Plus: Tribeca Interactive roster unveiled; Ifp Film Week moves to Brooklyn; Cinema Libre to distribute Vaxxed; and more…
Disney/Pixar have announced that Idris Elba, Bill Hader and Diane Keaton are among the voice cast on Finding Dory, which is scheduled to open on June 17.
Ellen DeGeneres returns as Dory, Albert Brooks plays Marlin, and Hayden Rolence Nemo, while Keaton and Eugene Levy play Dory’s parents,
Elba and Dominic West portray sea lions Fluke and Rudder, Stanton and Bennett Dammann are the turtles Crush and his son Squirt, and Hader and Kate McKinnon play a fish couple whom Dory meets on her adventure.
Bob Peterson is the reef teacher Mr. Ray, Torbin Bullock plays Becky, Ed O’Neill is the octopus Hank, Kaitlin Olson plays whale shark Destiny, and Ty Burrell is beluga whale Bailey.
Ifp Film Week is moving to Brooklyn after 37 years in Manhattan. The event will set up shop in Dumbo anchored in its...
Disney/Pixar have announced that Idris Elba, Bill Hader and Diane Keaton are among the voice cast on Finding Dory, which is scheduled to open on June 17.
Ellen DeGeneres returns as Dory, Albert Brooks plays Marlin, and Hayden Rolence Nemo, while Keaton and Eugene Levy play Dory’s parents,
Elba and Dominic West portray sea lions Fluke and Rudder, Stanton and Bennett Dammann are the turtles Crush and his son Squirt, and Hader and Kate McKinnon play a fish couple whom Dory meets on her adventure.
Bob Peterson is the reef teacher Mr. Ray, Torbin Bullock plays Becky, Ed O’Neill is the octopus Hank, Kaitlin Olson plays whale shark Destiny, and Ty Burrell is beluga whale Bailey.
Ifp Film Week is moving to Brooklyn after 37 years in Manhattan. The event will set up shop in Dumbo anchored in its...
- 3/30/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Plus: Gravitas Ventures acquires My Father’s Vietnam; and more…
Susan Sarandon will receive the Cinema Icon Award at the National Association Of Theatre Owners (Nato) convention on April 14.
Sarandon will next be seen in The Meddler, which opens on April 22 via Spc, and her credits include Thelma And Louise, The Witches Of Eastwick, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Lorenzo’s Oil, and Dead Man Walking, for which she won the lead actress Oscar in 1996. CinemaCon is set to run at Caesars Palace from April 11-14.
Gravitas Ventures has picked up VOD and home video rights from Circus Road Films to Soren Sorensen’s My Father’s Vietnam. The documentary will debut on May 24.Aeg and Regal have partnered with Barco to announce a multi-year, strategic partnership to create Regal L.A. Live: A Barco Innovation Center. The current Regal Cinemas L.A. Live, owned by Aeg, will transform into a creative hub for all of Barco...
Susan Sarandon will receive the Cinema Icon Award at the National Association Of Theatre Owners (Nato) convention on April 14.
Sarandon will next be seen in The Meddler, which opens on April 22 via Spc, and her credits include Thelma And Louise, The Witches Of Eastwick, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Lorenzo’s Oil, and Dead Man Walking, for which she won the lead actress Oscar in 1996. CinemaCon is set to run at Caesars Palace from April 11-14.
Gravitas Ventures has picked up VOD and home video rights from Circus Road Films to Soren Sorensen’s My Father’s Vietnam. The documentary will debut on May 24.Aeg and Regal have partnered with Barco to announce a multi-year, strategic partnership to create Regal L.A. Live: A Barco Innovation Center. The current Regal Cinemas L.A. Live, owned by Aeg, will transform into a creative hub for all of Barco...
