A seventh edition of the Film Preservation and Restoration Workshop India is to be held Dec. 4-10, 2022, at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalay museum in Mumbai.
The seven-day workshop designed by David Walsh, training and outreach coordinator at the International Federation of Film Archives (Fiaf), will include theory and practical group sessions in the best practices of the preservation and restoration of celluloid and digital films and film-related material like paper, photographs, and 3D objects.
There will also be daily screenings of restored classics from around the world screened at Regal Cinema, Mumbai. These include “Behula,” a 1921 Indian silent film starring Patience Cooper, that plays on the big screen for the first time. Others include “A Hard Day’s Night,” (1964), “Raging Bull” (1980), “In The Mood For Love” (2000), “Il Conformista” (1970) and “Thamp” (1978).
The event is backed by the Film Heritage Foundation in partnership with Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation and Fiaf,...
The seven-day workshop designed by David Walsh, training and outreach coordinator at the International Federation of Film Archives (Fiaf), will include theory and practical group sessions in the best practices of the preservation and restoration of celluloid and digital films and film-related material like paper, photographs, and 3D objects.
There will also be daily screenings of restored classics from around the world screened at Regal Cinema, Mumbai. These include “Behula,” a 1921 Indian silent film starring Patience Cooper, that plays on the big screen for the first time. Others include “A Hard Day’s Night,” (1964), “Raging Bull” (1980), “In The Mood For Love” (2000), “Il Conformista” (1970) and “Thamp” (1978).
The event is backed by the Film Heritage Foundation in partnership with Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation and Fiaf,...
- 11/14/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The Film Heritage Foundation in partnership with Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation (Tff) and the International Federation Of Film Archives (Fiaf) is all set to conduct the Film Preservation And Restoration Workshop India 2022 at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalay (Csmvs Museum), Mumbai.
Since its inception in 2015, this highly commendable flagship training programme has travelled successfully to cities such as Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata and attracted unconditional endorsements from film luminaries such as Amitabh Bachchan, Shyam Benegal, Naseeruddin Shah, Kamal Haasan, Mani Ratnam, S S Rajamouli, Nagarjuna, Chiranjeevi, Prosenjit Chatterjee and Goutam Ghose.
The seven-day workshop designed by David Walsh, Training and Outreach Coordinator, Fiaf, will include theory and practical group sessions in the best practices of the preservation and restoration of celluloid and digital films and film-related material like paper, photographs, and 3D objects. It will be held from December 4 to December 10.
Aside from this, there will...
Since its inception in 2015, this highly commendable flagship training programme has travelled successfully to cities such as Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata and attracted unconditional endorsements from film luminaries such as Amitabh Bachchan, Shyam Benegal, Naseeruddin Shah, Kamal Haasan, Mani Ratnam, S S Rajamouli, Nagarjuna, Chiranjeevi, Prosenjit Chatterjee and Goutam Ghose.
The seven-day workshop designed by David Walsh, Training and Outreach Coordinator, Fiaf, will include theory and practical group sessions in the best practices of the preservation and restoration of celluloid and digital films and film-related material like paper, photographs, and 3D objects. It will be held from December 4 to December 10.
Aside from this, there will...
- 11/12/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Cleopatra Jones
Blu ray
Warner Archive
1973 / 2:35:1 / 89 Min. / Street Date – March 19, 2019
Starring Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey
Written by Max Julien, Sheldon Keller
Cinematography by David M. Walsh
Directed by Jack Starrett
A good-natured if rickety assemblage of action movie cliches, Cleopatra Jones is dominated by two bigger than life actresses, Tamara Dobson and Shelley Winters. The movie’s trailer promoted Dobson as the “soul sister’s answer” to James Bond but you can count Bruce Lee, Emma Peel, Shaft and The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. among Cleo’s many relevant role models.
Winters plays “Mommy”, a foulmouthed mob boss who depends on the thriving Poppy fields of Turkey for her cash flow and Dobson is Cleopatra, an Amazonian fashion plate whose special agent skills range from karate to high speed car chases – her plan to wipe out Mommy’s syndicate leads to a high octane race through ‘70’s era L.
Blu ray
Warner Archive
1973 / 2:35:1 / 89 Min. / Street Date – March 19, 2019
Starring Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey
Written by Max Julien, Sheldon Keller
Cinematography by David M. Walsh
Directed by Jack Starrett
A good-natured if rickety assemblage of action movie cliches, Cleopatra Jones is dominated by two bigger than life actresses, Tamara Dobson and Shelley Winters. The movie’s trailer promoted Dobson as the “soul sister’s answer” to James Bond but you can count Bruce Lee, Emma Peel, Shaft and The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. among Cleo’s many relevant role models.
Winters plays “Mommy”, a foulmouthed mob boss who depends on the thriving Poppy fields of Turkey for her cash flow and Dobson is Cleopatra, an Amazonian fashion plate whose special agent skills range from karate to high speed car chases – her plan to wipe out Mommy’s syndicate leads to a high octane race through ‘70’s era L.
- 3/19/2019
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1972 / 1:85 / Street Date July 18th, 2017
Starring: Woody Allen, Gene Wilder, Tony Randall, Burt Reynolds
Cinematography: David M. Walsh
Film Editor: Eric Albertson
Written by Woody Allen
Produced by Jack Brodsky, Elliott Gould
Music: Mundell Lowe
Directed by Woody Allen
A how-to book for fledgling libertines, David Reuben’s bestselling Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask) was the kind of sex manual that could remain on the coffee table when the in-laws arrived. An everyman’s guide to the birds and the bees, it ambled through its range of racy topics, from sodomy, cunnilingus to, um, plastic surgery for the genitalia, with both commonsensical and alarmingly retrograde attitudes, dispensing its advice with all the excitement of an insurance agent’s visit. When Woody Allen was given the opportunity to adapt it,...
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1972 / 1:85 / Street Date July 18th, 2017
Starring: Woody Allen, Gene Wilder, Tony Randall, Burt Reynolds
Cinematography: David M. Walsh
Film Editor: Eric Albertson
Written by Woody Allen
Produced by Jack Brodsky, Elliott Gould
Music: Mundell Lowe
Directed by Woody Allen
A how-to book for fledgling libertines, David Reuben’s bestselling Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask) was the kind of sex manual that could remain on the coffee table when the in-laws arrived. An everyman’s guide to the birds and the bees, it ambled through its range of racy topics, from sodomy, cunnilingus to, um, plastic surgery for the genitalia, with both commonsensical and alarmingly retrograde attitudes, dispensing its advice with all the excitement of an insurance agent’s visit. When Woody Allen was given the opportunity to adapt it,...
