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Supporting Actors: The Overlooked and Underrated (part 2 of 5)
24 May 2012 12:12 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Oliver Reed as Athos in The Three Musketeers & The Four Musketeers (Richard Lester, 1973/1974, UK):
These films were actually shot all at once but ultimately released as two separate films telling one long story. As the musketeer with a dark past, Oliver Reed provides a lot of the heart and soul in these very entertaining and well-made films. Technically, since we have to isolate one film for our fantasy nomination, it would be The Four Musketeers as his role is more prominent in that film. Reed’s reunion scene with Faye Dunaway’s Milady is superb as is Reed’s intense swordplay with an array of opponents including Christopher Lee. An underrated actor whose career was damaged by well-documented alcohol problems and notorious off-screen behavior, Reed still logged in some truly incredible acting performances over the course of his career. His portrayal of Athos is definitely one of them.
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- Terek Puckett
Cinema Retro's Jonathan Melville Reports On The Turner Classic Movies Film Festival In Hollywood
18 May 2012 8:50 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
By Jonathan Melville
Is there something about classic movie fans that makes us more obsessive than your average cinemagoer? Does the fact that we often have to search for years for that obscure Western or noir on DVD mean we're more appreciative when we finally see it? Would most of us rather watch a 1960s Bond movie at the multiplex than a modern CGI-fest?
Those are some of the questions I asked myself as I left my home (and DVD collection) in the UK to fly 5,000 miles to the third annual TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood over the weekend of 12-15 April 2012. A gathering of thousands of movie aficionados from around the globe, this spin-off from the Us cable TV channel promises attendees that they'll see some of the best films ever made, often in the company of the people who made them, in the way they were meant to be seen. »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
Henry Mancini Heirs Seek to Terminate Emi's Rights to 'Pink Panther' Music (Exclusive)
7 May 2012 2:56 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Emi Music Publishing could lose its grip on one of the most famous pieces of film music ever created -- "The Pink Panther Theme," written by the late Henry Mancini for the 1963 film. Photos: Blake Edwards: A Look Back Late last month, Mancini's publishing company, Northridge Music Inc., controlled by the composer's heirs, filed a claim at the American Arbitration Association that seeks more than $1.35 million in unpaid "net profits" on music for the original Pink Panther film. The heirs also are seeking punitive damages and want Emi's administration rights terminated due to alleged malfeasance and breach
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- Eriq Gardner
Best Movie Ever? "Victor/Victoria"
2 May 2012 10:08 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
Like Nine to Five, this week's candidate for Best Movie Ever is righteously ridiculous. It's sophisticated and bawdy as hell. In fact, it's a whole bunch of awesome dichotomies: wacky but meaningful, musical but conversational, broad but subversive, hilarious but concerned with very real taboos. And more than anything, it's fun, which is more than enough to qualify it for the finest film ever. It is the saucy superiority of Victor/Victoria, a movie that's so shockingly whimsical and warm, I'm willing to bet -- if you've seen it before -- you're lighting up just remembering your favorite moment or character. I know I am. And I'll save her for last.
Let's jump back to Paris in the '30s, contemplate the ferocious morality of Julie Andrews and her character's commitment to drag, and relive the gayest and feyest and flyest of '80s comedies. C'est magnifique!
1. Julie Andrews. Full stop. »
- virtel
Penelope Andrew: TCM Fest 2012:Liza Minnelli, Kim Novak, Robert Wagner, Debbie Reynolds Walk Red Carpet
12 April 2012 1:15 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
The Fountainhead with Patricia Neal and Gary Cooper Photo: Courtesy of TCM
Liza Minnelli, Kim Novak, Robert Wagner, Tippi Hedren and Debbie Reynolds in person. Black Narcissus, Vertigo, Cabaret, and The Fountainhead projected on gigantic screens at Grauman's Chinese and Egyptian Theatres. Could any classic film fan wish for more? You could. And, at this year's annual TCM Classic Film Festival, which takes place from April 12th through the 15th, you'd get more: Kirk Douglas, Stanley Donen, Angie Dickenson, Norman Lloyd, Rhonda Fleming, and Norman Jewison appearing at special events and screenings of Two for the Road, Chinatown, Casablanca, The Longest Day, and The Thomas Crown Affair. But before going on about this year's festival, a look back is essential.
Chinatown's Faye Dunaway and Jack NicholsonPhoto: Courtesy of TCM
TCM 2010 & 2011
TCM's 2010 festival featured an opening night restoration of George Cukor's A Star Is Born (1954) starring Judy Garland and »
- Penelope Andrew
Paré Puckers Up For "Zou Bisou Bisou"
27 March 2012 1:35 PM, PDT | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »
Everybody's talking about Montreal-born film actress Jessica Paré and her recent turn as 'Megan', the new wife of advertising executive 'Don Draper', on the Season 5 premiere of AMC's "Mad Men", March 25, 2012.
