The Egot is one of the most prestigious titles in all of Hollywood.
If you aren’t familiar with the acronym, it stands for “Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony” and references a person who has won all four of the major awards across all the mediums in the entertainment industry.
We’ve compiled the list of all of the stars who are close to Egot status, meaning, they’re missing just one of the four!
Keep reading to find out more…
Every Star Who Needs the “Emmy”
Joel Grey
Justin Paul
Benj Pasek
Bruce Springsteen
Every Star Who Needs the “Grammy”
Ellen Burstyn
Jeremy Irons
Jessica Lange
Frances McDormand
Helen Mirren
Al Pacino
Vanessa Redgrave
Geoffrey Rush
Maggie Smith
Every Star Who Needs the “Oscar”
Dick Van Dyke
Cynthia Erivo
Anne Garefino
Hugh Jackman
John Kander
Alex Lacamoire
Cyndi Lauper
Katrina Lenk
Audra McDonald
Bette Midler
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Cynthia Nixon
Trey Parker...
If you aren’t familiar with the acronym, it stands for “Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony” and references a person who has won all four of the major awards across all the mediums in the entertainment industry.
We’ve compiled the list of all of the stars who are close to Egot status, meaning, they’re missing just one of the four!
Keep reading to find out more…
Every Star Who Needs the “Emmy”
Joel Grey
Justin Paul
Benj Pasek
Bruce Springsteen
Every Star Who Needs the “Grammy”
Ellen Burstyn
Jeremy Irons
Jessica Lange
Frances McDormand
Helen Mirren
Al Pacino
Vanessa Redgrave
Geoffrey Rush
Maggie Smith
Every Star Who Needs the “Oscar”
Dick Van Dyke
Cynthia Erivo
Anne Garefino
Hugh Jackman
John Kander
Alex Lacamoire
Cyndi Lauper
Katrina Lenk
Audra McDonald
Bette Midler
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Cynthia Nixon
Trey Parker...
- 2/29/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Just weeks ago, Sir Elton John became the 19th entertainer to win the highly desirable Egot by claiming his first ever Emmy Award. And now, which person is the most likely to be the 20th Egot later this year, in 2025 or beyond? Here is a summary of the 80 people who have the best chance right now.
The most likely duo could be composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (actually meaning a 20th and 21st Egot if they win). They are producers and songwriters for the third season of “Only Murders in the Building,” so they will have a couple of opportunities in September at the Emmys. They first won an Oscar, Tony, and Grammy.
For the 2024 Grammys, nobody is nominated who could become an Egot, so the next possible chance would be 2025. There are a total of 25 people who have won everything needed except a Grammy. They are actress Ellen Burstyn,...
The most likely duo could be composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (actually meaning a 20th and 21st Egot if they win). They are producers and songwriters for the third season of “Only Murders in the Building,” so they will have a couple of opportunities in September at the Emmys. They first won an Oscar, Tony, and Grammy.
For the 2024 Grammys, nobody is nominated who could become an Egot, so the next possible chance would be 2025. There are a total of 25 people who have won everything needed except a Grammy. They are actress Ellen Burstyn,...
- 1/29/2024
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Dick Wolf and his Wolf Entertainment are planning a feature documentary about Emmett Till.
Wolf and his longtime collaborator Tom Thayer are exec producing Murder In America: The Lynching of Emmett Till, a two-hour feature documentary, alongside James Moll, the Oscar winner behind Holocaust doc The Last Days.
It will be directed by Sam Pollard, who has directed documentaries including MLK/FBI, and Llewellyn Smith, who directed South to Black Power and produced American Experience.
Based on A Few Days Full of Trouble by Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr. and Christopher Benson, the feature doc will explore two parallel tracks of the Till story. One was set in motion by the last four years of an FBI investigation with details never revealed before, including significant new revelations of the case and its findings. The traumatic memory of Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr., the last surviving witness to the crime and Emmett Till’s cousin,...
Wolf and his longtime collaborator Tom Thayer are exec producing Murder In America: The Lynching of Emmett Till, a two-hour feature documentary, alongside James Moll, the Oscar winner behind Holocaust doc The Last Days.
It will be directed by Sam Pollard, who has directed documentaries including MLK/FBI, and Llewellyn Smith, who directed South to Black Power and produced American Experience.
Based on A Few Days Full of Trouble by Reverend Wheeler Parker, Jr. and Christopher Benson, the feature doc will explore two parallel tracks of the Till story. One was set in motion by the last four years of an FBI investigation with details never revealed before, including significant new revelations of the case and its findings. The traumatic memory of Reverend Wheeler Parker Jr., the last surviving witness to the crime and Emmett Till’s cousin,...
- 12/13/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
When the documentary film The Last Days screened at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival in 1999, Steven Spielberg, its executive producer, kept a relatively low profile. Although he attended the fest in support of the project, his hope was that the film would speak for itself.
The Last Days, directed by James Moll, was produced by the Shoah Foundation, which Spielberg founded in 1994 to collect and preserve the testimony of survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides. (In 2006, the foundation partnered with the University of Southern California and is now known as the USC Shoah Foundation.)
The film recounts the experiences of five Hungarian Jews who lived through Germany’s occupation of Hungary and the concentration camps, before then following them as they revisit their hometowns and the sites of the camps. It won an Academy Award for best feature documentary and, in 2021, was remastered and rereleased on Netflix.
The Last Days, directed by James Moll, was produced by the Shoah Foundation, which Spielberg founded in 1994 to collect and preserve the testimony of survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides. (In 2006, the foundation partnered with the University of Southern California and is now known as the USC Shoah Foundation.)
The film recounts the experiences of five Hungarian Jews who lived through Germany’s occupation of Hungary and the concentration camps, before then following them as they revisit their hometowns and the sites of the camps. It won an Academy Award for best feature documentary and, in 2021, was remastered and rereleased on Netflix.
- 2/16/2023
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Only an elite group of 19 artists so far have achieved Egot status, winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
The rare and coveted Egot is not easy to come by, so it’s not surprising that fewer than two dozen have achieved this status. And while the artists don’t get a final Egot trophy when it happens, its nonetheless one of show business’ greatest honors.
So, who does have the Egot?
Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Legend, Tim Rice, Rita Moreno, Audrey Hepburn, Mel Brooks, Mike Nichols, Whoopi Goldberg, Helen Hayes, Marvin Hamlisch, Robert Lopez, Richard Rodgers, John Gielgud, Jonathan Tunick, Alan Menken, Jennifer Hudson, Viola Davis and Scott Rudin are those who have won all four awards competitively.
While Barbra Streisand, James Earl Jones, Harry Belafonte, Quincy Jones and Liza Minnelli have all received honorary non-competitive awards, not everyone considers them to be Egot achievements.
Elton John became the...
The rare and coveted Egot is not easy to come by, so it’s not surprising that fewer than two dozen have achieved this status. And while the artists don’t get a final Egot trophy when it happens, its nonetheless one of show business’ greatest honors.
So, who does have the Egot?
Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Legend, Tim Rice, Rita Moreno, Audrey Hepburn, Mel Brooks, Mike Nichols, Whoopi Goldberg, Helen Hayes, Marvin Hamlisch, Robert Lopez, Richard Rodgers, John Gielgud, Jonathan Tunick, Alan Menken, Jennifer Hudson, Viola Davis and Scott Rudin are those who have won all four awards competitively.