- 3/21/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Watch a new clip from John Stockwell's Code Name: Geronimo focusing on the raid on Osama Bin Laden. Helmed by Stockwell from the script by Kendall Lampkin, The Weinstein Co release stars Cam Gigandet, Anson Mount, Freddy Rodriguez, Xzibit, Kenneth Miller, Kathleen Robertson, William Fichtner, Mo Gallini, Eddie Kaye Thomas and Lora Martinez-Cunningham. Code Name Geronimo tells the story from the perspective of a small contingent of Navy SEALs involved in the military incursion into Bin Laden's compound. Pic looks inside their lives as tension rises until they learn on their latest target code name Geronimo. There's no set release date for this one as yet. I don't expect this to rival the quality of Zero Dark Thirty, but it could be entertaining nonetheless. Nicolas Chartier, Zev Foreman and Tony Mark produce.
- 10/17/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Watch a new clip from John Stockwell's Code Name: Geronimo focusing on the raid on Osama Bin Laden. Helmed by Stockwell from the script by Kendall Lampkin, The Weinstein Co release stars Cam Gigandet, Anson Mount, Freddy Rodriguez, Xzibit, Kenneth Miller, Kathleen Robertson, William Fichtner, Mo Gallini, Eddie Kaye Thomas and Lora Martinez-Cunningham. Code Name Geronimo tells the story from the perspective of a small contingent of Navy SEALs involved in the military incursion into Bin Laden's compound. Pic looks inside their lives as tension rises until they learn on their latest target code name Geronimo. There's no set release date for this one as yet. I don't expect this to rival the quality of Zero Dark Thirty, but it could be entertaining nonetheless. Nicolas Chartier, Zev Foreman and Tony Mark produce.
- 10/17/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
John Stockwell's Code Name Geronimo has added a second poster for the Cam Gigandet, Anson Mount and Freddy Rodríguez action thriller which opens The film scripted by Kendall Lampkin is produced by Nicholas Chartrier, Zev Foreman and Tony Mark. Xzibit, Kenneth Miller, Kathleen Robertson, William Fichtner, Mo Gallini and Eddie Kaye Thomas aslo star. There's no U.S. release date set at this time, with a debut in Brazil on October 12th. This is the second poster we've added today for a film concerning Osama Bin Laden, the other being Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thrity, starring Joel Edgerton, Jessica Chastain and Chris Pratt.
- 10/1/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
John Stockwell's Code Name Geronimo has added a second poster for the Cam Gigandet, Anson Mount and Freddy Rodríguez action thriller which opens The film scripted by Kendall Lampkin is produced by Nicholas Chartrier, Zev Foreman and Tony Mark. Xzibit, Kenneth Miller, Kathleen Robertson, William Fichtner, Mo Gallini and Eddie Kaye Thomas aslo star. There's no U.S. release date set at this time, with a debut in Brazil on October 12th. This is the second poster we've added today for a film concerning Osama Bin Laden, the other being Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thrity, starring Joel Edgerton, Jessica Chastain and Chris Pratt.
- 10/1/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Exclusive: Anson Mount, the protagonist of the AMC series Hell On Wheels, has signed on to play a nasty villain in the indie racial drama Supremacy. The Deon Taylor-directed drama also stars Danny Glover, Joe Anderson, Derek Luke, Evan Ross, Lela Rochon and Dawn Olivieri. The drama is based on a true story. A paroled white supremacist has just killed a cop, and takes a black family hostage over a long night of terror as authorities cordon off the neighborhood where he and his lady accomplice are laying low. Mount plays the role of Sobecki, a heavily tattooed maximum security prison inmate who’s the head of the Aryan Brotherhood and oversees his criminal empire from behind bars. He’s the kidnapper’s leader and not thrilled when he learns of his charge’s screw-up when he’s called in by authorities to negotiate with the kidnapper. This is...
- 3/7/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Santa Fe, N.M. — Set builders for "Code Name: Geronimo" are putting together a replica of Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan at an old New Mexico state penitentiary as filming begins this week.
The Voltage Productions film will tell the story of the manhunt for bin Laden, with executive producer Tony Mark saying it will focus on the imagined dynamics of the special group of Navy SEALs that carried out the raid and the decision-making processes that might have taken place in Washington.
