Ewan McGregor and Jim Carrey in I Love You Phillip Morris
Photo: Roadside Attractions I Love You Phillip Morris is half of a good movie told twice, which is disappointing because had the film film found a sense of where it wanted to go it could have been just as fascinating as it is partially entertaining. Jim Carrey gives an excellent performance in the lead role as Steve Russell, a con man who finds his one true love in jail, and Ewan McGregor is equally up to the task as the man of Steve's dreams, the titular Phillip Morris.
The film is based on the book of the same name written by Steve McVicker telling the true crime story of Steven Jay Russell who was not only a con man, but managed to escape from the Texas prison system four times in five years and managed to find love in the process.
Photo: Roadside Attractions I Love You Phillip Morris is half of a good movie told twice, which is disappointing because had the film film found a sense of where it wanted to go it could have been just as fascinating as it is partially entertaining. Jim Carrey gives an excellent performance in the lead role as Steve Russell, a con man who finds his one true love in jail, and Ewan McGregor is equally up to the task as the man of Steve's dreams, the titular Phillip Morris.
The film is based on the book of the same name written by Steve McVicker telling the true crime story of Steven Jay Russell who was not only a con man, but managed to escape from the Texas prison system four times in five years and managed to find love in the process.
- 12/3/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Roadside Attractions has debuted a saucy new red band trailer for Glenn Ficarra & John Requa's I Love You Phillip Morris, the independent comedy starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor as gay lovers who meet in prison. Obviously this trailer ain't red band because of any violence, so be prepared with that in mind going in, as there's one scene that will definitely catch you off guard at the start. Other than that, this is actually a great film, I say it's worth seeing if you found this trailer the least bit enjoyable, as this gives us a more accurate taste of what the film is like. I Love You Phillip Morris finally hits theaters thid December. Watch the red band trailer for Glenn Ficarra & John Requa's I Love You Phillip Morris: When Steve Russell turns to cons and fraud to allow him to change his lifestyle, his...
- 10/21/2010
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Is this finally going to get released? I first saw I Love You Phillip Morris in Cannes in 2009, and I quite enjoyed it, but I know friends who first saw it at Sundance, almost two years ago. The film has been having release troubles all year long, with delays, studio changes, and everything. EW has debuted another official poster for the Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor gay comedy (they actually play gay lovers, not kidding) and word is it may finally get released in theaters this holiday season. We've even featured a few trailers for this as well, so you should already know whether you're planning on catching it or not. Check it out below! When Steve Russell turns to cons and fraud to allow him to change his lifestyle, his subsequent stay in the state penitentiary results in his meeting the love of his life, a sensitive fellow inmate...
- 10/13/2010
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
It’s all happening down under recently. We’ve had Guillermo Del Toro walking from The Hobbit and now this wonderful news regarding seventy-five of rare and ‘lost’ silent-era films being discovered and sent back to the Us for restoration. Only something like fifty-nine per cent of films made before 1950 can be accounted for and the further one goes back the less a movie has of survival.
It’s a great shame, but some of the greatest films ever made are completely gone. Until somebody finds them! Alas, not last year was Fritz Lang’s full director’s cut found in a cinema in Argentina and restored to glory.
Among the stash of films found is western legend John Ford’s Upstream, made in in 1927. Steve Russell, manager of New Zealand’s film archive told the BBC:
“Finding Upstream was a fabulous discovery for our American colleagues, but also for ourselves.
It’s a great shame, but some of the greatest films ever made are completely gone. Until somebody finds them! Alas, not last year was Fritz Lang’s full director’s cut found in a cinema in Argentina and restored to glory.
Among the stash of films found is western legend John Ford’s Upstream, made in in 1927. Steve Russell, manager of New Zealand’s film archive told the BBC:
“Finding Upstream was a fabulous discovery for our American colleagues, but also for ourselves.
- 6/8/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Another preview to R-rated movie "I Love You Phillip Morris" has been shared through a new trailer. Opened with a narration by Jim Carrey's Steve Russell who introduces himself, the video first highlights how he becomes a con artist and impostor which leads him meeting the love of his life.