While Barbra Streisand, James Earl Jones, Harry Belafonte, Quincy Jones and Liza Minnelli have all received honorary non-competitive awards, not everyone considers them to be Egot achievements.
Elton John became the...
- 1/24/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Music superstars Adele, Eminem, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are nearing Egot, now just a notch away. All four of them won Emmy Awards on Saturday at the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony in downtown Los Angeles.
Adele won for producing the Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) category for “Adele: One Night Only.” Eminem was one of the stars of the Super Bowl halftime show, which prevailed for Best Variety Special (Live). McCartney and Starr were producers on the documentary/nonfiction winner “The Beatles: Get Back.” Each of them has triumphed previously at the Oscars and Grammys, so they only need a Tony Award to reach Egot.
SEECan you name all 17 Egot champions? Who needs just one more award to join them?
Only 17 people have won the awards grand slam known as the Egot. They are (in chronological order of achievement) composer Richard Rodgers, actress Helen Hayes, actress Rita Moreno, actor John Gielgud,...
Adele won for producing the Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) category for “Adele: One Night Only.” Eminem was one of the stars of the Super Bowl halftime show, which prevailed for Best Variety Special (Live). McCartney and Starr were producers on the documentary/nonfiction winner “The Beatles: Get Back.” Each of them has triumphed previously at the Oscars and Grammys, so they only need a Tony Award to reach Egot.
SEECan you name all 17 Egot champions? Who needs just one more award to join them?
Only 17 people have won the awards grand slam known as the Egot. They are (in chronological order of achievement) composer Richard Rodgers, actress Helen Hayes, actress Rita Moreno, actor John Gielgud,...
- 9/4/2022
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
“Clemency” director Chinonye Chukwu writes and directs “Till,” an upcoming biopic about Mamie Till Mobley (Danielle Deadwyler), an American educator and activist who pursues justice after the 1955 lynching of her 14-year-old son Emmett Till (Jalyn Hall) when he was visiting his cousins in Mississippi.
Per the official logline, “In Mamie’s poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother’s ability to change the world.”
The film utilizes decades worth of research by filmmaker Keith Beauchamp, whose documentary “The Untold story of Emmett Till” in part led to the U.S. Department of Justice reopening the case in 2004. Beauchamp co-wrote the screenplay for “Till” with Michael Reilly and Chukwu, whose 2019 film “Clemency” landed lead star Alfre Woodard a BAFTA nomination and the film the U.S. Grand Jury Dramatic Prize at Sundance.
Whoopi Goldberg, Frankie Faison, and Haley Bennett also star in the historical drama,...
Per the official logline, “In Mamie’s poignant journey of grief turned to action, we see the universal power of a mother’s ability to change the world.”
The film utilizes decades worth of research by filmmaker Keith Beauchamp, whose documentary “The Untold story of Emmett Till” in part led to the U.S. Department of Justice reopening the case in 2004. Beauchamp co-wrote the screenplay for “Till” with Michael Reilly and Chukwu, whose 2019 film “Clemency” landed lead star Alfre Woodard a BAFTA nomination and the film the U.S. Grand Jury Dramatic Prize at Sundance.
Whoopi Goldberg, Frankie Faison, and Haley Bennett also star in the historical drama,...
- 7/25/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Only 16 people have won the awards grand slam known as the Egot. They are (in chronological order of achievement) composer Richard Rodgers, actress Helen Hayes, actress Rita Moreno, actor John Gielgud, actress Audrey Hepburn, composer Marvin Hamlisch, orchestrator Jonathan Tunick, writer/director/composer Mel Brooks, director Mike Nichols, actress Whoopi Goldberg, producer Scott Rudin, composer Robert Lopez, singer and actor John Legend, composer Tim Rice, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and composer Alan Menken.
SEEWhich 16 people have the Egot?
There are a total of 29 people who have won a combination of the Emmy, Oscar and Grammy without a Tony Award. The 23 living people are featured in this photo gallery because they could still achieve the Egot. They are composer Kristen Anderson-Lopez, actress Julie Andrews, composer Burt Bacharach, composer Alan Bergman, actress Cher, composer and producer Common, composer Michael Giacchino, director and producer Alex Gibney, sound editor Alex Gibson, composer Ludwig Goransson,...
SEEWhich 16 people have the Egot?
There are a total of 29 people who have won a combination of the Emmy, Oscar and Grammy without a Tony Award. The 23 living people are featured in this photo gallery because they could still achieve the Egot. They are composer Kristen Anderson-Lopez, actress Julie Andrews, composer Burt Bacharach, composer Alan Bergman, actress Cher, composer and producer Common, composer Michael Giacchino, director and producer Alex Gibney, sound editor Alex Gibson, composer Ludwig Goransson,...
- 1/30/2022
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Army of the Dead (Zack Snyder)
For the first time since his Dawn of the Dead retread, Snyder livens up the frame with a more expansive color palette and localizes his stakes to a group of diverse mercenaries lacking any superhuman skills. He even follows the early blueprint of his 2004 adaptation, which opens with a frantic zombie attack and quickly pivots into a montage explaining the origins and scope of the epidemic. After all those years building out worlds of comic-book proportion, Snyder’s latest tribute to the undead feels like an emergence from hibernation. – Jake K. (full review)
Where to Stream: Netflix
Drunk Bus (Brandon Laganke and John Carlucci)
Watch an exclusive clip above.
Set in a time before Uber, smartphones,...
Army of the Dead (Zack Snyder)
For the first time since his Dawn of the Dead retread, Snyder livens up the frame with a more expansive color palette and localizes his stakes to a group of diverse mercenaries lacking any superhuman skills. He even follows the early blueprint of his 2004 adaptation, which opens with a frantic zombie attack and quickly pivots into a montage explaining the origins and scope of the epidemic. After all those years building out worlds of comic-book proportion, Snyder’s latest tribute to the undead feels like an emergence from hibernation. – Jake K. (full review)
Where to Stream: Netflix
Drunk Bus (Brandon Laganke and John Carlucci)
Watch an exclusive clip above.
Set in a time before Uber, smartphones,...
- 5/21/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Emmett Till was just 14 years old when he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of flirting with a white woman. The brutality of his murder and the fact that his killers were acquitted, drew attention to the long history of violent persecution of African Americans in the United States. Till posthumously became an icon of the civil rights movement, due in part to the unrelenting efforts of his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, a major face of racial justice, following her son’s death, devoting her life to the issue until her own passing in 2003.
In recent years, there have been several seemingly failed attempts to bring Till’s story to the screen by a handful of Hollywood players, each based on different source material. It makes sense; a screen adaptation of the tragic and brutal story of Till’s murder at the hands of a white mob, and the aftermath,...
In recent years, there have been several seemingly failed attempts to bring Till’s story to the screen by a handful of Hollywood players, each based on different source material. It makes sense; a screen adaptation of the tragic and brutal story of Till’s murder at the hands of a white mob, and the aftermath,...
