The director of Arlington Road, The Mothman Prophecies, Pearl Jam’s Jeremy and many more reflects on his career and some of the movies that made him.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Arlington Road (1999)
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
Firewall (2006)
The Orphanage (2007)
Nostalgia (2018)
Avatar (2009)
Titanic (1997)
Chef (2014)
The Laundromat (2019)
Honeymoon In Vegas (1992)
Demonlover (2003)
Under The Sand (2000)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
Under The Skin (2013)
The Great Beauty (2013)
Slap Shot (1977)
Network (1976)
Straw Dogs (1971)
The Pawnbroker (1964)
Star Wars (1977)
The Exorcist (1973)
Jaws (1975)
The World’s Greatest Athlete (1973)
All The President’s Men (1976)
Liquid Sky (1982)
The Brother From Another Planet (1984)
City Of Hope (1991)
Stop Making Sense (1984)
Snowpiercer (2013)
The Flintstones (1994)
Matinee (1993)
Batman (1989)
Transformers (2007)
A History Of Violence (2005)
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1998)
Mandy (2018)
Phantom Thread (2017)
Magnolia (1999)
Boogie Nights (1997)
The Master (2012)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
The Mustang (2019)
Inherent Vice (2014)
The New World (2005)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
The Last Word (2017)
Cocaine Cowboys (2006)
The Burglar (1957)
What Lies Beneath...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Arlington Road (1999)
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
Firewall (2006)
The Orphanage (2007)
Nostalgia (2018)
Avatar (2009)
Titanic (1997)
Chef (2014)
The Laundromat (2019)
Honeymoon In Vegas (1992)
Demonlover (2003)
Under The Sand (2000)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
Under The Skin (2013)
The Great Beauty (2013)
Slap Shot (1977)
Network (1976)
Straw Dogs (1971)
The Pawnbroker (1964)
Star Wars (1977)
The Exorcist (1973)
Jaws (1975)
The World’s Greatest Athlete (1973)
All The President’s Men (1976)
Liquid Sky (1982)
The Brother From Another Planet (1984)
City Of Hope (1991)
Stop Making Sense (1984)
Snowpiercer (2013)
The Flintstones (1994)
Matinee (1993)
Batman (1989)
Transformers (2007)
A History Of Violence (2005)
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Psycho (1960)
Psycho (1998)
Mandy (2018)
Phantom Thread (2017)
Magnolia (1999)
Boogie Nights (1997)
The Master (2012)
There Will Be Blood (2007)
The Mustang (2019)
Inherent Vice (2014)
The New World (2005)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
The Last Word (2017)
Cocaine Cowboys (2006)
The Burglar (1957)
What Lies Beneath...
- 4/21/2020
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Last night the Producers Guild of America (PGA) gave out awards for achievement in films and television released in 2011. The big winner was The Artist, which took home the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures. As the winner of this award takes the Best Picture Oscar three times out of four, any betting on the top Oscar honor is pretty much over at this point. Read on for the full list of winners. The PGA website provides the list. In each case I've left the full slate of nominees, and winners are bolded. I'm happy to see the excellent A Tribe Calle Quest doc, Beats, Rhymes and Life, picking up the award for best documentary. The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: The Artist Producer: Thomas Langmann Bridesmaids Producers: Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, Clayton Townsend The Descendants Producers: Jim Burke,...
- 1/22/2012
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
By Sean O’Connell
hollywoodnews.com: It’s beginning to look a bit like a landslide. The Producers Guild of America is the latest group to reward Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist” with its year-end Best Picture honors, paving the way for what could be Oscar domination next month.
The black-and-white and predominantly silent film has been picking up top prizes throughout the season, winning Best Picture awards at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards and the Golden Globes. On accepting the PGA distinction, producer Thomas Langmann said that when they “dreamed of making ‘The Artist,’ we knew we were dreaming of writing a love letter to American cinema.”
Oscar nominations arrive on Tuesday morning, and “The Artist” is expected to lead all films with the most nominations. It’s best to caution against landslide victories in what amounts to “the primaries.” Last year, David Fincher’s “The Social Network” did very...
hollywoodnews.com: It’s beginning to look a bit like a landslide. The Producers Guild of America is the latest group to reward Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist” with its year-end Best Picture honors, paving the way for what could be Oscar domination next month.
