Andersons have their moment
LAS VEGAS -- It isn't too often that a husband and wife are named ShoWesters of the Year, but in the awards presentation that concluded Tuesday's opening-day ceremony at the Paris hotel, a hail of tributes made clear that J. Wayne and Mary Ann Anderson have displayed extraordinary commitment to the exhibition business in their decades-long careers.
J. Wayne Anderson serves as chairman of Maryland-based R/C Theatres, which operates 139 screens, while Mary Ann Anderson is vp and executive director of the National Association of Theater Owners. The couple celebrated their third anniversary on Valentine's Day.
Revolution Studios partner Tom Sherak said his relationship with J. Wayne Anderson dates to 1973, when the East Coast native was in the early stages of his career, managing the Stonewall Theatre in Clifton Forge, Va.
Sherak hailed Anderson as a man of "incredible integrity and honesty, truly a gentleman whose life has been filled with many honors and awards."
"What can you say? Hell, most people are dead when they get such awards," Anderson said with a smile as he accepted the prize, his second trophy from ShoWest in four years.
J. Wayne Anderson serves as chairman of Maryland-based R/C Theatres, which operates 139 screens, while Mary Ann Anderson is vp and executive director of the National Association of Theater Owners. The couple celebrated their third anniversary on Valentine's Day.
Revolution Studios partner Tom Sherak said his relationship with J. Wayne Anderson dates to 1973, when the East Coast native was in the early stages of his career, managing the Stonewall Theatre in Clifton Forge, Va.
Sherak hailed Anderson as a man of "incredible integrity and honesty, truly a gentleman whose life has been filled with many honors and awards."
"What can you say? Hell, most people are dead when they get such awards," Anderson said with a smile as he accepted the prize, his second trophy from ShoWest in four years.
- 3/14/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Andersons earn ShoWest prize
J. Wayne Anderson, chairman of R/C Theatres, and his wife Mary Ann Anderson, vp and executive director of the National Association of Theatre Owners, will be the feted as ShoWesters of the Year at ShoWest 2007. The event is set for March 12-15 at the Bally's and Paris Las Vegas.
The pair will receive the award, which honors individuals who have demonstrated a dedication to the betterment of the exhibition industry, at the opening ceremony March 13.
"Their true love for the industry is known by all who know them, and this is clearly evidenced by their selfless dedication and commitment to ensuring that moviegoers, not just nationwide but worldwide, have the ability to experience a motion picture experience unlike any other," ShoWest co-managing director Mitch Neuhauser said.
In 1966, while stationed at the Camp Pendleton Marine Basenear San Diego, J. Wayne Anderson began his career in exhibition by overseeing the base movie theater operations of 33 screens.
The pair will receive the award, which honors individuals who have demonstrated a dedication to the betterment of the exhibition industry, at the opening ceremony March 13.
"Their true love for the industry is known by all who know them, and this is clearly evidenced by their selfless dedication and commitment to ensuring that moviegoers, not just nationwide but worldwide, have the ability to experience a motion picture experience unlike any other," ShoWest co-managing director Mitch Neuhauser said.
In 1966, while stationed at the Camp Pendleton Marine Basenear San Diego, J. Wayne Anderson began his career in exhibition by overseeing the base movie theater operations of 33 screens.
- 1/9/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Andersons earn ShoWest prize
J. Wayne Anderson, chairman of R/C Theatres, and his wife Mary Ann Anderson, vp and executive director of the National Association of Theatre Owners, will be the feted as ShoWesters of the Year at ShoWest 2007. The event is set for March 12-15 at the Bally's and Paris Las Vegas.
The pair will receive the award, which honors individuals who have demonstrated a dedication to the betterment of the exhibition industry, at the opening ceremony March 13.
"Their true love for the industry is known by all who know them, and this is clearly evidenced by their selfless dedication and commitment to ensuring that moviegoers, not just nationwide but worldwide, have the ability to experience a motion picture experience unlike any other," ShoWest co-managing director Mitch Neuhauser said.
In 1966, while stationed at the Camp Pendleton Marine Basenear San Diego, J. Wayne Anderson began his career in exhibition by overseeing the base movie theater operations of 33 screens.
The pair will receive the award, which honors individuals who have demonstrated a dedication to the betterment of the exhibition industry, at the opening ceremony March 13.
