Laura Linney, Director Tamara Jenkins Walk Chicago Red Carpet For ‘The Savages’ Premiere

Laura Linney and writer/director Tamara Jenkins walked a Chicago red carpet at the Harris Theater on Thursday for the Chicago International Film Festival premiere of “The Savages”. The event was the festival’s final act for 2007.

Linney, who said she had never been to the Chicago International Film Festival before, was proactive about looking right into press photographers even without them having to prompt her. Hence, this reporter shot her head on below.


Laura Linney on Oct. 17, 2007 at the Chicago
International Film Festival premiere of “The Savages”.
Photo by Adam Fendelman of HollywoodChicago.com

Director Tamara Jenkins (left) and Laura Linney in Chicago.
Photo by Adam Fendelman of HollywoodChicago.com
Linney co-stars in the film with Philip Seymour Hoffman. The two play a brother and a siter who face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

10:10 p.m. update: Chicago photographer Joe Arce – a true surgeon with his camera – just submitted to me his up-close-and-personal photo of Linney from the evening. If you haven’t noticed by now, that’s his style. I am publishing it below with permission.


Laura Linney on Oct. 17, 2007 in the Chicago
Photo by Joe Arce for HollywoodChicago.com

Laura Linney to Walk Red Carpet on Wednesday, Tomer Heymann Coming on Oct. 21

On Wednesday, Laura Linney will walk a Chicago red carpet with director Tamara Jenkins for the Chicago premiere of “The Savages” and the closing of the Chicago International Film Festival.

The red carpet is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. at the Harris Theater at 205 E. Randolph.

Director Tomer Heymann will be in Chicago for two screenings of his documentary “Paper Dolls” as part of the Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema.

On Oct. 21, the film will show at 9 p.m. at Piper’s Alley (1608 N. Wells). On Oct. 22, the film will show at 8:30 p.m. at the Wilmette Theatre (1122 Central Ave. in Wilmette).

‘The Savages’ Star Laura Linney, Director Tamara Jenkins Coming to Chicago on Oct. 18

I learned on Thursday morning that actress Laura Linney and director Tamara Jenkins will be in Chicago on Oct. 18 for “The Savages,” which will be the closing film of the Chicago International Film Festival on Oct. 17


Laura Linney
Photo courtesy of IMDb
The film, which also stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, is described with these words:

“The Savages” is an irreverent look at family, love and mortality as seen through the lens of one of modern life’s most bewildering and challenging experiences: when adult siblings find themselves plucked from their everyday, self-centered lives to care for an estranged elderly parent.