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11 articles from 2009
‘Bright Star’ – “Ticket Stubs” Review ~ Abbie Cornish and Ben Whishaw
27 November 2009 3:39 PM, PST | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »
By Austin Lugar for MovieSet.com While watching the wonderful Bright Star, I discovered I relate more to 19th century poets than the coffeeshop generation of writers of today. I have no intention of trading my MacBook for an ink pen or wearing outfits that would be perceived as “stylish.” It was all about the way John Keats ... Related Posts ‘Bright Star’ Director Jane Campion on Charlie Rose talking Abbie Cornish, poetry and acting Cannes 09 ‘Bright Star’ Press Conference with Abbie Cornish Bright Star Reviews from Cannes, Seoul, London + Las Vegas »
- Austin Lugar
Movie Poster of the Week: "Bright Star"
20 November 2009 9:41 AM, PST | The Auteurs | See recent The Auteurs news »
“A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases...” This gorgeous French poster for Jane Campion’s Bright Star (which doesn't open in Paris until January) is quite a departure from the canoodling big heads of John Keats and Fanny Brawne on the Us one-sheet, though the title treatment remains the same. At 47 by 63 inches (the French “grande” size) it must be a knockout. I love how the designers have darkened the field of lilacs, and Fanny’s dress, from the already lovely film still (see below), adding deep purples and blacks, giving it a richer, more painterly look. Enough to drive a man to poetry.
And now at once, adventuresome, I send
My herald thought into a wilderness:
There let its trumpet blow, and quickly dress
My uncertain path with green, that I may speed
Easily onward, thorough flowers and weed.
»
Bright Star Shines Bright on DVD on January 26th
19 November 2009 8:01 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
You can bring home a brand new drama home on DVD this coming January. Bright Star will be released on DVD on January 26. A Blu-ray release was not announced, but this standard DVD will be priced at $27.96 Srp. The film stars Abbie Cornish and Ben Whishaw.
From Jane Campion, Academy Award winner of The Piano, comes a sweeping love story that will carry you back through time to experience the passion and romance between acclaimed poet, John Keats and his beloved muse. London 1818: a secret love affair begins between 23 year old English poet, John Keats, and the girl next door Fanny Brawne, an outspoken student of high fashion. This unlikely pair began at odds, he thinking her a stylish minx, while she was unimpressed not only by his poetry but also by literature in general.
Special Features:
- Deleted Scene
- An Inspiring Romance Featurette
- Becoming Keats and »
Bright Star - Win the soundtrack from the critically-acclaimed Jane Campion film!
13 November 2009 5:52 AM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Movie Jungle is pleased to offer registered users a chance to take home the soundtrack from the incredible "Bright Star." The film is currently in threatres and stars Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider and Kerry Fox. What's on the soundtrack: 1. Negative Capability - Mark Bradshaw featuring Abbie Cornish & Ben Wishaw 2. La Belle Dame Sans Merci - Ben Wishaw 3. Return - Mark Bradshaw 4. Human Orchestra - Mark Bradshaw, Ben Wishaw, Samuel Barnett, Cameron Woodhouse, Daniell Johnston 5. Convulsion - Mark Bradshaw 6. Bright Star - Mark Bradshaw featuring Abbie Cornish 7. Letters - Mark Bradshaw featuring Abbie Cornish & Ben Wishaw 8. Yearning - Mark Bradshaw featuring Ben Wishaw 9. Ode to A Nightingale - Mark Bradshaw featuring Ben Wishaw with Erica Englert How do I enter? Easy! 1. Register. 2. Email reviews@moviejungle.com and tell us the following: A: The contest you're entering B. Your name and address. C. Where is Bright Star set and what »
Hollywood should stop making films about our great writers | Tanya Gold
11 November 2009 1:09 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Bright Star, the new movie about Keats, has ruined him for me. It's not the first time and it certainly won't be the last
On Sunday I did the bad thing again. I bought a ticket to Bright Star, the biopic about John Keats. I have always liked Keats, despite the line, "Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!" But I had forgotten what I call the Impromptu Law – after the George Sand biopic, Impromptu (1991), which stars Judy Davis as Sand and Hugh Grant and a handkerchief as Chopin.
My "Impromptu law" states: don't watch films about writers. Die of tuberculosis. Stick your head in the oven. If you are a writer, stick your life's work in the oven as well – then maybe they won't get you.