Mark, who also produced the "The Hurt Locker," tells The New Mexican ( ) all local filming should be done by the end of February. He says he's moving quickly to get the film in theaters while last spring's event in Pakistan remains fresh in Americans' minds. http://bit.ly/AwaTMV
Following the raid, the use of the name "Geronimo" in the operation drew angry criticism from many Native Americans,...
The Voltage Productions film will tell the story of the manhunt for bin Laden, with executive producer Tony Mark saying it will focus on the imagined dynamics of the special group of Navy SEALs that carried out the raid and the decision-making processes that might have taken place in Washington.
Mark, who also produced the "The Hurt Locker," tells The New Mexican ( ) all local filming should be done by the end of February. He says he's moving quickly to get the film in theaters while last spring's event in Pakistan remains fresh in Americans' minds. http://bit.ly/AwaTMV
Following the raid, the use of the name "Geronimo" in the operation drew angry criticism from many Native Americans,...
- 2/2/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Pain and Gain
Ed Harris could be reuniting with his "The Rock" director Michael Bay for the latter's long-gestating crime caper film "Pain and Gain". Harris would play a private investigator.
The story follows a group of boneheaded Miami bodybuilders whose plot to kidnap, rob and murder a wealthy businessman goes off the rails. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is already aboard. [Source: Vulture]
Untitled Spike Jonze Project
Samantha Morton, Amy Adams and Carey Mulligan are all said to be in discussions to star alongside Joaquin Phoenix in a new untitled project for Annapurna Pictures being written and directed by Spike Jonze.
The story deals with a guy who falls in love with the voice of a computer (like the iPhone's Siri). [Source: Deadline]
Code Name: Geronimo
Cam Gigandet, Robert Knepper, William Fichtner, Kathleen Robertson, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Anson Mount, Freddy Rodríguez, Xzibit and Kenneth Miller have all joined the cast of John Stockwell's...
Ed Harris could be reuniting with his "The Rock" director Michael Bay for the latter's long-gestating crime caper film "Pain and Gain". Harris would play a private investigator.
The story follows a group of boneheaded Miami bodybuilders whose plot to kidnap, rob and murder a wealthy businessman goes off the rails. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is already aboard. [Source: Vulture]
Untitled Spike Jonze Project
Samantha Morton, Amy Adams and Carey Mulligan are all said to be in discussions to star alongside Joaquin Phoenix in a new untitled project for Annapurna Pictures being written and directed by Spike Jonze.
The story deals with a guy who falls in love with the voice of a computer (like the iPhone's Siri). [Source: Deadline]
Code Name: Geronimo
Cam Gigandet, Robert Knepper, William Fichtner, Kathleen Robertson, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Anson Mount, Freddy Rodríguez, Xzibit and Kenneth Miller have all joined the cast of John Stockwell's...
- 2/2/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Code Name: Geronimo casts Kathleen Robertson The Boss actress has joined the John Stockwell-directed action flick about the killing of Osama bin Laden, reports Variety. Voltage Pictures who produced Oscar-winning The Hurt Locker, are producing alongside Tony Mark. Robertson is in as a CIA case officer who is dedicated to her job. Kendall Lampkin wrote the script for Code Name: Geronimo which starts shooting on Monday in New Mexico and was the code name for the operation where two Navy Seal teams were sent to hunt down and kill Osama bin Laden.
- 1/29/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Code Name: Geronimo casts Kathleen Robertson The Boss actress has joined the John Stockwell-directed action flick about the killing of Osama bin Laden, reports Variety. Voltage Pictures who produced Oscar-winning The Hurt Locker, are producing alongside Tony Mark. Robertson is in as a CIA case officer who is dedicated to her job. Kendall Lampkin wrote the script for Code Name: Geronimo which starts shooting on Monday in New Mexico and was the code name for the operation where two Navy Seal teams were sent to hunt down and kill Osama bin Laden.
- 1/29/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Code Name: Geronimo casts Kathleen Robertson The Boss actress has joined the John Stockwell-directed action flick about the killing of Osama bin Laden, reports Variety. Voltage Pictures who produced Oscar-winning The Hurt Locker, are producing alongside Tony Mark. Robertson is in as a CIA case officer who is dedicated to her job. Kendall Lampkin wrote the script for Code Name: Geronimo which starts shooting on Monday in New Mexico and was the code name for the operation where two Navy Seal teams were sent to hunt down and kill Osama bin Laden.