The black-and-white and predominantly silent film has been picking up top prizes throughout the season, winning Best Picture awards at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards and the Golden Globes. On accepting the PGA distinction, producer Thomas Langmann said that when they “dreamed of making ‘The Artist,’ we knew we were dreaming of writing a love letter to American cinema.”
Oscar nominations arrive on Tuesday morning, and “The Artist” is expected to lead all films with the most nominations. It’s best to caution against landslide victories in what amounts to “the primaries.” Last year, David Fincher’s “The Social Network” did very...
- 1/22/2012
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
John Goodman, The Artist Motion Pictures Darryl F. Zanuck Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures * The Artist Producer: Thomas Langmann Bridesmaids Producers: Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, Clayton Townsend The Descendants Producers: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Producers: Ceán Chaffin, Scott Rudin The Help Producers: Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Brunson Green Hugo Producers: Graham King, Martin Scorsese The Ides Of March Producers: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Brian Oliver Midnight In Paris Producers: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum Moneyball Producers: Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, Brad Pitt War Horse Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures * The Adventures Of Tintin Producers: Peter Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg Cars 2 Producer: Denise Ream Kung Fu Panda 2 Producer: Melissa Cobb Puss In Boots Producers: Joe M. Aguilar, Latifa Ouaou Rango Producers: John B. Carls, Gore Verbinski Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures * Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels...
- 1/22/2012
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
The Producers Guild of America has announced the nominees for their 2012 film and TV awards.
The Producers Guild Awards (PGA) nominees include the obvious choices such as The Artist, The Descendants, and Hugo, but also some films that have not often been mentioned in the build-up to the Oscars, including Moneyball, The Help, The Ides of March. Among the TV nominees, as well, are 30 Rock, Modern Family, Game of Thrones, and Mad Men.
The PGA has also chosen ten nominees this year for Best picture, but the Oscars will choose between five and ten. Here are the nominees:
The theatrical motion picture nominees are:
Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures:
The Artist
Producer: Thomas Langmann
Bridesmaids
Producers: Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, Clayton Townsend
The Descendants
Producers: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Producers: Ceán Chaffin, Scott Rudin
The Help
Producers: Michael Barnathan,...
The Producers Guild Awards (PGA) nominees include the obvious choices such as The Artist, The Descendants, and Hugo, but also some films that have not often been mentioned in the build-up to the Oscars, including Moneyball, The Help, The Ides of March. Among the TV nominees, as well, are 30 Rock, Modern Family, Game of Thrones, and Mad Men.
The PGA has also chosen ten nominees this year for Best picture, but the Oscars will choose between five and ten. Here are the nominees:
The theatrical motion picture nominees are:
Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures:
The Artist
Producer: Thomas Langmann
Bridesmaids
Producers: Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, Clayton Townsend
The Descendants
Producers: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Producers: Ceán Chaffin, Scott Rudin
The Help
Producers: Michael Barnathan,...
- 1/4/2012
- by Charlie Derry
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Producers Guild of America has announced their nominations for the PGA Awards and it's hard not to agree with every movie on the list. All of the ones I've seen are great films, and the ones I haven't seen I've heard are amazing. The only two on the list I haven't watched are The Artist and The Descendants, both of which I'm looking forward to seeing. I'd love Hugo or War Horse to take home the top prize though. Those were my two favorite movies of 2011. The winners will be announced on January 21st, 2012; check out the full press released with the list of nominations below and tell us what you think! What would you like to see win?
Here's the Press Release:
Los Angeles, CA (January 3, 2012) – The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today the motion picture and long-form television nominations for the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards.
Here's the Press Release:
Los Angeles, CA (January 3, 2012) – The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today the motion picture and long-form television nominations for the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards.
- 1/3/2012
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Universal Pictures Kristen Wiig in “Bridesmaids”
The movies “Bridesmaids,” “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and “Midnight in Paris” were among the nominees announced today for the 2012 Producers Guild Awards.
The awards, which go to TV and film producers, often help forecast the Oscar nominees and winners.
The fact that “Bridesmaids” made the list is an indication that the light comedy may be in the running for some major nominations when the Oscars roll around. A number of expected movies,...
The movies “Bridesmaids,” “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and “Midnight in Paris” were among the nominees announced today for the 2012 Producers Guild Awards.
