Everything about The Company Film totally explained
The Company is a
film about the
Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. It was released on
December 26,
2003 in the
United States and around the world in the first half of
2004. The movie was directed by
Robert Altman and stars
Neve Campbell, who also co-wrote and co-produced the film. The movie also stars
Malcolm McDowell as the ballet company's artistic director, a character based on
Gerald Arpino.
Elvis Mitchell called the film "enjoyably lithe and droll" and attributed a "great deal of the film's appeal" to McDowell's performance, while noting the film "doesn't stick with you as a whole." Eighty-three of the 120 reviews on
Rotten Tomatoes rated the film as "fresh."
Box Office Mojo reported a worldwide box office of $6.4 million, less than half of its estimated $15 million budget.
Plot
The Company is composed of stories gathered from the actual dancers, choreographers, and office staff of the Joffrey Ballet. Most of the roles are played by real-life company members. While there are small subplots involving a love story between Campbell's character and a character played by
James Franco, most of the movie focuses on the company as a whole, without any real star or linear plot. The many real-life stories woven together show the dedication and hard work that dancers must put in to their art, even though they're seldom rewarded with fame, fortune, or even a statue, painting, or album on which to look back.
It has been reported that
The Company was a capricious idea of Campbell's for a long time – she began her career as a ballet dancer, having been a student at Canada's
National Ballet School. Altman was reportedly reluctant to take on the directing of the movie initially, but later relented.
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