Exclusive: MindRiot Entertainment, the transatlantic indie behind Danielle Deadwyler’s Parallel, and the upcoming OceanGate pic Salvaged is moving into production on Trash Talk, a docuseries about NBA Hall-Of-Famer Gary Payton.
Filmmaker Scott Waugh will direct the series. Cameras are set to officially begin rolling Thursday in Nashville, Tennessee, where Payton will make an appearance at the Ama Supercross Championship.
Specific details on the series and its focus are currently under wraps, but MindRiot COO Randa Minkarah told Deadline that audiences “will get to see Payton aka “The Glove” — whose legendary athletic grit and tongue was showcased on Netflix’s The Last Dance – talk trash while on horseback with rodeo cowboys, fly fishing with producer John Dietsch (A River Runs Through It), and maybe even go head to head selling cookies with a bad-ass troupe of kids.”
MindRiot founder Jonathan Keasey and the company’s Head of Sports Content,...
Filmmaker Scott Waugh will direct the series. Cameras are set to officially begin rolling Thursday in Nashville, Tennessee, where Payton will make an appearance at the Ama Supercross Championship.
Specific details on the series and its focus are currently under wraps, but MindRiot COO Randa Minkarah told Deadline that audiences “will get to see Payton aka “The Glove” — whose legendary athletic grit and tongue was showcased on Netflix’s The Last Dance – talk trash while on horseback with rodeo cowboys, fly fishing with producer John Dietsch (A River Runs Through It), and maybe even go head to head selling cookies with a bad-ass troupe of kids.”
MindRiot founder Jonathan Keasey and the company’s Head of Sports Content,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Jonathan Keasey, the scribe behind Danielle Deadwyler’s Parallel and Demi Lovato’s Tow, has signed on to adapt The Barracks Thief, a novella from award-winning author Tobias Wolff.
Keasey joins playwright Tyler Rivenbark on the project. The pair will collaborate on the screenplay based on Wolff’s novella.
Wolff, an Emeritus professor at Stanford, is best known as a memoirist. Most notably, his 1989 book This Boy’s Life: A Memoir was adapted for the screen by Michael Caton-Jones, with Leonardo DiCaprio starring as the teenage Wolff in his breakout big-screen performance and Robert De Niro as his abusive step-father Dwight.
The Barracks Thief is the story of three young paratroopers waiting to be shipped out to Vietnam. Brought together one sweltering afternoon to stand guard over an ammunition dump threatened by a forest fire, they discover in each other an unexpected capacity for recklessness and violence. Far from being alarmed by this discovery,...
Keasey joins playwright Tyler Rivenbark on the project. The pair will collaborate on the screenplay based on Wolff’s novella.
Wolff, an Emeritus professor at Stanford, is best known as a memoirist. Most notably, his 1989 book This Boy’s Life: A Memoir was adapted for the screen by Michael Caton-Jones, with Leonardo DiCaprio starring as the teenage Wolff in his breakout big-screen performance and Robert De Niro as his abusive step-father Dwight.
The Barracks Thief is the story of three young paratroopers waiting to be shipped out to Vietnam. Brought together one sweltering afternoon to stand guard over an ammunition dump threatened by a forest fire, they discover in each other an unexpected capacity for recklessness and violence. Far from being alarmed by this discovery,...
- 3/19/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Adding improv to a film is a bit like adding truffle to a recipe: a little goes a long way. And when you're making a movie with a legendary director like Martin Scorsese, the script likely doesn't need any creative seasoning at all. Leonardo DiCaprio found this out on the set of "Killers of the Flower Moon," in which he plays brainless criminal Ernest Burkhart.
Speaking to the Wall Street Journal profile, Scorsese recalled that he found himself side-eyeing DiCaprio's attempts to improve upon the great script from himself and co-writer Eric Roth more than once on set. "Every now and then, Bob and I would look at each other and roll our eyes a little bit," the filmmaker said, referencing DiCaprio's co-star Robert De Niro. "And we'd tell [DiCaprio], 'You don't need that dialogue.'"
This anecdote is extremely funny for a few reasons, including the fact that it feels...
Speaking to the Wall Street Journal profile, Scorsese recalled that he found himself side-eyeing DiCaprio's attempts to improve upon the great script from himself and co-writer Eric Roth more than once on set. "Every now and then, Bob and I would look at each other and roll our eyes a little bit," the filmmaker said, referencing DiCaprio's co-star Robert De Niro. "And we'd tell [DiCaprio], 'You don't need that dialogue.'"
This anecdote is extremely funny for a few reasons, including the fact that it feels...