The awards, which go to TV and film producers, often help forecast the Oscar nominees and winners.
The fact that “Bridesmaids” made the list is an indication that the light comedy may be in the running for some major nominations when the Oscars roll around. A number of expected movies,...
- 1/3/2012
- by WSJ Staff
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Chicago – The Producers Guild of America announced their final nominees this morning for the Producers Guild Awards, celebrating the year of producing in film and television. While documentary film categories and multiple television categories had already been announced, the nominees for motion pictures, animated motion pictures, and long-form television were official this morning.
The nominees for the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures went to the producers of the following films: The Artist, Bridesmaids, The Descendants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, Hugo, The Ides of March, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, and War Horse.
The producers nominated from animated films are the producers of The Adventures of Tintin, Cars 2, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots, and Rango. The long-form television nominees, which includes movies of the week and mini-series, were the producers of Cinema Verite, Downton Abbey, The Kennedys, Mildred Pierce,...
The nominees for the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures went to the producers of the following films: The Artist, Bridesmaids, The Descendants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, Hugo, The Ides of March, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, and War Horse.
The producers nominated from animated films are the producers of The Adventures of Tintin, Cars 2, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots, and Rango. The long-form television nominees, which includes movies of the week and mini-series, were the producers of Cinema Verite, Downton Abbey, The Kennedys, Mildred Pierce,...
- 1/3/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
We really can’t say that 2011 is behind us until award season is finished, and as we get closer to the coveted Academy Awards in February, various other guilds and organizations are recognizing the best that 2011 had to offer. Today the Producers Guild of America announced their nominees for Best Picture. The PGA is generally a good indicator as to which movies will be nominated for best Picture when the Oscars roll around.
There are some pretty safe picks. Movies like War Horse, The Artist, The Descendants, and Hugo all made the list, but its Bridesmaids that came completely out of no where.
Below is the full press release of those that are nominated. This includes animated films and television shows. As you can see there are a lot of movies you expect to see on this list with a few surprises on it as well.
Los Angeles, CA (January...
There are some pretty safe picks. Movies like War Horse, The Artist, The Descendants, and Hugo all made the list, but its Bridesmaids that came completely out of no where.
Below is the full press release of those that are nominated. This includes animated films and television shows. As you can see there are a lot of movies you expect to see on this list with a few surprises on it as well.
Los Angeles, CA (January...
- 1/3/2012
- by Mike Lee
- FusedFilm
George Clooney, The Ides of March Terrence Malick/The Tree Of Life, Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive, Clint Eastwood/J. Edgar Bypassed: PGA Award Nominations Motion Pictures Darryl F. Zanuck Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures The Artist Producer: Thomas Langmann Bridesmaids Producers: Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, Clayton Townsend The Descendants Producers: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Producers: Ceán Chaffin, Scott Rudin The Help Producers: Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Brunson Green Hugo Producers: Graham King, Martin Scorsese The Ides Of March Producers: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Brian Oliver Midnight In Paris Producers: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum Moneyball Producers: Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, Brad Pitt War Horse Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures The Adventures Of Tintin Producers: Peter Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg Cars 2 Producer: Denise Ream Kung Fu Panda 2 Producer: Melissa Cobb Puss In Boots Producers: Joe M. Aguilar,...
- 1/3/2012
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
Here's your best indicator yet as to what the crop of nominations for the Best Picture Oscar is likely to be. The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has announced its nominations for 2011 awards, which will be doled out on January 21. The ten films nominated for the PGA's top honor include expected pictures such as The Artist, The Descendants and War Horse. There are no real surprises, but the growing Oscar chances for The Help won't be hurt by getting a PGA nomination (would be slightly wild to see Chris Columbus, a producer on The Help, with an Oscar), and Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris makes an appearance on the list, too. There are a couple surprises, though, in the form of Bridesmaids and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo -- the Judd Apatow and Scott Rudin effects in full force there. With 5-10 Best Picture nominations possible for this year's Oscars,...
- 1/3/2012
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
HollywoodNews.com: The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today the motion picture and long-form television nominations for the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards. The categories include: The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures; The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures; and The David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form Television. The documentary film category and other television category nominations were already announced by the Guild in December 2011.