"Their true love for the industry is known by all who know them, and this is clearly evidenced by their selfless dedication and commitment to ensuring that moviegoers, not just nationwide but worldwide, have the ability to experience a motion picture experience unlike any other," ShoWest co-managing director Mitch Neuhauser said.
In 1966, while stationed at the Camp Pendleton Marine Basenear San Diego, J. Wayne Anderson began his career in exhibition by overseeing the base movie theater operations of 33 screens.
- 1/8/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
'Gilligan' ad on hateful trip
With the aftertaste still lingering from Paris Hilton's hamburger commercial, there's new beef over a racy ad from TBS. A titillating TV spot promoting the cable network's second season of reality series The Real Gilligan's Island has become a lightning rod online, where clips of the commercial on TBS.com are being linked on countless blogs, some of which blast the ad. The 30-second advertisement features busty actresses depicting Island icons Mary Ann and Ginger engaged in an acrobatic food fight. The women writhe around in coconut cream pies before getting doused with water in the spot, which winks at both the original Island and the notorious Miller Lite Catfight commercial from 2003.
- 6/10/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MGM ups Kops to exec vp publicity
Eric Kops has been upped to executive vp worldwide publicity at MGM Distribution Co. Kops, who reports to president of worldwide marketing Peter Adee, is responsible for overseeing publicity efforts on behalf of all MGM and United Artists theatrical releases. Working with execs Andrew Bernstein, Kristin Borella and Debra Nathin-Solomons on MGM films and with Mary Ann Hult on UA releases, Kops oversees the entire publicity staff for both studios. "Eric consistently proves himself to be one of the most valuable members of our marketing team," Adee said in making the announcement. "He and his team have created several memorable publicity campaigns and consistently find new and exciting ways to publicize our films. Enthusiastic and energetic, Eric does a wonderful job."...
- 4/14/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film review" 'Bossa Nova'
In "Bossa Nova", director Bruno Barreto serves up a dreamy Rio de Janeiro that pulsates to the beat of Antonio Carlos Jobim bossa nova classics, a Rio of midnight swims and intimate strolls along Copacabana beach, where romance lingers in the humid night air.
It's the Rio of travel agents' dreams rather than the urban nightmare Barreto portrayed in his frightening 1978 crime melodrama "Amor Bandido". While this Rio may intrigue romantically inclined adults, even they may feel cheated by lightweight fare that is more a tempting Brazilian hors d'oeuvres than a satisfying dinner by candlelight. Sony Classics should anticipate no more than modest returns in urban markets.
Although an ensemble piece, the film very much stars Barreto's wife, American actress Amy Irving. Playing an English teacher who stays on in Rio following the death of her Brazilian husband, she remains aloof from this tropical pleasure zone. Like a flower placed between the pages of a book for years, Irving's Mary Ann Simpson looks beautifully preserved but dead to her surroundings.
Barreto and writers Alexandre Machado and Fernanda Young, working from Sergio Sant'Anna's novel "Miss Simpson", place Mary Ann amid a whirligig of comic misunderstandings and near-farcical romantic pursuits that mostly feel forced and mechanical.
The paths of nine characters crisscross Mary Ann,'s with attorney Pedro Paulo (veteran actor Antonio Fagundes) at the focal point. Pedro's wife (Debora Bloch) has left him for her tai chi teacher (Kazuo Matsui). Mary Ann teaches English in the same building that houses the tailor shop of Paulo's father (Alberto de Mendoza).
One of Mary Ann's students (Drica Moraes) has fallen in love, sight unseen, with a New Yorker with whom she trades lies about lifestyle and physical attributes via the Internet. Another student, a soccer star (Alexandre Borges), must brush up on his English upon his move to a British club. Then Pedro's half-brother (Pedro Cardoso) falls for Pedro's legal intern (Giovanna Antonelli), who in turn develops a thing for the soccer star. Everything comes to a head with the arrival of the Internet lover (Stephen Tobolowsky).
The film's reliance on perfectly timed entrances and exits and fortuitous coincidences at times gives "Bossa Nova" a contrived feeling. Barreto manages the multiple plots and love affairs well, and the film is not without its moments of subtle charm and amiable comedy. The music -- both Jobim's and original work by Eumir Deodato -- and Pascal Rabaud's postcard-perfect cinematography establish the romance of this mythical Rio even if the viewer doesn't always buy into the romantic trysts.
