Smack dab in the middle of his fourth decade as a filmmaker, auteur John Frankenheimer would release what would stand as one of his last notable titles with 52 Pick-Up in 1986. The 80s were not really kind to the veteran director, having knocked out one of his silliest titles in 1979 with the environmental horror film Prophecy prior to helming some other oddities, like the Scott Glenn/Toshiro Mifune film The Challenge (1982), the Michael Caine thriller The Holcraft Experiment (1985) and then Dead Bang (1989) with Don Johnson. But it would be his adaptation of this Elmore Leonard novel, a black mail neo noir that really stands out amongst his later works.
Harry Mitchell (Roy Scheider) is a Los Angeles entrepreneur. He’s got a great life, lots of money, a beautiful wife (Ann-Margret) about to enter into the political arena, and a sprawling home. But when three criminals led by pornographer Alan Raimy...
Harry Mitchell (Roy Scheider) is a Los Angeles entrepreneur. He’s got a great life, lots of money, a beautiful wife (Ann-Margret) about to enter into the political arena, and a sprawling home. But when three criminals led by pornographer Alan Raimy...
- 3/10/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Ok, so of all the titles that you might give a film starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, The Adjustment Bureau is not high on the list.
It promises conservative, cautious fun; no big changes, a few minor adjustments, like adding less sugar to a cake, or eliciting a less emotional performance from your leading actors. It is not the kind of title that you imagine is an easy sell, even for the jobbing thespian, but if you get past the uninspiring title and take a look at the DVD you will be rewarded.
Similar to Sliding Doors in concept (but little else) this is a spin on the classic ‘what if’ tale. What if a small action that you take puts your life on a track that changes it forever? For David Norris (Damon) and Elise Sellas (Blunt) this is what happens. They meet by chance and fall in love,...
It promises conservative, cautious fun; no big changes, a few minor adjustments, like adding less sugar to a cake, or eliciting a less emotional performance from your leading actors. It is not the kind of title that you imagine is an easy sell, even for the jobbing thespian, but if you get past the uninspiring title and take a look at the DVD you will be rewarded.
Similar to Sliding Doors in concept (but little else) this is a spin on the classic ‘what if’ tale. What if a small action that you take puts your life on a track that changes it forever? For David Norris (Damon) and Elise Sellas (Blunt) this is what happens. They meet by chance and fall in love,...
- 7/4/2011
- by Chris LeCatsas
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
To mark the Blu-ray and DVD release of Matt Damon and Emily Blunt’s new thriller The Adjustment Bureau, on July 4th, we managed to snag an interview with one of the films stars, Anthony Mackie, who plays Harry Mitchell – a junior Adjustment Bureau agent – in the film that is based on the Philip K. Dick short story The Adjustment Team.
You are known for working in both theatre and film, how do you do it?
I love the theatre and try to do it as much as possible. The hard transition is coming back to film from theatre. It always takes one or two takes of bad acting and the director saying, “Stop that!” for me to realise “Oh, we’re in a movie.” It’s usually the first two takes when I get back to movie acting.
Why did you take this movie?
The reason I took this...
You are known for working in both theatre and film, how do you do it?
I love the theatre and try to do it as much as possible. The hard transition is coming back to film from theatre. It always takes one or two takes of bad acting and the director saying, “Stop that!” for me to realise “Oh, we’re in a movie.” It’s usually the first two takes when I get back to movie acting.
Why did you take this movie?
The reason I took this...
- 6/30/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Craig here with Take Three, a weekly look at a character/supporting actor's career through three movies. Today: Anthony Mackie. Mackie’s had a sprinkling of leads so far (Spike Lee’s controversial She Hate Me, the period drama Night Catches Us, and the upcoming biopic Bolden!), and he’ll undoubtedly get a star-making role of his own someday soon. But in the meantime he’s working hard to create a still very-much-on-the-rise profile as an exemplary supporting player in a variety of fine films.
Take One: Half Nelson (2006)
Mackie puts in a vital sincere performance in 2006 indie drama Half Nelson. He’s Frank, a former friend of Drey’s (Shareeka Epps) jailed brother and a Brooklyn drug dealer, who is intent on dragging Drey into his orbit as a local drug mule. That's an idea that her teacher Dan (Ryan Gosling) takes umbrage with, especially in one riveting scene...
Take One: Half Nelson (2006)
Mackie puts in a vital sincere performance in 2006 indie drama Half Nelson. He’s Frank, a former friend of Drey’s (Shareeka Epps) jailed brother and a Brooklyn drug dealer, who is intent on dragging Drey into his orbit as a local drug mule. That's an idea that her teacher Dan (Ryan Gosling) takes umbrage with, especially in one riveting scene...