All 2012 Producers Guild Award winners will be announced on January 21, 2012 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. This year, the Producers Guild will also award special honors to Leslie Moonves (Milestone Award), Steven Spielberg (David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures), Don Mischer (Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television), Stan Lee (Vanguard Award), and In The Land Of Blood And Honey (The Stanley Kramer Award...
All 2012 Producers Guild Award winners will be announced on January 21, 2012 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. This year, the Producers Guild will also award special honors to Leslie Moonves (Milestone Award), Steven Spielberg (David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures), Don Mischer (Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television), Stan Lee (Vanguard Award), and In The Land Of Blood And Honey (The Stanley Kramer Award...
- 1/3/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
Slamdance has released the line up for their 2012 Slamdance Film Festival which takes place in Park City Utah at the same time at The Sundance Film Festival. Slamdance focuses more on genre type indie films and consists of several films that weren't accepted into the Sundance Film Fest. The festival runs from January 20th to the 26th.
Check out the list below and tell us what you think! Do any of you plan on attending? I always try to catch a few of these films while up in Park City.
Narrative Feature Competition
Bindlestiffs – Director: Andrew Edison, Screenwriters: Andrew Edison, Luke Loftin. (USA)
World Premiere. Three smart-mouthed high school virgins, suspended from school on a graffiti charge, flee to the inner city to live out the plot of The Catcher in the Rye. Cast: Andrew Edison, Luke Loftin, John Karna
Comforting Skin – Director: Derek Franson, Screenwriter: Derek Franson. (Canada) Us Premiere.
Check out the list below and tell us what you think! Do any of you plan on attending? I always try to catch a few of these films while up in Park City.
Narrative Feature Competition
Bindlestiffs – Director: Andrew Edison, Screenwriters: Andrew Edison, Luke Loftin. (USA)
World Premiere. Three smart-mouthed high school virgins, suspended from school on a graffiti charge, flee to the inner city to live out the plot of The Catcher in the Rye. Cast: Andrew Edison, Luke Loftin, John Karna
Comforting Skin – Director: Derek Franson, Screenwriter: Derek Franson. (Canada) Us Premiere.
- 12/15/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Ten narratives and eight documentaries are lined up for the 2012 Slamdance Film Festival Competition. Variety's Dave McNary reports that two titles "already generating buzz are Bindlestiffs in the feature lineup and We Are Legion: The Story of Hacktavists in documentaries. Bindlestiffs, directed by Andrew Edison, stars Andrew Edison, Luke Loftin and John Karna as smart-mouthed high school virgins, who are suspended from school on a graffiti charge and flee to the inner city to live out the plot of The Catcher in the Rye. We Are Legion, directed and written by Brian Knappenberger, is a look inside the world of Anonymous, the radical 'hacktivist' collective that's redefined civil disobedience for the digital age."
The other narrative features:
Roller Town from Glen Jm on Vimeo.
Andrew Bush's Roller Town, with Kayla Lorette, Mark Little and Scott Vrooman.
Derek Franson's Comforting Skin, with Jane Sowerby, Tygh Runyan and Victoria Bidewell.
The other narrative features:
Roller Town from Glen Jm on Vimeo.
Andrew Bush's Roller Town, with Kayla Lorette, Mark Little and Scott Vrooman.
Derek Franson's Comforting Skin, with Jane Sowerby, Tygh Runyan and Victoria Bidewell.
- 12/14/2011
- MUBI
HBO announced on Tuesday that they’ll be renewing “Boardwalk Empire” after the pilot episode aired on Sunday night. The series premiere garnered 4,8 million viewers, thus becoming the most watched premiere since Deadwood. Here’s the press release:
Los Angeles, Sept. 21, 2010 – Following resounding critical approval and high viewer numbers for the series’ Sept. 19 debut, HBO has renewed Boardwalk Empire for a second season, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming.
“All the ingredients aligned for this one, from Mark Wahlberg and Steve Levinson’s initial pitch, to Martin Scorsese’s enormous contributions as director and executive producer, to the genius of Terry Winter and the expertise of Tim Van Patten, to a stellar cast led by Steve Buscemi,” said Lombardo. “The response from the media and our viewers has been nothing short of amazing.”
From Terence Winter, and Martin Scorsese, Boardwalk Empire is set in Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition,...
Los Angeles, Sept. 21, 2010 – Following resounding critical approval and high viewer numbers for the series’ Sept. 19 debut, HBO has renewed Boardwalk Empire for a second season, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming.