- 9/2/2017
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Sergei Loznitsa's The Event (2015), which is receiving an exclusive global online premiere on Mubi, is showing from August 4 - September 3, 2017 as a Special Discovery. “Questions are only dangerous when you answer them.”—Toby Esterhase, Smiley’s People“Resign! Resign! Resign!”—St. Petersburg crowd, 19 August 199119 August 1991. Sergei Loznitsa is packing his bags in Kiev: having recently left his job at the city’s Institute of Cybernetics, he is about to enroll at Moscow Film School. The phone rings; it’s a friend. Loznitsa, at his pal’s suggestion, turns on the television. All four state channels, interspersed with news flashes, are broadcasting the same thing: Swan Lake—on repeat. Updates come through haphazardly. In Moscow, there are tanks in the streets. By noon, there is something resembling a clearer picture: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, on vacation in the Crimea, has taken ill. A state of emergency is declared. Loznitsa walks...
- 8/4/2017
- MUBI
Gold is the epic tale of one man’s pursuit of the American dream — to discover gold. Oscar® winner Matthew McConaughey stars as Kenny Wells, a prospector desperate for a lucky break, who teams up with a similarly eager geologist, and they set off on an amazing journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia. Getting the gold was hard, but keeping it would be even harder, sparking an adventure through the most powerful boardrooms of Wall Street. The film is inspired by the true story of David Walsh and his company falsely claiming the discovery of a massive gold mine in Indonesia.
The home entertainment release is packed with must-see bonus features including: Feature commentary with director Stephen Gaghan, a dynamic deleted sequence of the film, an exploration of the movie’s origins, a journey through Gold’s locations, and a behind-the-scenes look at Matthew McConaughey’s unforgettable performance as Kenny Wells.
The home entertainment release is packed with must-see bonus features including: Feature commentary with director Stephen Gaghan, a dynamic deleted sequence of the film, an exploration of the movie’s origins, a journey through Gold’s locations, and a behind-the-scenes look at Matthew McConaughey’s unforgettable performance as Kenny Wells.
- 5/3/2017
- by Michael Connally
- LRMonline.com
Loosely inspired by the story of David Walsh and the Bre-x Minerals mining scandal in the 1990’s, Gold is director Stephen Gaghan’s first wide release directorial effort since Syriana over a decade ago. Unlike that film though, Gaghan didn’t handle writing duties here, and quality may have suffered because of it.
Scripted intricacies in Gold are not nearly as incisive and sophisticated as previous Gaghan efforts like Syriana or his Oscar-winning screenplay for Traffic. Instead, writers Patrick Massett and John Zinman constantly rely on fortune cookie-style dialogue to hammer home messages that never reach the profoundness they so desire. It’s still a fascinating story, with a topsy-turvy third act that’s fairly engaging finale if you weren’t already familiar with the real life scandal, but what really saves this film from mediocrity starts and ends with Matthew McConaughey.
Gold centers on the charismatic and relentlessly hopeful...
Scripted intricacies in Gold are not nearly as incisive and sophisticated as previous Gaghan efforts like Syriana or his Oscar-winning screenplay for Traffic. Instead, writers Patrick Massett and John Zinman constantly rely on fortune cookie-style dialogue to hammer home messages that never reach the profoundness they so desire. It’s still a fascinating story, with a topsy-turvy third act that’s fairly engaging finale if you weren’t already familiar with the real life scandal, but what really saves this film from mediocrity starts and ends with Matthew McConaughey.
Gold centers on the charismatic and relentlessly hopeful...
- 1/28/2017
- by Joseph Hernandez
- We Got This Covered
This week brings the delayed premiere of famous screenwriter and director Stephen Gaghan's Gold. It's the fictional retelling of the Bre-x mining scandal, in which the company soared to fame and riches as it appeared to own a huge goldmine in Indonesia, though questions arose when core drilling samples appeared to have been tampered with. It's an interesting story for sure, made more interesting by having Matthew McConaughey play the role of Kenny Wells, the lead who is quite obviously based on Bre-x' founder David Walsh. For the generally rather fit (cough-understatement-cough) McConaughey it meant playing a fat, bald guy with a crazy set of dentures, but then again we've seen him do physical transformations quite well in the past. Which brings us to favorite...
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- 1/23/2017
- Screen Anarchy
From The Kettering Incident to Rosehaven, the isolation and dark beauty of Australia’s island state is bringing resounding success to the screen
Tasmania is having a moment. Undeniably, the popularity of David Walsh’s Museum of Old and New Art has consolidated the state’s reputation as a cultural tourism destination. But right now something else is happening too: Tasmania is emerging as a star of film and television.
This year saw the debut of eight-part Foxtel/BBC Worldwide thriller The Kettering Incident in July, while new ABC comedy Rosehaven premiered in October. They are high profile, well-received shows which seem likely to go to a second season. Though poles apart genre-wise, both are set in small-town Tasmania and riff on notions of otherness and isolation while highlighting the dark beauty of the landscape.
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Tasmania is having a moment. Undeniably, the popularity of David Walsh’s Museum of Old and New Art has consolidated the state’s reputation as a cultural tourism destination. But right now something else is happening too: Tasmania is emerging as a star of film and television.
This year saw the debut of eight-part Foxtel/BBC Worldwide thriller The Kettering Incident in July, while new ABC comedy Rosehaven premiered in October. They are high profile, well-received shows which seem likely to go to a second season. Though poles apart genre-wise, both are set in small-town Tasmania and riff on notions of otherness and isolation while highlighting the dark beauty of the landscape.
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- 11/24/2016
- by Briony Kidd
- The Guardian - Film News
In the early '70s Walter Matthau excelled in three powerful cops 'n' robbers movies; the second sees him as a tough, laconic San Francisco detective charged with an impossible task -- running down a machine gun mass murderer, with no clues and no living witnesses. The Laughing Policeman Blu-ray Kl Studio Classics 1973 / Color / 1:85 enhanced widescreen / 112 min. / Street Date October 18, 2016 / available through Kl Studio Classics / 29.95 Starring Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett Jr., Albert Paulsen, Anthony Zerbe, Val Avery, Cathy Lee Crosby, Mario Gallo, Joanna Cassidy, Shirley Ballard, William Hansen, Paul Koslo, Louis Guss, Clifton James, Gregory Sierra, Warren Finnerty, Matt Clark, Joseph Bernard, Leigh French, Anthony Costello. Cinematography David M. Walsh Film Editor Bob Wyman Original Music Charles Fox Written by Thomas Rickman from the novel by Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo Produced and Directed by Stuart Rosenberg
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Viewers that like Walter Matthau in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Viewers that like Walter Matthau in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three...