- 8/27/2020
- by Tambay Obenson
- Indiewire
Back Lot Music has digitally released the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to Universal Pictures’ The Invisible Man, a Blumhouse/Goalpost production directed by Leigh Whannell from his screenplay and screen story. The film’s original score is by Grammy® and Golden Globe-nominated composer Benjamin Wallfisch. A vinyl release will be available March 4 through Mondo featuring two 180g discs housed inside a gatefold sleeve and an etching on side 4. The Invisible Man will be theatrically released in the U.S. on February 28th.
Starring Emmy Award winner Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale), The Invisible Man is a terrifying modern tale of obsession inspired by Universal’s classic Monster character.
Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding. But when Cecilia’s abusive ex, Adrian Griffin, commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune,...
Starring Emmy Award winner Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale), The Invisible Man is a terrifying modern tale of obsession inspired by Universal’s classic Monster character.
Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding. But when Cecilia’s abusive ex, Adrian Griffin, commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune,...
- 2/21/2020
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Only 15 people have won the awards grand slam known as the Egot. They are (in chronological order of achievement) composer Richard Rodgers, actress Helen Hayes, actress Rita Moreno, actor John Gielgud, actress Audrey Hepburn, composer Marvin Hamlisch, orchestrator Jonathan Tunick, writer/director/composer Mel Brooks, director Mike Nichols, actress Whoopi Goldberg, producer Scott Rudin, composer Robert Lopez, singer and actor John Legend, composer Tim Rice and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.
There are a total of 20 people who have won a combination of the Emmy, Oscar, and Grammy without a Tony Award. The 15 living people are featured in this photo gallery because they could still achieve the Egot. They are actress Julie Andrews, composer Burt Bacharach, composer Alan Bergman, composer Marilyn Bergman, actress Cher, composer Michael Giacchino, producer Brian Grazer, composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, producer/director Ron Howard, director James Moll, composer Randy Newman, director/producer Martin Scorsese, actress Barbra Streisand, composer John Williams,...
There are a total of 20 people who have won a combination of the Emmy, Oscar, and Grammy without a Tony Award. The 15 living people are featured in this photo gallery because they could still achieve the Egot. They are actress Julie Andrews, composer Burt Bacharach, composer Alan Bergman, composer Marilyn Bergman, actress Cher, composer Michael Giacchino, producer Brian Grazer, composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, producer/director Ron Howard, director James Moll, composer Randy Newman, director/producer Martin Scorsese, actress Barbra Streisand, composer John Williams,...
- 2/12/2020
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Sylvia Desrochers is shuttering her Big Time PR agency and joining the executive team at Hollywood agency Mprm Communications as Svp. Her colleagues Tiffany Wagner and Karen Tran Wood will also be joining the Mprm team.
Desrochers will join an exec team that includes Caitlin McGee and Natalie Yallouz and will report to company principals Rachel McCallister and Mark Pogachefsky. She will be charged with overseeing the company’s film team in addition to working across the agency with corporate and TV clients.
Wagner will join Mprm as a senior consultant, focused on corporate clients. Tran Wood will step into the role of account executive to work on film and awards campaigns.
Big Time clients migrating to Mprm include John Ridley and his No Studios arts space, the USC Libraries Scripter Awards, Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television, and the...
Desrochers will join an exec team that includes Caitlin McGee and Natalie Yallouz and will report to company principals Rachel McCallister and Mark Pogachefsky. She will be charged with overseeing the company’s film team in addition to working across the agency with corporate and TV clients.
Wagner will join Mprm as a senior consultant, focused on corporate clients. Tran Wood will step into the role of account executive to work on film and awards campaigns.
Big Time clients migrating to Mprm include John Ridley and his No Studios arts space, the USC Libraries Scripter Awards, Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television, and the...
- 7/1/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix’s original docuseries “Medal of Honor,” which debuts globally Nov. 9, focuses on the lives of eight recipients of the nation’s highest military honor for valor. The honor has been presented to fewer than 3,600 Americans since Abraham Lincoln signed it into law in 1861.
Produced by Allentown Productions and Compari Entertainment, the series is executive produced by Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke, Jacqueline Levine and Brandon Birtell, with Oscar-, Grammy- and Emmy-winning filmmaker James Moll (“The Last Days”) directing the project.
“James Moll is a talented storyteller, and we were looking for the right project to work with him on,” says Zemeckis. “ ‘Medal of Honor’ is the ideal collaboration for us, and James’ documentary skills combined with our live-action techniques bring to a compelling light the important recognition of these brave individuals. We cannot think of a better way to give back to the military community than by telling these incredibly heroic true stories.
Produced by Allentown Productions and Compari Entertainment, the series is executive produced by Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke, Jacqueline Levine and Brandon Birtell, with Oscar-, Grammy- and Emmy-winning filmmaker James Moll (“The Last Days”) directing the project.
“James Moll is a talented storyteller, and we were looking for the right project to work with him on,” says Zemeckis. “ ‘Medal of Honor’ is the ideal collaboration for us, and James’ documentary skills combined with our live-action techniques bring to a compelling light the important recognition of these brave individuals. We cannot think of a better way to give back to the military community than by telling these incredibly heroic true stories.
- 11/12/2018
- by Nick Clement
- Variety Film + TV
From producer Robert Zemeckis of "Back To The Future" fame and Oscar winning director James Moll, comes the "Medal of Honor" anthology series, starring Joe Martorano, Tyler Williams and Oliver Hudson, streaming November 9, 2018 on Netflix:
"...honoring service members whose courage merited the awarding of a 'Medal of Honor', this docudrama series re-enacts their inspiring true stories..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Medal Of Honor"....
"...honoring service members whose courage merited the awarding of a 'Medal of Honor', this docudrama series re-enacts their inspiring true stories..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Medal Of Honor"....
- 11/8/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Exclusive: Derek Mio has been cast as the lead in Season 2 of AMC’s anthology series The Terror.
Season 2 is co-created by Alexander Woo (True Blood) and Max Borenstein (Kong: Skull Island) with Woo, who is currently under an overall deal at AMC Studios, set as showrunner. Josef Kubota Wladyka (Narcos) will direct the first episode. The next iteration will be set during World War II and center on an uncanny specter that menaces a Japanese-American community from its home in Southern California to the internment camps to the war in the Pacific. The 10-episode Season 2 is expected to air on AMC in 2019.
Mio will play Chester Nakayama, the son of Japanese born immigrants who has dreams of leaving his insular Japanese-American community and joining the army. Throughout the season, Nakayama transforms from a naïve kid to a war hero.
Mio, a fourth generation Japanese American, has a personal connection to this story.
Season 2 is co-created by Alexander Woo (True Blood) and Max Borenstein (Kong: Skull Island) with Woo, who is currently under an overall deal at AMC Studios, set as showrunner. Josef Kubota Wladyka (Narcos) will direct the first episode. The next iteration will be set during World War II and center on an uncanny specter that menaces a Japanese-American community from its home in Southern California to the internment camps to the war in the Pacific. The 10-episode Season 2 is expected to air on AMC in 2019.
Mio will play Chester Nakayama, the son of Japanese born immigrants who has dreams of leaving his insular Japanese-American community and joining the army. Throughout the season, Nakayama transforms from a naïve kid to a war hero.
