Mimic
Written by Guillermo Del Toro and Matthew Robbins
Directed by Guillermo Del Toro
USA, 1997
In his review of The Grandmaster, Josh Spiegel notes that the American cut of Wong Kar-Wai’s new film “never stops letting its audience know that a fuller cut exists.” The blame for those missing 20 minutes appears to rest squarely on the shoulders of Harvey Weinstein, studio executive and co-founder of The Weinstein Company. While behind-the-scenes details of The Grandmaster aren’t entirely clear, Mr. Weinstein has already established an extensive history of providing his editorial input on films, even when the directors don’t necessarily want it.
Earlier this year, Weinstein was met with criticism at the possibility of his shortening Bong Joon-Ho’s Snowpiercer as well. Weinstein’s meddling goes well beyond 2013, however, but back to his tenure at Miramax, which, in 1997, released Mimic, a monster film from a still green Guillermo Del Toro.
Written by Guillermo Del Toro and Matthew Robbins
Directed by Guillermo Del Toro
USA, 1997
In his review of The Grandmaster, Josh Spiegel notes that the American cut of Wong Kar-Wai’s new film “never stops letting its audience know that a fuller cut exists.” The blame for those missing 20 minutes appears to rest squarely on the shoulders of Harvey Weinstein, studio executive and co-founder of The Weinstein Company. While behind-the-scenes details of The Grandmaster aren’t entirely clear, Mr. Weinstein has already established an extensive history of providing his editorial input on films, even when the directors don’t necessarily want it.
Earlier this year, Weinstein was met with criticism at the possibility of his shortening Bong Joon-Ho’s Snowpiercer as well. Weinstein’s meddling goes well beyond 2013, however, but back to his tenure at Miramax, which, in 1997, released Mimic, a monster film from a still green Guillermo Del Toro.
- 9/14/2013
- by David Klein
- SoundOnSight
Feature Simon Brew Ryan Lambie 16 Jul 2013 - 07:16
World War Z. Jurassic Park III. Seven. The Lion King. How were these and others originally planned to end?
The path from screenplay page to cinema screen is seldom a straight one, and it's frequently the case that a movie can change quite a lot during the process of production. Now and again, though, history throws out examples of movies that could have ended very differently.
For numerous reasons, the films featured here were all rewritten or reworked before they arrived in cinemas. Some endings were changed due to budget constraints. Others were down to the concerns of studio bosses.
In this selection, we've gone for endings that were written or storyboarded, but never shot in their entirety - last year, Nick brought us an exhaustive tour through 50 alternate endings, many of which were actually put before a camera.
With this in mind,...
World War Z. Jurassic Park III. Seven. The Lion King. How were these and others originally planned to end?
The path from screenplay page to cinema screen is seldom a straight one, and it's frequently the case that a movie can change quite a lot during the process of production. Now and again, though, history throws out examples of movies that could have ended very differently.
For numerous reasons, the films featured here were all rewritten or reworked before they arrived in cinemas. Some endings were changed due to budget constraints. Others were down to the concerns of studio bosses.
In this selection, we've gone for endings that were written or storyboarded, but never shot in their entirety - last year, Nick brought us an exhaustive tour through 50 alternate endings, many of which were actually put before a camera.
With this in mind,...
- 7/15/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Mimic: Directors Cut
Stars: Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Alexander Goodwin, Giancarlo Giannini, Charles S. Dutton, Josh Brolin | Written by Guillermo Del Toro, Matthew Robbins | Directed by Guillermo Del Toro
Originally released in 1997, Mimic was acclaimed director Guillermo Del Toro’s first steps into American cinema following his success with quasi-vampire movie Cronos and provided audiences with the first glimpses of what we now know as typical Del Toro genius. This new directors cut, released last month to coincide with Halloween, has been totally re-cut by the director in the hopes of reclaiming a film which was, for the most part, a heavy compromise between Del Toro’s vision and the studios demands. And whilst a lot of the original ideas Del Toro had for the film were lost in production through studio interference, what survived – and is presented here in the new Blu-ray from StudioCanal – is much closer to...
Stars: Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Alexander Goodwin, Giancarlo Giannini, Charles S. Dutton, Josh Brolin | Written by Guillermo Del Toro, Matthew Robbins | Directed by Guillermo Del Toro
Originally released in 1997, Mimic was acclaimed director Guillermo Del Toro’s first steps into American cinema following his success with quasi-vampire movie Cronos and provided audiences with the first glimpses of what we now know as typical Del Toro genius. This new directors cut, released last month to coincide with Halloween, has been totally re-cut by the director in the hopes of reclaiming a film which was, for the most part, a heavy compromise between Del Toro’s vision and the studios demands. And whilst a lot of the original ideas Del Toro had for the film were lost in production through studio interference, what survived – and is presented here in the new Blu-ray from StudioCanal – is much closer to...
- 11/8/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Science fiction and horror combine in time for Halloween as Mimic: Special Edition, from superstar director Guillermo Del Toro, is released on Blu-ray for the first time on October 31st 2011, courtesy of Studiocanal.
Originally released in 1997, this effectively creepy sci-fi horror was Del Toro’s first foray into American cinema and provided English-speaking audiences with an early glimpse of the genius that was to follow in modern classics as diverse as Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy and Blade II. This brand new version, re-cut by Guillermo Del Toro himself, is a revelation:
Cockroaches are spreading a deadly disease around Manhattan, claiming the lives of the city’s children. Entomologist Susan Tyler (Mira Sorvino – Mighty Aphrodite, Reservation Road) and her husband Peter Mann (Jeremy Northam – Enigma, Gosford Park) use genetic engineering to create the Judas Breed to kill off the deadly cockroaches. However, this deadly strain of insect evolves over time,...
Originally released in 1997, this effectively creepy sci-fi horror was Del Toro’s first foray into American cinema and provided English-speaking audiences with an early glimpse of the genius that was to follow in modern classics as diverse as Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy and Blade II. This brand new version, re-cut by Guillermo Del Toro himself, is a revelation:
Cockroaches are spreading a deadly disease around Manhattan, claiming the lives of the city’s children. Entomologist Susan Tyler (Mira Sorvino – Mighty Aphrodite, Reservation Road) and her husband Peter Mann (Jeremy Northam – Enigma, Gosford Park) use genetic engineering to create the Judas Breed to kill off the deadly cockroaches. However, this deadly strain of insect evolves over time,...
- 9/20/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
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