Happy End
The Czech Republic hosts one of the key film festivals of the calendar, with Karlovy Vary widely considered to be a launch pad for new work from eastern Europe. The country has also proved a magnet for blockbusters in recent years, with many Hollywood productions heading to the Barrandov Studios in Prague, among others, to shoot films including Snowpiercer, Child 44 and Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. Despite this, and strong domestic film production and attendance, it can still be hard for UK audiences to get to see new movies from the country on the big screen.
For two decades, the London Czech Centre’s Made in Prague Festival has been aiming to change that, showcasing films from the country – along with a host of additional arts events. This year, the festival runs from November 5 to December 2, with screenings at venues including the Barbican, Regent...
The Czech Republic hosts one of the key film festivals of the calendar, with Karlovy Vary widely considered to be a launch pad for new work from eastern Europe. The country has also proved a magnet for blockbusters in recent years, with many Hollywood productions heading to the Barrandov Studios in Prague, among others, to shoot films including Snowpiercer, Child 44 and Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. Despite this, and strong domestic film production and attendance, it can still be hard for UK audiences to get to see new movies from the country on the big screen.
For two decades, the London Czech Centre’s Made in Prague Festival has been aiming to change that, showcasing films from the country – along with a host of additional arts events. This year, the festival runs from November 5 to December 2, with screenings at venues including the Barbican, Regent...
- 11/5/2016
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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We’re not quite out of shark season yet, so here’s one last video to keep you out of the water until next fall.
YouTube channel Gabe and Garrett is largely known for family-friendly stuff, but this week, their dad’s harrowing video of a great white shark breaching a shark cage near Guadalupe Island off the coast of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula is going viral. It is Intense. (Nsfw language.)
In the poster’s words:
What might appear to be an aggressive great white shark trying to attack the cage, [was] not the case. These awesome sharks are...
We’re not quite out of shark season yet, so here’s one last video to keep you out of the water until next fall.
YouTube channel Gabe and Garrett is largely known for family-friendly stuff, but this week, their dad’s harrowing video of a great white shark breaching a shark cage near Guadalupe Island off the coast of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula is going viral. It is Intense. (Nsfw language.)
In the poster’s words:
What might appear to be an aggressive great white shark trying to attack the cage, [was] not the case. These awesome sharks are...
- 10/14/2016
- by alexheigl
- PEOPLE.com
Projects from directors Bodo Kox and Adrian Panek are also being introduced.
Projects by Agnieszka Holland [pictured], Bodo Kox and Adrian Panek are among the films being presented at this week’s Polish Days during the T Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival in Wroclaw (July 21-31).
Holland’s dark comedy-thriller Game Count, which she bills as “No Country For Old Women¨, is one of nine titles in the Works in Progress showcase.
The $3.9m (€3.5m) co-production between Krzysztof Zanussi’s Tor Film Studio and Germany’s Heimatfilm will be distributed internationally by Beta Cinema.
Polish Days’ international audience of sales agents, distributors and festival programmers were also treated to the first footage from Kasia Adamik’s thriller Amok and Dorota Kobiela’s animated drama Loving Vincent as well as from two films which will be featured in Locarno’s First Look works in progress sidebar next week: Maciej Pieprzyca’s psychological thriller I’m A Killer (which...
Projects by Agnieszka Holland [pictured], Bodo Kox and Adrian Panek are among the films being presented at this week’s Polish Days during the T Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival in Wroclaw (July 21-31).
Holland’s dark comedy-thriller Game Count, which she bills as “No Country For Old Women¨, is one of nine titles in the Works in Progress showcase.
The $3.9m (€3.5m) co-production between Krzysztof Zanussi’s Tor Film Studio and Germany’s Heimatfilm will be distributed internationally by Beta Cinema.
Polish Days’ international audience of sales agents, distributors and festival programmers were also treated to the first footage from Kasia Adamik’s thriller Amok and Dorota Kobiela’s animated drama Loving Vincent as well as from two films which will be featured in Locarno’s First Look works in progress sidebar next week: Maciej Pieprzyca’s psychological thriller I’m A Killer (which...
- 7/29/2016
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Although there are a few films here and there left to be added to the Cannes 2016 line-up, the slate has now been mostly set thanks to the arrive of the Directors’ Fortnight side-bar line-up. Notable selections includes Paul Schrader‘s drama Dog Eat Dog, starring Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe, as well as Laura Poitras‘ Citizenfour follow-up Risk, which looks at Julian Assange.