Mio, a fourth generation Japanese American, has a personal connection to this story.
- 10/18/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has set Medal of Honor, an eight-episode original docuseries honoring eight recipients of the military’s highest award for valor, from James Moll (The Last Days) and his Allentown Productions and Robert Zemeckis’ Compari Entertainment, a division of Zemeckis’ ImageMovers. The series launches globally November 9 on Netflix; watch the trailer above.
The Medal of Honor has been bestowed upon fewer than 3,600 Americans since Abraham Lincoln signed it into law in 1861. In each episode of the docuseries, family members and brothers-in-arms recall the extraordinary odds faced by the servicemen, and through intense recreations and archival footage, viewers get inside their minds to uncover how they handled what many have described as “the worst day of their lives.”
Medal of Honor is produced by Allentown Productions and Compari Entertainment. Moll executive produces with Compari Entertainment’s Zemeckis, Jack Rapke and Jacqueline Levine, and Brandon Birtell.
Moll’s documentary work has earned...
The Medal of Honor has been bestowed upon fewer than 3,600 Americans since Abraham Lincoln signed it into law in 1861. In each episode of the docuseries, family members and brothers-in-arms recall the extraordinary odds faced by the servicemen, and through intense recreations and archival footage, viewers get inside their minds to uncover how they handled what many have described as “the worst day of their lives.”
Medal of Honor is produced by Allentown Productions and Compari Entertainment. Moll executive produces with Compari Entertainment’s Zemeckis, Jack Rapke and Jacqueline Levine, and Brandon Birtell.
Moll’s documentary work has earned...
- 10/4/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
When Shepard Fairey was a young man he gave his parents an ultimatum: let me go to art school or watch me flame out in college. Art school won.
“When we were arguing about it, I sort of bluffed and said, ‘Well, if you force me to go to liberal arts college, I’ll fail out and that’ll be more embarrassing than telling your friends that I get A’s finger painting,’” Fairey recalls.
That anecdote hints at the hard-nosed rebelliousness that has characterized Fairey throughout his career as street artist, creator of Andre the Giant “Obey” iconography and designer of the Obama “Hope” poster that defined a candidate and a presidency. The full range of his exploits—the political highs and the legal lows—are on display in the Hulu documentary Obey Giant, directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker James Moll, that is now in contention for Emmy consideration.
The...
“When we were arguing about it, I sort of bluffed and said, ‘Well, if you force me to go to liberal arts college, I’ll fail out and that’ll be more embarrassing than telling your friends that I get A’s finger painting,’” Fairey recalls.
That anecdote hints at the hard-nosed rebelliousness that has characterized Fairey throughout his career as street artist, creator of Andre the Giant “Obey” iconography and designer of the Obama “Hope” poster that defined a candidate and a presidency. The full range of his exploits—the political highs and the legal lows—are on display in the Hulu documentary Obey Giant, directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker James Moll, that is now in contention for Emmy consideration.
The...
- 5/18/2018
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Artist, entrepreneur and activist Shepard Fairey is the subject of filmmaker James Moll's latest documentary Obey Giant. Chronicling Fairey's life from his beginning doodles to his iconic "Hope" poster for the Obama campaign and Obey campaigns, Obey Giant covers all the ups and downs of the artist's life, something that Fairey welcomed.
Stopping by The Hollywood Reporter offices for a candid conversation about the documentary, Fairey mentioned that it was crucial to showcase "the triumphs and failures in someone's life story."
"I think it's important for people to understand my philosophies and the breadth of my practice. I was excited to...
Stopping by The Hollywood Reporter offices for a candid conversation about the documentary, Fairey mentioned that it was crucial to showcase "the triumphs and failures in someone's life story."
"I think it's important for people to understand my philosophies and the breadth of my practice. I was excited to...
- 11/9/2017
- by April Salud
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"The idea that someone didn't like it, didn't really phase me." Hulu has premiered the trailer for the new feature-length documentary titled Obey Giant: The Art & Dissent of Shepard Fairey, which will be available on Hulu starting this weekend. Made by Oscar-winning documentarian James Moll, the film profiles the life and work of artist Shepard Fairey, following his roots in punk rock and skateboarding to his creation of the iconic Obama Hope poster and the controversy that surrounds it. We're big fans of street art and the artists behind controversial street art, including Banksy (including his two docs Exit Through the Gift Shop and Banksy Does New York) and many others. Fairey is also a prominent, well-respected artist and this seems like a fascinating, exciting look at his life and all of his work. I really want to watch this doc. Official trailer for James Moll's doc Obey Giant...
- 11/8/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Ferne Pearlstein: "Renee [Firestone] and Steven Spielberg became very close." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
A highlight of the Tribeca Film Festival, Ferne Pearlstein's stunning The Last Laugh has Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Sarah Silverman, Robert Clary, Rob Reiner, Harry Shearer, Jeffrey Ross, Alan Zweibel, Gilbert Gottfried, Judy Gold, Larry Charles, David Steinberg, Susie Essman, Lisa Lampanelli and Hanala Sagal reflect on questions of free speech, taboos and time limits. Holocaust survivor Renee Firestone is the film's responsive centre.
Jerry Lewis's The Day The Clown Cried, James Moll's The Last Days and Paul Provenza's The Aristocrats open up the discussion and Brooks's comment on Roberto Benigni's Life Is Beautiful leads me to Son Of Saul star Géza Röhrig's response to Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds in my conversation with Ferne and her co-writer/co-producer Robert Edwards.
Mel Brooks who never included a swastika in his material until The Producers, makes an important distinction between jokes about Nazis and jokes about the Holocaust....
A highlight of the Tribeca Film Festival, Ferne Pearlstein's stunning The Last Laugh has Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Sarah Silverman, Robert Clary, Rob Reiner, Harry Shearer, Jeffrey Ross, Alan Zweibel, Gilbert Gottfried, Judy Gold, Larry Charles, David Steinberg, Susie Essman, Lisa Lampanelli and Hanala Sagal reflect on questions of free speech, taboos and time limits. Holocaust survivor Renee Firestone is the film's responsive centre.
Jerry Lewis's The Day The Clown Cried, James Moll's The Last Days and Paul Provenza's The Aristocrats open up the discussion and Brooks's comment on Roberto Benigni's Life Is Beautiful leads me to Son Of Saul star Géza Röhrig's response to Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds in my conversation with Ferne and her co-writer/co-producer Robert Edwards.
Mel Brooks who never included a swastika in his material until The Producers, makes an important distinction between jokes about Nazis and jokes about the Holocaust....
- 6/14/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Skyland Pictures and FireRock Bay Pictures are set to produce a film based on the play "The Face of Emmett Till". Filming begins in Chicago and Mississippi in early 2016.
The story deals with the 1955 lynching murder of Till, a 14-year-old who was visiting relatives in Missouri when he was tortured and murdered after reportedly whistling at a white woman. Till’s murder ignited the Civil Rights Movement.
James Moll is attached to direct from a script by David Barr III and David Scott Hay, based on the play that Barr III and Mamie Till-Mobley penned. Anthony Miller, Brynn Lucas and Michael Popek will produce.
This is the second recent announcement of a film based on Emmett Till's life, the other being "Death of Innocence" which Shatterglass Films and Chaz Ebert announced last week.
