Delta Burke was once addicted to crystal meth as a way to lose weight.
Speaking with Chelsea Devantez on her Glamorous Trash podcast, Burke – who played Suzanne Sugarbaker on sitcom Designing Women – talked about her falling out with series creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and subsequent drug abuse.
“It got ugly and very sad,” said Burke. She worked with Bloodworth-Thomason on the sitcom Filthy Rich before Designing Women, and claimed she viewed her as a mentor.
“We do Designing Women, and I’m so happy to be there,” she said. “I love everything. But then things started to change, which I won’t go into. But that, combined with becoming famous, I simply couldn’t cope with.”
“I wanted to leave,” she added, “and I wasn’t allowed to leave. I don’t know what would have happened to me if I had been allowed to leave. Staying gave me an amazing character to get to play…...
Speaking with Chelsea Devantez on her Glamorous Trash podcast, Burke – who played Suzanne Sugarbaker on sitcom Designing Women – talked about her falling out with series creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and subsequent drug abuse.
“It got ugly and very sad,” said Burke. She worked with Bloodworth-Thomason on the sitcom Filthy Rich before Designing Women, and claimed she viewed her as a mentor.
“We do Designing Women, and I’m so happy to be there,” she said. “I love everything. But then things started to change, which I won’t go into. But that, combined with becoming famous, I simply couldn’t cope with.”
“I wanted to leave,” she added, “and I wasn’t allowed to leave. I don’t know what would have happened to me if I had been allowed to leave. Staying gave me an amazing character to get to play…...
- 4/21/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The Writers Guild of America West will present Designing Women and Evening Shade creator Linda Bloodworth Thomason with its highest honor — the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement. The award is presented to a Guild member who has “advanced the literature of television and made outstanding contributions to the profession of the television writer.” Designing Women star Jean Smart will present the statuette to Bloodworth Thomason at the Wgaw’s annual WGA Awards on April 14.
The multiple Emmy-nominated television creator-writer, director, and producer launched her career with an Emmy-nominated script on M*A*S*H* in 1973. She concurrently worked on M*A*S*H* and Mary Tyler Moore Show spinoff Rhoda before creating and producing her first series Filthy Rich in 1982. Filthy Rich would lay the groundwork for the creation of landmark comedy series Designing Women by bringing her together with actresses and collaborators Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, and Smart.
In addition to her work in television,...
The multiple Emmy-nominated television creator-writer, director, and producer launched her career with an Emmy-nominated script on M*A*S*H* in 1973. She concurrently worked on M*A*S*H* and Mary Tyler Moore Show spinoff Rhoda before creating and producing her first series Filthy Rich in 1982. Filthy Rich would lay the groundwork for the creation of landmark comedy series Designing Women by bringing her together with actresses and collaborators Delta Burke, Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, and Smart.
In addition to her work in television,...
- 4/2/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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Leslie Jordan, the goofy comic actor perhaps best known for his Emmy-winning turn as Beverley Leslie, the cynical foil to Megan Mullally’s Karen Walker, on Will & Grace, has died. He was 67.
Jordan was at the wheel of a BMW when he crashed into the side of a building at Cahuenga Boulevard and Romaine Street in Hollywood on Monday morning. He was declared dead at the scene and could have suffered a medical emergency beforehand.
Jordan recurs as Phil, the gay baker at the café owned by Mayim Bialik’s character, on the Fox sitcom Call Me Kat, which returned for its third season last month. He appeared in all five of the new season’s episodes so far.
His other recent work includes turns on FX’s American Horror Story — playing different characters over three seasons — and the 2018-19 Fox sitcom The Cool Kids.
Leslie Jordan, the goofy comic actor perhaps best known for his Emmy-winning turn as Beverley Leslie, the cynical foil to Megan Mullally’s Karen Walker, on Will & Grace, has died. He was 67.
Jordan was at the wheel of a BMW when he crashed into the side of a building at Cahuenga Boulevard and Romaine Street in Hollywood on Monday morning. He was declared dead at the scene and could have suffered a medical emergency beforehand.
Jordan recurs as Phil, the gay baker at the café owned by Mayim Bialik’s character, on the Fox sitcom Call Me Kat, which returned for its third season last month. He appeared in all five of the new season’s episodes so far.
His other recent work includes turns on FX’s American Horror Story — playing different characters over three seasons — and the 2018-19 Fox sitcom The Cool Kids.
- 10/24/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Seth Willenson, a producer and longtime marketing, finance and distribution executive, died peacefully at his home in Los Angeles after a long bout with heart disease, according to a representative for the family. He was 74.
Willeson first started his 52-year career in 1970 when he became the second hire at New Line Cinema. It was there where he pioneered a theatrical marketing concept of the 1970’s, the Midnight Movie – using the 1936 anti-cannabis propaganda film “Reefer Madness” – a practice that continued for more than a decade with movies such as “Pink Flamingos,” “Sympathy for the Devil” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”
Willenson would return to New Line Cinema 20 years later after his first stint at the studio as president of Telecommunications & Planning. Willenson would subsequently serve as producer/executive producer on numerous indie films, most notably Allison Anders’ award-winning “Gas Food Lodging” and the Chuck Norris-starrer “Top Dog.”
Willenson would...
Willeson first started his 52-year career in 1970 when he became the second hire at New Line Cinema. It was there where he pioneered a theatrical marketing concept of the 1970’s, the Midnight Movie – using the 1936 anti-cannabis propaganda film “Reefer Madness” – a practice that continued for more than a decade with movies such as “Pink Flamingos,” “Sympathy for the Devil” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”
Willenson would return to New Line Cinema 20 years later after his first stint at the studio as president of Telecommunications & Planning. Willenson would subsequently serve as producer/executive producer on numerous indie films, most notably Allison Anders’ award-winning “Gas Food Lodging” and the Chuck Norris-starrer “Top Dog.”
Willenson would...
- 3/24/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Bill Prady is probably best known as the co-creator of “The Big Bang Theory.” But four years before the launch of that sitcom mega-smash, Prady — on a lark — was among the motley crew of candidates who ran in the 2003 California recall election circus. Now, as California faces another recall drama, this time an effort to remove Gov. Gavin Newsom, there isn’t nearly the same kind of bedlam that led to the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
And this time out, Prady is less amused. “I think the Newsom thing is yet another example of politicians exploiting the ‘red team/blue team’ sports nature of politics for their own benefit,” he says. “The GOP so loathes the combination of the supermajority in Sacramento with a Democratic governor that they’re trying to use Covid to change that.”
