Ink Debuts at Telluride, Tracing Murdoch's Sun Birth
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Danny Boyle's Ink, a Netflix-bound drama about Rupert Murdoch's launch of The Sun in 1969, premiered at Telluride with Boyle introducing the film and noting misconceptions about the title. Guy Pearce stars as Murdoch and Jack O’Connell as editor Larry Lamb in a brisk, era-appropriate portrait adapted by James Graham from his 2018 play. The North American premiere highlighted a pre‑internet, fast-paced tabloid era, and Netflix is set to stream Ink in January; Deadline’s Pete Hammond praised its energy and vivid storytelling of the Sun’s origins.
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