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The story deals with the 1955 lynching murder of Till, a 14-year-old who was visiting relatives in Missouri when he was tortured and murdered after reportedly whistling at a white woman. Till’s murder ignited the Civil Rights Movement.
James Moll is attached to direct from a script by David Barr III and David Scott Hay, based on the play that Barr III and Mamie Till-Mobley penned. Anthony Miller, Brynn Lucas and Michael Popek will produce.
This is the second recent announcement of a film based on Emmett Till's life, the other being "Death of Innocence" which Shatterglass Films and Chaz Ebert announced last week.
Source: Variety...
- 5/22/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Evan Saxon has relaunched his distribution and marketing company, kicking off with the limited release of Manchester United doc Class Of ’92.
Saxon co-founded with Doug Kluthe D&E Entertainment, which is winding down, and just released Class for one night only in 33 Us theatres through Evan Saxon Productions.
Universal plans to release the film on Blu-ray and digital platforms.
The Class Of ’92 profiles the rise of David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Phil and Gary Neville – six extraordinary British footballers who went on to form the backbone of Alex Ferguson’s all-conquering team.
Saxon is also orchestrating the theatrical campaign for the documentary Farmland by James Moll and has secured retainer contracts with a number of clients to manage social media campaigns and digital releases.
Saxon co-founded with Doug Kluthe D&E Entertainment, which is winding down, and just released Class for one night only in 33 Us theatres through Evan Saxon Productions.
Universal plans to release the film on Blu-ray and digital platforms.
The Class Of ’92 profiles the rise of David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Phil and Gary Neville – six extraordinary British footballers who went on to form the backbone of Alex Ferguson’s all-conquering team.
Saxon is also orchestrating the theatrical campaign for the documentary Farmland by James Moll and has secured retainer contracts with a number of clients to manage social media campaigns and digital releases.
- 7/9/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Jim Sturgess and Koji Yakusho are set to star in "Defending The Enemy," James Moll's adaptation of the book "A Trial of Generals."
The story follows a young lawyer assigned to defend the Japanese General Matsaharu Homma after the end of WWII. The General was accused of war crimes for allegedly orchestrating the Bataan Death March.
Filming is set to begin in August.
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The story follows a young lawyer assigned to defend the Japanese General Matsaharu Homma after the end of WWII. The General was accused of war crimes for allegedly orchestrating the Bataan Death March.
Filming is set to begin in August.
Source: Screen...
- 5/16/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
James Moll is attached to direct the adaptation of book A Trial of Generals.
Jim Sturgess [pictured] and Koji Yakusho will star in Defending The Enemy, which FilmBridge International is shopping worldwide in Cannes.
James Moll is attached to direct from the book A Trial of Generals about a young lawyer assigned to defend the Japanese General Matsaharu Homma after the end of WWII.
The General was accused of war crimes for allegedly orchestrating the Bataan Death March.
FilmBridge is arranging financing and principal photography is set to begin in August.
Jonathan Sanger, whose credits include The Elephant Man and The Producers, will produce Defending The Enemy.
Jim Sturgess [pictured] and Koji Yakusho will star in Defending The Enemy, which FilmBridge International is shopping worldwide in Cannes.
James Moll is attached to direct from the book A Trial of Generals about a young lawyer assigned to defend the Japanese General Matsaharu Homma after the end of WWII.
The General was accused of war crimes for allegedly orchestrating the Bataan Death March.
FilmBridge is arranging financing and principal photography is set to begin in August.
Jonathan Sanger, whose credits include The Elephant Man and The Producers, will produce Defending The Enemy.
- 5/16/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Jim Sturgess will star opposite Koji Yakusho in Defending the Enemy as a neophyte attorney assigned to defend General Matsaharu Homma, charged with organizing the Bataan Death March, in a war crimes trial. James Moll is attached to direct the project, based on the book A Trial of Generals, scheduled to begin principal photography in August. Jonathan Sanger is producing, and exec producer is Ellen Wander, whose Film Bridge International is overseeing financing and worldwide distribution. Sturgess, repped by CAA and Garricks, appeared in Cloud Atlas and will next be seen in the upcoming Electric Slide and London Fields.
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- 5/16/2014
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A fourth-generation poultry farmer in Georgia (one of six twentysomething agriculturalists flattered by this mildly propagandistic doc, "made with the generous support of the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance") gives a workplace tour to schoolchildren, who are delighted by cute baby chicks and seemingly oblivious to their inevitable slaughter.
If you, too, have no idea where your lunch came from — not a restaurant or your mom, but the callous-handed toilers growing and raising the ingredients — then you deserve the holier-than-thou tone taken by filmmaker James Moll and his subjects.
These farmers and ranchers' chief concern and generalization is that everyone perceives them as American Gothic grumps with hay in their teeth (one exhorts, "We're not hiding ...
If you, too, have no idea where your lunch came from — not a restaurant or your mom, but the callous-handed toilers growing and raising the ingredients — then you deserve the holier-than-thou tone taken by filmmaker James Moll and his subjects.
These farmers and ranchers' chief concern and generalization is that everyone perceives them as American Gothic grumps with hay in their teeth (one exhorts, "We're not hiding ...
- 5/7/2014
- Village Voice
Title: Farmland Director: James Moll An amiable documentary that takes a stab at bridging the divide between food growers and American consumers, “Farmland” alights upon myriad issues relating to modern agriculture, providing a freshmen-level survey class deeply connected to entrepreneurial endeavor, and the dignity and work ethic of the farmers and families it spotlights. If director James Moll’s film fails to achieve much in the way of cohesive big-picture lift, it’s still steeped in feeling, and intriguing enough to easily win over urban arthouse viewers wanting to see and know a little bit more about how food makes its way to their plates. “I’ve got nothing against bib overalls or straw hanging out [ Read More ]
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- 5/4/2014
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
I think it's safe to say that the average person doesn't spend an exorbitant amount of time considering the source of their food supply. Speaking personally, I can't even say my own knowledge of the farming industry extends beyond my exposure through fiction or images like Grant Wood's American Gothic painting. Lucky for me, Farmland is a new documentary that aims to correct my ignorance and shatter my dated stereotypes. The farmers whom director James Moll has chosen to follow are far from old, they don't tote large pitchforks, and they aren't exactly as sheltered as popular myth would lead you to believe. This is mostly because these fairly young farmers are all at least one generation removed from the old school to which these...
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- 5/2/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Joe Berlinger’s Whitey: The United States Of America V. James J Bulger premiered at Sundance. Separately, Phase 4 Films and The Vladar Company will extend the Canadian release of Generation Iron.
Magnolia plans a day-and-date theatrical and on-demand release in June for Whitey: The United States Of America V. James J Bulger, followed by broadcast on CNN later this year. The companies previously collaborated on Blackfish.
The documentary profiles the Irish gangster and exposes the culture of law enforcement complicity against the backdrop of Bulger’s reign of terror in South Boston. RadicalMedia produced the documentary for CNN Films. Magnolia brokered the deal with Cinetic Media for the filmmakers and CNN Films.
Phase 4 Films and The Vladar Company are to expand the release of bodybuilding documentary Generation Iron in Canada.
