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From Pre-History to Ancient Greece and the Arabian Nights: Harryhausen's Latter-Day Efforts
7 May 2013 11:33 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Raquel Welch wigs vs. Ray Harryhausen monsters: One Million Years B.C. [See previous post: "Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan Dies."] Without Charles H. Schneer as producer, Ray Harryhausen created the visual effects for the 1966 camp classic One Million Years B.C. — though, admittedly, his work in that movie played second fiddle to Raquel Welch’s physical effects as a blonde-bewigged (?) cavewoman parading around Earth’s pre-history in a cleavage-enhancing fur bikini. Whereas in producer Hal Roach’s 1940 effort One Million B.C., lizards made up as dinosaurs made life difficult for Victor Mature and Carole Landis, in the creationist-style pre-history of the 1966 (sort-of) remake, Raquel Welch and fellow caveman John Richardson had to square off against Harryhausen’s stop-motion models of giant reptiles. (Photo: Raquel Welch One Million Years B.C.) [Please scroll down to check out TCM's beautiful Ray Harryhausen tribute.] Starring James Franciscus and featuring Earth vs. the Flying Saucers‘ Richard Carlson, The Valley of Gwangi (1969) was Harryhausen’s next-to-last mid-level effort. Both The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974), with John Phillip Law, »
- Andre Soares
How Margaret Thatcher left her mark on British culture
13 April 2013 4:08 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
From Meryl Streep's Iron Lady to Spitting Image and the Spice Girls, Observer writers and critics pick the films, books, art, music and TV that show Thatcher's lasting influence
Art, chosen by Laura Cumming
Treatment Room (1983)
In Richard Hamilton's installation, Thatcher administered her own harsh medicine from a video above the operating table with the viewer as helpless patient: a case of kill or cure.
Taking Stock (1984)
Hans Haacke portrayed Thatcher enthroned, nose in the air like a gun-dog, surrounded by images of Queen Victoria, the Saatchi brothers and, ominously, Pandora. Caused national furore.
In the Sleep of Reason (1982)
Mark Wallinger edited Thatcher's 1982 Falklands speech from blink to blink, fading to black in between, emphasising her solipsistic tendency to close her eyes when speaking as if nobody else existed.
The Battle of Orgreave (2001)
Jeremy Deller's restaged the worst conflict of the miners' strike from multiple viewpoints, uniting »
- Robert McCrum, Kitty Empire, Philip French, Andrew Rawnsley, Euan Ferguson
How Margaret Thatcher left her mark on British culture
13 April 2013 4:08 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
From Meryl Streep's Iron Lady to Spitting Image and the Spice Girls, Observer writers and critics pick the films, books, art, music and TV that show Thatcher's lasting influence
Art, chosen by Laura Cumming
Treatment Room (1983)
In Richard Hamilton's installation, Thatcher administered her own harsh medicine from a video above the operating table with the viewer as helpless patient: a case of kill or cure.
Taking Stock (1984)
Hans Haacke portrayed Thatcher enthroned, nose in the air like a gun-dog, surrounded by images of Queen Victoria, the Saatchi brothers and, ominously, Pandora. Caused national furore.
In the Sleep of Reason (1982)
Mark Wallinger edited Thatcher's 1982 Falklands speech from blink to blink, fading to black in between, emphasising her solipsistic tendency to close her eyes when speaking as if nobody else existed.
The Battle of Orgreave (2001)
Jeremy Deller's restaged the worst conflict of the miners' strike from multiple viewpoints, uniting »
- Robert McCrum, Kitty Empire, Philip French, Andrew Rawnsley, Euan Ferguson
Margaret Thatcher Was Media’s Target and a Fave Subject
8 April 2013 6:03 PM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday of a stroke, age 87, was one of the U.K.’s most politically divisive figures in recent history — and, as a result, was a media favorite.
She became a pop-culture figure who was arguably Britain’s most famous prime minister since Winston Churchill. She was depicted frequently, rarely with affection. She was impersonated in a James Bond movie (“For Your Eyes Only”), was the subject of songs (the English Beat’s “Stand Down Margaret”), was an offscreen villain (“Billy Elliot”) and an onscreen hero (the 2011 “The Iron Lady,” which some blasted for soft-pedaling its depiction, but which won Meryl Streep an Oscar). And a Thatcher puppet mercilessly lambasted her every move in the U.K.’s popular “Spitting Image” series.
Though they might not be able to identify Tony Blair, Gordon Brown or David Cameron, Americans immediately recognized Thatcher.
The media loved her because she »
- Timothy M. Gray
Margaret Thatcher Was Media’s Target and a Fave Subject
8 April 2013 6:03 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday of a stroke, age 87, was one of the U.K.’s most politically divisive figures in recent history — and, as a result, was a media favorite.
