Team Experience is revisiting nine Judy Garland pictures for her Centennial. Here's Nathaniel R on a troubled moment in time...
Judy Garland's enduring legend comes not just from her rightful title as "The World's Greatest Entertainer" but for her troubled offscreen life. It's not that sadness, addictions, tragedy, and/or an early demise should fascinate the public more than the work itself but the fact is that they often do. Judy's struggles only make her incredibly transcendent work in concert halls and movie screens more jaw-dropping; you rarely see anything other than megawatt talent and professional magic. That isn't quite the case with Summer Stock (1950) which makes it an anomaly in her filmography. It's a rare curious glimpse at Garland in-and-out of her magic, like a flickering but gorgeous light. For a time it even threatened to be her final picture...
Judy Garland's enduring legend comes not just from her rightful title as "The World's Greatest Entertainer" but for her troubled offscreen life. It's not that sadness, addictions, tragedy, and/or an early demise should fascinate the public more than the work itself but the fact is that they often do. Judy's struggles only make her incredibly transcendent work in concert halls and movie screens more jaw-dropping; you rarely see anything other than megawatt talent and professional magic. That isn't quite the case with Summer Stock (1950) which makes it an anomaly in her filmography. It's a rare curious glimpse at Garland in-and-out of her magic, like a flickering but gorgeous light. For a time it even threatened to be her final picture...
- 6/7/2022
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Chicago – She was born Frances Gumm on June 10th, 1922, but the world knew her as megastar Judy Garland. To celebrate her birth centennial, the Gene Siskel Film Center presents nine of her films from June 1 – July 30. For ticket info and details, click JUDY100.
The nine films will be “Meet Me in St. Louis” (June 1 & 4), “The Clock” (June 8 & 11), “Easter Parade” (June 15 & 18), “In the Good Old Summertime” (June 22 & 26), “Summer Stock” (June 29 & July 2), A Star is Born” (July 6 & 9), The Pirate” (July 13 & 16), Judgement At Nuremberg (July 20 & 23) and of course “The Wizard of Oz” (July 27 & 30). All will screen at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
Judy Garland Summer Centennial
Photo credit: SiskelFilmCenter.org
Arguably, Judy Garland is one of the greatest movie stars of her era. She signed a movie contract in 1935 with Metro Goldwyn Mayer at the tender age of 15, and then starred in a series of iconic musical/dramatic films during her time there,...
The nine films will be “Meet Me in St. Louis” (June 1 & 4), “The Clock” (June 8 & 11), “Easter Parade” (June 15 & 18), “In the Good Old Summertime” (June 22 & 26), “Summer Stock” (June 29 & July 2), A Star is Born” (July 6 & 9), The Pirate” (July 13 & 16), Judgement At Nuremberg (July 20 & 23) and of course “The Wizard of Oz” (July 27 & 30). All will screen at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
Judy Garland Summer Centennial
Photo credit: SiskelFilmCenter.org
Arguably, Judy Garland is one of the greatest movie stars of her era. She signed a movie contract in 1935 with Metro Goldwyn Mayer at the tender age of 15, and then starred in a series of iconic musical/dramatic films during her time there,...
- 6/1/2022
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
“You think anything’s going to stand in the way of us playing the Palace this time? Oh no, not even a war.”
Judy Garland and Gene Kelly in For Me And My Gal (1942) will be available on Blu-ray June 7th from Warner Archive. It can be purchased at the Warner Archive Amazon Store
Judy Garland got top billing at the mere age of 20 as the central star of this quintessential classic that introduced none other than Gene Kelly, making his film debut as her co-star.
Directed with panache by the legendary maven of the movie musical Busby Berkeley, the films casts Gene and Judy as young vaudeville performers Harry Palmer and Jo Hayden.
The pair dream of stardom, but the United States enters World War I and Harry receives his draft notice–trapping the two between their obligation to each other’s dreams and their duty to their country.
Judy Garland and Gene Kelly in For Me And My Gal (1942) will be available on Blu-ray June 7th from Warner Archive. It can be purchased at the Warner Archive Amazon Store
Judy Garland got top billing at the mere age of 20 as the central star of this quintessential classic that introduced none other than Gene Kelly, making his film debut as her co-star.
Directed with panache by the legendary maven of the movie musical Busby Berkeley, the films casts Gene and Judy as young vaudeville performers Harry Palmer and Jo Hayden.
The pair dream of stardom, but the United States enters World War I and Harry receives his draft notice–trapping the two between their obligation to each other’s dreams and their duty to their country.
- 5/20/2022
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Sometimes it’s like they read your mind—or just notice upcoming releases as you do. Whatever the case, I’m thrilled that the release of Terence Davies’ Benediction played (I assume!) some part in a full retro on the Criterion Channel this June, sad as I know that package will make me and anybody else who comes within ten feet of it. It’s among a handful of career retrospectives: they’ve also set a 12-film Judy Garland series populated by Berkeley and Minnelli, ten from Ulrike Ottinger, and four by Billy Wilder. But maybe their most adventurous idea in some time is a huge microbudget collection ranging from Ulmer’s Detour to Joel Potrykus’ Buzzard, fellow success stories—Nolan, Linklater, Jarmusch, Jia Zhangke—spread about.
Criterion Editions continue with Bertrand Tavernier’s Round Midnight, Double Indemnity, and Seconds, while Chameleon Street, Karen Dalton: In My Own Time,...
Criterion Editions continue with Bertrand Tavernier’s Round Midnight, Double Indemnity, and Seconds, while Chameleon Street, Karen Dalton: In My Own Time,...
- 5/19/2022
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Carleton Carpenter, who performed on stage and screen alongside stars such as Debbie Reynolds in “Two Weeks With Love” and Judy Garland in “Summer Stock,” died Monday in Warwick, N.Y., according to his reps. He was 95.
Carpenter was a multi-hyphenate artist whose career spanned eight decades. His 1950 duet with Debbie Reynolds covering the song “Aba Daba Honeymoon” sold more than a million copies. He performed in countless radio, television and film productions and on stages on- and off-Broadway. He even went on to write a number of books, including his 2017 memoir, “The Absolute Joy of Work.”
Born Carleton Upham Carpenter Jr. on July 10, 1926 in Bennington, Vt., Carpenter attended Bennington High School and served as a Seabee in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He attended the National High School Institute for Theatre Arts at Northwestern University and began his performance career as a clown and magician at carnivals.
Carpenter was a multi-hyphenate artist whose career spanned eight decades. His 1950 duet with Debbie Reynolds covering the song “Aba Daba Honeymoon” sold more than a million copies. He performed in countless radio, television and film productions and on stages on- and off-Broadway. He even went on to write a number of books, including his 2017 memoir, “The Absolute Joy of Work.”
Born Carleton Upham Carpenter Jr. on July 10, 1926 in Bennington, Vt., Carpenter attended Bennington High School and served as a Seabee in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He attended the National High School Institute for Theatre Arts at Northwestern University and began his performance career as a clown and magician at carnivals.
- 1/31/2022
- by Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
A lovers’ spat between Melissa and Josh sets the stage for a grand duet — and a (potentially) age-inappropriate date — in Schmigadoon! Episode 2.
After Danny Bailey “wins” a drunken Melissa at a picnic basket auction, Cecily Strong’s character succumbs to the town rapscallion’s charms and gets her very own musical number.
More from TVLine'Schmigadoon!' Video: EPs Detail How the Premiere's Oklahoma!-Inspired Opening Number Came Together'Schmigadoon!' Review: Apple's Satire Is a Sweet, Tart Treat for Musical JunkiesAaron Tveit Goes Full Patrick Bateman in American Horror Stories Episode 2: 'It's Brutal, Violent and Unexpected'
The Summer Stock...
After Danny Bailey “wins” a drunken Melissa at a picnic basket auction, Cecily Strong’s character succumbs to the town rapscallion’s charms and gets her very own musical number.
More from TVLine'Schmigadoon!' Video: EPs Detail How the Premiere's Oklahoma!-Inspired Opening Number Came Together'Schmigadoon!' Review: Apple's Satire Is a Sweet, Tart Treat for Musical JunkiesAaron Tveit Goes Full Patrick Bateman in American Horror Stories Episode 2: 'It's Brutal, Violent and Unexpected'
The Summer Stock...
- 7/17/2021
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
No one knew it at the time, but Summer Stock marked the end of an era for Judy Garland. The 1950 musical comedy was the last film Garland made for MGM, the studio that had defined her career since her breakout as a 15-year-old singing to a photo of Clark Gable in Broadway Melody Of 1938. In the studio-driven days of…...
- 2/26/2021
- by Caroline Siede on Film, shared by Caroline Siede to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
HBO’s latest blockbuster drama effort, Lovecraft Country, is a unique Lovecraftian beast. As adapted by Matt Ruff’s novel of the same name, the show takes classic horror, sci-fi, and adventure tropes and adapts them into a timely story of American racism.