- 1/21/2024
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Clockwise from upper left: Titanic (Paramount), Leonardo DiCaprio at the 88th annual Academy Awards (Jason Merritt/Getty Images), J. Edgar (Warner Bros.), Romeo + Juliet (20th Century Studios), The Wolf Of Wall Street (Paramount)Graphic: AVClub
Those looking for at least one clue to Leonardo DiCaprio’s success should turn to...
Those looking for at least one clue to Leonardo DiCaprio’s success should turn to...
- 10/19/2023
- by Stacie Hougland
- avclub.com
In the vast tapestry of Oscar history, specific years define instants of talents converging to produce a constellation of extraordinary performances. 1993 was one such epoch when the best supporting actor lineup at the 66th Academy Awards ceremony showcased an assembly of unparalleled depth. The roster included Leonardo DiCaprio for “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape,” Ralph Fiennes for “Schindler’s List,” John Malkovich for “In the Line of Fire,” Pete Postlethwaite for “In the Name of the Father,” and ultimate victor, Tommy Lee Jones for “The Fugitive.”
Looking back on the 30th anniversary of Warner Bros’ taut thriller, “The Fugitive” from director Andrew Davis, Variety reflects on how Jones’ win anchored one of the single best Oscar lineups of all time.
Each nominated actor found themselves in unique career positions and created unforgettable characters that have left indelible marks in cinema. Any of them could have won the category and would stand tall...
Looking back on the 30th anniversary of Warner Bros’ taut thriller, “The Fugitive” from director Andrew Davis, Variety reflects on how Jones’ win anchored one of the single best Oscar lineups of all time.
Each nominated actor found themselves in unique career positions and created unforgettable characters that have left indelible marks in cinema. Any of them could have won the category and would stand tall...
- 8/6/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Brendan Fraser's richly deserved comeback crested last March when he won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in Darren Aronofsky's "The Whale." It was the end of a long, hard road that began in the 2000s with a messy divorce, an alleged sexual assault at the groping hands of the then-president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and a deep depression caused by the death of his mother. Fraser had gone from being one of the most exciting talents of his generation to a C-level movie star.
That generation included Chris O'Donnell, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck, all three of whom co-starred with Fraser in the 1992 antisemitism drama "School Ties." They were all often in competition for the same roles, but they eventually made their own way in the industry. Fraser's square-jawed good looks and comedic gifts landed him leading roles in "The Mummy" and "George of the Jungle,...
That generation included Chris O'Donnell, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck, all three of whom co-starred with Fraser in the 1992 antisemitism drama "School Ties." They were all often in competition for the same roles, but they eventually made their own way in the industry. Fraser's square-jawed good looks and comedic gifts landed him leading roles in "The Mummy" and "George of the Jungle,...
- 5/28/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Leonardo DiCaprio has been good friends with Spider-Man megastar Tobey Maguire since their childhood days. Although they’ve greatly supported one another, Maguire thought DiCaprio might not have taken his first real film opportunity seriously enough.
Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio have been friends for decades Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio | Stephane Cardinale/Getty Images
DiCaprio and Maguire’s friendship might be one of the longest in Hollywood. The two met while they were extremely young up and coming actors looking for their breakthrough. Maguire left a significant impression on DiCaprio, and the two bonded from there.
“After I met Tobey at an audition, I felt like I wanted this guy to be my friend,” DiCaprio once recalled in an interview with The Associated Press. “I remember driving back from school and he was doing Hot Rod Brown Class Clown with Whoopi Goldberg outside Hollywood High. It was a high school.
Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio have been friends for decades Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio | Stephane Cardinale/Getty Images
DiCaprio and Maguire’s friendship might be one of the longest in Hollywood. The two met while they were extremely young up and coming actors looking for their breakthrough. Maguire left a significant impression on DiCaprio, and the two bonded from there.
“After I met Tobey at an audition, I felt like I wanted this guy to be my friend,” DiCaprio once recalled in an interview with The Associated Press. “I remember driving back from school and he was doing Hot Rod Brown Class Clown with Whoopi Goldberg outside Hollywood High. It was a high school.
- 2/26/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Leonardo DiCaprio has solidified his place as an iconic actor of his generation with a career that has spanned four decades.
He started his career as a child in the TV series Romper Room but honed his acting skills in the Growing Pains. His breakout film role came in the biographical coming-of-age drama This Boy’s Life (1993), based on the eponymous memoir by author Tobias Wolff, where he starred opposite Robert De Niro. DiCaprio continued to collaborate with De Niro on other projects, including Marvin’s Room (1996) and Martin Scorsese’s true-life murder mystery adaptation Killers of the Flower Moon (2023.)
DiCaprio would go on to star in Scorsese other feature films including Gangs of New York (2002), Shutter Island (2010) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013.)
His critically acclaimed peformance in The Revenant (2015) earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor. He received nominations for Best Supporting Actor in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1994) and...