“All the ingredients aligned for this one, from Mark Wahlberg and Steve Levinson’s initial pitch, to Martin Scorsese’s enormous contributions as director and executive producer, to the genius of Terry Winter and the expertise of Tim Van Patten, to a stellar cast led by Steve Buscemi,” said Lombardo. “The response from the media and our viewers has been nothing short of amazing.”
From Terence Winter, and Martin Scorsese, Boardwalk Empire is set in Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition,...
- 9/23/2010
- by William Goodman
- FusedFilm
After airing only one episode HBO has renewed it's new series Boardwalk Empire for a second season! And why wouldn't they? The show is freakin' awesome!
On Sunday the new series attracted 4.8 million viewers to become the cable network's most-watched show premiere since the 2004 debut of Deadwood. According to the HBO press release:
Following resounding critical approval and high viewer numbers for the series' September 19 debut, HBO has renewed Boardwalk Empire for a second season.
HBO programming president Michael Lombardo had this to say in a statement.
The response from the media and our viewers has been nothing short of amazing.
The incredible series comes from producers Martin Scorsese and Terence Winter, and it stars Steve Buscemi, Anna Katarina, Michael Pitt and more.
Here is the full HBO Press Release:
Los Angeles, Sept. 21, 2010 – Following resounding critical approval and high viewer numbers for the series’ Sept. 19 debut, HBO has renewed Boardwalk Empire for a second season,...
On Sunday the new series attracted 4.8 million viewers to become the cable network's most-watched show premiere since the 2004 debut of Deadwood. According to the HBO press release:
Following resounding critical approval and high viewer numbers for the series' September 19 debut, HBO has renewed Boardwalk Empire for a second season.
HBO programming president Michael Lombardo had this to say in a statement.
The response from the media and our viewers has been nothing short of amazing.
The incredible series comes from producers Martin Scorsese and Terence Winter, and it stars Steve Buscemi, Anna Katarina, Michael Pitt and more.
Here is the full HBO Press Release:
Los Angeles, Sept. 21, 2010 – Following resounding critical approval and high viewer numbers for the series’ Sept. 19 debut, HBO has renewed Boardwalk Empire for a second season,...
- 9/21/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Boardwalk Empire is one of my most anticipated new TV series, and it's coming to HBO. The show was created by Terence Winter and Martin Scorsese and it explores Atlantic City in the roaring '20s during the prohibition. It will detail the life and exploits of Nucky Thompson who is based on the real life person Enoch "Nucky" Johnson, the "boss" of the Republican political machine that controlled Atlantic City from 1911 to 1941. The amazing cast includes Steve Buscemi, Gretchen Mol, Michael Shannon, Michael Pitt, Michael K. Williams and Dabney Coleman.
There's no doubt this series is going to win a ton of awards, it just looks incredible! HBO has released a great 14 minute behind the scenes featurette for the series that you should enjoy. Check it out below, and tell us what you think!
Official Synopsis:
“Boardwalk Empire” on HBO is from Terence Winter, Emmy Award-winning writer of “The Sopranos,...
There's no doubt this series is going to win a ton of awards, it just looks incredible! HBO has released a great 14 minute behind the scenes featurette for the series that you should enjoy. Check it out below, and tell us what you think!
Official Synopsis:
“Boardwalk Empire” on HBO is from Terence Winter, Emmy Award-winning writer of “The Sopranos,...
- 8/25/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
HBO has released another great promo trailer for the highly anticipated TV series from director Martin Scorsese Boardwalk Empire. titled Countdown to Prohibition. This show looks absolutely amazing, and I can't wait until we finally get to start watching it. Everyone cast in this series looks like they are going to do an incredible job. There's no doubt this show is going to pull in all kinds of awards.
The series, written by The Sopranos scribe Terence Winter, uses the book by Nelson Johnson "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City" as a jumping off point to explore Atlantic City in the roaring '20s. The series will detail the life and exploits of Nucky Thompson who is based on the real life person Enoch "Nucky" Johnson, the "boss" of the Republican political machine that controlled Atlantic City from 1911 to 1941. The amazing cast includes Steve Buscemi,...
