Film shot in Rockville Centre in theaters this weekend
'Win Win,' starring Paul Giamatti is rated R
Actor Paul Giamatti, an Academy Award nominee for his role in “Sideways” and an Emmy winner for his portrayal of President John Adams in the TV miniseries, “John Adams,” spent two days in Rockville Centre last March filming “Win Win.” The R-rated film, directed by Tom McCarthy, opens in theaters this weekend.
Giamatti plays Mike Flaherty, a struggling attorney who also works as a high- school wrestling coach. Flaherty attempts to take guardianship of an elderly client, but when the client’s teenage grandson runs away from home, his whole world is turned upside down as a win-win proposition he makes becomes more than he ever imagined.
Labeled a comedy and selected for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, the film explores allegiances and bonds among unlikely characters.
The filming of exterior shots took place at several locations in the village last year, including St. Mark’s United Methodist Church on Hempstead Avenue and a home on Walnut Avenue. The cast and crew returned to film interior shots in the same home last April.