He started his career as a child in the TV series Romper Room but honed his acting skills in the Growing Pains. His breakout film role came in the biographical coming-of-age drama This Boy’s Life (1993), based on the eponymous memoir by author Tobias Wolff, where he starred opposite Robert De Niro. DiCaprio continued to collaborate with De Niro on other projects, including Marvin’s Room (1996) and Martin Scorsese’s true-life murder mystery adaptation Killers of the Flower Moon (2023.)
DiCaprio would go on to star in Scorsese other feature films including Gangs of New York (2002), Shutter Island (2010) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013.)
His critically acclaimed peformance in The Revenant (2015) earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor. He received nominations for Best Supporting Actor in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1994) and...
- 1/13/2023
- by Robert Lang
- Deadline Film + TV
Worst dads on tv and film
Homer Simpson, “The Simpsons”
Homer Simpson is TV’s most famous dad but not exactly a role model. He may be good at heart but some of his favorite past times include drinking, laying on the couch, and strangling his son Bart whenever he gets out of line.
Daniel Plaineview, “There Will Be Blood”
Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) says it straight out, “he’s an oilman”; he puts family second behind his own greed. That becomes abundantly clear as his relationship deteriorates with his adopted son throughout the movie.
Al Bundy, “Married With Children”
Ed O’Neill was a very different kind of family man on “Married With Children” than he is now on “Modern Family.” Al’s cynical outlook on life has a hard time not having an effect on his kids.
Frank Gallagher, “Shameless“
Frank Gallagher (William H. Macy) is a drunk,...
Homer Simpson, “The Simpsons”
Homer Simpson is TV’s most famous dad but not exactly a role model. He may be good at heart but some of his favorite past times include drinking, laying on the couch, and strangling his son Bart whenever he gets out of line.
Daniel Plaineview, “There Will Be Blood”
Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) says it straight out, “he’s an oilman”; he puts family second behind his own greed. That becomes abundantly clear as his relationship deteriorates with his adopted son throughout the movie.
Al Bundy, “Married With Children”
Ed O’Neill was a very different kind of family man on “Married With Children” than he is now on “Modern Family.” Al’s cynical outlook on life has a hard time not having an effect on his kids.
Frank Gallagher, “Shameless“
Frank Gallagher (William H. Macy) is a drunk,...
- 6/14/2019
- by Michael Balderston and Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Voltage Pictures has boarded international sales on Tim Sutton’s upcoming thriller The Chain, which reunites the filmmaker with his Donnybrook stars Jamie Bell and Margaret Qualley. Both stars are in talks to join in addition to Colette‘s Denise Gough and Captain America: Civil War‘s Sebastian Stan.
Voltage president and COO Jonathan Deckter announced the news today.
The Chain, which Sutton adapted from Tobias Wolff’s award-winning short story of the same name, follows the story of a man’s daughter who is viciously attacked by a dog, setting off a chain of events that ends in unspeakable tragedy. This is the second feature-length adaption of Wolff’s literary work; his memoir This Boy’s Life was adapted into the hit feature film of the same name starring Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Barkin. Production on The Chain will start in April.
Producers are Rumble Films’ David Lancaster and Stephanie Wilcox. Deckter negotiated the deal with Jon Shiffman COO/CFO of Rumble Films on behalf of the producers. UTA will rep North American rights. Rumble Films also produced Sutton’s bare-knuckle pugilist pic Donnybrook which made its world premiere at last year’s Toronto Film Festival’s Platform Section, won the 2018 Fantastic Fest main competition and will be released by IFC Films in 2019.
“The incomparable Tobias Wolff is one of my favorite authors and we’re even bigger fans of Jamie Bell since working with him on the powerful feature Skin,” said Deckter. “We’re thrilled to partner with our friends at Rumble Films to bring Tim Sutton’s adaptation to audiences around the world. It ticks all the boxes for a strong, international commercial contender so we could not be happier to be representing The Chain,” Deckter continued.
The Chain is the latest film to be added to Voltage’s production and sales slate for Berlin. The company recently announced its new production Blackwing from writer David Loughery and its worldwide representation of the social media thriller Follow Me.
Bell who first rose to prominence in his debut role in Billy Elliot, most recently played Bryon Widner in Guy Nattiv’s skinhead redemption drama Skin, which won the Fipresci prize at Toronto and is set to open in the Panorama section at this year’s Berlin. He is repped by UTA and Artists Independent Management.
Two-time Olivier Award-winning actress Denise Gough’s film credits include Bleecker Street Media’s Colette opposite Keira Knightley and Dominic West and Lionsgate’s Juliet, Naked opposite Rose Byrne and Chris O’Dowd. Gough was nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Play at the 2018 Tony Awards for her role in Angels in America. She recently wrapped Monday and can next be seen in 20th Century Fox’s The Kid Who Would Be King, which is currently in release. Gough is repped by UTA and Independent Talent Group.
