Is there any actor who casually oozes coolness like Kurt Russell?
As with anyone in Hollywood, the young Russell had to earn his stripes. Upon signing a contract with the Mouse House, he started out anchoring a collection of zany Disney comedies in the '60s and '70s, including "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes," "The Strongest Man in the World," and "The Barefoot Executive," a movie that paired him opposite a chimpanzee. Beginning with their 1979 made-for-tv "Elvis" biopic, however, Russell and director John Carpenter collaborated on a series of highly efficient yet firmly modest genre films, many of which became cult hits and cemented their too-cool-for-school reputation.
Russell has only continued to evolve his legacy in the 21st century, starring in everything from cult favorites as worlds apart as "Sky High" and "Bone Tomahawk" to Quentin Tarantino joints and blockbuster franchises like the Marvel Cinematic Universe and The Fast...
As with anyone in Hollywood, the young Russell had to earn his stripes. Upon signing a contract with the Mouse House, he started out anchoring a collection of zany Disney comedies in the '60s and '70s, including "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes," "The Strongest Man in the World," and "The Barefoot Executive," a movie that paired him opposite a chimpanzee. Beginning with their 1979 made-for-tv "Elvis" biopic, however, Russell and director John Carpenter collaborated on a series of highly efficient yet firmly modest genre films, many of which became cult hits and cemented their too-cool-for-school reputation.
Russell has only continued to evolve his legacy in the 21st century, starring in everything from cult favorites as worlds apart as "Sky High" and "Bone Tomahawk" to Quentin Tarantino joints and blockbuster franchises like the Marvel Cinematic Universe and The Fast...
- 4/28/2024
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
In Norman Taurog's 1963 film "It Happened at the World's Fair," Elvis Presley plays a crop-duster pilot named Mike whose crop-dusting plane was just repossessed by the local sheriff. While hitchhiking home, wondering how he'll get the money to buy back his plane, Mike comes upon the Seattle World's Fair. There, he instantly becomes smitten with a local nurse named Diane Warren (not to be confused with songwriter Diane Warren) played by Joan O'Brien.
To manufacture a reason to see the Fair's nurse, Mike pulls an 11-year-old boy out of the crowd and offers to pay the kid a quarter in exchange for a really, really hard kick to the shin. The kid is thrilled to have the money and dutifully thwacks the stranger. As Mike limps away, the kid mutters to himself "Adults. They're all nuts." The unnamed character was played by an uncredited Kurt Russell making his feature film debut.
To manufacture a reason to see the Fair's nurse, Mike pulls an 11-year-old boy out of the crowd and offers to pay the kid a quarter in exchange for a really, really hard kick to the shin. The kid is thrilled to have the money and dutifully thwacks the stranger. As Mike limps away, the kid mutters to himself "Adults. They're all nuts." The unnamed character was played by an uncredited Kurt Russell making his feature film debut.
- 4/21/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Graphic: Images: IMDBThe Thing (1982)
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Rating: 8.2/10
Stars: Kurt Russell (MacReady), Wilford Brimley (Dr. Blair), Keith David (Childs), Richard Masur (Clark)
Halloween (1978)
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes...
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Rating: 8.2/10
Stars: Kurt Russell (MacReady), Wilford Brimley (Dr. Blair), Keith David (Childs), Richard Masur (Clark)
Halloween (1978)
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes...
- 10/28/2023
- avclub.com
Brothers Chapman and Maclain Way, the sons of screenwriter Rick Way, grandsons of actor Bing Russell, and nephews to Kurt Russell (that one you know), have some obvious Hollywood pedigree. They also have a Primetime Emmy for 2018’s “Wild Wild Country” and Sundance status for 2014’s “The Battered Bastards of Baseball,” both of which were distributed by Netflix.
With the Tuesday return of their best-in-genre sports-documentary series “Untold,” the guys also have a legitimate claim for Top Netflix brothers. Sorry, Duffers; and Joe and Anthony Russo, you had better make something really good out of that “Gray Man” universe.
“Untold: Volume 3” debuts with a doc about the rise of yet another pair of bothers, Jake Paul and Logan Paul. “The Problem Child,” directed by Andrew Renzi is Jake’s (pictured above) story. And though Chapman, 36, and Maclain, 32, didn’t direct any of this season’s four “Untold” installments, their style...
With the Tuesday return of their best-in-genre sports-documentary series “Untold,” the guys also have a legitimate claim for Top Netflix brothers. Sorry, Duffers; and Joe and Anthony Russo, you had better make something really good out of that “Gray Man” universe.
“Untold: Volume 3” debuts with a doc about the rise of yet another pair of bothers, Jake Paul and Logan Paul. “The Problem Child,” directed by Andrew Renzi is Jake’s (pictured above) story. And though Chapman, 36, and Maclain, 32, didn’t direct any of this season’s four “Untold” installments, their style...
- 8/1/2023
- by Tony Maglio
- Indiewire
You know Kurt Russell from "Big Trouble in Little China," "Tombstone," "Stargate," "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2," and the 1979 TV movie "Elvis." But did you know that he actually got to work with Elvis? He was 10 years old at the time, and the film was 1963's "It Happened at the World's Fair," as we learn in a 2016 interview with GQ. The film had Elvis Presley as a crop-dusting pilot who ends up at the World's Fair. Elvis's character Mike likes a nurse (Joan O'Brien) who isn't interested. He pays Russell's character a little spare change to kick him in the shins, so he has a reason to visit this nurse. Of course, later on, the boy blows Mike's cover by asking if he'd pay to have the kid do it again.
Russell says in the GQ article that he really wasn't familiar with Presley as a rock and roll...
Russell says in the GQ article that he really wasn't familiar with Presley as a rock and roll...
- 1/29/2023
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
There's nothing that compares to watching a live sporting event in real-time, an experience that can be full of action, emotion, and unpredictability for the viewer. A sports documentary may not be the same as watching live, but can actually offer even more, capturing that excitement while also adding perspective and nuance that can deepen any fan's appreciation of pretty much any sport.