The mood is playful, but the characters lie very near the surface. And the attempt to mingle laughter with tears never comes off. The most egregious stumble comes when Barreto brings all of the characters together for a climax at a hospital, where Pedro's father lies dying of a heart attack.
And Irving's feminine enigma floats through the movie in a way that Brazilians may find seductive and exotic. But to American viewers, she may seem like an emotional zombie.
BOSSA NOVA
Sony Pictures Classics
LC Barreto & Filmes do Equador
in association with Globo Filmes
Producers: Lucy Barreto, Luiz Carlos Barreto
Director: Bruno Barreto
Screenwriters: Alexandre Machado,
Fernanda Young
Based on a novel by: Sergio Sant'Anna
Executive producer: Bruno Barreto
Director of photography: Pascal Rabaud
Production designers: Cassio Amarante,
Carla Caffe
Music: Eumir Deodato
Costume designer: Emilia Duncan
Editor: Ray Hubley
Color/stereo
Cast:
Mary Ann: Amy Irving
Pedro Paulo: Antonio Fagundes
Acacio: Alexandre Borges
Tania: Debora Bloch
Nadine: Drica Moraes
Sharon: Giovanna Antonelli
Trevor: Stephen Tobolowsky
Roberto: Pedro Cardoso
Running time -- 95 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
It's the Rio of travel agents' dreams rather than the urban nightmare Barreto portrayed in his frightening 1978 crime melodrama "Amor Bandido". While this Rio may intrigue romantically inclined adults, even they may feel cheated by lightweight fare that is more a tempting Brazilian hors d'oeuvres than a satisfying dinner by candlelight. Sony Classics should anticipate no more than modest returns in urban markets.
Although an ensemble piece, the film very much stars Barreto's wife, American actress Amy Irving. Playing an English teacher who stays on in Rio following the death of her Brazilian husband, she remains aloof from this tropical pleasure zone. Like a flower placed between the pages of a book for years, Irving's Mary Ann Simpson looks beautifully preserved but dead to her surroundings.
Barreto and writers Alexandre Machado and Fernanda Young, working from Sergio Sant'Anna's novel "Miss Simpson", place Mary Ann amid a whirligig of comic misunderstandings and near-farcical romantic pursuits that mostly feel forced and mechanical.
The paths of nine characters crisscross Mary Ann,'s with attorney Pedro Paulo (veteran actor Antonio Fagundes) at the focal point. Pedro's wife (Debora Bloch) has left him for her tai chi teacher (Kazuo Matsui). Mary Ann teaches English in the same building that houses the tailor shop of Paulo's father (Alberto de Mendoza).
One of Mary Ann's students (Drica Moraes) has fallen in love, sight unseen, with a New Yorker with whom she trades lies about lifestyle and physical attributes via the Internet. Another student, a soccer star (Alexandre Borges), must brush up on his English upon his move to a British club. Then Pedro's half-brother (Pedro Cardoso) falls for Pedro's legal intern (Giovanna Antonelli), who in turn develops a thing for the soccer star. Everything comes to a head with the arrival of the Internet lover (Stephen Tobolowsky).
The film's reliance on perfectly timed entrances and exits and fortuitous coincidences at times gives "Bossa Nova" a contrived feeling. Barreto manages the multiple plots and love affairs well, and the film is not without its moments of subtle charm and amiable comedy. The music -- both Jobim's and original work by Eumir Deodato -- and Pascal Rabaud's postcard-perfect cinematography establish the romance of this mythical Rio even if the viewer doesn't always buy into the romantic trysts.
The mood is playful, but the characters lie very near the surface. And the attempt to mingle laughter with tears never comes off. The most egregious stumble comes when Barreto brings all of the characters together for a climax at a hospital, where Pedro's father lies dying of a heart attack.
And Irving's feminine enigma floats through the movie in a way that Brazilians may find seductive and exotic. But to American viewers, she may seem like an emotional zombie.
