Exclusive: “I considered myself both a cop and a gangster.” New documentary The Seven Five chronicles the story of New York City police officer Michael Dowd, whose headline-grabbing 1992 arrest for leading a ring of criminalized cops exposed widespread corruption in the NYPD and sent him to prison for 14 years. Friday at Doc NYC, Dowd will appear at the film’s world premiere, where he’ll be reunited for the first time in decades with the former partner who exposed him.
Dowd began squeezing dealers for cash while working out of the 75th Precinct in crime-ridden East New York, eventually recruiting partner Kenny Eurell and others into an expanding ring of dirty cops active from 1986 through 1992. Their flashy transgressions were so flagrant that then-Mayor David Dinkins appointed the Mollen Commission to investigate, uncovering a history of “brutality, theft, abuse of authority and active police criminality” that had been willfully ignored by Internal Affairs.
Dowd began squeezing dealers for cash while working out of the 75th Precinct in crime-ridden East New York, eventually recruiting partner Kenny Eurell and others into an expanding ring of dirty cops active from 1986 through 1992. Their flashy transgressions were so flagrant that then-Mayor David Dinkins appointed the Mollen Commission to investigate, uncovering a history of “brutality, theft, abuse of authority and active police criminality” that had been willfully ignored by Internal Affairs.
- 11/12/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
A look at what's new on DVD today:
"Fade to Black" (2010)
Directed by Oliver Parker
Released by Image Entertainment
It looks like we'll have to update our list of actors who've played Orson Welles with this long-delayed drama from "The Importance of Being Earnest" director Parker, which stars Danny Huston as the "Touch of Evil" auteur who gets caught up in a murder mystery all his own on 1948's "Black Magic" in Italy when he finds out his name is on a hit list. Christopher Walken, Diego Luna and Paz Vega co-star.
"30 Days of Night: Dark Days" (2010)
Directed by Ben Ketai
Released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Rare for a direct-to-video sequel, original author Steve Niles returns to co-write this follow-up to the 2007 graphic novel adaptation about a vampire attack in Alaska. This time, "Lost" star Kiele Sanchez is protecting her neck, along with Diora Baird, Harold Perrineau, Rhys Coiro and Mia Kirshner,...
"Fade to Black" (2010)
Directed by Oliver Parker
Released by Image Entertainment
It looks like we'll have to update our list of actors who've played Orson Welles with this long-delayed drama from "The Importance of Being Earnest" director Parker, which stars Danny Huston as the "Touch of Evil" auteur who gets caught up in a murder mystery all his own on 1948's "Black Magic" in Italy when he finds out his name is on a hit list. Christopher Walken, Diego Luna and Paz Vega co-star.
"30 Days of Night: Dark Days" (2010)
Directed by Ben Ketai
Released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Rare for a direct-to-video sequel, original author Steve Niles returns to co-write this follow-up to the 2007 graphic novel adaptation about a vampire attack in Alaska. This time, "Lost" star Kiele Sanchez is protecting her neck, along with Diora Baird, Harold Perrineau, Rhys Coiro and Mia Kirshner,...
- 10/4/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Jesus, it's a slow news day.
So here's the trailer for The Last Rites Of Ransom Pride, a western/revenge flick (aren't all Westerns revenge flicks?) directed and co-written by Tiller Russell (previous works of note: none). It's got a fairly unique premise contained in its (albeit brief) IMDb synopsis: A western centered on a woman trying to bring her outlaw lover home for his burial.
It's also got a pretty interesting cast -- Lizzy Caplan (Mean Girls, "True Blood"), Peter Dinklage (!), Kris Kristofferson, and Dwight Yoakam. If you can ignore the presence of Jason Priestly (finally returning to westerns after his brief, pathetic turn in Tombstone) and the man-shaped pile of wood called Scott Speedman (again, you mention "Felicity" and you get a badger crammed up your ass), it's a fine cast.
So here's the trailer. And it looks fucking terrible. Terrible accents, terrible editing, atrocious dialogue, and fourth grade-level production values.