But what makes a sports documentary great? That's a question for which there's not a single easy answer, given that different documentaries offer different pleasures depending on their focus, agenda, and, to a certain extent, the way in which they're put together. With that in mind, it shouldn't be surprising that Netflix is a phenomenal source for documentaries and docuseries set in the world of sports, spanning pretty much every sport imaginable. Some of these feature some of the biggest names in sports, while others highlight fascinating...
But what makes a sports documentary great? That's a question for which there's not a single easy answer, given that different documentaries offer different pleasures depending on their focus, agenda, and, to a certain extent, the way in which they're put together. With that in mind, it shouldn't be surprising that Netflix is a phenomenal source for documentaries and docuseries set in the world of sports, spanning pretty much every sport imaginable. Some of these feature some of the biggest names in sports, while others highlight fascinating...
- 1/14/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- Slash Film
Focus Features has released the latest trailer for Cate Blanchett’s latest, TÁR, directed by the great–and infrequent director–Todd Field.
TÁR “examines the changing nature of power, its impact and durability in our modern world.” Well, that’s awfully vague…In TÁR, Cate Blanchett stars as a renowned composer on the verge of completing what could be her masterpiece. As suggested in the trailer, her struggle with time as both a conductor and an aging woman prove to take a physical and psychological toll.
Cate Blanchett’s performance in Todd Field’s TÁR seems prime for an Oscar nomination. This wouldn’t be much of a surprise, considering Blanchett has seven nods and two wins already (for Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator and Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine). Director Todd Field, too, has a history of leading his performers to Oscar nominations.
That history, granted, is brief. Todd...
TÁR “examines the changing nature of power, its impact and durability in our modern world.” Well, that’s awfully vague…In TÁR, Cate Blanchett stars as a renowned composer on the verge of completing what could be her masterpiece. As suggested in the trailer, her struggle with time as both a conductor and an aging woman prove to take a physical and psychological toll.
Cate Blanchett’s performance in Todd Field’s TÁR seems prime for an Oscar nomination. This wouldn’t be much of a surprise, considering Blanchett has seven nods and two wins already (for Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator and Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine). Director Todd Field, too, has a history of leading his performers to Oscar nominations.
That history, granted, is brief. Todd...
- 8/26/2022
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
One of the best yet least seen of John Sturges’ westerns couples a fine screenplay with strong star perfs and superb direction: the straightforward story builds tension throughout. Kirk Douglas is a sheriff out for both justice and revenge and Anthony Quinn is the he-bull rancher who stands in his way: the guilty party is Quinn’s son. It looks sensational in VistaVision, with a fine music score by Dimitri Tiomkin — it’s a pleasure all the way through, with strong support from Carolyn (swoon) Jones, Earl Holliman, Brian Hutton and Brad Dexter.
Last Train from Gun Hill
Region-free Blu-ray
Viavision [Imprint] 101
1959 / Color / 1:78 widescreen (VistaVision) / 95 min. / Street Date December 29, 2021 / Available from Imprint and Amazon / 39.95
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones, Earl Holliman, Brad Dexter, Brian G. Hutton, Ziva Rodann, Bing Russell, Val Avery, Walter Sande, John Anderson, Dabbs Greer, Ty Hardin, Glenn Strange, Julius Tannen, Sid Tomack.
Cinematography:...
Last Train from Gun Hill
Region-free Blu-ray
Viavision [Imprint] 101
1959 / Color / 1:78 widescreen (VistaVision) / 95 min. / Street Date December 29, 2021 / Available from Imprint and Amazon / 39.95
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones, Earl Holliman, Brad Dexter, Brian G. Hutton, Ziva Rodann, Bing Russell, Val Avery, Walter Sande, John Anderson, Dabbs Greer, Ty Hardin, Glenn Strange, Julius Tannen, Sid Tomack.
Cinematography:...
- 1/22/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
In the counterculture haven of the Santa Monica Mountains’ Topanga Canyon, three sets of brothers celebrated their surprise Netflix Emmy contender “Wild Wild Country:” Directors Chapman Way, 31, and his 27-year-old brother Maclain; twin New Yorkers Josh and Dan Braun, whose rising production and sales company Submarine Entertainment shepherded the documentary; and executive producers Mark Duplass and his brother Jay, who served as the Ways’ mentors.
“Wild Wild Country” is the Ways’ second Netflix documentary after 2014’s “The Battered Bastards of Baseball,” another Submarine title, about their grandfather Bing Russell’s Portland, Ore. baseball team. Former Portland Mavericks player Uncle Kurt and Aunt Goldie Hawn were on hand to toast their success.
The Ways told the Brauns about their discovery of controversial ’80s cult figure Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, his fierce lieutenant Ma Anand Sheela, and their run-ins with the tiny town of Antelope, Ore. The colorful and often unbelievable escalating...
“Wild Wild Country” is the Ways’ second Netflix documentary after 2014’s “The Battered Bastards of Baseball,” another Submarine title, about their grandfather Bing Russell’s Portland, Ore. baseball team. Former Portland Mavericks player Uncle Kurt and Aunt Goldie Hawn were on hand to toast their success.
The Ways told the Brauns about their discovery of controversial ’80s cult figure Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, his fierce lieutenant Ma Anand Sheela, and their run-ins with the tiny town of Antelope, Ore. The colorful and often unbelievable escalating...
- 8/28/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
In the counterculture haven of the Santa Monica Mountains’ Topanga Canyon, three sets of brothers celebrated their surprise Netflix Emmy contender “Wild Wild Country:” Directors Chapman Way, 31, and his 27-year-old brother Maclain; twin New Yorkers Josh and Dan Braun, whose rising production and sales company Submarine Entertainment shepherded the documentary; and executive producers Mark Duplass and his brother Jay, who served as the Ways’ mentors.
“Wild Wild Country” is the Ways’ second Netflix documentary after 2014’s “The Battered Bastards of Baseball,” another Submarine title, about their grandfather Bing Russell’s Portland, Ore. baseball team. Former Portland Mavericks player Uncle Kurt and Aunt Goldie Hawn were on hand to toast their success.