- 10/17/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Steven Soderbergh's Erin Brokovich (2000) is playing July 17 - August 16, 2016 on Mubi in the United Kingdom. “Erin Brockovich is perhaps the most forceful articulation of Soderbergh’s proclivity toward emphasizing character over other filmic concerns. Without sacrificing their causal role within the narrative, who characters are is often of greater interest than what they do—indeed, what they will do and accomplish is often a foregone conclusion… while Erin Brockovich may, thematically, be a film about responsibility, formally, Erin Brockovich is a movie about Erin Brockovich—and decidedly so.”— Andrew Patrick Nelson, in The Philosophy of Steven Soderbergh“I’m smart, I’m hardworking and I’m not leaving here without a job.”— Erin, Erin BrockovichErin Brockovich must win people over. As a single mother of three who wears short skirts and low-cut tops, she’s at the more preyed-upon end of a predatory spectrum—one whose social logic is built on first impressions.
- 7/19/2016
- MUBI
This Alan Arkin-Peter Falk show is finally being recognized as a comedy mini-masterpiece. Afraid of offending his daughter's future father-in-law, a dentist is sucked into a nightmare of crime and jeopardy, as a jolly Chinese airline whisks him away to a rendezvous with danger in a Latin American dictatorship. It's a gem of sustained mirth. The In-Laws Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 823 1979 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 103 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date July 5, 2016 / 39.95 Starring Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini, Nancy Dussault, Penny Peyser, Arlene Golonka, Michael Lembeck, Paul Lawrence Smith, Ed Begley Jr., James Hong, Barbara Dana, David Paymer. Cinematography David M. Walsh Film Editor Robert E. Swink Original Music John Morris Written by Andrew Bergman Produced by Arthur Miller, William Sackheim Directed by Arthur Hiller
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Good grief, I had no idea that Albert Brooks and Michael Douglas remade this movie back in...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Good grief, I had no idea that Albert Brooks and Michael Douglas remade this movie back in...
- 6/29/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
A mad extortionist is blowing up rollercoaster rides. Put-upon George Segal must stop him because we all know that the time, the tide and roller coasters wait for no man. Producer Jennings Lang's by-the-numbers suspense thriller is light on suspense and thrills, but the cast is good and the screenplay at least partly intelligent. And hey -- it's got a teenage Helen Hunt! Rollercoaster Blu-ray Shout! Factory 1977 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 119 min. / Street Date June 21, 2016 / 19.99 Starring George Segal, Timothy Bottoms, Henry Fonda, Helen Hunt, Harry Guardino, Susan Strasberg, Craig Wasson, Robert Quarry, Quinn Redeker, Dick Wesson, Gary Franklin, Steve Guttenberg. Cinematography David M. Walsh Original Music Lalo Schifrin Written by Richard Levinson, William Link, Tommy Cook Produced by Jennings Lang Directed by James Goldstone
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Jaws inspired plenty of rip-off movies about sharks, bears, killer whales and monster octopi threatening beaches. Since it wasn't safe to go back to the water,...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Jaws inspired plenty of rip-off movies about sharks, bears, killer whales and monster octopi threatening beaches. Since it wasn't safe to go back to the water,...
- 6/18/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation is among the organsiations working with India’s Film Heritage Foundation on a film preservation workshop that kicks off this week (Feb 26-March 6).
Overseas partners also include The International Federation of Film Archives (Fiaf), George Eastman Museum, the Selznick School of Film Preservation and Italy’s L’Immagine Ritrovata. In addition to Film Heritage Foundation, established by Indian filmmaker Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, local organisers include the National Film Archive of India (Nfai) and Viacom18.
“The language of cinema is universal,” said Scorsese, announcing the workshop. “In a time of great divisions, conflicts, transformations, it’s really crucial to preserve and share our cultural patrimonies and to ensure that this universal language will speak to future generations around the world.”
The 10-day workshop, which will take place at Nfai’s headquarters in Pune, covers the technology and ethics involved in film preservation as India races to save its film heritage. “This is a unique...
Overseas partners also include The International Federation of Film Archives (Fiaf), George Eastman Museum, the Selznick School of Film Preservation and Italy’s L’Immagine Ritrovata. In addition to Film Heritage Foundation, established by Indian filmmaker Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, local organisers include the National Film Archive of India (Nfai) and Viacom18.
“The language of cinema is universal,” said Scorsese, announcing the workshop. “In a time of great divisions, conflicts, transformations, it’s really crucial to preserve and share our cultural patrimonies and to ensure that this universal language will speak to future generations around the world.”
The 10-day workshop, which will take place at Nfai’s headquarters in Pune, covers the technology and ethics involved in film preservation as India races to save its film heritage. “This is a unique...
- 2/23/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Esteemed journalist and author David Walsh will forever be renowned for being the man who exposed one of the greatest scams in sports history. He was the man who, in the face of adversity, never gave up on revealing the truth about Lance Armstrong, and his efforts have since been turned into a movie; The
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- 10/15/2015
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Cycling's biggest-ever doping scandal races onto the big screen in the trailer for Lance Armstrong biopic The Programme.
Lone Survivor's Ben Foster portrays the disgraced cyclist in the intense sports drama from Philomena director Stephen Frears.
Framing the movie is the efforts by journalist David Walsh (Chris O'Dowd) to expose Lance Armstrong as a doper during his seven-year Tour de France triumph.
Frears's book is based on Walsh's bestselling memoir Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong, winner of the 2013 Irish Book Award in the sports category.
In the wake of the scandal that ruined Armstrong's international reputation, the cyclist issued a public apology earlier this year to those who he's wronged.
Ben Foster took performance-enhancing drugs to play Lance Armstrong in The Programme
"For 15 years I was a complete arsehole to a dozen people," he said in Lance Armstrong: The Road Ahead.
"I said I would try...
Lone Survivor's Ben Foster portrays the disgraced cyclist in the intense sports drama from Philomena director Stephen Frears.
Framing the movie is the efforts by journalist David Walsh (Chris O'Dowd) to expose Lance Armstrong as a doper during his seven-year Tour de France triumph.
Frears's book is based on Walsh's bestselling memoir Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong, winner of the 2013 Irish Book Award in the sports category.
In the wake of the scandal that ruined Armstrong's international reputation, the cyclist issued a public apology earlier this year to those who he's wronged.
