Monday night?s screening of Sony Pictures Classics? ?Truth? at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences marked a one-year anniversary from the date when production for the Cate Blanchett?Robert Redford drama first started.
?I got a Facebook reminder today about it,? noted producer Brad Fischer on the red carpet. ?It took us seven years from when we first came up with the idea. But the first day of shooting is by far the most memorable single thing about it.?
Blanchett admitted that the power of American politics and the story (which follows the unraveling of Mary Mapes and Dan Rather?s careers) made the movie an irresistible ? and challenging ? project.
?It?s very tricky to portray someone, warts and all,? she noted. ?The influence of American politics is so pervasive, so I wanted to be very sensitive to that.?