The Ways told the Brauns about their discovery of controversial ’80s cult figure Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, his fierce lieutenant Ma Anand Sheela, and their run-ins with the tiny town of Antelope, Ore. The colorful and often unbelievable escalating...
“Wild Wild Country” is the Ways’ second Netflix documentary after 2014’s “The Battered Bastards of Baseball,” another Submarine title, about their grandfather Bing Russell’s Portland, Ore. baseball team. Former Portland Mavericks player Uncle Kurt and Aunt Goldie Hawn were on hand to toast their success.
The Ways told the Brauns about their discovery of controversial ’80s cult figure Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, his fierce lieutenant Ma Anand Sheela, and their run-ins with the tiny town of Antelope, Ore. The colorful and often unbelievable escalating...
- 8/28/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Documentary filmmaking brothers Chapman Way and Maclain Way, who most recently produced and directed the six-part, Netflix docu-series Wild Wild Country, has signed with UTA in all areas.
The brothers’ Wild Wild Country took place in the 1980s and followed Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his spiritual religious cult as they inhabited a conservative community in central Oregon. The series premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and officially launched on March 16, drawing unanimous acclaim.
It was produced under the Way Brothers’ Stardust Frames Productions banner together with Duplass Brothers Productions. The Way brothers (through Stardust) are currently in production on a feature length documentary filming out of Knoxville, Tennessee set for release in early 2019 and are in pre-production on two documentary series set to go into production in Summer 2018.
Their company Stardust Frames Productions is a collective of filmmakers, editors, composers and producers based in Los Angeles that specialize in non-fiction content,...
The brothers’ Wild Wild Country took place in the 1980s and followed Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his spiritual religious cult as they inhabited a conservative community in central Oregon. The series premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and officially launched on March 16, drawing unanimous acclaim.
It was produced under the Way Brothers’ Stardust Frames Productions banner together with Duplass Brothers Productions. The Way brothers (through Stardust) are currently in production on a feature length documentary filming out of Knoxville, Tennessee set for release in early 2019 and are in pre-production on two documentary series set to go into production in Summer 2018.
Their company Stardust Frames Productions is a collective of filmmakers, editors, composers and producers based in Los Angeles that specialize in non-fiction content,...
- 3/29/2018
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
On Monday, August 28, 2017, Turner Classic Movies will devote an entire day of their “Summer Under the Stars” series to the late, great Louis Burton Lindley Jr. If that name doesn’t sound familiar, well, then just picture the fella riding the bomb like a buckin’ bronco at the end of Dr. Strangelove…, or the racist taskmaster heading up the railroad gang in Blazing Saddles, or the doomed Sheriff Baker, who gets one of the loveliest, most heartbreaking sendoffs in movie history in Sam Peckinpah’s Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.
Lindley joined the rodeo circuit when he was 13 and soon picked up the name that would follow him throughout the length of his professional career, in rodeo and in movies & TV. One of the rodeo vets got a look at the lank newcomer and told him, “Slim pickin’s. That’s all you’re gonna get in this rodeo.
Lindley joined the rodeo circuit when he was 13 and soon picked up the name that would follow him throughout the length of his professional career, in rodeo and in movies & TV. One of the rodeo vets got a look at the lank newcomer and told him, “Slim pickin’s. That’s all you’re gonna get in this rodeo.
- 8/27/2017
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
There have been many TV bios of Elvis Presley but Elvis, The Movie, the once-elusive 1979 feature starring Kurt Russell, was the first and is still the best. An 18-minute condensed version of Elvis The Movie on Super-8 sound film will be screened at Super-8 Marlon Brando Movie Madness on November 4th at The Way Out Club – (yes, we’re aware that Elvis, The Movie has nothing to do with Marlon Brando, but it’s the variety that makes it the madness!)
When Elvis died August 16 1978 at age 42, it sent shock waves around the world, comparable to the deaths of Princess Diana or Michael Jackson in later decades. A carnival atmosphere developed in Memphis as thousands of mourners gathered around the gates of Graceland and sales of Elvis’ music skyrocketed. The 3-hour epic Elvis The Movie, produced by Dick Clark for the ABC network premiered 18 months later on February 11 1979 and, despite...
When Elvis died August 16 1978 at age 42, it sent shock waves around the world, comparable to the deaths of Princess Diana or Michael Jackson in later decades. A carnival atmosphere developed in Memphis as thousands of mourners gathered around the gates of Graceland and sales of Elvis’ music skyrocketed. The 3-hour epic Elvis The Movie, produced by Dick Clark for the ABC network premiered 18 months later on February 11 1979 and, despite...
- 10/24/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
There was a terrible span where Quentin Tarantino's proposed western The Hateful Eight looked like it'd be shelved forever, mostly out of spite. But thankfully, Tarantino has forgiven fans for their voracious nature, and The Hateful Eight is poised to ride after all! And production could start early 2015, so says one of its slated stars Kurt Russell. The former baseball player turned beloved actor who previously collaborated with Quentin Tarantino on Death Proof was talking about his involvement in the new to Netflix documentary The Battered Bastards of Baseball on the Fox affiliate out of Philadelphia. But First Showing tipped us to The Hateful Eight update Russell dropped amid talk of his dad, Portland Mavericks owner Bing Russell, and baseball. Speaking about what's next for the still hotly sought performer, Kurt Russell said: "There's a Tarantino project called The Hateful Eight that looks like it may go somewhere around...
- 7/14/2014
- cinemablend.com
In a canny move surprising few, Amazon have gone and echoed a pattern Netflix began around a year ago and nabbed a series from the Us where they will add an episode each week the day after its Us broadcast. This practice worked well with Breaking Bad and From Dusk Till Dawn in the past year and the publicity it got could well be the reason why you might encounter so many people who are only now making their way through five seasons of Breaking Bad via Netflix. So the show in question which be all exclusive up in here is the new Steven Spielberg/Halle Berry joint called Extant.