Stan’s credits include Jonathan Demme’s Ricki and the Flash, Ridley Scott’s The Martian and I, Tonya. Most recently, Stan starred opposite Nicole Kidman in Karyn Kusama’s Destroyer. He is repped by ICM Partners and Brookside Artist Management.
Qualley is best known for her role as Jill Garvey on the HBO series The Leftovers. Her film credits include Shane Black’s The Nice Guys and Maggie Bett’s Novitiate. Qualley will next star in the FX limited series Fosse/Verdon opposite Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams, premiering in the spring. She is repped by UTA and Management 360.
Voltage president and COO Jonathan Deckter announced the news today.
The Chain, which Sutton adapted from Tobias Wolff’s award-winning short story of the same name, follows the story of a man’s daughter who is viciously attacked by a dog, setting off a chain of events that ends in unspeakable tragedy. This is the second feature-length adaption of Wolff’s literary work; his memoir This Boy’s Life was adapted into the hit feature film of the same name starring Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Barkin. Production on The Chain will start in April.
Producers are Rumble Films’ David Lancaster and Stephanie Wilcox. Deckter negotiated the deal with Jon Shiffman COO/CFO of Rumble Films on behalf of the producers. UTA will rep North American rights. Rumble Films also produced Sutton’s bare-knuckle pugilist pic Donnybrook which made its world premiere at last year’s Toronto Film Festival’s Platform Section, won the 2018 Fantastic Fest main competition and will be released by IFC Films in 2019.
“The incomparable Tobias Wolff is one of my favorite authors and we’re even bigger fans of Jamie Bell since working with him on the powerful feature Skin,” said Deckter. “We’re thrilled to partner with our friends at Rumble Films to bring Tim Sutton’s adaptation to audiences around the world. It ticks all the boxes for a strong, international commercial contender so we could not be happier to be representing The Chain,” Deckter continued.
The Chain is the latest film to be added to Voltage’s production and sales slate for Berlin. The company recently announced its new production Blackwing from writer David Loughery and its worldwide representation of the social media thriller Follow Me.
Bell who first rose to prominence in his debut role in Billy Elliot, most recently played Bryon Widner in Guy Nattiv’s skinhead redemption drama Skin, which won the Fipresci prize at Toronto and is set to open in the Panorama section at this year’s Berlin. He is repped by UTA and Artists Independent Management.
Two-time Olivier Award-winning actress Denise Gough’s film credits include Bleecker Street Media’s Colette opposite Keira Knightley and Dominic West and Lionsgate’s Juliet, Naked opposite Rose Byrne and Chris O’Dowd. Gough was nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Play at the 2018 Tony Awards for her role in Angels in America. She recently wrapped Monday and can next be seen in 20th Century Fox’s The Kid Who Would Be King, which is currently in release. Gough is repped by UTA and Independent Talent Group.
Stan’s credits include Jonathan Demme’s Ricki and the Flash, Ridley Scott’s The Martian and I, Tonya. Most recently, Stan starred opposite Nicole Kidman in Karyn Kusama’s Destroyer. He is repped by ICM Partners and Brookside Artist Management.
Qualley is best known for her role as Jill Garvey on the HBO series The Leftovers. Her film credits include Shane Black’s The Nice Guys and Maggie Bett’s Novitiate. Qualley will next star in the FX limited series Fosse/Verdon opposite Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams, premiering in the spring. She is repped by UTA and Management 360.
- 2/4/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Hundreds of writers have signed an open letter condemning the candidacy of Donald Trump, who is the presumptive Republican nominee for the presidency. Writers Unite Against Trump Stephen King, Cheryl Strayed, Junot Diaz, Michael Chabon, Jennifer Egan, Tobias Wolff, Dave Eggers, Amy Tan, Richard Russo, Phillip Lopate and Ann Packer are among the writers who […]
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- 5/26/2016
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
Stephen King has been scaring the hell out of us for 40 years. His debut novel, the epistolary classic Carrie, came out in 1974. Since then, the horror maestro has penned over 60 books. Now, King, 67, will receive the National Medal of Arts from Barack Obama on Thursday at 3 p.m., presumably for being the No. 1 exporter of nightmares in America. This year's other winners include Oscar-winning actress Sally Field, renowned author Tobias Wolff, visual artist John Baldessari, and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. You can watch the ceremony at whitehouse.gov. Expect King’s novel on an evil medal that kills best-selling writers to hit bookshelves next summer.
- 9/5/2015
- by Greg Cwik
- Vulture
Pen American Center and nearly 50 distinguished novelists, playwrights and authors are the latest group imploring Sony to release “The Interview,” in an open letter posted Monday.