Ben Foster took performance-enhancing drugs to play Lance Armstrong in The Programme
"For 15 years I was a complete arsehole to a dozen people," he said in Lance Armstrong: The Road Ahead.
"I said I would try...
- 9/14/2015
- Digital Spy
By John M. Whalen
When the “hardware widow” (Allyn Ann McClerie) asks Monte Walsh (Lee Marvin) if he’d gotten used to the idea of his long-time partner Chet Rollins (Jack Palance) and her being married, Monte says: “I never had so many things to get used to in my whole life, as now.” That line of dialogue in the middle of William Fraker’s “Monte Walsh” (1970) pretty much sums up this first and best film adaptation of Jack Schaeffer’s novel about the end of the Old West in general and the cowboy life in particular. It’s a true classic and even though it features two of the toughest tough guy actors of the sixties and seventies, it’s not a melodramatic shoot-em-up, full of violence, sound and fury. Rather it’s an elegiac portrait of the way it must have really happened, presented in a style as...
When the “hardware widow” (Allyn Ann McClerie) asks Monte Walsh (Lee Marvin) if he’d gotten used to the idea of his long-time partner Chet Rollins (Jack Palance) and her being married, Monte says: “I never had so many things to get used to in my whole life, as now.” That line of dialogue in the middle of William Fraker’s “Monte Walsh” (1970) pretty much sums up this first and best film adaptation of Jack Schaeffer’s novel about the end of the Old West in general and the cowboy life in particular. It’s a true classic and even though it features two of the toughest tough guy actors of the sixties and seventies, it’s not a melodramatic shoot-em-up, full of violence, sound and fury. Rather it’s an elegiac portrait of the way it must have really happened, presented in a style as...
- 9/13/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Ahead of it’s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Stephen Frears’ (The Queen) in-depth exploration of the rise and fall of cyclist Lance Armstrong’s career and the doping scandal which rocked the sport debuts a new trailer which promises a tense and gripping account of a shocking real life scandal. Everyone is on point here, with Chris O’Dowd impressing in a rare serious role for the funny man, but Ben Foster promises to steal the show. He perfectly inhabits the role of Armstrong, a smiling picture of virtue one minute, a cold and calculating schemer the next. For me, this could be film of the year. Released: 16th October (Irl/U.K.) Synopsis: Based on the award winning book “Seven Deadly Sins” by David Walsh, this tense and suspenseful thriller looks at how one of the greatest deceptions in the modern era was uncovered while...
- 9/11/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
StudioCanal has debuted the stark new poster for Stephen Frears’ upcoming biopic, The Program, which will chart the meteoric rise and equally crushing fall of Tour de France champion, Lance Armstrong.
Arriving via Empire Magazine, the one-sheet is a moody teaser for Frears’ drama, who is no stranger to depicting real-life figures after working on the likes of the award-winning The Queen with Helen Mirren, not to mention 2013’s acclaimed drama Philomena. For The Program, however, the filmmaker is delving into a topic that is both controversial and quite contemporary, after it was revealed that Armstrong was guilty of doping, effectively bringing his once golden, untainted reputation crashing down overnight.
In the title role as the shamed cyclist is Ben Foster, while Chris O’ Dowd is on board to play Irish journalist David Walsh. Rounding out the cast are Dustin Hoffman, Guillaume Canet and Jesse Plemons.
What separates The Program...
Arriving via Empire Magazine, the one-sheet is a moody teaser for Frears’ drama, who is no stranger to depicting real-life figures after working on the likes of the award-winning The Queen with Helen Mirren, not to mention 2013’s acclaimed drama Philomena. For The Program, however, the filmmaker is delving into a topic that is both controversial and quite contemporary, after it was revealed that Armstrong was guilty of doping, effectively bringing his once golden, untainted reputation crashing down overnight.
In the title role as the shamed cyclist is Ben Foster, while Chris O’ Dowd is on board to play Irish journalist David Walsh. Rounding out the cast are Dustin Hoffman, Guillaume Canet and Jesse Plemons.
What separates The Program...
- 8/13/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
The rise and subsequent decline and fall of Lance Armstrong always had a cinematic quality. An American archetype of Shane-like proportions, he was a cancer survivor, champion cyclist, Dodgeball cameo-er and, at a push, could even pull off yellow. Then it all went up in a puff of smoke. Stephen Frears' new movie The Program will explore all of those elements (apart from maybe the Dodgeball bit), with Ben Foster playing this compelling figure. And here is the actor as centrepiece of the film's newest promo.Adapted from sports journalist David Walsh’s book Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit Of Lance Armstrong, the film will follow the cyclist’s meteoric rise, battles with cancer and equally fast fall once it was proved that he had been using performance-enhancing drugs during his successful years.Frears has Chris O’Dowd playing Walsh, with Ben Foster as Armstrong. From the looks of the trailer,...
- 8/13/2015
- EmpireOnline
Despite it being the directorial debut of five times Oscar nominated cinematographer William A. Fraker, 1970’s revisionist Western Monte Walsh isn’t as well remembered as it possibly should be. Prizing characterization over narrative and ignoring the usual set of genre highlights until its third act, it’s a mellow, melancholy bit of nostalgia about the last days of the Old West. Sporting a handsome cast and imbued with the right touch of technical appropriations, it’s a rather humble offering following on the footsteps of iconic juggernauts of the genre, like True Grit or The Wild Bunch, both of which premiered the year prior. Awards glory and controversial depictions of violence launched those films into the zeitgeist, but Fraker’s has remained an obscure item rooted in realistic, low key tendencies.
As Monte Walsh (Lee Marvin) and best pal Chet Rolling (Jack Palance) descend from the mountains after a long winter,...
As Monte Walsh (Lee Marvin) and best pal Chet Rolling (Jack Palance) descend from the mountains after a long winter,...
- 8/4/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
We recently showed you the trailer for the upcoming Lance Armstrong biopic "The Program." Unfortunately, it was in German. But now, we have the English version. Watch it below. Plot: The film charts the thrilling rise of pro-cyclist Lance Armstrong through the 90s and early 2000s, battling cancer, as he and his fellow American teammates dominate and change the European sport of cycling. Winning the Tour de France an unprecedented seven times, Lance retires as one of the great sporting heroes of our time, and worth millions of dollars. David Walsh, sports writer, is at first charmed by Lance's charisma and talent. Seven Tours later, and ostracized by the cycling community for speaking out, he believes the world is being sold a lie. A lone voice, it is several years before Lance is exposed. "The Program" is directed by Stephen Frears (The Queen) and stars Ben Foster (3:10 to Yuma,...
