae to mildly diverting ends that are never quite convincing or funny enough. Paramount launched a limited theatrical rollout on Sept. 25, simultaneous with on-demand availability, but Aussie tube scribe Tony McNamara's U.S. feature will definitely fare best as a viable if innocuous cable/rental time-filler."[14]

Kate Erbland of The Playlist for

IndieWire also gave the film a mixed review, writing: "It's inevitable that Ashby will squish together its two most important plots — Ashby's mysterious quest and Ed's attempts to be a football star — but McNamara attempts to keep the movie ticking right along, and for all its half-cocked plotlines, Ashby is able to maintain a consistently humorous and light tone. Ed and Ashby's worldview is more than a bit skewed, but so is the film's, and it works well enough to keep the film entertaining and bouncy."[15]

Box office

The film was released on video on demand, as well as opening in 15 theaters, the film debuted with a poor weekend total of $4,631, with a per-theater average of $309.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ashby". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Ashby | Tribeca Film Festival". TribecaFilm.com. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
  3. ^ a b c Sharf, Zack (August 20, 2015). "Mickey Rourke, Nat Wolff and Emma Roberts Unite in Exclusive 'Ashby' Poster". Indiewire.com. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  4. ^ "Emma Roberts, Mickey Rourke Comedy-Drama "Ashby" Extras Casting Call in North Carolina". ProjectCasting.com. June 18, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  5. ^ Mitchell, Wendy (June 27, 2014). "New cast added to Mickey Rourke's Ashby". ScreenDaily.com. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  6. ^ "Emma Roberts & Nat Wolff Begin Filming 'Ashby' in North Carolina!". teendaily.net. June 22, 2014. Archived from the original on October 21, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  7. ^ Christine (June 23, 2014). "'Ashby', starring Nat Wolff and Emma Roberts, filming today in North Carolina". onlocationvacations.com. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  8. ^ Lehtonen, Amy (June 23, 2014). "New movie filming in Charlotte looking for extras". wcnc.com. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  9. ^ Dunn, Andrew (July 20, 2014). "Hundreds flock to South Mecklenburg High for 'Ashby' filming". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  10. ^ "Alec Puro to Score 'Ashby'". filmmusicreporter.com. October 16, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  11. ^ a b Wiseman, Andreas (May 2015). "Paramount nabs Tribeca hit 'Ashby'". ScreenDaily.com. Retrieved January 10, 2016.(registration required)
  12. ^ "Ashby". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  13. ^ "Ashby Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  14. ^ Harvey, Dennis (September 26, 2015). "Film Review: 'Ashby'". Variety.com. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  15. ^ Erbland, Kate (April 20, 2015). "Tribeca Review: 'Ashby' Starring Mickey Rourke, Nat Wolff, Emma Roberts And Sarah Silverman". Indiewire.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2016.

External links

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