BOSSA NOVA
Sony Pictures Classics
LC Barreto & Filmes do Equador
in association with Globo Filmes
Producers: Lucy Barreto, Luiz Carlos Barreto
Director: Bruno Barreto
Screenwriters: Alexandre Machado,
Fernanda Young
Based on a novel by: Sergio Sant'Anna
Executive producer: Bruno Barreto
Director of photography: Pascal Rabaud
Production designers: Cassio Amarante,
Carla Caffe
Music: Eumir Deodato
Costume designer: Emilia Duncan
Editor: Ray Hubley
Color/stereo
Cast:
Mary Ann: Amy Irving
Pedro Paulo: Antonio Fagundes
Acacio: Alexandre Borges
Tania: Debora Bloch
Nadine: Drica Moraes
Sharon: Giovanna Antonelli
Trevor: Stephen Tobolowsky
Roberto: Pedro Cardoso
Running time -- 95 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 5/1/2000
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Outcry Over Banderas' Phantom Role
Actor Antonio Banderas has been named as the star of the film version of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - but the choice has proved controversial. An American-based group called THE MICHAEL CRAWFORD PHANTOM MOVIE CAMPAIGN is up in arms over the decision, and has begun an internet-based protest. "Save us from Banderas!" cries CLIFFORD HUDSON, one of thousands to post messages on the campaign website at www.phantommovie.com. "Michael's still as gorgeous and agile as he ever was, " says a message poster called Mary Ann "Antonio should be cast in the part of RAOUL instead. " But the campaign isn't endorsed by Michael. When first asked about it last year, he admitted he didn't have a clue what it was.
- 3/29/2000
- WENN
Film review: 'The Devil's Advocate'
Always negotiating to keep one's interest but too often getting bogged down in hit-or-miss subplots, director Taylor Hackford's supernatural drama starring Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves is a classy scare, but it takes too long to get to the devilish core of the matter.
The Warner Bros. release produced by Arnon Milchan, Arnold Kopelson and Anne Kopelson ought to open well and travel far. "The Devil's Advocate" has sex, blood and Pacino, whose gleefully bombastic performance is the film's one major success story.
Reeves, playing a Florida legal superstar lured to the big city to work for the firm of mighty John Milton (Pacino), is another matter. Smart but vain, Reeves' character is fairly bland, and the actor, apart from looking like a million bucks, is not involving for long stretches.
Based on the novel by Andrew Neiderman and written for the screen by Jonathan Lemkin and Tony Gilroy, "Devil's Advocate" is an old tale set in the luxurious world of the rich, with young rookie Kevin Reeves) and playful young wife Mary Ann (Charlize Theron) settling into a new life with relative ease.
We learn in early scenes that Kevin is not above terrorizing a sexually abused teenage girl to win acquittal for a guilty client or defending a scary denizen of the lower depths accused of animal cruelty. Living in Milton's swank building, Kevin wins points with his subway-riding boss, but the wife at home starts to go batty.
With Pacino in creepy makeup that makes him look just a bit like Bela Lugosi, one is clued in early on that Kevin is working for a unique boss. The lad's seriously religious mother (Judith Ivey) gets bad vibes and warns that Theron's depressed and lonely character needs his attention. In an important scene, Kevin makes love to Mary Ann and goes into a lustful craze when she turns into the flirtatious co-worker (Connie Nielsen) he's made eye contact with several times.
Meanwhile, always probing, always joking, Milton orders Kevin to take the case of a well-known businessman (Craig T. Nelson) accused of murdering his family. Kevin works hard and bonds with Milton's cheerful lieutenant (Jeffrey Jones), but events soon spiral into a round of revelations and dire consequences.
While Reeves and Theron's characters go through the tortures of the damned and hold up well enough, Pacino is firmly in command, brushing aside all who get in his way of making Satan the Super Lawyer one of his most crowd-pleasing characters. Sometimes he's too funny, and one is distracted. Similarly, Hackford has to conjure up one too many minor frights to keep the audience on edge.
Befitting the head of a firm that represents countries and the world's richest scumbags, Milton's sinister private abode is the sight of the thunderous finale, in which Pacino lets loose in a tirade that's worthy of an ovation. Alas, the movie's pyrotechnics are also cranked up at this point, but the payoff is worth it.
From Bruno Rubeo's production design and Andrzej Bartkowiak's wide-screen imagery to Rick Baker's scary demons and Judianna Makovsky's costumes, "Devil's Advocate" is handsomely mounted.
THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
Warner Bros.