The episode saw a record high of 3.5 million viewers, with Paré delivering the 1960's hit "Zou Bisou Bisou" at a square-looking birthday party for Don.
The blandness of the people attending Don's party, reminded some fans of Blake Edwards' 'swinging sixties' comedy "The Party", when Claudine Longet launched into the song "Nothing To Lose" for an equally bland audience.
Sneak Peek Paré in "Mad Men" and Longet in "The Party"...
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- Michael Stevens
TCM Classic Film Festival Adds Award-Winning Stars, Filmmakers And More
8 March 2012 7:40 PM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
The 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival has unveiled another spectacular lineup of special guests and events for this year’s four-day gathering in Hollywood. Among the newly announced participants for this year’s festival are five-time Emmy® winner Dick Van Dyke, Oscar® winner Shirley Jones, two-time Golden Globe® winner Angie Dickinson, six-time Golden Globe nominee Robert Wagner, seven-time Oscar nominee Norman Jewison, longtime producer A.C. Lyles and three-time Oscar-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker. In addition, the festival will feature a special three-film tribute to director/choreographer Stanley Donen, who will be on-hand for the celebration.
As part of its overall Style and the Movies theme, the festival has added several films featuring the work of pioneering costume designer Travis Banton. Oscar-nominated costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis will introduce the six-movie slate, with actress and former Essentials co-host Rose McGowan joining her for one of the screenings.
Other festival additions include a screening »
- Michelle McCue
Greer Garson, Joan Crawford: Deceased Honorary Oscar-less
17 February 2012 4:01 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Walter Pidgeon, Greer Garson in William Wyler's Mrs. Miniver Honorary Oscars and Women Pt.2: Doris Day, Danielle Darrieux, Joan Fontaine, Maureen O'Hara On the list of film industry women who have yet to receive an Honorary Award, I did not include Olivia de Havilland, Elizabeth Taylor, Maggie Smith, Glenda Jackson, Luise Rainer, Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep, Sally Field, Jodie Foster, and Jessica Lange because each of them has already won two acting awards. Barbara Kopple, Thelma Schoonmaker, and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, for their part, have each already won two Oscars for, respectively, documentary feature, film editing, and screenwriting. Barbra Streisand, I should note, has also won two Oscars; the second one, however, was as co-composer (with Paul Williams) of the song "Evergreen" from A Star Is Born. Only someone like Elia Kazan — i.e., with friends in high Academy places — can have two Academy Award wins in a »
- Andre Soares
Interviews: Classic TV Stars Hugh O’Brian, Sherry Jackson
5 February 2012 12:53 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – In the days when there were only three networks and less remote controls, TV stars were fewer and fame was rarer. Both Hugh O’Brian on “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp” (1955) and Sherry Jackson on “Make Room for Daddy“ (1953) achieved some notoriety in those early days of television.
O’Brian and Jackson appeared at the Hollywood Celebrities & Memorabilia Show (now called “The Hollywood Show”) in 2011, and HollywoodChicago.com was there to interview them, along with photographer Joe Arce, who captured both stars in Exclusive Portraits.
Hugh O’Brian, “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp”
Hugh O’Brian, next to James Arness of “Gunsmoke,” was one of the biggest western TV stars in an era when the networks were flooded with horse operas. “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp” debuted in 1955 on ABC-tv, and ran for seven seasons as a top rated show. O’Brian also made movies, »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
A Few Best Men opens strong with almost $1.9 million
29 January 2012 7:27 PM, PST | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »
Australian comedy A Few Best Men raked in almost $1.9 million at the local box office in its opening weekend.
Directed by Stephan Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert), the film . about a wedding that goes wrong . grossed an impressive $1,834,283 across 235 screens. Opening on Australia Day, the comedy . in third position . posted a screen average of $7805.
Its weekend figures were bigger than last year's two biggest films Red Dog ($1.78 million, 245 screens) and Sanctum ($1.59 million, 252 screens).
Written by Death At A Funeral screenwriter Dean Craig, the Icon-distributed film excited exhibitors last year when it screened at the Australian International Movie Convention. It marked Icon's first local film since Oranges and Sunshine (102 screens) in June, last year. In 2010, Icon distributed South Solitary (36 screens) and Triangle (4 screens), while in 2009 it released Mary And Max (49 screens), Disgrace (24 screens) and Blessed (15 screens).
"Stephan set out to make a film to entertain an audience »
- Sam Dallas
Monty Python Stars Reuniting For Sci-Fi Comedy “Absolutely Anything”
27 January 2012 6:50 AM, PST | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Monty Python fans rejoice! Troupe members John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and Terry Jones are reuniting for the sci-fi farce “Absolutely Anthing,” which will be directed by Jones and produced by Mike Medavoy, and which may also feature the other surviving Python Eric Idle, who is yet to commit.
