He lost the nomination and most of his delegates, but Texan's fans in Tampa are speaking out about unhappiness with Romney
Ron Paul and his fervent supporters, both inside and outside the Republican Party's convention hall in Tampa, remained a thorn in the side of Mitt Romney on Tuesday.
The libertarian Texas congressman lost the nomination race to Romney and is now retiring from politics. But his presence in Tampa has provided a distraction from the seamless show of party unity desired by Republican planners, even though a dispute between his supporters and Romney campaign officials over party rules had been settled.
When Paul entered the convention centre ahead of the official start of the convention on Tuesday, his backers among the delegates cheered and chanted his name, drowning out some competing chants for Romney.
Some of his supporters said they would disrupt proceedings later on Tuesday, ahead of the...
Ron Paul and his fervent supporters, both inside and outside the Republican Party's convention hall in Tampa, remained a thorn in the side of Mitt Romney on Tuesday.
The libertarian Texas congressman lost the nomination race to Romney and is now retiring from politics. But his presence in Tampa has provided a distraction from the seamless show of party unity desired by Republican planners, even though a dispute between his supporters and Romney campaign officials over party rules had been settled.
When Paul entered the convention centre ahead of the official start of the convention on Tuesday, his backers among the delegates cheered and chanted his name, drowning out some competing chants for Romney.
Some of his supporters said they would disrupt proceedings later on Tuesday, ahead of the...
- 8/28/2012
- by Ewen MacAskill, Paul Harris
- The Guardian - Film News
Getting the chance to sing at "the happiest place on earth" takes work. Boundless energy, welcoming smiles, and enormous talent are required to be part of the multitude of productions throughout Disneyland Park.Singer Cody Morgan was "on the lookout for something new" while viewing casting notices through his subscription to BackStage.com, and he came across one for a turn-of-the-century barbershop quartet called the Dapper Dans. "First of all, I saw that it was for Disneyland. Who doesn't want to work at Disneyland?" he says. "Then, I also noticed that they were searching for a baritone with my range specifically." After recently graduating from Chapman University, where he performed plenty of a cappella singing, Morgan figured that this may be perfect for him. Michael Serna, casting director for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, had seen well over 100 performers for the group. "It's an involved process," he says. "But we tend.
- 7/14/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Michael Coughlin)
- backstage.com
A very fine follow-up to his 1998 debut feature "One", writer- director Tony Barbieri's real-life-inspired "The Magic of Marciano" concerns a troubled but bright boy's difficult life with a mentally unbalanced single mother whose boyfriend is physically abusive to her and her son.
Featuring a career-highlight performance by Nastassja Kinski and a promising debut by newcomer Cody Morgan, "Magic" premiered at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and has a hopeful atmosphere that softens the difficult core subject matter. Robert Forster's presence as a calming and ultimately healing influence for the boy should help this low-budget production get modest theatrical exposure, with possibilities of connecting with a much wider audience on cable and video.
During the first few sequences of "Marciano", we get a full measure of the problems facing young James (Morgan) and how he desperately wants to rid waitress mom Katie (Kinski) of TV- and beeraholic lover Curt (Jason Cairns, one of the two leads in "One"). James is clever, a little malicious, imaginative and creative. He's also naturally happy, a mood that can be highly contagious to those around him.
While Katie goes through a potentially endless cycle of good and bad periods with Curt, James' love of boats and dreams of sailing take him to the marina of the Canadian seaboard town where they live. There, he latches on to retired psychologist and widower Henry (Forster), who is taking his time restoring a small yacht he plans to sail around the world. Their easygoing relationship includes James' revealing some of his problems, but mostly the scheming kid is thinking of a better future when Henry pairs with Katie.
That almost happens, but Henry is of a different stripe than Katie's usual casual lovers, and he doesn't respond immediately to her romantic interest. Nervous, eager-to-please Katie is struggling with outliving her troubled past and not neglecting the responsibilities of the present. Early on, when Curt lashes out at James, Katie fetches her gun and threatens to kill him. But she's lost without a man in her bed, and Curt eventually returns with no change in attitude.
Deeply troubled by what James tells him of Curt, Henry takes action, but Katie, masking her self-loathing, denies that anything bad is going on. But when she catches Curt cheating on her, she practically kills the woman he's with and is jailed in a highly unhinged state of mind. The court is understanding of her condition and sends her to a psychiatric institution, but the separation from James sends her into hysterics and a steep decline.
James is sent to live with a foster family and tries to make the best of it, but he runs away to Henry's boat. A visit to the now-comatose Katie has the boy poignantly imagining her old self. Other daydreams and dark desires he indulges during the course of the movie include fantasizing that he shoots Curt dead, the film's most disturbing sequence in all of its implications of firearms kept unsafely in the home and childhood trauma possibly unleashing a violent revenge.
