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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Yellow
| name = Yellow
| image =
| image = Yellow 2012 poster.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| caption =
| caption =
| director = [[Nick Cassavetes]]
| director = [[Nick Cassavetes]]
| producer = Chris Hanley<br>David Hillary<br>Manu Kumaran<br>Chuck Pacheco
| producer = {{plainlist|
* Manu Kumaran
| screenplay = Nick Cassavetes<br>[[Heather Wahlquist]]
* Chris Hanley
| starring = [[Riley Keough]]<br>[[Sienna Miller]]<br>[[David Morse (actor)|David Morse]]<br>[[Ray Liotta]]<br>[[Melanie Griffith]]<br>[[Lucy Punch]]
* Jordan Gertner
⚫
| music =
* Chuck Pacheco
}}
| writer = {{plainlist|
* Nick Cassavetes
⚫
* [[Heather Wahlquist]]
}}
| starring = {{plainlist|
* Heather Wahlquist
* [[Riley Keough]]
* [[Sienna Miller]]
* [[David Morse (actor)|David Morse]]
* [[Ray Liotta]]
* [[Melanie Griffith]]
* [[Lucy Punch]]
}}
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| music = [[Aaron Zigman]]
| cinematography = Jeff Cutter
| cinematography = Jeff Cutter
| editing = Jim Flynn
| editing = Jim Flynn
| studio = {{plainlist|
| studio = Yellow Productions<br>Indion Entertainment Group<br>Medient Studios<br>Muse Productions<br>Toy Gun Films
* [[Medient Studios]]
⚫
| distributor =
* A-Mark Entertainment
⚫
| released = {{Film date|2012|09|8|[[Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]]}}
* Indion Entertainment Group
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| runtime = 105 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/toronto-2012-yellow-review-370389 |title=Yellow: Toronto Review |publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=2012-09-14 |accessdate=2015-07-07}}</ref>
* Muse Productions
}}
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| distributor = Medient Studios
⚫
| released = {{Film date|2012|09|8|[[2012 Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]]|2014|8|29|United States}}
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| runtime = 105 minutes<ref name="THR">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/toronto-2012-yellow-review-370389 |title=Yellow: Toronto Review|author=THR Staff|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=September 14, 2012|access-date=July 7, 2015}}</ref>
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = English
| language = English
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}}
}}


'''''Yellow''''' is a 2012 American [[drama film]] directed by [[Nick Cassavetes]] and written by Nick Cassavetes and [[Heather Wahlquist]]. The film stars [[Riley Keough]], [[Sienna Miller]], [[David Morse (actor)|David Morse]], [[Ray Liotta]], [[Melanie Griffith]] and [[Lucy Punch]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Yellow (2012) - directed by Nick Cassavetes|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/yellow-v571246|website=[[Allmovie]]|publisher=allmovie.com|accessdate=5 November 2015}}</ref> The film was awarded ‘Best Film’ at the [[Catalina Film Festival]] on September 22, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Moon River Studios has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to Nick Cassavetes’ Yellow.|url=http://moonriverstudiosinc.com/projects/yellow-movie/|publisher=moonriverstudiosinc.com|accessdate=5 November 2015}}</ref>
'''''Yellow''''' is a 2012 American [[drama film]] directed by [[Nick Cassavetes]] and written by Cassavetes and [[Heather Wahlquist]]. The film stars Wahlquist, [[Riley Keough]], [[Sienna Miller]], [[David Morse (actor)|David Morse]], [[Ray Liotta]], [[Melanie Griffith]] and [[Lucy Punch]].

''Yellow'' premiered at the [[2012 Toronto International Film Festival]], and had a [[limited theatrical release|limited release]] in the United States on August 29, 2014.