She became a pop-culture figure who was arguably Britain’s most famous prime minister since Winston Churchill. She was depicted frequently, rarely with affection. She was impersonated in a James Bond movie (“For Your Eyes Only”), was the subject of songs (the English Beat’s “Stand Down Margaret”), was an offscreen villain (“Billy Elliot”) and an onscreen hero (the 2011 “The Iron Lady,” which some blasted for soft-pedaling its depiction, but which won Meryl Streep an Oscar). And a Thatcher puppet mercilessly lambasted her every move in the U.K.’s popular “Spitting Image” series.
Though they might not be able to identify Tony Blair, Gordon Brown or David Cameron, Americans immediately recognized Thatcher.
The media loved her because she »
- Timothy M. Gray
Margaret Thatcher's Depiction In Pop Culture
8 April 2013 10:25 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
London -- Margaret Thatcher was not just a political titan, she was a cultural icon – skewered by comedians, transformed into a puppet and played to Oscar-winning perfection by Meryl Streep.
With her uncompromising politics, ironclad certainty, bouffant hairstyle and ever-present handbag, the late British leader was grist for comedians, playwrights, novelists and songwriters whether they loved her or – as was more often the case – hated her.
Satirical Target
Thatcher's free-market policies transformed and divided Britain, unleashing an outpouring of creative anger from her opponents. A generation of British comedians, from Ben Elton to Alexei Sayle, honed their talents lampooning Thatcher.
To the satirical puppeteers of popular 1980s TV series "Spitting Image," Thatcher was a cigar-smoking bully, a butcher with a bloody cleaver, a domineering leader ruling over her docile Cabinet. One famous sketch showed Thatcher and her ministers gathered for dinner. Thatcher ordered steak. "And what about the vegetables?" the waitress asked. »
- AP
Derek Watkins obituary
25 March 2013 9:35 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Trumpeter who played on every James Bond film soundtrack from Dr No to Skyfall
The trumpeter Derek Watkins, who has died aged 68 of cancer, was recognised by his fellow professionals as the finest lead player of his generation. To see him take his place in a big-band trumpet section or orchestral ensemble was to be reassured that all would be well. Dizzy Gillespie, no mean judge of trumpeters, called him "Mr Lead".
Watkins played on every James Bond film soundtrack from Dr No (1962) to Skyfall (2012), his blazing lead trumpet work evident on Monty Norman's iconic James Bond theme. The 19-year-old Watkins's spine-chilling trumpet growls set the scene on John Barry's Goldfinger (1964) theme, sung by Shirley Bassey, and Watkins was also prominent on Bill Conti's For Your Eyes Only (1981) score. As Barry said, Watkins "never failed to deliver the goods".
The film composer John Altman recalled that Watkins »
- Peter Vacher
Bond 24: 5 Reasons Why Blofeld Must Return
5 March 2013 2:27 PM, PST | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
It all began with From Russia with Love when Blofeld, James Bond’s greatest adversary made his first appearance in the form of a sinister voice holding a white turkish angora cat. The voice purred forth evil as the hands fed the cat fish from a tank and motioned for the death of others to be carried out. From that film until the return of Sean Connery in Diamonds are Forever, Blofeld makes a steady appearance as the main villain controlling a secret organization named Spectre.
Then it just stops with everything unresolved. He is brought back one last time in For Your Eyes Only to be unceremoniously dropped down a shaft by a grinning Roger Moore. The End.
That’s no way to treat Bond’s greatest villain. There’s got to be more to it, some part of the story that has yet to be told. Ernst Stavro »
- Michael Thompson
James Bond, 'Skyfall' Win (Relatively) Big At The Oscars
25 February 2013 5:48 AM, PST | Filmology | See recent Filmology news »
Skyfall, the 50th anniversary installment in the James Bond series, won two awards at The Oscars last night: a well-deserved Best Original Song win for Adele (no surprise there) and an unprecedented tie for Best Sound Editing with Zero Dark Thirty. So what? Well, if you're a Bond fanatic (guilty), you know that not a single Bond movie has even been nominated for an Oscar since 1981's For Your Eyes Only… and the series hasn't ever won anything apart from a pair of technical awards in the Connery era (1964's Goldfinger and 1965's Thunderball).
Rewind: The Top 5 James Bond Oscar Nominations That Weren't
Despite some initial speculation that Skyfall—which recently set new records to become the highest grossing British film of all time—might even make a dent in the major categories, it was still a (relatively) big night for the world's greatest secret agent: in addition to an »
- Brett Warner
Adele and her Oscars competition
22 February 2013 6:41 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The singer is the favourite to win the Academy award for best original song on Sunday night, but she faces stiff competition from Scarlett Johansson, a talking bear and more
No matter that she won the award for best British single, Adele didn't show up at the Brits at the O2 in London on Wednesday night. What could have been more important? Well, the Academy Awards, that's what.
