The original Quinn the Eskimo (no kidding) is another life-loving rough portrait from Anthony Quinn, in Nicholas Ray’s rather successful final spin as a writer-director. Despite some technical awkwardness, Ray’s sensitivity to outsider souls finds full expression. Humans don’t get any more ‘outside’ than Inuk, a primitive unequipped to deal with the modern world.
The Savage Innocents
Blu-ray
Olive Films
1960 / Color / 2:35 widescreen (Super Technirama 70) / 110 min. / Street Date June 27, 2017 / available through the Olive Films website / 29.98
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Yoko Tani, Carlo Giustini, Peter O’Toole, Marie Yang, Marco Guglielmi, Anthony Chinn, Francis De Wolff.
Cinematography: Peter Hennessey, Aldo Tonti
Film Editor: Eraldo Da Roma, Ralph Kemplen
Original Music: Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Written by Nicholas Ray, adapted by Franco Solinas, Baccio Bandini, Hans Ruesch from his novel
Produced by Maleno Malenotti
Directed by Nicholas Ray
It’s arguable that Nicholas Ray’s career began to fall apart as...
The Savage Innocents
Blu-ray
Olive Films
1960 / Color / 2:35 widescreen (Super Technirama 70) / 110 min. / Street Date June 27, 2017 / available through the Olive Films website / 29.98
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Yoko Tani, Carlo Giustini, Peter O’Toole, Marie Yang, Marco Guglielmi, Anthony Chinn, Francis De Wolff.
Cinematography: Peter Hennessey, Aldo Tonti
Film Editor: Eraldo Da Roma, Ralph Kemplen
Original Music: Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Written by Nicholas Ray, adapted by Franco Solinas, Baccio Bandini, Hans Ruesch from his novel
Produced by Maleno Malenotti
Directed by Nicholas Ray
It’s arguable that Nicholas Ray’s career began to fall apart as...
- 6/27/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Image Entertainment has released the Antonio Banderas epic Day of the Falcon to VideoOnDemand. The film will arrive on the big screen March 1st. Along with Banderas, the film stars Freida Pinto, Mark Strong, Tahar Rahim and was directed Jean-Jacques Annaud from Hans Ruesch novel 'Arab.' Synopsis: Day of the Falcon is a soaring epic of honor, greed, betrayal and love from award-winning director Jean-Jacques Annaud (Enemy at the Gates). After years of bloody conflict, the leaders of two rival kingdoms reluctantly agree to end the fighting. But when oil is discovered between their territories, the war is re-ignited. Now it is up to their children - young lovers who have married in hopes of bringing the...
- 2/3/2013
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
Image Entertainment has picked up U.S. distribution rights to Day of the Falcon, starring Antonio Banderas, Mark Strong, Freida Pinto and Tahar Rahim Variety reports that Bill Bromiley, Image's chief acquisition officer, made the announcement at the American Film Market. Jean-Jacques Annaud (Enemy at the Gates, Seven Years in Tibet) directed the $40 million-budgeted film. Day of the Falcon, adapted from "The Great Thirst" by Hans Ruesch, tells of the rivalry between two Emirs in the Arabia Peninsula in the early 20th Century, just as oil is being discovered, and the rise of a leader destined to unite the tribes. Quinta Communications and Doha Film Institute produced, with filming taking place in Qatar and Tunisia.
- 11/1/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Image Entertainment has picked up U.S. distribution rights to Day of the Falcon, starring Antonio Banderas, Mark Strong, Freida Pinto and Tahar Rahim Variety reports that Bill Bromiley, Image's chief acquisition officer, made the announcement at the American Film Market. Jean-Jacques Annaud (Enemy at the Gates, Seven Years in Tibet) directed the $40 million-budgeted film. Day of the Falcon, adapted from "The Great Thirst" by Hans Ruesch, tells of the rivalry between two Emirs in the Arabia Peninsula in the early 20th Century, just as oil is being discovered, and the rise of a leader destined to unite the tribes. Quinta Communications and Doha Film Institute produced, with filming taking place in Qatar and Tunisia.
