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At Any Price – The Review
16 May 2013 6:11 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
The cutthroat world of agribusiness gets the spotlight in At Any Price, a Farmville soap opera with a curiously cynical look at Midwestern prairie life. This earnest generational drama from writer/director Ramin Bahrani never comes together to work as a whole, but some good performances and peculiar plot turns make it a more entertaining experience than perhaps it should be. At Any Price centers on the Whipple family of rural Iowa, specifically Henry Whipple (Dennis Quaid) and Dean Whipple (Zack Efron), father and son farmers with different outlooks on life. Henry has worked hard to maintain his inherited and lucrative seed farming empire and treats his business as an aggressive capitalist enterprise. He’s introduced at a funeral, shamelessly hitting up the family of the deceased to sell him their land. Henry is being investigated for breaking his contract with corporate giant Liberty Seed (a thinly-veiled Monsanto) by reusing »
- Tom Stockman
‘At Any Price’ sure to become a favorite amongst audiences
8 May 2013 4:58 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Written by Ramin Bahrani and Hallie Elizabeth Newton
Directed by Ramin Bahrani
USA, 2012
Director Ramin Bahrani, whose previous films include Man Push Cart (2005), Chop Chop (2007) and Goodbye Solo (2008), tends to push his characters to their very limits. With his latest effort, At Any Price, he makes no exception. Here, the characters seem to barely be able to keep their heads above water, forcing them to reevaluate their decisions and begin building upon uncertain futures.
Set in a small farming community in the Midwest, At Any Price is the age old story of the struggle between fathers and sons. Dennis Quaid brilliantly plays the part of Henry Whipple, a fourth generation corn farmer obsessed with the idea of being the number one distributer of seed to seven counties in southern Iowa. The conflict is, he is facing more problems than fighting for the holding of this coveted title: »
- Trish Ferris
New love for Zac Efron?
6 May 2013 12:40 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Zac Efron is reportedly dating Maika Monroe. The 25-year-old actor is said to have fallen for the 19-year-old actress on the set of their movie 'At Any Price' and friends say the romance is heating up. A source told In Touch magazine: 'Zac and Maika have been spending a lot of time together at his house and are definitely hooking up. 'Zac is really into her.' Meanwhile, Zac - who previously dated his 'High School Musical' co-star Vanessa Hudgens for almost four years until December 2010 - recently revealed he would love to meet 39-year-old supermodel and 'America's Next Top Model' judge Tyra Banks in the flesh as he has lusted after her for years. The 'Are We Officially »
Zac Efron “All Over” and “Hooking Up” With At Any Price Co-Star Maika Monroe?
6 May 2013 11:11 AM, PDT | GossipCop | See recent GossipCop news »
"Zac Efron Is Hooking Up With His Sexy Blonde Co-Star," reads the headline of yet another HollywoodLife misfire, with the promise of "exclusive details." After heavily quoting a story from In Touch that claims Efron is getting "hot and heavy" and "spending a lot of time" with his At Any Price co-star Maika Monroe, the unreliable webloid adds on its own that the two recently "were all over each other... very touchy and flirty" at a screening of their film. Really? »
- Michael Lewittes
Zac Efron Is Hooking Up With His Sexy Blonde Co-Star — Report
6 May 2013 10:09 AM, PDT | HollywoodLife | See recent HollywoodLife news »
Has Zac moved on to yet another co-star? A new report alleges that the hunky actor is shacking up with his ‘At Any Price’ co-star, Maika Monroe. Do you think they make a good couple?
Are Zac Efron, 25, and Maika Monroe, 19, the latest Hollywood duo to fall in love after filming a movie together? The High School Musical star is reportedly getting hot and heavy with Maika, his sexy At Any Price co-star.
Zac Efron & Maika Monroe ‘Are Definitely Hooking Up’
The two played a sexy couple in the movie, and apparently it rubbed off! “Zac and Maika have been spending a lot of time together at his house and are definitely hooking up,” a source revealed to In Touch. Allegedly, the sexy romance might be quickly headed for even more — Zac may have found his perfect match!
“Zac is really into her,” the source said. And he isn’t »
- Andrew Gruttadaro
At Any Price
3 May 2013 4:01 PM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
Directed by: Ramin Bahrani
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron, Heather Graham, Maika Monroe, Red West, Clancy Brown, Kim Dickens
Running Time: 1 hr 45 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: May 3, 2013 (Chicago)
Plot: A desperate corn salesman (Quaid) is investigated for foul play while his son (Efron) refuses to take up on the family business.