Variety asked Prady to recall (pun intended) his extremely brief political career, and he...
And this time out, Prady is less amused. “I think the Newsom thing is yet another example of politicians exploiting the ‘red team/blue team’ sports nature of politics for their own benefit,” he says. “The GOP so loathes the combination of the supermajority in Sacramento with a Democratic governor that they’re trying to use Covid to change that.”
Variety asked Prady to recall (pun intended) his extremely brief political career, and he...
- 7/29/2021
- by Bill Prady
- Variety Film + TV
First of all, Hal was the most authentic person I have ever worked with. You could not catch him acting. He literally vibrated with humanity and felt everything so deeply — which is what made him such a sublime comedian. My husband (director Harry Thomason) used to say, “Don’t ever tell Hal your dog died, or you’ll spend the rest of the day consoling him.”
Hal had a kind of raw elegance, classing up every room he entered. You could dress him in rags, and he would still appear to be an important person. His often harsh life and gratitude ...
Hal had a kind of raw elegance, classing up every room he entered. You could dress him in rags, and he would still appear to be an important person. His often harsh life and gratitude ...
First of all, Hal was the most authentic person I have ever worked with. You could not catch him acting. He literally vibrated with humanity and felt everything so deeply — which is what made him such a sublime comedian. My husband (director Harry Thomason) used to say, “Don’t ever tell Hal your dog died, or you’ll spend the rest of the day consoling him.”
Hal had a kind of raw elegance, classing up every room he entered. You could dress him in rags, and he would still appear to be an important person. His often harsh life and gratitude ...
Hal had a kind of raw elegance, classing up every room he entered. You could dress him in rags, and he would still appear to be an important person. His often harsh life and gratitude ...
Who among us hasn’t watched a TV series and felt as if we had gotten to intimately know our favorite characters? Certain shows barely get the opportunity to “jump the shark” despite rabid, passionate fans like Dorothy Swanson, founder of Viewers for Quality Television, a grassroots nonprofit that organizes advocacy efforts for shows the group collectively votes on.
Directed by Michael Sparaga, United We Fan is an energetic and interesting look at the culture of fandom from the grassroots efforts to save shows like Star Trek in the late 60s to modern activism taking place on Twitter and crowdfunding platforms that gave a second life to shows like Veronica Mars. United We Fan entertainingly cuts between fifty or so years of pop culture history informed by those that were there, from activists like Bjo and John Trimble (whose letter writing campaign saved Star Trek) to show runners who grapple...
Directed by Michael Sparaga, United We Fan is an energetic and interesting look at the culture of fandom from the grassroots efforts to save shows like Star Trek in the late 60s to modern activism taking place on Twitter and crowdfunding platforms that gave a second life to shows like Veronica Mars. United We Fan entertainingly cuts between fifty or so years of pop culture history informed by those that were there, from activists like Bjo and John Trimble (whose letter writing campaign saved Star Trek) to show runners who grapple...
- 12/5/2018
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
After Linda Bloodworth Thomason made mention of an anonymous actress being assaulted by ousted CBS Corp. chief Les Moonves in her op-ed for The Hollywood Reporter, her husband is disputing rumors of the actress’ identity.
“For all of you who are asking if the great Angela Lansbury was the mystery actress mentioned by my wife, Linda Bloodworth in her THR op-ed about CBS’s Moonves- it was someone great but not Angela,” producer Harry Thomason tweeted Friday night.
Without identifying her by name, Bloodworth Thomason wrote that an actress informed her of a time when the CBS mogul ...
“For all of you who are asking if the great Angela Lansbury was the mystery actress mentioned by my wife, Linda Bloodworth in her THR op-ed about CBS’s Moonves- it was someone great but not Angela,” producer Harry Thomason tweeted Friday night.
Without identifying her by name, Bloodworth Thomason wrote that an actress informed her of a time when the CBS mogul ...
- 9/14/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
ABC is rolling out the red carpet — or at least hanging up the red drapes — for the Designing Women. A sequel of the Emmy Award-winning comedy, which ran from 1986 to 1993 on CBS, has received a script commitment from the Alphabet Network, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Original series creator Linda Bloodworth Thomason and executive producer Harry Thomason are behind the new multi-cam series, which will “follow the next generation of Sugarbakers with a crop of new, young, female designers at an Atlanta interior design firm.”
“I’m very excited to be working with ABC,” Bloodworth Thomason tells THR. “And Sony...
Original series creator Linda Bloodworth Thomason and executive producer Harry Thomason are behind the new multi-cam series, which will “follow the next generation of Sugarbakers with a crop of new, young, female designers at an Atlanta interior design firm.”
“I’m very excited to be working with ABC,” Bloodworth Thomason tells THR. “And Sony...
- 9/13/2018
- TVLine.com
ABC has given a script commitment to what is described as a “sequel” to the classic 1990s sitcom Designing Women, with the series’ original creator Linda Bloodworth Thomason heading the new iteration, Deadline has confirmed. The previously announced project had been in the works at original series producer Sony Pictures TV, which also is producing the new version.
The series, which ran from September 29, 1986, until May 24, 1993, centers on the lives of four women and one man working together at an Atlanta interior design firm. Designing Women starred Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Meshach Taylor, Alice Ghostley, Julia Duffy, Jan Hooks and Judith Ivey.
Written by Bloodworth Thomason, the sequel will follow the next generation of Sugarbakers with a crop of new, young, female designers at an Atlanta interior design firm, but still with the same razor-sharp dialogue and ability to cut through the political, cultural, and social...
The series, which ran from September 29, 1986, until May 24, 1993, centers on the lives of four women and one man working together at an Atlanta interior design firm. Designing Women starred Dixie Carter, Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Delta Burke, Meshach Taylor, Alice Ghostley, Julia Duffy, Jan Hooks and Judith Ivey.
Written by Bloodworth Thomason, the sequel will follow the next generation of Sugarbakers with a crop of new, young, female designers at an Atlanta interior design firm, but still with the same razor-sharp dialogue and ability to cut through the political, cultural, and social...
- 9/13/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The “Designing Women” sequel has found its home. ABC has handed out a script commitment to the project from Sony TV and original series creator Linda Bloodworth Thomason, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.