The series, written by The Sopranos scribe Terence Winter, uses the book by Nelson Johnson "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City" as a jumping off point to explore Atlantic City in the roaring '20s. The series will detail the life and exploits of Nucky Thompson who is based on the real life person Enoch "Nucky" Johnson, the "boss" of the Republican political machine that controlled Atlantic City from 1911 to 1941. The amazing cast includes Steve Buscemi,...
- 7/27/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
HBO has just announced that its new drama Boardwalk Empire will premiere on Sunday, Sept 19 at 9pm (Et/Pt). Official Release from HBO: From Terence Winter, Emmy Award-winning writer of The Sopranos, and Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese, Boardwalk Empire is set in Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition, when the sale of alcohol became illegal throughout the United States. The cast of Boardwalk Empire includes: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Dabney Coleman, Shea Whigham, Anthony Laciura, Stephen Graham, Aleksa Palladino, Michael Stuhlbarg, Vincent Piazza, Paz de la Huerta, Paul Sparks, Michael Kenneth Williams and Gretchen Mol. Created by Terence Winter, Boardwalk Empire is executive produced by Terence Winter, Martin Scorsese, Tim Van Patten, Stephen Levinson and Mark Wahlberg. Gene Kelly is co-executive producer; Rudd Simmons is producer. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Tim Van Patten, Jeremy Podeswa, Alan Taylor and Allen Coulter. The series is ...
- 7/10/2010
- by Buzzfocus Staff
- BuzzFocus.com
From Terence Winter, the Emmy Award winning writer of 'The Sopranos' and Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese comes a new HBO Original Series.
Boardwalk Empire is set in Atlantic City, New Jersey during the Prohibition era. The show is adapted from Nelson Johnson's book, Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Emmy award-winning screenwriter and producer Terence Winter of The Sopranos. The show is being executive produced by Martin Scrosese, and he directed the first episode.
The series will detail the life and exploits of Nucky Thompson who is based on the real life person Enoch "Nucky" Johnson, the "boss" of the Republican political machine that controlled Atlantic City from 1911 to 1941. The amazing cast includes Steve Buscemi, Gretchen Mol, Michael Shannon, Michael Pitt, Michael K. Williams and Dabney Coleman.
The series premieres September 2010 in the Us.
Promo #1
Promo #2
Promo #3
HBO...
Boardwalk Empire is set in Atlantic City, New Jersey during the Prohibition era. The show is adapted from Nelson Johnson's book, Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City by Emmy award-winning screenwriter and producer Terence Winter of The Sopranos. The show is being executive produced by Martin Scrosese, and he directed the first episode.
The series will detail the life and exploits of Nucky Thompson who is based on the real life person Enoch "Nucky" Johnson, the "boss" of the Republican political machine that controlled Atlantic City from 1911 to 1941. The amazing cast includes Steve Buscemi, Gretchen Mol, Michael Shannon, Michael Pitt, Michael K. Williams and Dabney Coleman.
The series premieres September 2010 in the Us.
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HBO...
- 6/13/2010
- by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
- FlicksNews.net
HBO has released another fantastic trailer for the upcoming Martin Scorsese and Terence Winter created prohibition-era gangster series Boardwalk Empire.
The trailer focuses on the character Enoch "Nucky" Thomspon who is being played by Steve Buscemi. Thompson is the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City. He is described as a political fixer and backroom dealer who is equal parts politician and gangster and equally comfortable in either role.
Check the new trailer below and see for yourself how great of a series this is going to end up being.
Preview Trailer #3
Official Synopsis:
“Boardwalk Empire” on HBO is from Terence Winter, Emmy Award-winning writer of “The Sopranos,” and Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese. HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” TV series is set in Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition, when the sale of alcohol became illegal throughout the United States.
America in 1920. The Great War is over, Wall Street is about...
The trailer focuses on the character Enoch "Nucky" Thomspon who is being played by Steve Buscemi. Thompson is the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City. He is described as a political fixer and backroom dealer who is equal parts politician and gangster and equally comfortable in either role.
Check the new trailer below and see for yourself how great of a series this is going to end up being.
Preview Trailer #3
Official Synopsis:
“Boardwalk Empire” on HBO is from Terence Winter, Emmy Award-winning writer of “The Sopranos,” and Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese. HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” TV series is set in Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition, when the sale of alcohol became illegal throughout the United States.
America in 1920. The Great War is over, Wall Street is about...