I knew nothing about this show going in and that is perhaps the best way to view it. I’m not going to claim this is the new Lost or whatever at this point but the first episode was ‘promising...
I knew nothing about this show going in and that is perhaps the best way to view it. I’m not going to claim this is the new Lost or whatever at this point but the first episode was ‘promising...
- 7/14/2014
- by Chris Holt
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A mere 10 minutes of The Battered Bastards of Baseball will have you convinced that its namesake, a ragtag minor league team named the Portland Mavericks active in the '70s, must have served as the inspiration for the Bad News Bears.
A celebratory family affair to a fault, the film was directed by team owner Bing Russell's grandsons Chapman and Maclain Way. It also features interviews from his son Kurt, whom you may know as the star of such entertainments as Overboard and Sky High.
The result is true to the rough-around-the-edges spirit of the team itself — which is to say, vibrant, rebellious, and fun as all hell — if also utterly biased. The Brothers Way aren't as innovative behind the camera as their subjects were on the field, but t...
A celebratory family affair to a fault, the film was directed by team owner Bing Russell's grandsons Chapman and Maclain Way. It also features interviews from his son Kurt, whom you may know as the star of such entertainments as Overboard and Sky High.
The result is true to the rough-around-the-edges spirit of the team itself — which is to say, vibrant, rebellious, and fun as all hell — if also utterly biased. The Brothers Way aren't as innovative behind the camera as their subjects were on the field, but t...
- 7/9/2014
- Village Voice
At the beginning of (and throughout) every month, Netflix Streaming adds new movies and TV shows to its library. Here is a quick list of several that you might be interested in. Some of these were added halfway through or near the end of June, but we're going to include them in this roundup anyway, since you may have missed them. Some of these may also have previously been on Netflix, only to have been removed and then added back. Feel free to note anything we've left out in the comments below.The Battered Bastards of Baseball (Available July 11)One of the major home-runs from the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, this minor-league baseball documentary was scooped up by Netflix to premiere exclusively on the streaming site. Battered Bastards charts the creation and lifespan of the Portland Mavericks, an independent baseball team founded by Bing Russell, father to actor Kurt Russell. It's...
- 6/30/2014
- by Matt Patches
- Vulture
Netflix has released the trailer for the upcoming documentary The Battered Bastards of Baseball. I got to see this movie earlier this year at Sundance, and it was interesting, colorful, and incredibly entertaining! I was not familiar with this slice of baseball history until I watched the movie.
The story centers on Bing Russell (Kurt Russell's dad), who in 1973 created the only independent baseball team in America at the time, the Portland Mavericks. He brought in misfits who had been rejected by the Major League Baseball system and created a very successful, wild, and fun team that the city of Portland loved.
Fast and Furious franchise director Justin Lin has already picked up the rights to the doc and is developing a film based on the story. Here's a full synopsis for the doc:
Chapman and Maclain Way’s energetic telling of one of baseball’s great, unheralded stories...
The story centers on Bing Russell (Kurt Russell's dad), who in 1973 created the only independent baseball team in America at the time, the Portland Mavericks. He brought in misfits who had been rejected by the Major League Baseball system and created a very successful, wild, and fun team that the city of Portland loved.
Fast and Furious franchise director Justin Lin has already picked up the rights to the doc and is developing a film based on the story. Here's a full synopsis for the doc:
Chapman and Maclain Way’s energetic telling of one of baseball’s great, unheralded stories...
- 6/25/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Netflix has already reshaped the TV landscape thanks to House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black, and now the on-demand giant is taking its first steps into feature films.
The Battered Bastards of Baseball, a documentary from Chapman Way and Maclain Way, tells the incredible true story of actor Bing Russell's (father of Kurt Russell) Minor League Baseball team the Portland Mavericks.
The team operated from 1973 to 1977, with Kurt himself playing for them and serving as vice president. Oscar-nominated director Todd Field (Little Children) also played for the Mavericks.
The Battered Bastards of Baseball premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January to rave reviews, and will air exclusively through Netflix on July 11.
A narrative feature based on the story is currently in the works with Fast & Furious filmmaker Justin Lin attached to direct.
The Battered Bastards of Baseball, a documentary from Chapman Way and Maclain Way, tells the incredible true story of actor Bing Russell's (father of Kurt Russell) Minor League Baseball team the Portland Mavericks.
The team operated from 1973 to 1977, with Kurt himself playing for them and serving as vice president. Oscar-nominated director Todd Field (Little Children) also played for the Mavericks.
The Battered Bastards of Baseball premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January to rave reviews, and will air exclusively through Netflix on July 11.
A narrative feature based on the story is currently in the works with Fast & Furious filmmaker Justin Lin attached to direct.
- 6/25/2014
- Digital Spy
The story of the Portland Mavericks, an independent minor-league baseball team that ruled the Pacific Northwest in the ’70s, is almost too good to be true. Founded by actor Bing Russell, the team counted his son, Kurt Russell, as a member, and brought together a bunch of hopeful oddballs from all over the country. The […]
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- 6/24/2014
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Following a debut at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, the documentary The Battered Bastards of Baseball will make its debut exclusively on Netflix next month, and the first trailer has just arrived. The documentary tells the true story of the Portland Mavericks, a scrappy, independent baseball team of underdogs started by actor Bing Russell in the 1970s. In fact, you probably know one of the many players, because Kurt Russell is Bing's son. As someone who doesn't enjoy watching sports, there's just something that is inexplicably appealing about sports documentaries and dramas, and this looks like a treat. Watch! Here's the first trailer for The Battered Bastards of Baseball from Netflix: When Portland, Oregon, lost its longtime minor-league affiliate, Bing Russell bought the territory and formed a single-a team. When they took the field in 1973, the Mavericks—the only independent team in America—started with two strikes against them. What did...
