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The film recalls a five-day interview between Foster Wallace
and Rolling Stone contributing editor David Lipsky in 1996 just
after the novelist published his best-known book "Infinite Jest"
in 1996.
"The Social Network" actor Jesse Eisenberg portrays Lipsky.
"What is really wonderful about an experience like this is
everyone is there because they love it," Segel said when asked
about taking on the role at the film's premiere on Monday night.
Directed by James Ponsoldt, the film is based on Lipsky's 2010
book "Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road
Trip with David Foster Wallace". Pulitzer Prize-winning
playwright Donald Margulies wrote the screenplay.
"I was so excited to read a script by a playwright," Eisenberg
said of Margulies.
"Chances are when you read a script by a playwright, the
characters will be better than scripts that are not because
playwrights are trained to emphasize characters, emotion and
dialogue."
"The End of the Tour" is set for a limited release on July 31
and across U.S. cinemas in August.
(Reporting by Reuters Television; Writing by Marie-Louise
Gumuchian; Editing by Tom Heneghan)
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