Who’S It For? Fans of American independent dramas, especially those that have significance that reaches nationwide. Also, if you like Dennis Quaid, here is one of his best performances in years.
Read our interview with Director Ramin Bahrani and Actor Dennis Quaid
Overall
At Any Price is a movie that means well, and it means to be smarter than it looks. Here is an American corporate drama that plays out in the corn crazy fields of Iowa, but offers ideas fitting to any battling businesses in the current economic climate. This is a movie »
- Nick Allen
Film Review: Frustrating ‘At Any Price’ with Dennis Quaid
3 May 2013 7:40 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Writer/director Ramin Bahrani is interested not in agendas, special effects, or broad statements. He makes films about characters, including the widely acclaimed “Chop Shop,” “Man Push Cart,” and “Goodbye Solo.” For his latest drama, “At Any Price,” Bahrani expands his canvas, using more household names in his effort to tell a story of the heartland and the corruption and greed that can infiltrate even the most seemingly pure aspects of American life.It is a film of noble origins with interesting ideas that nonetheless misses its mark due to a narratively unbelievable twist in the final act and another blank performance from Zac Efron. Dennis Quaid nearly makes it worth seeing on his own and I have no doubt that the multi-talented Bahrani can bounce back but this modern farmer’s tale is a melodrama that I simply didn’t buy.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
Henry Whipple (Quaid) is a good »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
'At Any Price' review: Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron and Kim Dickens face trouble in melodramatic farm film
25 April 2013 6:04 AM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
"At Any Price" is an engrossing if somewhat over-the-top "trouble on the farm" melodrama.
The troubles facing this corner of Iowa fall just short of Biblical as they pack in everything but a drought and plagues of locusts.
Indie director Ramin Bahrani leaves behind the spare, mournful character studies that made his name -- films like "Chop Shop" and "Goodbye, Solo." Here, he's a kid in a cinematic candy store, delivering an embarrassment of character-actor riches.
Dennis Quaid is Henry Whipple, not the stoic, righteous farmer of our collective memory but a grinning, back-slapping hustler. The new "expand or die" ethos in farming isn't new to him.
"When a man stops wanting, a man stops living" he preaches, even showing up at funerals to get an inside track on a dead man's acreage.
Henry learned this from his hard-bitten old man (Red West of "Goodbye Solo"). "Don't you Lose what my daddy started, »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Exclusive: Zac Efron, Dennis Quaid, Heather Graham and Maika Monroe Talk At Any Price
24 April 2013 11:31 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
A farming family's livelihood is threatened in director Ramin Bahrani's upcoming drama At Any Price. Dennis Quaid and Zac Efron star as a father and son whose farm comes under investigation, just as the son wants to leave the business to enter the world of race car driving. Justine Browning recently sat down with Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron, Heather Graham, and Maika Monroe to discuss this indie drama, in theaters April 26. Check out our exclusive video interviews with the cast of At Any Price.
At Any Price Exclusive: Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid
At Any Price Exclusive: Heather Graham
At Any Price Exclusive: Maika Monroe
At Any Price was released April 24th, 2013 and stars Zac Efron, Dennis Quaid, Heather Graham, Clancy Brown, Kim Dickens, Chelcie Ross, Maika Monroe, Red West. The film is directed by Ramin Bahrani. »
- MovieWeb
Talking with the Cast of ‘At Any Price’
24 April 2013 5:14 AM, PDT | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »
In the competitive world of modern agriculture, ambitious Henry Whipple (Dennis Quaid) wants his rebellious son Dean (Zac Efron) to help expand his family’s farming empire. However, Dean has his sights set on becoming a professional race car driver.
When a high stakes investigation into their business is exposed, father and son are pushed into an unexpected crisis that threatens the family’s entire livelihood. ‘At Any Price’ stars Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron, Kim Dickens, Heather Graham, and Maika Monroe.