The movie, which Jones told The Wrap “is not a Python film” despite the reunion of the stars, will focus on a group of aliens played by Cleese, Palin and Gilliam who give a human character unlimited powers, leading to chaos when he is unable to handle them, despite the advice of his talking dog, played by Robin Williams if his talks are successful.
According to one of the film’s producers Chris Chesser, the film “looks at the whole notion how funny unintended consequences can be. It’s the whole thing about the genie granting three wishes.”
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- Simon Gallagher
Monty Python Reuniting for Sci-Fi Film Absolutely Anything
27 January 2012 6:30 AM, PST | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Monty Python members are reuniting for a new movie that will combine CGI and live-action. Variety reports that they are reteaming for the sci-fi film Absolutely Anything, which will be directed by Terry Jones and produced by Mike Medavoy. Jones co-directed my favorite Python movie, 1974's Monty Python and the Holy Grail with Terry Gilliam and was the sole director on Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life. He said Gilliam and Python members John Cleese and Michael Palin have joined the project and that they hope to sign Eric Idle.
Jones and Gavin Scott developed the concept for the film over the past two decades. Medavoy produced such Python classics as Life of Brian and will produce along with David Thwaites and Chris Chesser, in conjunction with U.K. partners Bill and Ben Prods.
Production is planned to start this Spring in the U.K., with the Pythons »
- Tiberius
Monty Python Members Set To Reunite For Sci-Fi Comedy Absolutely Anything
26 January 2012 4:07 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
The beloved British comedy troupe Monty Python, well-known for their films and sketch shows from the late ’60s through to the early ’80s, are set to return once more to the big screen together for a new sci-fi farce, Absolutely Anything.
The film will be a mixture of CGI and live-action, Variety report, with Terry Jones directing and Mike Medavoy (Black Swan, Life of Brian) producing. The Pythons will be lending their voices to,
“a group of aliens who endow an earthling with the power to do “absolutely anything” to see what a mess he’ll make of things — which is precisely what happens. There’s also a talking dog named Dennis who seems to understand more about the mayhem that ensues than anyone else does.”
And to add even more excellence to this story, guess who’s going to be voicing the dog, Dennis.
In his description of the film, »
- Kenji Lloyd
2012 Oscar Predictions Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Vanessa Redgrave
23 January 2012 1:45 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Jessica Chastain, The Help 2012 Oscar Predictions – Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Albert Brooks, Kenneth Branagh, Nick Nolte, Viggo Mortensen The list of potential Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nominees is nearly as long as the list of female cast members in Tate Taylor's socially conscious comedy-drama The Help. In fact, several The Help actresses are either likely or possible Oscar contenders. Much like in the Best Supporting Actor category, in which only Christopher Plummer is a true shoo-in for his role in Mike Mills' Beginners, the only shoo-in in the Best Supporting Actress category is The Help's Octavia Spencer, winner of a Golden Globe, and a SAG Award and BAFTA nominee. Now, how could North American critics' fave Jessica Chastain not be a shoo-in? Well, Chastain is a near shoo-in. Though not a strong probability, it's certainly possible that she won't get enough first/second place votes »
- Steve Montgomery
Breakfast At Tiffany’S at PVR Rare Film Club on Jan 26
21 January 2012 1:43 AM, PST | DearCinema.com | See recent DearCinema.com news »
Breakfast at Tiffany’s is the romantic comedy that gave us one of the most iconic images of the American cinema of the 20th century: Audrey Hepburn as Holly carrying an oversized cigarette holder. Not only that, it also gave Audrey Hepburn the role that she will always be remembered for– Holly Golightly, the naïve and eccentric society girl who is both sexy and vulnerable.
Made in 1961, the film tells the story of a struggling writer Paul (George Peppard) who moves into a new apartment in New York and encounters his strange neighbor Holly Golightly. He is intrigued by her life and soon develops a romantic interest in her.
The film is loosely based on the novella by the same name penned by Truman Capote. But there are some interesting differences. Like in the novella there was no romance between Holly and Paul. There couldn’t have been one as »
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'Chuck' Guest Star Bo Derek on What Really Makes Josh Gomez Sexy: 'He's Funny' (Video)
13 January 2012 11:43 AM, PST | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Movie star and sex symbol Bo Derek is the latest in a line of iconic actresses who have signed on to the final season of Chuck. As The Hollywood Reporter first reported, she’ll reveal some startling romantic details on Friday’s episode airing at 8 p.m. on NBC. Photos: TCA's Notable Quotables -- The Best Spoken Gems of 2012 Winter TV Press Tour “I play myself with a twist,” Derek says in the THR Cover Lounge. “But I have to say, it reminded me of the old days with Blake Edwards and the parts he would write and direct for
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- Jethro Nededog
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