The Writers Guild of America, West has chosen late screenwriter-director-actor-producer Harold Ramis to receive its Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement, awarded to a Writers Guild member who has advanced the literature of motion pictures and made outstanding contributions to the profession of the screenwriter. Erica Mann Ramis and family will accept the award on Ramis’ behalf at the Writers Guild Awards ceremony on Saturday, February 14. Harold Ramis passed away on February 24, 2014 at the age of 69. From today’s announcement:
“Harold Ramis changed the face of comedy. His death last year deprived us of his unique way of seeing the world, at once hilarious and wise. From his early work with National Lampoon and Sctv through Animal House, Meatballs, Caddyshack, and Ghostbusters, Ramis’ voice was strong, clear, outrageous in all the best ways. His unrealized projects – an adaptation of Confederacy of Dunces, a biopic about Emma Goldman – leave us aching with...
“Harold Ramis changed the face of comedy. His death last year deprived us of his unique way of seeing the world, at once hilarious and wise. From his early work with National Lampoon and Sctv through Animal House, Meatballs, Caddyshack, and Ghostbusters, Ramis’ voice was strong, clear, outrageous in all the best ways. His unrealized projects – an adaptation of Confederacy of Dunces, a biopic about Emma Goldman – leave us aching with...
- 1/13/2015
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline
NEW YORK -- Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock vets Chris Parnell and Rachel Dratch have been cast opposite Nikki Blonsky, Ally Sheedy and Cuba Gooding Jr. in T. Sean Shannon's teen comedy Harold.
Parnell (Hot Rod) plays the high school gym coach who mercilessly torments the title character (Spencer Breslin), a prematurely balding teenager. Dratch (I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry) plays the teacher who forces him to remove his hat, exposing his shameful secret to the world.
Blonsky (Hairspray) plays Harold's fellow school outcast, Sheedy plays his mother, and Gooding (a producer on the film) plays the school janitor who befriends him.
Parnell's popularity on "SNL" hit its peak with the music video parody Lazy Sunday, co-starring his Hot Rod castmate Andy Samberg. He next appears in the Sony Pictures comedy Walk Hard.
Dratch co-wrote, co-exec produced and stars in the upcoming Warner Bros. Pictures feature Spring Breakdown, with Parker Posey and Amy Poehler. She also will appear in two comedies: My Life in Ruins, with Nia Vardalos, and Love n' Dancing.
Shannon co-wrote the script with Greg Fields.
Parnell (Hot Rod) plays the high school gym coach who mercilessly torments the title character (Spencer Breslin), a prematurely balding teenager. Dratch (I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry) plays the teacher who forces him to remove his hat, exposing his shameful secret to the world.
Blonsky (Hairspray) plays Harold's fellow school outcast, Sheedy plays his mother, and Gooding (a producer on the film) plays the school janitor who befriends him.
Parnell's popularity on "SNL" hit its peak with the music video parody Lazy Sunday, co-starring his Hot Rod castmate Andy Samberg. He next appears in the Sony Pictures comedy Walk Hard.
Dratch co-wrote, co-exec produced and stars in the upcoming Warner Bros. Pictures feature Spring Breakdown, with Parker Posey and Amy Poehler. She also will appear in two comedies: My Life in Ruins, with Nia Vardalos, and Love n' Dancing.
Shannon co-wrote the script with Greg Fields.
- 8/13/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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