‘At Any Price’ is in theaters April 24th
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- Fernando Esquivel
Dennis Quaid and Director Ramin Bahrani Talk At Any Price, the American Dream, and Ending on a Morally Ambiguous Note
23 April 2013 8:47 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Ramin Bahrani paints an unusually dark portrait of life in the Iowa heartland set against the backdrop of today’s fiercely competitive world of high-tech agribusiness in his new film, At Any Price. Opening in theaters on April 26th, the drama melds timeless themes of fathers and sons, ambition and rebellion, morality and survival, with a sharply de-romanticized view of modern farming. The film stars Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron, Kim Dickens, Heather Graham and Maika Monroe and marks Bahrani’s first film with a larger budget and cast of professional actors. During the interview, Bahrani and Quaid described the film as a modern day version of Death of a Salesman and Quaid’s character as a Willy Loman for our times who’s chasing the American dream and corrupting himself in the process. Quaid discussed what attracted him to the complex role, how he prepared, and why he chose not to judge his character. »
- Sheila Roberts
Tribeca 2013: Egos Expand and Morals Die in Bahrani’s ‘At Any Price’
21 April 2013 9:28 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
USA, 2012
Directed by Ramin Bahrani
Written by Hallie Elizabeth Newton, Ramin Bahrani
Established indie director Ramin Bahrani (Man Push Cart, Chop Shop and Goodbye Solo) sharply evokes layered complexity among character performances and ideologies in his new farming family drama, At Any Price. Co-written by Hallie Elizabeth Newton, the film tells the story of empire hungry Henry Whipple (Dennis Quad) as he competes with bigger business, in a modern post-Monsanto farming community. Riddled by the failing interests of his rebellious race car driver son Dean (Zac Efron), Henry is pushed beyond ethical bounds as an unexpected crisis threatens the integrity of his family’s existence.
Brilliantly portrayed and largely misunderstood, Quad plays Whipple with such self-awareness to camp and corniness, that his performance is largely seen as unnecessarily over-the-top and bombastic. Yet, it is in fact necessary. If Whipple is seen as an act, it’s because »
- Christopher Clemente
Tribeca 2013 Interview: At Any Price’s Maika Monroe
21 April 2013 6:49 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
It all began with one, simple line of dialogue, “Yes, grandpa.” Maika Monroe hit her very first film set ready to perform as a mere background extra, but wound up with a line of dialogue and, from there, it was only a matter of time before she went from professional kiteboarder to professional actress. Monroe stars in the upcoming Sony Pictures Classics release “At Any Price” as Cadence Farrow, Dean Whipple’s (Zac Efron) girlfriend. Dean helps his father Henry (Dennis Quaid) run the family business selling seeds to corn farmers in Iowa. When Henry starts to lose customers to his competitors, he turns to Dean for help, but when Dean [ Read More ]
The post Tribeca 2013 Interview: At Any Price’s Maika Monroe appeared first on Shockya.com. »
- Perri Nemiroff
At Any Price Movie Review
18 April 2013 12:18 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
Title: At Any Price Sony Pictures Classics Director: Ramin Bahrani Screenwriter: Ramin Bahrani Cast: Zac Efron, Dennis Quaid, Heather Graham, Clancy Brown, Ben Marten, Kim Dickens, Chelcie Ross, Red West, Maika Monroe, Sophie Curtis Screened at: Sony, NYC, 4/4/13 Opens: April 24, 2013 Movies have glorified capitalism (“Wall Street”) and trashed the system (anything by Michael Moore), but “At Any Price” represents one of the few times that capitalism has been regarded as literally seedy. The story takes place on an Iowa farm, and aside from being an entertaining yarn anchored by an exceptional performance from Dennis Quaid, it provides us city slicking Yankees with quite a bit of knowledge [ Read More ]
The post At Any Price Movie Review appeared first on Shockya.com. »
- Harvey Karten
'At Any Price': Dennis Quaid, Heather Graham Bring Farming Drama to L.A.
