{"id":238268,"date":"2025-10-24T19:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T19:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/238268\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T19:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T19:28:07","slug":"sony-pictures-classics-takes-kirk-jones-tourettes-film-i-swear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/238268\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Pictures Classics Takes Kirk Jones\u2019 Tourettes Film ‘I Swear’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSony Pictures Classics<\/a> has acquired Kirk Jones\u2019 crowd-pleasing real-life dramedy I Swear<\/a><\/a> after the film\u2019s successful debut in Toronto last month<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tSony picked up rights in the U.S. and multiple international<\/a> territories, including Latin America, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Southern Asia, South Korea, and Portugal, to the film from the Waking Ned Devine and Nanny McPhee director. Robert Aramayo<\/a> (Game of Thrones, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) stars as Tourette\u2019s Syndrome campaigner John Davidson. Maxine Peake (Funny Cow, The Theory of Everything), Shirley Henderson (Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Harry Potter franchise), and Peter Mullan (War Horse, The Magdalene Sisters) co-star. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe film follows Davidson through the 1980s and 90s in Scotland. Davidson\u2019s condition, which leads him to make foul-mouthed outbursts,\u00a0was barely understood at the time and was the source of misunderstandings, bullying, and harassment. But he became a passionate advocate for his community, educating Britain about the condition, which can affect up to 1 in 100 people. The film opens with Davidson receiving an honor from Queen Elizabeth. Though he can\u2019t stop himself from shouting: \u201cFuck the Queen!\u201d just before the ceremony. The production collaborated with members of the Tourette\u2019s community, casting performers who live with the disorder and partnering with a Tourette\u2019s charity. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI Swear is one of those extraordinary, true-to-life movies, emotionally engaging, funny, and compelling,\u201d SPC said in a statement. \u201cDirected to perfection by Kirk Jones with outstanding performances by Robert Aramayo, Maxine Peake, Shirley Henderson, and Peter Mullan, I Swear will be adored by audiences everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tI Swear had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, and opened in the U.K. on Oct. 10, debuting at number three at the box office with a solid $3.8 million for local distributor Studiocanal<\/a>. It was produced by Jones, Georgia Bayliff, and Piers Tempest for One Story High and Tempo Productions, with Cindy Jones and John Davidson as executive producers.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe deal was negotiated between Sony Pictures Classics and Bankside Films on behalf of the filmmakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sony Pictures Classics has acquired Kirk Jones\u2019 crowd-pleasing real-life dramedy I Swear after the film\u2019s successful debut in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134,142553,3389,142554,28937],"class_list":{"0":"post-238268","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-i-swear","13":"tag-international","14":"tag-robert-aramayo","15":"tag-sony-pictures-classics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}