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SXSW live: The Duplass Bros. and ‘Cyrus’
Mark and Jay Duplass fulfill their dream: A premiere of their movie at their beloved Paramount Theatre.
Former Austinites Mark and Jay Duplass returned to town with their first Hollywood movie, the delightful, off-kilter comedy “Cyrus,” starring John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei and Catherine Keener. The movie, a huge hit Saturday night with a sold-out crowd at the Paramount, is fresh off a strong showing at Sundance.
Before they walked the red carpet, Mark and Jay (“The Puffy Chair,” “Baghead”) came up and said hi and explained that this was their wildest dream accomplished: Screening their movie at the classy Paramount on a Saturday night. This is where the brothers used to watch “Lawrence of Arabia,” “Jaws” and “The Godfather” during the theater’s Summer Classic Movie series when the boys were UT students, they said almost giddily.
After SXSW Film producer Janet Pierson reminded the audience to change their clocks to spring forward (the crowd booed lustily), she introduced the Duplass brothers.
They hit the stage, arms raised. Jay exclaimed, “YES!” The dream, done. “We’ve been waiting 20 years” for this, he said.
They rattled off all the great movies they’ve watched at the Paramount, and Mark dead-panned, “But our movie is better than all of those.”
“Cyrus” is pretty terrific — super sweet, funny, uncomfortable, touchingly human. It doesn’t show again during SXSW, but goes theatrical this summer. More about it HERE.
Jonah Hill and John C. Reilly hit the red carpet at the “Cyrus” premiere.
(Photos: Chris Garcia)
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