Though the series is certainly timely, it’s also timeless. As evidenced by our helpful explainer article, it wasn’t immediately clear when Lovecraft Country even took place. That’s partly because the Jim Crow era of American institutionalized racism was a lengthy one. And the fact that Atticus “Tic” Freeman was a war veteran didn’t help out much. Which war coincided with “whites only” restaurants and sundown towns? World War II, The Korean War, The Vietnam War – take your pick, really. That pleasant disorientation is enhanced by an equally disorienting soundtrack.
Rest assured, Lovecraft Country takes place in the mid 1950s. But the show’s...
Though the series is certainly timely, it’s also timeless. As evidenced by our helpful explainer article, it wasn’t immediately clear when Lovecraft Country even took place. That’s partly because the Jim Crow era of American institutionalized racism was a lengthy one. And the fact that Atticus “Tic” Freeman was a war veteran didn’t help out much. Which war coincided with “whites only” restaurants and sundown towns? World War II, The Korean War, The Vietnam War – take your pick, really. That pleasant disorientation is enhanced by an equally disorienting soundtrack.
Rest assured, Lovecraft Country takes place in the mid 1950s. But the show’s...
- 10/19/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Atticus just seems to attract trouble, doesn't he?
We finally received the back story of Ji-Ah, Atticus's lover from the Korean War, on Lovecraft Country Season 1 Episode 6.
This marks two straight episodes spotlighting secondary characters, following Ruby on Lovecraft Country Season 1 Episode 5.
At least other storylines advanced in that episode. This episode was pure flashback, answering the question of who was the woman that Atticus left behind.
Man, you thought Atticus had it bad, being pursued by self-important white supremacists.
Ji-Ah's mother pimped her out to a fox demon. It's hard to top that.
It's a shame because Ji-Ah is a likable character. If you can get past the whole compulsion to seduce men and absorb their souls.
That's all on her mother, though.
How could Umma possibly think it was a good idea to go to a shaman and have a kumiho (vindictive fox spirit) implanted in her daughter?...
We finally received the back story of Ji-Ah, Atticus's lover from the Korean War, on Lovecraft Country Season 1 Episode 6.
This marks two straight episodes spotlighting secondary characters, following Ruby on Lovecraft Country Season 1 Episode 5.
At least other storylines advanced in that episode. This episode was pure flashback, answering the question of who was the woman that Atticus left behind.
Man, you thought Atticus had it bad, being pursued by self-important white supremacists.
Ji-Ah's mother pimped her out to a fox demon. It's hard to top that.
It's a shame because Ji-Ah is a likable character. If you can get past the whole compulsion to seduce men and absorb their souls.
That's all on her mother, though.
How could Umma possibly think it was a good idea to go to a shaman and have a kumiho (vindictive fox spirit) implanted in her daughter?...
- 9/21/2020
- by Dale McGarrigle
- TVfanatic
Aubrey Plaza was back for the second year in a row hosting the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday live from Santa Monica Beach as the weekend’s other awards show is preparing to hand out trophies sans-host also for the second time. That’s not the only way the Indie Spirits, which celebrate the best in independent film, sets itself apart from the Oscars. In fact, in her opening monologue Plaza took time to call out some of the problems with the Academy Awards.
“The Film Independent Spirit Awards is so much cooler than the Oscars. It’s the daytime, we’re on the beach, we recognize female directors — all two of them!” Plaza said. “I’m so proud of how diverse show this is. You know Jennifer Lopez and I are both super hot Puerto Ricans. I mention that because Puerto Rico is kind of like independent film: Its beautiful,...
“The Film Independent Spirit Awards is so much cooler than the Oscars. It’s the daytime, we’re on the beach, we recognize female directors — all two of them!” Plaza said. “I’m so proud of how diverse show this is. You know Jennifer Lopez and I are both super hot Puerto Ricans. I mention that because Puerto Rico is kind of like independent film: Its beautiful,...
- 2/8/2020
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
by Chris Feil
White Christmas is a classic “let’s put on a show to save the barn” musical, except its traveling entertainers are saving... a resort hotel in Vermont. What it isn’t is a Christmas staple that has all that much to do with Christmas. Despite the title, the film is closer to a winter-set cousin to the likes of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes or Summer Stock, and still we watch it every holiday season. Perhaps that’s partial carryover from Bing Crosby’s White Christmas album (more of a staple in my household than the film was) and Crosby’s other holiday films - his presence alone is enough to make him some baritone duke of the holiday season in the eyes of audiences.
White Christmas is a classic “let’s put on a show to save the barn” musical, except its traveling entertainers are saving... a resort hotel in Vermont. What it isn’t is a Christmas staple that has all that much to do with Christmas. Despite the title, the film is closer to a winter-set cousin to the likes of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes or Summer Stock, and still we watch it every holiday season. Perhaps that’s partial carryover from Bing Crosby’s White Christmas album (more of a staple in my household than the film was) and Crosby’s other holiday films - his presence alone is enough to make him some baritone duke of the holiday season in the eyes of audiences.
- 12/25/2019
- by Chris Feil
- FilmExperience
Renée Zellweger and Sam Smith have released a new take on classic tune “Get Happy.” The song, which Garland originally performed in the 1950 film Summer Stock, comes off the soundtrack to Zellweger’s new Judy Garland biopic Judy, in theaters Friday. Titled Judy The Original Soundtrack, the album also comes out out September 27th via Republic & Decca Records.
“When I was 17 years old, I did a project on Judy Garland for my Film Studies A-Level,” Smith shared in a statement. “I was immediately immersed into the magic of Judy and...
“When I was 17 years old, I did a project on Judy Garland for my Film Studies A-Level,” Smith shared in a statement. “I was immediately immersed into the magic of Judy and...
- 9/25/2019
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
As Renée Zellweger depicts the Wizard of Oz star’s declining years, Garland’s devoted following, including our own writer, are torn between excitement and dread
The dark fedora tipped to one side; the black tux and black stockings: could that really be Judy Garland singing “Forget your troubles and just get happy!” from the 1950 film musical Summer Stock? No, it was me in the 1970s dressed up in my father’s hat and suit jacket, pretending to tapdance on the tiles of my parents’ hallway and droning out a version of Judy’s syncopated hit to an audience of none.
Even today, 50 years since her death, Garland, the ultimate star of Hollywood’s golden era of musicals, is loved and recognised by children across the world because of her beguiling performance aged 16 as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, released 80 years ago.
The dark fedora tipped to one side; the black tux and black stockings: could that really be Judy Garland singing “Forget your troubles and just get happy!” from the 1950 film musical Summer Stock? No, it was me in the 1970s dressed up in my father’s hat and suit jacket, pretending to tapdance on the tiles of my parents’ hallway and droning out a version of Judy’s syncopated hit to an audience of none.
Even today, 50 years since her death, Garland, the ultimate star of Hollywood’s golden era of musicals, is loved and recognised by children across the world because of her beguiling performance aged 16 as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, released 80 years ago.
- 8/31/2019
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
Sam Smith and Rufus Wainwright will each duet with Renée Zellweger on the Judy soundtrack. The biopic of the same name, in which Zellweger plays a latter-day Judy Garland, will hit theaters on September 27th.
Smith will join Zellweger for “Get Happy,” one of Garland’s most beloved and best known songs. She originally performed it in the 1950 film Summer Stock, her final film for MGM that also stars Gene Kelly. Wainwright and Zellweger will duet on “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” a Christmas classic Garland first introduced in...
Smith will join Zellweger for “Get Happy,” one of Garland’s most beloved and best known songs. She originally performed it in the 1950 film Summer Stock, her final film for MGM that also stars Gene Kelly. Wainwright and Zellweger will duet on “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” a Christmas classic Garland first introduced in...
- 8/28/2019
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
I don’t know if Garland fans still go around chanting ‘Judy Judy Judy’ at her every appearance, but they do have a timeless song ‘n’ dance number to celebrate here. Her last MGM movie is only a so-so vehicle but Gene Kelly and the studio’s top music & dance talent work hard to put it over the top. Garland’s lack of stability is still an issue. For much of the movie she looks visibly overweight, yet in the showstopper ‘Get Happy’ she suddenly slims down to the best — maybe not the healthiest — look of her career.
Summer Stock
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1950 / Color / 1:37 flat Academy / 109 min. / Street Date April 30, 2019 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Eddie Bracken, Gloria DeHaven, Marjorie Main, Phil Silvers, Ray Collins, Nita Bieber, Carleton Carpenter, Hans Conried, Jeanne Coyne, Carol Haney, Almira Sessions.
Cinematography: Robert H. Planck
Film Editor: Albert Akst...
