Starring Charlie Plummer and Sienna Miller, the film is from writer-director Oren Moverman
Veteran actor Geoffrey Rush will play iconic comedian Groucho Marx in the upcoming biographical film “Raised Eyebrows.”
Starring Charlie Plummer and Sienna Miller, the film is from writer-director Oren Moverman, who previously starred in films such as “The Messenger” and “Time Out of Mind.”
According to Variety, the film is an adaptation of Steve Stollier’s memoir “Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho’s House.”
“Raised Eyebrows” dates from 1973 and 1977 and stars Plummer as Stolier, hired by Erin Fleming (Miller) to work with an aging and frail Groucho Marx (Rush) .
Fleming was in charge of Marx’s personal and professional life as his manager, and the two had a contentious relationship.
Moverman collaborated with Stolier on the script for “Rising Eyebrows”.
The filmmaker will also produce the project with Cold Iron Pictures CEO Miranda Bailey.
Marx was a comedian, TV host, and actor who performed several critically acclaimed comedies with his brothers in the 1930s, and has since been widely regarded as one of America’s greatest comedic talents.
During the 1930s and ’40s, Groucho and his brothers together created 13 comedies, many of which have since been considered classics of the genre. These include “Animal Crackers” (1930), “Duck Soup” (1933), “A Night at the Opera” (1935), and “At the Circus” (1939).
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