Overview

• His representative said he has a sinus infection, leading him to cut short a press junket and skip a private dinner and the film’s press conference.
• He walked the Sala Grande red carpet with Amal Clooney on Thursday night but was not expected to sit through the full screening and is unlikely to attend Telluride.
• Venice audiences delivered a prolonged standing ovation reported between 8.5 and 10 minutes, prompting early awards-season buzz for the Netflix release.
• Noah Baumbach and co-stars Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup and Emily Mortimer handled press duties, with Sandler saying “even movie stars get sick” and Dern calling Clooney “devastated” to miss the event.
• Netflix plans a limited U.S. theatrical run on Nov. 14 followed by a Dec. 5 streaming debut, with Clooney starring as a veteran actor opposite Sandler as his manager.