Kate Plays Christine

Kate Plays Christine is a 2016 American documentary film written and directed by Robert Greene. It follows actress Kate Lyn Sheil's preparation for the role of Christine Chubbuck, a newscaster who committed suicide on live television in 1974, for a fictitious film. It is one of the two films about Chubbuck that premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, the other being Christine.[3]

Kate Plays Christine
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRobert Greene
Written byRobert Greene
Produced bySusan Bedusa
StarringKate Lyn Sheil
CinematographySean Price Williams
Edited byRobert Greene
Music byKeegan DeWitt
Production
companies
  • Faliro House
  • 4th Row Films
  • Prewar Cinema
Distributed byGrasshopper Film
Release dates
  • January 24, 2016 (2016-01-24) (SFF)
  • August 24, 2016 (2016-08-24)
Running time
112 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$25,564[2]

Release

The film premiered on January 24, 2016, at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Documentary Competition section,[4] where it won the Special Jury Award for Writing.[5] It was also selected to screen at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2016.[6] Grasshopper Film acquired the US distribution rights to the film in April 2016.[7] The film was released in one theater on August 26, 2016.[2]

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 82% based on 55 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Kate Plays Christine blurs genres—and the line between fact and reality—with a cleverly provocative docudrama look at newscaster Christine Chubbuck's life and death."[8] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 75 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[9]

References
  1. "Kate Plays Christine". British Board of Film Classification. August 12, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  2. "Kate Plays Christine". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  3. Halperin, Moze (October 25, 2016). "The Writers of 'Christine' and 'Kate Plays Christine' on One of the Strangest Cinematic Coincidences in Recent Memory". Flavorwire. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  4. Erbland, Kate (December 2, 2015). "Sundance Announces Competition and NEXT Lineups, Featuring Returning Favorites and a Secret Director". Indiewire. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  5. Chang, Justin (January 30, 2016). "Sundance: 'The Birth of a Nation' Sweeps Top Prizes". Variety. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  6. Rosser, Michael (January 19, 2016). "Berlin 2016: Forum line-up unveiled; focus on Arab region". Screen International. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  7. Erbland, Kate (April 26, 2016). "Exclusive: Grasshopper Film Picks Up Robert Greene's Sundance Winner 'Kate Plays Christine'". Indiewire. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  8. "Kate Plays Christine (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  9. "Kate Plays Christine". Metacritic. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
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