- 6/24/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
While some less sophisticated folks might proclaim that watching soccer is "boring," we'd argue your average baseball game is like watching paint dry. At least at the major league level. But get down the minors, and you see the lively spirit of the game in its purest form, and there were none more mighty that the beloved Portland Mavericks. They existed for a brief shining moment in the 1970s, the only independently owned Class A team in the Northwest League and they were a sensation. And now they have a movie to tell their tale. The wonderfully titled "The Battered Bastards Of Baseball" recounts how Bing Russell (yep, father of Kurt Russell) threw his hat in the ring for a baseball franchise after the Portland Beavers left for Spokane. And once he got the rights, he put together a team the only way he knew how: by having a lot of fun.
- 6/24/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Watch: Kurt Russell Steps Up to the Plate for Netflix Sports Doc 'The Battered Bastards of Baseball'
"The Battered Bastards of Baseball," a Netflix-exclusive documentary about the independent baseball team created by actor Bing Russell, has just received its first trailer. Read More: Sundance Review: Baseball Maven (And Kurt Russell's Dad) Bing Russell Saluted By His Grandsons In 'The Battered Bastards of Baseball' The film takes a look at the creation of the Portland Mavericks, which was founded by the veteran actor, and features interviews with his son Kurt Russell and actor/director Todd Field ("Little Children) -- both who played for the team. "The Battered Bastards of Baseball" is directed by Bing's grandsons Maclain and Chapman Way, and will premiere on Netflix July 11th. Check out the trailer below. ...
- 6/24/2014
- by Eric Eidelstein
- Indiewire
Kevin Costner’s Durham Bulls. Charlie Sheen’s Cleveland Indians. Walter Matthau’s Bad News Bears. Wildly rambunctious baseball teams that became beloved cinematic all-stars. But they were no Portland Mavericks, the real-deal franchise that grabbed minor-league baseball by the short hairs in the mid 1970s.
In the Netflix documentary, The Battered Bastards of Baseball, directors Chapman and Maclain Way turn back the clock to 1973, when their grandfather, Hollywood actor Bing Russell (Bonanza), purchased the Class A Portland franchise and fielded a completely independent team against a league of teams stocked with Major League Baseball prospects. He held open tryouts...
In the Netflix documentary, The Battered Bastards of Baseball, directors Chapman and Maclain Way turn back the clock to 1973, when their grandfather, Hollywood actor Bing Russell (Bonanza), purchased the Class A Portland franchise and fielded a completely independent team against a league of teams stocked with Major League Baseball prospects. He held open tryouts...
- 6/24/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
One of the year’s most fascinating documentaries, The Battered Bastards of Baseball, is coming exclusively to Netflix on July 11. Directed by Chapman Way and Maclain Way, it tells the story of the Portland Mavericks, an independent minor league baseball team created by Kurt Russell‘s father, Bing Russell. That’s Kurt above, by the way; he was on the […]
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- 6/11/2014
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
Kurt Russell avoided telling his father's story for years. Bing Russell, famous for portraying Deputy Clem Foste on the hit TV show “Bonanza,” founded his own baseball team in the 1970s, the Portland Mavericks. It was the only independent baseball team in the United States at the time, and it counted Kurt Russell, already an established actor in his own right, as one of its original players and later as a designated hitter. “Over the years a lot of people have said to me ‘why don't you do the Mavericks story?,'” Russell told TheWrap. “It's a great tale; it...
- 5/9/2014
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Netflix has acquired the exclusive rights to three new documentaries, including two that debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January. “The Battered Bastards of Baseball” chronicles actor Bing Russell and the creation of the Portland Mavericks, the only independent baseball team in America at the time. Russell's grandchildren Chapman Way and Maclain Way directed the film, which includes an interview with another famous actor — Kurt Russell, Bing's son. It will premiere on Netflix July 11. Also read: Netflix Gets Back Into the Movie Business: Big Deal, Little Deal or No Deal? “E-Team,” directed by Oscar winner Ross Kauffman and Katy Cheivgny,...
- 5/9/2014
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Netflix plans to debut three original documentaries over the next few months. First up is The Battered Bastards Of Baseball. It chronicles how in 1973 Bonanza actor Bing Russell formed what at the time was America’s sole independent baseball team. Seen as a real-life version of the Bad News Bears, the Mavericks lasted three years before they were pushed out of Portland by the return of the major-league-backed Portland Beavers. The pic was co-directed by Chapman Way and Maclain Way, produced by Juliana Lembi, exec produced by Nancy Schafer and includes cast members Kurt Russell (Bing Russell’s son) and Todd Fields. It’s set to premiere July 11 on Netflix. Also on the slate is Mission Blue. It tells the story of legendary oceanographer, marine biologist, environmentalist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle and her impassioned campaign to save the world’s oceans from modern threats like climate change,...
- 5/9/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
The New York Knicks are one of basketball’s most storied franchises but they haven’t won an NBA title since 1973. Celebrity fans like Spike Lee, Woody Allen, and screenwriter William Goldman worshipped the star-studded — but team-first — Knicks teams of that championship era, and a generation of aging sportswriters refuse to let those hardwood legends die. Actor Michael Rapaport was only three years old when the Knicks won their last title, but he’s turned his yearning for those glory years into a documentary, When the Garden was Eden.
Rapaport’s movie, which is also part of Espn’s “30 for 30″ series,...
Rapaport’s movie, which is also part of Espn’s “30 for 30″ series,...
- 3/13/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
The world premiere of the 30 For 30 documentary When The Garden Was Eden marking actor Michael Rapaport’s feature directorial debut will kick off the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival on April 17.
The line-up includes Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield taking part in an on-stage conversation as part of the Tribeca Talks series, as well as the world premiere of the documentary Maradona ‘86.
Each of the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival films will screen throughout the festival and every one will screen again on April 26.
The Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival sponsored by Mohegan Sun will present a series of free, sports-related games and activities on Sports Day under the umbrella of the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair on April 26.
The Tribeca Film Festival will run from April 16-27.
Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival
Synopses adapted from those provided by the festival.
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When The Garden Was Eden (Us), dir Michael Rapaport.
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The line-up includes Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield taking part in an on-stage conversation as part of the Tribeca Talks series, as well as the world premiere of the documentary Maradona ‘86.
