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Timothy Bottoms: The Hollywood Interview
21 May 2012 6:21 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
Timothy Bottoms Gets His Pound Of Flesh
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Timothy Bottoms became an overnight sensation at the height of the so-called “Easy Riders and Raging Bulls” era, after landing the leading role in The Last Picture Show (1971), Peter Bogdanovich’s film about the social and sexual rites of small town Texans in the early 1950s. Internationally acclaimed for his portrait of Sonny, a sensitive kid struggling to find his way in the harsh landscape of post-war America, the then-twenty year-old Bottoms suddenly found himself not only in-demand as a rising young star, but a major celebrity, as well, with younger brothers Sam (who co-starred in The Last Picture Show), Joseph and Ben following in their older brother’s footsteps, making names for themselves on stage and screen. Bottoms reprised the role of Sonny for Picture Show's 1990 sequel, Texasville.
After another triumphant turn with the lead in James Bridges’ The Paper Chase »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry Reunite to Get Animated in The Canterville Ghost
18 May 2012 10:17 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Hugh Laurie (House M.D.) and Stephen Fry (V for Vendetta) will lend their voices to the animated Oscar Wilde adaptation, The Canterville Ghost. Wilde's novella, set in late 1800s rural England, tells of the Otises, an American family that moves in to Canterville Chase, an old country house. Sir Simon de Canterville (Fry) has been haunting the residence for hundreds of years alongside his resident nemesis, Death (Laurie) in the guise of a lowly gardener. Comedic stars of the 80s and 90s series, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, the duo have collaborated on a number of projects; this will be their first such reunion in 13 years. Hit the jump for more on The Canterville Ghost. THR reports that Kim Burdon is set to direct the animated project from an adaptation by Keiron Self and Giles New, both of That Mitchell and Webb Look. The Wilde novella has been »
- Dave Trumbore
Kirk Douglas Teams Up With TV Spartacus To Launch New Memoir
17 May 2012 3:06 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Movie legend Kirk Douglas is teaming up with TV's new Spartacus to launch his new new memoir about the making of the 1960 film classic.
The 95 year old is releasing I Am Spartacus! Making a Film, Breaking the Blacklist as an e-book in June, and he has called on Spartacus: Vengeance star Liam McIntyre to help him promote it during a panel chat about the fictional Roman slave-turned-gladiator at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Goldenson Theater in North Hollywood on 31 May.
In the book, Douglas talks candidly about working on the film, which sparked Hollywood's ban against suspected Communists.
Douglas not only starred in Spartacus - he was a producer.
An audio edition of the book, which will be published online, will be narrated by Douglas' son Michael. »
News Shorts: May 17th 2012
17 May 2012 6:00 AM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
New posters for Anchorman: The Legend Continues, A Royal Affair, GI Joe Retaliation, The Good Doctor, The Babymakers, Prometheus, The Amazing Spider-Man and Mission: Blacklist.
New photos from Stolen, Passion, The Longest Week, Maladies, The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, and Scarlett Johansson on the set of Hitchcock.
"Terrence Malick's romance drama starring Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams has scored both an R-rating and a title - 'To the Wonder'…" (full details)
"The disc release of Kenneth Lonergan’s long-delayed "Margaret" on July 10th will sport a three-hour extended cut with 36 minutes of added footage…" (full details)
"Wes Anderson says that he plans to follow up 'Moonrise Kingdom' with a new script he's halfway through in which the story takes place in Europe…" (full details)
"Matthew Modine has gotten into a Twitter pissing match with Marvel fans, saying ''Tdkr' is the best of the series, predicts it'll »
- Garth Franklin
Kirk Douglas releasing e-book memoir - Realbollywood.com News
15 May 2012 6:19 AM, PDT | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »
Washington, May 15: Legendary Hollywood actor Kirk Douglas is getting in on the e-book craze, as he is set to come out with a digital version of his memoir in June.
Titled 'I Am Spartacus! Making a Film, Breaking the Blacklist,' the book tells about the Roman epic that came out in 1960 and helped break Hollywood's ban against suspected Communists, CBS News reported.
Douglas, 95, who starred in the 'Spartacus' movie and helped produce it, reveals that Dalton Trumbo wrote the screenplay after the blacklisted Trumbo had worked throughout the 1950s under assumed names.