Summer Stock
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1950 / Color / 1:37 flat Academy / 109 min. / Street Date April 30, 2019 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Eddie Bracken, Gloria DeHaven, Marjorie Main, Phil Silvers, Ray Collins, Nita Bieber, Carleton Carpenter, Hans Conried, Jeanne Coyne, Carol Haney, Almira Sessions.
Cinematography: Robert H. Planck
Film Editor: Albert Akst...
- 5/4/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Former All My Children star Candice Earley Nolan passed away on January 31. She was 68.
According to The Lawton Constitution, she "slipped peacefully into Heaven while at home in her bed, surrounded by family after a brave, 8-year struggle with Multiple Systems Atrophy."
Candice Jean Earley was born at Fort Hood, Texas, on August 18, 1950, the daughter of H.E. and Jean Daily Earley. At a young age, her father was transferred to Germany where she learned German in Kindergarten. Her family was transferred to Ft. Sill, in Lawton, Oklahoma, when she was 5 years old.
She was educated in the Lawton public schools, where she was an honor student, and was active in the theater and arts programs. It was during these years that her 4-Octave coloratura soprano voice was developed and honed via voice lessons. She was selected Miss Lawton and was First Runner-up to Miss Oklahoma. She attended Trinity University in San Antonio,...
According to The Lawton Constitution, she "slipped peacefully into Heaven while at home in her bed, surrounded by family after a brave, 8-year struggle with Multiple Systems Atrophy."
Candice Jean Earley was born at Fort Hood, Texas, on August 18, 1950, the daughter of H.E. and Jean Daily Earley. At a young age, her father was transferred to Germany where she learned German in Kindergarten. Her family was transferred to Ft. Sill, in Lawton, Oklahoma, when she was 5 years old.
She was educated in the Lawton public schools, where she was an honor student, and was active in the theater and arts programs. It was during these years that her 4-Octave coloratura soprano voice was developed and honed via voice lessons. She was selected Miss Lawton and was First Runner-up to Miss Oklahoma. She attended Trinity University in San Antonio,...
- 2/7/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Nita Bieber, a onetime dancer and actress who appeared with the Three Stooges in Rhythm and Weep, with Judy Garland in Summer Stock and with Tony Curtis in The Prince Who Was a Thief, has died. She was 92.
Bieber died Monday in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, her son, Rocky, told The Hollywood Reporter.
A graduate of Hollywood High, Bieber also appeared as a dancer in The Jolson Story (1946), starring Larry Parks, and worked alongside the Bowery Boys in News Hounds (1947), with Jackie Cooper and Jackie Coogan in Kilroy Was Here (1947) and with Hedy Lamarr in A Lady Without Passport ...
Bieber died Monday in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, her son, Rocky, told The Hollywood Reporter.
A graduate of Hollywood High, Bieber also appeared as a dancer in The Jolson Story (1946), starring Larry Parks, and worked alongside the Bowery Boys in News Hounds (1947), with Jackie Cooper and Jackie Coogan in Kilroy Was Here (1947) and with Hedy Lamarr in A Lady Without Passport ...
Nita Bieber, a onetime dancer and actress who appeared with the Three Stooges in Rhythm and Weep, with Judy Garland in Summer Stock and with Tony Curtis in The Prince Who Was a Thief, has died. She was 92.
Bieber died Monday in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, her son, Rocky, told The Hollywood Reporter.
A graduate of Hollywood High, Bieber also appeared as a dancer in The Jolson Story (1946), starring Larry Parks, and worked alongside the Bowery Boys in News Hounds (1947), with Jackie Cooper and Jackie Coogan in Kilroy Was Here (1947) and with Hedy Lamarr in A Lady Without Passport ...
Bieber died Monday in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, her son, Rocky, told The Hollywood Reporter.
A graduate of Hollywood High, Bieber also appeared as a dancer in The Jolson Story (1946), starring Larry Parks, and worked alongside the Bowery Boys in News Hounds (1947), with Jackie Cooper and Jackie Coogan in Kilroy Was Here (1947) and with Hedy Lamarr in A Lady Without Passport ...
Turner Classic Movies continues with its Gay Hollywood presentations tonight and tomorrow morning, June 8–9. Seven movies will be shown about, featuring, directed, or produced by the following: Cole Porter, Lorenz Hart, Farley Granger, John Dall, Edmund Goulding, W. Somerset Maughan, Clifton Webb, Montgomery Clift, Raymond Burr, Charles Walters, DeWitt Bodeen, and Harriet Parsons. (One assumes that it's a mere coincidence that gay rumor subjects Cary Grant and Tyrone Power are also featured.) Night and Day (1946), which could also be considered part of TCM's homage to birthday girl Alexis Smith, who would have turned 96 today, is a Cole Porter biopic starring Cary Grant as a posh, heterosexualized version of Porter. As the warning goes, any similaries to real-life people and/or events found in Night and Day are a mere coincidence. The same goes for Words and Music (1948), a highly fictionalized version of the Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart musical partnership.
- 6/9/2017
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Judy Garland was just 16 when she starred in her breakout role, 1939’s The Wizard of Oz. At just 4 feet, 11½ inches, Garland had a cute, girl-next-door charm helped set her apart from her glamorous contemporaries like Elizabeth Taylor and Ava Gardner. But with success would come the need to maintain her youthful looks and thin frame — pressures from Hollywood studio MGM that would fuel the legendary songstress’ drug abuse and eventually lead to her death.
Now, more than four decades after an accidental drug overdose took her life at age 47, a new memoir about the late star pulls back the curtain on Garland’s demons.
Now, more than four decades after an accidental drug overdose took her life at age 47, a new memoir about the late star pulls back the curtain on Garland’s demons.
- 1/27/2017
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
In 'Judy by the Numbers' Anne Marie looks back at Garland's career through key songs
By the time Judy Garland turned 28, her entire adult life and her entire star persona had been a product of MGM. In 1950, Judy Garland's image - as cultivated by MGM and the Freed Unit - was of an exuberant talent, small in stature but big in heart and voice; a buoyant box office sensation. However, the reality was different. In the 13 months between the release of In The Good Old Summertime and Summer Stock, Judy Garland fought drug addiction, rehab, an increasingly strained marriage, an unsympathetic studio, and a suicide attempt that made headlines worldwide. Filmed before her attempt but released two months after it, Summer Stock is a record of the conflict between the image of Judy Garland and the reality of Frances Gumm.
The Movie: Summer Stock (1950)
The Songwriters: Harold Arlen (music...
By the time Judy Garland turned 28, her entire adult life and her entire star persona had been a product of MGM. In 1950, Judy Garland's image - as cultivated by MGM and the Freed Unit - was of an exuberant talent, small in stature but big in heart and voice; a buoyant box office sensation. However, the reality was different. In the 13 months between the release of In The Good Old Summertime and Summer Stock, Judy Garland fought drug addiction, rehab, an increasingly strained marriage, an unsympathetic studio, and a suicide attempt that made headlines worldwide. Filmed before her attempt but released two months after it, Summer Stock is a record of the conflict between the image of Judy Garland and the reality of Frances Gumm.
The Movie: Summer Stock (1950)
The Songwriters: Harold Arlen (music...
- 7/20/2016
- by Anne Marie
- FilmExperience
Here are some of the top casting notices to wrap up the first week of February, including one for a cruise line, and projects shooting in L.A. Royal Caribbean PRODUCTIONSThe Royal Caribbean Cruise Line is seeking actors to perform as DreamWorks costumed characters. Union and nonunion contracts are offered, and auditions are Feb. 7 in the Sunshine State. The Theater Barn 2016 Summer SEASONIt’s time to get in the spirit of Summer Stock! New Lebanon, New York’s Theater Barn is casting all roles March 3, 4, and 6 for productions including “The Wedding Singer,” “Don’t Talk to the Actors,” “The Cocktail Hours,” and others, which will run from mid-June to the end of September. Roles pay $250/week and housing will be provided. “Zombies Rule”Tre Stage is casting the play “Zombies Rule.” The play follows the stories of four different groups of survivors during a zombie apocalypse. There are three roles for men,...
- 2/5/2016
- backstage.com
Regardless of the medium you’re seeking, from theater to screen work, there are roles out there for you! Check out the four below! “The Rockettes New York Spectacular”Auditions are Feb. 23 for the 2016 cast of the legendary Rockettes at Radio City Musical Hall. Contracts run April through mid-August. “The Civilians”Photos and résumés are currently being accepted for current and future productions in New York City. Actors of color are of particular interest. This notice expires March 3 so be sure to apply before then! “Underground”This Los Angeles feature film about the gritty world of underground boxing is casting leading and supporting roles for male and female actors. Submissions out of L.A.; Chicago; Iowa City and Des Moines, Iowa; and Omaha, Nebraska will be accepted. The Theater Barn 2016 Summer SEASONIt’s time to get in the spirit of Summer Stock! New Lebanon, New York’s Theater Barn is...