- 1/29/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
It was announced today a theatrical motion picture will be made about Mine That Bird, and his extraordinary journey and triumph at the 2009 Kentucky Derby. The director will be Jim Wilson, Academy Award Winning Producer of Dances With Wolves and many other films including, The Bodyguard, Wyatt Earp and Message in Bottle. Lead producer is Pieter Kroonenburg, who is also president of Kingsborough Pictures.
The film will be a success story for New Mexico’s film industry, with a commitment by the producers to utilize New Mexico crews and talent whenever possible and to shoot the majority of the picture within the state. Mine that Bird is owned by New Mexicans Mark Allen and Dr. Leonard Blach, and was trained on their ranches in Roswell, New Mexico. The owners are Members in the New Mexico LLC, formed to produce the film. Among those being considered for roles in the movie are Mine That Bird,...
The film will be a success story for New Mexico’s film industry, with a commitment by the producers to utilize New Mexico crews and talent whenever possible and to shoot the majority of the picture within the state. Mine that Bird is owned by New Mexicans Mark Allen and Dr. Leonard Blach, and was trained on their ranches in Roswell, New Mexico. The owners are Members in the New Mexico LLC, formed to produce the film. Among those being considered for roles in the movie are Mine That Bird,...
- 11/8/2010
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
In an historic win, Kathryn Bigelow and her tense Iraq War drama "The Hurt Locker" from Summit Entertainment copped the DGA Award for best-directed feature film Saturday.
The win drew cheers from a packed ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, where throughout the night it was clear many were pulling for Bigelow to deliver a dramatic victory for female filmmakers. The DGA feature film win was a first-ever by a woman.
"This is the most incredible moment of my life," Bigelow said.
Bigelow overcame competition including Fox-distributed "Avatar," directed by her ex-husband James Cameron; Lee Daniels and "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" from Lionsgate; Jason Reitman and "Up in the Air" from Paramount; and Quentin Tarantino and "Inglourious Basterds" from the Weinstein Co.
The DGA's feature-film award is one of the best gauges of likely success in Oscar's best-director category. The Academy Award for directing...
The win drew cheers from a packed ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, where throughout the night it was clear many were pulling for Bigelow to deliver a dramatic victory for female filmmakers. The DGA feature film win was a first-ever by a woman.
"This is the most incredible moment of my life," Bigelow said.
Bigelow overcame competition including Fox-distributed "Avatar," directed by her ex-husband James Cameron; Lee Daniels and "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" from Lionsgate; Jason Reitman and "Up in the Air" from Paramount; and Quentin Tarantino and "Inglourious Basterds" from the Weinstein Co.
The DGA's feature-film award is one of the best gauges of likely success in Oscar's best-director category. The Academy Award for directing...
- 1/31/2010
- by By Carl DiOrio
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has released the list of the nominees for this year’s DGA Award, which will be presented to the winner on January 30 at a ceremony at the Century Plaza. The nominated directors are: Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker Ms. Bigelow’s Directorial Team: • Unit Production Manager: Tony Mark • First Assistant Director: David Ticotin • First [...]...
- 1/7/2010
- by fanshawe
- Cinemarealm.com
The Directors Guild of America announced their nominations for best director on Thursday. The five nominees include "The Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow, "Avatar" director James Cameron, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" director Lee Daniels, "Up in the Air" director Jason Reitman and "Inglourious Basterds" director Quentin Tarantino. The winner will be announced at the DGA awards ceremony on January 30th.
This year marks the first nomination for Bigelow, Daniels and Reitman. Cameron was nominated and won once before for "Titantic" in 1998. Tarantino was nominated in 1994 for "Pulp Fiction" but Robert Zemeckis took home the award that year for "Forest Gump."