The. »
- Rahul Kapoor
Starz Celebrates 'Spartacus' Then and Now with Kirk Douglas, Liam McIntyre, Steven S. DeKnight
14 May 2012 1:35 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
"I Am Spartacus!" In a salute to Kirk Douglas, who portrayed Spartacus in 1960, Liam McIntyre, of the Starz Original Series .Spartacus: Vengeance. and its creator and producer Steven S. DeKnight will join the iconic star at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Goldenson Theater on Thursday, May 31st to discuss the cultural impact of .Spartacus. then and now. The evening will celebrate the publication of his 10th book, "I Am Spartacus! Making a Film, Breaking the Blacklist" which will be available as an eBook and in a paperback edition on June 12th from Open Road Media. (openroadmedia.com/kirkdouglas for full details). "I am happy that Spartacus continues to live in the Starz series, but why didn't they »
- April MacIntyre
Kirk Douglas Aboard For ‘Spartacus’ Panel At TV Academy
14 May 2012 10:17 AM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Exclusive: Kirk Douglas will join Spartacus: Vengeance creator-producer Steven S. DeKnight and star Liam McIntyre at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on May 31 to discuss the cultural impact of Spartacus then and now. Douglas, who starred in the 1960 feature film, just had his book I Am Spartacus! Making A Film, Breaking The Blacklist published by Open Road Media. “I made a film about freedom at a time when freedom was in jeopardy and a blacklist had been in effect in Hollywood for more than a decade,” Douglas says. “There are parallels in today’s political climate, which is why a hero like Spartacus still resonates.” Some called for a boycott of the original film because Douglas gave screenwriting credit to blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo. The Starz series Spartacus: Vengeance recently completed its second season after Spartacus: Blood And Sand and prequel Spartacus: Gods Of The Arena. The latter two »
- THE DEADLINE TEAM
Top 10: Universal Studios’ Most Loved Characters
1 May 2012 4:44 AM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Following on from yesterdays Top 10: Most Memorable Moments, the folks at Universal, have sent us a list of the most loved Universal characters, taken from the same 100th Anniversary poll of over 1,000 Brits. Led by Michael J. Fox’s Marty McFly from Back To The Future with 9.3%, the Top 10 includes action man Jason Bourne, played by Matt Damon (6.7%) in the Bourne Trilogy films. E.T. the alien took third place honours with 6.6% and Renée Zellweger’s ’30-something singleton’ Bridget Jones, the only female character in the top ten, was fourth with 5.8%.
Funnyman Simon Pegg’s Shaun from Shaun of the Dead was named the fifth most loved Universal character (5.6%) – beating the likes of Liam Neeson’s Oskar Schindler (Schindler’s List) and Jeff Bridges’ ‘Dude’ from The Big Lebowski amongst others.
The 10 Most Loved Universal characters are:
Michael J Fox as Marty McFly in Back To The Future – 9.3% Matt Damon »
- Phil
100 Facts on Universal Pictures' 100th Birthday
30 April 2012 11:28 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Today marks the 100th birthday of Universal Pictures and to celebrate the studio has released a list of 100 facts based on its first 100 years in existence. I have placed in bold some of the ones I found interesting as well as offered a selection of photo and video accompaniments here and there. 1. Universal Film Manufacturing Company was officially incorporated in New York on April 30, 1912. Company legend says Carl Laemmle was inspired to name his company Universal after seeing "Universal Pipe Fittings" written on a passing delivery wagon. 2. The only physical damage made during the filming of National Lampoon's Animal House was when John Belushi made a hole in the wall with a guitar. The actual Sigma Nu fraternity house (which subbed for the fictitious Delta House) never repaired it, and instead framed the hole in honor of the film. 3. The working title for Et: The Extra Terrestrial was "A Boy's Life. »
- Brad Brevet
10 Of Saul Bass' Greatest Title Sequences
25 April 2012 9:22 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
The art of movie titles is becoming an increasingly lost one: aside from a few films (the Bond movies) and directors (Steven Spielberg, David Fincher and Jason Reitman always pay particular attention to their credit sequences), it feels like relatively little care is taken over such things, with many movies dumping them altogether. And it's hard not to put that down to the fact that we don't have guys like Saul Bass around anymore.
Bass was a graphic designer from the Bronx who went out West in the 1940s and started working on film ads. After being noticed by Otto Preminger, who would become his collaborator for the next twenty years starting with "Carmen Jones" in 1954, Bass went on to design some of cinema's most iconic title sequences and posters for world-class filmmakers like Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese, often in an instantly recognizable style that remains influential »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Mondo Squallido: Episode 1 – 99 Women
13 April 2012 6:25 AM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Editors Note: Welcome to the first of instalment of Mondo Squallido, which is a fantastic series of sleazy film reviews from a great YouTuber, and new member of the Blogomatic3000 team, called Pete (aka Mattei of the Dead – which Btw is a fantastic nickname!). You can check out more of Pete’s videos at: http://www.youtube.com/MatteioftheDead
So my fellow sleazeballs, we finally get Mondo Squallido rolling, in all it’s sleazy, scuzzy glory. I figured for the first episode I would ease it in and just slowly titillate and tease your senses of what you can expect from the series…. it was either this or a Japanese girl being taken by a dog with a strapon…. yeah…. Anyways!