So here's the trailer for The Last Rites Of Ransom Pride, a western/revenge flick (aren't all Westerns revenge flicks?) directed and co-written by Tiller Russell (previous works of note: none). It's got a fairly unique premise contained in its (albeit brief) IMDb synopsis: A western centered on a woman trying to bring her outlaw lover home for his burial.
It's also got a pretty interesting cast -- Lizzy Caplan (Mean Girls, "True Blood"), Peter Dinklage (!), Kris Kristofferson, and Dwight Yoakam. If you can ignore the presence of Jason Priestly (finally returning to westerns after his brief, pathetic turn in Tombstone) and the man-shaped pile of wood called Scott Speedman (again, you mention "Felicity" and you get a badger crammed up your ass), it's a fine cast.
So here's the trailer. And it looks fucking terrible. Terrible accents, terrible editing, atrocious dialogue, and fourth grade-level production values.
- 9/9/2010
- by TK
Lizzy Caplan stars in Tiller Russell’s Western “The Last Rites of Ransom Pride”, in which she plays an outlaw woman trying to bring her outlaw lover (the aforementioned Ransom Pride, played by Scott Speedman) home for burial. Things get really complicated, as you can see from this trailer, and much gunfightin’ ensues. It’s a Western, and I love me my Westerns. This one definitely looks pretty good, too. Starring Lizzy Caplan, Scott Speedman, Jason Priestley, Peter Dinklage, Kris Kristofferson, Dwight Yoakam, Jon Foster, and “NCIS’s” Cote De Pablo. The film’s official site has the 2009 movie finally making its premiere in L.A. at the Laemmle Sunset 5 on September 10 and 11, before rolling out to selected theaters in Texas (Dallas, Forth Worth, and Denton) and Arizona (Phoenix and Tucson). Check the official site for more showings. The film is also up for DVD/Blu-ray pre-order on Amazon with a October 5, 2010 release date.
- 9/7/2010
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Carl reviews The Last Rites Of Ransom Pride, and finds even the presence of Lizzy Caplin and Kris Kristofferson can't save the Western from mediocrity…
There's this girl called Juliette Flowers, and she was in love with Ransom Pride who, after accidentally killing a priest, got shot and killed. His body was then claimed by some kind of spiritual witch lady who said he belonged to the devil now, and Juliette says, "I'm having none of that!" and decides that she'll do everything to get his body back.
So she puts on some ridiculously awful clothes, and the dumbest, unfitting hat I've ever seen, goes to see the witch lady, Bruja, and then lets slip that he has a brother. Which, apparently, will do for a swap. The devil won't mind who it actually is, apparently. "Oh, he's got a dog. Will that do?"
So, she goes off and finds...
There's this girl called Juliette Flowers, and she was in love with Ransom Pride who, after accidentally killing a priest, got shot and killed. His body was then claimed by some kind of spiritual witch lady who said he belonged to the devil now, and Juliette says, "I'm having none of that!" and decides that she'll do everything to get his body back.
So she puts on some ridiculously awful clothes, and the dumbest, unfitting hat I've ever seen, goes to see the witch lady, Bruja, and then lets slip that he has a brother. Which, apparently, will do for a swap. The devil won't mind who it actually is, apparently. "Oh, he's got a dog. Will that do?"
So, she goes off and finds...
- 6/23/2010
- Den of Geek
The Edinburgh International Film Festival this afternoon published their full line-up for 2010, and it’s looking good. Check out the website - www.edfilmfest.org.uk
I’ll be covering the festival which runs from 16th-29th of June, so keep your eye out for reviews, interviews and insider info in our third year of coverage from Eiff.
The McHenry brothers direct Jackboots on WhiteHall an eagerly anticipated film in which Winston Churchill hides out in lawless Scotland, as an all-star cast voices an alternative animated history of WWII – I can’t wait to see this one! In Ollier Kepler’s Expanding Purple World, the brilliant Edward Hogg (White Lightnin’; Bunny and the Bull) stars in a darkly funny study of one man’s walk on the weird side. Then there’s Cherry Tree Lane, Paul Andrew Willaim’s latest thriller. Pelican Blood by Karl Golden looks pretty incredible and...
