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17 items from 2012
Would You Buy Digital Copies of Scripts From Iconic Movies?
10 May 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Warners is hoping to start a beautiful friendship with movie fans by offering digital copies of classic scripts – complete with background information and scenes embedded amidst the dialogue and description. Their digital distribution arm has announced the “Inside The Script” program which makes available these beefed-up versions of the original screenplays for classics for iBookstore, Kindle and Nook. In addition to the script, a veritable book of production history, production notes, storyboard, pictures, posters and behind-the-scenes pictures are all included in the ten-dollar download (or $9.99 if you’re a stickler for exactitude). Right now, the program includes work from Casablanca, North By Northwest, An American in Paris and Ben-Hur with plans to add more shortly. This seems like a treasure trove of movie geek goodness, but it’ll be interesting to see if fans will shell out ten bucks for the privilege. What’s most interesting here is that this is the kind of material normally relegated »
- Cole Abaius
Academy to fete Gene Kelly with centennial tribute
7 May 2012 10:43 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
The AMPAS is set to honor Gene Kelly, the icon of the golden age of the elaborate Hollywood musical, in a two-night celebration hosted by his widow, Patricia Ward Kelly. The event will feature film clips, personal remembrances and a look at the radical impact Kelly had on the way dance was filmed. Kelly's on-screen presence as a singer/dancer and behind-the-scenes work as a director and choreographer altered how musical numbers were conceived and executed both in his day and beyond. He is remembered for his indelible self-directed performances in films such as "An American in Paris" and "Singin’ in the »
- Roth Cornet
The Matter of Design
4 May 2012 1:57 PM, PDT | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
Above: The Penn Station set for The Clock.
"Loving evaluation of texture, the screen being filled as a window is dressed in a swank department store." —Orson Welles
If we accept Raymond Durgnat's theory that in cinema, landscape is the equation of the state of the soul and architecture constitutes an X-ray photograph of the heroes'1, then Minnelli's films, especially musicals and melodramas, can be described as full-color X-ray photography of the inner universe of his characters, with a particular interest in artists, daydreamers, painters and dancers.
Minnelli's films generally happen in strange places. In his musicals the absence of modern urban life (unlike Stanley Donen, for instance) is noticeable. The real is recreated by studio-manufactured settings, where also the unreal, the fantasy, takes place. Minnelli's films are the encounter of two worlds, two parallel lines, which in reality never happen to cross each other. Although it is true that »
News Shorts: May 3rd 2012
3 May 2012 11:37 AM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Stills for The Amazing Spider-Man, Looper, Brave, Chernobyl Diaries, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Peace Love and Misunderstanding, The Expendables 2, and Emma Watson dressed in character on the set of The Bling Ring.
Posters for Rush, Jayne Mansfield's Car, Lovelace, Snow White and the Huntsman, Men in Black 3, The Amazing Spider-Man, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Peace Love and Misunderstanding, Hotel Transylvania, Chernobyl Diaries, A Fantastic Fear of Everything and the fifth season of True Blood.
The "Prometheus" viral campaign continues with an audio clip which you can listen to here.
What if David Cronenberg had done "Total Recall" before Verhoeven's adaptation or the upcoming remake, what would that look like? Well now some concept art will give you an idea of what he had planned.
All the lengthy single take shots from Alfonso Cuaron's "Children of Men" have been assembled into one 31-minute video which can be found on Vimeo. »
- Garth Franklin
Academy To Fete Gene Kelly With Centennial Tribute
1 May 2012 2:23 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Gene Kelly in Summer Stock, 1950. credit: Courtesy of AMPAS
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a two-night celebration of the life and career of legendary dancer, director and choreographer Gene Kelly on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Film clips, personal remembrances and an exploration of the technology Kelly used to change the look of dance on film will be featured on consecutive evenings: Thursday, May 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, and Friday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Both programs will be hosted by Kelly.s widow, film historian Patricia Ward Kelly.