This episode we look at a film by one of the most prolific and notorious directors, Jess Franco (Barbed Wire Dolls, Venus In Furs, Succubus) who will probably appear »
- Guest
First Look: 'Django Unchained' Teaser Poster
12 April 2012 9:40 AM, PDT | Entertainment Tonight | See recent Entertainment Tonight news »
The minimalist teaser poster for Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino's new movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx, has just been released.
Why Leo Missed the 'Titanic' 3D premiere
Showing a broken chain over the silhouette of two gun-toting men – one who sports broken chains – and simply stating "The New Film by Quentin Tarantino – Christmas," the poster channels the style of the late great Saul Bass (whose memorable black-on-red movie poster imagery elevated such titles as Vertigo, West Side Story and Spartacus).
Tarantino's follow-up to Inglourious Basterds follows a former slave-turned-bounty hunter who sets out to rescue his wife from a ruthless plantation owner with the help of his mentor.
Samuel L. Jackson Channels 'Pulp Fiction' for NBA
Christoph Waltz, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Sacha Baron Cohen, Don Johnson and Kurt Russell also star in the period Western, which Tarantino is calling a "Southern."
Django Unchained arrives in theaters December 25, 2012. »
Stanley Kubrick: Master of Contradictions
9 April 2012 11:53 AM, PDT | The Moving Arts Journal | See recent The Moving Arts Journal news »
Who are the great American film directors? More to the point, who do we think are the great American film directors? Well, there’s Ford, of course, the Zeus of the American pantheon, by turns comic, epic, maudlin and humane. Then there’s Welles, the ill-fated genius, abused by producers but beloved of critics. Spielberg, even in his seventh decade, is still the boy wonder; Scorsese the mad scientist. Griffith is the wise forefather, deeply flawed but idolized nonetheless, while Hawks is ageless, just as sly and self-assured as he was at the time of “The Big Sleep” (1946).
Kubrick, however, beats them all.
Is there anyone more respected or, with the possible exception of Hitchcock, recognizable? Turn on any Stanley Kubrick movie and you should know instantly, whether you’ve seen it before or not, who the film’s director is. The peerless, pristine images; the long, empty corridors; the upturned, »
- Graham Daseler
Hail Caesar! What's Good & Bad About the New Sword & Sandal Movies
4 April 2012 7:02 AM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
I come to praise Sword & Sandal movies -- not to bury them. But with Wrath of the Titans and the Sword & Sandal/sci-fi mash-up John Carter not exactly setting the world on fire -- along with recent disappointments like Immortals and Conan -- it's getting more difficult by the day to believe that the Sword & Sandal movie can survive the recent fumbling of this otherwise great genre. And that's a shame, because the Sword & Sandal movie -- known for its gladiatorial games, pagan orgies, depraved emperors, and the occasional snarling cyclops -- may represent the most colorful and enduring movie genre of all time. So for the uninitiated, what exactly is a Sword & Sandal movie? Like its cousin the Biblical epic, a Sword & Sandal movie -- or 'peplum,' named after a type of ancient Greek garment -- is typically set in the ancient Mediterranean world, and dramatizes the fight for freedom. »
- Jason Apuzzo
Who should play Plutarch Heavensbee in 'Catching Fire'?
28 March 2012 2:45 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
We’ve had some fun here this week casting Catching Fire, the sequel to the smash hit kid-killing thriller The Hunger Games. Ryan Kwanten currently holds a significant lead in the informal race to play trident-carrying man-candy Finnick Odair, although the comment boards lit up with the notion of casting Armie Hammer, a.k.a. evolution’s proof of concept. Meanwhile, a majority of voters think the beloved Glee uber-bitch Naya Rivera would make a great axe-murdering Johanna Mason. But another character introduced in Catching Fire plays a small but pivotal role in the franchise. Who should play Plutarch Heavensbee, »
- Darren Franich
Lesbian & Gay Film Festival Preview – March 23rd to April 1st
19 March 2012 7:20 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
After the phenomenal success of last year’s twenty fifth anniversary celebrations, the BFI London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival returns this coming week for its twenty sixth instalment, with another internationally flavoured and diverse line-up. Last year defied the recession and saw punters turn out to support the ailing festival which was under threat of being scrapped, luckily its back with a ten day slot devoted to the best new, old and experimental queer filmmaking. With a huge line-up of over sixty screenings and handful of talks and debates there is a lot to be seen, so here I am just going to pick some key highlights and a few personal choices.
