"I need you out here," Russ Meyer told me on the phone in 1977. It was 6 a.m. He could not conceive that I might still be asleep. "Have you ever heard of the Sex Pistols?"
"No," I said.
"They're a rock band from England. They got a lot of publicity for saying 'fuck' on TV. Now they have some money and want me to direct their movie."
"The Sex Pistols?" I said.
"Their manager is a guy named Malcolm McLaren. He called me from London. He said their singers were big fans of 'Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.' They go to see it every weekend they're in London. It's playing at the Electric Cinema on Portobello Road."
No director except possibly for Stanley Kubrick was better informed than Russ about where his movies were playing. Kubrick used to call specific theaters to complain about light intensity. Russ used...
"No," I said.
"They're a rock band from England. They got a lot of publicity for saying 'fuck' on TV. Now they have some money and want me to direct their movie."
"The Sex Pistols?" I said.
"Their manager is a guy named Malcolm McLaren. He called me from London. He said their singers were big fans of 'Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.' They go to see it every weekend they're in London. It's playing at the Electric Cinema on Portobello Road."
No director except possibly for Stanley Kubrick was better informed than Russ about where his movies were playing. Kubrick used to call specific theaters to complain about light intensity. Russ used...
- 4/13/2010
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
The Weinstein Company and Genius Products sent us four new movie stills from the upcoming horror film “Triloquist” from writer-director Mark Jones (Leprechaun, Rumplestiltskin) and starring Rocky Marquette (Bondage), Payden LoPachin (House At The End Of The Drive) and Katie Chonacas (Slingshot). Synopsis: In a seedy Hollywood motel, a down-and-out ventriloquist overdoses in front of her son and daughter, scarring them for life. Eighteen years later, the son, who has not spoken a word since his mother’s suicide, and daughter, [...]...
- 6/16/2008
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Loretta Devine has been tapped to co-star opposite Jonny Lee Miller in ABC's drama pilot Eli Stone.
Meanwhile, Illeana Douglas has landed a recurring role on CBS' freshman drama series Shark.
Eli, produced by Touchstone Television and studio-based Berlanti Television, is a high-concept legal drama about a lawyer (Miller) who finds out he might be a prophet. Devine has been cast as Eli's formidable assistant, a sardonic and refreshingly candid woman who always says exactly what she feels.
The project was written by Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, who are executive producing.
Devine portrays Adele Webber on ABC's Grey's Anatomy and has a role in the upcoming feature film Dreamgirls. Her recent credits also include the Lifetime Television movie "Life Is Not a Fairy Tale: The Fantasia Barrino Story" and Fox's Boston Public.
On Shark, Douglas will portray a smart, sexy defense attorney described as being tough enough to go toe to toe with the charismatic, self-confident defense attorney-turned-prosecutor Sebastian Stark (James Woods) and confident enough to have fun doing it.
Shark, from 20th Century Fox TV and studio-based Imagine TV, recently was given a full-season pickup.
Douglas' credits include the upcoming Edie Sedgwick biopic Factory Girl and the independent feature The Bondage. She recently did a turn playing herself in the comedy documentary Pittsburgh opposite Jeff Goldblum.
Douglas also has signed on for the film Life Is Hot in Cracktown, written and to be directed by Buddy Giovinazzo and produced by Larry Rattner and Braxton Pope.Devine and Douglas are repped by Innovative Artists.
Meanwhile, Illeana Douglas has landed a recurring role on CBS' freshman drama series Shark.
Eli, produced by Touchstone Television and studio-based Berlanti Television, is a high-concept legal drama about a lawyer (Miller) who finds out he might be a prophet. Devine has been cast as Eli's formidable assistant, a sardonic and refreshingly candid woman who always says exactly what she feels.
The project was written by Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, who are executive producing.
Devine portrays Adele Webber on ABC's Grey's Anatomy and has a role in the upcoming feature film Dreamgirls. Her recent credits also include the Lifetime Television movie "Life Is Not a Fairy Tale: The Fantasia Barrino Story" and Fox's Boston Public.
On Shark, Douglas will portray a smart, sexy defense attorney described as being tough enough to go toe to toe with the charismatic, self-confident defense attorney-turned-prosecutor Sebastian Stark (James Woods) and confident enough to have fun doing it.
Shark, from 20th Century Fox TV and studio-based Imagine TV, recently was given a full-season pickup.
Douglas' credits include the upcoming Edie Sedgwick biopic Factory Girl and the independent feature The Bondage. She recently did a turn playing herself in the comedy documentary Pittsburgh opposite Jeff Goldblum.
Douglas also has signed on for the film Life Is Hot in Cracktown, written and to be directed by Buddy Giovinazzo and produced by Larry Rattner and Braxton Pope.Devine and Douglas are repped by Innovative Artists.
- 11/10/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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