In association with Regency Enterprises
A Kopelson Entertainment production
A Taylor Hackford film
Director Taylor Hackford
Producers Arnon Milchan, Arnold Kopelson,
Anne Kopelson
Screenwriters Jonathan Lemkin, Tony Gilroy
Based on the novel by Andrew Neiderman
Executive producers Taylor Hackford,
Michael Tadross, Erwin Stoff, Barry Bernardi, Steve White
Director of photography Andrzej Bartkowiak
Production designer Bruno Rubeo
Editor Mark Warner
Music James Newton Howard
Demons designed and created by Rick Baker
Visual effects designer Richard Greenberg
Costume designer Judianna Makovsky
Casting Nancy Klopper, Mary Colquhoun
Color/stereo
Cast:
Kevin Lomax Keanu Reeves
John Milton Al Pacino
Mary Ann Lomax Charlize Theron
Eddie Barzoon Jeffrey Jones
Mrs. Lomax Judith Ivey
Christabella Connie Nielsen
Alexander Cullen Craig T. Nelson
Running time -- 149 mintues
MPAA rating: R...
The Warner Bros. release produced by Arnon Milchan, Arnold Kopelson and Anne Kopelson ought to open well and travel far. "The Devil's Advocate" has sex, blood and Pacino, whose gleefully bombastic performance is the film's one major success story.
Reeves, playing a Florida legal superstar lured to the big city to work for the firm of mighty John Milton (Pacino), is another matter. Smart but vain, Reeves' character is fairly bland, and the actor, apart from looking like a million bucks, is not involving for long stretches.
Based on the novel by Andrew Neiderman and written for the screen by Jonathan Lemkin and Tony Gilroy, "Devil's Advocate" is an old tale set in the luxurious world of the rich, with young rookie Kevin Reeves) and playful young wife Mary Ann (Charlize Theron) settling into a new life with relative ease.
We learn in early scenes that Kevin is not above terrorizing a sexually abused teenage girl to win acquittal for a guilty client or defending a scary denizen of the lower depths accused of animal cruelty. Living in Milton's swank building, Kevin wins points with his subway-riding boss, but the wife at home starts to go batty.
With Pacino in creepy makeup that makes him look just a bit like Bela Lugosi, one is clued in early on that Kevin is working for a unique boss. The lad's seriously religious mother (Judith Ivey) gets bad vibes and warns that Theron's depressed and lonely character needs his attention. In an important scene, Kevin makes love to Mary Ann and goes into a lustful craze when she turns into the flirtatious co-worker (Connie Nielsen) he's made eye contact with several times.
Meanwhile, always probing, always joking, Milton orders Kevin to take the case of a well-known businessman (Craig T. Nelson) accused of murdering his family. Kevin works hard and bonds with Milton's cheerful lieutenant (Jeffrey Jones), but events soon spiral into a round of revelations and dire consequences.
While Reeves and Theron's characters go through the tortures of the damned and hold up well enough, Pacino is firmly in command, brushing aside all who get in his way of making Satan the Super Lawyer one of his most crowd-pleasing characters. Sometimes he's too funny, and one is distracted. Similarly, Hackford has to conjure up one too many minor frights to keep the audience on edge.
Befitting the head of a firm that represents countries and the world's richest scumbags, Milton's sinister private abode is the sight of the thunderous finale, in which Pacino lets loose in a tirade that's worthy of an ovation. Alas, the movie's pyrotechnics are also cranked up at this point, but the payoff is worth it.
From Bruno Rubeo's production design and Andrzej Bartkowiak's wide-screen imagery to Rick Baker's scary demons and Judianna Makovsky's costumes, "Devil's Advocate" is handsomely mounted.
THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
Warner Bros.
In association with Regency Enterprises
A Kopelson Entertainment production
A Taylor Hackford film
Director Taylor Hackford
Producers Arnon Milchan, Arnold Kopelson,
Anne Kopelson
Screenwriters Jonathan Lemkin, Tony Gilroy
Based on the novel by Andrew Neiderman
Executive producers Taylor Hackford,
Michael Tadross, Erwin Stoff, Barry Bernardi, Steve White
Director of photography Andrzej Bartkowiak
Production designer Bruno Rubeo
Editor Mark Warner
Music James Newton Howard
Demons designed and created by Rick Baker
Visual effects designer Richard Greenberg
Costume designer Judianna Makovsky
Casting Nancy Klopper, Mary Colquhoun
Color/stereo
Cast:
Kevin Lomax Keanu Reeves
John Milton Al Pacino
Mary Ann Lomax Charlize Theron
Eddie Barzoon Jeffrey Jones
Mrs. Lomax Judith Ivey
Christabella Connie Nielsen
Alexander Cullen Craig T. Nelson
Running time -- 149 mintues
MPAA rating: R...
- 10/10/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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