Adam Sandler in Supernatural Comedy “THE COBBLER”
Adam Sandler knows what it’s like to be in one’s shoes as he stars in
the heartwarming supernatural comedy drama “The Cobbler” starring a pedigree ensemble including Dustin Hoffman, Ellen Barkin, Cliff
Smith, Dan Stevens, Melonie Diaz and Steve Buschemi.
The movie sees
Max Simkin (Adam Sandler) repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been
in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max
stumbles upon an heirloom that allows
him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way.
Sometimes walking in another man's shoes is the only way to find out who you
really are.
“The story
started with me thinking about the phrase ‘to walk a mile in another man’s
shoes’ and what that meant. I didn’t know where it originated so I was
researching that and noodling around with it and then I reached out to Paul
Sado who co-wrote the movie with me. And it just spun out from that, there were
a lot of late night conversations until we hammered out the story,” shares
director Tom McCarthy.
“The Cobbler” is
about a fourth generation cobbler on the Lower East Side who now lives in
Brooklyn, but they still have the family shop on the lower east side. He is
sort of feeling a bit stuck in his life that he feels was predestined for him.
He feels he had no control over it. Eventually he discovers a family heirloom
-- an old stitcher -- that he has to use in a pinch. The stitcher is actually
the thing that sews the soles onto a pair of shoes. He uses it and finds out it
has a special power which enables him to be and do different things in life.
It’s really about self discovery as much
as anything else.
Being an actor
himself, director McCarthy is known for his notable roles across on film and
television such as “Flags of Our Fathers,” “Little Fockers,” “The Lovely
Bones,” “Duplicity,” “The Wire” tv series and “Law and Order” tv series. “I love working with actors, to me it’s one
of the best parts of the job. I love
casting a movie, putting the pieces together and watching different actors with
different acting backgrounds come together. In this case you have Adam Sandler
and Dustin Hoffman and Steve Buscemi and Cliff Smith –and I love making them
all work together and watching that happen.
When you’re working with real pros – and all these actors are really
wonderful people to work with – Ellen Barkin, Melonie Diaz, Dan Stevens, and so
many others --- its such a privilege,”
McCarthy shares on directing a stellar cast.
In casting the
movie, “Adam was the first piece. We
wrote it with him in mind. We reached
out to him – I didn’t know him at all and we just hit it off immediately and he
jumped on board. Everything else kind of
fell into place after that and we assembled this great cast. We’d been working on the script for a couple
of years but the movie itself came together pretty quickly. It’s nice when that happens,” say McCarthy.
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