- 2/3/2016
- backstage.com
Mia Farrow was honored on 8 August with the Festival’s Leopard Club Award, which pays tribute to someone in film whose work has left a mark on the collective imagination.
Jay Weissberg, film critic for Variety, speaks with Mia Farrow about her career, passions, the art and craft of acting, her upcoming role on Broadway and growing up in Hollywood royalty. An engaging and smart storyteller, she has a self-effacing sense of humor and deep honesty. The hour-long talk was held in Locarno on 9 August in a packed auditorium – the backdrop of which could have reflected a movie scene, as lights flickered during torrential rains and thunderstorms raged.
Weissberg: With your father a director and mother an actress, did you fall into acting?
Farrow: No, I had a lot of other plans as well. I was going to be a fireman. A fighter pilot -- why I don’t know. And I wanted to be a nun. I got all the best parts in plays in high school. I grew up in Beverly Hills, my mother had come from Ireland and all her colleagues had come from across America and Europe too. This town of Beverly Hills was a town of making films not a town of generations who had lived there for a lot of time. All the kids I grew up with were growing up in films. George Cukor was my godfather. My parents for pragmatic reasons -- Luella Parsons was my godmother. It was political…they were buying her praise or silence, as the case was needed.
Weissberg: When you first began acting was it, ‘Oh sure I can do it’ or a concern ‘Oh this is a craft I need to study?
Farrow: Definitely the latter. I was 16, on Broadway, my father just died. My brother had been killed in an airplane crash. I began auditioning and got this part in Importance of Being Earnest. I sat in on many classes; Wynn Hammond, Uta Hagen, the Actors Studio. I didn’t commit to any of them; I sat in on as many classes as I could. I got Summer stock. I learned on my feet.
Weissberg: On "Rosemary’s Baby" there was a clash between John Cassavetes, known for naturalism and spontaneity and Polanski, a rigid filmmaker.
Farrow: Their two styles could not have been more different. With Polanski there was the precision, exactness, mapping out his shots, that he required of his actors. (Farrow demonstrates) If you had a glass that was a little too up to the right - you ruined that shot. Cassavetes did handheld stuff, he was free to say what he wanted, and there was a lot of adlibbing. Cassavetes quickly found he was not comfortable with the confines, the rigidity of these extraordinary shots that Polanski mapped out.
Weissberg: It’s extraordinary over your career your ability to surprise us. Just when we, the public or industry has typecast you, you turn around and do something unexpected. "Broadway Danny Rose" and earlier on in "Rosemary's Baby" and "John and Mary." Let’s talk about change for your characters internally and externally.
Farrow: That’s part of the job. There are actors who didn’t change characters whom I admire like Spencer Tracy and Yul Brynner. Yul said he had a different walk in every film. He thought he was a different character. If you can successfully convey that then you have to find it in yourself to make that person real. In "Broadway Danny Rose" I patterned it after the wife of a friend of Frank Sinatra’s and a woman in a restaurant. I knew how she should look and talk. There was an assistant in one of the offices and I said, ‘Can you read my lines and I can tape you to get that accent right?’ I had to change that timbre. I tried to gain the weight but still had to fake everything. Now you can’t do that part and stay in the part and do "The Purple Rose of Cairo," too (which was shot at the same time). I was in the Royal Shakespeare Academy; you can’t Not change. It’s part of the way of my training.
Weissberg: You’re going back to Broadway next month in Love Letters. What made you want to come back to the stage?
Farrow: I’ve been saying to myself, that I don’t want to act again because drama is enough in life, but I’m still earning a living. Then I wondered if that’s true; that I don’t want to act. It’s only one month on Broadway and I should see before I make definitive statements about anything. One of my sons said, ‘Don’t make these statements; acting is something you can do that can be meaningful. Don’t be so cavalier with something you were given.’
Weissberg: Did your mother give you any acting advice?
Farrow : She gave advice about acting and being truthful. ‘Don’t ever do your hair in the style of the times unless there’s a real point to looking a certain way. Choose simple clothes and hair, so people can see your role ten years from now, unless you’re deliberately trying to convey it.’ I think in "Rosemary's Baby" that was ‘me’ in that situation, I had to imagine myself in that situation and then I tried to have her look not so sixties not so anything in particular.
In response to a question about organizing a full and complicated life while juggling all the balls in the air.
Farrow: It’s better not to think of them as balls in the air otherwise I would probably drop everything. I have multiple interests and I’ve always been like that. You’ll see on Twitter what my interests are. (Farrow talks about Unicef trips to Central African Republic and the genocide there.) I try to bring some attention there to a neglected crisis.
In response to a question about Frank Sinatra
Farrow: I would say in essence a shy man who was extremely empathetic, and a shy man who took pains to cover his shyness with a toughness you saw. There were many aspects of his childhood growing up in Hoboken; his mother’s only son, skinny, he wanted to be singer and the guys in his school were tough, he got a lot of bullying. We all carry our six year-old self, and that self, that essential self, was a very sensitive and essentially shy person. He was fascinated about a lot of things. I am very glad to have known him. He was a good friend. I loved him very much.
Weissberg: Is the legend true that Prudence is your sister from the Beatles’ song ?
Farrow: I wish the song was called Dear Mia. The Beatles wrote the White Album when we were all in India. My sister Prudence was a meditator years before we went to India. Each of us was mired in our own particular nightmares. We get to the Himalayas, and she goes into meditation 24-hours a day and I have a short attention span. You get a mantra from the guru and you learn; you bring flowers and fruit. It’s a ceremony. Well, I have a little bout with hay fever – the guru has a wreath around his neck and he carefully tells me my secret word and I sneezed! I didn’t hear it properly. I asked him, “Would you mind repeating it?” Guru said, “No you have heard it.’ I said, “No really, I don't think so.” He never would repeat the word. That's probably why I never achieved that karmic bliss. The Beatles were outside our door, asking Prudence (and Farrow sings) “Won’t you come out and play?”(Upon hearing the song back in the U.S.) Prudence doesn’t like getting anything that’s prideful. Me -- I would have had Dear Mia tee shirts made!
Weissberg: Hollywood is not a comfortable place for a woman past 40.
Farrow: It’s okay I don’t look 20 anymore. Judi Dench looks like Judi Dench and we love the way she looks. And we love Maggie Smith. We love all the Maggie Smiths of her lifetime. We love all the Sally Fields and we hope she will go on to impress us. There is a residual fear from the olden days, except Katherine Hepburn, women [over 40] disappeared into their mansions because they thought they would disappoint fans. Or went to surgeons. There was a lot of fear of growing old. That’s not on the top of my one millions fears.
I ask Farrow about the disparity of women directors working in the industry
Farrow cites Kathryn Bigelow as a success story and hopes the situation changes.
Farrow: I haven’t worked with women directors yet but I would like to. Women are capable of doing anything. We’ve had some big hits. I hope one day when I do another film if I have the time to work with a woman director. I would love to work with women. We are better communicators.
In response to Farrow’s relationship with social media
Farrow: I love Twitter; my son taught me. It’s a great way to use information, to convey information for me as a human being and as Un ambassador. I told my children, ‘With knowledge comes responsibility.’ I feel if I can convey that information, maybe people can act upon it. It’s about all of us using what is in our arsenal to try to make the world a little more peaceful or compassionate.
Award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker, Susan Kouguell presents international workshops and seminars on screenwriting and film. Author of Savvy Characters Sell Screenplays! and The Savvy Screenwriter, she is chairperson of Su-City Pictures East, LLC, a consulting company founded in 1990 where she works with over 1,000 writers, filmmakers, and executives worldwide. www.su-city-pictures.com, http://su-city-pictures.com/wpblog .
Jay Weissberg, film critic for Variety, speaks with Mia Farrow about her career, passions, the art and craft of acting, her upcoming role on Broadway and growing up in Hollywood royalty. An engaging and smart storyteller, she has a self-effacing sense of humor and deep honesty. The hour-long talk was held in Locarno on 9 August in a packed auditorium – the backdrop of which could have reflected a movie scene, as lights flickered during torrential rains and thunderstorms raged.
Weissberg: With your father a director and mother an actress, did you fall into acting?
Farrow: No, I had a lot of other plans as well. I was going to be a fireman. A fighter pilot -- why I don’t know. And I wanted to be a nun. I got all the best parts in plays in high school. I grew up in Beverly Hills, my mother had come from Ireland and all her colleagues had come from across America and Europe too. This town of Beverly Hills was a town of making films not a town of generations who had lived there for a lot of time. All the kids I grew up with were growing up in films. George Cukor was my godfather. My parents for pragmatic reasons -- Luella Parsons was my godmother. It was political…they were buying her praise or silence, as the case was needed.
