VENICE, Italy (AP) — 'Barney's Version,' which made its debut at the Venice Film Festival's last main day, spans four decades in the life of a flawed man and took 10 years to reach the screen.
Richard J. Lewis directs the film adaptation of Canadian author Mordecai Richler's comic novel, with Paul Giamatti playing Barney Panofsky and Dustin Hoffin as the character's father, Izzy.
Producer John Landis was friends with Richler, who died in 2001, and said a decade was needed for turning the 400-page book into the movie.
"He was the enfant terrible of the Jewish community in Canada because he made fun of them," Landis told reporters of Richler. "He perfected the art of …
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