“The Wife” Starring Glenn Close Premieres in New York

Christian Slater, Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Annie Starke

Pictured: Christian Slater, Glen Close, Jonathan Pryce, Annie Starke

Six-time Academy Award-nominated actress Glenn Close is the titular character in “The Wife,” a poignant, funny and emotional story that celebrates womanhood, self-discovery and liberation.

Last Thursday, July 26th, “The Wife” had a soft premiere at the Paley Center in New York City with a special screening. Attended by the cast, crew and the glitterati, it was a very intimate setting for this film that is based on Meg Wolitzer’s book of the same title.

The WifeCatch “The Wife” in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on August 17th!

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About the Film:

Cast: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons, Harry Lloyd, Annie Starke, Elizabeth McGovern
Directed by: Björn Runge
Screenplay by: Jane Anderson
Based on the Book by: Meg Wolitzer
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Rated: R

After nearly forty years of marriage, JOAN and JOE CASTLEMAN (Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce) are complements. Where Joe is casual, Joan is elegant. Where Joe is vain, Joan is self-effacing. And where Joe enjoys his very public role as Great American Novelist, Joan pours her considerable intellect, grace, charm, and diplomacy into the private role of Great Man’s Wife.

Joe is about to be awarded the Nobel Prize for his acclaimed and prolific body of work. Joe’s literary star has blazed since he and Joan first met in the late 1950’s. THE WIFE interweaves the story of the couple’s youthful passion and ambition with a portrait of a marriage, thirty-plus years later-a lifetime’s shared compromises, secrets, betrayals and mutual love.