The film premiered in Canada on September 20 2013 and Phase 4 Films will release on DVD, on-demand and digital download.
D&E Entertainment...
Magnolia plans a day-and-date theatrical and on-demand release in June for Whitey: The United States Of America V. James J Bulger, followed by broadcast on CNN later this year. The companies previously collaborated on Blackfish.
The documentary profiles the Irish gangster and exposes the culture of law enforcement complicity against the backdrop of Bulger’s reign of terror in South Boston. RadicalMedia produced the documentary for CNN Films. Magnolia brokered the deal with Cinetic Media for the filmmakers and CNN Films.
Phase 4 Films and The Vladar Company are to expand the release of bodybuilding documentary Generation Iron in Canada.
The film premiered in Canada on September 20 2013 and Phase 4 Films will release on DVD, on-demand and digital download.
D&E Entertainment...
- 3/25/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Having chronicled everything from athletic feats to the untold stories of the Holocaust, Oscar-winning filmmaker James Moll now turns his camera towards 21st Century farmers. “I make documentaries because it’s a thrill to explore new topics and meet people that I might not otherwise cross paths with,” Moll says in a statement. His latest, Farmland, pushes him into unknown waters once again, this time concentrating on he next generation of American farmers and ranchers. “While making Farmland, I found myself immersed in a community of some of the most hard-working, passionate people I’ve ever met. This film isn’t just
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- 10/31/2013
- by Matt Patches
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Young farmers in their twenties will be the subject of James Moll’s new documentary, the filmmaker announced today. Produced in association with the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance, Moll’s new film, which has not yet been titled, will focus on the next generation of farmers and ranchers as it assumes the responsibility of running family farms. It will also look at the latest farming procedures and technologies that are changing modern agriculture. SXSW: 5 Narrative Films With Buzz “I’ve always gravitated toward making films that are unbiased testaments to the subject matter,” said Moll, who heads up Allentown
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- 3/11/2013
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Who knew Dave Grohl would become such a film festival fixture? As if his first two lives — as drummer for Nirvana and then lifeforce of Foo Fighters — weren’t enough, Grohl was showcased in a comprehensive documentary, “Foo Fighters: Back and Forth,” directed by Oscar-winning documentarian James Moll that screened at the SXSW Film Festival in 2011 and won a Grammy. His band put on a fast-and-furious show in downtown Austin right after the premiere that had enough energy to keep the lights on in Texas for a millennium. (He's heading back to SXSW to deliver a key note address at the 2013 edition in March.) Now Grohl is bringing his formula a step further with “Sound City,” his directorial debut. The film, which landed in the Documentary Premieres section of the Sundance Film Festival program, is Grohl’s love letter to analog recording through looking at the life of the Neve...
- 1/2/2013
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
Tune in alert as Tom Brokaw hosts AMC.s Memorial Day War Heroes Weekend, celebrating and remembering America.s bravest servicemen and women. War Heroes Weekend airs Friday, May 25 through Monday, May 28. This annual four-day programming features classic war movies including Patton, The Dirty Dozen, Midway, and, for the first time together, Clint Eastwood.s Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima, among many others. Interspersed throughout each film will be episodes from AMC.s original short documentary series, A Path to Honor. Created by Academy® Award-winning producer and director James Moll, the four documentary shorts depict seminal moments in the lives of those who serve our country in the Armed Forces from their enlistment process, deployment overseas...
- 5/22/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
It truly is the Year of Adele, as the British singer took home every Grammy she was for which she was nominated, totaling six wins altogether, including Album, Record and Song of the Year. Foo Fighters were second for total wins, with five, followed by the absent Kanye West with four wins.
The complete list of winners:
Album Of The Year:
21 -- Adele
Wasting Light -- Foo Fighters
Born This Way -- Lady Gaga
Doo-Wops & Hooligans -- Bruno Mars
Loud -- Rihanna
Record Of The Year:
"Rolling In The Deep" -- Adele
"Holocene" -- Bon Iver
"Grenade" -- Bruno Mars
"The Cave" -- Mumford & Sons
"Firework" -- Katy Perry
Best New Artist: (artist/producer)
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex
Song Of The Year: (songwriter)
"All Of The Lights" -- Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter and Kanye West, songwriters
(Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and...
The complete list of winners:
Album Of The Year:
21 -- Adele
Wasting Light -- Foo Fighters
Born This Way -- Lady Gaga
Doo-Wops & Hooligans -- Bruno Mars
Loud -- Rihanna
Record Of The Year:
"Rolling In The Deep" -- Adele
"Holocene" -- Bon Iver
"Grenade" -- Bruno Mars
"The Cave" -- Mumford & Sons
"Firework" -- Katy Perry
Best New Artist: (artist/producer)
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex
Song Of The Year: (songwriter)
"All Of The Lights" -- Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter and Kanye West, songwriters
(Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and...
- 2/13/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
The nominees have been announced for the 54th annual Grammy Awards. Kanye West leads the nominations with seven; Adele, Foo Fighters and Bruno Mars each garner six nods; and Lil Wayne and Skrillex each are up for five awards. The Grammys air live on CBS Feb. 12, 2012.
Album Of The Year:
21 -- Adele
Wasting Light -- Foo Fighters
Born This Way -- Lady Gaga
Doo-Wops & Hooligans -- Bruno Mars
Loud -- Rihanna
Record Of The Year:
"Rolling In The Deep" -- Adele
"Holocene" -- Bon Iver
"Grenade" -- Bruno Mars
"The Cave" -- Mumford & Sons
"Firework" -- Katy Perry
Best New Artist: (artist/producer)
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex
Song Of The Year: (songwriter)
"All Of The Lights" -- Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter and Kanye West, songwriters
(Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie)
"The Cave" -- Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford and Country Winston,...
Album Of The Year:
21 -- Adele
Wasting Light -- Foo Fighters
Born This Way -- Lady Gaga
Doo-Wops & Hooligans -- Bruno Mars
Loud -- Rihanna
Record Of The Year:
"Rolling In The Deep" -- Adele
"Holocene" -- Bon Iver
"Grenade" -- Bruno Mars
"The Cave" -- Mumford & Sons
"Firework" -- Katy Perry
Best New Artist: (artist/producer)
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex
Song Of The Year: (songwriter)
"All Of The Lights" -- Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter and Kanye West, songwriters
(Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie)
"The Cave" -- Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford and Country Winston,...
- 12/1/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of enduring five-piece rock band Pearl Jam, and Almost Famous filmmaker Cameron Crowe’s documentary Pearl Jam Twenty is a thorough tribute to their undeniable part of rock ‘n’ roll history.
Crowe’s treasure trove of ephemera and archival footage is a Pj fan’s dream, chronicling the street-level beginnings of the passionate garage band and their meteoric ascent to sold out arenas, all accompanied by their heartfelt lyrics, which take new meaning throughout the film’s compelling context.
Born in the Seattle “grunge movement” from the ashes of an earlier incarnation, Pearl Jam arose after the tragic overdose of Mother Love Bone lead singer and driving force Andy Wood. Members of the band fight back tears two decades later, but Wood’s untimely death was an early lesson about drugs that shocked them into avoiding the music industry’s all-too familiar fate. By fortunate circumstance,...
