The Tender Bar is a movie directed by George Clooney in 2021 and based on the book The Tender Bar: A Memoir by J.R. Moehringer, first published in 2005. The movie features Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan, Lily Rabe, Max Martini, Max Casella, Rhenzy Feliz, and others.
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Storyline
J.R. is a fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender, his Uncle Charlie, is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of quirky and demonstrative father figures. As the boy’s determined mother struggles to provide her son with opportunities denied to her, J.R. begins to gamely pursue his romantic and professional dreams, with one foot persistently placed in Uncle Charlie’s bar.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
2021
Minutes
104
Movie Rate
6.80
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Tender Bar
Director: George Clooney
Country: USA
Year: 2021
Length: 1h44m
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Year
2005
Pages
416
Book Rate
7.76
S: Goodreads
Book
The Tender Bar: A Memoir
Author: J.R. Moehringer
Country: USA
First published in: 2005
Length: 416 pages
Genre: Biography
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“If I want to write a movie, I'll write a screenplay, but if I have an idea for a book, it's something that I think can only be done novelistically.”
BRET EASTON ELLIS (Writer)
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