'The Wife' Film Screening: Photos Of Glenn Close And Cast

Yesterday evening Sony Pictures Classics presented a screening of the new movie 'The Wife' at the Paley Center For Media followed by an after party at the Monkey Bar. 'The Wife,' which opens in New York and LA on August 17th, stars six-time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close, Cannes Best Actor Winner Jonathan Pryce and Golden Globe Award winner Christian Slater.

From your favorite A-list celebs on the red carpet to the exclusive after-party, join Patch as Daniela's Lens takes us through the memorable night. Check it out below!

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6:30 p.m.
It's a big red carpet today! I'm so excited to see Glenn Close and Christian Slater! All the big photo agencies sent photographers. I'm squeezed in between Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Shutterstock. The AFP photographer is German like me. We take a selfie where we look like sisters. The Shutterstock photographer plays three games on his phone simultaneously. We are waiting.
"Hey guys, did you all receive an invite to the Spike Lee movie premiere on Monday?" one of the PR ladies asks us. I make a mental note.

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6:42 p.m.
TV host Dick Cavett is first on the carpet.

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6:54 p.m.
And there she is! The queen of movies. Glenn Close so deserves to win the Oscar this time!

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6:56 p.m.
I take my second camera and snap this photo with available light, no flash. Such a lady!

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6:58 p.m.
Glenn brought her daughter Annie Stark. She plays the younger version of her mother's character in 'The Wife.'

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6:59 p.m.
They start joking around and I snap this fun shot.

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7:13 p.m.
Christian Slater arrives. Hi, everyone! Looking good!

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7:15 p.m.
I've been a fan of him since I saw him in "The Name of the Rose" in the Eighties. I used to cut out his photo from magazines and create collages when I was a teenager living in Germany. Unfortunately, they only had the same ten pictures over and over again rotating for months in the papers back then.
Now I get to take his photo, isn't that hilarious?

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7:21 p.m.
"One of them will get an Oscar for this movie." says one of the photographer. "They say it's that good!"
The story fits right into our time where the metoo movement is empowering women to stand up for themselves. The film is based on the book "The Wife" by Alafair Burke, a gripping thriller about a woman who discovers dark secrets about her husband that ultimately affect her and she needs to decide how much she can take for love.

"The Wife" is a well-made Hollywood movie with an important question, dramatized in the story but relevant in its core. Many women have to answer at one point in a relationship: How far do I want to bend and compromise?

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7:23 p.m.
Diane Sawyer rushes over the red carpet and doesn't stop for us.
"She looks scared." says one of the photographers surprised.

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7:25 p.m.
"Can I get your name?" jokes one of the photographers.
"I've known you for ages!" says Christian and plays along and says his name into the recording device of the camera.

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7:26 p.m.
That's a wrap!

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7:28 p.m.
I step outside and go to the plaza between 52nd and 53rd street. The homeless have already set up for the night here; I set up to edit my photos. It's hot and humid. My laptop fan is full on and fighting not to overheat. I need to get the first batch of photos up fast.
A few feet away a man talks to two police officers. He holds up a plastic bag with weed in it. "This one is homegrown, " he says. "And this one I bought from a guy in the Bronx." The cops laugh.
I'm waiting for the upload to finish.
A guy walks up to me. "You look beautiful!" he says to me and starts singing. Then he begs me for money. I can't give him anything. You wouldn't believe how broke I am, I think to myself. Then I pack up and make my way back to the rich and famous.

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8:48 p.m.
It's cold and beautiful in the Monkey Bar. I ask the bartender for a glass of water and gulp it down in one sip. Ahhhh.
"Why is it called the monkey bar?" I ask.
"There was a woman that stayed at the hotel nearby, and she came every night to the bar with her monkey. This was before the bar was named. Everyone just started referring to it as the Monkey Bar. That was in the 1920 or so before New York had any health codes for restaurants." the bartender says.
"You could register the monkey as a service animal!" I say. "I bet a monkey would make a terrific service animal. And you would not be allowed to kick him out, that would be discrimination, right? I hear they have all kinds of problems with that at airlines. People bring snakes and whatever."
Then we fantasize for a while about what animals would make the scariest service animals.

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9:21 p.m.
Actor Nat Wolff and girlfriend Grace Van Patten.

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9:35 p.m.
Christian Slater comes down the stairs.
"Are these all for me?!!!"

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9:39 p.m.
Let's take some photos before dinner starts!

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9:40 p.m.
Director Björn Runge, Glenn Close, and Jonathan Pryce.

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9:41p.m.

Regis Philbin and wife Joy Philbin.

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9:41 p.m.
Legendary editors Nan A. Talese and Gay Talese.

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Editor's Note:
Daniela Kirsch is a renowned entertainment photographer and founder of NameFace — an event photo agency based in New York City. Through her creative expertise and unique visual style, Kirsch not only just knows more than just a thing or two about photographing A-list events, but is forever changing the way we interact with the entertainment industry. In June 2018, Kirsch teamed up with Patch to launch the exclusive photo series 'Daniela's Lens' offering weekly features from local events to red carpet magic.

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