There’s also Pablo Larraín‘s Gael Garcia Bernal-led biopic Neruda, Alejandro Jodorowsky‘s Endless Poetry, the latest film from Gangs of Wasseypur director Anurag Kashyap, as well as new films from Marco Bellocchio and Joachim Lafosse. Also of interest is War Witch director Kim Nguyen‘s Two Lovers and a Bear, a Canadian drama which teams Tatiana Maslany and Dane DeHaan. Check out the line-up below.
Feature Films
Dog Eat Dog, dir: Paul Schrader – Closing Night Film
Divines, dir: Houda Benyamina*
L’Economie Du Couple,...
There’s also Pablo Larraín‘s Gael Garcia Bernal-led biopic Neruda, Alejandro Jodorowsky‘s Endless Poetry, the latest film from Gangs of Wasseypur director Anurag Kashyap, as well as new films from Marco Bellocchio and Joachim Lafosse. Also of interest is War Witch director Kim Nguyen‘s Two Lovers and a Bear, a Canadian drama which teams Tatiana Maslany and Dane DeHaan. Check out the line-up below.
Feature Films
Dog Eat Dog, dir: Paul Schrader – Closing Night Film
Divines, dir: Houda Benyamina*
L’Economie Du Couple,...
- 4/19/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The lineup for the 2016 Directors' Fortnight at Cannes has been announced.
Feature Films:Opening Film: Sweet Dreams (Marco Bellocchio)Divines (Houda Benyamina)L'Économie du couple (Joachim Lafosse)L'Effet aquatique (Sólveig Anspach)Like Crazy (Paolo Virzì)Les Vies de Thérèse (Sébastien Lifshitz)Ma vie de courgette (Clause Barras)Mean Dreams (Nathan Morlando)Mercenaire (Sacha Wolff)Neruda (Pablo Larraín)Endless Poetry (Alejandro Jodorowsky)Raman Raghav 2.0 (Anurag Kashyap)Risk (Laura Poitras)Tour de France (Rachid Djaïdani)Two Lovers and a Bear (Kim Nguyen)Wolf and Sheep (Shahrbanoo Sadat)Closing Film: Dog Eat Dog (Paul Schrader)
Shorts:Abigail (Isabel Penoni & Valentina Homem)Chasse Royale (Romane Gueret & Lise Akoka)Decorado (Alberto Vazquez)Habat Shel Hakala (Tamar Rudoy)Happy End (Jan Saska)Hitchhiker (Jero Yun)Import (Ena Sendijarevic)Kindil el Bahr (Damien Ounouri)Léthé (Dea Kulumbegashvili)Listening to Beethoven (Garri Bardine)Zvir (Miroslav Sikavica)...
Feature Films:Opening Film: Sweet Dreams (Marco Bellocchio)Divines (Houda Benyamina)L'Économie du couple (Joachim Lafosse)L'Effet aquatique (Sólveig Anspach)Like Crazy (Paolo Virzì)Les Vies de Thérèse (Sébastien Lifshitz)Ma vie de courgette (Clause Barras)Mean Dreams (Nathan Morlando)Mercenaire (Sacha Wolff)Neruda (Pablo Larraín)Endless Poetry (Alejandro Jodorowsky)Raman Raghav 2.0 (Anurag Kashyap)Risk (Laura Poitras)Tour de France (Rachid Djaïdani)Two Lovers and a Bear (Kim Nguyen)Wolf and Sheep (Shahrbanoo Sadat)Closing Film: Dog Eat Dog (Paul Schrader)
Shorts:Abigail (Isabel Penoni & Valentina Homem)Chasse Royale (Romane Gueret & Lise Akoka)Decorado (Alberto Vazquez)Habat Shel Hakala (Tamar Rudoy)Happy End (Jan Saska)Hitchhiker (Jero Yun)Import (Ena Sendijarevic)Kindil el Bahr (Damien Ounouri)Léthé (Dea Kulumbegashvili)Listening to Beethoven (Garri Bardine)Zvir (Miroslav Sikavica)...