“Pen is appalled at the intrusive, criminal and profoundly menacing reprisals and threats that Sony Pictures has endured as a result of producing and planning to distribute ‘The Interview,'” said the letter, which was signed by the likes of Salman Rushdie, Neil Gaiman, Jennifer Egan and Tony Kushner.
See photos: Sony Hack Attack Timeline: From First Cyberbreach and Leaks to ‘The Interview’ Dropped (Photos)
“Pen has long stood with writers and creators who...
“Pen is appalled at the intrusive, criminal and profoundly menacing reprisals and threats that Sony Pictures has endured as a result of producing and planning to distribute ‘The Interview,'” said the letter, which was signed by the likes of Salman Rushdie, Neil Gaiman, Jennifer Egan and Tony Kushner.
See photos: Sony Hack Attack Timeline: From First Cyberbreach and Leaks to ‘The Interview’ Dropped (Photos)
“Pen has long stood with writers and creators who...
- 12/23/2014
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
Bryan Singer files for dismissal in second sexual assault case, Matthew Dave Lewis smoulders, Colorado Ag files motion with 10th Circuit to strike down marriage ban
Happy 4th of July! Posting will be a bit light today, with normal service returning over the weekend. Everybody be safe out there and return to work Monday with all your fingers, toes and other dangly appendages you started the weekend with!
Ice T was questioned about a lyric on Manslaughter in which he declared “manhood dead” but he was quick to point out that it had nothing to do with the gays. “I think right now you’re dealing with the pussyfication of the male sex. Men are just being so passive, not standing for something; they’re very politically correct. This has nothing to do with the gay male. The gay male is gay and I have no problem with that. Men are just soft.
Happy 4th of July! Posting will be a bit light today, with normal service returning over the weekend. Everybody be safe out there and return to work Monday with all your fingers, toes and other dangly appendages you started the weekend with!
Ice T was questioned about a lyric on Manslaughter in which he declared “manhood dead” but he was quick to point out that it had nothing to do with the gays. “I think right now you’re dealing with the pussyfication of the male sex. Men are just being so passive, not standing for something; they’re very politically correct. This has nothing to do with the gay male. The gay male is gay and I have no problem with that. Men are just soft.
- 7/4/2014
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
Making her mark on the Canadian publication for the first time, Lorde scored the cover of Fashion magazine's May 2014 issue.
The young Grammy-winner donned designer garbs from Dolce & Gabbana for the Chris Nicholls-shot spread while opening up about everything from her songwriting to her keen sense of fashion.
Highlights from Lorde's interview below. For more, be sure to pay a visit to Fashion!
On her Sylvia Plath of pop music reputation:
"Never for a second would I put myself beside a genius like Sylvia Plath! I may have specific tastes but I’m not trying to be avant-garde with my approach or my music. I like indie [rock], pop and literature. I like to play with them but that doesn’t make me a genius."
On her go-to apparel:
"A lot of my stage clothes are suits, jackets and trousers that come from designers like Philip Lim and Stella McCartney. I...
The young Grammy-winner donned designer garbs from Dolce & Gabbana for the Chris Nicholls-shot spread while opening up about everything from her songwriting to her keen sense of fashion.
Highlights from Lorde's interview below. For more, be sure to pay a visit to Fashion!
On her Sylvia Plath of pop music reputation:
"Never for a second would I put myself beside a genius like Sylvia Plath! I may have specific tastes but I’m not trying to be avant-garde with my approach or my music. I like indie [rock], pop and literature. I like to play with them but that doesn’t make me a genius."
On her go-to apparel:
"A lot of my stage clothes are suits, jackets and trousers that come from designers like Philip Lim and Stella McCartney. I...
- 4/2/2014
- GossipCenter
Songs Only You Know: A Memoir plunges us into the Detroit hardcore punk scene with eighteen-year-old Sean and spans a dark decade during which his father succumbs to crack addiction, his younger sister spirals into a fatal depression, and his sense of home crumbles. Sean's salvation is music, and the many eccentrics and outsiders he befriends as frontman of a band once referred to by Spin Magazine as "an art-core mindfuck." Sean's prose whips from mordantly funny to searingly honest while offering an unflinching look at a family in crisis, low-rent music subculture, and the hard-earned identity of its author. A story of young manhood that deserves a place alongside Tobias Wolff’s In Pharaoh’s Army and Nick Flynn’s Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, Songs Only You Know is a beautiful...
- 1/10/2014
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
Odd List Ryan Lambie Simon Brew 10 Oct 2013 - 03:27
Another 25 unsung greats come under the spotlight, as we provide our pick of the underappreciated films of 1993...
