«CODA» is a 2021 coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Sian Heder.
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- CODA is a 2021 coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Sian Heder.
- The film stars Emilia Jones as the eponymous CODA (child of deaf adults), the only hearing member of a deaf family.
- Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant, and Marlee Matlin feature in supporting roles.
- An international co-production between the United States, France and Canada.
- The film was filmed on location in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in the United States.
- The film was shot on location in the middle of 2019
- It is an English-language remake of the 2014 French film La Famille Bélier.
- CODA had its world premiere on January 28, 2021 at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
- Apple acquired distribution rights to CODA for a festival-record $25 million.
- The film was released in theaters and through the Apple TV+ streaming service on August 13, 2021.
- It garnered positive reviews and was named one of the top 10 films of 2021 by the American Film Institute.
- It received three nominations at the 94th Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
- It became the first film from Apple and starring predominantly deaf/non-hearing cast members (Kotsur, Matlin and Durant) in leading roles to be nominated in the category, and was nominated for Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Supporting Actor (for Kotsur) at the 79th Golden Globe Awards.
- Kotsur also became the first male deaf actor to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
- At the 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards, the film made history with Kotsur, Matlin and Durant becoming the first disabled performers to receive a nomination, along with Jones, Derbez and Walsh-Peelo, for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Pictur.
- In the film, the family lives in what WBUR’s The ARTery described as a “creaky clapboard cottage with a yard jammed with boats, traps and nets”.
- During location scouting, Heder came across what she found to be the ideal house for the family home and received permission from its residents to use it as a filming location.
- The choirmaster’s home was a Victorian-style house on the sea, where Heder had visited family friends multiple times in her childhood, and they allowed her to film there
- A fisherman who educated Heder in local fishing practices allowed his fishing trawler to be used as a film set.
- Scenes set in a flooded quarry were filmed at the Steel Derrick quarry in Rockport, Massachusetts.
- Emilia Jones spent nine months learning American Sign Language, having singing lessons, and learning how to operate a fishing trawler.
- In addition to standing for Child Of Deaf Adults, “coda” can also mean a concluding passage of music in a composition. The coda symbol is clearly visible on the page of musical symbols Professor Villalobos is teaching Ruby during a montage scene.
- Because the fishing scenes involved real fishing, the cast and crew had to abide by local fishing rules.
- One day they actually had to bring an observer with them (life imitating art from the movie) and they had to move one of the crew members from the boat set since they could only have a maximum of 10 people on the boat
- The on-set interpreters were all CODAs.
- Eugenio Derbez dubbed his own voice for the the Latin American Spanish version of the film.
- Marlee Matlin and Daniel Durant both had recurring roles on Switched at Birth (2011), which also featured many deaf characters
- The fishing trawler ANGELA ROSE is 56 ft (17 m) in length with a beam of 20 ft (6 m). Its Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) is 368007530.
- When Ruby signs “I love you,” she crosses her index fingers, which means “I really love you.”
- During the movie, Ruby’s father and brother are fined and have their fishing license revoked for operating a fishing boat without a hearing person on board ship. The Coast Guard has had a history of imposing serious restraints on deaf boaters, ultimately losing cases in court when challenged. With the passage of the ADA, any restrictions imposed on deaf fishing boaters must be reasonable and take account of current technology to assist the deaf and hard of hearing.
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