Each of the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival films will screen throughout the festival and every one will screen again on April 26.
The Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival sponsored by Mohegan Sun will present a series of free, sports-related games and activities on Sports Day under the umbrella of the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair on April 26.
The Tribeca Film Festival will run from April 16-27.
Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival
Synopses adapted from those provided by the festival.
Gala
When The Garden Was Eden (Us), dir Michael Rapaport.
Actor [link=nm...
- 3/13/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The world premiere of the 30 For 30 documentary marking actor Michael Rapaport’s feature directorial debut will kick off the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival on April 17.
The line-up includes Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield taking part in an on-stage conversation as part of the Tribeca Talks series, as well as the world premiere of the documentary Maradona ‘86.
Each of the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival films will screen throughout the festival and every one will screen again on April 26.
The Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival sponsored by Mohegan Sun will present a series of free, sports-related games and activities on Sports Day under the umbrella of the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair on April 26.
The Tribeca Film Festival will run from April 16-27.
Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival
Synopses adapted from those provided by the festival.
Gala
When The Garden Was Eden (Us), dir Michael Rapaport.
Actor Michael Rapaport delivers his love letter to the Knicks in a fast-paced...
The line-up includes Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield taking part in an on-stage conversation as part of the Tribeca Talks series, as well as the world premiere of the documentary Maradona ‘86.
Each of the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival films will screen throughout the festival and every one will screen again on April 26.
The Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival sponsored by Mohegan Sun will present a series of free, sports-related games and activities on Sports Day under the umbrella of the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair on April 26.
The Tribeca Film Festival will run from April 16-27.
Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival
Synopses adapted from those provided by the festival.
Gala
When The Garden Was Eden (Us), dir Michael Rapaport.
Actor Michael Rapaport delivers his love letter to the Knicks in a fast-paced...
- 3/13/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
2014 is now in full swing, the Sundance Film Festival has closed its doors, and film festivals like South by Southwest and Tribeca are generating more buzz for the year’s noteworthy indie narratives and documentaries. In recent years, documentaries such as Restrepo, Gasland, and Searching For Sugarman went on to become heavyweights. This year’s contenders include topics taken from popular memoirs and biographies, along with subject matter pertaining to youths and youth culture. Below, you’ll find a comprehensive list of Sundance and non-Sundance documentaries to keep an eye out for this year, equipped with official synopsis and trailer when available. 2014 is shaping out to a versatile year in the documentary world, ranging from heavy-handed family dramas such as Tracy Droz Tragos’ and Andrew Droz Palermo’s Rich Hill, to baseball biographies such as Chapman and Maclain Way’s The Battered Bastards of Baseball and Jeff Radice’s No No A Dockumentary,...
- 3/9/2014
- by Christopher Clemente
- SoundOnSight
Kurt Russell Teaches Us The Art Of The Steal
By Alex Simon
If you’re a guy of a certain age (think Gen X), Kurt Russell was that actor you discovered as a child who wasn’t just a familiar face on the big and small screen, he was your buddy you grew up with. Not a peer, necessarily, but the cool, slightly older kid who lived next door who you just knew, if you played your cards right, you might grow up to be: handsome, self-assured in sports, with girls and in your place on the planet. Especially if you could hang out with him on a regular basis and learn the tricks to his magic, and magic was something Kurt Russell had from the beginning.
The son of the late actor Bing Russell, best remembered as Deputy Sheriff Clem Foster on Bonanza, Kurt literally grew up on a soundstage,...
By Alex Simon
If you’re a guy of a certain age (think Gen X), Kurt Russell was that actor you discovered as a child who wasn’t just a familiar face on the big and small screen, he was your buddy you grew up with. Not a peer, necessarily, but the cool, slightly older kid who lived next door who you just knew, if you played your cards right, you might grow up to be: handsome, self-assured in sports, with girls and in your place on the planet. Especially if you could hang out with him on a regular basis and learn the tricks to his magic, and magic was something Kurt Russell had from the beginning.
The son of the late actor Bing Russell, best remembered as Deputy Sheriff Clem Foster on Bonanza, Kurt literally grew up on a soundstage,...
- 2/19/2014
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
I know that the Sundance Film Festival ended over a week ago, but in the six days I was at Sundance (and on screeners in the days before), I saw 25 movies. I wrote full reviews for 13 of them. My Full Sundance reviews: 'The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz' "The Overnighters" "Rudderless" "Fed Up" "Marmato" "Love Child" "Land Ho!" "The Voices" "Happy Valley" "My Prairie Home" "Life Itself" "Mitt" "Web Junkie" But that left 12 movies that I just didn't have the time to write my usual 1000-to-1750 words on. Since getting back from Park City, I've been slowly working my way through capsule reviews for those 12 movies. These are roughly the length of my Take Me To The Pilots entries, which means that in this format, people are going to complain about all of the text and the lack of paragraphs. Sorry. Because I'm just one part of HitFix's awesome Sundance team,...
- 2/5/2014
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Every year, the Sundance Film Festival premieres a bounty of incredible nonfiction film stories. Many of them find distribution and go on to become box office hits and even Oscar nominees. Others attract Hollywood players with a different kind of exposure in mind. The goal with those stories is to acquire the rights to make a whole new narrative feature, sometimes leaving the existing documentary version by the wayside if it isn’t picked up in its own right. This year it’s the story of the Portland Mavericks, an independent baseball team created in the early 1970s by TV actor Bing Russell and featuring movie star son Kurt Russell on the roster. The doc that tells the story is The Battered Bastards of Baseball. It currently has no deal for distribution, but a remake was announced during the fest to be produced by Justin Lin and possibly scripted and directed by Todd Field, who...