What a year 1993 was. It saw the release of Star Fox on the Super Nintendo. Bill Clinton became president. Season three of Deep Space Nine premiered on Us television. UK politician Douglas Hurd visited Argentina. Cyndi Lauper released her album Hat Full Of Stars.
Aside from those earth shattering events, we'll probably remember 1993, in cinema terms, as the year Jurassic Park dominated the box office like an angry Tyrannosaurus. A true phenomenon, its profits doubled those of the second most watched film in 1993 cinemas, Mrs Doubtfire, and almost three times as much as the movie below that - the Harrison Ford thriller, The Fugitive.
But as ever, there was so much more to the 1993 movie landscape than dinosaurs and Robin Williams dressed as an old woman.
Another 25 unsung greats come under the spotlight, as we provide our pick of the underappreciated films of 1993...
What a year 1993 was. It saw the release of Star Fox on the Super Nintendo. Bill Clinton became president. Season three of Deep Space Nine premiered on Us television. UK politician Douglas Hurd visited Argentina. Cyndi Lauper released her album Hat Full Of Stars.
Aside from those earth shattering events, we'll probably remember 1993, in cinema terms, as the year Jurassic Park dominated the box office like an angry Tyrannosaurus. A true phenomenon, its profits doubled those of the second most watched film in 1993 cinemas, Mrs Doubtfire, and almost three times as much as the movie below that - the Harrison Ford thriller, The Fugitive.
But as ever, there was so much more to the 1993 movie landscape than dinosaurs and Robin Williams dressed as an old woman.
- 10/9/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
New York — Tobey Maguire didn't have to go far when Leonardo DiCaprio called him about meeting to discuss an adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" with Baz Luhrmann.
"I happened to live next door to Leo at the time, so it wasn't a far journey," Maguire says. "I was like, `Oh, yeah. Sure. I can be over in 30 seconds if that's good for you.'"
"The Great Gatsby" is the first film of note co-starring the two longtime pals. It's fitting, too, because they play the classic tandem of the desperate romantic Jay Gatsby (DiCaprio) and his lone friend, the narrator Nick Carraway (Maguire) – who, not unlike Maguire, lives adjacent to Gatsby.
Working together on a film is a long time coming for DiCaprio and Maguire. In a recent joint interview at the Plaza Hotel in New York, the two cheerfully reflected on their close friendship, flashing occasional glimpses of the...
"I happened to live next door to Leo at the time, so it wasn't a far journey," Maguire says. "I was like, `Oh, yeah. Sure. I can be over in 30 seconds if that's good for you.'"
"The Great Gatsby" is the first film of note co-starring the two longtime pals. It's fitting, too, because they play the classic tandem of the desperate romantic Jay Gatsby (DiCaprio) and his lone friend, the narrator Nick Carraway (Maguire) – who, not unlike Maguire, lives adjacent to Gatsby.
Working together on a film is a long time coming for DiCaprio and Maguire. In a recent joint interview at the Plaza Hotel in New York, the two cheerfully reflected on their close friendship, flashing occasional glimpses of the...
- 5/10/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
What made film-maker Judd Apatow want to be be funny? Or inspired novelist Stephenie Meyer to create a world of vampires? In My Ideal Bookshelf, more than 100 writers and other cultural figures were asked to share the literary journeys that helped them realise their ambitions and find success. Here are four
• What would your 'ideal bookshelf' be, and why?
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, novelist: 'All my characters drank ginger beer'
I grew up in a university town in Nigeria. I was an early reader and, what I read as a young child, were mostly British and American books. I was also an early writer. And when I began to write, at about the age of seven – stories in pencil with crayon illustrations, which my poor mother was obligated to read – I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was reading.
All my characters were white and drank ginger beer, because the...
• What would your 'ideal bookshelf' be, and why?
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, novelist: 'All my characters drank ginger beer'
I grew up in a university town in Nigeria. I was an early reader and, what I read as a young child, were mostly British and American books. I was also an early writer. And when I began to write, at about the age of seven – stories in pencil with crayon illustrations, which my poor mother was obligated to read – I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was reading.
All my characters were white and drank ginger beer, because the...
- 11/26/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
★★★★☆ Starring Robert De Niro and a young Leonardo DiCaprio (in his first leading role), Michael Caton-Jones' This Boy's Life (1993) is the emotive tale of the youth of dirty realist author Tobias Wolff. The film is based on the autobiographical book of the same title by Wolff and was superbly adapted for the screen by Oscar-nominee Robert Getchell.
In the early 1950s, Toby (DiCaprio) and his mother, Caroline (Ellen Barkin) are fleeing from her violent ex-boyfriend in the hope of finding some stability for herself and her son. Roaming from town to town with little luck they eventually settle in Seattle. Here Caroline meets the apparently charming Dwight (De Niro) who she all too quickly marries and moves with to the isolated town of Concrete.