Obviously the opening and closing night galas are the most hyped and talked about, and this year it would seem, for especially good reasons. Opening the festivities (for a third time) is Canadian-American director Thom Fitzgerald with Cloudburst, »
- Tom Day
"Mandrake" Gestures Hypnotically @ Warners
15 March 2012 9:42 PM, PDT | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »
In development since Sneak Peek first reported on it in 2007, Warner Brothers have now acquired King Features' "Mandrake The Magician", to adapt as a 'contemporary adventure' feature, based on creator Lee Falk's 1930's newspaper comic strip character.
The film will be in direct competition with Disney's developing "Dr. Strange" ("Master Of The Mystic Arts') feature, based on the Marvel Comics character (which in turn was based on "Mandrake").
Created in 1934, 'Mandrake' was an illusionist whose work was based on hypnotic technique. When Mandrake "...gestured hypnotically..." he could induce anyone to hallucinate.
In 1939, Columbia produced a 12-part "Mandrake the Magician" movie serial, starring actor Warren Hull as Mandrake and Al Kikume as his sidekick 'Lothar'.
NBC produced a "Mandrake" TV pilot in 1954, starring stage magician Coe Norton as Mandrake and Woody Strode ("Spartacus") as Lothar.
Actor Anthony Herrera starred in the 1979 TV movie "Mandrake" with Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Lothar. »
- Michael Stevens
Daily Briefing. New Film Comment, News, Photos and More
7 March 2012 12:56 PM, PST | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
"The agony and perverse ecstasy of unrequited love permeate Terence Davies's The Deep Blue Sea," writes Graham Fuller at the top of his interview with the director. Also in the new March/April 2012 issue of Film Comment: Jonathan Rosenbaum remembers Gilbert Adair (plus a few online exclusives: Adair on Mae West and his "Cliché Expert's Guide to the Cinema"), Anton Dolin examines "The Strange Case of Russian Maverick Aleksei German" (see, too, J Hoberman's 1990 piece for Fc on German) and Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life tops the Reader's "20 Best Films of 2011" Poll — plus comments.
Then there are the shorter bits from the issue online: Nicolas Rapold on Pablo Giorgelli's Las Acacias and Athina Rachel Tsangari's Attenberg (more from Eric Hynes [Time Out New York, 4/5], Eric Kohn [indieWIRE], Anthony Lane [New Yorker], Dennis Lim [New York Times], Karina Longworth [Voice], Henry Stewart [L] and Michael Tully [Hammer to Nail]), Phillip Lopate on Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb's This Is Not a Film »
German 'Avengers,' Alternate Kubrick, More 'Bling,' More Chemical Bros. and a 1979 Tom Waits Joker Impression
7 March 2012 9:47 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Fast forward this 1979 interview with Tom Waits to the 2:22 mark and hear an uncanny similarity to Heath Ledger's Joker from The Dark Knight. Sofia Coppola has added several names to her upcoming feature film The Bling Ring including Leslie Mann, Taissa Farmiga, Israel Broussard, Katie Chang, Claire Pfister and Georgia Rock. Mann will play a mom of two of the girls from the Bling Ring, Broussard is the male lead of the movie. The six join previously cast Emma Watson with shooting expected to begin this spring in Los Angeles. [source] Andrew Stanton's Ted Talk, "The clues to a great story" from February 2012 can now be viewed online. [source] The Cabin in the Woods director Drew Goddard spoke about the possibility of a Cloverfield 2 after writing the first one and he said, "I'm in, I'm ready to do it...Someone call J.J. and tell him to get moving, but »
- Brad Brevet
How Stanley Kubrick Kept His Eye on the Budget, Down to the Orange Juice
20 February 2012 7:43 AM, PST | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
Nothing revealed Stanley Kubrick's singular intelligence -- nor his endearing humor and humanity -- more than budgetary decisions. He wore his producer's hat as ingeniously as his director's one, confounding expectations. Before he arrived in New York for the opening of 2001, stories of his obsessive genius preceded him. He had a pilot's license, but wouldn't fly after monitoring the control towers at various airports, finding their safety inadequate. He knew the best dental procedures and rumors spread that he had an open telephone to the dentist's office when a family member underwent treatment. My first encounter with his financial concerns came shortly after Stanley, his wife, Christiane, and their daughters, Anya, Vivian and Katherina moved into a large suite at the Pierre Hotel upon their arrival in New York. It was his first visit to the United States in many years, after moving to England following Spartacus. His stay »
- Mike Kaplan
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