As soon as Keats appeared with his quill, I knew it was bad. Ignore the applauding critics; they have been blinded by the Shrek franchise. »
- Tanya Gold
Exec News: Martin Marquet Joins Apparition
10 November 2009 12:56 PM, PST | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
Press agent Martin Marquet is shutting down his L.A.-based indie praisery M. Link to join Bill Pohlad and Bob Berney’s Apparition as managing vice president of publicity. A French citizen, the bilingual Marquet knows both the foreign and domestic universe. Reporting to marketing and publicity chief Jeanne Berney, Marquet joins pub v-p Vicky Eguia at Pohlad’s Century City offices. “I am convinced that my new responsibilities at Apparition and my inspirations in the film industry are a great match,” writes Marquet in an email. As the John Keats romance Bright Star continues to play in about 80 markets (total gross $4.2 million), Apparition is upbeat over … »
Bright Star costumes on display at Keats House
10 November 2009 2:02 AM, PST | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »
With Megan Fox unleashing her fangs in horror/ comedy Jennifer’s Body, spooky scares in Paranormal Activity and vampires and werewolves soon to slug it out in The Twilight Saga: New Moon, the world of the supernatural is dominating at cinemas. So nice then to see a more sedate and genteel film on release from last Friday, the period drama Bright Star which charts the ill-fated romance between poet, John Keats (played by Ben Whishaw) and his neighbour, Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish). And if this literary love story is more your pace, then head over to Keats House to see screen worn costumes from the film. »
The man who didn't sleep
8 November 2009 8:53 PM, PST | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »
I met a man who didn't sleep. This was in the summer of 1988. I was in Toulouse, France, to visit a friend I'd made some years earlier in London, Dominique Hoff. Her sister, Marie-Christine, told me: "There is a man you must meet. He's the smartest man I know. He was my professor in dental school. He invents dental tools, and he can fix anything with his hands. He and his wife have converted a big old barn in the country into a home and workshop and a place for his collection." His collection? I said. The sisters laughed. "You'll see."
Les toits de Toulouse à partir de la fenêtre d'Hervé
Paul Delprat and his wife Danielle Moog did indeed occupy a vast old barn somewhere in the countryside. They called it Cambolevet. They were a jolly middle-aged couple, waiting for us in the farmyard. A dog came to investigate. »
- Roger Ebert
Bright Star - More interview clips with Abbie Cornish, Ben Wishaw and Paul Schneider.
4 November 2009 5:42 AM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
We have three second-part clips from the interviews with "Bright Star" stars Abbie Cornish, Ben Wishaw and Paul Scheider. The Jane Campion romantic drama is currently in limited areas via Apparition. London 1818: a secret love affair begins between 23 year old English poet, John Keats, and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, an outspoken student of fashion. This unlikely pair started at odds; he thinking her a stylish minx, she unimpressed by literature in general. It was the illness of Keats’s younger brother that drew them together. Keats was touched by Fanny’s efforts to help and agreed to teach her poetry. By the time Fanny’s alarmed mother and Keats’s best friend Brown realised their attachment, the relationship had an unstoppable momentum. Intensely and helplessly absorbed in each other... »
Director Jane Campion: Drawn to the bright words of poet John Keats (PopWire)
24 September 2009 7:50 AM, PDT | PopMatters | See recent PopMatters news »
The Seattle Times (McT) -- "Write the softest words and kiss them that I may at least touch my lips where yours have been. For myself I know not how to express my devotion to so fair a form: I want a brighter word than bright, a fairer word than fair." -- John Keats to Fanny Brawne, 1819 ——— Toronto — Young love would be the only love the British poet John Keats would ever know. The author of "Ode on a Grecian Urn," "Ode to a Nightingale" and "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" met his 18-year-old Hampstead neighbor, Fanny Brawne, when he was 23.… »
- By Moira Macdonald
Bright Star Shines Brightly
18 September 2009 3:42 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
The actor Ben Whishaw has that dying poet thing down. In Jane Campion's new movie Bright Star, he is a tender presence, portraying the ill-fated John Keats who dies at age 25 before fulfilling the bright future suggested by the poetry that survives him, including "La Belle Dame Sans Merci," "Endymion," "Lamia," and his famous odes. To make such a stunning movie that can convey the poet, his muse, and their world, that at the same time defies the conventions of period drama, is indeed a feat that augurs a bright future for the Australian Campion, and her distributor Apparition in their debut venture. Hosting the movie's stellar premiere at the Paris Theater with an afterparty at Rouge Tomate, Apparition's Bob and Jeannie Berney were joined by Campion, Whishaw, Abbie Cornish who plays Fanny Brawne, the poet's neighbor and muse,... »
- Regina Weinreich
11 articles from 2009
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