Barney’s Version is a comedy/drama film slated for theatrical release on January 14, 2011. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September of 2010, and was subsequently screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Vancouver International Film Festival within the same month.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1423894/releaseinfo The film is directed by Richard J. Lewis, who previously directed more than forty episodes of the television show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003557/ The screenplay was adapted by Michael Konyves from the novel of the same name, penned by Mordecai Richler.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1423894/fullcredits#cast

Barney’s Version was filmed within Québec, Canada; New York City, New York; and Rome, Italy.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1423894/locations The film stars Paul Giamatti (Sideways, Fred Claus) and Rosamund Pike (Made in Dagenham, Surrogates).http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0683253/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316079/ The tagline of Barney’s Version is, “First he got married. Then he got married again. Then he met the love of his life."http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1423894/

The nominations for the 68th annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony were announced on Tuesday, December 14, 2010.http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20449442,00.html Barney's Version was nominated for one Golden Globe award, in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (Paul Giamatti).http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/ On January 16, 2011, Giamatti clinched the nomination, and won a Golden Globe award for his performance.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316079/awards

An eccentric group of characters congregate to celebrate the nuptials of Barney Panofsky and his second wife-to-be. At the wedding, Barney is smitten by a stranger, and pursues her relentlessly. Barney is granted a divorce from his new bride, and subsequently marries the love of his life. The film chronicles their marriage over the course of their lives, as Barney reflects on his life choices, and his successes and failures.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsfjXNMQt8I

• Paul Giamatti: Barney Panofsky
• Rosamund Pike: Miriam
• Jake Hoffman: Michael
• Minnie Driver: Mrs. P
• Scott Speedman: Boogie
• Mark Addy: Detective O'Hearne
• Dustin Hoffman: Izzy
• Saul Rubinek: Charnofsky
• Rachelle Lefevre: Clarahttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1423894/fullcredits#cast

• “For the first time in my life, I am truly, seriously, irretrievably in love.”—Barney Panofskyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsfjXNMQt8I

• “After all you’ve done to pursue me, how can I trust you?”—Miriamhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsfjXNMQt8I

• “Life’s real, it’s made up of little things - minutes, hours, naps, errands, routine. It has to be enough.”—Miriamhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsfjXNMQt8I

• “Don’t be ridiculous. We just met. At your wedding.”—Miriam
• “I don’t care if it happened on my wedding night, at a funeral, or on my deathbed.”—Barney Panofskyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsfjXNMQt8I

• "After seeing director Richard J. Lewis' sparkling film adaptation, which moves effortlessly between churlish hilarity and aching melancholy, it's hard to imagine anyone but Giamatti as lovably self-destructive curmudgeon Barney."—David Germain, AP movie writerhttp://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=12280449

• "...it was TV writer Michael Konyves who knew how to whittle away at the dense, 417-page satire and come out with a crisp tale that loses some of the bitter edge, replaces it with humanity, and gives a talented stable of actors the chance to offer up some of their best work...It's the rare feature that can offend and charm at the same time, that can take a man who always plays the acerbic loser and make the same theme seem fresh."—Monika Bartyzel of Moviefonehttp://blog.moviefone.com/2010/09/11/barneys-version-review/

• "Acclaimed Canadian author Mordecai Richler's last and arguably greatest novel, "Barney's Version," has been transformed into a highly entertaining and arguably the most satisfying Richler screen adaptation to date."—Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporterhttp://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/barneys-version-film-review-29976