- 6/12/2015
- WorstPreviews.com
The Program International Trailer. Stephen Frears‘ The Program (2015) international movie trailer stars Ben Foster, Chris O’Dowd, Jesse Plemons, Lee Pace, and Dustin Hoffman. The Program‘s synopsis: “An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong’s performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.”
What I like about this trailer is Ben Foster, and how easily I’m able to suspend my disbelief that he is playing Lance Armstrong at the height of his performance-enhancing drugs debacle. What I don’t like is how made-for-tv this feels. However, story is most important, and this seems to be based on a nonfiction book by David Walsh (whom O’Dowd is playing) that was adapted by John Hodge – who wrote the Trainspotting script. So who knows, this could be quite interesting, after all. We’ll see.
What I like about this trailer is Ben Foster, and how easily I’m able to suspend my disbelief that he is playing Lance Armstrong at the height of his performance-enhancing drugs debacle. What I don’t like is how made-for-tv this feels. However, story is most important, and this seems to be based on a nonfiction book by David Walsh (whom O’Dowd is playing) that was adapted by John Hodge – who wrote the Trainspotting script. So who knows, this could be quite interesting, after all. We’ll see.
- 6/11/2015
- by Marco Margaritoff
- Film-Book
One film I've had my eye on in the upcoming season is Stephen Frears' "The Program" (formerly "Icon"). It's the story of journalist David Walsh, chief sports writer of the Sunday Times, who was hot on the trail of cyclist Lance Armstrong's fall from grace amid his performance-enhancing drugs scandal. A sharp trailer gives us our first glance at what we're dealing with here. Chris O'Dowd is playing Walsh opposite Ben Foster as Armstrong. The latter appears uncanny in his depiction, really getting under the skin of a character who will do anything to succeed, will cut corners to achieve a result, will sell himself out if it means gaining any sort of edge in the marketplace of professional athleticism. Those are themes that stretch beyond that world, of course... There is no domestic distributor on the Working Title production yet, which is surprising. I imagine it will...
- 6/11/2015
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
Lance Armstrong’s meteoric rise and subsequent fall is put under a microscope in the new trailer for Working Title’s biopic “The Program,” which stars Ben Foster as the disgraced cyclist. “He wins and wins, and he celebrates. He meets the president. He gets more sponsors, more money, more fame. The man is a cheat,” says Chris O’Dowd, who plays David Walsh, chief sports writer of British newspaper The Sunday Times and author of book “Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong.” Directed by “Philomena” director Stephen Frears, the film chronicles Armstrong’s rise and fall from fame,...
- 6/11/2015
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
The rise and fall of cyclist Lance Armstrong comes to the big screen in a trailer for The Programme.
Academy Award-nominated director Stephen Frears's biographical drama stars Lone Survivor's Ben Foster as Armstrong, one-time hero of the cycling circuit.
The Programme's title refers to the doping regime that Armstrong allegedly used while winning seven consecutive Tour de France titles.
Frears's movie is told from the perspective of journalist David Walsh, who was credited with bringing down Armstrong by exposing his doping.
Walsh is played in The Programme by St Vincent and Bridesmaids star Chris O'Dowd.
Other key figures in the exposure of the doping scandal are played by Lee Pace, Guillaume Canet, Bryan Greenberg and Dustin Hoffman.
The Programme is expected to premiere in the Us and the UK later this year.
Academy Award-nominated director Stephen Frears's biographical drama stars Lone Survivor's Ben Foster as Armstrong, one-time hero of the cycling circuit.
The Programme's title refers to the doping regime that Armstrong allegedly used while winning seven consecutive Tour de France titles.
Frears's movie is told from the perspective of journalist David Walsh, who was credited with bringing down Armstrong by exposing his doping.
Walsh is played in The Programme by St Vincent and Bridesmaids star Chris O'Dowd.
Other key figures in the exposure of the doping scandal are played by Lee Pace, Guillaume Canet, Bryan Greenberg and Dustin Hoffman.
The Programme is expected to premiere in the Us and the UK later this year.
- 6/11/2015
- Digital Spy
When Lance Armstrong was found to have perpetrated one of the biggest ‘doping’ scandals in the history of professional cycling in 2013, it seemed as though the phrase ‘How the mighty have fallen’ could have been coined just for him. Revered as one of the greatest sportsmen of his generation, Armstrong had survived cancer and gone on to, seemingly, become a world champion several times over. However, while millions worshipped him as a hero, Irish sports journalist David Walsh remained suspicious, and that is the story told in The Program.
Based on the book Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit Of Lance Armstrong, by Walsh – which was published in 2012 and adapted by Academy Award nominee John Hodge (Trainspotting) – The Program details the 13 years spent by the journalist trying to expose the reality behind Armstrong’s phenomenal ascent to the top of the sport of international cycling, including seven Tour de France victories.
Based on the book Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit Of Lance Armstrong, by Walsh – which was published in 2012 and adapted by Academy Award nominee John Hodge (Trainspotting) – The Program details the 13 years spent by the journalist trying to expose the reality behind Armstrong’s phenomenal ascent to the top of the sport of international cycling, including seven Tour de France victories.
- 6/11/2015
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
"No longer confined to Earth, now we have learned to fly..." StudioCanal UK has debuted a trailer for The Program, the Lance Armstrong film from Stephen Frears. Originally it was going to be a biopic, but after all the fallout it seems to have shifted to a story of "how he pulled that off", coming from the angle of one of the other racers and the journalist who was trying to find out the truth - David Walsh, as played by Chris O'Dowd. Actor Ben Foster plays Lance Armstrong, and he looks solid, everything I was expecting and more. I'm really looking forward to this, I want to see what sides of this story they play with, and this trailer is a big tease. The cast includes Lee Pace, Jesse Plemons and Guillaume Canet. Give this a look. Here's the first official trailer for Stephen Frears' The Program, direct...
- 6/11/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Program, directed by Stephen Frears, stars Ben Foster as disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after finally admitting to doping in 2012. The film, based on journalist David Walsh's work on uncovering Armstrong, also stars Chris O'Dowd and Dustin Hoffman. It is released in the UK later this year Continue reading...
- 6/11/2015
- by Guardian Staff
- The Guardian - Film News
The first trailer for Stephen Frears' new movie The Program, taking a look at the Lance Armstrong doping scandal has arrived. Starring Ben Foster as Armstrong, the film is based on David Walsh's book "Seven Deadly Sins" and follows the rise and fall of the cyclist star who would win the Tour de France seven times, survive his battle with cancer and subsequently fall from grace after being exposed taking performance enhancing drugs. Along with Foster, the film co-stars Chris O'Dowd, Guillaume Canet, Lee Pace and Jesse Plemons. As of now there is no U.S. distributor, but the film will hit theaters on September 23 in France and in Germany on October 8. Question is, will that stop it from making an appearance on the fall film festival circuitc Watch the trailer below and check out four new pictures from the movie. sb id="1532229" height="360" width="640"...