Once there Dwight's charming façade falls away revealing a controlling, emotional and physical bully of grotesque proportions determined to 'kill or cure' the rebellious Toby.
In the early 1950s, Toby (DiCaprio) and his mother, Caroline (Ellen Barkin) are fleeing from her violent ex-boyfriend in the hope of finding some stability for herself and her son. Roaming from town to town with little luck they eventually settle in Seattle. Here Caroline meets the apparently charming Dwight (De Niro) who she all too quickly marries and moves with to the isolated town of Concrete.
Once there Dwight's charming façade falls away revealing a controlling, emotional and physical bully of grotesque proportions determined to 'kill or cure' the rebellious Toby.
- 10/19/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
Since she started dating Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz has shunned the limelight. Even now, she remains at a distance. In the first interview since their marriage, she tells Carole Cadwalladr about her new MI5 thriller, kissing Bill Nighy – and what it's like having spooks in the family
Oh, it was very different the last time the Observer interviewed Rachel Weisz. Last time around, back in 2005, Weisz had yet to be propelled into the Hollywood A-list. The Constant Gardener, the film for which she would win an Oscar, was just on the cusp of being released. And doing an interview with a journalist from the Observer involved a leisurely lunch at a fashionable Manhattan restaurant and then, as Sean O'Hagan, the interviewer, notes, "she will ring later to rave about a Tobias Wolff short story whose name escapes her while we speak".
Hmm. Yes, well. Let's just say, this time around there is no lunch.
Oh, it was very different the last time the Observer interviewed Rachel Weisz. Last time around, back in 2005, Weisz had yet to be propelled into the Hollywood A-list. The Constant Gardener, the film for which she would win an Oscar, was just on the cusp of being released. And doing an interview with a journalist from the Observer involved a leisurely lunch at a fashionable Manhattan restaurant and then, as Sean O'Hagan, the interviewer, notes, "she will ring later to rave about a Tobias Wolff short story whose name escapes her while we speak".
Hmm. Yes, well. Let's just say, this time around there is no lunch.
- 8/29/2011
- by Bill Nighy, Carole Cadwalladr
- The Guardian - Film News
Author Tod Goldberg
I first began to seriously explore writing as a vocation after what I think of as my red-shirt year of college – or what my collegiate transcript would indicate as my first junior year, essentially. It was 1992, I was 21 years old and I had one of those rare epiphanies young people get that actually become something tangible. I was sitting in a classroom listening to people critique a terrible short story I’d written – this was a scene...
I first began to seriously explore writing as a vocation after what I think of as my red-shirt year of college – or what my collegiate transcript would indicate as my first junior year, essentially. It was 1992, I was 21 years old and I had one of those rare epiphanies young people get that actually become something tangible. I was sitting in a classroom listening to people critique a terrible short story I’d written – this was a scene...
- 6/22/2011
- by Tod Goldberg
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
David Sedaris Talks Squirrel and Chipmunk
by Nishi
David Sedaris pulled a nice trick at UCLA’s Royce Hall on Wednesday night. With one exasperated sigh, he sent the entire audience into gales of laughter for twenty loud seconds.
The 54-year-old satirist and author of bestselling books such as “When You Are Engulfed in Flames” and “Barrel Fever” was in town promoting his latest book “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary.” It’s a short story collection of animal tales...
by Nishi
David Sedaris pulled a nice trick at UCLA’s Royce Hall on Wednesday night. With one exasperated sigh, he sent the entire audience into gales of laughter for twenty loud seconds.
The 54-year-old satirist and author of bestselling books such as “When You Are Engulfed in Flames” and “Barrel Fever” was in town promoting his latest book “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary.” It’s a short story collection of animal tales...
- 5/2/2011
- by Christopher John Farley
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Anne Fishbein David Sedaris
The 54-year-old satirist and author of bestselling books such as “When You Are Engulfed in Flames” and “Barrel Fever” was in town promoting his latest book “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary.” It’s a short story collection of animal tales that reads like James Thurber gone naughty. He also read a sampling of upcoming work.
After timidly being introduced by three student winners of a humor writing contest, Sedaris launched into “The Squirrel and the Chipmunk,...
The 54-year-old satirist and author of bestselling books such as “When You Are Engulfed in Flames” and “Barrel Fever” was in town promoting his latest book “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary.” It’s a short story collection of animal tales that reads like James Thurber gone naughty. He also read a sampling of upcoming work.
After timidly being introduced by three student winners of a humor writing contest, Sedaris launched into “The Squirrel and the Chipmunk,...