==Plot==
==Plot==
Mary Holmes ([[Heather Wahlquist]]), is an elementary teacher living in hallucinatory world and consuming twenty [[Vicodin]] a day. One day she was fired from her job after being caught having sex with one of the parents on Parent Teacher Day.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Grozdanovic|first1=Nikola|title=TIFF Review: Nick Cassavetes' ‘Yellow’ Is Daring, Bold And Just What The Doctor Ordered|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/tiff-review-nick-cassavetes-yellow-is-daring-bold-and-just-what-the-doctor-ordered-20120910|website=[[Indiewire]]|publisher=blogs.indiewire.com|accessdate=5 November 2015|date=10 September 2012}}</ref>
Mary Holmes is an elementary school teacher living in a hallucinatory world and consuming twenty [[Vicodin]] a day. One day she is fired from her job after being caught having sex with one of the parents on Parent Teacher Day.<ref>{{cite web|last=Grozdanovic|first=Nikola|title=TIFF Review: Nick Cassavetes' 'Yellow' Is Daring, Bold And Just What The Doctor Ordered|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/tiff-review-nick-cassavetes-yellow-is-daring-bold-and-just-what-the-doctor-ordered-20120910|website=[[IndieWire]]|access-date=November 5, 2015|date=September 10, 2012}}</ref> She leaves [[Los Angeles]] and returns to her native [[Oklahoma]],<ref name="news-star">{{cite web|url=https://www.news-star.com/article/20110609/NEWS/306099992|title=Scene for upcoming Hollywood movie "Yellow" filmed at Hardesty Grocery-Market|last=Kraft|first=Chelsey|work=[[The Shawnee News-Star]]|date=June 9, 2011|access-date=October 28, 2020}}</ref> and tries to cope with numerous family traumas, including a past [[incest]]uous relationship with her half-brother.<ref name="THR"/>


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Heather Wahlquist]] as Mary Holmes
*[[Riley Keough]] as Young Amanda
*[[Riley Keough]] as Young Amanda
*[[Sienna Miller]] as Xanne
*[[Sienna Miller]] as Xanne
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*[[Cassandra Jean]] as Becky
*[[Cassandra Jean]] as Becky
*[[Brendan Sexton III]] as Nowell
*[[Brendan Sexton III]] as Nowell
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*[[Heather Wahlquist]] as Mary Holmes
*Jordan Flash Rose as Chad
*Jordan Flash Rose as Chad
*[[Gary Stretch]] as Jimmy Carpenito Snr
*[[Gary Stretch]] as Jimmy Carpenito Snr
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*Malea Rose as Zadora
*Malea Rose as Zadora
*Nancy De Mayo as Miss Withrow
*Nancy De Mayo as Miss Withrow
*[[Tonya Cornelisse]] as Starla
*[[Tonya Cornelisse]] as Starla

==Production==
80 percent of the film was shot in [[Oklahoma]].<ref name="news-star"/> Locations included [[Oklahoma City University]] and [[John Marshall High School (Oklahoma)|John Marshall High School]] in [[Oklahoma City]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://okcfriday.com/on-location-of-yellow-alisons-job-is-to-set-the-scene-for-major-movies-p6134-92.htm|title=ON LOCATION OF 'YELLOW': Alison's job is to set the scene for major movies
|last=Lane|first=Rose|work=OKC Friday|publisher=Nichols Hills Publishing|date=July 15, 2011|access-date=October 28, 2020}}</ref> and a grocery store in [[Shawnee, Oklahoma|Shawnee]]. The remainder of filming took place in [[Los Angeles]].<ref name="news-star"/>


==Release==
==Release==
The film premiered at the [[2012 Toronto International Film Festival]] on September 8, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|author=Rob Nelson |url=http://variety.com/2012/film/markets-festivals/yellow-2-1117948329/ |title=Yellow |publisher=Variety |date=2012-09-14 |accessdate=2015-07-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Goldberg |first=Matt |url=http://collider.com/nick-cassavetes-yellow-trailer/ |title=First Look at Nick Cassavetes' YELLOW |publisher=Collider |date=2012-09-05 |accessdate=2015-07-07}}</ref>
The film premiered at the [[2012 Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto International Film Festival]] on September 8, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nelson|first=Rob|url=https://variety.com/2012/film/markets-festivals/yellow-2-1117948329/ |title=Yellow |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 14, 2012 |access-date=July 7, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Goldberg |first=Matt |url=http://collider.com/nick-cassavetes-yellow-trailer/ |title=First Look at Nick Cassavetes' YELLOW |work=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |date=September 5, 2012 |access-date=July 7, 2015}}</ref>