- 6/11/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
While we wait for the domestic trailer for the upcoming Lance Armstrong biopic "The Program" to be released, today we have a German version, giving us a look at the first footage from the movie. Check it out below. Plot: The film charts the thrilling rise of pro-cyclist Lance Armstrong through the 90s and early 2000s, battling cancer, as he and his fellow American teammates dominate and change the European sport of cycling. Winning the Tour de France an unprecedented seven times, Lance retires as one of the great sporting heroes of our time, and worth millions of dollars. David Walsh, sports writer, is at first charmed by Lance's charisma and talent. Seven Tours later, and ostracized by the cycling community for speaking out, he believes the world is being sold a lie. A lone voice, it is several years before Lance is exposed. "The Program" is directed by Stephen Frears...
- 6/11/2015
- WorstPreviews.com
The race to get a film about the cheating, drug-enhanced winning ways of cyclist Lance Armstrong has been hotly contested, but it appears Stephen Frears has pulled ahead of the pack, with The Program arriving this year. Check out the first trailer for the film, with the poster lurking lower down the page. Adapted from sports journalist David Walsh’s book Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit Of Lance Armstrong, the film will follow the cyclist’s meteoric rise, battles with cancer and equally fast fall once it was proved that he had been using performance-enhancing drugs during his successful years.Frears has Chris O’Dowd playing Walsh, with Ben Foster as Armstrong. From the looks of this, it’s a dramatic retelling of Armstrong’s Tour de France years and then what happened when the truth came out, and the rabbit hole proved to be far deeper than anyone suspected.
- 6/11/2015
- EmpireOnline
It was nearly two years ago that the first image from Stephen Frears' Lance Armstrong movie "The Program" arrived. since that time a number of festivals have come and gone where we might've expected it to show up, and when any movie is off the grid this long, one does begin to wonder about its quality. Today the first international trailer has arrived, and though it's dubbed in German, it gives you an idea of the picture. Read More: Venice Review: Stephen Fears' 'Philomena' Starring Judi Dench & Steve Coogan Ben Foster takes the lead role as the disgraced cyclist in the story penned by John Hodge ("Trance," "The Beach," "Trainspotting") and based on David Walsh's book "Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit Of Lance Armstrong, about the journalist's work in exposing Armstrong's misdeeds. Yes, that's Chris O'Dowd taking a dramatic co-starring role, with Guillaume Canet and Jesse Plemons among.
- 6/10/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Back in the '90s, Rudy Giuliani got quite angry that a certain painting in a show at the Brooklyn Museum was depicting the mother of Christ in elephant shit surrounded by cutout images from pornographic magazines.The painting in question was Chris Ofili’s The Holy Virgin Mary. Now, Rudy, the good Catholic that he was, called such art “sick stuff” and demanded the show be canceled, huffed and puffed, threatened to cut off funding to the museum — all of which is kind of insane to think about, really. Man, weren’t the '90s wild? And so, now, if you so desire, you can own this painting, the one work by the Turner Prize–winning artist that’s approached pop-culture status. It’s up at the Christie’s postwar and contemporary evening sale next month in London, and it’s estimated to sell for $2.3 million. The guy selling...
- 5/29/2015
- by Nate Freeman
- Vulture
Mining scandal drama Gold finally appears to have found a safe pair of hands in Stephen Gaghan, after a fiddly development process. He has Matthew McConaughey and Edgar Ramirez already aboard and has just added Michelle Williams to the mix.The film, which has a script from Patrick Massett and John Zinman, tells the story of the 1993 Bre-x Corporation mining scandal. The plot follows a rough-around-the-edges prospector David Walsh (McConaughey) who stumbles upon one of the largest gold mines in the world in the Indonesian jungle.You may not be surprised to learn, given the appearance of the word “scandal” before, that it turned out to be bogus. Ramirez is set as geologist Michael Acosta in the true-life tale, while Williams will be his wife, called Jeannette in reality, but whose name may be changed for the movie. Gaghan will start shooting in June in Thailand, New York and New Mexico.
- 5/17/2015
- EmpireOnline
From the Waterphone to a four-headed double bass made with forks and spoons, composers have been experimenting with weird and wonderful instruments over the years for film soundtracks. Now, Alex Heffes has been bashing a bike for Stephen Frears's new Lance Armstrong biopic.
The as-yet-untitled film charts the rise and fall of the infamous American cyclist as he won seven Tour de France titles, only to have them stripped away when it was proven that he was using performance-enhancing drugs. Ben Foster is playing Armstrong, alongside Chris O'Dowd as David Walsh, the journalist who exposed him, while Hollywood legend Dustin Hoffman also makes an appearance.
The film will inevitably be packed with dramatic episodes both on and off the cycling track, calling for a powerful, thematically-resonant score to back them up. This is where renowned composer Heffes (State of Play) stepped up with a suggestion.
"We decided to mount...
The as-yet-untitled film charts the rise and fall of the infamous American cyclist as he won seven Tour de France titles, only to have them stripped away when it was proven that he was using performance-enhancing drugs. Ben Foster is playing Armstrong, alongside Chris O'Dowd as David Walsh, the journalist who exposed him, while Hollywood legend Dustin Hoffman also makes an appearance.
The film will inevitably be packed with dramatic episodes both on and off the cycling track, calling for a powerful, thematically-resonant score to back them up. This is where renowned composer Heffes (State of Play) stepped up with a suggestion.
"We decided to mount...
- 5/31/2014
- Digital Spy
Making Love
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Written by Barry Sandler
1982, USA
Making Love is often cited as the first mainstream American movie to deal realistically with gay characters and themes. Because it was both unprofitable and unloved by critics, it would be a full decade before Hollywood tried again, with Philadelphia, to convince straight filmgoers to see a gay movie. Since Making Love came out in 1982, right as the AIDS crisis was starting to hit, it became a relic almost instantly. As men began dying in San Francisco and New York, this low-stakes domestic drama must have seemed pointless if not absurd.
Its story is simple. The seemingly happy marriage between Zack, a young doctor (Michael Ontkean), and Claire, a TV executive (Kate Jackson), disintegrates when Zack figures out he’s actually attracted to men. He starts an affair with Bart, a gay writer played by Harry Hamlin, who is...