Weissberg: When you first began acting was it, ‘Oh sure I can do it’ or a concern ‘Oh this is a craft I need to study?
Farrow: Definitely the latter. I was 16, on Broadway, my father just died. My brother had been killed in an airplane crash. I began auditioning and got this part in Importance of Being Earnest. I sat in on many classes; Wynn Hammond, Uta Hagen, the Actors Studio. I didn’t commit to any of them; I sat in on as many classes as I could. I got Summer stock. I learned on my feet.
Weissberg: On "Rosemary’s Baby" there was a clash between John Cassavetes, known for naturalism and spontaneity and Polanski, a rigid filmmaker.
Farrow: Their two styles could not have been more different. With Polanski there was the precision, exactness, mapping out his shots, that he required of his actors. (Farrow demonstrates) If you had a glass that was a little too up to the right - you ruined that shot. Cassavetes did handheld stuff, he was free to say what he wanted, and there was a lot of adlibbing. Cassavetes quickly found he was not comfortable with the confines, the rigidity of these extraordinary shots that Polanski mapped out.
Weissberg: It’s extraordinary over your career your ability to surprise us. Just when we, the public or industry has typecast you, you turn around and do something unexpected. "Broadway Danny Rose" and earlier on in "Rosemary's Baby" and "John and Mary." Let’s talk about change for your characters internally and externally.
Farrow: That’s part of the job. There are actors who didn’t change characters whom I admire like Spencer Tracy and Yul Brynner. Yul said he had a different walk in every film. He thought he was a different character. If you can successfully convey that then you have to find it in yourself to make that person real. In "Broadway Danny Rose" I patterned it after the wife of a friend of Frank Sinatra’s and a woman in a restaurant. I knew how she should look and talk. There was an assistant in one of the offices and I said, ‘Can you read my lines and I can tape you to get that accent right?’ I had to change that timbre. I tried to gain the weight but still had to fake everything. Now you can’t do that part and stay in the part and do "The Purple Rose of Cairo," too (which was shot at the same time). I was in the Royal Shakespeare Academy; you can’t Not change. It’s part of the way of my training.
Weissberg: You’re going back to Broadway next month in Love Letters. What made you want to come back to the stage?
Farrow: I’ve been saying to myself, that I don’t want to act again because drama is enough in life, but I’m still earning a living. Then I wondered if that’s true; that I don’t want to act. It’s only one month on Broadway and I should see before I make definitive statements about anything. One of my sons said, ‘Don’t make these statements; acting is something you can do that can be meaningful. Don’t be so cavalier with something you were given.’
Weissberg: Did your mother give you any acting advice?
Farrow : She gave advice about acting and being truthful. ‘Don’t ever do your hair in the style of the times unless there’s a real point to looking a certain way. Choose simple clothes and hair, so people can see your role ten years from now, unless you’re deliberately trying to convey it.’ I think in "Rosemary's Baby" that was ‘me’ in that situation, I had to imagine myself in that situation and then I tried to have her look not so sixties not so anything in particular.
In response to a question about organizing a full and complicated life while juggling all the balls in the air.
Farrow: It’s better not to think of them as balls in the air otherwise I would probably drop everything. I have multiple interests and I’ve always been like that. You’ll see on Twitter what my interests are. (Farrow talks about Unicef trips to Central African Republic and the genocide there.) I try to bring some attention there to a neglected crisis.
In response to a question about Frank Sinatra
Farrow: I would say in essence a shy man who was extremely empathetic, and a shy man who took pains to cover his shyness with a toughness you saw. There were many aspects of his childhood growing up in Hoboken; his mother’s only son, skinny, he wanted to be singer and the guys in his school were tough, he got a lot of bullying. We all carry our six year-old self, and that self, that essential self, was a very sensitive and essentially shy person. He was fascinated about a lot of things. I am very glad to have known him. He was a good friend. I loved him very much.
Weissberg: Is the legend true that Prudence is your sister from the Beatles’ song ?
Farrow: I wish the song was called Dear Mia. The Beatles wrote the White Album when we were all in India. My sister Prudence was a meditator years before we went to India. Each of us was mired in our own particular nightmares. We get to the Himalayas, and she goes into meditation 24-hours a day and I have a short attention span. You get a mantra from the guru and you learn; you bring flowers and fruit. It’s a ceremony. Well, I have a little bout with hay fever – the guru has a wreath around his neck and he carefully tells me my secret word and I sneezed! I didn’t hear it properly. I asked him, “Would you mind repeating it?” Guru said, “No you have heard it.’ I said, “No really, I don't think so.” He never would repeat the word. That's probably why I never achieved that karmic bliss. The Beatles were outside our door, asking Prudence (and Farrow sings) “Won’t you come out and play?”(Upon hearing the song back in the U.S.) Prudence doesn’t like getting anything that’s prideful. Me -- I would have had Dear Mia tee shirts made!
Weissberg: Hollywood is not a comfortable place for a woman past 40.
Farrow: It’s okay I don’t look 20 anymore. Judi Dench looks like Judi Dench and we love the way she looks. And we love Maggie Smith. We love all the Maggie Smiths of her lifetime. We love all the Sally Fields and we hope she will go on to impress us. There is a residual fear from the olden days, except Katherine Hepburn, women [over 40] disappeared into their mansions because they thought they would disappoint fans. Or went to surgeons. There was a lot of fear of growing old. That’s not on the top of my one millions fears.
I ask Farrow about the disparity of women directors working in the industry
Farrow cites Kathryn Bigelow as a success story and hopes the situation changes.
Farrow: I haven’t worked with women directors yet but I would like to. Women are capable of doing anything. We’ve had some big hits. I hope one day when I do another film if I have the time to work with a woman director. I would love to work with women. We are better communicators.
In response to Farrow’s relationship with social media
Farrow: I love Twitter; my son taught me. It’s a great way to use information, to convey information for me as a human being and as Un ambassador. I told my children, ‘With knowledge comes responsibility.’ I feel if I can convey that information, maybe people can act upon it. It’s about all of us using what is in our arsenal to try to make the world a little more peaceful or compassionate.
Award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker, Susan Kouguell presents international workshops and seminars on screenwriting and film. Author of Savvy Characters Sell Screenplays! and The Savvy Screenwriter, she is chairperson of Su-City Pictures East, LLC, a consulting company founded in 1990 where she works with over 1,000 writers, filmmakers, and executives worldwide. www.su-city-pictures.com, http://su-city-pictures.com/wpblog .
- 8/11/2014
- by Susan Kouguell
- Sydney's Buzz
Wonkette crazed religious rightwing preacher says that Frozen will make you gay. And a witch!
Pajiba saves me the trouble of doing a Yes No Maybe So on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) traiser
24 Frames Per Second Mynt Marsellus follows up on that "screenplays you must read" article we were discussing the other day with 5 screenplays by women or people of color to add diversity to it. Fine choices
People Emma Watson looks great in menswear
In Contention on the final James Gandolfini film The Drop from the director of Bullhead
The Exploding Kinetoscope demands that you take Summer Stock (1950) more seriously. There's more to that Judy Garland film than "Get Happy"
Los Angeles Magazine James Franco on his poetry and being on that "leaked" list of Lindsay's lovers...
Tfe ...icymi we discussed that list here
Gilt City if you have $175-$235 to spare you can see Cate Blanchett, Isabelle Huppert...
Pajiba saves me the trouble of doing a Yes No Maybe So on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) traiser
24 Frames Per Second Mynt Marsellus follows up on that "screenplays you must read" article we were discussing the other day with 5 screenplays by women or people of color to add diversity to it. Fine choices
People Emma Watson looks great in menswear
In Contention on the final James Gandolfini film The Drop from the director of Bullhead
The Exploding Kinetoscope demands that you take Summer Stock (1950) more seriously. There's more to that Judy Garland film than "Get Happy"
Los Angeles Magazine James Franco on his poetry and being on that "leaked" list of Lindsay's lovers...
Tfe ...icymi we discussed that list here
Gilt City if you have $175-$235 to spare you can see Cate Blanchett, Isabelle Huppert...
- 3/27/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Big Thunder Productions will present Mercury Rising, a Benefit Concert by Mss Alums in the Big Apple, a cabaret event to be performed on Sunday, September 15th at 4pm at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. The event will feature songs from new, bound-for-Broadway musicals written by up-and-coming composers and lyricists from all over the globe, including Mercury Summer Stock's own Dan Marshall, Carla Rose Fisher, and Aliyana Stewart. This benefit concert will feature Broadway's Corey Mach and Drew Aber, and over a dozen of Mercury's NYC-based professional alumni, along with special guest Marissa Rosen. Check out a first look at Aber and Josh Freilich rehearsing below...