- 11/1/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
There’s a lot of golden-age Hollywood in this tale of the earliest days, in the 1930s, of the Arab oil kingdoms. Some of it is just plain fun: sweeping desert vistas and epically staged battles on horseback. Some of it is cornball old-fashioned, like the fact that of the four main Arab characters, one is played by a Spaniard (Antonio Banderas, loving every minute of his turn as the first oil sheik), one by an Anglo-Italian (an underutilized Mark Strong), one by an Indian (Freida Pinto, also given short shrift), and only one by an actual Arab (French-born Tahar Rahim, unrecognizable from A Prophet (Un prophète) and the best reason to see this). Screenwriter Menno Meyjes, working from the novel The Arab, Hans Ruesch [Amazon U.S.] [Amazon Canada] [Amazon U.K.], brings hints of Indiana Jones cheek -- not unexpectedly: he contributed to the sublime Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade -- to get the story...
- 2/29/2012
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
London, Feb 22: Freida Pinto's portrayal of an Arab princess Leyla in her latest release 'Black Gold' saw the director asking her to tone down the performance.
The movie's world premiere was held at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival and her sexy attire raised a few eyebrows.
"There were times when the director would ask me to tone it down," the Independent quoted Pinto as saying.
Based on Hans Ruesch's sweeping historical novel 'The Great Thirst', set in 1930s Arabia at the dawn of the oil boom, the film focuses on a young Arab prince torn between allegiances to a conservative father and his modern, liberal father-in-law.
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The movie's world premiere was held at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival and her sexy attire raised a few eyebrows.
"There were times when the director would ask me to tone it down," the Independent quoted Pinto as saying.
Based on Hans Ruesch's sweeping historical novel 'The Great Thirst', set in 1930s Arabia at the dawn of the oil boom, the film focuses on a young Arab prince torn between allegiances to a conservative father and his modern, liberal father-in-law.
The.
- 2/22/2012
- by Anita Agarwal
- RealBollywood.com
Jean-Jacques Annaud was making a film about oil wars in the desert. Then the Arab spring started, his crew were evacuated, and he had to explain why he had 300 guns
One day in 2010, over tea in Barcelona, Antonio Banderas took Jean-Jacques Annaud firmly by the wrist, looked deep into the French director's eyes and said: "I have always dreamed of playing an Arab. Let me be in your film." It's tempting to imagine Banderas saying these words in the same way he says "I am Puss – in boots!" in Shrek, before making his pupils dilate seductively. But it probably wasn't quite like that.
Annaud was scouring Europe and the Middle East to cast Black Gold, which tells the freighted and fruity story of two Arab kings who unsheath their ancestral scimitars in the 1930s and do battle over a strip of desert, under which some of the world's biggest oilfields have just been discovered.
One day in 2010, over tea in Barcelona, Antonio Banderas took Jean-Jacques Annaud firmly by the wrist, looked deep into the French director's eyes and said: "I have always dreamed of playing an Arab. Let me be in your film." It's tempting to imagine Banderas saying these words in the same way he says "I am Puss – in boots!" in Shrek, before making his pupils dilate seductively. But it probably wasn't quite like that.
Annaud was scouring Europe and the Middle East to cast Black Gold, which tells the freighted and fruity story of two Arab kings who unsheath their ancestral scimitars in the 1930s and do battle over a strip of desert, under which some of the world's biggest oilfields have just been discovered.
- 2/22/2012
- by Stuart Jeffries
- The Guardian - Film News
London, Feb 20: Freida Pinto faced some criticism for her sexy costumes when she played an Arab princess Leyla in her recent film 'Black Gold', but the actress says they're a blend of tradition and modernity.
Based on Hans Ruesch's sweeping historical novel 'The Great Thirst', set in 1930s Arabia at the dawn of the oil boom, it focuses on a young Arab prince torn between allegiances to a conservative father and his modern, liberal father-in-law. The film marks the Doha Film Institute's first foray into major international filmmaking and had a high profile world premiere at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival.
The quintessentially.