The project is described as a “sequel” to the CBS comedy. Bloodworth Thomason will write the script and executive produce alongside her husband, Harry Thomason.
The “Designing Women” sequel is a multicamera comedy, just like the original, and will follow the next generation of Sugarbaker women with a crop of new, young, female designers at an Atlanta interior design firm.
Also Read: 'Designing Women' Reboot in the Works at Sony
Sources told the Hollywood Reporter, which first reported news of the deal, that original cast members will occasionally stop by the new show, should it be picked up to series at ABC.
“Designing Women” ran for seven seasons on CBS, before concluding on...
The project is described as a “sequel” to the CBS comedy. Bloodworth Thomason will write the script and executive produce alongside her husband, Harry Thomason.
The “Designing Women” sequel is a multicamera comedy, just like the original, and will follow the next generation of Sugarbaker women with a crop of new, young, female designers at an Atlanta interior design firm.
Also Read: 'Designing Women' Reboot in the Works at Sony
Sources told the Hollywood Reporter, which first reported news of the deal, that original cast members will occasionally stop by the new show, should it be picked up to series at ABC.
“Designing Women” ran for seven seasons on CBS, before concluding on...
- 9/13/2018
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Designing Women just took a big step closer to its TV return.
Twenty-five years after wrapping its seven-season run, ABC has handed out a script commitment to what is being billed as a "sequel" to the CBS comedy from original series creator Linda Bloodworth Thomason and executive producer Harry Thomason.
The new Designing Women — which is a multicamera comedy like its predecessor — will follow the next generation of Sugarbakers with a crop of new, young, female designers at an Atlanta interior design firm. The new take will still have the same razor-sharp dialogue and ability to cut ...
Twenty-five years after wrapping its seven-season run, ABC has handed out a script commitment to what is being billed as a "sequel" to the CBS comedy from original series creator Linda Bloodworth Thomason and executive producer Harry Thomason.
The new Designing Women — which is a multicamera comedy like its predecessor — will follow the next generation of Sugarbakers with a crop of new, young, female designers at an Atlanta interior design firm. The new take will still have the same razor-sharp dialogue and ability to cut ...
- 9/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
ObamaFlix? According to a New York Times report, former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, are in talks with Netflix to produce programming for the streaming service.
Nothing is official, and Netflix couldn’t be reached for comment on the news. But the New York Times pointed out that the Obamas don’t plan to use the shows to comment on the Trump Administration or politics, but rather, to explore important subjects near to their heart.
“In one possible show idea, Mr. Obama could moderate conversations on topics that dominated his presidency — health care, voting rights, immigration, foreign policy, climate change — and that have continued to divide a polarized American electorate during President Trump’s time in office,” the newspaper wrote. “Another program could feature Mrs. Obama on topics, like nutrition, that she championed in the White House. The former president and first lady could also lend their brand...
Nothing is official, and Netflix couldn’t be reached for comment on the news. But the New York Times pointed out that the Obamas don’t plan to use the shows to comment on the Trump Administration or politics, but rather, to explore important subjects near to their heart.
“In one possible show idea, Mr. Obama could moderate conversations on topics that dominated his presidency — health care, voting rights, immigration, foreign policy, climate change — and that have continued to divide a polarized American electorate during President Trump’s time in office,” the newspaper wrote. “Another program could feature Mrs. Obama on topics, like nutrition, that she championed in the White House. The former president and first lady could also lend their brand...
- 3/9/2018
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
“The Man From Hope,” the 17-minute film that presented Bill Clinton to the Democratic National Convention, was big news in 1992. Produced by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and Harry Thomason, the couple behind the hit TV series “Designing Women,” the short became the subject of innumerable long articles in major publications.
This year, the filmmakers behind the highest-grossing movies of all time also directed videos featured at the DNC. J.J. Abrams assembled the two-minute preamble to Michelle Obama’s speech, James Cameron contributed a 5-minute piece on the urgency of fighting climate change. Both left the media unrippled: Frankly, there was just too much competition.
Broadway luminaries filled the Wells Fargo Center’s stage for a rendition of “What the World Needs Now,” addressed to victims of gun violence, and the grace with which more than three dozen singers shared two microphones felt like socialism in action. Dozens more turned up in “Our Fight Song,...
This year, the filmmakers behind the highest-grossing movies of all time also directed videos featured at the DNC. J.J. Abrams assembled the two-minute preamble to Michelle Obama’s speech, James Cameron contributed a 5-minute piece on the urgency of fighting climate change. Both left the media unrippled: Frankly, there was just too much competition.
Broadway luminaries filled the Wells Fargo Center’s stage for a rendition of “What the World Needs Now,” addressed to victims of gun violence, and the grace with which more than three dozen singers shared two microphones felt like socialism in action. Dozens more turned up in “Our Fight Song,...
- 7/29/2016
- by Sam Adams
- Indiewire
This week Amazon has a trio of Baz Luhrmann Blu-rays on sale for cheap to where you can buy the bundled set of Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet and Australia for only $19.99 just by clicking here. Each comes with a wide assortment of features. To buy any of these individually is going to cost you a minimum of $14.82 so the deal is significant. Additionally, Amazon is offering a second, music-inspired Blu-ray collection that includes Harry Thomason's Hank Williams story The Last Ride, the Oscar-winning Johnny Cash feature Walk the Line starring Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon, the Oscar-winning Crazy Heart starring Jeff Bridges and Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz for $29.99. Just click here to pick up that one. For even more Blu-ray deals at Amazon click here.
- 8/26/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: June 4, 2013
Price: DVD $22.98, Blu-ray $29.99
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
2012 biography movie The Last Ride is inspired by the final days of American music icon Hank Williams.
Henry Thomas (Dear John) plays singer-songwriter Williams, country music’s original bad boy. In the late 1940s, he quickly rose to super-stardom but had made a wreck of his life.
At the end of 1952, Williams was on his way to a couple New Year’s shows in West Virginia and Ohio and hired a local kid (Jesse James, Jumper) to drive him from Montgomery, Ala., so he could make things right in his life.
The drama film, which features new versions of Williams’ songs, is directed by Harry Thomason, stepping out from TV for the first time in 33 years.
Rated PG-13, The Last Ride was screened in a handful of theaters, making the DVD and Blu-ray its biggest release.
Price: DVD $22.98, Blu-ray $29.99
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
2012 biography movie The Last Ride is inspired by the final days of American music icon Hank Williams.
