About
Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of Norman Mailer’s novel Ancient Evenings. In collaboration with composer Jonathan Bepler, Barney combines traditional modes of narrative cinema with filmed elements of performance, sculpture, and opera, reconstructing Mailer’s hypersexual story of Egyptian gods and the seven stages of reincarnation, alongside the rise and fall of the American car industry.
Theatrical
Feb 12, 2014
Box Office
$45K
Budget
$5.0M
Return
0.0x
Cast
Full credits →C
Chief Dave Beautiful Bald Eagle
Norman III
M
Milford Graves
Norman II
J
John Buffalo Mailer
Norman I
E
Ellen Burstyn
Hathfertiti
M
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Hathfertiti
P
Paul Giamatti
Ptah-Nem-Hotep
J
Joan La Barbara
The Widow of Norman
S
Stephen Payne
Usermare
A
Aimee Mullins
The Ka of Norman / Isis
M
Matthew Barney
The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers
H
Herbert Perry
Set
E
Eugene Perry
Set
S
Shara Nova
Lieutenant Worden
E
Elaine Stritch
Eulogist
L
Lila Downs
Ranchera Singer
L
Lila Downs
Priest / REN Manager
D
Debbie Harry
Singing Wake Guest
D
David Amram
Wake Guest
S
Suzanne Bertish
Wake Guest
D
Dick Cavett
Wake Guest