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Written by Barry Sandler
1982, USA
Making Love is often cited as the first mainstream American movie to deal realistically with gay characters and themes. Because it was both unprofitable and unloved by critics, it would be a full decade before Hollywood tried again, with Philadelphia, to convince straight filmgoers to see a gay movie. Since Making Love came out in 1982, right as the AIDS crisis was starting to hit, it became a relic almost instantly. As men began dying in San Francisco and New York, this low-stakes domestic drama must have seemed pointless if not absurd.
Its story is simple. The seemingly happy marriage between Zack, a young doctor (Michael Ontkean), and Claire, a TV executive (Kate Jackson), disintegrates when Zack figures out he’s actually attracted to men. He starts an affair with Bart, a gay writer played by Harry Hamlin, who is...
- 3/17/2014
- by Bryan Rucker
- SoundOnSight
Director: Stephen Frears
Writer: John Hodge
Producers: Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, Tracey Seaward, Kate Solomon
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Lee Pace, Ben Foster, Chris O’Dowd, Guillaume Canet, Jesse Plemons, Dustin Hoffman
He has to be one of the most fascinating real-life, hero and villain protagonists in this media age, and might just make for a great duality character on screen. This picture could be “dope” if Ben Foster delivers like we know he can — and though we’ve beaten up on Philomena helmer Stephen Frears for recent efforts such as Lay the Favorite and Cheri, he nonetheless delivers the goods when bio-elements are concerned.
Gist: This follows the rise of Armstrong, his cancer battle, retirement and exposure by journalist David Walsh.
Release Date: Filming took place midway last year and seeing that Frears has a good rapport with Cannes (having shown Tamara Drewe...
Writer: John Hodge
Producers: Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, Tracey Seaward, Kate Solomon
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Lee Pace, Ben Foster, Chris O’Dowd, Guillaume Canet, Jesse Plemons, Dustin Hoffman
He has to be one of the most fascinating real-life, hero and villain protagonists in this media age, and might just make for a great duality character on screen. This picture could be “dope” if Ben Foster delivers like we know he can — and though we’ve beaten up on Philomena helmer Stephen Frears for recent efforts such as Lay the Favorite and Cheri, he nonetheless delivers the goods when bio-elements are concerned.
Gist: This follows the rise of Armstrong, his cancer battle, retirement and exposure by journalist David Walsh.
Release Date: Filming took place midway last year and seeing that Frears has a good rapport with Cannes (having shown Tamara Drewe...
- 2/19/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Even as he keeps the cameras cranking on the still-untitled Lance Armstrong biopic, Stephen Frears is recruiting more actors and has Dustin Hoffman lined up to join the film.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hoffman will join the film when the production reaches the American arm of its shoot, but the details of whom he will be playing have not been released. Frears is working from David Walsh’s book, adapted by John Hodge, which chronicles how Walsh, initially sucked in to Armstrong’s world of lies and doing, began to blow the whistle on him long before anyone else did. Chris O’Dowd is playing Walsh, with Ben Foster as Armstrong and Jesse Plemons and Guillaume Canet as fellow cyclists. Shooting is set to continue into the spring and the film should be out sometime in 2014.This is actually the second time Hoffman has worked with Frears, since he...
- 12/8/2013
- EmpireOnline
I hope you're not tired of hearing about Tour De France phenom turned disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, because he is the center of a slate of projects of late. Currently in production on location in Europe is an untitled biopic about the polarizing sports star, which is being helmed by two-time Academy Award nominated director Stephen Frears (The Grifters, The Queen). Deadline reports that American screen legend Dustin Hoffman will be joining the tail-end of the shoot, though his role is being withheld. Frear's Untitled Armstrong film is based on the journalist David Walsh's book Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit Of Lance Armstrong. Adapted by regular Danny Boyle contributor John Hodge (Trainspotting, The Beach, Trance), this film will focus not solely on Armstrong, but also on how Walsh's perception of him shifted over years of coverage and increasingly shocking revelations. Ben Foster, who will soon be seen in another...
- 12/6/2013
- cinemablend.com
Dustin Hoffman has joined the cast of the upcoming Lance Armstrong biopic.
Stephen Frears is currently filming the untitled project on location in Europe, with Ben Foster playing the disgraced cyclist.
Hoffman will reportedly join the cast when production moves to the Us. However, his role has yet to be confirmed.
The movie is based on journalist David Walsh's best-selling Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit Of Lance Armstrong, with Chris O'Dowd portraying Walsh.
Breaking Bad's Jesse Plemmons, Guillaume Canet and Lee Pace will also star in the film.
Trance writer John Hodge penned the screenplay, which follows the rise and fall of the cyclist who was banned from the sport following doping charges.
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Stephen Frears is currently filming the untitled project on location in Europe, with Ben Foster playing the disgraced cyclist.
Hoffman will reportedly join the cast when production moves to the Us. However, his role has yet to be confirmed.
The movie is based on journalist David Walsh's best-selling Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit Of Lance Armstrong, with Chris O'Dowd portraying Walsh.
Breaking Bad's Jesse Plemmons, Guillaume Canet and Lee Pace will also star in the film.
Trance writer John Hodge penned the screenplay, which follows the rise and fall of the cyclist who was banned from the sport following doping charges.
Catch up on all the latest TV and Movies releases in Digital Spy's Screen Time:...
- 12/6/2013
- Digital Spy
Exclusive: Paramount and Jj Abrams and Bryan Burk’s Bad Robot are gearing up on their film about disgraced bike racer Lance Armstrong. I’m told that they are setting D.V. DeVincentis to write the script for a movie centering around the book Cycle Of Lies: The Fall Of Lance Armstrong by Juliet Macur. She’s the reporter who covered Armstrong for more than a decade at The New York Times. That period spanned his near-fatal bout with testicular cancer to his capturing glory with seven Tour de France titles. Those honors have been stripped after Armstrong finally copped to the swirl of rumors that he engaged in doping that upped his endurance and strength and made him unbeatable. Paramount is in a three-bike race to make movies on Armstrong, and I’m not sure all three of these will happen, as compelling as the arrogant Armstrong’s downfall might be.
- 12/3/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
All the casting news that's fit to print! We reported last week on Dan Stevens attaching himself to the newest of Adam Sandler's periodic serious, grown-up movies (uh, not to be confused with his “Grown Ups” movies); this one's called "The Cobbler" and follows a cobbler (natch) who steps into his clients' lives as he mends their shoes. Expect profound statements about walking a mile in another man's shoes ... and expect Dustin Hoffman, who has just been cast, along with Steven Buscemi (a frequent Sandler collaborator). So now we have to start being serious about the thing, especially since Tom McCarthy ("The Visitor," "Win Win") is directing. [The Wrap]Meanwhile, Lee Pace, soon to be on our screens as the oh-so-utterly-fabulous Thranduil, has just signed on for Working Title's as-yet-untitled Lance Armstrong biopic (spoiler alert: he cheated). No word yet on who Pace is playing: Ben Foster will be playing Armstrong...
