Sedgwick

American

[sej-wik] / ˈsɛdʒ wɪk /

noun

Ellery, 1872–1960, U.S. journalist and editor.

Sedgwick British

/ ˈsɛdʒwɪk /

noun

Adam. 1785–1873, English geologist; played a major role in establishing parts of the geological time scale, esp the Cambrian and Devonian periods

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Starring husband and wife Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, “Family Movie” also features their two adult children, Sosie Bacon and Travis Bacon.

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On a video call from a Santa Monica post-production facility where they were finishing their movie shortly before the festival, both Bacon and Sedgwick acknowledge that they co-directed “Family Movie” together but because of DGA rules, only one of them could be credited.

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After they brought on screenwriter Dan Beers, he separately interviewed Sedgwick, Bacon and their children while developing the script into more of a comedy.

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“So there’s some meta stuff going on in the movie,” says Sedgwick.

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“We were so excited about the idea and we were like: Hope the kids want to do this,” continues Sedgwick.

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