Based on Hans Ruesch's sweeping historical novel 'The Great Thirst', set in 1930s Arabia at the dawn of the oil boom, it focuses on a young Arab prince torn between allegiances to a conservative father and his modern, liberal father-in-law. The film marks the Doha Film Institute's first foray into major international filmmaking and had a high profile world premiere at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival.
The quintessentially.
- 2/20/2012
- by Meeta Kabra
- RealBollywood.com
Increased exposure and support for the Arab film industry offers hope for the future despite a wider backdrop of political upheaval
The Arab spring has focused western attention on the Arab world in an unprecedented way. While events in Bahrain, Libya and Syria have turned progressively more violent, there was a period last year when Arab youth inspired onlookers with their courage and thoroughly modern attitudes. However, for a region of more than 300 million people, and with a rich tradition of folklore and storytelling, the Arab world has been historically underserved by its cinema. Egypt can boast of a proud film-making industry that dates back more than a century but, beyond that, the picture has often been less encouraging.
When I began my career as a film producer in Tunisia in the 1970s, there was nothing remotely resembling an Arab film industry. Potential financiers, particularly those in the petro-dollar fuelled economies of the Gulf,...
The Arab spring has focused western attention on the Arab world in an unprecedented way. While events in Bahrain, Libya and Syria have turned progressively more violent, there was a period last year when Arab youth inspired onlookers with their courage and thoroughly modern attitudes. However, for a region of more than 300 million people, and with a rich tradition of folklore and storytelling, the Arab world has been historically underserved by its cinema. Egypt can boast of a proud film-making industry that dates back more than a century but, beyond that, the picture has often been less encouraging.
When I began my career as a film producer in Tunisia in the 1970s, there was nothing remotely resembling an Arab film industry. Potential financiers, particularly those in the petro-dollar fuelled economies of the Gulf,...
- 2/15/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Last month the third annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival took over the Katara Cultural Village in Qatar, showcasing the best in Arab and international cinema.
The festival opened with the world premiere of Jean-Jacques Annaud’s epic Black Gold, an adaptation of Hans Ruesch’s classic novel ‘The Great Thirst’ and its stars were out in force to champion this film which opens here in the UK on the 24th of February next year.
Our good friends over at Cinémoi have produced this video compilation of premiere interviews and festival highlights including Mark Strong and Jean-Jacques Annuad discussing Black Gold, Antonio Banderas waxing lyrical about the Shrek spin-off Puss in Boots and Michelle Yeoh and Luc Besson (sporting a magnificently unsubtle t-shirt) talking about The Lady.
You can find out more about the festival and see the award winners here at the festival’s homepage.
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The festival opened with the world premiere of Jean-Jacques Annaud’s epic Black Gold, an adaptation of Hans Ruesch’s classic novel ‘The Great Thirst’ and its stars were out in force to champion this film which opens here in the UK on the 24th of February next year.
Our good friends over at Cinémoi have produced this video compilation of premiere interviews and festival highlights including Mark Strong and Jean-Jacques Annuad discussing Black Gold, Antonio Banderas waxing lyrical about the Shrek spin-off Puss in Boots and Michelle Yeoh and Luc Besson (sporting a magnificently unsubtle t-shirt) talking about The Lady.
You can find out more about the festival and see the award winners here at the festival’s homepage.
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- 11/28/2011
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Second poster for Jean-Jacques Annaud's Black Gold, starring Tahar Rahim, Mark Strong, Antonio Banderas and Freida Pinto. Jean-Jacques Annaud directs as well as scripting alongside Meno Menyes, based on the novel "Arab" by Hans Ruesch. Black Gold is produced by Tarak Ben Ammar and was shot in Tunisia and Qatar. Arabia- early 20th Century. Under the unforgiving desert sky, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to his rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s land between them called The Yellow Belt. In return, Nesib will adopt Amar’s two boys Saleeh and Auda as a guarantee that neither man can invade the other. Twelve years later, Saleeh and Auda have grown into young men. Saleeh, the warrior, itches to escape his gilded cage...