Henry Thomas (Dear John) plays singer-songwriter Williams, country music’s original bad boy. In the late 1940s, he quickly rose to super-stardom but had made a wreck of his life.
At the end of 1952, Williams was on his way to a couple New Year’s shows in West Virginia and Ohio and hired a local kid (Jesse James, Jumper) to drive him from Montgomery, Ala., so he could make things right in his life.
The drama film, which features new versions of Williams’ songs, is directed by Harry Thomason, stepping out from TV for the first time in 33 years.
Rated PG-13, The Last Ride was screened in a handful of theaters, making the DVD and Blu-ray its biggest release.
- 4/16/2013
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
The 18th annual San Antonio Film Festival will run for a solid week, June 18-24, at several locations around the city and will feature, as it always does, an expansive and impressive lineup of documentaries, thrillers, dramas and a ton of short films.
The fest kicks off on the 18th with the Canadian culture clash comedy French Immersion, directed by Kevin Tierney, followed by a block of homegrown short films from all over the great state of Texas. The next night’s programming, the 19th, pays tribute to San Antonio’s neighbors to the south with two feature films from Mexico, the drama Burros by Odin Salazar Flores and the documentary Die Standing Up by Jacaranda Correa, as well as a block of short films.
Some of the feature-length documentaries include Stephanie Hubbard’s Christian theme park quest Bible Storyland (watch the trailer); James Lane’s expose of the Oklahoma...
The fest kicks off on the 18th with the Canadian culture clash comedy French Immersion, directed by Kevin Tierney, followed by a block of homegrown short films from all over the great state of Texas. The next night’s programming, the 19th, pays tribute to San Antonio’s neighbors to the south with two feature films from Mexico, the drama Burros by Odin Salazar Flores and the documentary Die Standing Up by Jacaranda Correa, as well as a block of short films.
Some of the feature-length documentaries include Stephanie Hubbard’s Christian theme park quest Bible Storyland (watch the trailer); James Lane’s expose of the Oklahoma...
- 6/18/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
This full story appears in its entirety in the May 4 issue of The Hollywood Reporter. In a 20-page special report, The Hollywood Reporter examines the complicated relationship between Hollywood and politics. The issue includes an in-depth profile by contributing editor Tina Daunt of President Barack Obama's $500,000 power couple -- maverick Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos and wife Nicole Avant, the Beverly Hills-bred former U.S. Ambassador to The Bahamas. Elsewhere in the section, New Girl creator Liz Meriwether imagines her "sexy night with Mitt Romney”; former Designing Women producer Harry Thomason explains how he helped Bill
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- 4/25/2012
- by THR staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Washington — President Barack Obama's re-election campaign plans to release a 17-minute documentary next week about his first term in office.
Campaign manager Jim Messina says the documentary was directed by Davis Guggenheim, whose credits include the Academy Award-winning, "An Inconvenient Truth," about Al Gore's global-warming campaign.
Messina says the documentary will, in his words, "put into perspective the enormous challenges that the nation faced when the president took office and the strides we've made together."
Campaigns frequently release documentary films to reach voters and amplify the narrative of a candidate's message. In 1992, TV producers Harry Thomason and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason helped create "The Man From Hope," a campaign biography of Bill Clinton.
Campaign manager Jim Messina says the documentary was directed by Davis Guggenheim, whose credits include the Academy Award-winning, "An Inconvenient Truth," about Al Gore's global-warming campaign.
Messina says the documentary will, in his words, "put into perspective the enormous challenges that the nation faced when the president took office and the strides we've made together."
Campaigns frequently release documentary films to reach voters and amplify the narrative of a candidate's message. In 1992, TV producers Harry Thomason and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason helped create "The Man From Hope," a campaign biography of Bill Clinton.
- 3/7/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Washington — President Barack Obama's re-election campaign plans to release a 17-minute documentary next week about his first term in office.
Campaign manager Jim Messina says the documentary was directed by Davis Guggenheim, whose credits include the Academy Award-winning, "An Inconvenient Truth," about Al Gore's global-warming campaign.
Messina says the documentary will, in his words, "put into perspective the enormous challenges that the nation faced when the president took office and the strides we've made together."
Campaigns frequently release documentary films to reach voters and amplify the narrative of a candidate's message. In 1992, TV producers Harry Thomason and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason helped create "The Man From Hope," a campaign biography of Bill Clinton.
Campaign manager Jim Messina says the documentary was directed by Davis Guggenheim, whose credits include the Academy Award-winning, "An Inconvenient Truth," about Al Gore's global-warming campaign.
Messina says the documentary will, in his words, "put into perspective the enormous challenges that the nation faced when the president took office and the strides we've made together."
Campaigns frequently release documentary films to reach voters and amplify the narrative of a candidate's message. In 1992, TV producers Harry Thomason and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason helped create "The Man From Hope," a campaign biography of Bill Clinton.
- 3/7/2012
- by AP
- Aol TV.
TCA: PBS Chief Paula Kerger Plays Defense Over Programming TCA: PBS Unveils Premiere Dates, New Antiquing Competition Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline’s TCA coverage. What’s a liberal political activist Hollywood producer to do when the sitting president is a Democrat and the big news is dueling Republican hopefuls? Deadline asked producer Harry Thomason at today’s TCA in Pasadena, which focused on PBS. “I think it is well-known that most people in Hollywood are left-leaning,” said Thomason, who was here to participate on a panel about the miniseries Clinton. “They are concerned with getting Obama re-elected, and that means doing whatever they have to do.” Two decades ago, Thomason and wife Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (Designing Women) were Hollywood’s premiere FOBs – that is, Friends of Bill Clinton. The producers advised Clinton on his media image and produced The Man from Hope campaign film that was shown at the 1992 Democratic National Convention.
- 1/5/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
HBO's Sarah Palin-John McCain movie Game Change, with Julianne Moore playing the former Alaska governor, has competition from a feature film that will get to the screen first. It's the biopic Undefeated authorized by Palin, made by conservative filmmaker Stephen K. Bannon (Generation Zero celebrating the Tea Party movement, and In The Face Of Evil lionizing President Reagan), and set to premiere in late June in Iowa and then other early presidential primary states like New Hampshire and South Carolina and Nevada. Then the film will eventually release into between 50 and 100 markets nationwide. It may also have a DVD life since there are preliminary discussion about purchasing copies of the film from Bannon to distribute as gifts to SarahPAC donors. And Bannon is counting on a video-on-demand deal. Partisan filmmaking is a long tradition of recent presidential campaigns but usually as brief documentaries shown at Democratic National Conventions,...
