A mother tries to sway a mogul to help her free her kidnapped son in Director Ridley Scott’s new drama, All the Money in the World.
Scott’s film tells the true story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer) and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother Gail Harris (Michelle Williams) to convince his billionaire grandfather J. Paul Getty (Christopher Plummer) to pay the ransom. When Getty Sr. refuses and the captors become increasingly volatile and brutal, Gail and Getty’s adviser Fletcher Chase (Mark Wahlberg) become unlikely allies in a race against time with her son’s life hanging in the balance.
Following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles on December 30, Scott sat down with Director Michael Mann (Blackhat) for a conversation about the challenges of bringing to the screen the events depicted in All the Money in the World.
In addition to All the Money in the World, Scott’s filmography includes the feature films Alien: Covenant, Exodus: Gods and Kings, The Counselor, Prometheus, Robin Hood, Body of Lies, American Gangster, A Good Year, Kingdom of Heaven, Matchstick Men, Hannibal, G.I. Jane, White Squall, 1492: Conquest of Paradise, Black Rain, Someone to Watch Over Me, Legend, Blade Runner, Alien and The Duellists; the movie for television The Vatican; and episodes of the television series Mogul, The Informer, Half Hour Story, Adam Adamant Lives! and Thirty-Minute Theatre. He nominated the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for his 2015 feature The Martian and for DGA and Academy Awards for his features Black Hawk Down, Gladiator and Thelma & Louise. A member of the Guild since 1971, in 2017 Mr. Scott was honored with the DGA Lifetime Achievement Award in Motion Picture Direction.
You can listen to Scott's Q&A by clicking the podcast episode embedded below. You can find more DGA podcast episodes here.