- 9/13/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Actress Karen Black, star of such films as Five Easy Pieces and Trilogy of Terror died today in Los Angeles. She was 74.
Born in 1939 in Illinois, she studied acting at Northwestern University until she dropped out and moved to New York. Summer stock and theater were Black's staples, eventually debuting on Broadway in 1961. Her first major film role was in Francis Ford Coppola's You're a Big Boy Now. Black is best known to "mainstream" audiences for her roles in films like Five Easy Pieces (a role for which she was nominated for an Oscar), Easy Rider, and Nashville, which represented a time when independent films were emerging as a viable, respectable segment of the film world.
Black's career took a "turn" in 1975 when she took the lead in Trilogy of Terror, a made-for-tv anthology film. (The "turn" reference comes from Hollywood Reporter, which to me comes off dismissive, as if she wasted her career.
Born in 1939 in Illinois, she studied acting at Northwestern University until she dropped out and moved to New York. Summer stock and theater were Black's staples, eventually debuting on Broadway in 1961. Her first major film role was in Francis Ford Coppola's You're a Big Boy Now. Black is best known to "mainstream" audiences for her roles in films like Five Easy Pieces (a role for which she was nominated for an Oscar), Easy Rider, and Nashville, which represented a time when independent films were emerging as a viable, respectable segment of the film world.
Black's career took a "turn" in 1975 when she took the lead in Trilogy of Terror, a made-for-tv anthology film. (The "turn" reference comes from Hollywood Reporter, which to me comes off dismissive, as if she wasted her career.
- 8/9/2013
- by Alyse Wax
- FEARnet
Eileen Dietz, the woman who brought to life Pazuzu, the demon that possessed Regan in William Friedkin’s The Exorcist, recently released a biography, entitled Exorcising My Demons: An Actress’ Journey To The Exorcist And Beyond. The tell-all book recounts many tales about The Exorcist, as a young actress and her own life story. This Sunday May 19th, she’ll be making an appearance at Dark Delicacies, the renowned horror book store at 3512 W. Magnolia in Burbank, CA, to sign copies of the book, which she co-wrote with Daniel Loubier. She’ll be there at 2 Pm for the exciting event.
Book Synopsis: Eileen Dietz seeks to enlighten young actors attempting to break into the business, clear up misunderstandings about her role in the making of The Exorcist, and unleash her own personal demons in her compelling biography.
“Exorcising My Demons” chronicles Eileen’s journey through family tragedies to the worlds of theater,...
Book Synopsis: Eileen Dietz seeks to enlighten young actors attempting to break into the business, clear up misunderstandings about her role in the making of The Exorcist, and unleash her own personal demons in her compelling biography.
“Exorcising My Demons” chronicles Eileen’s journey through family tragedies to the worlds of theater,...
- 5/13/2013
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Deanna Durbin: Highest-paid actress in the world [See previous post: "Deanna Durbin in the '40s: From Wholesome Musicals to Film Noir Sex Worker."] Despite several missteps in the handling of her career, David Shipman states that Deanna Durbin was Hollywood’s (and the world’s) highest-paid actress in both 1945 and 1947. In 1946, Durbin’s earnings of $323,477 trailed only Bette Davis’ $328,000 at Warner Bros. Those are impressive rankings (and wages), but ironically Durbin’s high earnings ultimately harmed her career. By the mid-’40s, her domestic box-office allure was beginning to fade, a situation surely worsened by World War II closing off most of Hollywood’s top international markets. As a result, Universal, since 1947 a new entity known as Universal-International, was unwilling to spend extra money in their star’s already costly vehicles. That’s a similar predicament to the one faced by silent-era superstar John Gilbert at MGM in the early ’30s: the studio had to pay Gilbert an exorbitant salary that made his movies much...
- 5/5/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
If there really is a place like Beecham House, I want to go to there someday. In the Dustin Hoffman-directed film Quartet, the site is a home for retired classical music performers and opera singers. As the main four characters wander about the beautiful grounds, a solo clarinetist plays, or a string quartet performs in a gazebo. How wonderful would it be to be surrounded by amazing instrumentalists constantly playing music (well)? It seems like a slice of heaven to me. The movie itself, however? Not so much.
The plot is a bit of a muddle, but here goes: Flamboyant Cedric (Michael Gambon, wearing Dumbledore-esque caftans) is putting on the home's annual concert, which, from the number of times he asserts that the home could be closed if the event is not a success, I infer is a fundraiser. It's reminiscent of the classic-musical plotline where the gang would...
The plot is a bit of a muddle, but here goes: Flamboyant Cedric (Michael Gambon, wearing Dumbledore-esque caftans) is putting on the home's annual concert, which, from the number of times he asserts that the home could be closed if the event is not a success, I infer is a fundraiser. It's reminiscent of the classic-musical plotline where the gang would...
- 1/24/2013
- by Elizabeth Stoddard
- Slackerwood
Watch On Spec (David Phelps, 2012, 23') online:
http://vimeo.com/55713368
Notes
Notas (traducidas)
On Spec is being distributed by Lumière and is available to watch online December 19, 2012 - January 2, 2012
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All audio recorded 12/13/12 at approximately 1am
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Credits (approx 60-90 seconds)
Credits are written out by hand on a blank notepad. “Specters of the Age (Myths/Comedies): On Spec,” “August 17, 2011,” “Credit,” (with names) “Thank you,” (with names). Quote: “Owe a bank a thousand dollars, the bank owns you. Owe a bank one hundred million dollars, you own the bank.” — American proverb
—Outline for On Spec, 8/16/11
"...But, as my first (film) film, it’s a start, even if trying to extract some trace of something redeemingly real from this speculative world seems as dubious a venture, in 2012, as not trying at all. "
—Notes to On Spec, August 20, 2012
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"Went to Ma today to color-correct [film], and good thing too: guy would have naturalized it all,...
http://vimeo.com/55713368
Notes
Notas (traducidas)
On Spec is being distributed by Lumière and is available to watch online December 19, 2012 - January 2, 2012
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All audio recorded 12/13/12 at approximately 1am
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Credits (approx 60-90 seconds)
Credits are written out by hand on a blank notepad. “Specters of the Age (Myths/Comedies): On Spec,” “August 17, 2011,” “Credit,” (with names) “Thank you,” (with names). Quote: “Owe a bank a thousand dollars, the bank owns you. Owe a bank one hundred million dollars, you own the bank.” — American proverb
—Outline for On Spec, 8/16/11
"...But, as my first (film) film, it’s a start, even if trying to extract some trace of something redeemingly real from this speculative world seems as dubious a venture, in 2012, as not trying at all. "
—Notes to On Spec, August 20, 2012
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"Went to Ma today to color-correct [film], and good thing too: guy would have naturalized it all,...
- 12/20/2012
- by gina telaroli
- MUBI
In this installment of the John Carpenter retrospective series Shawn and Jeff tackle what might be arguably the worst John Carpenter movie ever made (that would include Memoirs of an Invisible man even though Carpenter disowned it). Village of the Damned is just about the most hokey piece of overdramatic garbage. It feels very much like the Italian exploitation version of a great American action movie or at least the score feels that way. For those of you unfamiliar with the original, it was released in 1960 and has been seen as one of the pioneer horror movies in the “communists are coming” subgenre that flourished in the wake of McCarthyism and has been a fan favorite to this day (although in recent years it has been relinquished to cult status). The remake starring Mark Hamil, Kirstie Alley and Cristopher Reeve is far from a serious effort. The casting appear to...
- 12/20/2012
- by Jimmy Terror
- The Liberal Dead
In an interview with Crave Online, J.K. Simmons, who brought the iconic newspaper man J. Jonah Jameson to life so beautifully in Sam Raimi’s Spider-man trilogy, got to talking about the new movies.
He reminisces about the original: “Well, the Spider-Man thing, for those of us who were doing the first franchise, that rug got pulled out from under us like two-and-a-half years ago, you know. So, that water is well under the bridge. I love making those movies with Sam and with everybody, and we had a great time. Now, the studio is doing a different version of it. But that seems like ancient history. And, because I don’t get out much, I haven’t seen the movie or the Broadway play or the cartoon, which I do a voice on.”
He was considered the “definitive” Jjj that Webb and company didn’t include a recast...
He reminisces about the original: “Well, the Spider-Man thing, for those of us who were doing the first franchise, that rug got pulled out from under us like two-and-a-half years ago, you know. So, that water is well under the bridge. I love making those movies with Sam and with everybody, and we had a great time. Now, the studio is doing a different version of it. But that seems like ancient history. And, because I don’t get out much, I haven’t seen the movie or the Broadway play or the cartoon, which I do a voice on.”
He was considered the “definitive” Jjj that Webb and company didn’t include a recast...
