Two Jacks

2012 American film

Leo Tolstoy

Produced byJulia VerdinStarringDanny Huston
Sienna Miller
Jacqueline Bisset
Jack HustonCinematographyBernard Rose

Release dates

August 25, 2012 (2012-08-25) (Montréal World Film Festival)
October 18, 2013 (2013-10-18) (United States)

CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Two Jacks is a 2012 comedy-drama film written and directed by Bernard Rose starring Sienna Miller and Danny Huston. It is an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1856 short story "Two Hussars"^[1] and is Rose's fifth Tolstoy adaptation, following Anna Karenina (1997), Ivans XTC (2002), The Kreutzer Sonata (2008) and Boxing Day (2012). The film premiered in competition at the Montreal World Film Festival (August 23 to September 3, 2012).^[2]

Plot

In 1992, Jack (Danny Huston), a legendary filmmaker, returns to Hollywood after a long absence. He is looking to secure finance for his new film project. His return to Tinseltown is heralded by a series of adventures, as he drinks freely, seduces a beautiful woman named Diana (Miller), quarrels with studio executives and finally procures funds for his new project by winning a poker game.

Twenty years on, the filmmaker's son (Jack Huston) arrives in Hollywood looking to make his directorial debut amid questions of whether he has inherited his father's gift.^[3]

Cast

Danny Huston as Jack Hussar Senior
Sienna Miller as Diana
Jacqueline Bisset as Diana—twenty years later
Jack Huston as Jack Hussar Junior
Billy Zane as Max Faraday
Izabella Miko as Dana
Jamie Harris as Colin
Richard Portnow as Lorenzo
Lydia Hearst as Alexis
Guy Burnet as Paul
Hannah Cowley as Angel
Julie Marcus as Intercom Voice

References

^ "Bernard Rose: Tolstoy, America and me". The Guardian. 17 December 2012.
^ "Sienna Miller's 'Two Jacks' Enters Montreal Festival Competition". The Hollywood Reporter. 7 August 2012.
^ "Sienna Miller, Danny Huston draw 'Jacks'". Variety. 17 December 2010.