- 5/25/2011
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
USA has picked up a half-hour comedy, Driven, penned by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (Designing Women, Evening Shade, Hearts Afire). Blue Collar comedian Ron White is set to star as “an out-of-work Austin, Texas, resident who launches a limo business,” Variety reports. How did I picture Lost’s Sawyer in this role? Well, I’d just heard the one-line synopsis and thought flannel, jeans, cowboy boots, scruff, smarmy guy hitting on/scamming his passengers — Josh Holloway.
Reading the fine print, I do concede that Ron White is a better fit for a comedy to be exec produced by Bloodworth and her husband,...
Reading the fine print, I do concede that Ron White is a better fit for a comedy to be exec produced by Bloodworth and her husband,...
- 5/27/2010
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW.com - PopWatch
USA Network is looking to re-enter the half-hour comedy arena with its first script deal for a half-hour project in more than a decade. The network has put in development Driven, a single-camera comedy from Designing Women creator Linda Bloodworth. The project stars comedian Ron White as a guy who, after losing his job, starts a limo service. Bloodworth will write the script and will executive produce the project with her husband, long-time collaborator Harry Thomason. USA’s president of original programming Jeff Wachtel said the network had been looking to expand its programming beyond its signature hourlong comedies.“We’ve had a great [...]...
- 5/27/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
It's still happening. I Hop, the live-action / CGI chimera from Alvin and the Chipmunks director Tim Hill, is headed your way. We already knew James Marsden was involved, and that Russell Brand was on voice duties. And the latest addition to the cast is Kaley Cuoco, best known as Penny, the hottie-across-the-hall from Big Bang Theory. Suddenly we're almost inclined to give I Hop a chance. But not quite.It's not Cuoco's first movie, but it's her first "significant" film role since Big Bang hit. She'll be playing the sister of James Marsden's slacker loser Fred; taking him in after their parents kick him out, and finding herself also saddled with Brand's Easter Bunny Jnr, following his accidental injury by Fred.It's very difficult to get excited. But disappointed Penny fans might console themselves with the news that Cuoco also has a small role in Harry Thomason's indie drama The Last Ride,...
- 4/1/2010
- EmpireOnline
Kaley Cuoco (TV's "The Big Bang Theory") has joined the cast of the live-action/CG-animated combo comedy "I Hop" at Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures says Digital Spy.
James Marsden voices an unemployed slacker who accidentally injures the Easter Bunny's son (a CG character voiced by Russell Brand) and must watch over his recovery.
Cuoco plays the sister of the slacker whom he is living with at the time after he's kicked out by his parents. Tim Hill directs the film.
Cuoco has also joined the indie feature "The Last Ride"
Harry Thomason directs the story of the final days of country singer Hank Williams Jr. (Henry Thomas), and the young driver (Jesse James) who takes him Alabama to a New Year's Eve concert in Ohio.
Cuoco will play a gas-station owner who has a brief affair with the driver during the journey.
James Marsden voices an unemployed slacker who accidentally injures the Easter Bunny's son (a CG character voiced by Russell Brand) and must watch over his recovery.
Cuoco plays the sister of the slacker whom he is living with at the time after he's kicked out by his parents. Tim Hill directs the film.
Cuoco has also joined the indie feature "The Last Ride"
Harry Thomason directs the story of the final days of country singer Hank Williams Jr. (Henry Thomas), and the young driver (Jesse James) who takes him Alabama to a New Year's Eve concert in Ohio.
Cuoco will play a gas-station owner who has a brief affair with the driver during the journey.
- 3/31/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Kaley Cuoco ("The Big Bang Theory") has joined "I Hop," a live-action/CG-animated hybrid comedy which comes from Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures. "Alvin and the Chipmunks" director Tim Hill is helming. The story of a jobless slacker (played by Marsden) who accidentally injures the Easter Bunny (voiced by Brand). He must then take him in to recover. During the course of the bunny's stay, Fred struggles with his new guest and both apparently learn what it takes to finally grow up. Cuoco will play Marsden's sister. Cuoco is also in Harry Thomason's indie feature "The Last Ride" which stars Henry Thomas as country singer Hank Williams, revolves around Williams' final days with the young man (Jesse James)...
- 3/31/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Kaley Cuoco, one of the stars of CBS' sitcom "The Big Bang Theory," has booked her first studio feature role with "I Hop," a live-action/CG-animated hybrid comedy from Illumination Entertainment and Universal.
Tim Hill, who directed the hybrid "Alvin and the Chipmunks," is helming the tale of an out-of-work slacker (James Marsden) who accidentally injures the son of the Easter Bunny (voiced by Russell Brand) and must take him in as he recovers.
Cuoco will play Marsden's sister, who allows Marsden to live with her when he gets kicked out by his parents, and finds herself dealing with the injured heir to the Easter Bunny throne.
Cuoco also has booked a role in Harry Thomason's indie feature "The Last Ride." That pic, which stars Henry Thomas as country crooner Hank Williams, revolves around Williams' final days and the young man (Jesse James) hired to drive him from Alabama...
Tim Hill, who directed the hybrid "Alvin and the Chipmunks," is helming the tale of an out-of-work slacker (James Marsden) who accidentally injures the son of the Easter Bunny (voiced by Russell Brand) and must take him in as he recovers.
Cuoco will play Marsden's sister, who allows Marsden to live with her when he gets kicked out by his parents, and finds herself dealing with the injured heir to the Easter Bunny throne.
Cuoco also has booked a role in Harry Thomason's indie feature "The Last Ride." That pic, which stars Henry Thomas as country crooner Hank Williams, revolves around Williams' final days and the young man (Jesse James) hired to drive him from Alabama...
- 3/30/2010
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paul Colichman, the William Randolph Hearst of the gay media, is not supporting Barack Obama for president. But that doesn't mean he's backing John McCain.
"I'm a die-hard Democrat," he tells Page Six. But Colichman was also a die-hard Hillary Clinton supporter. He and Harry Thomason produced a documentary, "The Hunting of the President: The 10-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton."
Colichman, 46, who owns The Advocate and Out magazines, GayWired.com, and Here, the premium cable network for gays,...
