ROY'S WORLD: BARRY GIFFORD'S CHICAGO

By Rob CHRISTOPHER

ASPECT RATIO - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Completed 2019

ROY'S WORLD: an impressionistic look at 1950s Chicago narrated by Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon and Lili Taylor.

Festivals
& Awards

glasgow 2020
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (online) 2021
Doc Market
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH-UNITED STATES
    • Duration
    • 75 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Rob CHRISTOPHER
    • Writer(s)
    • Barry GIFFORD
    • Producer(s)
    • John OTTENBACHER
    • Synopsis
    • Narrated by Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon and Lili Taylor, in Roy's World, author Barry Gifford's recollections of his childhood are interwoven with excerpts from the "Roy" stories, vintage footage and photographs of Chicago, and an evocative jazz soundtrack to create an impressionistic portrait of a vanished time and place.