Overview
- A24 has entered a final promotional phase for Eddington as it gears up for its July 18 U.S. release.
- Ari Aster began writing the film in 2020 during the height of the pandemic to capture a pivotal societal inflection point.
- At Cannes, Indiewire critic David Ehrlich hailed Eddington as "the first truly modern American Western."
- The narrative stages a collision of characters whose perceptions are shaped by everything from classic Westerns to video games.
- Joaquin Phoenix performed most of his own stunts to lend visceral intensity to the movie’s climactic action sequences.