View MakingOf's exclusive interview with nominee Kathryn Bigelow - http://makingof.com/insiders/media/kathryn/bigelow/director-kathryn-bigelow-discusses-the-hurt-locker/247/879
View MakingOf's exclusive interview with nominee Jason Reitman - http://makingof.com/happening_now/media/up-in-the-air/jason-reitman-describes-his-intentions-on-set/99/858
The complete list of nominated directing teams is listed below:
Kathryn Bigelow,...
This year marks the first nomination for Bigelow, Daniels and Reitman. Cameron was nominated and won once before for "Titantic" in 1998. Tarantino was nominated in 1994 for "Pulp Fiction" but Robert Zemeckis took home the award that year for "Forest Gump."
View MakingOf's exclusive interview with nominee Kathryn Bigelow - http://makingof.com/insiders/media/kathryn/bigelow/director-kathryn-bigelow-discusses-the-hurt-locker/247/879
View MakingOf's exclusive interview with nominee Jason Reitman - http://makingof.com/happening_now/media/up-in-the-air/jason-reitman-describes-his-intentions-on-set/99/858
The complete list of nominated directing teams is listed below:
Kathryn Bigelow,...
- 1/7/2010
- Makingof.com
Breaking through a long-standing color barrier, "Precious" director Lee Daniels is the first African-American to be nominated for the Directors Guild of America's best director award.
Kathryn Bigelow, director of "The Hurt Locker," also contributed to the diverse array of nominees announced Thursday, becoming just the seventh woman to be singled out in the DGA's feature film category.
The two will contend for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film with James Cameron, nominated for "Avatar"; Jason Reitman, who booked a ticket to the awards ceremony with"Up in the Air"; and Quentin Tarantino, who made the cut with "Inglourious Basterds."
The winner will be announced at the 62nd annual DGA Awards on Jan. 30 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City.
"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push" by Sapphire" has been something of a Cinderella story ever since it first debuted at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Kathryn Bigelow, director of "The Hurt Locker," also contributed to the diverse array of nominees announced Thursday, becoming just the seventh woman to be singled out in the DGA's feature film category.
The two will contend for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film with James Cameron, nominated for "Avatar"; Jason Reitman, who booked a ticket to the awards ceremony with"Up in the Air"; and Quentin Tarantino, who made the cut with "Inglourious Basterds."
The winner will be announced at the 62nd annual DGA Awards on Jan. 30 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City.
"Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push" by Sapphire" has been something of a Cinderella story ever since it first debuted at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
- 1/7/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kathryn Bigelow ("The Hurt Locker"), James Cameron ("Avatar"), Lee Daniels ("Precious"), Jason Reitman ("Up in the Air"), and Quentin Tarantino ("Inglourious Basterds") will duke it out for the much coveted DGA Awards trophy.
Here are some fun facts:
*** Daniels is the first African-American to be nominated
*** Bigelow is the 7th female to be nominated
*** Cameron won the DGA trophy for 1997's "Titanic"
*** Tarantino was nominated in 1994 for "Pulp Fiction"
*** This is the first for Bigelow, Daniels, and Reitman
The winner has a strong chance to wear the Oscar crown as well! I have a sneaky feeling that Bigelow will win! But we all have to wait Jan. 30th to find out the winner of the 62nd annual DGA awards.
Here's the full list of nominees:
Kathryn Bigelow
"The Hurt Locker"
(Summit Entertainment)
Ms. Bigelow's Directorial Team:
. Unit Production Manager: Tony Mark
. First Assistant Director: David Ticotin
. First Assistant Director (Canadian...
Here are some fun facts:
*** Daniels is the first African-American to be nominated
*** Bigelow is the 7th female to be nominated
*** Cameron won the DGA trophy for 1997's "Titanic"
*** Tarantino was nominated in 1994 for "Pulp Fiction"
*** This is the first for Bigelow, Daniels, and Reitman
The winner has a strong chance to wear the Oscar crown as well! I have a sneaky feeling that Bigelow will win! But we all have to wait Jan. 30th to find out the winner of the 62nd annual DGA awards.
