First-look images show Pitt clad in Cliff’s signature sun-faded denim, golden locks, and vintage swagger, standing outside the Beverly Cinema under a 1977 Richard Pryor movie poster — signaling the film’s gritty retro setting, nearly a decade after the events of Tarantino’s 2019 film.

In a fierce showdown between indie auteurs, “Anora’s” Sean Baker emerged victorious over The “Brutalist’s” Brady Corbet to claim the Academy Award for Best Director.