Jay Kelly

Jay Kelly (2025)

Timing: 2:12 (132 min)

6.137/10
398

6.608/10
4071

6.5/10
38000

All about film

Video 26

Photo 96

Actors and characters

Release date

2025-11-14

Country

United States, United Kingdom

Production

Heyday Films, Pascal Pictures, NB/GG Pictures

Genre

Drama, Comedy

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Website

https://www.netflix.com/title/81551446

Director

Noah Baumbach

Actors

George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough, Grace Edwards, Stacy Keach, Jim Broadbent, Patrick Wilson, Eve Hewson
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Emily Mortimer, Noah Baumbach

Producer

Amy Pascal, David Heyman, Noah Baumbach, Donald Sabourin, Emily Mortimer

Operator

Linus Sandgren

Composer

Nicholas Britell

Artist

Michael Pybus, Jordan Muir

Audition

Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold

Editing

Valerio Bonelli, Rachel Durance
All team (113)

• Filming took place in the USA, England, and Italy from March to May 2024.
• George Clooney, who played the lead role, signed a contract to participate in the project within 24 hours of receiving the script. He was embarrassed that Noah Baumbach (director, screenwriter, and producer) usually shot many takes of each scene. Clooney believed that this was unnecessary given his age and experience. He told Baumbach as much, stating that "he was already 63 years old and couldn't play each scene 50 times."
• In the final scene of the film, excerpts from movies starring George Clooney are projected onto the screen. These include Mimi Leder's action film "The Peacemaker" (1997), Steven Gaghan's thriller "Syriana" (2005), Tony Gilroy's crime drama "Michael Clayton" (2007), George Clooney's own sports melodrama "The Ides of March" (2008), the Coen brothers' crime thriller "Burn After Reading" (2008), Wes Levellin's short film "Up In the Air" (2009), Anton Corbijn's thriller "The American" (2010), and others.
• The character played by Jim Broadbent in the film (named Peter Schneider) is based on director Peter Bogdanovich (1939-2022). Baumbach, the director, screenwriter, and producer, considered Bogdanovich to be his teacher. At the funeral, George Clooney's character is given one of Broadbent's scarves – this item of clothing was typical of Bogdanovich.