Here's the full list of nominees:
Kathryn Bigelow
"The Hurt Locker"
(Summit Entertainment)
Ms. Bigelow's Directorial Team:
. Unit Production Manager: Tony Mark
. First Assistant Director: David Ticotin
. First Assistant Director (Canadian...
- 1/7/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Director's Guild of America announced their nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2009 today. While the nominees do not always match up to the equivalent Academy Award for Best Director, the winner usually does. In fact, only six DGA winners did not go on to win an Oscar although it should be noted two of them, Ang Lee for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and Rob Marshall for "Chicago," took place within the last decade. The nominees and their directorial teams are: Kathryn Bigelow "The Hurt Locker" Ms. Bigelow's Directorial Team: * Unit Production Manager: Tony Mark...
- 1/7/2010
- Hitfix
Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons are set to star in a Lifetime biopic about the late American artist Georgia O'Keeffe, with Bob Balaban on board to direct.
Allen also will take on executive producer duties for the first time, serving in the role alongside City Entertainment's Joshua D. Maurer ("Introducing Dorothy Dandridge") and Alixandre Witlin ("Dodson's Journey").
"Georgia O'Keeffe," from Sony Pictures TV, is something of a passion project for the three exec producers, who conceived and have been developing the movie as a team for four years; at one point, it was in development at HBO.
"Georgia" will follow the turbulent 20-year love affair between the celebrated artist (Allen) and photographer Alfred Steiglitz (Irons). The movie, set to premiere in third-quarter 2009, was written by Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cristofer ("Gia"). Tony Mark ("And Starring Poncho Villa as Himself") is producing.
"Georgia" is the latest example of how Lifetime has...
Allen also will take on executive producer duties for the first time, serving in the role alongside City Entertainment's Joshua D. Maurer ("Introducing Dorothy Dandridge") and Alixandre Witlin ("Dodson's Journey").
"Georgia O'Keeffe," from Sony Pictures TV, is something of a passion project for the three exec producers, who conceived and have been developing the movie as a team for four years; at one point, it was in development at HBO.
"Georgia" will follow the turbulent 20-year love affair between the celebrated artist (Allen) and photographer Alfred Steiglitz (Irons). The movie, set to premiere in third-quarter 2009, was written by Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cristofer ("Gia"). Tony Mark ("And Starring Poncho Villa as Himself") is producing.
"Georgia" is the latest example of how Lifetime has...
- 11/6/2008
- by By Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Venue: Venice Film Festival, In Competition
The definitive film about the U.S. involvement in Iraq has yet to be made, and "The Hurt Locker" doesn't aspire to compete in the category. Tensely action-packed and muscularly directed by Kathryn Bigelow, this tale of an elite U.S. army bomb disposal unit in Baghdad is a familiar story in new clothes, targeted at the young male demographic. Its Iraq setting is downplayed as incidental, perhaps to avoid the commercial disappointment of the two Iraq-themed titles screened in Venice last year, "Redacted" and "In the Valley of Elah." "Locker's" refusal to take a moral stance on the war should widen its audience to the U.S. military, while lowering its chance for a a major festival prize.
Bigelow (Point Break, K-19: The Widowmaker) and screenwriter Mark Boal (who has story credit on "In the Valley of Elah") here toy with the idea...
The definitive film about the U.S. involvement in Iraq has yet to be made, and "The Hurt Locker" doesn't aspire to compete in the category. Tensely action-packed and muscularly directed by Kathryn Bigelow, this tale of an elite U.S. army bomb disposal unit in Baghdad is a familiar story in new clothes, targeted at the young male demographic. Its Iraq setting is downplayed as incidental, perhaps to avoid the commercial disappointment of the two Iraq-themed titles screened in Venice last year, "Redacted" and "In the Valley of Elah." "Locker's" refusal to take a moral stance on the war should widen its audience to the U.S. military, while lowering its chance for a a major festival prize.
Bigelow (Point Break, K-19: The Widowmaker) and screenwriter Mark Boal (who has story credit on "In the Valley of Elah") here toy with the idea...
- 9/4/2008
- by By Deborah Young
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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