Kelly is perhaps best known for his remarkable dancing, but his talents extended to many different aspects of filmmaking. His work behind the camera, as an innovative director and choreographer, has had a lasting influence on the way that dance is filmed. »
- Michelle McCue
Warner Bros. Announce Digital Script Download Service – ‘Inside the Script’
30 April 2012 2:56 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
This is a rather fantastic idea and it’s great to see one of the bigger studios embracing technology which is going to allow more people to see work they’ve produced. Warner Bros. have sent over the press release (see below) announcing a brand new download service which will allow you to read classic movie scripts on your Kindle, Apple iBook enabled device or Nook.
They’re calling the device ‘Inside the Script’ and not only will the text be viewable on these devices, but it’ll also show you real cuttings from the original scripts as you read along. On top of that, you’ll also be linked through to clips from the movies using hyper-links located throughout much of the script that you’re reading at the time. It really is a wonderfully interactive experience and like i said, it’s great to see such a big »
- David Sztypuljak
‘Inside the Script’ Lets Fans Dig Deeper Into Favorite Movies
29 April 2012 10:30 PM, PDT | Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal | See recent Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal news »
Warner Bros. A screenshot from the e-book of “Casablanca”
Warner Bros. Digital Distribution said Sunday it would start making the screenplays to four of the studio’s more iconic movies available for sale as e-books. As part of the studio’s “Inside the Script” digital publishing initiative, fans can now buy e-book versions of “Casablanca,” “Ben-Hur,” “An American in Paris” and “North by Northwest” for their iPads, Kindles and Nooks.
The studio hopes to establish a market for digital screenplays, »
- Michelle Kung
'Veep's' Anna Chlumsky: The Three Stooges and a Frankenstein prom dress liven up family stories
29 April 2012 2:00 PM, PDT | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
Anna Chlumsky's family roots extend to Moe, Larry, Curly and Frankenstein.
Chlumsky, who plays Amy, chief of staff to Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Vice President Selina Meyer, on HBO's Sunday comedy "Veep," had a great-grandfather who was in vaudeville.
"He opened for the Stooges, and he had a trained bear," Chlumsky tells Zap2it. "Vaudeville ended, and all these guys had to get other jobs, so my great-grandfather was -- I think he was a cop. At that point he told my grandmother that she couldn't have a prom dress, and she was very sad. And he wrote Mae Clarke, whom he had known, and asked, 'What do I do?' And she sent him -- sometimes the story is she sent him the trunk, sometimes that she sent him the dress -- the story changes depending on the holiday."
Still, it's a great story that your grandmother's prom dress was in "Frankenstein. »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Penelope Andrew: TCM Fest 2012:Liza Minnelli, Kim Novak, Robert Wagner, Debbie Reynolds Walk Red Carpet
12 April 2012 1:15 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
The Fountainhead with Patricia Neal and Gary Cooper Photo: Courtesy of TCM
Liza Minnelli, Kim Novak, Robert Wagner, Tippi Hedren and Debbie Reynolds in person. Black Narcissus, Vertigo, Cabaret, and The Fountainhead projected on gigantic screens at Grauman's Chinese and Egyptian Theatres. Could any classic film fan wish for more? You could. And, at this year's annual TCM Classic Film Festival, which takes place from April 12th through the 15th, you'd get more: Kirk Douglas, Stanley Donen, Angie Dickenson, Norman Lloyd, Rhonda Fleming, and Norman Jewison appearing at special events and screenings of Two for the Road, Chinatown, Casablanca, The Longest Day, and The Thomas Crown Affair. But before going on about this year's festival, a look back is essential.