"I'm a die-hard Democrat," he tells Page Six. But Colichman was also a die-hard Hillary Clinton supporter. He and Harry Thomason produced a documentary, "The Hunting of the President: The 10-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton."
Colichman, 46, who owns The Advocate and Out magazines, GayWired.com, and Here, the premium cable network for gays,...
- 8/25/2008
- NYPost.com
HBO has added to its growing slate of 2008 pilots.
The premium cable network handed out orders to three projects: "Treme," a post-Katrina-themed New Orleans drama from "The Wire" creator David Simon and Eric Overmyer; "The Washingtonienne," a D.C.-set comedy based on Jessica Cutler's book that Sarah Jessica Parker is executive producing; and a drama from Terry Winter and Martin Scorsese set in 1920s Atlantic City.
HBO co-president Richard Plepler and West Coast president Michael Lombardo made the announcement Thursday during the network's portion of the Television Critics Assn.'s summer press tour at the Beverly Hilton.
The Winter-Scorsese pilot, based on the book "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City," is set to shoot in January.
Lombardo said the pilot pickups are part of the network's effort to "ramp up the volume a little bit," spearheaded by new entertainment president Sue Naegle.
"I feel like all of these projects are in the same vein" as what HBO has traditionally done, he said. "What's different is the volume and maybe the strategy in attracting talent."
Plepler said HBO execs aren't overly concerned about finding another huge hit along the lines of "The Sopranos" or "Sex and the City."
"I think you have to listen for excellence and quality first," he said. "Nobody knew when 'The Sopranos' came in the door that it would become 'The Sopranos' or that 'Sex and the City' would become 'Sex and the City.' All we knew is that they had excellent auteurs attached to them who had a real vision."
Asked about a theatrical "Sex" sequel or a "Sopranos" film, Lombardo said there is "enormous interest" in doing another "Sex" movie and that Warner Bros./New Line is working in partnership with HBO to put it together, though he doesn't know how long that might take.
As for "Sopranos," Plepler said: "Whatever (creator) David (Chase) wants to do. It's totally up to David, and if he wants to do it, we would be delighted."
HBO execs also brushed aside concerns about the upcoming Iraq War miniseries "Generation Kill," even though recent theatrical entries with a similar theme have not connected with audiences.
"It has nothing to do with politics," Plepler said. "It's really the story of this particular Marine reconnaissance as they went through Iraq without politics. It has nothing to do with the bureaucracy of war ... the politics of the war."
In other HBO news:
-- "Big Love" is in production to return in the first quarter.
-- Chris Rock's fifth stand-up special will air in September.
-- The World War II miniseries "The Pacific" will air in late 2009 or early 2010.
-- Larry David has told HBO he will do another season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," and execs are hoping it will return at the beginning of next year. HBO has a deal with David for another 10 episodes, but it still depends on David, who is "excited about it," Lombardo said.
-- The chances of HBO and David Milch doing a "Deadwood" wrap-up movie are "slim to none," Plepler said.
-- HBO and exec producers Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and Harry Thomason have been shopping for a new network home for "12 Miles of Bad Road," but they have yet to find a buyer for the six produced episodes.
The premium cable network handed out orders to three projects: "Treme," a post-Katrina-themed New Orleans drama from "The Wire" creator David Simon and Eric Overmyer; "The Washingtonienne," a D.C.-set comedy based on Jessica Cutler's book that Sarah Jessica Parker is executive producing; and a drama from Terry Winter and Martin Scorsese set in 1920s Atlantic City.
HBO co-president Richard Plepler and West Coast president Michael Lombardo made the announcement Thursday during the network's portion of the Television Critics Assn.'s summer press tour at the Beverly Hilton.
The Winter-Scorsese pilot, based on the book "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City," is set to shoot in January.
Lombardo said the pilot pickups are part of the network's effort to "ramp up the volume a little bit," spearheaded by new entertainment president Sue Naegle.
"I feel like all of these projects are in the same vein" as what HBO has traditionally done, he said. "What's different is the volume and maybe the strategy in attracting talent."
Plepler said HBO execs aren't overly concerned about finding another huge hit along the lines of "The Sopranos" or "Sex and the City."
"I think you have to listen for excellence and quality first," he said. "Nobody knew when 'The Sopranos' came in the door that it would become 'The Sopranos' or that 'Sex and the City' would become 'Sex and the City.' All we knew is that they had excellent auteurs attached to them who had a real vision."
Asked about a theatrical "Sex" sequel or a "Sopranos" film, Lombardo said there is "enormous interest" in doing another "Sex" movie and that Warner Bros./New Line is working in partnership with HBO to put it together, though he doesn't know how long that might take.
As for "Sopranos," Plepler said: "Whatever (creator) David (Chase) wants to do. It's totally up to David, and if he wants to do it, we would be delighted."
HBO execs also brushed aside concerns about the upcoming Iraq War miniseries "Generation Kill," even though recent theatrical entries with a similar theme have not connected with audiences.
"It has nothing to do with politics," Plepler said. "It's really the story of this particular Marine reconnaissance as they went through Iraq without politics. It has nothing to do with the bureaucracy of war ... the politics of the war."
In other HBO news:
-- "Big Love" is in production to return in the first quarter.
-- Chris Rock's fifth stand-up special will air in September.
-- The World War II miniseries "The Pacific" will air in late 2009 or early 2010.
-- Larry David has told HBO he will do another season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," and execs are hoping it will return at the beginning of next year. HBO has a deal with David for another 10 episodes, but it still depends on David, who is "excited about it," Lombardo said.
-- The chances of HBO and David Milch doing a "Deadwood" wrap-up movie are "slim to none," Plepler said.
-- HBO and exec producers Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and Harry Thomason have been shopping for a new network home for "12 Miles of Bad Road," but they have yet to find a buyer for the six produced episodes.
- 7/10/2008
- by By Kimberly Nordyke and James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
HBO has picked up to series Linda Bloodworth-Thomason's one-hour comedy "12 Miles of Bad Road", starring Lily Tomlin, and the half-hour drama "In Treatment", starring Gabriel Byrne and executive produced by Mark Wahlberg.
The premium cable network has ordered 40 episodes of "Treatment", from Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson, who also executive produce HBO's "Entourage". The number of episodes for "Road" is yet to be determined.
"Road", from "Designing Women" creator Bloodworth-Thomason, stars Tomlin as the matriarch of a wealthy Texas family whose real estate business and absurd wealth complicate the simplest family matters.