- 4/19/2016
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Carnal Knowledge: The Larrieu Bros.’ Strange Depiction of Summer Lovin’
Directing duo Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu create oddly distinct pieces of bizarre cinema, yet remain relatively unknown outside of France even though they’ve been regularly presenting new features over the past decade. Their latest is a necrophilic inspired sexual awakening comedy, blasting away at the usual sort of conventions we’re accustomed to in similar provincially mannered fare. Reteaming with a few ensemble players who’ve populated their last features, 21 Nights with Pattie is an enigmatic pattern of elements both unpredictable and borderline grotesque. Delightfully strange, and featuring an excellent ensemble of familiar French faces, this is certainly a more inventive take on the sexual awakening portrait—sort of like a romantic comedy version of Georges Bataille with just a dash of Jorg Buttgereit.
Caroline (Isabelle Carre) travels to a small village in the Pyrenees to bury her mother,...
Directing duo Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu create oddly distinct pieces of bizarre cinema, yet remain relatively unknown outside of France even though they’ve been regularly presenting new features over the past decade. Their latest is a necrophilic inspired sexual awakening comedy, blasting away at the usual sort of conventions we’re accustomed to in similar provincially mannered fare. Reteaming with a few ensemble players who’ve populated their last features, 21 Nights with Pattie is an enigmatic pattern of elements both unpredictable and borderline grotesque. Delightfully strange, and featuring an excellent ensemble of familiar French faces, this is certainly a more inventive take on the sexual awakening portrait—sort of like a romantic comedy version of Georges Bataille with just a dash of Jorg Buttgereit.
Caroline (Isabelle Carre) travels to a small village in the Pyrenees to bury her mother,...
- 3/11/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
A year and a half ago, director Michael Haneke was one actor away from rolling cameras on his long-gestating project, Flashmob. And then the whole thing fell apart and the master behind films like Funny Games, The Piano Teacher, Cache, and the Oscar-winning Amour found himself without a new film. But you can’t keep Germany’s […]
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- 12/31/2015
- by Jacob Hall
- Slash Film
Oscar- and Palme d’Or-winning Austrian director Michael Haneke is preparing to shoot his latest film, Happy End, in France’s Calais region next spring. The area, which serves as a ferry port for transport to the UK, has made headlines this year as the refugee crisis has escalated. A series of camps there has been dubbed the “Calais Jungle.” Haneke’s film, news of which was first reported by regional paper La Voix Du Nord, is understood have immigration as one of its key…...
- 12/31/2015
- Deadline
The secretive director is said to be following up his Oscar-winner Amour with Happy End, a film that touches on the migration crisis in Europe
Michael Haneke is to reunite with Amour stars Isabelle Huppert and Jean-Louis Trintignant for a film that will have the migration crisis in Europe as a backdrop.
According to French press reports, the film is to be called Happy End and Haneke will start shooting it early next year in Calais, with some suggesting it could be premiered at Cannes in 2017.
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Michael Haneke is to reunite with Amour stars Isabelle Huppert and Jean-Louis Trintignant for a film that will have the migration crisis in Europe as a backdrop.
According to French press reports, the film is to be called Happy End and Haneke will start shooting it early next year in Calais, with some suggesting it could be premiered at Cannes in 2017.
Continue reading...
- 12/30/2015
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
Ever since his project Flashmob fell apart, news has been slowly trickling out when it comes to Michael Haneke‘s next film. Earlier this year it was confirmed he’d be reteaming with his star of The Piano Teacher and Amour, Isabelle Huppert, and now we finally have confirmed details on the new film, and another cast member to add to the ensemble.
Set to shoot this spring in Calais, France, the film is titled Happy End, according to French outlet Le Figaro. Star of his recent Palme d’ Or winner, the legendary Jean-Louis Trintignant, will reteam with Huppert for the film. While plot specifics are still waiting to be unveiled, the subject of migrants will be “woven” into the plot, but not the main focus of the film, which will also center on “family,” according to producers. With location scouting already underway, expect this one to turn up at...
Set to shoot this spring in Calais, France, the film is titled Happy End, according to French outlet Le Figaro. Star of his recent Palme d’ Or winner, the legendary Jean-Louis Trintignant, will reteam with Huppert for the film. While plot specifics are still waiting to be unveiled, the subject of migrants will be “woven” into the plot, but not the main focus of the film, which will also center on “family,” according to producers. With location scouting already underway, expect this one to turn up at...
