it tells the story of controversial american cartoonist john callahan exploring his life as a quadriplegic and his long battle with alcoholism. john tells. a story. of a strong. film stars jack black adam dream aren't you will say see comedy actually join the hill as never before it's a hot willing picture of one man's struggle to reinvent himself off the tragedy. how did you have this role was it to get. old. you know you just do like what you have to do just. try to learn as much about the character as you can remember. phoenix and co you must've done something right the film was critically acclaimed when it premiered at sundance last month now it's getting a warm reception here in berlin. when he would be of special significance to director gus van sant this film was it ricky the brainchild of his friends the comedic actor robin williams williams first approached months and years ago to dream the betraying the cartoonist but it's never live to see it happen now finally the film is hitting the big screen. the costing crew have until saturday to find out whether they'll be taking home a c

sunday it's premiering tonight it's a great movie about it's based on the on the true story of john callahan the american kid to nist and the story starts with him having an accident he is paralyzed he ends up in a wheelchair it's a real stroke of fate but his real demon is not bad not being paralyzed it's alcoholism and the movie really zooms in on this period after his accident when he's struggling with sobriety but he needs great friends along the way and really becomes we could we all know today. amazing director he's a real household name and the other he has been here four times and he has brought with him and mazing we have rooney mara we have jonah hill and supporting roles we also have phoenix of course he's playing domaine role in the i'm a neat we saw him today and press conference unfortunately he was not in a great mood that he's very media shy we know that but he didn't really want to answer any question my colleague asked him how he prepared for the role and he basically just said well you just do your research on the character and you just do it so the president was a bit dis

it tells the story of controversial american cartoonists john callahan exploring his life his approach of p.j. and his numbers with alcoholism. start. filling stones jack black am dream aren't you will say see comedy after jonah hill as never before is a hot willing picture of one love struggle to reinvent himself to trying today. how did you tap this road was easy to get. over. you know you just do like what you have to do just. try to learn as much about the character as you can and hope the. phoenix and co you must've done something right the film was critically acclaimed when it premiered at sundance last month now it's getting a warm reception here in berlin. well joining us now in the studio is by colleague miller the current debacle she's part of our team covering the berlin film festival for us this year good morning america don't worry you won't get far on foot screened at the ballet nala yesterday we saw that the store you walk in phoenix was i don't know maybe jetlag for that so we heard no report that was warmly received so was the audience enthusiastic the audience was ent

this is quite a story it's a true story actually it's a dramatic comedy it's about the cartoonist john callahan who is originally from portland in the us and he is actually quadriplegic and this entire movie is about his struggle with alcoholism and his accident that. it made him paralyzed and his becoming a cartoonist through that is very heartfelt and very honest looking at alcoholism i thought very sweet you know i thought i thought the storytelling here was a little disjointed i have to be honest but i did think that the performances were stellar especially joaquin phoenix and some of the supporting characters jonah hill as his sponsor what a performance there not working in phoenix we saw also earlier on the red carpet he was in an ok mood he was taking selfies with the fans earlier not so much he was definitely not in a good mood when we saw him at the press conference just after the screening of the movie and he is known as being very media shy but he actually turned his back on the press in the room when we were asking him questions and refused to answer one of our colleagues questions

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it tells the story of controversial american cartoonist john callahan exploring his life as a pusher p.j. and his long battle with alcoholism. tells. a story. from. film stars jack black. you will say see comedy after jonah hill as never before is a hall willing picture of one man's struggle to reinvent himself up to trying to say. how did you prepare for this role with it just to get a tax. code. you know you just do like what you have to be just. try to learn as much about the character as as you can remember. phoenix and co you must've done something right the film was critically acclaimed when it premiered at sundance last month now it's getting a warm reception here in berlin. now britain's queen elizabeth has always had a signature style but with a wedding to attend in the spring she might be looking for some new inspiration the ninety one year old monarch is made a surprise debut appearance at london fashion week the queen had front row seats for designer richard quinn's catwalk shows sitting right beside vogue editor in chief anna winter she later presented queen with the ina

don't worry he won't get far on foot it's about a quadriplegic cartoonist actually it is about john callahan who is a well known cartoonist in the united states who died in two thousand and ten and it is a fictionalization of his autobiography actually it's all about his struggles with alcoholism and about his recovery after he became a quadriplegic and his development into the cartoonist that he became eventually yeah and this is we both thought this was a pretty strong movie a little disjointed the times i really have to say actually jonah hill in a supporting role really stall the show what do you think my absolutely stole the show is i'm filled with a lot of star power i have to say we've got rooney mara also in a supporting role a few other famous faces pop up but i know you just heard john king phoenix and joaquin phoenix was at the press conference he was in a ridiculously foul mood i have to say we were all there willing to to cheer him on because we thought he gave a great performance but he didn't want to answer questions he even turned away from the press at some point so i'm curi

it's called don't worry he won't get far on for it it's about a quadriplegic cartoonist he is john callahan who died in two thousand and ten and was originally from portland and this movie is a look at his life is basically a period of his life where he was struggling with alcoholism and was in a very bad car accident that eventually turned him into the cartoonist that he became now i have to say i found the storytelling a little bit disjointed but the performances were great joaquin phoenix very heartfelt some great also jonah hill playing his his alcoholics anonymous sponsor he really steals the show in a very subtle way now we were here just a little while ago when joaquin phoenix rolled out on the red carpet the crowds went wild he was out there taking selfies with fans in a much better mood well so much better mood i should say than we saw him earlier today he is new torricelli media shy actually at the press conference for the movie he turned his back on the journalists at one point towards the end of the conference and very much refused to answer any questions even one of our colleag