It would be nice to have one of those on the shelf. Bob Dylan no less seemed especially pleased to have bagged the Academy award for best original song with Things Have Changed in 2001 after it featured in Curtis Hanson's Wonder Boys. "God bless you all with peace, tranquility and good will," he was even heard to quip to the academy. In her excitement, Adele tweeted when she heard she'd been nominated this year.
Oh my god I feel like Meryl Streep! »
- Caspar Llewellyn Smith
Shirley Bassey To Perform During The Oscars' James Bond Tribute
8 February 2013 10:58 AM, PST | Filmology | See recent Filmology news »
Super cool news for James Bond fans—Dame Shirley Bassey, known best for her Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker 007 theme songs, will be performing at The Oscars later this month as part of the 85th Annual Academy Awards' 50th anniversary tribute to the James Bond film franchise (according to Reuters).
Previously… The Top 5 James Bond Oscar Nominations That Weren't
Dame Shirely won't be alone at The Oscars this year—the February 24 ceremony will also feature Adele performing "Skyfall," the hit theme song from Bond's latest (and $1 billion-plus grossing) adventure, which is nominated in five categories (Best Original Song, Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Cinematography), is the first James Bond film to be nominated for a single Oscar since For Your Eyes Only in 1981. Yeah, ouch.
You can plan on hearing at least a few bars of "Goldfinger," but the details of Bassey's performance »
- Brett Warner
James Bond at the Oscars: The Long, Shared History Behind the Academy's Tribute to 007
8 February 2013 9:18 AM, PST | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
It's not clear yet what form the Oscars' tribute to the James Bond franchise will take. On Friday, the Academy announced it had booked Shirley Bassey for her first-ever Oscar show appearance, so at the very least, we're likely get to hear her belt out one or more of the three Bond movie theme songs she recorded ("Moonraker," "Diamonds Are Forever" and of course, "Goldfinger"). We also know Adele will be on hand to sing her currently nominated theme to "Skyfall." Beyond that, Oscar host Seth MacFarlane has made a promo clip where he plays a bartender who makes fun of James Bond (Pierce Brosnan, in an archival clip) for the distinctive way he orders his martini. Otherwise, there are few clues as to what shape the tribute will take, though there is a rumor that all six men who've played 007 -- Daniel Craig, Brosnan, Timothy Dalton, Roger Moore, George Lazenby »
- Gary Susman
Tonight's Double-0 MovieMovie: For Your Eyes Only Starring Roger Moore
5 February 2013 3:26 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
"Think twice, 007. It's a long way down."
After taking the spy action into space in the heavily science fiction-themed Moonraker (1979), producer Albert R. Broccoli wanted to bring 007 back down to Earth — both literally and figuratively — in the 12th movie in the franchise, For Your Eyes Only (1981). When a British spy boat carrying the Automatic Targeting Attack Communicator (Atac) the Royal Navy uses to co-ordinate their fleet of Polaris nuclear submarines is sunk, MI6's top agent, James Bond (Roger Moore), is called into action to retrieve it from the depths of the Mediterranean Sea. Unbeknownst to Bond, the Kgb is also aware that the ship has sunk and they've sent out agents to retrieve the Atac before Bond can get his hands on it.
Gritty Cold War action in exotic locales with the fate of the world at stake, this is what Bond was made for! Tune in tonight at »
- BrentJS Sprecher
Those Glorious Old Movie Posters:"The Silencers" (1966) Australian Daybill
30 January 2013 3:33 PM, PST | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
Given all the controversy about the movie poster for the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only that depicted Agent 007 as seen through the open legs of a bikini-clad model, you would think it was the first time that concept had been used for an ad campaign. In fact, there are plenty of precedents including this Australian daybill poster for Dean Martin's first Matt Helm film, The Silencers (1966). »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
Interview – Hilary Saltzman On Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story Of 007
30 January 2013 3:29 AM, PST | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
The name ‘Broccoli’ has been most closely associated with the James Bond film series over the last 50 years: famously the late Albert R “Cubby” Broccoli, and now his daughter, Barbara (who co-produces the 007 movies with her stepbrother, Michael G Wilson.)
But in the early days — from Dr No (1962) to The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) — another producer shared the Bond film billings with Cubby: Harry Saltzman.
In fact it was Harry, a no-nonsense and flamboyant Canadian, who had originally secured the film rights from Bond author Ian Fleming. Already a successful film producer known for the British kitchen sink dramas Look back in Anger and The Entertainer, Harry teamed up with Cubby and kick-started the 007 franchise with their company, Eon productions.