- 12/30/2015
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Four years on since his Oscar nominated last film "Amour," Michael Haneke seems to have finally lined up his next feature project.
Challenges.Fr (via The Playlist) reports that Haneke will re-team with Isabelle Huppert and Jean-Louis Trintignant for his new film entitled "Happy End". Specific are under wraps, though shooting will take place this spring in Calais.
The current migrant crisis in Europe will apparently be a part of the story, though producers insist that it will only be an element of the plot and not the main focus of the narrative.
Expect a likely Cannes 2017 bow for the film which follows in the wake of Haneke dropping his long in development project "Flashmob" this past Summer.
Challenges.Fr (via The Playlist) reports that Haneke will re-team with Isabelle Huppert and Jean-Louis Trintignant for his new film entitled "Happy End". Specific are under wraps, though shooting will take place this spring in Calais.
The current migrant crisis in Europe will apparently be a part of the story, though producers insist that it will only be an element of the plot and not the main focus of the narrative.
Expect a likely Cannes 2017 bow for the film which follows in the wake of Haneke dropping his long in development project "Flashmob" this past Summer.
- 12/30/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Four years on since his Oscar nominated last film "Amour," Michael Haneke seems to have finally lined up his next feature project.
Challenges.Fr (via The Playlist) reports that Haneke will re-team with Isabelle Huppert and Jean-Louis Trintignant for his new film entitled "Happy End". Specific are under wraps, though shooting will take place this spring in Calais.
The current migrant crisis in Europe will apparently be a part of the story, though producers insist that it will only be an element of the plot and not the main focus of the narrative.
Expect a likely Cannes 2017 bow for the film which follows in the wake of Haneke dropping his long in development project "Flashmob" this past Summer.
Challenges.Fr (via The Playlist) reports that Haneke will re-team with Isabelle Huppert and Jean-Louis Trintignant for his new film entitled "Happy End". Specific are under wraps, though shooting will take place this spring in Calais.
The current migrant crisis in Europe will apparently be a part of the story, though producers insist that it will only be an element of the plot and not the main focus of the narrative.
Expect a likely Cannes 2017 bow for the film which follows in the wake of Haneke dropping his long in development project "Flashmob" this past Summer.
- 12/30/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Happy 77th birthday to one of our favorite actors, Christopher Lloyd!
The actor, who's played some of filmdom's most beloved characters, including Doc Brown in "Back to the Future," Professor Plum in "Clue," and Uncle Fester in the "Addams Family" films, was born on October 22, 1938 in Stamford, Conn.
Partly because of his height, and partly because of his manic intensity and commitment to even the wildest characters, he's portrayed a series of eccentrics, from mad scientists to aliens; had an impressive, award-winning theater career; and will always be remembered as Reverend Jim on "Taxi."
In honor of his 77th birthday, we've come up with 75 reasons why he's so awesome.
1. He's played a Klingon, a cartoon, the Wizard of Oz, an angel, a leper, and a geriatric vampire.
2. He stands an impressive 6'1."
3. Because he's so tall, he had to hunch over to appear in the same frame with "Back to the Future...
The actor, who's played some of filmdom's most beloved characters, including Doc Brown in "Back to the Future," Professor Plum in "Clue," and Uncle Fester in the "Addams Family" films, was born on October 22, 1938 in Stamford, Conn.
Partly because of his height, and partly because of his manic intensity and commitment to even the wildest characters, he's portrayed a series of eccentrics, from mad scientists to aliens; had an impressive, award-winning theater career; and will always be remembered as Reverend Jim on "Taxi."
In honor of his 77th birthday, we've come up with 75 reasons why he's so awesome.
1. He's played a Klingon, a cartoon, the Wizard of Oz, an angel, a leper, and a geriatric vampire.
2. He stands an impressive 6'1."
3. Because he's so tall, he had to hunch over to appear in the same frame with "Back to the Future...
- 10/22/2015
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
Korean sales company Finecut has picked up Kim Tae-yong’s sophomore feature Yeogyosa (tentative title which translates to ‘female teacher’).
Kim’s debut feature Set Me Free premiered at Busan last year and won the Citizen Critics’ Award and screened at Rotterdam.
Backed by Cj E&M, Yeogyosa is produced by Filmmaker R&K, the company founded and run by director Ryoo Seung-wan and producer Kang Hye-jeong.
