With 24 awards and 77 nominations under its belt, I, Tonya - featuring Margot Robbie (About Time, The Wolf of Wall Street, Focus,
The Legend of Tarzan, Suicide Squad) and Allison Janney (The West Wing, Mom, American Beauty, Juno) – will hit the South African cinema circuit on 16 February 2018.
Two triple axels, various ice skating records and all the technique in
the world, means absolutely nothing when overshadowed by one of the most
sensational scandals of all time. This
award-winning film - including a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a
Motion Picture (Allison Janney), Critics’ Choice Movie Awards for Best
Supporting Actress (Allison Janney) and Best Actress in a Comedy (Margot
Robbie) and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female
Actor in a Supporting Role (Allison Janney) - is based on the true events behind this spectacle and
will keep you glued to your seat until the very end.
Ambitious and goal-driven from an early age, former figure skating
champion, Tonya Harding (Robbie) was well on her way to becoming one of the
world’s biggest ice skating legends.
Her first big breakthrough came in 1991, when she won (with her first
triple axel) the U.S. Championships and was awarded the event’s first 6.0 ever given to a single female
skater for technical merit. At the 1991 World Championships, she again completed the triple axel (becoming the
first American woman to perform it at an international event), but finished
second to Kristi
Yamaguchi. Unfortunately
that is not what she is remembered for. Her dreams and career were shattered by
her alleged association with an infamous, ill-conceived, and even more poorly
executed attack on fellow Olympic competitor, Nancy Kerrigan (Caitlin Carver), by her ex-husband (Sebastian Stan) and bodyguard (Paul Walter Hauser).
I, TONYA is a darkly comedic drama, written by Steven Rogers (Hope Floats,
Stepmom), that tells the tale of a talented sports star whose success is destroyed
by her troubled childhood, her mother’s abuse and her stormy relationships. Although it
initially seems like the movie is actually a comedic spoof of the heartlessness
of a tabloid driven nation, you soon realise that it is about more than meets
the eye.
This gripping film, directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars
and the Real Girl, Fright Night),
has not yet been released in South Africa but has already received various
nominations from film festivals across the globe, including Best Feature Film and Best Actress at the Gotham Awards in
November 2017, as well as Best Female
Lead, Best Supporting Female and Best
Editing (Tatiana S. Riegel) by the Independent
Spirit Awards taking place in March 2018. Allison Janney, who portrays the role of Tonya’s heartless and
abusive mother – LaVona Golden – has also won an Award for Best Supporting Actress at the
Hollywood Film Awards.
The film also
boasts an excellent cast and has already received a lot of praise for
outstanding performances by the lead characters. Margot Robbie is commended for her soulful portrayal of Tonya Harding in this fascinating
story, while Sebastian Stan can be seen in the role
of her ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly. This handsome actor, from New York,
previously featured in several television shows, such as Law and Order and Gossip Girl,
and also starred in the Captain America
Franchise, Riki and the Flash, The Martian and many more.
I, TONYA promises to captivate audiences, not only because of
outstanding acting and direction, but also because it proves the innocence of a
woman who was judged by the world and abused by those who were supposed to love
her most.
“This movie returns Tonya
to being what she always was: a great skater, and a human being with a dream of
downscale flash that wouldn’t quit until it was pried away from her by the
world,” says Variety’s Owen Gleiberman.
The movie is distributed by Ster-Kinekor
Entertainment and will be released at the
following cinemas on 16 February 2018:
Tygervalley Ster Kinekor
Somerset Mall Ster Kinekor
V&A Cinema Nouveau
Canal Walk Nu Metro
Labia Orange St
Gateway Ster Kinekor
Water Crest Ster Kinekor
Pavilion Nu Metro
Brooklyn Cinema Nouveau
Parkview Nu Metro
Cedar Square Ster Kinekor
Rosebank Mall Ster Kinekor
Sandton City Ster Kinekor
Cresta Ster Kinekor
Greenstone Ster Kinekor
Bedford Square Ster Kinekor
Bedford Centre Nu Metro
Movies@Monte
V&A Waterfront Nu Metro
Hyde Park Nu Metro
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