A Late Quartet

A Late Quartet
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Yaron Zilberman
Produced by	Yaron Zilberman Mandy Tagger Vanessa Coifman David Faigenblum Emanuel Michael Tamar Sela
Written by	Yaron Zilberman Seth Grossman
Starring	Philip Seymour Hoffman Catherine Keener Christopher Walken
Music by	Angelo Badalamenti
Cinematography	Frederick Elmes
Edited by	Yuval Shar
Production company	Opening Night Productions RKO Pictures
Distributed by	Entertainment One
Release date	September 10, 2012 (2012-09-10) (TIFF) November 2, 2012 (2012-11-02)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,562,546

A Late Quartet is a critically acclaimed 2012 American film co-written, with Seth Grossman, and directed by Yaron Zilberman starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, Mark Ivanir and Imogen Poots. The film premiered in the Special Presentation program at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was theatrically released in over 30 countries. It was a New York Times Critics' Pick which Stephen Holden called a magnificently acted, "deeply felt, musically savvy film".Rolling Stone's Peter Travers called it "a shining gem of a movie" and Roger Ebert said "it does one of the most interesting things any film can do. It shows how skilled professionals work." On Walken's performance, Lou Lumenick of the New York Post said "you won't see a better piece of acting this year than his final speech."

Inspired by and structured around Beethoven's Op. 131, the film follows the world-renowned Fugue String Quartet after its cellist Peter Mitchell (Christopher Walken) is diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. Cinematographer Frederick Elmes lensed the film and composer Angelo Badalamenti composed the score for the film. The Brentano String Quartet played the quartet music for the soundtrack and Anne Sofie von Otter appears as the cellist's late wife, singing Korngold's "Marietta's Song" from Die tote Stadt.

The film was released in Australia as Performance.