- 2/1/2014
- by Nonfics.com
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Ever heard of a baseball team called The Mavericks? Yeah, me, neither. But if “Fast and Furious” director Justin Lin has his way, we’ll be hearing a lot about that team in a few years. The director has won remake rights to the documentary “The Battered Bastards of Baseball,” directed by Chapman Way and Maclain Way, about the creation of an independent baseball team in Portland called the Mavericks. The documentary “chronicles the story of the late Bing Russell (a Hollywood veteran best known for playing Deputy Clem on Bonanza), who in 1973 created the only independent baseball team in America at the time, the Portland Mavericks. Bing operated without Major League affiliation while playing in a city that was considered a wasteland for professional baseball. Tryouts for the Mavericks, which were open to the public, were filled with hopefuls who arrived in droves from every state in America, many...
- 1/27/2014
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
The independent spirit is alive and well, with Justin Lin (the Fast & Furious franchise) fighting off interest from DreamWorks, Columbia Pictures and Fox Searchlight to acquire the rights to remake The Battered Bastards of Baseball, which screened to great acclaim in the Documentary Premieres section of the Sundance Film Festival on 20 January. Todd Field – who has a personal connection to the subject of the film – is now in talks to write and direct.
The Battered Bastards of Baseball details the rise of the Portland Mavericks – the only independent baseball team in America in 1973, when it was set up by Bonanza actor, and father of Kurt, Bing Russell. Many of the players for the team were rejected or retired from Major League baseball, but their independent team proved naysayers wrong by smashing attendance records and launching careers. Kurt Russell himself became a player and Vice-President of the team, while the career...
The Battered Bastards of Baseball details the rise of the Portland Mavericks – the only independent baseball team in America in 1973, when it was set up by Bonanza actor, and father of Kurt, Bing Russell. Many of the players for the team were rejected or retired from Major League baseball, but their independent team proved naysayers wrong by smashing attendance records and launching careers. Kurt Russell himself became a player and Vice-President of the team, while the career...
- 1/25/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Todd Field ("In the Bedroom," "Little Children") is in talks to write and direct a narrative film adaptation of this year's Sundance documentary "The Battered Bastards Of Baseball".
Kurt Russell narrates the doco which chronicles how actor Bing Russell ("Bonanza") formed America's sole independent baseball team in 1973 - the Portland Mavericks.
The Mavericks lasted three years before they were pushed out of Portland by the returned of the Major League-backed Beavers.
Field himself is actually a former Mavericks batboy. Justin Lin ("Fast and Furious" 3-6) will produce.
Source: Deadline...
Kurt Russell narrates the doco which chronicles how actor Bing Russell ("Bonanza") formed America's sole independent baseball team in 1973 - the Portland Mavericks.
The Mavericks lasted three years before they were pushed out of Portland by the returned of the Major League-backed Beavers.
Field himself is actually a former Mavericks batboy. Justin Lin ("Fast and Furious" 3-6) will produce.
Source: Deadline...
- 1/25/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Via: Variety
I just walked out of a screening of the Sundance documentary Battered Bastards of Baseball to find that Fast Five director Justin Lin has acquired the rights to turn the story into a feature film. He will produce the film, and they are looking to hire Todd Field to write and direct the movie.
While I was watching the doc I was thinking to myself how awesome of a movie this would make, and I have to say that I'm so happy that a movie is coming. This is such a great story, and the documentary was amazing. I'm not even a fan of baseball, but this doc gave me more of an appreciation for the sport.
The story follows Bing Russell (Kurt Russell's dad) who in 1973 created the only independent baseball team in America at the time, the Portland Mavericks. The team brought in all of...
I just walked out of a screening of the Sundance documentary Battered Bastards of Baseball to find that Fast Five director Justin Lin has acquired the rights to turn the story into a feature film. He will produce the film, and they are looking to hire Todd Field to write and direct the movie.
While I was watching the doc I was thinking to myself how awesome of a movie this would make, and I have to say that I'm so happy that a movie is coming. This is such a great story, and the documentary was amazing. I'm not even a fan of baseball, but this doc gave me more of an appreciation for the sport.
The story follows Bing Russell (Kurt Russell's dad) who in 1973 created the only independent baseball team in America at the time, the Portland Mavericks. The team brought in all of...
- 1/25/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Justin Lin has acquired the remake rights to the documentary The Battered Bastards of Baseball, which premiered at Sundance earlier this week. The doc tells the story of actor Bing Russell in 1973 creating the Portland Mavericks, a professional baseball team that was not affiliated with any major-league organization. The result was a real motley crew of a team. (EW has a story about how crazy it was.) It included Bing's son, Kurt Russell (yes, that Kurt Russell), who played and served as VP. Todd Field (In the Bedroom, Little Children) is in talks to write and direct, which is especially fun because Field was the team's batboy. When the story is rewritten to be about how the batboy — after a fluke arm injury — becomes the star pitcher and leads the ragtag group unexpectedly to the World Series – Rookie of the Year style,...
- 1/24/2014
- by Jesse David Fox
- Vulture
One documentary that made a splash at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival (besides the Roger Ebert centric Life Itself and higher education examination Ivory Tower) was The Battered Bastards of Baseball. Directors Chapman Way and Maclain way tell the story of of Bing Russell (father of actor Kurt Russell), who created the only independent baseball team in 1973, the Portland Mavericks. The elder Russell led a team without Major League affiliation, giving hopes to those who were rejected from organizes baseball. The team turned out to be quite a major success, and now the doc will get the remake treatment. THR has word that Justin Lin (Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6) has picked up the rights to remake the film as a narrative, and will self-finance by way of his own Perfect Storm banner. The filmmaker beat out Fox Searchlight, Columbia Pictures and DreamWorks for the rights, so it must be something he's rather passionate about.
- 1/24/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Yeah, we saw this coming.... earlier this week we posted our review of the Sundance documentary, "Battered Bastards Of Baseball," and within, our own Katie Walsh declared, "you will start fantasy casting the near-inevitable Hollywood remake of this story." And indeed some studio execs are already doing just that. Justin Lin has acquired the rights to Chapman and Maclain Way's documentary, with the project already starting a war between Columbia Pictures, Fox Searchlight and DreamWorks for the option. What has them all excited? Well, it's a rough and tumble baseball tale about Bing Russell (father of Kurt Russell) and how he founded the independent Portland Mavericks team, and with savvy recruiting of fading big league players and an emphasis on fun, turned the sport into a mega-hit in a state were it wasn't thought it could be successful. He essentially beat Major League Baseball at their own game, and while the ride was good,...
