Character Poster for Joe Wright's ANNA KARENINA

PosterMovie by Joey Paur

Here's three new character posters for Joe Wright's period romance film Anna Karenina featuring Keira Knightley, Jude Law and Aaron Johnson. The story follows a woman making her way in early-19th-century Russian high society. We normally don't see these kind of character posters for a romance movie like this, but here they are. 

I'm not big into romance films like this but Wright has made some great films in his career such as The Atonement, The Soloist and Hanna. So I think this will be a film worth checking out. 

Here's the Synopsis:

The third collaboration of Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley with acclaimed director Joe Wright, following the award-winning boxoffice successes "Pride & Prejudice" and "Atonement," is a bold, theatrical new vision of the epic story of love, adapted from Leo Tolstoy's timeless novel by Academy Award winner Tom Stoppard ("Shakespeare in Love"). The story powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart. As Anna (Ms. Knightley) questions her happiness and marriage, change comes to all around her.

The movie is set to be released in November of 2012. Check out the posters and trailer, and let us know if you'll be checking this one out!

Here's a description of the novel:

Described by William Faulkner as the best novel ever written and by Fyodor Dostoevsky as “flawless,” Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness.

While previous versions have softened the robust, and sometimes shocking, quality of Tolstoy's writing, Pevear and Volokhonsky  have produced a translation true to his powerful voice. This authoritative edition, which received the PEN Translation Prize and was an Oprah Book Club™ selection, also includes an illuminating introduction and explanatory notes. Beautiful, vigorous, and eminently readable, this Anna Karenina will be the definitive text for fans of the film and generations to come.

GeekTyrant Homepage