I’ll be covering the festival which runs from 16th-29th of June, so keep your eye out for reviews, interviews and insider info in our third year of coverage from Eiff.
The McHenry brothers direct Jackboots on WhiteHall an eagerly anticipated film in which Winston Churchill hides out in lawless Scotland, as an all-star cast voices an alternative animated history of WWII – I can’t wait to see this one! In Ollier Kepler’s Expanding Purple World, the brilliant Edward Hogg (White Lightnin’; Bunny and the Bull) stars in a darkly funny study of one man’s walk on the weird side. Then there’s Cherry Tree Lane, Paul Andrew Willaim’s latest thriller. Pelican Blood by Karl Golden looks pretty incredible and...
- 6/1/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Former Paypal executive Jack Selby has partnered with filmmakers Tiller Russell and Duncan Montgomery to launch Horsethief Pictures.
The interactive production, digital distribution and marketing company, which plans to release 2-3 films a year, will encourage audiences to participate in every phase of the moviemaking process from development to production, distribution and marketing.
"I am excited to be partnering with Tiller and Duncan to launch this venture at a time when the entertainment industry's audience is transitioning to consuming content online," said Selby. "With Horsethief, we will look to capitalize on this digital shift by creating smart, targeted digital marketing campaigns that keep audiences tuned in to high quality content."
The company's first feature is "The Last Rites of Ransom Pride," a western directed by Russell. Lizzy Caplan, Peter Dinklage, Dwight Yoakam, Jason Priestly, Scott Speedman and Kris Kristofferson star in the story of a woman trying to bring her...
The interactive production, digital distribution and marketing company, which plans to release 2-3 films a year, will encourage audiences to participate in every phase of the moviemaking process from development to production, distribution and marketing.
"I am excited to be partnering with Tiller and Duncan to launch this venture at a time when the entertainment industry's audience is transitioning to consuming content online," said Selby. "With Horsethief, we will look to capitalize on this digital shift by creating smart, targeted digital marketing campaigns that keep audiences tuned in to high quality content."
The company's first feature is "The Last Rites of Ransom Pride," a western directed by Russell. Lizzy Caplan, Peter Dinklage, Dwight Yoakam, Jason Priestly, Scott Speedman and Kris Kristofferson star in the story of a woman trying to bring her...
- 12/22/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If you know nothing else going into this exclusive trailer for "The Last Rites of Ransom Pride," know this: you will see the words "gun-totin' dwarf" appear on the screen before the minute is over.
Sold yet?
An ensemble cast that includes Lizzy Caplan, Scott Speedman, Peter Dinklage, Jason Priestley and the one and only Kris Kristofferson. I can't wait to see this thing, which hits as a digital download in early 2010.
Sold yet?
An ensemble cast that includes Lizzy Caplan, Scott Speedman, Peter Dinklage, Jason Priestley and the one and only Kris Kristofferson. I can't wait to see this thing, which hits as a digital download in early 2010.
- 12/22/2009
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Movies Blog
Just a month ago, we learned that Adrien Brody and Michael Chiklis were heading back to High School -- a rather unique comedy about a high school valedictorian (Matt Bush) who gets high with the school stoner (Sean Marquette), and then tries to use his smarts to get out of an upcoming drug test. Rather then messing with his own results, he schemes to get the entire school stoned to beat the system. Brody's the drug dealer, Chiklis is the principal, and now The Hollywood Reporter posts that Lisa Simpson, aka Yeardley Smith, will play a homeroom teacher while Luis Chavez (Crash) plays a druggie friend of the valedictorian.
Meanwhile, Variety reports that Navy NCIS actress Cote de Pablo is making the jump to the big screen with Scott Speedman's The Last Rites of Ransom Pride. The Calgary Herald describes it as "a violent ransom about a woman trying...
Meanwhile, Variety reports that Navy NCIS actress Cote de Pablo is making the jump to the big screen with Scott Speedman's The Last Rites of Ransom Pride. The Calgary Herald describes it as "a violent ransom about a woman trying...
- 11/17/2008
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
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