- 11/19/2013
- by Ben Brock
- The Playlist
"The Hobbit" and "Pushing Daisies" star Lee Pace has joined the cast of Stephen Frears' untitled Lance Armstrong movie at Working Title and Studio Canal.
John Hodge ("Trance") penned the currently shooting film which stars Ben Foster as the controversial cyclist, based on journalist David Walsh's book "Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong."
The story follows Armstrong’s rise to fame and fall from grace, along with Walsh's efforts to expose the doping scandal within professional cycling.
Chris O’Dowd co-stars as Walsh. Jesse Plemons and Guillaume Canet also have key roles, while Pace's role remains under wraps.
Kate Solomon, Tracey Seaward, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are producing.
Source: The Wrap...
John Hodge ("Trance") penned the currently shooting film which stars Ben Foster as the controversial cyclist, based on journalist David Walsh's book "Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong."
The story follows Armstrong’s rise to fame and fall from grace, along with Walsh's efforts to expose the doping scandal within professional cycling.
Chris O’Dowd co-stars as Walsh. Jesse Plemons and Guillaume Canet also have key roles, while Pace's role remains under wraps.
Kate Solomon, Tracey Seaward, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are producing.
Source: The Wrap...
- 11/15/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Stephen Frears' currently-untitled drama about the controversy magnet cyclist Lance Armstrong went into production a few weeks ago, as evidenced by our first look at Ben Foster playing Armstrong. But it turns out the Working Title production has been racing to the finish line without a full cast, as actor Lee Pace has escaped Middle-earth long enough to sign on for this biopic. According to TheWrap, Pace.s role in the film is unknown for now, and I.m not familiar enough with all the people involved with the story to even wager a guess. Perhaps Pace is playing himself, having given Armstrong acting lessons at some point in the past (probably not it.) For this feature, which is one of several focusing on Armstrong.s fall from grace, screenwriter John Hodge adapted the book Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong by journalist David Walsh. The entirety...
- 11/15/2013
- cinemablend.com
Lee Pace has been busy recently on two big films, Peter Jackson’s latest Hobbit outing, The Desolation Of Smaug and Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy. He’s now set to appear in something altogether of a smaller scale, signing on for a role in Stephen Frears’ yet-to-be-titled Lance Armstrong drama.Pace joins a cast that already includes Ben Foster (as the man himself), Chris O’Dowd as sports journalist David Walsh, who chronicled Armstrong’s run of Tour de France triumphs, Jesse Plemons and Guillame Canet.Adapted from Walsh’s book Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit Of Lance Armstrong, the film will follow the cyclist’s meteoric rise, battles with cancer and equally fast fall once it was proved that he had been using performance enhancing drugs during his successful years.Frears is already cranking the cameras for the project, which boasts a script written by Trance’s John Hodge.
- 11/14/2013
- EmpireOnline
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug star Lee Pace has joined the cast of StudioCanal and Working Title Films' upcoming untitled Lance Armstrong biopic , TheWrap reports. His role has not yet been disclosed, but he's set to join Ben Foster, Chris O'Dowd, Guillaume Canet and Jesse Plemons in the Stephen Frears film. The film charts the thrilling rise of pro-cyclist Lance Armstrong through the 90s and early 2000s, battling cancer, as he and his fellow American teammates dominate and change the quintessentially European sport of cycling. Winning the Tour de France an unprecedented seven times, Lance retires as one of the great sporting heroes of our time, and worth millions of dollars. David Walsh, sports writer, is at first charmed by Lance.s charisma and talent. Seven Tours...
- 11/14/2013
- Comingsoon.net
The Hobbit's Lee Pace has been cast in the untitled Lance Armstrong biopic from director Stephen Frears.
The film stars 3:10 to Yuma's Ben Foster in the title role and Breaking Bad's Jesse Plemons.
Pace boards the feature in an unknown role, The Wrap reports.
The film is adapted from journalist David Walsh's book entitled Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong.
Trance writer John Hodge penned the screenplay for the biopic that will chronicle the rise and fall of the famous cyclist who was banned from the sport following doping charges.
Pace is also attached to star as Ronan the Accuser in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.
Watch a clip of Lee Pace in Pushing Daisies below:...
The film stars 3:10 to Yuma's Ben Foster in the title role and Breaking Bad's Jesse Plemons.
Pace boards the feature in an unknown role, The Wrap reports.
The film is adapted from journalist David Walsh's book entitled Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong.
Trance writer John Hodge penned the screenplay for the biopic that will chronicle the rise and fall of the famous cyclist who was banned from the sport following doping charges.
Pace is also attached to star as Ronan the Accuser in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.
Watch a clip of Lee Pace in Pushing Daisies below:...
- 11/14/2013
- Digital Spy
• Lee Pace, who plays Thranduil in The Hobbit, has joined director Stephen Frears’ Lance Armstrong movie. Ben Foster (Lone Survivor, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) is set to play Armstrong in the movie, based on David Walsh’s book Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong. Bridesmaids standout Chris O’Dowd will portray Walsh. Jesse Plemons (Breaking Bad) and Guillaume Canet (The Beach) also star. [The Wrap]
• Chris Pratt, best known for playing Andy on NBC’s Parks and Recreation, is reportedly in early talks to star in Jurassic World. He can be seen next in Delivery Man (out Nov. 23), and...
• Chris Pratt, best known for playing Andy on NBC’s Parks and Recreation, is reportedly in early talks to star in Jurassic World. He can be seen next in Delivery Man (out Nov. 23), and...
- 11/14/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
“The Hobbit” star Lee Pace has joined the cast of Stephen Frears’ untitled Lance Armstrong movie that stars Ben Foster as the controversial cyclist, TheWrap has learned. Working Title is producing the Studio Canal-funded movie, which screenwriter John Hodge (“Trance”) adapted from journalist David Walsh’s book “Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong.” Chris O’Dowd co-stars as Walsh, while “Breaking Bad” star Jesse Plemons and Guillaume Canet have key supporting roles. Also Read: Lee Pace in Final Negotiations to Play Villain in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ (Exclusive) The film chronicles Armstrong’s rise to fame and fall from grace,...
- 11/13/2013
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
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