Ryoo’s latest film, Veteran, on Sept 29 became the all-time third most watched film at the Korean box office with 13.12 million admissions according the Korean Film Council.
Currently in production, Kim’s second film stars Kim Ha-neul (Blind) as an untenured instructor at a boy’s high school who feels an inexplicable sense of humiliation towards a new tenured teacher from a rich family played by Yoo In-young (Veteran) while up-and-coming actor Lee Won-geun plays a dance student with an elusive charm who gets entangled with the two female teachers...
Kim’s debut feature Set Me Free premiered at Busan last year and won the Citizen Critics’ Award and screened at Rotterdam.
Backed by Cj E&M, Yeogyosa is produced by Filmmaker R&K, the company founded and run by director Ryoo Seung-wan and producer Kang Hye-jeong.
Ryoo’s latest film, Veteran, on Sept 29 became the all-time third most watched film at the Korean box office with 13.12 million admissions according the Korean Film Council.
Currently in production, Kim’s second film stars Kim Ha-neul (Blind) as an untenured instructor at a boy’s high school who feels an inexplicable sense of humiliation towards a new tenured teacher from a rich family played by Yoo In-young (Veteran) while up-and-coming actor Lee Won-geun plays a dance student with an elusive charm who gets entangled with the two female teachers...
- 10/2/2015
- by hjnoh2007@gmail.com (Jean Noh)
- ScreenDaily
Happy end of the season, y'all! It's the final week of network finales, which means we can kick right into the gear of fretting over how some of the biggest cliffhangers will be resolved this fall. Join us for the latest roundup of exclusive TV scoop, won't you? Mairead: Confession: I am still sobbing over The Vampire Diaries finale! But will my new favorite BFFs Damon and Bonnie become closer after losing Elena, or will it tear them apart? Funny you should ask because we had that very same question for Kat Graham! "I'm hoping for both," she says. "I'm hoping that we see both sides of their relationship and how it can affect them both because it's...
- 5/19/2015
- E! Online
This time next week, we'll be out of Mad Mens for good.
"Mad Men: A Happy End, a Crappy End and a Coke Machine" was originally published on Film School Rejects for our wonderful readers to enjoy. It is not intended to be reproduced on other websites. If you aren't reading this in your favorite RSS reader or on Film School Rejects, you're being bamboozled. We hope you'll come find us and enjoy the best articles about movies, television and culture right from the source.
"Mad Men: A Happy End, a Crappy End and a Coke Machine" was originally published on Film School Rejects for our wonderful readers to enjoy. It is not intended to be reproduced on other websites. If you aren't reading this in your favorite RSS reader or on Film School Rejects, you're being bamboozled. We hope you'll come find us and enjoy the best articles about movies, television and culture right from the source.
- 5/11/2015
- by Adam Bellotto
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Axes of Fulfillment: Williams Explores the Lives of Malcontented Young Adults
There’s a certain way to make multiple, intersecting storylines breathe life into a narrative structure, though it’s a rather abused formula of narrative free form often masking the lack of substance at hand. To be certain, director Ryan Piers Williams makes better use of this structure than a variety of recent examples, giving us a quiet, simplistic approach of four interrelated early thirtysomethings in Manhattan instead of bludgeoning with caustic twists a la Paul Haggis. If the material isn’t innately virginal, Williams takes some unexpected turns (not to mention the added attraction of having his wife, actress America Ferrera starring as one of the main characters). At the end of the day, some of their stories in X/Y are stronger than others, but even throughout the more familiar tics, it’s a well-acted quartet, divided...
There’s a certain way to make multiple, intersecting storylines breathe life into a narrative structure, though it’s a rather abused formula of narrative free form often masking the lack of substance at hand. To be certain, director Ryan Piers Williams makes better use of this structure than a variety of recent examples, giving us a quiet, simplistic approach of four interrelated early thirtysomethings in Manhattan instead of bludgeoning with caustic twists a la Paul Haggis. If the material isn’t innately virginal, Williams takes some unexpected turns (not to mention the added attraction of having his wife, actress America Ferrera starring as one of the main characters). At the end of the day, some of their stories in X/Y are stronger than others, but even throughout the more familiar tics, it’s a well-acted quartet, divided...