- 8/6/2012
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
One good thing about working for AfterElton is I know a big chunk of our readership likes, enjoys, and spends a lot of its extra time thinking about stars of the past. You have to keep those names bouncing around in your head since they're little replenishable vitamins, surges of endorphins when brought up correctly. That brings me to today's topic: Judy Garland's onscreen paramours. Garland would've been 90 yesterday, and I didn't get to properly commemorate this. But here's for compensation: I'm bringing you the definitive list of Judy's five hottest costars. Come on, boys, get happy!
5. James Mason
A Star is Born is one of the great films of the '50s, a heartbreaking and unforgettable journey. The heroine's story gets nearly as tragic as Judy's own, particularly in '54 when she lost the Best Actress statuette to Grace Kelly in a year when she was the expected shoo-in.
5. James Mason
A Star is Born is one of the great films of the '50s, a heartbreaking and unforgettable journey. The heroine's story gets nearly as tragic as Judy's own, particularly in '54 when she lost the Best Actress statuette to Grace Kelly in a year when she was the expected shoo-in.
- 6/11/2012
- by virtel
- The Backlot
Gene Kelly in Summer Stock, 1950. credit: Courtesy of AMPAS
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a two-night celebration of the life and career of legendary dancer, director and choreographer Gene Kelly on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Film clips, personal remembrances and an exploration of the technology Kelly used to change the look of dance on film will be featured on consecutive evenings: Thursday, May 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, and Friday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Both programs will be hosted by Kelly.s widow, film historian Patricia Ward Kelly.
Kelly is perhaps best known for his remarkable dancing, but his talents extended to many different aspects of filmmaking. His work behind the camera, as an innovative director and choreographer, has had a lasting influence on the way that dance is filmed.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a two-night celebration of the life and career of legendary dancer, director and choreographer Gene Kelly on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Film clips, personal remembrances and an exploration of the technology Kelly used to change the look of dance on film will be featured on consecutive evenings: Thursday, May 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, and Friday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Both programs will be hosted by Kelly.s widow, film historian Patricia Ward Kelly.
Kelly is perhaps best known for his remarkable dancing, but his talents extended to many different aspects of filmmaking. His work behind the camera, as an innovative director and choreographer, has had a lasting influence on the way that dance is filmed.
- 5/1/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Well there we have it! After a few weeks of teasing, American Horror Story put it all out on the table last night in regards to one of the central characters' fates, confirming some of our suspicions and giving us even more cause to wonder if Anyone will be alive by the time the season ends in two weeks (my money's on Marcy - she's a scrapper!).
The episode also tied up a few more loose ends and filled in some more chinks in the masonry involving Larry's burns and his missing ghost family.
Let's join them at the cutest li'l tea party in Hell to discuss, shall we?
The episode begins - as all episodes should, really - with a close-up of an enormous baked ham that has been punctured all over with spears of pineapple and maraschino cherry. It is like a juicy, delicious Saint Sebastien. Seriously -...
The episode also tied up a few more loose ends and filled in some more chinks in the masonry involving Larry's burns and his missing ghost family.
Let's join them at the cutest li'l tea party in Hell to discuss, shall we?
The episode begins - as all episodes should, really - with a close-up of an enormous baked ham that has been punctured all over with spears of pineapple and maraschino cherry. It is like a juicy, delicious Saint Sebastien. Seriously -...
- 12/8/2011
- by brian
- The Backlot
MGM meant musicals for more than a decade after the second world war. David Thomson looks at a time when a little cheer at the movies was appreciated – and wonders if the same couldn't be said now
There had been musicals before. In the 1930s, as soon as sound permitted, Warner Brothers developed what we call the Busby Berkeley pictures: they were black and white, and often aware of the harsh Depression times, but a choreographic lather of girls and fluid, orgasmic forms where the camera was itching to plunge into the centre of the "big O" – think of Footlight Parade, Gold Diggers of 1933 or 42nd Street. They had aerial shots of waves and whirlpools of chorus girls, opening and closing their legs in time with our desire. A few years later, at Rko Pictures, the Astaire-Rogers films came into being – where the gravity, beauty, and exhilaration of the...
There had been musicals before. In the 1930s, as soon as sound permitted, Warner Brothers developed what we call the Busby Berkeley pictures: they were black and white, and often aware of the harsh Depression times, but a choreographic lather of girls and fluid, orgasmic forms where the camera was itching to plunge into the centre of the "big O" – think of Footlight Parade, Gold Diggers of 1933 or 42nd Street. They had aerial shots of waves and whirlpools of chorus girls, opening and closing their legs in time with our desire. A few years later, at Rko Pictures, the Astaire-Rogers films came into being – where the gravity, beauty, and exhilaration of the...
- 11/11/2011
- by David Thomson
- The Guardian - Film News
The Lincoln Center and the Paley Center here in NYC have joined forces to celebrate the all-singing all-dancing legend that is Judy Garland!
Shout 'Hallelujah', c'mon get happy!"
Once upon a time she was dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer." Few celebrities have ever earned their PR self-mythologizing titles the way Judy G did. There's just no beating her for musical pleasure and cathartic heartbreak. And as if her sensational singing and dancing weren't enough, she was a fine actress, too!
I missed the first week of the celebration being in Michigan but I'll see what I can catch for the remainder of the summer program which ends August 9th. If you're not in New York City, you can always follow along at home as best you can with an impromptu DVD festival.
Still to come in the festival are...
Young Judy:
Everybody Sing (1938), For Me and My Gal (1942), Presenting Lily Mars...
Shout 'Hallelujah', c'mon get happy!"
Once upon a time she was dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer." Few celebrities have ever earned their PR self-mythologizing titles the way Judy G did. There's just no beating her for musical pleasure and cathartic heartbreak. And as if her sensational singing and dancing weren't enough, she was a fine actress, too!
I missed the first week of the celebration being in Michigan but I'll see what I can catch for the remainder of the summer program which ends August 9th. If you're not in New York City, you can always follow along at home as best you can with an impromptu DVD festival.
Still to come in the festival are...
Young Judy:
Everybody Sing (1938), For Me and My Gal (1942), Presenting Lily Mars...
- 7/31/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
"Harry Potter Jr. expected to have a little trouble getting adjusted in his new neighborhood, but he never expected anything like this…"
Those lines may fill you with excitement at the prospect of new adventures in J.K. Rowling's wizarding world of Hogwarts, Quidditch and magic owls, but unfortunately they are not from a forthcoming novel. In fact, those words come from a trailer to a 25-year-old B-movie.
Yes, boys and girls, the original 1986 "Troll" had a character named Harry Potter who travels into a secret magical world, except this one was filled with midgets in disgusting troll makeup and sets about as lifelike as a Summer Stock Dinner Theater. And now, according to The Wrap, it's being remade.
Thomas Girardi, a legal consultant to the producers, says they have every right to capitalize on the fortunate coincidence of names.
"We’ve got the producer," said Girardi. "We’ve got...
Those lines may fill you with excitement at the prospect of new adventures in J.K. Rowling's wizarding world of Hogwarts, Quidditch and magic owls, but unfortunately they are not from a forthcoming novel. In fact, those words come from a trailer to a 25-year-old B-movie.
Yes, boys and girls, the original 1986 "Troll" had a character named Harry Potter who travels into a secret magical world, except this one was filled with midgets in disgusting troll makeup and sets about as lifelike as a Summer Stock Dinner Theater. And now, according to The Wrap, it's being remade.
Thomas Girardi, a legal consultant to the producers, says they have every right to capitalize on the fortunate coincidence of names.
"We’ve got the producer," said Girardi. "We’ve got...
- 7/25/2011
- by Max Evry
- NextMovie
Impressive retrospective of Judy Garland.s films will feature 31 titles including a presentation of seldom seen short films and rarities as well as a special .sing-along. screening of The Wizard Of Oz.
On the occasion of what would have been Judy Garland.s 89th birthday, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Paley Center have announced the details today for Fslc.s comprehensive retrospective of the peerless film icon.s work, All Singin., All Dancin., All Judy! which will screen at the Walter Reade Theater July 26 . August 9 and The Paley Center.s comprehensive retrospective of Garland.s television work,Judy Garland: The Television Years which will be presented July 20 . August 18.
With autumn marking the 75th anniversary of Judy Garland’s feature film debut (Pigskin Parade, 1936), the Film Society of Lincoln Center will screen 31 titles from July 26 . August 9, including each of her big-screen acting performances, to pay tribute to...
On the occasion of what would have been Judy Garland.s 89th birthday, the Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Paley Center have announced the details today for Fslc.s comprehensive retrospective of the peerless film icon.s work, All Singin., All Dancin., All Judy! which will screen at the Walter Reade Theater July 26 . August 9 and The Paley Center.s comprehensive retrospective of Garland.s television work,Judy Garland: The Television Years which will be presented July 20 . August 18.
