Natalie
Portman has officially entered Camelot – and the Oscar race.
Fox
Searchlight released the first teaser trailer and poster art for the
anticipated biopic “Jackie” on Wednesday, in which Natalie stars as
former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
According to
a studio press release, “Jackie” chronicles the days following
President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination in a “searing and intimate
portrait of one of the most important and tragic moments in American
history.”
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Scenes
featured in the clip include chilling images of Jackie attending her husband’s
funeral alongside their young children, and wearing her iconic pink Chanel suit
the day he was fatally shot while riding in his motorcade in Dallas.
Natalie
adopted Jackie’s signature Mid-Atlantic accent for the role, as heard in
voiceovers throughout the trailer which narrate the former First Lady’s visible
shock and grief.
An
early awards season frontrunner, Oscar buzz for the movie and Natalie’s
performance kicked into high gear after its world premiere at the 2016 Venice
Film Festival in September, where Noah Oppenheim’s script also took home best
screenplay honors.
Directed by
Pablo Larrain and co-starring Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup and
John Hurt, “Jackie” is in select theaters starting December 2.
Watch the film’s full teaser trailer below:
— Erin Biglow
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