- 3/4/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Happy end of Comic-Con! While we're exhausted and ready for weekend part deux, the week is really just beginning, along with a solid crop of Sunday night shows. True Blood threw some twists into the Hep-v outbreak, and The Leftovers continued to be very sad and also very puzzling at the same time. A father sacrificed himself for his daughter on Witches of East End, and Big Brother threw a wrench into the power couple that is Zankie. Read on to find out how it all went down! True Blood: Good news: A cure for Hep-v has been found! Bad news: It's Sarah Newlin. Worse news? Sookie's the carrier who infected Bill, and his disease is spreading fast. Apparently, the scientists had actually succeeded at...
- 7/28/2014
- E! Online
The problem to obtain financial support and screening time is a worldwide problem to all independent films. But in Korea some companies will try to change this situation.
A month ago ten different companies united as one under the name of Little Big Pictures. This partnership seeks to give fresh air and new opportunities for independent film makers. The Korean Film Industry is managed by a few film studios like Cj Cgv, Lotte Cinema/Entertainment and Showbox/Mediaplex; which not only produce but distribute and exhibit films. The industry is so monopolized that this year 23 film investment and film production companies filed a case for damages against these four multiplex theaters chain.
The partners of Little Big Pictures have contributed with 50 million Krw each (Usd 47,400) to a mutual fund. Their expectation is to attract more investors into their project to reach the 2 billion Krw (Usd 19 Millions). Also they plan to produce three pictures per year.
A month ago ten different companies united as one under the name of Little Big Pictures. This partnership seeks to give fresh air and new opportunities for independent film makers. The Korean Film Industry is managed by a few film studios like Cj Cgv, Lotte Cinema/Entertainment and Showbox/Mediaplex; which not only produce but distribute and exhibit films. The industry is so monopolized that this year 23 film investment and film production companies filed a case for damages against these four multiplex theaters chain.
The partners of Little Big Pictures have contributed with 50 million Krw each (Usd 47,400) to a mutual fund. Their expectation is to attract more investors into their project to reach the 2 billion Krw (Usd 19 Millions). Also they plan to produce three pictures per year.
- 12/26/2013
- by Sebastian Nadilo
- AsianMoviePulse
Happy end of the week, y'all! Let's kick your weekend off right with a video that combines everything we love about the Internet: cats, random songs and breathtaking landscapes. Ok, we love other things about the Internet, too. Like the general rule that if something exists, there's definitely a porn version of it. Seriously, go and (carefully) test that theory. But don't say we didn't warn you. Anyway, we stumbled across this glorious video that is simply titled "Dreams," which is very appropriate seeing as that this footage is what dreams are made of. Set to Christopher Cross' hauntingly beautiful ballad "Sailing," this plump cat rolls around and gazes meaningfully off...
- 12/20/2013
- E! Online
Happy 75th birthday to one of our favorite actors, Christopher Lloyd!
The actor, who's played some of filmdom's most beloved characters, including Doc Brown in "Back to the Future," Professor Plum in "Clue," and Uncle Fester in the "Addams Family" films, was born on October 22, 1938 in Stamford, Conn.
Partly because of his height, and partly because of his manic intensity and commitment to even the wildest characters, he's portrayed a series of eccentrics, from mad scientists to aliens; had an impressive, award-winning theater career; and will always be remembered as Reverend Jim on "Taxi."
In honor of his 75th birthday, we've come up with 75 reasons why he's so awesome.
1. He's played a Klingon, a cartoon, the Wizard of Oz, an angel, a leper, and a geriatric vampire.
2. He stands an impressive 6'1."
3. Because he's so tall, he had to hunch over to appear in the same frame with "Back to the Future...
The actor, who's played some of filmdom's most beloved characters, including Doc Brown in "Back to the Future," Professor Plum in "Clue," and Uncle Fester in the "Addams Family" films, was born on October 22, 1938 in Stamford, Conn.
Partly because of his height, and partly because of his manic intensity and commitment to even the wildest characters, he's portrayed a series of eccentrics, from mad scientists to aliens; had an impressive, award-winning theater career; and will always be remembered as Reverend Jim on "Taxi."
In honor of his 75th birthday, we've come up with 75 reasons why he's so awesome.
