Roe v. Wade (film)

Roe v. Wade is a 2020 American political legal drama film[4] produced, written and directed by Nick Loeb and Cathy Allyn. It serves as a dramatization of the 1973 landmark decision, Roe v. Wade, rendered by the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of the constitutionality of laws that criminalized or restricted access to abortions. The film stars a predominantly conservative ensemble cast,[5] including Jon Voight, Stacey Dash, and Robert Davi. Loeb also stars as Bernard Nathanson, a gynecologist who co-founded the abortion rights organization National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (NARAL) and later became a anti-abortion movement advocate.[6]

This article is about the upcoming film. For the 1989 made-for-television film, see Roe vs. Wade (film).
Roe v. Wade
Directed byNick Loeb
Cathy Allyn
Produced byNick Loeb
Cathy Allyn[1]
Written byNick Loeb
Cathy Allyn
Release date
  • October 2020 (2020-10) (Vienna Independent Film Festival)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6.5–6.8 million[2][3]

The film premiered as part of the 2020 Vienna Independent Film Festival. At the festival Jon Voight won the Best Supporting Actor award.[7]

Cast
Nick Loeb, co-writer and co-director of Roe v. Wade, also stars in the film as Bernard Nathanson, pictured right.

Theme

According to director Nick Loeb, the film is about "the women's rights movement versus the pro-life movement. It's a social war movie where we take both sides of the argument and hopefully let the audience decide."[2]

Production

Sources reported that Roe v. Wade had been filming since June 15, 2018,[1][2] under the title 1973.[11] The production was kept hidden from the media until a July 2018 report in The Hollywood Reporter revealed that shooting had taken place in Louisiana.[1] Several cast and crew members (including the original director) left the project within the first few days of filming because of the anti-abortion theme of Loeb and Cathy Allyn's screenplay.[1] One crew member told The Daily Beast, "They're not keeping people in the loop with the script. When people finally receive the script, they've dropped out really fast." Rather than send scripts out in advance, lines are changed just before shooting.[12] Loeb and Allyn stepped in as directors though they have very little experience.[12] Some locations barred the filmmakers from shooting. Louisiana State University explained filming was not allowed there because of logistical issues and not the film's subject matter.[1]

Executive producer Alveda King, Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece, told Fox News the aim of the film is "to educate the public" with "facts, no fake news". Of the controversy surrounding the film, she acknowledged: "Folks that are inside the set, inside the project, are getting pressure from Hollywood and from outside. They don't want the truth to come out. And so for various reasons, investors, donors, cast [and] crew are getting rattled from all this pressure."[13] The film's unit production manager (UPM), though, disputed King's "no fake news" statement in a Salon report. The UPM told the website that he withdrew from the project the day before filming began because he felt the script was laden with historical inaccuracies but promotes them as factual.[14] For example, an early draft portrayed birth control activist Margaret Sanger as a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) sympathizer who disparaged black people before 15 robed women during a cross burning, a claim which Sanger biographer Jean H. Baker declared false. Baker wrote to PolitiFact, "She was far ahead of her times in terms of opposing racial segregation. She worked closely with black leaders to open birth control clinics in Harlem and elsewhere. She believed all women should have the information about birth control that rich women had, hence her lecture to the KKK women."[14]

Variety reported that the film had received funding from the BCL Finance Group, in September 2018.[4]

See also

References
  1. Bond, Paul. "Secret 'Roe v. Wade' Film Now Shooting in New Orleans (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 7, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  2. Keegan, Rebecca (July 3, 2018). "Hollywood's Secret Roe v. Wade Movie". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  3. Golgowski, Nina (July 3, 2018). "Anti-Abortion Movie About Roe v. Wade Is Pushed By Nick Loeb". HuffPost. Archived from the original on July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  4. McNary, Dave (September 4, 2018). "'Roe v. Wade' Movie Gets Financing (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on September 24, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  5. Andrews, Travis M. (July 16, 2018). "The 'Roe v. Wade' movie has an all-star conservative cast and a bone to pick with the media". Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  6. Andrews-Dyer, Helena (January 15, 2019). "The trailer for that 'Roe v. Wade' movie has been released, and it features mostly men". Washington Post. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. https://www.vienna-film-festival.com/winners-2020.html
  8. Stern, Marlow (July 7, 2018). "'Roe v. Wade' Script Leak: Pro-Life Movie Pushes Conspiracy Theories and Lies". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  9. Stern, Marlow. "Inside 'Roe v. Wade': A Disturbing Anti-Abortion Film Featuring Milo Yiannopoulos and Tomi Lahren". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on July 7, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  10. Roe v. Wade (film), 2021
  11. Scott, Ryan (July 9, 2018). "Roe Vs. Wade Movie Cast & Crew Walk Off Set After Being Misled". MovieWeb. Archived from the original on July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  12. Seitz, Dan (July 6, 2018). "A Controversial Roe V. Wade Movie Featuring Cameos By Milo And Tomi Sounds Like An Utter Disaster". Uproxx. Archived from the original on July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  13. Earhardt, Ainsley (July 5, 2018). "Cast and Crew Quit During Filming of Pro-Life 'Roe v. Wade' Film". Fox News. Archived from the original on July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  14. Leah, Rachel (July 10, 2018). "Why one crew member quit the anti-abortion "Roe V. Wade" film, featuring Jon Voight and Stacey Dash". Salon. Archived from the original on July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
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