- 11/24/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Second poster for Jean-Jacques Annaud's Black Gold, starring Tahar Rahim, Mark Strong, Antonio Banderas and Freida Pinto. Jean-Jacques Annaud directs as well as scripting alongside Meno Menyes, based on the novel "Arab" by Hans Ruesch. Black Gold is produced by Tarak Ben Ammar and was shot in Tunisia and Qatar. Arabia- early 20th Century. Under the unforgiving desert sky, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to his rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s land between them called The Yellow Belt. In return, Nesib will adopt Amar’s two boys Saleeh and Auda as a guarantee that neither man can invade the other. Twelve years later, Saleeh and Auda have grown into young men. Saleeh, the warrior, itches to escape his gilded cage...
- 11/24/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Second poster for Jean-Jacques Annaud's Black Gold, starring Tahar Rahim, Mark Strong, Antonio Banderas and Freida Pinto. Jean-Jacques Annaud directs as well as scripting alongside Meno Menyes, based on the novel "Arab" by Hans Ruesch. Black Gold is produced by Tarak Ben Ammar and was shot in Tunisia and Qatar. Arabia- early 20th Century. Under the unforgiving desert sky, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to his rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay claim to the area of no man’s land between them called The Yellow Belt. In return, Nesib will adopt Amar’s two boys Saleeh and Auda as a guarantee that neither man can invade the other. Twelve years later, Saleeh and Auda have grown into young men. Saleeh, the warrior, itches to escape his gilded cage...
- 11/24/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Jean-Jacques Annaud’s Black Gold is already being touted as a Lawrence of Arabia and There Will Be Blood hybrid and its easy to see why. Shot on location in the Sahara Desert, with a script based on the book South of the Heart: A Novel of Modern Arabia, by Hans Ruesch, the film stars Antonio Banderas, Mark Strong, Freida Pinto, and Tahar Rahim
Being a fan of both movies, I personally cannot wait to see this movie on the big screen. The scope, visuals, music, historical significance, and Antonio Banderas’ performance has already sold and then you add the There Will Be Blood aspect which almost carries the same weight as Lawrence of Arabia. The only real difference between the two is that Lawrence of Arabia is on a much larger scale than that of There Will Be Blood in terms of scope and visuals.
Check out the trailer below.
Being a fan of both movies, I personally cannot wait to see this movie on the big screen. The scope, visuals, music, historical significance, and Antonio Banderas’ performance has already sold and then you add the There Will Be Blood aspect which almost carries the same weight as Lawrence of Arabia. The only real difference between the two is that Lawrence of Arabia is on a much larger scale than that of There Will Be Blood in terms of scope and visuals.
Check out the trailer below.
- 10/22/2011
- by Mike Lee
- FusedFilm
We don't know a whole lot about Black Gold, the new film from Jean-Jacques Annaud (Seven Years in Tibet, Two Brothers). It stars Antonio Banderas, Mark Strong, Freida Pinto, and Tahar Rahim, the lead of A Prophet. The film was shot on location in the Sahara, with a script based on the book South of the Heart: A Novel of Modern Arabia, by Hans Ruesch, which has also been released under the simple paperback title Arab. A French trailer for the film has come online, however, and it will make clear many things about the film. You'll see, for example, why it is already being painted as Lawrence of Arabia meets There Will Be Blood. Check the trailer below. Annaud and Menno Meyjes (The Color Purple, story credit on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) scripted. Black Gold doesn't have a Us distributor or release date at this point.
- 10/21/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
There is black gold in the sand. An English trailer with French subtitles for “Black Gold” was released by Warner Brothers. The film stars Tahar Rahim (“A Prophet,” “Inside”), Mark Strong (“Sherlock Holmes,” “Body of Lies”), Antonio Banderas (“Desperado,” “The Mask of Zorro”) and Freida Pinto (“Slumdog Millionaire,” “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”). Here is a brief synopsis: Set in the 1930s, Arab states at the dawn of the oil boom, the story centers on a young Arab prince torn between the allegiance to his conservative father and modern, liberal father-in-law. The film is directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud (“Enemy at the Gates,” “Two Brothers”). The screenplay is written by Annaud and Menno Meyjes (“Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” “The Color Purple”), which is adapted from the novel “Arab” by Hans Ruesch. “Black Gold” will be in theaters in the United States on December 23rd later this year.