Given the role's demand and the project's delicate nature, Morgan comes through with a highly disciplined, engaging performance that helps hold "Marciano" together. Kinski seems immersed in the character and radiates conflicting strong emotions in almost every scene, earning viewers' sympathies yet capturing how unnerving it must be to live with a person like her. Forster plays another solid supporting role as a strong man who wants to help and is not easily discouraged.
Visually, the film is more mainstream than the neo-realist "One", with Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing many gorgeous locations. But San Francisco-based Barbieri still has a pleasingly restrained style that's manipulative only in the use of Harry Gregson Williams' sometimes heavy-handed score.
THE MAGIC OF MARCIANO
Lumiere Films
Screenwriter-director: Tony Barbieri
Producer: Lila Cazes
Executive producers: Claude Leger, Luciano Lisi, Wendy Cary, Mickey Cottrell
Director of photography: Matthew Irving
Production designer: Victor R. Sypersek
Editor: Jeffrey Stephens
Costume designer: Victoria Dobson
Music: Harry Gregson Williams
Casting: John Dunsworth, Susan Shopmaker
Color/stereo
Cast:
James: Cody Morgan
Katie: Nastassja Kinski
Henry: Robert Forster
Curt: Jason Cairns
Running time -- 100 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Featuring a career-highlight performance by Nastassja Kinski and a promising debut by newcomer Cody Morgan, "Magic" premiered at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and has a hopeful atmosphere that softens the difficult core subject matter. Robert Forster's presence as a calming and ultimately healing influence for the boy should help this low-budget production get modest theatrical exposure, with possibilities of connecting with a much wider audience on cable and video.
During the first few sequences of "Marciano", we get a full measure of the problems facing young James (Morgan) and how he desperately wants to rid waitress mom Katie (Kinski) of TV- and beeraholic lover Curt (Jason Cairns, one of the two leads in "One"). James is clever, a little malicious, imaginative and creative. He's also naturally happy, a mood that can be highly contagious to those around him.
While Katie goes through a potentially endless cycle of good and bad periods with Curt, James' love of boats and dreams of sailing take him to the marina of the Canadian seaboard town where they live. There, he latches on to retired psychologist and widower Henry (Forster), who is taking his time restoring a small yacht he plans to sail around the world. Their easygoing relationship includes James' revealing some of his problems, but mostly the scheming kid is thinking of a better future when Henry pairs with Katie.
That almost happens, but Henry is of a different stripe than Katie's usual casual lovers, and he doesn't respond immediately to her romantic interest. Nervous, eager-to-please Katie is struggling with outliving her troubled past and not neglecting the responsibilities of the present. Early on, when Curt lashes out at James, Katie fetches her gun and threatens to kill him. But she's lost without a man in her bed, and Curt eventually returns with no change in attitude.
Deeply troubled by what James tells him of Curt, Henry takes action, but Katie, masking her self-loathing, denies that anything bad is going on. But when she catches Curt cheating on her, she practically kills the woman he's with and is jailed in a highly unhinged state of mind. The court is understanding of her condition and sends her to a psychiatric institution, but the separation from James sends her into hysterics and a steep decline.
James is sent to live with a foster family and tries to make the best of it, but he runs away to Henry's boat. A visit to the now-comatose Katie has the boy poignantly imagining her old self. Other daydreams and dark desires he indulges during the course of the movie include fantasizing that he shoots Curt dead, the film's most disturbing sequence in all of its implications of firearms kept unsafely in the home and childhood trauma possibly unleashing a violent revenge.
Given the role's demand and the project's delicate nature, Morgan comes through with a highly disciplined, engaging performance that helps hold "Marciano" together. Kinski seems immersed in the character and radiates conflicting strong emotions in almost every scene, earning viewers' sympathies yet capturing how unnerving it must be to live with a person like her. Forster plays another solid supporting role as a strong man who wants to help and is not easily discouraged.
Visually, the film is more mainstream than the neo-realist "One", with Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing many gorgeous locations. But San Francisco-based Barbieri still has a pleasingly restrained style that's manipulative only in the use of Harry Gregson Williams' sometimes heavy-handed score.
THE MAGIC OF MARCIANO
Lumiere Films
Screenwriter-director: Tony Barbieri
Producer: Lila Cazes
Executive producers: Claude Leger, Luciano Lisi, Wendy Cary, Mickey Cottrell
Director of photography: Matthew Irving
Production designer: Victor R. Sypersek
Editor: Jeffrey Stephens
Costume designer: Victoria Dobson
Music: Harry Gregson Williams
Casting: John Dunsworth, Susan Shopmaker
Color/stereo
Cast:
James: Cody Morgan
Katie: Nastassja Kinski
Henry: Robert Forster
Curt: Jason Cairns
Running time -- 100 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 4/19/2000
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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