- 6/11/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
When Cormac McCarthy’s novel "The Road" was published in 2006, Oprah Winfrey selected it for her influential Book Club and McCarthy made his first television appearance to discuss the book on The Oprah Winfrey Show in June 2007. It later picked up the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. "The Road" was McCarthy’s follow-up to "No Country for Old Men", which had been adapted by the Coen brothers into an award-winning film that raked in four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.
A screen adaptation of "The Road" was inevitable. However, some studios were skittish about a film that although is an emotional tale of survival about a father and son making their way through a post-apocalyptic landscape also tackles issues of cannibalism, murder and extreme violence.
Producer Nick Wechsler optioned the book when it was in manuscript form and when Rudd Simmons joined the project as executive producer he...
A screen adaptation of "The Road" was inevitable. However, some studios were skittish about a film that although is an emotional tale of survival about a father and son making their way through a post-apocalyptic landscape also tackles issues of cannibalism, murder and extreme violence.
Producer Nick Wechsler optioned the book when it was in manuscript form and when Rudd Simmons joined the project as executive producer he...
- 11/25/2009
- CinemaSpy
A pleasant surprise, English director Stephen Frears' latest dip into mainstream Hollywood filmmaking (after the twin disasters "Hero" and "Mary Reilly") is an engaging post-World War II western with a volatile mixture of American idealism and winner-take-all competition.
Starring Woody Harrelson and Billy Crudup as returning vets and friends who both pursue married woman Patricia Arquette, "The Hi-Lo Country" is a little out of step with the times (no vampires, no city slickers) and probably won't kick up much of a fuss at the boxoffice.
It's a shame -- what with Oliver Stapleton's excellent widescreen cinematography and Carter Burwell's Oscar-worthy original music evoking classic oaters of the past -- that the holiday glut will claim such an unworthy victim. The literate story, based on Max Evans' novel, is a project Sam Peckinpah struggled for decades to get made.
Small-town ranchers in New Mexico's Hi-Lo Country (near the top of the Texas Panhandle), Pete (Crudup) and Big Boy (Harrelson) return from the war to little fanfare and are all set to continue their rough-living ways -- driving cattle, womanizing, drinking and brawling.
In Walon Green's leisurely paced screenplay, and with Frears displaying a strong grasp of the material, the fates of these two macho guys becomes intertwined when they realize their rough-and-tumble view of life is the one thing they will gladly fight for.
They are largely successful at first, with Pete taking up again with a prewar sweetheart (Penelope Cruz), who rightly fears that he doesn't really love her and won't stay around long. Indeed, when he learns that beguiling Mona (Arquette), a longtime obsession, has married, he again becomes hotly interested in her.
Seemingly unhappy, with her husband (John Diehl) employed by the land-grabbing local kingpin (Sam Elliott), Mona flirts with Pete enough to whet his appetite, but he's crushed when he learns that his pal Big Boy has already made a move on her.
While the two guys struggle to stay in business with the help of another local maverick (James Gammon), loyal-but-frustrated Pete is drawn into the dangerous game played by Big Boy and Mona.
In various tense and violent encounters with Elliott's men, the leads' backs are watched by cool-headed Levi Gomez (Enrique Castillo). But Big Boy's brother Little Boy (Cole Hauser) is firmly in the enemy camp. Ultimately, the violence escalates and wild passions are unleashed with tragic consequences, with Big Boy (who fought as Marine in the bloody invasion of Tarawa in the Pacific) seemingly at peace with himself even as he sets a fateful course.
Both an homage to the fading cowboy lifestyle and a believable rendering of the times, "Hi-Lo" boasts another strong, commanding performance from Harrelson. Big Boy is equal parts boastful charmer and punchy cowpoke -- a might-have-been equal to Elliott's wily old boy -- and Harrelson, in one of his best outings, rises to the occasion.
With his starring role in Robert Towne's "Without Limits", Crudup has had a terrific year. Although his character gets somewhat overshadowed by Big Boy and Mona, this rising talent should ride off with a lot more fans. Arquette, on the other hand, is not particularly special or memorable in her role, though her slinky, laconic approach is appropriate to the character.
THE HI-LO COUNTRY
Gramercy Pictures
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment presents
in association with Martin Scorsese
A Working Title production
with Cappa/De Fina Prods.
