Film of Barrymore, Starring Tony Winner Christopher Plummer, to be Featured at Toronto Film Festival

A film version of Christopher Plummer in Barrymore will be featured at the 2011 Toronto Film Festival, with Plummer on tap to discuss the reprise of his 1997 Tony-winning performance as John Barrymore. Director Eric Canuel captured Plummer in March 2011 during a limited run of William Luce’s drama at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto. The revival reunited the star with director Gene Saks; John Plumpis played Frank, Barrymore’s unseen prompter/stage manager.

Plummer portrayed Barrymore at the end of life as a talented but dissolute member of the famous American acting dynasty. The film version of Barrymore was shot with multiple high-definition cameras and will be released on HBO Canada, Movie Central and the Movie Network.

The 81-year-old Plummer has maintained a busy stage and film career, starring as Prospero in an acclaimed 2010 production of The Tempest at the Stratford Festival and co-starring with Ewen McGregor in the well-reviewed movie comedy Beginners. He will play patriarch Henrik Vanger in the forthcoming American film adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.