Shirley
Shirley is a 2020 American biographical drama film directed by Josephine Decker and written by Sarah Gubbins, based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Susan Scarf Merrell, which formed a "largely fictional story" around novelist Shirley Jackson during the time period she was writing her 1951 novel Hangsaman. The film stars Elisabeth Moss as Jackson, with Michael Stuhlbarg, Odessa Young, and Logan Lerman in supporting roles. Martin Scorsese serves as an executive producer.
Plot
Fred and Rose Nemser are newlyweds relocating to Bennington College for Fred's job as a lecturer. Fred is about to work for Stanley Hyman while Rose, still a student, is already enthralled by the work of Stanley's wife, Shirley Jackson, writer of “The Lottery”, the dark short story which shocked readers of The New Yorker when it was published on June 26, 1948.
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author | Sarah Gubbins |
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contentLocation | Vermont |
director | Josephine Decker |
editor | David Barker |
genre | drama |
keywords | agoraphobia baby bennington college drink lottery love affair meet new yorker newlywed paula jean welden return home serve shirley jackson short story stanley hyman steal struggle suffer the new yorker up next write young woman younger woman |
musicBy | Tamar-kali |
producer | Christine Vachon David Hinojosa Elisabeth Moss Jeffrey Soros Sarah Gubbins Simon Horsman Sue Naegle |
productionCompany | Killer Films Los Angeles Media Fund |
publisher | Neon |
recordedAt | Jefferson Heights |
theme | biographical biographical drama dance independent |