- 3/13/2011
- by Craig Bloomfield
- FilmExperience
The Adjustment Bureau
Directed by: George Nolfi
Cast: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Terence Stamp
Running Time: 1 hr 46 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: March 4, 2011
Plot: David (Damon) is guided and groomed for a Senate position., but once he falls in love with Elise (Blunt), a secret group tries to stop the relationship.
Who’S It For? Guys who want a little action and sci-fi elements. Women who want a little romance. Yeah, that about covers everyone.
Expectations: Damon hasn’t been in great movies lately as the lead (Green Zone, etc) and Blunt messed up her last one with Wolfman, but I typically want to like both of these actors. I knew nothing of the movie, except Damon say something he wasn’t supposed to see.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Matt Damon as David Norris: Damon as a potential politician is perfect. Just like the movie Dave with Kevin Kline,...
Directed by: George Nolfi
Cast: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Terence Stamp
Running Time: 1 hr 46 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: March 4, 2011
Plot: David (Damon) is guided and groomed for a Senate position., but once he falls in love with Elise (Blunt), a secret group tries to stop the relationship.
Who’S It For? Guys who want a little action and sci-fi elements. Women who want a little romance. Yeah, that about covers everyone.
Expectations: Damon hasn’t been in great movies lately as the lead (Green Zone, etc) and Blunt messed up her last one with Wolfman, but I typically want to like both of these actors. I knew nothing of the movie, except Damon say something he wasn’t supposed to see.
Scorecard (0-10)
Actors:
Matt Damon as David Norris: Damon as a potential politician is perfect. Just like the movie Dave with Kevin Kline,...
- 3/5/2011
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
Reviewed by Rick Klaw
(March 2011)
Directed/Written by: George Nolfi
Starring: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie and Terence Stamp
“You were supposed to have been in the Sector when the adjustment began. Because of an error you were not. You came into the Sector late — during the adjustment itself. You fled, and when you returned it was over. You saw, and you should have not seen. Instead of witness you should have been part of the adjustment. Like the others, you should have undergone changes.”
– “Adjustment Team,” Philip K. Dick
As early as 1962, when the British science-fiction/horror anthology series “Out of This World,” hosted by Boris Karloff, interpreted “The Impostor” (as “The Imposter”), filmmakers have tapped the prolific Philip K. Dick’s oeuvre. Works such as “Blade Runner” (based on the novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”), “Total Recall” (“We Can Remember It For You Wholesale”) and...
(March 2011)
Directed/Written by: George Nolfi
Starring: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie and Terence Stamp
“You were supposed to have been in the Sector when the adjustment began. Because of an error you were not. You came into the Sector late — during the adjustment itself. You fled, and when you returned it was over. You saw, and you should have not seen. Instead of witness you should have been part of the adjustment. Like the others, you should have undergone changes.”
– “Adjustment Team,” Philip K. Dick
As early as 1962, when the British science-fiction/horror anthology series “Out of This World,” hosted by Boris Karloff, interpreted “The Impostor” (as “The Imposter”), filmmakers have tapped the prolific Philip K. Dick’s oeuvre. Works such as “Blade Runner” (based on the novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”), “Total Recall” (“We Can Remember It For You Wholesale”) and...
- 3/4/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewed by Rick Klaw
(March 2011)
Directed/Written by: George Nolfi
Starring: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie and Terence Stamp
“You were supposed to have been in the Sector when the adjustment began. Because of an error you were not. You came into the Sector late — during the adjustment itself. You fled, and when you returned it was over. You saw, and you should have not seen. Instead of witness you should have been part of the adjustment. Like the others, you should have undergone changes.”
– “Adjustment Team,” Philip K. Dick
As early as 1962, when the British science-fiction/horror anthology series “Out of This World,” hosted by Boris Karloff, interpreted “The Impostor” (as “The Imposter”), filmmakers have tapped the prolific Philip K. Dick’s oeuvre. Works such as “Blade Runner” (based on the novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”), “Total Recall” (“We Can Remember It For You Wholesale”) and...
(March 2011)
Directed/Written by: George Nolfi
Starring: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie and Terence Stamp
“You were supposed to have been in the Sector when the adjustment began. Because of an error you were not. You came into the Sector late — during the adjustment itself. You fled, and when you returned it was over. You saw, and you should have not seen. Instead of witness you should have been part of the adjustment. Like the others, you should have undergone changes.”
