A widower lives a mundane existence as a college economics professor. His world is turned upside down when he meets two illegal immigrants, one of whom he befriends and tries to help when discovered by U.S. immigration authorities.
We sat down with Thomas McCarthy to talk about his new film THE VISITOR, his movement between acting and directing, and how he feels about the current immigration system in the U.S.
The Visitor, Tom McCarthy’s follow up film to the critically acclaimed feature
The Station Agent, premiered at the 2007 Toronto Film Festival and will be released by Overture Films.
The Station Agent, released by Miramax in 2003, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival where it was bestowed The Audience Award and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. It was also awarded the BAFTA for Best Screenplay and two Independent Spirit Awards, including the John Cassevetes Award. The National Board of Review named it third on their list of Ten Best Films of the Year. It was nominated for three Screen Actors Guild Awards including Best Ensemble and was also nominated by the Writer’s Guild for Best Original Screenplay. The film also won awards at many film festivals including San Sebastian, Stockholm, Mexico City and Aspen.
As an actor, some of McCarthy’s feature credits include;
Flag of Our Fathers, Syrianna, Goodnight and Good Luck, The Year of the Dog and
Meet the Parents. He will soon be seen in the final season of HBO’s critically acclaimed series, The Wire. Tom recently finished filming Peter Jackson’s
The Lovely Bones and Lukas Moodysohn’s
Mamouth.
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