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[07/10/14 - 02:15 PM]
Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins Star in "Olive Kitteridge" - Miniseries Debuts on HBO This Winter
Based on Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, the project comes from writer Jane Anderson and director Lisa Cholodenko.

[via press release from HBO]

FRANCES MCDORMAND AND RICHARD JENKINS STAR IN "OLIVE KITTERIDGE", A FILM BY LISA CHOLODENKO; AN HBO MINISERIES PRESENTATION OF A PLAYTONE PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH AS IS; BASED ON ELIZABETH STROUT'S PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING NOVEL; WRITTEN BY JANE ANDERSON; TOM HANKS, GARY GOETZMAN, FRANCES MCDORMAND AND JANE ANDERSON EXECUTIVE PRODUCE; BILL MURRAY, JOHN GALLAGHER, JR., PETER MULLAN, ROSEMARIE DEWITT AND ZOE KAZAN CO-STAR

Miniseries Debuts On HBO This Winter

Academy Award(R) winner Frances McDormand ("Fargo," "North Country") and Academy Award(R) nominee Richard Jenkins ("The Visitor," HBO's "Six Feet Under") star in the four-part HBO Miniseries drama OLIVE KITTERIDGE, a film by Academy Award(R)-nominated director Lisa Cholodenko ("The Kids Are All Right," "Laurel Canyon"). Based on Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name and written by Emmy(R)-winner Jane Anderson (HBO's "The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom" and "Normal"), the miniseries will debut on HBO this winter.

An HBO Miniseries presentation of a Playtone production in association with As Is, OLIVE KITTERIDGE is executive produced by Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Frances McDormand and Jane Anderson, and marks Hanks and Goeztman's fifth miniseries with HBO under the Playtone banner, following the Emmy(R) winners "The Pacific," "John Adams," "Band of Brothers" and "From the Earth to the Moon." Other HBO/Playtone collaborations include the Emmy(R)-winning HBO Films presentation "Game Change," the series "Big Love" and a number of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame specials. Steven Shareshian co-executive produces.

OLIVE KITTERIDGE tells the poignantly sweet, acerbically funny and devastatingly tragic story of a seemingly placid New England town wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, told through the lens of Olive (Frances McDormand), whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and staunch moral center. Richard Jenkins portrays Olive's husband, Henry.

The story, which spans 25 years over the four parts, focuses on Olive, a middle-school math teacher, and her relationships with Henry, the good-hearted town pharmacist, their son Christopher, who chafes at his mother's parenting style, and other denizens of their community.

The supporting cast features Golden Globe(R) winner Bill Murray ("Lost in Translation") as Jack Kennison, a widower befriended by Olive; John Gallagher, Jr. (HBO's "The Newsroom") as Christopher, Olive and Henry's son; Emmy(R) nominee Peter Mullan ("Top of the Lake") as Jim O'Casey, a fellow teacher at Olive's school; Rosemarie DeWitt ("Mad Men") as Rachel Coulson, a shut-in who is one of Henry's customers at the pharmacy; Zoe Kazan ("Ruby Sparks") as Denise Thibodeau, who works at the pharmacy; and Ann Dowd ("Side Effects") as Bonnie, a Kitteridge family friend.

OLIVE KITTERIDGE co-stars Broadway's Cory Michael Smith ("Breakfast at Tiffany's") as Kevin Coulson, Olive's former student; Jesse Plemons ("Breaking Bad") as Jerry McCarthy, Henry's delivery boy; Brady Corbet ("Martha Marcy May Marlene") as Henry Thibodeau, Denise's first husband; Audrey Marie Anderson ("The Unit") as Ann, Christopher Kitteridge's second wife; Patricia Kalember ("Law & Order: Special Victims Unit") as Joyce, Christopher's mother-in-law; and Maryann Urbano ("Law & Order: Special Victims Unit") as Mrs. Kennison, Jack's wife.

The behind-the-scenes team includes Golden Globe-nominated composer Carter Burwell ("Where the Wild Things Are"), editor Jeffrey M. Werner, A.C.E. ("The Kids Are All Right"), Emmy(R)-nominated director of photography Frederick Elmes, ASC (HBO's "In the Gloaming"), production designer Julie Berghoff ("The Kids Are All Right"), costume designer Jenny Eagan ("True Grit") and Emmy(R)-winning casting director Laura Rosenthal, CSA (HBO's "Mildred Pierce").





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