The Tender Bar Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

The Tender Bar tells the story of J.R. (Sheridan), a fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender, his Uncle Charlie (Affleck), is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of quirky and demonstrative father figures. As the boy’s determined mother (Rabe) struggles to provide her son with opportunities denied to her — and leave the dilapidated home of her outrageous if begrudgingly supportive father (Christopher Lloyd) — J.R. begins to gamely, if not always gracefully, pursue his romantic and professional dreams — with one foot persistently placed in Uncle Charlie’s bar.

Biography Drama True Story Coming-of-Age

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  Ben Affleck

  ... Uncle Charlie

  The RIP, The Account 2

• L
  Lily Rabe

  A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, This Ordinary Thing

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  Christopher Lloyd

  Nobody 2, Nobody

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  Max Casella

  Nobody Wants to Shoot a Woman, Jimmy

• S
  Sondra James

  Dating & New York

• M
  Max Martini

  Osiris, Fifty Shades of Grey

• M
  Michael Braun

• M
  Matthew Delamater

• R
  Rhenzy Feliz

  Encanto, How To Rob A Bank

• I
  Ivan Leung

  Extremely Unique Dynamic

• B
  Briana Middleton

  Sharper, The Inheritance

• D
  Daniel Ranieri

Who is making The Tender Bar – Crew List

A look at The Tender Bar behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director George Clooney last helmed The Boys in the Boat and The Midnight Sky. The film's writer William Monahan last penned Marlowe and Mojave.

Director

George Clooney

Screenwriter

William Monahan

Producers

Peter Chernin
George Clooney
Grant Heslov

Production – What we know about the The Tender Bar

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Key Facts

• Based on the 2006 book/memoir by J.R. Moehringer which was published by Hyperion. True story.

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Nov 2021

Completed

Changed The Tender Bar movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Sep 2021

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Dec 2020

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Preparations are underway to start production.

Aug 2013

Announced

Changed the movie production status to Announced. Sony Pictures and Chernin Entertainment are nearing a rights deal for the J.R. Moehringer memoir.

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