- 10/21/2011
- LRMonline.com
The Beaver
Opens: March 23rd 2011
Cast: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence
Director: Jodie Foster
Summary: A depressed toy company CEO with a failed marriage starts to wear a beaver puppet on his hand as a form of therapy, much to the initial bemusement of his family. He soon begins talking only through the character.
Analysis: This time last year, excitement was quietly brewing for "The Beaver". Gibson's drunken tirade a few years before hand wasn't forgotten, but enough time had passed that this looked to be the year of a potential comeback for the actor.
The thriller remake "Edge of Darkness" and this were his first on screen roles in ten years, 'Beaver' is also his "Maverick" co-star Foster's return to the director's chair fifteen years after her last feature. The script topped the 2008 Black List and scored rave reviews for its blend of sophisticated humor and sad pathos,...
Opens: March 23rd 2011
Cast: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence
Director: Jodie Foster
Summary: A depressed toy company CEO with a failed marriage starts to wear a beaver puppet on his hand as a form of therapy, much to the initial bemusement of his family. He soon begins talking only through the character.
Analysis: This time last year, excitement was quietly brewing for "The Beaver". Gibson's drunken tirade a few years before hand wasn't forgotten, but enough time had passed that this looked to be the year of a potential comeback for the actor.
The thriller remake "Edge of Darkness" and this were his first on screen roles in ten years, 'Beaver' is also his "Maverick" co-star Foster's return to the director's chair fifteen years after her last feature. The script topped the 2008 Black List and scored rave reviews for its blend of sophisticated humor and sad pathos,...
- 12/19/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Beaver
Opens: March 23rd 2011
Cast: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence
Director: Jodie Foster
Summary: A depressed toy company CEO with a failed marriage starts to wear a beaver puppet on his hand as a form of therapy, much to the initial bemusement of his family. He soon begins talking only through the character.
Analysis: This time last year, excitement was quietly brewing for "The Beaver". Gibson's drunken tirade a few years before hand wasn't forgotten, but enough time had passed that this looked to be the year of a potential comeback for the actor.
The thriller remake "Edge of Darkness" and this were his first on screen roles in ten years, 'Beaver' is also his "Maverick" co-star Foster's return to the director's chair fifteen years after her last feature. The script topped the 2008 Black List and scored rave reviews for its blend of sophisticated humor and sad pathos,...
Opens: March 23rd 2011
Cast: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence
Director: Jodie Foster
Summary: A depressed toy company CEO with a failed marriage starts to wear a beaver puppet on his hand as a form of therapy, much to the initial bemusement of his family. He soon begins talking only through the character.
Analysis: This time last year, excitement was quietly brewing for "The Beaver". Gibson's drunken tirade a few years before hand wasn't forgotten, but enough time had passed that this looked to be the year of a potential comeback for the actor.
The thriller remake "Edge of Darkness" and this were his first on screen roles in ten years, 'Beaver' is also his "Maverick" co-star Foster's return to the director's chair fifteen years after her last feature. The script topped the 2008 Black List and scored rave reviews for its blend of sophisticated humor and sad pathos,...
- 12/19/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
It's difficult to say whether Black Gold, which seeks to tell a tale of rival Arabic rulers during the Arab oil boom of the 1930s, will be any good. But the film, which will be directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud (Seven Years in Tibet) has an interesting cast: Antonio Banderas toplines, with Mark Strong, Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire), and Tahar Rahim (A Prophet) all lined up to appear. Tahar Rahim was magnificent in A Prophet, so that's reason enough to keep an eye on Black Gold. Beyond that, we don't know much about the script by Menno Meyjes, certainly not enough to make a call. (It eventually follows "the rise of a young, dynamic leader who unites the various tribes of the desert kingdoms.") Tarak Ben Ammar is producing and has wanted to make the film for almost 30 years. He optioned the Hans Ruesch book The Great Thirst in 1978 and ...
- 10/14/2010
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
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