Chinatown's Faye Dunaway and Jack NicholsonPhoto: Courtesy of TCM
TCM 2010 & 2011
TCM's 2010 festival featured an opening night restoration of George Cukor's A Star Is Born (1954) starring Judy Garland and »
- Penelope Andrew
Hollywood legends: the TCM Classic Film Festival
11 April 2012 4:28 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
At this Los Angeles film festival, movie buffs wallow unashamedly in nostalgia and the golden era of Hollywood, and get to meet the odd star of the classic films being screened
Hollywood Boulevard was closed to traffic and the crowds were gathering outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre to spot the stars – Peter O'Toole, Tippi Hedren and Mickey Rooney among them – as they walked the red carpet and filed past hundreds of famous foot and handprints for the premiere of Gene Kelly's 1951 film, An American in Paris. Fans cheer and cameras flash.
At the TCM Classic Film Festival stars from yesteryear rub shoulders with paying guests who made their way past the pair of giant Chinese Ming Heavens dogs guarding the main entrance of the 85-year-old picture palace.
Home to the biggest film premieres in Hollywood since 1927, the theatre interior rises 90 feet to a bronze roof, two coral red columns sitting »
'Singin' in the Rain' 60th Anniversary: 25 Things You Didn't Know About Hollywood's Greatest Musical
29 March 2012 6:47 PM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
In a year when the Best Picture Oscar went to a comedy about Hollywood's turbulent transition from silence to sound, "Singin' in the Rain" suddenly seems timely again. The beloved musical, which marks the 60th anniversary of its release in U.S. theaters in April, is not only fondly remembered for its exuberantly athletic song-and-dance numbers, but also for its witty dramatization of the birth of Hollywood's sound era. If you haven't seen it, imagine 2011's "The Artist" with spoken dialogue and without the heroic dog. But of course, you have seen it, even if you don't realize it. The title number, featuring a soaked but joyful Gene Kelly, is one of the most iconic (and most frequently parodied) sequences in film history. The film's impact on popular culture is enormous, from making stars out of Debbie Reynolds and Cyd Charisse to influencing directors as far-flung as Jacques Demy and Stanley Kubrick. »
- Gary Susman
Box Office: Without Super Powers, You Are Nothing
5 February 2012 12:00 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
The global love of superpowered young men hasn't even begun to decline as the star-less Chronicle, about three teenagers who develop uncanny powers opened at #1 for Superbowl weekend. It almost doubled its production budget on opening weekend. Harry Potter himself Daniel Radcliffe had to settle for second place with The Woman in Black but that's probably because he's no longer the most powerful wizard on earth.
Chronicle is unkind to cars.
Bakers Dozen (Estimates)
01 Chronicle $22 new
02 The Woman In Black $21 new
03 The Grey $9.5 (cum. $34.7)
04 Big Miracle $8.5 new
05 Underworld Awakening $5.6 (cum. $54.3)
06 One For The Money $5.2 (cum. $19.6)
07 Red Tails $5 ($41.3)
08 The Descendants $4.6 (cum. $65.5)
09 Man On A Ledge $4.5 (cum. $14.7)
10 Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close $3.9 (cum. $26.7)
11 Contraband $3.4 (cum. $26.7) (cum. $62.1)
12 The Artist $2.5 (cum. $20.5)
13 Beauty & The Beast 3D $2.4 rerelease
Someone's wearing lifts... Janet McTeer is 6'1". Daniel Radcliffe is 5'5"
Talking Points
• It's a good weekend for Janet McTeer, huh? Not only did she finally feel some »
- NATHANIEL R
TCM Celebrates 31 Days Of Oscar
1 February 2012 4:49 PM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Beginning today, TCM.s 31 Days Of Oscar® and host, Robert Osborne are taking viewers on a trip around the world through nearly 350 Academy Award®-nominated and winning films. Throughout the month, TCM will feature movies set in 47 worldwide locations such as Canada (Feb. 2), Germany (Feb. 7), Italy (Feb. 14), Africa (Feb. 15-16), Russia (Feb. 16), Southeast Asia (Feb. 23), the Middle East (Feb. 28), China (Feb. 29), Japan (March 1) and Hawaii (March 1). Sit back and enjoy the adventure!
