Matt receives no answer at Ben's door and has hotel staff open it. The next morning, Zooey calls her night with Matt a mistake and returns to New York. They continue to drink, then spend the night together. Zooey joins Matt at a bar, where he receives several texts from his boss letting him know he has been fired. Zooey points out that Matt made a career-ending decision in defending his father, which leads to Ben firing her. Though it will probably cost him his job, Matt tells them he does not respect them and leaves the meeting to check on his father.Īt their hotel, Ben expresses disappointment to Zooey that Matt did not close the deal. Lead singer Jasper and the other band members admire Matt's nerve and begin to agree to the outlines of a deal, but start to mock Ben when he accidentally urinates on himself. In Chicago, Matt makes his pitch to the Spare Sevens, and follows his father's advice not to tell the band how great they are, but to point out what they're doing wrong and why they need Matt to fix it. Sarah explains that it was before she and Dean dated, which does little to assuage Dean's anger. Ben irritates Dean and Sarah at breakfast by mentioning that he and Sarah once had a sexual relationship.
The next morning, Zooey is awakened by Ben, who has fallen in the bathroom and needs help to stand. He sleeps on the floor, and they end up sharing stories of their failed marriages. Zooey and Matt bond over Matt's old music collection, and later a drunk Matt leans in to kiss her, but falls off the bed.
In Ohio, the group visits Ben's brother Dean and Dean's wife Sarah, who were Matt's surrogate parents following his mother's death. Matt, Ben and Zooey start the journey, and Ben insists on taking back roads so he can take photos and enjoy the scenery. Ben has several rolls he wants to have processed before he dies, and Dwayne's will stop in the near future because Kodak no longer makes the required dyes.īen's manager Larry persuades Matt to take the trip by arranging a meeting between Matt and the Spare Sevens, a band he has been trying to sign. Though they have not spoken in over ten years, Ben has requested that Matt drive him to Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kansas, the last shop that develops Kodachrome film. His father's assistant and nurse Zooey informs him that his father Ben, a famous photographer, is terminally ill. and pays proper tribute to the analog legend.In late 2010, Matt Ryder is a record company A&R representative who is in danger of losing his job after his company's biggest client signs with another label. Here's hoping it comes to a theatre near you. True to the film's theme, Kodachrome was shot on film, not digital, and features the acting talents of Jason Sudeikis, Ed Harris, and Elizabeth Olsen. The screenplay was inspired by a New York Times article about the last lab in the world that was processing the now-iconic film stock in the movie, the characters are racing against time to try and get four rolls developed before it's too late.
Kodachrome the movie revolves around a father and son on a road trip to get to one of Kodak's photo processing labs before it closes down forever. The news was first reported by Deadline, who is claiming that Netflix paid $4 million for the rights and plans a widespread theatrical release that could cover theaters in major regions around the world-including the US, UK, Canada, and Japan. Netflix has acquired the rights to Kodachrome, an upcoming Jason Sudeikis movie about the last days of the Kodachrome film era. Photo courtesy Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)