Crowe’s treasure trove of ephemera and archival footage is a Pj fan’s dream, chronicling the street-level beginnings of the passionate garage band and their meteoric ascent to sold out arenas, all accompanied by their heartfelt lyrics, which take new meaning throughout the film’s compelling context.
Born in the Seattle “grunge movement” from the ashes of an earlier incarnation, Pearl Jam arose after the tragic overdose of Mother Love Bone lead singer and driving force Andy Wood. Members of the band fight back tears two decades later, but Wood’s untimely death was an early lesson about drugs that shocked them into avoiding the music industry’s all-too familiar fate. By fortunate circumstance,...
- 11/14/2011
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
From Grove Street, Spitfire Pictures And Sikelia
Film Surveys The Life And Times Of The Iconic Musician
New York, July 13, 2011 – HBO has acquired the North American TV rights to Martin Scorsese.s Grove Street Pictures. The film was produced by Scorsese (through his Sikelia Productions banner), Olivia Harrison (through her Grove Street Pictures banner) and Nigel Sinclair (through Exclusive.s documentary label, Spitfire Pictures). Margaret Bodde served as executive producer on the film, which was edited by David Tedeschi, who previously worked with Scorsese, Bodde and Sinclair on .No Direction Home: Bob Dylan,. and with Scorsese and Bodde on .Public Speaking.. Tedeschi also edited Scorsese.s Rolling Stones concert film .Shine a Light.. The documentary will debut in two parts – on Oct. 5 and 6, 2011 - exclusively on HBO.
George Harrison: Living In The Material World focuses the imaginative and inspired eye of one of cinema.s most preeminent filmmakers on one...
Film Surveys The Life And Times Of The Iconic Musician
New York, July 13, 2011 – HBO has acquired the North American TV rights to Martin Scorsese.s Grove Street Pictures. The film was produced by Scorsese (through his Sikelia Productions banner), Olivia Harrison (through her Grove Street Pictures banner) and Nigel Sinclair (through Exclusive.s documentary label, Spitfire Pictures). Margaret Bodde served as executive producer on the film, which was edited by David Tedeschi, who previously worked with Scorsese, Bodde and Sinclair on .No Direction Home: Bob Dylan,. and with Scorsese and Bodde on .Public Speaking.. Tedeschi also edited Scorsese.s Rolling Stones concert film .Shine a Light.. The documentary will debut in two parts – on Oct. 5 and 6, 2011 - exclusively on HBO.
George Harrison: Living In The Material World focuses the imaginative and inspired eye of one of cinema.s most preeminent filmmakers on one...
- 7/14/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
HBO's Sarah Palin-John McCain movie Game Change, with Julianne Moore playing the former Alaska governor, has competition from a feature film that will get to the screen first. It's the biopic Undefeated authorized by Palin, made by conservative filmmaker Stephen K. Bannon (Generation Zero celebrating the Tea Party movement, and In The Face Of Evil lionizing President Reagan), and set to premiere in late June in Iowa and then other early presidential primary states like New Hampshire and South Carolina and Nevada. Then the film will eventually release into between 50 and 100 markets nationwide. It may also have a DVD life since there are preliminary discussion about purchasing copies of the film from Bannon to distribute as gifts to SarahPAC donors. And Bannon is counting on a video-on-demand deal. Partisan filmmaking is a long tradition of recent presidential campaigns but usually as brief documentaries shown at Democratic National Conventions,...
- 5/25/2011
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
Tom Brokaw will host AMC.s Memorial Day War Heroes Weekend, celebrating and remembering America.s bravest servicemen and women. AMC announces that an AMC original short documentary series entitled A Path to Honor, produced by Academy Award winning documentary filmmaker James Moll (The Last Days, Price for Peace); sit-down interviews with Brokaw and war veterans; video messages from soldiers overseas; and some of the most iconic and transcendent war films of our time will air on Memorial Day weekend. Throughout War Heroes weekend, which airs Friday, May 27 through Monday, May 30, Brokaw will introduce the evening.s primetime film and documentary shorts, paying tribute to the bravery and honor of America.s fighting men and women. .I am proud to...
- 5/23/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
"Foo Fighters: Back and Forth," the feature documentary about the long-running band, is heading to iTunes, DVD and Blu-Ray in June. Directed by Academy Award winner James Moll ("The Last Days"), the doc takes an intimate look at the band, from frontman Dave Grohl's early cassette demos (while he was still in Nirvana) through their recent No. 1 album, "Wasting Light." In addition to copious live footage, the film features extensive interviews with band members Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear, as they discuss the group's many albums, their memorable two-night stand at Wembley Stadium in 2007...
- 4/28/2011
- by HitFix Staff
- Hitfix
Getty Dave Grohl
Dedicated Foo Fighters fans should consider investing in a pair of high quality 3-D glasses. To accompany the theatrical debut of the documentary “Foo Fighters: Back and Forth”, the alternative rock band will play — from a San Fernando Valley studio — the entire track of their upcoming album “Wasting Light” Tuesday in a 3-D performance that will be broadcast live to over 80 theaters around the country.
Directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker James Moll (“The Last Days”), the documentary tracks...
Dedicated Foo Fighters fans should consider investing in a pair of high quality 3-D glasses. To accompany the theatrical debut of the documentary “Foo Fighters: Back and Forth”, the alternative rock band will play — from a San Fernando Valley studio — the entire track of their upcoming album “Wasting Light” Tuesday in a 3-D performance that will be broadcast live to over 80 theaters around the country.
Directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker James Moll (“The Last Days”), the documentary tracks...
- 4/5/2011
- by Michelle Kung
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
I have a confession to make: I really enjoyed Foo Fighters: Back and Forth, a new documentary by director James Moll that played SXSW this year.
Foo Fighters: Back and Forth traces the story of the band Foo Fighters from their start in 1995 to the recording of their current album. For those of you who don't know the Foo Fighters, it's the band David Grohl founded after the tragic death of his Nirvana band mate and friend Kurt Cobain.
One of the things I really liked about this documentary was how the story was told. Where a lot of documentaries are told using narration, this documentary was told using interviews of current and former band members. I really liked hearing the stories of the band from the people that actually lived it. I can imagine that Moll's background doing interviews for the Shoah Project has something to do with this.
Foo Fighters: Back and Forth traces the story of the band Foo Fighters from their start in 1995 to the recording of their current album. For those of you who don't know the Foo Fighters, it's the band David Grohl founded after the tragic death of his Nirvana band mate and friend Kurt Cobain.
One of the things I really liked about this documentary was how the story was told. Where a lot of documentaries are told using narration, this documentary was told using interviews of current and former band members. I really liked hearing the stories of the band from the people that actually lived it. I can imagine that Moll's background doing interviews for the Shoah Project has something to do with this.
- 3/28/2011
- by Rod Paddock
- Slackerwood
Austin, TX – The Foo Fighters have a documentary coming along which will coincide with the bands seventh studio album release this spring.
Foo Fighters: Back And Forth, chronicles 16 years of the Foo Fighters history, the formation, good times and rocky times for the band.
The film had its premiere here at the SXSW Film festival.