- 1/24/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Justin Lin has a lot of projects on his plate after leaving the Fast And Furious franchise. Aside from directing the next installment in the Bourne franchise, Lin just recently obtained the rights to a retelling of the Sundance documentary The Battered Bastards Of Baseball. Based on the story of Russell's father, Bing Russell, The Battered Bastards is a film tailor-made for the big screen. Documentary directors Chapman Way and Maclain Way were being pursued by multiple studios before Lin...
- 1/24/2014
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
Having premiered earlier this week at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, Chapman and Maclain Way's documentary The Battered Bastards of Baseball is being targeted for development as a narrative feature. The Hollywood Reporter today brings word that four-time The Fast and the Furious franchise helmer Justin Lin has signed on to direct and produce. The documentary version is officially described by the festival as follows: Chapman and Maclain Way.s energetic telling of one of baseball.s great, unheralded stories is as much about independent spirit as it is about the game. When Portland, Oregon, lost its longtime minor-league affiliate, Bing Russell.who briefly played ball professionally before enjoying a successful Hollywood acting career.bought the territory and formed a...
- 1/24/2014
- Comingsoon.net
In an effort to learn more about their grandfather, two boys stumbled upon one of the greatest baseball stories never told, and the results came together to form a fascinating documentary about an independent baseball team formed by none other than Bing Russell, Kurt Russell's father. Yes, that Kurt Russell. But long before Kurt won you over as an actor in films like Big Trouble in Little China, The Thing and Escape from New York, he was a minor-league baseball player who practically grew up with a bat and mitt in his hand, thanks in part to his father, Bing. Bing Russell had the kind of childhood that kids dream about. After a chance encounter with famed Yankees pitcher Lefty Gomez, Bing became somewhat of a Yankees mascot, with many of the old Yankee greats taking him under...
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- 1/23/2014
- by Erik Davis
- Movies.com
"The Battered Bastards of Baseball," a documentary by siblings Chapman and Maclain Way, manages to be many things at once: an affectionate ode to their grandfather, a distinctive snapshot of a noble sports experiment and a bittersweet glimpse at the possibilities of the many ways in which the game of baseball can be experienced. The filmmakers tell the story of their grandfather, Bing Russell, the Hollywood character actor who would go on to become the owner of the Portland Mavericks — the only independent team in the league during its existence. Russell's venture into baseball was met with raised eyebrows, but through the testimony of friends and family (including his son, Kurt Russell), he was born for it. Raised under the mentorship of baseball legends such as Lefty Gomez and Joe Dimaggio, he was obsessed with both the game and acting. When an injury early in his career as a player curtailed his career,...
- 1/23/2014
- by Robert Cameron Fowler
- Indiewire
The Portland Mavericks baseball team were more than just mavericks. They were outlaws. In 1973, Hollywood actor Bing Russell roared into Oregon and established the Mavericks as an independent minor league team, meaning he had to recruit players that the Major Leagues franchises had rejected, a scrap heap that included a fair share of burn-outs, head-cases, and outright degenerates. “Guys were gambling in the back of the bus, there was drugs, there were women everywhere,” says Oscar-nominated director Todd Field (Little Children). “These guys were pirates.”
Field didn’t write or direct the Battered Bastards of Baseball, the documentary about the...
Field didn’t write or direct the Battered Bastards of Baseball, the documentary about the...
- 1/22/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
One of the fine traditions in American film is the great sports story, and the doc “The Battered Bastards of Baseball” is located right at the place where Hollywood slides into home plate, combining the two worlds in a real-life tale that is too good to be true. ‘Battered Bastards’ tells the story of Hollywood vet Bing Russell, father of Kurt, a lifelong baseball fan who made a go of it in the Portland minor leagues in the 1970s, starting up the independent baseball club The Portland Mavericks. The resulting film is the documentary version of sports classics like “Slapshot” and “Major League,” where a rag tag, quirky bunch of outliers manage against all odds to inject their sport with a sense of high-spirited fun and anarchy.In 1972, after 13 seasons as the Deputy on TV Western “Bonanza,” Bing Russell decided to pursue his lifelong love of baseball, heading up to...
- 1/21/2014
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
Before anyone thought of The Bad News Bears, Slapshot, and Major League, there were the Portland Mavericks. In 1973, after professional baseball had abandoned the Oregon city, Hollywood actor Bing Russell — Deputy Clem on Bonanza — jumped at a chance to organize the only independent minor-league team in the country. Facing skepticism from a city that had been hoping for an actual major-league team and starting from scratch without any players, Russell held open tryouts for any has-been or never-will-be. “He put this team together of misfits, a ballclub made up a bunch of crazy individuals,” says Bing’s son, Kurt Russell,...
- 1/13/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
The line-up of films premiering at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival has been released, and there are a lot of good movies, one of which includes The Raid 2, which I am incredibly excited to see! It's easily my most anticipated film at the festival.
The Sundance Film Festival takes place from January 16th to the 26th in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah. From the press release:
John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival, said, “The Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival feature new work from many established independent filmmakers who began their careers at our Festival years ago, which allows us to reflect on the impact, legacy and growth of the independent film movement over the past 30 years.”
Trevor Groth, Director of Programming for the Sundance Film Festival, said, “In many of the films selected for our 2014 Sundance Film Festival, we see fascinating characters and subjects throughout.
The Sundance Film Festival takes place from January 16th to the 26th in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah. From the press release:
John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival, said, “The Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival feature new work from many established independent filmmakers who began their careers at our Festival years ago, which allows us to reflect on the impact, legacy and growth of the independent film movement over the past 30 years.”
Trevor Groth, Director of Programming for the Sundance Film Festival, said, “In many of the films selected for our 2014 Sundance Film Festival, we see fascinating characters and subjects throughout.
- 12/10/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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