Ruth Bader Ginsburgis heading back to the big screen to prove that it’s not just a man’s world in the upcoming movieOn the Basis of Sex.Focus Features released the historical drama’s first trailer, starringFelicity Jonesas Ginsburg, the bright-eyed young lawyer who makes a splash as the one woman among many men in a sea of lawmakers.This year’s hit documentaryRBGhas already earned itself some Oscar buzz, and now a younger version of the now 85-year-old Supreme Court justice seems poised to enter the race as well.The movie narrows in on Ginsburg during one of her peak moments in Washington. Jones, 34, plays out the story of RBG teaming up with her husband, Martin D. Ginsberg (Armie Hammer) to combat the issue of gender equality. She fights to bring a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals which ultimately changed the scope of gender discrimination.“It means nothing if the law doesn’t change….It could topple the whole damn system of discrimination,” Jones as Ginsburg argues in the trailer.Felicity Jones in On the Basis of Sex.Focus FeaturesAlongside Jones and Hammer, the movie costarsJustin Theroux,Jack Reynor, Sam Waterston andKathy Batesas civil liberties lawyer Dorothy Kenyon.On the Basis of Sexmarks director Mimi Leder’s first film in almost a decade. Her previous notable movies includedThe Peacemakerin 1997 andPay It Forwardin 2000. Leder served as an executive producer of HBO’s seriesThe Leftovers.The movie will be released this Christmas.
Ruth Bader Ginsburgis heading back to the big screen to prove that it’s not just a man’s world in the upcoming movieOn the Basis of Sex.
Focus Features released the historical drama’s first trailer, starringFelicity Jonesas Ginsburg, the bright-eyed young lawyer who makes a splash as the one woman among many men in a sea of lawmakers.
This year’s hit documentaryRBGhas already earned itself some Oscar buzz, and now a younger version of the now 85-year-old Supreme Court justice seems poised to enter the race as well.
The movie narrows in on Ginsburg during one of her peak moments in Washington. Jones, 34, plays out the story of RBG teaming up with her husband, Martin D. Ginsberg (Armie Hammer) to combat the issue of gender equality. She fights to bring a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals which ultimately changed the scope of gender discrimination.
“It means nothing if the law doesn’t change….It could topple the whole damn system of discrimination,” Jones as Ginsburg argues in the trailer.
Felicity Jones in On the Basis of Sex.Focus Features
Alongside Jones and Hammer, the movie costarsJustin Theroux,Jack Reynor, Sam Waterston andKathy Batesas civil liberties lawyer Dorothy Kenyon.
On the Basis of Sexmarks director Mimi Leder’s first film in almost a decade. Her previous notable movies includedThe Peacemakerin 1997 andPay It Forwardin 2000. Leder served as an executive producer of HBO’s seriesThe Leftovers.
The movie will be released this Christmas.
source: people.com