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Press Release
For Immediate Release
Exclusive Media Group’S Spitfire Pictures And RCA/Jive Announce Foo Fighters Feature-length Documentary
Film Theatrical Release Slated For Spring 2011
Directed by Academy Award winner James Moll
Produced By Spitfire Pictures
Co-Financed by Exclusive Media Group and RCA Records
To Have World Premiere at 2011 SXSW Film Festival in Austin, TX
Los Angeles, CA (February 1, 2011) – Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear a/k/a the Foo Fighters and Nigel Sinclair, Co-Chairman of Exclusive Media Group, announced today that Exclusive’s documentary film...
Foo Fighters: Back And Forth, chronicles 16 years of the Foo Fighters history, the formation, good times and rocky times for the band.
The film had its premiere here at the SXSW Film festival.
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Press Release
For Immediate Release
Exclusive Media Group’S Spitfire Pictures And RCA/Jive Announce Foo Fighters Feature-length Documentary
Film Theatrical Release Slated For Spring 2011
Directed by Academy Award winner James Moll
Produced By Spitfire Pictures
Co-Financed by Exclusive Media Group and RCA Records
To Have World Premiere at 2011 SXSW Film Festival in Austin, TX
Los Angeles, CA (February 1, 2011) – Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear a/k/a the Foo Fighters and Nigel Sinclair, Co-Chairman of Exclusive Media Group, announced today that Exclusive’s documentary film...
- 3/18/2011
- by Albert Art
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Rating: 4/5
Director: James Moll
Creating a band is not as easy as it looks. Between conflicting personalities, differing musical visions, and the task of making and promoting albums, the process inevitably has some growing pains. Comprised of surprisingly candid interviews from current and former band members to moving concert footage to recent recording sessions, Foo Fighters: Back And Forth gives a rare glimpse into what it means to create, be in, and sustain a band.
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Director: James Moll
Creating a band is not as easy as it looks. Between conflicting personalities, differing musical visions, and the task of making and promoting albums, the process inevitably has some growing pains. Comprised of surprisingly candid interviews from current and former band members to moving concert footage to recent recording sessions, Foo Fighters: Back And Forth gives a rare glimpse into what it means to create, be in, and sustain a band.
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- 3/18/2011
- by Allison Loring
- GordonandtheWhale
There's no mistaking what Foo Fighters: Back and Forth really is: It's a hour-and-a-half commercial for their next album, Wasted Light. As infomercials go, however, this one goes as far as your affection for the band and their music goes -- the more you love the Foo, the more you're likely to dig the documentary, although the reverse is also true.
The Foo Fighters are considered by many to be the "Last Great American Rock Band," largely by virtue of surviving as long as they have, survival that's all the more impressive given that the band was formed from the ashes of Sunny Day Real Estate and Nirvana, the band that nearly single-handedly killed pansy-ass '80's "rock." The first two acts of Back and Forth track the band's formation, the revolving door of band members, and the toll that touring has taken on the band. The story is not...
The Foo Fighters are considered by many to be the "Last Great American Rock Band," largely by virtue of surviving as long as they have, survival that's all the more impressive given that the band was formed from the ashes of Sunny Day Real Estate and Nirvana, the band that nearly single-handedly killed pansy-ass '80's "rock." The first two acts of Back and Forth track the band's formation, the revolving door of band members, and the toll that touring has taken on the band. The story is not...
- 3/17/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
The Foo Fighters celebrated the premiere of their new documentary at Texas' South By Southwest festival by hitting the stage for a surprise performance on Tuesday, March 15, and playing their upcoming album in its entirety. Oscar-winning director James Moll charted the band's formation and rise to fame in the film "Foo Fighters: Back and Forth", and it was screened for the first time at the annual music and arts conference in Austin this week.
And the group, fronted by Dave Grohl, decided to mark the event by treating fans packed into the Stubbs afterparty event to a special preview of their new project, Wasting Light, performing the album from beginning to end.
Kicking off the set, Grohl screamed to the crowd, "We're f*****g movie stars, yeah!"
The band also played a series of their biggest hits, including "All My Life", "Everlong", "Learn to Fly" and "The Pretender", before closing...
And the group, fronted by Dave Grohl, decided to mark the event by treating fans packed into the Stubbs afterparty event to a special preview of their new project, Wasting Light, performing the album from beginning to end.
Kicking off the set, Grohl screamed to the crowd, "We're f*****g movie stars, yeah!"
The band also played a series of their biggest hits, including "All My Life", "Everlong", "Learn to Fly" and "The Pretender", before closing...
- 3/17/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
The Foo Fighters were a band born from two other bands – Nirvana and Sunny Day Real Estate. On a national stage they went through the growing pains other bands go through in their garage before they arrive with the heavy expectations they had. Foo Fighters: Back and Forth by Academy Award-winning documentarian James Moll (The Last Days) is useful in tracing the history of one of the most legendary contemporary rock bands, one often considered the token “rock band” on MTV for much of the Boy Band era of the late 90’s.
Following the band’s history, Moll restricts the focus to the former and present Foos themselves. Moll has been granted enough access to yield an effective documentary with a focus on the personalities creating some great music. Founder Dave Grohl is particularly frank on the subject of the past including fall-outs between former Foos William Goldsmith and Franz Stahl,...
Following the band’s history, Moll restricts the focus to the former and present Foos themselves. Moll has been granted enough access to yield an effective documentary with a focus on the personalities creating some great music. Founder Dave Grohl is particularly frank on the subject of the past including fall-outs between former Foos William Goldsmith and Franz Stahl,...
- 3/16/2011
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Entering into an audience-film contract with a film that touts “the story of the last great American rock band” is a tricky one; and it comes with some strings attached. First, what does it mean for Foo Fighters to be “the last great American rock band?” Is that such a thing? Or more to the point, is such a thing possible? I’d been discussing the topic all day with friends and colleagues, trying to determine the answer. After 100 minutes spent with the band courtesy of director James Moll, I still don’t know if I have the answer. Perhaps I’m not qualified to give that answer. What I do know is that with his film, Moll gives us a bird’s eye view of their rise to fame and delivers to us intimate moments and insights. Seen through his lens, it doesn’t matter what you call them, but...
- 3/16/2011
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
It’s stories like this that really make my day! As a fan of the band Foo Fighters, I was stoked to find out about their new documentary Foo Fighters: Back And Forth. Not only is it being screened at this years SXSW Festival, but they are bringing it to over 80 theaters across the Us for one night only, April 5th. Not only do fans get a night of Foo-tastic movie magic, but they also get to view a special live performance of their new album Wasting Light… the entire way through… a week before it’s release!
Foo Fighters Film + Foo Fighters Performance = Awazing!!! (For those of you that don’t speak Melissa, Awazing is the combination of something that is both Awesome and Amazing!)
Here is a little treat for you… Rope, the firs.t single from the Foo Fighters new album Wasting Light
Synopsis:
James Moll...
Foo Fighters Film + Foo Fighters Performance = Awazing!!! (For those of you that don’t speak Melissa, Awazing is the combination of something that is both Awesome and Amazing!)
Here is a little treat for you… Rope, the firs.t single from the Foo Fighters new album Wasting Light
Synopsis:
James Moll...
- 3/11/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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