17 April 2013 3:05 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Spring -- and the scent of Pink’s hot dogs -- were in the air Tuesday night at Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, where Dennis Quaid, Heather Graham, Clancy Brown, Kim Dickens and Maika Monroe stepped out to celebrate the Los Angeles premiere of Ramin Bahrani’s Iowa-set farming drama, At Any Price. Photos: Venice Film Festival Day 3: Zac Efron Touts 'At Any Price' As guests mingled just outside the theater, snacking on hot dogs and sipping ice-cold beer, the stars posed for photos and chatted with select reporters. Noticeably absent from the festivities was Zac Efron (off filming the Nicholas
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- Sophie Schillaci
40 Potential 2014 Oscar Contenders: The Complete List
8 March 2013 9:00 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Here is my complete 2014 Oscar Preview in one complete list, with all 40 Oscar Contenders and my thoughts on each over the course of a massive 13-page spread and over 8,500 words. Trust me, I don't blame you if you take your time, but I think it may serve as a helpful list to look back at throughout the year. And, if you missed Parts 1-4 in which I featured each of these films, ten per installment, and just because it's fun to see them all in one place, here's a list of all 40 films included in this preview: The Great Gatsby, 12 Years a Slave, A Most Wanted Man, The Place Beyond the Pines, August: Osage County, Before Midnight, Blue Jasmine, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Diana, Elysium, The Fifth Estate, Foxcatcher, Frozen, Fruitvale, Grace of Monaco, Gravity, The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, Inside Llewyn Davis, Labor Day, Lowlife, Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, »
- Brad Brevet
40 Potential 2014 Oscar Contenders: Part Two - 'The Fifth Estate' to 'Labor Day'
5 March 2013 9:00 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Yesterday kicked off my 2014 Oscar Preview with the first ten films in a look at 40 potential contenders to be on the lookout over the course of the next ten months, today we take a look at ten more and among them I have included the only animated contender I'm listing as well as the only blockbuster feature. Today's installment includes the dramatization of the Wikileaks story in The Fifth Estate, Bennett Miller (Moneyball) returns with Foxcatcher starring Channing Tatumand Mark Ruffalo, Disney's animated feature Frozen, the Sundance standout Fruitvale starring Michael B. Jordan, Grace of Monaco starring Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly, the long-awaited Alfonso Cuaron feature Gravity with Oscar winners George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, the question mark that is Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, another question mark in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, the black-and-white Coen brother feature Inside Llewyn Davis and Jason Reitman »
- Brad Brevet
Exclusive: First Poster At Any Price Starring Dennis Quaid and Zac Efron
27 February 2013 8:50 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Today, we're proud to debut the first poster for Ramin Bahrani's drama, At Any Price. The film stars Dennis Quaid as an ambitious farmer whose rebellious son (Zac Efron) has aspirations to be a race car driver. An investigation into the family business brings the pair together in order to preserve their livelihood. I really enjoyed the film when I saw it at the Toronto International Film Festival, and I'm glad that it's about to hit theaters. Hit the jump to check out the poster. The film also stars Kim Dickens, Heather Graham, Clancy Brown, Chelcie Ross, Maika Monroe, Red West, Ben Marten, and Dan Waller. At Any Price opens in limited release on April 24th. Here's the official synopsis for At Any Price: In the competitive world of modern agriculture, ambitious Henry Whipple (Dennis Quaid) wants his rebellious son Dean (Zac Efron) to help expand his family’s farming empire. »
- Matt Goldberg
At Any Price Trailer Starring Dennis Quaid and Zac Efron
18 January 2013 10:53 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Sony Pictures Classics has unveiled the first trailer for At Any Price, director Ramin Bahrani's drama that takes us inside the competitive world of agriculture. Dennis Quaid stars as Henry Whipple, who wants his son Dean (Zac Efron) to help him expand the family's farming enterprise, despite Dean's dreams of becoming a race car driver. When their business comes under fire, the family is tested like never before. Check out the latest footage from this upcoming drama, also starring Heather Graham, Clancy Brown, and Kim Dickens.
At Any Price - Trailer
At Any Price comes to theaters April 26th, 2013 and stars Zac Efron, Dennis Quaid, Heather Graham, Clancy Brown, Kim Dickens, Chelcie Ross, Maika Monroe, Red West. The film is directed by Ramin Bahrani. »
- MovieWeb
First Trailer for At Any Price with Zac Efron & Dennis Quaid
18 January 2013 9:44 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Zac Efron has been doing a brilliant job of diversifying his career in recent years, and At Any Price is the latest and perhaps greatest example so far of his dramatic talents.
Debuting at Venice last year, the film continued its tour on the festival circuit at Tiff – you can read our review here – and will be distributed in the Us this spring by Sony Pictures Classics.
With its April release date on the horizon, the first trailer has been released over at Yahoo Movies, giving us a great first look at the film.
“In the competitive world of modern agriculture, ambitious Henry Whipple wants his rebellious son Dean to help expand his family’s farming empire. However, Dean has his sights set on becoming a professional race car driver. When a high-stakes investigation into their business is exposed, father and son are pushed into an unexpected crisis that threatens the family’s entire livelihood. »
- Kenji Lloyd
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