1. He's played a Klingon, a cartoon, the Wizard of Oz, an angel, a leper, and a geriatric vampire.
2. He stands an impressive 6'1."
3. Because he's so tall, he had to hunch over to appear in the same frame with "Back to the Future...
- 10/22/2013
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
Happy end of the week, roomies! This week’s spoiler helping is jam-packed, so grab a drink, grab a snack, then dive in. I think we’ll have a lot to discuss in the comments.
You can also send me your thoughts/questions personally by writing to spoilerroom@ew.com. If you’re favorite show isn’t represented here, drop me a note. I’ll be happy to look into it for you. (Also, I’m on-call this weekend. Send mail to help entertain me while I’m stuck by my computer, please. Thanks.)
P.S. – Holy hot Spoiler Room collage,...
You can also send me your thoughts/questions personally by writing to spoilerroom@ew.com. If you’re favorite show isn’t represented here, drop me a note. I’ll be happy to look into it for you. (Also, I’m on-call this weekend. Send mail to help entertain me while I’m stuck by my computer, please. Thanks.)
P.S. – Holy hot Spoiler Room collage,...
- 9/27/2013
- by Sandra Gonzalez
- EW - Inside TV
Jung Ji-woo, best known around these parts for his 1999 film Happy End, and as screenwriter for the 2010 thriller Moss, was in New York this past week for the screening of his latest film as director: Eungyo (A Muse). Diva Velez sat down with Jung to talk about his process adapting a controversial and popular piece of literature, turning 35-year old actor Park Hae-il into a 70-year national poet, plus working with newcomer Kim Go-eun -- the muse of the title. [ed. Ben Umstead] Twitch: What made you want to make a film of this novel? Jung Ji-woo: As a person, I felt that I was getting older. As I was reading the novel, it described really well about a man's feelings towards himself getting...
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- 7/7/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Gay erotic thriller Stranger by the Lake wins Queer Palm at Cannes Film Festival (photo: Pierre de Ladonchamps, Christophe Paou in Stranger by the Lake) Writer-director Alain Guiraudie’s Stranger by the Lake / L’inconnu du lac has won the 2013 Queer Palm handed out to Cannes Film Festival movies featuring gay, lesbian, bi, tri, multi, transgender, etc. characters. Stranger by the Lake was screened in the Un Certain Regard sidebar. Set near an idyllic lake where hot-and-heavy gay cruising takes place during the summer season, Guiraudie’s sexually charged thriller revolves around Franck (Pierre de Ladonchamps), a young man who falls in lust with brawny suspected murderer Michel (Christophe Paou). Strand Releasing will handle the distribution of Stranger by the Lake in North America. Stranger by the Lake: Mixing explicit sex with explicit love As quoted by Agence France Presse, Alain Guiraudie explained the (purportedly) graphic sex scenes in Stranger...
- 5/26/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
“Lolita” goes Korean with “A Muse”, the story of a 70 year old poet falling in love with a young high school girl. Based upon the popular and controversial novel “Eun Gyo” by Park Bum Shin, the film was directed by Jung Ji Woo, who previously tackled unconventional relationships in his acclaimed 1999 debut “Happy End”. As well as its premise, the film attracted attention for the choice of award winning actor Park Hae Il (“War of the Arrows”) as the male lead, the 35 year old apparently undergoing nearly 8 hours of makeup daily to fit him for the part. In addition to Park, the film also stars Kim Moo Yeol (“Doomsday Book”), and actress Kim Go Eun in the pivotal role of the girl, a first time actress whose only prior experience had been in student productions. Park Hae Il plays the 70 year old Lee Jeok Yo, one of Korea’s top and most praised poets,...
- 9/26/2012
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
Isaki Lacuesta's The Double Steps has won the Golden Shell for Best Film at this year's San Sebastián Film Festival. Ronald Bergan will be pleased. In his dispatch from the festival to the House Next Door, he calls it "the best film in the main competition. It was certainly the most original and a refreshing change from the well-worn linear narrative devices of the majority of films. After 2002's Cravan vs. Cravan, his profile of Arthur Cravan, the Swiss-born nephew of Oscar Wilde who achieved fame as both a Dadaist poet and boxer, Lacuesta has now turned to Francois Augièras, the eccentric French writer, painter and explorer, and sometime lover of André Gide. The film follows two parallel lines, one about a group of men trying to locate a mythical bunker buried in the North African desert containing paintings by Augièras, and the other about the artist himself, here played by a black African,...
- 9/27/2011
- MUBI
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