Director: Stephen Frears
Screenwriter: Walon Green
Producers: Barbara De Fina,
Martin Scorsese, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
Executive producer: Rudd Simmons
Director of photography: Oliver Stapleton
Production/costume designer: Patricia Norris
Editor: Masahiro Hirakubo
Music: Carter Burwell
Casting: Victoria Thomas
Color/stereo
Cast:
Pete: Billy Crudup
Big Boy: Woody Harrelson
Little Boy: Cole Hauser
Mona: Patricia Arquette
Jim Ed Love: Sam Elliott
Hoover: James Gammon
Josepha: Penelope Cruz
Levi Gomez : Enrique Castillo
Les Birk: John Diehl
Running time - 115 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Starring Woody Harrelson and Billy Crudup as returning vets and friends who both pursue married woman Patricia Arquette, "The Hi-Lo Country" is a little out of step with the times (no vampires, no city slickers) and probably won't kick up much of a fuss at the boxoffice.
It's a shame -- what with Oliver Stapleton's excellent widescreen cinematography and Carter Burwell's Oscar-worthy original music evoking classic oaters of the past -- that the holiday glut will claim such an unworthy victim. The literate story, based on Max Evans' novel, is a project Sam Peckinpah struggled for decades to get made.
Small-town ranchers in New Mexico's Hi-Lo Country (near the top of the Texas Panhandle), Pete (Crudup) and Big Boy (Harrelson) return from the war to little fanfare and are all set to continue their rough-living ways -- driving cattle, womanizing, drinking and brawling.
In Walon Green's leisurely paced screenplay, and with Frears displaying a strong grasp of the material, the fates of these two macho guys becomes intertwined when they realize their rough-and-tumble view of life is the one thing they will gladly fight for.
They are largely successful at first, with Pete taking up again with a prewar sweetheart (Penelope Cruz), who rightly fears that he doesn't really love her and won't stay around long. Indeed, when he learns that beguiling Mona (Arquette), a longtime obsession, has married, he again becomes hotly interested in her.
Seemingly unhappy, with her husband (John Diehl) employed by the land-grabbing local kingpin (Sam Elliott), Mona flirts with Pete enough to whet his appetite, but he's crushed when he learns that his pal Big Boy has already made a move on her.
While the two guys struggle to stay in business with the help of another local maverick (James Gammon), loyal-but-frustrated Pete is drawn into the dangerous game played by Big Boy and Mona.
In various tense and violent encounters with Elliott's men, the leads' backs are watched by cool-headed Levi Gomez (Enrique Castillo). But Big Boy's brother Little Boy (Cole Hauser) is firmly in the enemy camp. Ultimately, the violence escalates and wild passions are unleashed with tragic consequences, with Big Boy (who fought as Marine in the bloody invasion of Tarawa in the Pacific) seemingly at peace with himself even as he sets a fateful course.
Both an homage to the fading cowboy lifestyle and a believable rendering of the times, "Hi-Lo" boasts another strong, commanding performance from Harrelson. Big Boy is equal parts boastful charmer and punchy cowpoke -- a might-have-been equal to Elliott's wily old boy -- and Harrelson, in one of his best outings, rises to the occasion.
With his starring role in Robert Towne's "Without Limits", Crudup has had a terrific year. Although his character gets somewhat overshadowed by Big Boy and Mona, this rising talent should ride off with a lot more fans. Arquette, on the other hand, is not particularly special or memorable in her role, though her slinky, laconic approach is appropriate to the character.
THE HI-LO COUNTRY
Gramercy Pictures
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment presents
in association with Martin Scorsese
A Working Title production
with Cappa/De Fina Prods.
Director: Stephen Frears
Screenwriter: Walon Green
Producers: Barbara De Fina,
Martin Scorsese, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan
Executive producer: Rudd Simmons
Director of photography: Oliver Stapleton
Production/costume designer: Patricia Norris
Editor: Masahiro Hirakubo
Music: Carter Burwell
Casting: Victoria Thomas
Color/stereo
Cast:
Pete: Billy Crudup
Big Boy: Woody Harrelson
Little Boy: Cole Hauser
Mona: Patricia Arquette
Jim Ed Love: Sam Elliott
Hoover: James Gammon
Josepha: Penelope Cruz
Levi Gomez : Enrique Castillo
Les Birk: John Diehl
Running time - 115 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 12/24/1998
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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