– “Adjustment Team,” Philip K. Dick
As early as 1962, when the British science-fiction/horror anthology series “Out of This World,” hosted by Boris Karloff, interpreted “The Impostor” (as “The Imposter”), filmmakers have tapped the prolific Philip K. Dick’s oeuvre. Works such as “Blade Runner” (based on the novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”), “Total Recall” (“We Can Remember It For You Wholesale”) and...
- 3/4/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Anthony Mackie talks about breaking through barriers, rebuilding New Orleans, and why he hates Hollywood hype
Anthony Mackie is recounting the two things he told his agency when they first took him on. He strikes his hand on his thigh as he reiterates them: "One, the importance of being a black actor in this business. And two, the importance of theatre to an actor in this business."
They might seem comprehensible enough, but the 31-year-old is now no longer just a black actor who does theatre. After his acclaimed performance as Sergeant Jt Sanborn, a bomb-disposal sergeant, in Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar-sweeping The Hurt Locker, he is now a movie star in an industry whose record on race is notoriously fraught. Vanity Fair came under fire last year for putting only white women on the cover for its annual Hollywood issue. This year, Mackie was the only black man to be included.
Anthony Mackie is recounting the two things he told his agency when they first took him on. He strikes his hand on his thigh as he reiterates them: "One, the importance of being a black actor in this business. And two, the importance of theatre to an actor in this business."
They might seem comprehensible enough, but the 31-year-old is now no longer just a black actor who does theatre. After his acclaimed performance as Sergeant Jt Sanborn, a bomb-disposal sergeant, in Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar-sweeping The Hurt Locker, he is now a movie star in an industry whose record on race is notoriously fraught. Vanity Fair came under fire last year for putting only white women on the cover for its annual Hollywood issue. This year, Mackie was the only black man to be included.
- 2/27/2011
- by Hermione Hoby
- The Guardian - Film News
Like Gabrielle Giffords, Harry Mitchell and Ann Kirkpatrick were under siege during the health-care debate and appeared on Sarah Palin's "crosshairs" map. They tell Shushannah Walshe about death threats-and the need to cancel town-hall events.• Sarah Palin responded to critics today in an email to Glenn Beck, saying, "I hate violence. I hate war. Our children will not have peace if politicos just capitalize on this to succeed in portraying anyone as inciting terror and violence."
For Arizona Congressman Harry Mitchell, the threats were verbal, conveyed in messages left at his office. "I cannot tell you how much I wish a panty bomber would come in and just fucking blow your place up," one hissed. Another promised to "disembowel him with a rusty pitchfork."
Related story on The Daily Beast: Sarah Palin: Her Year
For his colleague in the Arizona delegation, Ann Kirkpatrick, besides emails calling her a "whore,...
For Arizona Congressman Harry Mitchell, the threats were verbal, conveyed in messages left at his office. "I cannot tell you how much I wish a panty bomber would come in and just fucking blow your place up," one hissed. Another promised to "disembowel him with a rusty pitchfork."
Related story on The Daily Beast: Sarah Palin: Her Year
For his colleague in the Arizona delegation, Ann Kirkpatrick, besides emails calling her a "whore,...
- 1/10/2011
- by Shushannah Walshe
- The Daily Beast
As Rep. Gabrielle Giffords clings to life and her prognosis remains unclear, Terry Greene Sterling reports on the immigration wars, violence, and hate ravaging Arizona that put Giffords in danger.
• Despite false reports Giffords awoke after surgery late Saturday night, she is under heavy sedation and has not woken up.• The alleged shooter, 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner, is in custody and has been charged with five federal charges. A second suspect has been cleared of any involvement. • Loughner's long Internet trail includes disturbing YouTube videos and rambling missives on MySpace about the U.S. government and mind control. There is no clear motive for the attack. • The House of Representatives has postponed all activity scheduled for next week.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Tunisia Shows Democracy Can Spread Without America
On Saturday, hours after a bullet ripped through the head of the Arizona congresswoman who narrowly survived a horrific Tucson shooting spree,...
• Despite false reports Giffords awoke after surgery late Saturday night, she is under heavy sedation and has not woken up.• The alleged shooter, 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner, is in custody and has been charged with five federal charges. A second suspect has been cleared of any involvement. • Loughner's long Internet trail includes disturbing YouTube videos and rambling missives on MySpace about the U.S. government and mind control. There is no clear motive for the attack. • The House of Representatives has postponed all activity scheduled for next week.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Tunisia Shows Democracy Can Spread Without America
On Saturday, hours after a bullet ripped through the head of the Arizona congresswoman who narrowly survived a horrific Tucson shooting spree,...
- 1/9/2011
- by Terry Greene Sterling
- The Daily Beast
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