It wasn’t easy. Harry and Cubby wanted the then unknown Sean Connery to star as Bond while the studio was pushing for a household name. How Saltzman and Broccoli stood their ground, »
- Tony Greenway
Why Timothy Dalton Is Actually The Greatest James Bond
30 January 2013 1:39 AM, PST | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
In 1985, Roger Moore’s final James Bond film, A View To A Kill, was released to a critical drubbing, with a common criticism being that Moore, 57 at the time of the film’s release, was far too old to realistically play the role of the world’s greatest spy.
Having initially wanted to retire from the role after For Your Eyes Only in 1981, Moore agreed and stepped down from the role, leading to a media frenzy about who would replace him. Candidates ranged from the likes of Sam Neill, who would later become known for his role in the Jurassic Park series, to Australian model Finlay Light, who would later become known for nothing at all, not even having a Wikipedia page to his name.
Eventually, an Irish actor by the name of Pierce Brosnan was confirmed for the role, but was forced to back out after NBC, capitalising on »
- Alex Antliff
Adele To Perform Theme To Skyfall At 85th Academy Awards
24 January 2013 12:21 PM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Multi-platinum selling singer-songwriter Adele will perform the Oscar®-nominated theme song from the latest James Bond movie at the 85th Academy Awards®, the show’s producers announced today. “Skyfall,” from the film of the same name, was announced as a nominee for Original Song at the Academy’s Nominations Announcement on January 10. The song, written by Adele and Paul Epworth, is the first Bond theme ever to debut in Billboard’s Top 10 and the first to be nominated for an Oscar since “For Your Eyes Only” in 1981.
Adele’s exclusive Oscar show performance will be the first time she will have performed “Skyfall” anywhere live and will also mark her first U.S. television performance since the Grammys® last year.
“It’s an honour to be nominated and terrifyingly wonderful to be singing in front of people who have captured my imagination over and over again,” said Adele. “It’s »
- Michelle McCue
Will Adele Sing Live At The Oscars?
23 January 2013 1:22 PM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
It's confirmed that Adele will be performing at this year's Oscars, singing her nominated song “Skyfall” from the most recent -- and most successful -- James Bond film of all time. But after all the attention Beyonce has received following rumors she chose to lip-sync the national anthem at the inauguration, everyone is asking, will Adele sing live?
“Most of the performers who take the stage on Oscar night have pre-recorded their song with the orchestra ahead of the live show,” a singer who has performed at the Academy Awards tells The Huffington Post. “This is not unusual and Adele will do the same. It’s almost always done when a show is live. Then if anything goes wrong or something happens, the producers in the control room can cut to tape.”
It is not just vocals that have been pre-recorded in the past. In 1993, the CBS broadcast of President »
- Naughty But Nice Rob
Adele To Perform Skyfall At This Year's Academy Awards
23 January 2013 10:39 AM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Last year's Oscars ceremony was terribly dull. Not only was Billy Crystal a less-than-thrilling choice to host the event, the Academy failed to capitalize on the opportunity given to them by the fact that a song sung by Muppets was nominated for (and ended up winning) Best Original Song. Instead the only on-stage number was a completely forgettable performance by Cirque du Soleil celebrating the year in movies. Luckily, the ceremony won't be dropping the ball again this year. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has officially announced that Adele will be featured on stage singing her theme from the last James Bond film, Skyfall, at the 85th Annual Academy Awards. The performance will be the first time that Adele has performed the song live and the Bond theme is the first to be nominated for an Oscar since 1981's "For Your Eyes Only" and was the only »
Adele to sing song from ‘Skyfall’ at the Oscars
23 January 2013 10:09 AM, PST | Hollywoodnews.com | See recent Hollywoodnews.com news »
Multi-platinum selling singer-songwriter Adele will perform the Oscar®-nominated theme song from the latest James Bond movie at the 85th Academy Awards®, the show’s producers announced. “Skyfall,” from the film of the same name, was announced as a nominee for Original Song at the Academy’s Nominations Announcement on January 10. The song, written by Adele and Paul Epworth, is the first Bond theme ever to debut in Billboard’s Top 10 and the first to be nominated for an Oscar since “For Your Eyes Only” in 1981. Adele’s exclusive Oscar show performance will be the first time she will have performed “Skyfall” anywhere live and will also mark her first U.S. television performance since the Grammys® last year. “It’s an honour to be nominated and terrifyingly wonderful to be singing in front of people who have captured my imagination over and over again,” said Adele. “It’s something »
- hnblog@hollywoodnews.com (Hollywood News Team)
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