The hourlong pilot was directed by Michael Engler. HBO's brass considered turning the project into a 30-minute series but decided to keep the format intact.
The pilot, which HBO Entertainment produced in association with Mozark Prods., co-starred Gary Cole, Mary Kay Place, Katherine LaNasa, Kim Dickens, Eliza Coupe, Leslie Jordan, Ivana Milicevic, David Andrews, Sean Bridgers, Texas Battle and Cameron Richardson.
Bloodworth-Thomason and Harry Thomason executive produced the pilot, with Loucas George and Doug Jackson serving as producers.
The premium cable network has ordered 40 episodes of "Treatment", from Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson, who also executive produce HBO's "Entourage". The number of episodes for "Road" is yet to be determined.
"Road", from "Designing Women" creator Bloodworth-Thomason, stars Tomlin as the matriarch of a wealthy Texas family whose real estate business and absurd wealth complicate the simplest family matters.
The hourlong pilot was directed by Michael Engler. HBO's brass considered turning the project into a 30-minute series but decided to keep the format intact.
The pilot, which HBO Entertainment produced in association with Mozark Prods., co-starred Gary Cole, Mary Kay Place, Katherine LaNasa, Kim Dickens, Eliza Coupe, Leslie Jordan, Ivana Milicevic, David Andrews, Sean Bridgers, Texas Battle and Cameron Richardson.
Bloodworth-Thomason and Harry Thomason executive produced the pilot, with Loucas George and Doug Jackson serving as producers.
- 1/22/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
HBO has given a pilot order to 12 Miles of Bad Road, a comedy from executive producers Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and Harry Thomason, sources said. In addition, the premium cable network is in negotiations to order five half-hour episodes of In Treatment, a serialized drama that would be redeveloped from a hit Israeli series, sources said. Bad Road is described as a comedy about a Dallas matriarchy. It's believed that the pilot, which is in preproduction and will be shot in the summer, will be an hour. But should the project get picked up to series, sources said it's likely to be a half-hour show.
- 5/10/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- The potent subject matter of this documentary adapted from the best-selling book by Joe Conason and Gene Lyons is unfortunately undercut by its tabloid-style execution. Detailing the ambitious campaign by both reputable and dubious elements of the right wing to oppose Bill Clinton, "The Hunting of the President" sacrifices credibility not only by the fact that it was co-directed and co-written by the obviously partisan Harry Thomason (along with Nickolas Perry), but also because of its cheesy cinematic style. The film should benefit from the current insatiable appetite for political material, but it will likely be overshadowed by the impending release of Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11."
Beginning with footage of Clinton's impeachment hearings, the film then flashes backward and outlines in considerable detail -- using extensive archival footage and interviews with many of the figures involved -- the many ways in which right-wing elements sought to undercut Clinton's candidacy and his presidency. It is quite a cautionary tale for left wingers, even if it never quite manages to provide a sense of exactly why Clinton and wife Hillary so provoked the outsized animus of their political opponents.
Many of the plot elements play like the sort of comic thrillers involving bumbling protagonists written by Elmore Leonard. Some of the more odious figures are Everett Ham, the leader of an organization (the Alliance for the Rebirth of an Independent America) dedicated to discrediting Clinton; Cliff Jackson, a lawyer who was involved in the Arkansas State Troopers revelations and the release of Clinton's military draft record; and private investigator Larry Case, who sought to exploit the release of the Gennifer Flowers story for financial gain. Also providing testimony are David Brock, a formerly conservative journalist who has since recanted many of his assertions, and Susan McDougal, who movingly describes her experiences while being incarcerated for her refusal to testify in the Whitewater investigation.
While the film provides much fascinating detail, especially in its delineation of the way that even less-than-credible figures can manipulate the media, the sheer volume of information presented may prove confusing for those not already familiar with the facts. Worse, it uses numerous hoary techniques -- including tabloid-television-style editing and ominous background music -- that tend to detract from the seriousness of the issues being addressed.
Morgan Freeman delivers the portentous narration.
The hunting of the president
Regent Releasing
Diceburg Llc.
Credits:
Directors-screenwriters: Harry Thomason, Nickolas Perry
Producer: Douglas Jackson
Executive producer: Mark S. Weiner
Co-producers: Joe Conason, Amy Greenspun, Keith Sky
Editor: Nickolas Perry
Director of photography: Jim Roberson
Music: Bruce Miller
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 89 minutes...
Beginning with footage of Clinton's impeachment hearings, the film then flashes backward and outlines in considerable detail -- using extensive archival footage and interviews with many of the figures involved -- the many ways in which right-wing elements sought to undercut Clinton's candidacy and his presidency. It is quite a cautionary tale for left wingers, even if it never quite manages to provide a sense of exactly why Clinton and wife Hillary so provoked the outsized animus of their political opponents.
Many of the plot elements play like the sort of comic thrillers involving bumbling protagonists written by Elmore Leonard. Some of the more odious figures are Everett Ham, the leader of an organization (the Alliance for the Rebirth of an Independent America) dedicated to discrediting Clinton; Cliff Jackson, a lawyer who was involved in the Arkansas State Troopers revelations and the release of Clinton's military draft record; and private investigator Larry Case, who sought to exploit the release of the Gennifer Flowers story for financial gain. Also providing testimony are David Brock, a formerly conservative journalist who has since recanted many of his assertions, and Susan McDougal, who movingly describes her experiences while being incarcerated for her refusal to testify in the Whitewater investigation.
While the film provides much fascinating detail, especially in its delineation of the way that even less-than-credible figures can manipulate the media, the sheer volume of information presented may prove confusing for those not already familiar with the facts. Worse, it uses numerous hoary techniques -- including tabloid-television-style editing and ominous background music -- that tend to detract from the seriousness of the issues being addressed.
Morgan Freeman delivers the portentous narration.
The hunting of the president
Regent Releasing
Diceburg Llc.
Credits:
Directors-screenwriters: Harry Thomason, Nickolas Perry
Producer: Douglas Jackson
Executive producer: Mark S. Weiner
Co-producers: Joe Conason, Amy Greenspun, Keith Sky
Editor: Nickolas Perry
Director of photography: Jim Roberson
Music: Bruce Miller
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 89 minutes...