Russell is a local Texas policeman turns to cons and fraud to allow him to change his lifestyle. His actions land himself in Texas' prison, where he meets and falls in love with fellow inmate Ewan McGregor's Phillip Morris. After Morris is released from prison, Russell escapes from prison four times doing whatever he can like faking his own death only to meet his lover.
Adapated from a book by Steve McVicker entitled "I Love You Phillip Morris: A True Story of Life, Love, and Prison Breaks", the film reportedly had a difficulty finding a U.S.
Russell is a local Texas policeman turns to cons and fraud to allow him to change his lifestyle. His actions land himself in Texas' prison, where he meets and falls in love with fellow inmate Ewan McGregor's Phillip Morris. After Morris is released from prison, Russell escapes from prison four times doing whatever he can like faking his own death only to meet his lover.
Adapated from a book by Steve McVicker entitled "I Love You Phillip Morris: A True Story of Life, Love, and Prison Breaks", the film reportedly had a difficulty finding a U.S.
- 1/15/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Don't worry, I know this isn't going to be for everyone. I Love You Phillip Morris is an independent film starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor as gay lovers. I'm saying that right now so you're not shocked watching this trailer. It's actually a pretty good movie (read my review) and I suggest seeing it. I Love You Phillip Morris first showed at Sundance last year and eventually played in Cannes as well (which is where I first saw it). We featured an early trailer for this last July, but this is the official Us trailer that is being used to promote its March opening in the Us (via Collider). Watch it below and let us know what you think after? Watch the second official trailer for I Love You Phillip Morris: When Steve Russell turns to cons and fraud to allow him to change his lifestyle, his subsequent...
- 1/14/2010
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
What.s the deal with I Love You Phillip Morris? I.m not talking about the fact that it features Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor in an awkwardly trite gay relationship, rather that little is being done to get anyone in the Us excited for its March release. It seems to be making more progress abroad. We snagged the film.s obnoxiously cliché international trailer back in July and, just the other day, Jim Carrey Online announced the film.s Japanese trailer website went live. Now, Imp Awards got a hold of the new Russian poster. It shows off Carrey as Steve Russell, family man turned con artist turned jailbird, and his prison sweetheart, Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor). I don.t know what.s worse, the outfits, the mini pinscher accessories or the fact that both actors are airbrushed to the extreme. Just as almost every Us distributor had no...
- 12/29/2009
- cinemablend.com
President also appears on MTV's 'Get Schooled' special, airing Tuesday at 8 p.m. Et.
By Gil Kaufman
President Barack Obama speaks at Wakefield High School September 8, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia
Photo: Win McNamee/ Getty Images
President Barack Obama welcomed America's schoolchildren back to the classroom on Tuesday (September 8) with a televised speech urging them to work hard and stay in school. While those words of wisdom from the president might seem innocuous, before it was given, the address drew a chorus of vehement protests from conservatives and concerned parents who worried that it would amount to partisan political speech.
Obama, however, avoided the mention of any political topics such as health care or the economic stimulus in the speech, given at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. The text of the president's comments were posted on the White House Web site on Monday, so parents of students from kindergarten to 12th grade could preview it.
By Gil Kaufman
President Barack Obama speaks at Wakefield High School September 8, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia
Photo: Win McNamee/ Getty Images
President Barack Obama welcomed America's schoolchildren back to the classroom on Tuesday (September 8) with a televised speech urging them to work hard and stay in school. While those words of wisdom from the president might seem innocuous, before it was given, the address drew a chorus of vehement protests from conservatives and concerned parents who worried that it would amount to partisan political speech.
Obama, however, avoided the mention of any political topics such as health care or the economic stimulus in the speech, given at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. The text of the president's comments were posted on the White House Web site on Monday, so parents of students from kindergarten to 12th grade could preview it.
- 9/8/2009
- MTV Music News
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