{"id":42003,"date":"2026-05-08T20:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/?p=42003"},"modified":"2026-05-08T08:44:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T08:44:27","slug":"tony-trailer-matt-johnson-directs-bold-anthony-bourdain-origin-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/tony-trailer-matt-johnson-directs-bold-anthony-bourdain-origin-story\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTony\u201d Trailer: Matt Johnson Directs Bold Anthony Bourdain Origin Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The official trailer has debuted for <em><strong>TONY<\/strong><\/em>, director <strong>Matt Johnson\u2019s<\/strong> bold new portrait of a young <strong>Anthony Bourdain<\/strong>, capturing the chaotic, formative summer that set him on the path toward becoming one of the most influential culinary voices of his generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tony | Official Trailer HD | A24\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k1MVnzd2aVc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Set in the early years before fame, <em>TONY<\/em> follows a 19\u2011year\u2011old <strong>Anthony Bourdain<\/strong> as he travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the frenzied, combustible world of a restaurant kitchen. What begins as a summer job becomes a transformative plunge into creativity, excess, ego, and self\u2011discovery \u2014 a season that will shape the course of his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film blends raw humor, emotional honesty, and the anarchic energy of kitchen culture, offering an intimate look at the experiences that forged Bourdain\u2019s voice and worldview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Cast<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dominic Sessa<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Emilia Jones<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dagmara Dominczyk<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rich Sommers<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stavros Halkias<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Leo Woodall<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Antonio Banderas<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Filmmakers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Directed by:<\/strong> Matt Johnson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1220535a-089b-190a-e159-e7da25086579-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1220535a-089b-190a-e159-e7da25086579-691x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1220535a-089b-190a-e159-e7da25086579-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1220535a-089b-190a-e159-e7da25086579-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1220535a-089b-190a-e159-e7da25086579-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1220535a-089b-190a-e159-e7da25086579-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1220535a-089b-190a-e159-e7da25086579-1382x2048.jpg 1382w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1220535a-089b-190a-e159-e7da25086579-660x978.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1220535a-089b-190a-e159-e7da25086579-scaled.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The official trailer has debuted for TONY, director Matt Johnson\u2019s bold new portrait of a young Anthony Bourdain, capturing the chaotic, formative summer that set him on the path toward becoming one of the most influential culinary voices of his generation. Synopsis Set in the early years before fame, TONY follows a 19\u2011year\u2011old Anthony Bourdain\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/tony-trailer-matt-johnson-directs-bold-anthony-bourdain-origin-story\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,4,4396],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-trailers","category-movies","category-trailers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42005,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42003\/revisions\/42005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}