- 4/30/2011
- by Dennis Nishi
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Russell Tovey in Rolla Coaster Magazine
Our Hero of the Year Will Phillips has posted a video to Faceplace about Doma and Maggie Gallgher. I love when he says, "The waters of progress are wearing away at the ever-withering dam of hate," and I love it when his dad cracks up at it.. Below you can see an interview with Clay Aiken in which he again asserts that he was "not in the closet." We've already examined this, so I'll go off on another tangent. Does Clay have a stylist? I'm asking because every time I see him the first thing that pops into my mind is the classic AbFab scene where Edina tells Saffy, "Why does everything you wear look like it's bearing a grudge?"
The Spurf has a spoiler about the upcoming season of True Blood that had me "Squee!" so loudly my cat got startled and fell of the DVR.
Our Hero of the Year Will Phillips has posted a video to Faceplace about Doma and Maggie Gallgher. I love when he says, "The waters of progress are wearing away at the ever-withering dam of hate," and I love it when his dad cracks up at it.. Below you can see an interview with Clay Aiken in which he again asserts that he was "not in the closet." We've already examined this, so I'll go off on another tangent. Does Clay have a stylist? I'm asking because every time I see him the first thing that pops into my mind is the classic AbFab scene where Edina tells Saffy, "Why does everything you wear look like it's bearing a grudge?"
The Spurf has a spoiler about the upcoming season of True Blood that had me "Squee!" so loudly my cat got startled and fell of the DVR.
- 2/24/2011
- by snicks
- The Backlot
Here are a few of the articles in my Instapaper this week.
At Bad Lit, Mike Everleth has his usual excellent selection of Underground Film Links, including this link to “Foreign Cinema: Whither San Francisco’s Experimental Film Legacy,” by Kimberly Chun at the Bold Italic. She visits Canyon Cinema and and various local filmmakers, looking for scene described in the Pacific Film Archive’s first book, Radical Light.
Chuck Tryon watches (and likes) The Fighter with his Massachusetts-born fiance and notes the reference to the documentary High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell:
A look back at the documentary shows that Melissa Leo has perfectly captured the coiffed-up pretensions of Micky and Dicky’s mother, her ability to deny the fact Dicky is addicted, even while attempting to control the lives of her sons. And Christian Bale’s gaunt features reflect the emptied out face of Dicky during...
At Bad Lit, Mike Everleth has his usual excellent selection of Underground Film Links, including this link to “Foreign Cinema: Whither San Francisco’s Experimental Film Legacy,” by Kimberly Chun at the Bold Italic. She visits Canyon Cinema and and various local filmmakers, looking for scene described in the Pacific Film Archive’s first book, Radical Light.
Chuck Tryon watches (and likes) The Fighter with his Massachusetts-born fiance and notes the reference to the documentary High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell:
A look back at the documentary shows that Melissa Leo has perfectly captured the coiffed-up pretensions of Micky and Dicky’s mother, her ability to deny the fact Dicky is addicted, even while attempting to control the lives of her sons. And Christian Bale’s gaunt features reflect the emptied out face of Dicky during...
- 2/13/2011
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Bad Boys 2 may have been the sequel that nobody asked for, but we bought it anyway and it took a reported $273m worldwide. Its stars (well, Will Smith and Michael Bay) have risen astronomically in the years since the 1995 original, but The Hollywood Reporter says this morning that "all parties have expressed a willingness to return if a story can be hammered out".Enter Peter Craig, who's knocking out the script as we speak. An established author of "darkly comic novels", and a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop under the tutelage of Tobias Wolff (thanks Wikipedia!), he's recently been working on the screenplay for Cowboy Bebop, adapted from the anime and set to star Keanu Reeves as Spike.Bad Boys was solid but unremarkable. Bad Boys 2 was an absurdly overblown, late-coming surprise follow-up, which mixed the good (it's sporadically funny and has a freeway car chase which...
- 8/31/2009
- EmpireOnline
Word For Word transfers the hit 15Th Anniversary show following an extended fall run at the Magic Theater More Stories By Tobias Wolff March 18-22, 2009 Julia Morgan Center for the Arts 2640 College Avenue, Berkeley Word For Word a program of The Z Space Studio transfers More Stories By Tobias Wolff following its extended San Francisco run and regional tour to the legendary Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, in Berkeley from Wednesday, March 18 to Sunday, March 22. "The acutely observed, dryly comic and deeply humane stories of Tobias Wolff are a perfect fit for Word for Word, the company that stages stories eactly as written with slyly inventive touches." -Sf Chronicle One of the Ten Best Productions of 2008! -Sf Chronicle "The particular alchemy of Word for Word and author Tobias Wolff is undeniable." - Sf Examiner "Score another one for Word for Word..." -Contra Costa Times "Word for Word - Perfection!
- 1/27/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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