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is packing its bags and hitting the road for a globe-trotting February packed with the very best in movie entertainment. With each night.s programming set in a different location, the 2012 edition of TCM.s ultra-popular 31 Days Of Oscar® is going to take viewers on a trip around the world through nearly 350 Academy Award®-nominated and winning films. The extraordinary lineup features 25 Best Picture honorees and 30 movies appearing on TCM for the very first time. »
- Michelle McCue
Can 'The Help' or 'Midnight in Paris' win Best Picture without editing bid?
24 January 2012 12:07 PM, PST | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
Ever since the Oscars introduced an award for editing in 1934, only nine movies have won Best Picture without at least being nominated for the editing Academy Award. The last of these was "Ordinary People" in 1980. Even surprise Best Picture champs like "Gladiator" (2000), "Shakespeare in Love" (1998), "Chariots of Fire" (1981), "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1952), "An American in Paris" (1951), and "Rebecca" (1940) could boast of bids for editing. That stat is one explanation of how "Crash" pulled off a surprise win over "Brokeback Mountain" in 2005 and why "The Departed" prevailed over PGA and SAG champ "Little Miss Sunshine" in 2006. Neither of those losing Best Picture contenders was in the running for the editing award at the Oscars. Only four of this year's Best Editing nominees -- "The Artist," "The Descendants," »
The history of MGM: the golden era
24 January 2012 3:12 AM, PST | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Zoe’s continues her journey through the turbulent history of one of Hollywood’s most influential studios, as we arrive at MGM's post-war golden era. Plus, a bit of 3D, too...
As the end of World War II approached, a new world dawned for MGM – a world which had changed dramatically. Attitudes and lifestyles had changed, but most importantly audiences had changed. Here was an opportunity: MGM’s chance to start afresh. And so in 1944, MGM embarked on what would become the most successful period in its history. After the war, the slate was wiped clean.
Gone were the tired, tried-and-tested formulas, and gone were the aging names and stars, as a new unit was established at MGM. It was up to this unit, anchored by an experienced producer and made up of bright young talent, to transform MGM’s signature high-production style into something new and modern in order »
Joyful Noise or Mission: Implausible
16 January 2012 9:45 PM, PST | www.culturecatch.com | See recent CultureCatch news »
Imagine a mediocre episode of Glee as envisioned by Billy Graham, and you're halfway to Joyful Noise.
Indie director Todd Graff, best known for directing Camp (2003) and being a regular on the 1970's Electric Company, has penned a screenplay for Noise that is so laden with clichés favored by unimaginative creators of bad romantic musicals that by comparison, Step Up 3D and Footloose, the remake, come off as peers of An American in Paris.
"I'd call you stubborn but that'd be an insult to mules" is an example of Graff's high wit. Throw in a spilled bed pan and a few gospel shrieks of "Fix me, Jesus!" and you know you're in moviegoers' hell.
As for Graff's helming, try to recall a dawdling episode of The Andy Griffith Show and slow that down.
All this lack of "action" takes place in the economically hard-hit town of Pacashau, Georgia. It's Sunday, »
- Brandon Judell
DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards: Odd Men Out George Cukor, John Huston, Vincente Minnelli
9 January 2012 7:14 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Jeanne Crain, A Letter to Three Wives DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards Pt.2: Foreign, Small, Controversial Movies Have Better Luck at the Oscars Since pre-1970 Directors Guild Award finalists often consisted of more than five directors, it was impossible to get an exact match for the DGA's and the Academy's lists of nominees. In the list below, the years before 1970 include DGA finalists (DGA) who didn't receive an Academy Award nod and, if applicable, those Academy Award-nominated directors (AMPAS) not found in the — usually much lengthier — DGA list. The label "DGA/AMPAS" means the directors in question received nominations for both the DGA Award and the Academy Award. The DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards list below goes from 1948 (the DGA Awards' first year) to 1952. Follow-up posts will cover the ensuing decades. The number in parentheses next to "DGA" indicates that year's number of DGA finalists if other than five. »
- Andre Soares
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