NEW YORK -- The potent subject matter of this documentary adapted from the best-selling book by Joe Conason and Gene Lyons is unfortunately undercut by its tabloid-style execution. Detailing the ambitious campaign by both reputable and dubious elements of the right wing to oppose Bill Clinton, "The Hunting of the President" sacrifices credibility not only by the fact that it was co-directed and co-written by the obviously partisan Harry Thomason (along with Nickolas Perry), but also because of its cheesy cinematic style. The film should benefit from the current insatiable appetite for political material, but it will likely be overshadowed by the impending release of Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11."
Beginning with footage of Clinton's impeachment hearings, the film then flashes backward and outlines in considerable detail -- using extensive archival footage and interviews with many of the figures involved -- the many ways in which right-wing elements sought to undercut Clinton's candidacy and his presidency. It is quite a cautionary tale for left wingers, even if it never quite manages to provide a sense of exactly why Clinton and wife Hillary so provoked the outsized animus of their political opponents.
Many of the plot elements play like the sort of comic thrillers involving bumbling protagonists written by Elmore Leonard. Some of the more odious figures are Everett Ham, the leader of an organization (the Alliance for the Rebirth of an Independent America) dedicated to discrediting Clinton; Cliff Jackson, a lawyer who was involved in the Arkansas State Troopers revelations and the release of Clinton's military draft record; and private investigator Larry Case, who sought to exploit the release of the Gennifer Flowers story for financial gain. Also providing testimony are David Brock, a formerly conservative journalist who has since recanted many of his assertions, and Susan McDougal, who movingly describes her experiences while being incarcerated for her refusal to testify in the Whitewater investigation.
While the film provides much fascinating detail, especially in its delineation of the way that even less-than-credible figures can manipulate the media, the sheer volume of information presented may prove confusing for those not already familiar with the facts. Worse, it uses numerous hoary techniques -- including tabloid-television-style editing and ominous background music -- that tend to detract from the seriousness of the issues being addressed.
Morgan Freeman delivers the portentous narration.
The hunting of the president
Regent Releasing
Diceburg Llc.
Credits:
Directors-screenwriters: Harry Thomason, Nickolas Perry
Producer: Douglas Jackson
Executive producer: Mark S. Weiner
Co-producers: Joe Conason, Amy Greenspun, Keith Sky
Editor: Nickolas Perry
Director of photography: Jim Roberson
Music: Bruce Miller
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 89 minutes...
Beginning with footage of Clinton's impeachment hearings, the film then flashes backward and outlines in considerable detail -- using extensive archival footage and interviews with many of the figures involved -- the many ways in which right-wing elements sought to undercut Clinton's candidacy and his presidency. It is quite a cautionary tale for left wingers, even if it never quite manages to provide a sense of exactly why Clinton and wife Hillary so provoked the outsized animus of their political opponents.
Many of the plot elements play like the sort of comic thrillers involving bumbling protagonists written by Elmore Leonard. Some of the more odious figures are Everett Ham, the leader of an organization (the Alliance for the Rebirth of an Independent America) dedicated to discrediting Clinton; Cliff Jackson, a lawyer who was involved in the Arkansas State Troopers revelations and the release of Clinton's military draft record; and private investigator Larry Case, who sought to exploit the release of the Gennifer Flowers story for financial gain. Also providing testimony are David Brock, a formerly conservative journalist who has since recanted many of his assertions, and Susan McDougal, who movingly describes her experiences while being incarcerated for her refusal to testify in the Whitewater investigation.
While the film provides much fascinating detail, especially in its delineation of the way that even less-than-credible figures can manipulate the media, the sheer volume of information presented may prove confusing for those not already familiar with the facts. Worse, it uses numerous hoary techniques -- including tabloid-television-style editing and ominous background music -- that tend to detract from the seriousness of the issues being addressed.
Morgan Freeman delivers the portentous narration.
The hunting of the president
Regent Releasing
Diceburg Llc.
Credits:
Directors-screenwriters: Harry Thomason, Nickolas Perry
Producer: Douglas Jackson
Executive producer: Mark S. Weiner
Co-producers: Joe Conason, Amy Greenspun, Keith Sky
Editor: Nickolas Perry
Director of photography: Jim Roberson
Music: Bruce Miller
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 89 minutes...
- 6/18/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Distributor Regent Entertainment is postponing the release date of its upcoming political documentary The Hunting of the President by a week in the wake of Ronald Reagan's death. Regent's Paul Colichman confirmed Monday that Hunting -- based on the best-selling book of the same name by Gene Lyons and Joe Conason -- will now roll out June 18, instead of June 11. The film was slated to have its premiere Wednesday at New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, but Regent will now roll out the red carpet June 16. "It was the right thing to do," said Colichman. "The theme of our movie is respect for the American president. (It would be wrong) during a week of mourning to be throwing a party." Co-directed by Harry Thomason and Nickolas Perry, Hunting follows, according to the filmmakers, "the partisan vendettas and political myths and truths behind the nearly 10-year campaign to systematically destroy the political legacy of the Clintons."...
Army Archerd reports that Robert Urich, who made a TV name for himself playing tough guy roles in such series as Vega$ and Spenser: For Hire, is making another comeback shot at series TV. This time Urich will be digging deep into his TV past and going the sitcom route, playing the manager of Emeril Lagasse on the new sitcom Emeril. Urich was approached for the role by producer Harry Thomason the moment he was freed from his obligation to the failed pilot Late Boomers and starts filming later this month. Though not widely recognized for his comedic talents, Urich has starred in Tabitha (a failed spin-off of Bewitched), Soap, Faye Dunaway's failed sitcom It Had To Be You, and the sci-fi comedy Ice Pirates. (This story was compiled by IMDb Staff)...
- 7/12/2001
- WENN
Outgoing American President Bill Clinton's career may continue in Washington DC - to be a lobbyist for Hollywood. Sources report there is a definite offer for Clinton to become ambassador for the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) in America's capital. It has been claimed a group of mega-moguls have put together a whopping offer that tops $1.03 million salary the MPAA currently pays its president Jack Valenti. 79-year-old Valenti is, however, quick to insist his job is not at risk. He says, "None of our member companies would do that without telling me. This is a dazzling and fun job, but it's not a job for Bill Clinton, or any ex-President." A spokesman for the Clinton camp, TV producer Harry Thomason, is also keen to dispel the question. He asks, "Do you know how many multi-million-dollar job offers the President has received?"...
- 11/15/2000
- WENN
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