Norton stars as Lionel Essrog, a Brooklyn man who was plucked out of a Catholic orphanage by a small-time detective with a lot of swagger, Frank Minna (Bruce Willis). Yet it would take him two decades to get back to Motherless Brooklyn, which might explain why the film reeks of desperation in its indulgences. Norton would go onto make his directorial debut with the irreverent rom-com Keeping The Faith and would star in a slew of other movies. But the production fell apart over and over. Between Primal Fear and American History X, he was a star on the rise with two Oscar nominations to his credit. When Jonathan Lethem’s novel debuted in 1999, it was optioned with the aim of having Norton direct, produce, and star as its Tourette’s afflicted protagonist. Motherless Brooklyn has been a passion project for Edward Norton for 20 years.
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