The film received a [[limited theatrical release]] in the United States by its production company, [[Medient Studios]], on August 29, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/06/nick-cassavetes-yellow-finally-gets-a-release-date-after-almost-two-years-of-waiting-25813/|title=Nick Cassavetes' 'Yellow' Finally Gets a Release Date After Almost Two Years of Waiting|last=Gupta|first=Shipra Harbola|work=[[IndieWire]]|date=June 3, 2014|access-date=October 28, 2020}}</ref>

==Reception==
The film was awarded "Best Film" at the [[Catalina Film Festival]] on September 22, 2013.<ref name="moon">{{cite web|title=Moon River Studios has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to Nick Cassavetes' Yellow.|url=http://moonriverstudiosinc.com/projects/yellow-movie/|work=Moon River Studios|access-date=November 5, 2015}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

* "Nick Cassavetes talks incest plotline in 'Yellow’" <ref> Erin, Strecker: Entertainment Weekly [http://ew.com/article/2012/09/10/director-nick-cassavetes-yellow-incest] </ref> Sept 10, 2012


==External links==
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 21:02, 28 December 2023

Yellow
Directed byNick Cassavetes
Written by
Produced by
  • Manu Kumaran
  • Chris Hanley
  • Jordan Gertner
  • Chuck Pacheco
Starring
CinematographyJeff Cutter
Edited byJim Flynn
Music byAaron Zigman
Production
companies
  • Medient Studios
  • A-Mark Entertainment
  • Indion Entertainment Group
  • Muse Productions
Distributed byMedient Studios
Release dates
  • September 8, 2012 (2012-09-08) (TIFF)
  • August 29, 2014 (2014-08-29) (United States)
Running time
105 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Yellow is a 2012 American drama film directed by Nick Cassavetes and written by Cassavetes and Heather Wahlquist. The film stars Wahlquist, Riley Keough, Sienna Miller, David Morse, Ray Liotta, Melanie Griffith and Lucy Punch.

Yellow premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, and had a limited release in the United States on August 29, 2014.

Plot[edit]

Mary Holmes is an elementary school teacher living in a hallucinatory world and consuming twenty Vicodin a day. One day she is fired from her job after being caught having sex with one of the parents on Parent Teacher Day.[2] She leaves Los Angeles and returns to her native Oklahoma,[3] and tries to cope with numerous family traumas, including a past incestuous relationship with her half-brother.[1]

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

80 percent of the film was shot in Oklahoma.[3] Locations included Oklahoma City University and John Marshall High School in Oklahoma City,[4] and a grocery store in Shawnee. The remainder of filming took place in Los Angeles.[3]

Release[edit]

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2012.[5][6]

The film received a limited theatrical release in the United States by its production company, Medient Studios, on August 29, 2014.[7]

Reception[edit]

The film was awarded "Best Film" at the Catalina Film Festival on September 22, 2013.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b THR Staff (September 14, 2012). "Yellow: Toronto Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  2. ^ Grozdanovic, Nikola (September 10, 2012). "TIFF Review: Nick Cassavetes' 'Yellow' Is Daring, Bold And Just What The Doctor Ordered". IndieWire. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Kraft, Chelsey (June 9, 2011). "Scene for upcoming Hollywood movie "Yellow" filmed at Hardesty Grocery-Market". The Shawnee News-Star. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  4. ^ Lane, Rose (July 15, 2011). "ON LOCATION OF 'YELLOW': Alison's job is to set the scene for major movies". OKC Friday. Nichols Hills Publishing. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  5. ^ Nelson, Rob (September 14, 2012). "Yellow". Variety. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  6. ^ Goldberg, Matt (September 5, 2012). "First Look at Nick Cassavetes' YELLOW". Collider. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  7. ^ Gupta, Shipra Harbola (June 3, 2014). "Nick Cassavetes' 'Yellow' Finally Gets a Release Date After Almost Two Years of Waiting". IndieWire. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  8. ^ "Moon River Studios has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to Nick Cassavetes' Yellow". Moon River Studios. Retrieved November 5, 2015.

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