Dustin Hoffman's 'Quartet': Maggie Smith Shows Her Diva Side in New One Sheet (Exclusive)

Dustin Hoffman makes his directorial debut with Quartet, a music-themed dramedy about rebuilding burned bridges in the wake of one superstar diva and her super-sized ego.

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Here, The Hollywood Reporter exclusively debuts the film’s one sheet, featuring Maggie Smith as famed opera singer Jean Horton, whose welcome into the Beecham House home for retired musicians is less-than-friendly. There, she reconnects with her former singing partners, a quartet comprised of Reginald Paget (Tom Courtenay), Wilfred Bond (Billy Connolly) and Cecily Robson (Pauline Collins). Since they parted ways, Horton enjoyed a successful career as a solo artist and developed an attitude to accompany it.

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As THR first reported, Hoffman was honored earlier this year for Quartet with the Hollywood Breakthrough Director Achievement Award at the 16^th annual Hollywood Film Awards. The two-time best actor Oscar winner is now vying for a best director nom with Quartet, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September to a standing ovation.

In THR’s review of the film, critic Deborah Young wrote that “Dustin Hoffman’s directing debut about retired musicians in the third act of their lives has a winning, classy charm for older audiences.”

See the brand new theatrical trailer below. Quartet opens Jan. 11 via The Weinstein Company.