With autumn marking the 75th anniversary of Judy Garland’s feature film debut (Pigskin Parade, 1936), the Film Society of Lincoln Center will screen 31 titles from July 26 . August 9, including each of her big-screen acting performances, to pay tribute to...
- 6/10/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
From theshiznit via Buzzfeed, the Summer ’11 sequel to a brilliant concept. Six brutally honest jabs after the cut. Other posts you might likeMay 3, 2010 -- Summer Stock: pick the hottest...
- 5/8/2011
- by Ryan Adams
- AwardsDaily.com
2010 has a banner year for We Love Soaps TV. We have enjoyed bringing you the hottest news stories, deepest interviews, classic clips, historical articles, and cutting edge indie soaps, 365 days of the year. We have relished the opportunity to witness, and at times be a part of, the changing landscape of the soap industry, both on and off-screen.
We wanted to end 2010 with a special list of individuals who compelled, captivated, and fascinated us this past year. These are people who one way or another broke new ground making soap history, blazed new trails, and inspired the creative souls of their audience and their peers. Below is our list of the 15 Most Fascinating People of 2010.
Ken Corday (Executive Producer, Days Of Our Lives)
Why Is He So Fascinating? Corday pulled a rabbit out of his hat in 2010 by getting Days renewed for two years during the worst economy of its entire 45 year run.
We wanted to end 2010 with a special list of individuals who compelled, captivated, and fascinated us this past year. These are people who one way or another broke new ground making soap history, blazed new trails, and inspired the creative souls of their audience and their peers. Below is our list of the 15 Most Fascinating People of 2010.
Ken Corday (Executive Producer, Days Of Our Lives)
Why Is He So Fascinating? Corday pulled a rabbit out of his hat in 2010 by getting Days renewed for two years during the worst economy of its entire 45 year run.
- 12/22/2010
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
For me, the holiday season is synonymous with White Christmas. I grew up with this movie, watching it at least once a year. I know every word to every song. My sisters and I regale our family with renditions of Sisters. Rosemary Clooney’s outfit in "Love, You Didn’t Do Right By Me" kick-started my obsession with elbow-length gloves. If pressed, I could probably recite most of the movie from memory. My love of White Christmas, however, goes beyond nostalgia for Christmases past. The cast stars musical legends Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Rosemary Clooney performing some of Irving Berlin’s most memorable songs, and even though some people find the plot thin, I think that more soldiers coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan will be able to relate to the plight of General Waverly than one might initially expect.
In White Christmas, Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis...
In White Christmas, Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis...
- 11/21/2010
- by Rachel Kolb
- JustPressPlay.net
Another hundred students just got off the train. Some come to New York for a rigorous conservatory experience, some to study with teachers who provide a link to theater's glorious past and, hopefully, its future. In either case, musical theater students inevitably find themselves charged by alternating currents of competition and collaboration. Back Stage talked with some of them recently about their experiences in several of New York's musical theater training programs.Staying VersatileThe New York Film Academy might not sound like the place to perfect your delivery of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Yet the school began offering courses in musical theater performance this past January. The Manhattan branch (there's also one at Universal Studios in Los Angeles) kept getting requests from its students for musical theater classes, so the school approached V.P. Boyle, an audition coach and casting director, to develop a new program.Boyle looked for a way...
- 9/15/2010
- backstage.com
Mickey Rourke went to prison for research, while Don Cheadle and Sam Rockwell ... read comics?
By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
Photo: MTV News
Their characters have existed on the comic book page for decades, etched into readers' minds long before the idea of adapting "Iron Man" for the big screen was even hatched. But that history of pen and ink, of well-established characterization, of colorful heroes and even more colorful villains, didn't mean cast and crew were boxed in when it came to conceiving cinematic equivalents for characters like War Machine, Whiplash and Justin Hammer.
In interviews conducted before "Iron Man 2" grossed $133.6 million during its opening weekend, the actors behind those Marvel creations — Mickey Rourke, Don Cheadle and Sam Rockwell — spoke with MTV New about the choices they made to make the characters their own.
Rourke famously holed up in a Russian prison to capture the...
By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
Photo: MTV News
Their characters have existed on the comic book page for decades, etched into readers' minds long before the idea of adapting "Iron Man" for the big screen was even hatched. But that history of pen and ink, of well-established characterization, of colorful heroes and even more colorful villains, didn't mean cast and crew were boxed in when it came to conceiving cinematic equivalents for characters like War Machine, Whiplash and Justin Hammer.
In interviews conducted before "Iron Man 2" grossed $133.6 million during its opening weekend, the actors behind those Marvel creations — Mickey Rourke, Don Cheadle and Sam Rockwell — spoke with MTV New about the choices they made to make the characters their own.
Rourke famously holed up in a Russian prison to capture the...
- 5/11/2010
- MTV Movie News
Mickey Rourke went to prison for research, while Don Cheadle and Sam Rockwell ... read comics?
By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
Photo: MTV News
Their characters have existed on the comic book page for decades, etched into readers' minds long before the idea of adapting "Iron Man" for the big screen was even hatched. But that history of pen and ink, of well-established characterization, of colorful heroes and even more colorful villains, didn't mean cast and crew were boxed in when it came to conceiving cinematic equivalents for characters like War Machine, Whiplash and Justin Hammer.
In interviews conducted before "Iron Man 2" grossed $133.6 million during its opening weekend, the actors behind those Marvel creations — Mickey Rourke, Don Cheadle and Sam Rockwell — spoke with MTV New about the choices they made to make the characters their own.
Rourke famously holed up in a Russian prison to capture the...
By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
Photo: MTV News
Their characters have existed on the comic book page for decades, etched into readers' minds long before the idea of adapting "Iron Man" for the big screen was even hatched. But that history of pen and ink, of well-established characterization, of colorful heroes and even more colorful villains, didn't mean cast and crew were boxed in when it came to conceiving cinematic equivalents for characters like War Machine, Whiplash and Justin Hammer.
In interviews conducted before "Iron Man 2" grossed $133.6 million during its opening weekend, the actors behind those Marvel creations — Mickey Rourke, Don Cheadle and Sam Rockwell — spoke with MTV New about the choices they made to make the characters their own.
Rourke famously holed up in a Russian prison to capture the...
- 5/11/2010
- MTV Music News
At the "A Fine Romance" benefit for the Motion Picture and Television Fund in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 1, Katie Holmes regaled the audience with "Whatever Lola Wants" from the musical "Damn Yankees."
Husband Tom Cruise gets in on the fun too, playfully indicating that she chased him into getting married and also letting Katie faux-throw him to the ground. It's fun performance of a classic sexy Broadway song.
The performance reminds us of Katie's "So You Think You Can Dance" performance of "Get Happy" except this one was even better because we're fairly certain she's singing live, whereas on "Sytycd" we're pretty sure she was lip-syncing.
The 2010 benefit was the fifth annual A Fine Romance performance night. Each year features various celebrities performing and it all goes to raise money for the Motion Picture and Television Fund, which provides things like healthcare and child care to people in the entertainment industry.
Husband Tom Cruise gets in on the fun too, playfully indicating that she chased him into getting married and also letting Katie faux-throw him to the ground. It's fun performance of a classic sexy Broadway song.
The performance reminds us of Katie's "So You Think You Can Dance" performance of "Get Happy" except this one was even better because we're fairly certain she's singing live, whereas on "Sytycd" we're pretty sure she was lip-syncing.
The 2010 benefit was the fifth annual A Fine Romance performance night. Each year features various celebrities performing and it all goes to raise money for the Motion Picture and Television Fund, which provides things like healthcare and child care to people in the entertainment industry.
- 5/6/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
The History Channel has announced the casting for its scripted mini-series "The Kennedys." Greg Kinnear ("As Good As it Gets," "Little Miss Sunshine") and Katie Holmes ("Dawson's Creek," "Batman Begins") will star as President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
Actor Barry Pepper ("Saving Private Ryan," "*61") will play Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, the younger brother to JFK, and actor Tom Wilkinson ("Michael Clayton," "John Adams") will take on the role of Joseph "Joe" Kennedy, Sr., father to John and Robert and 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Nancy Dubuc, President and General Manager of the History Channel, said in a statement, "We could not be more pleased that these incredibly talented actors have agreed to sign onto the miniseries."
"The Kennedys" is the network's first scripted miniseries. Executive Producer Joel Surnow ("Nowhere Man," "24") developed the series with Asylum's Jonathan Koch and Steve Michaels.
Actor Barry Pepper ("Saving Private Ryan," "*61") will play Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, the younger brother to JFK, and actor Tom Wilkinson ("Michael Clayton," "John Adams") will take on the role of Joseph "Joe" Kennedy, Sr., father to John and Robert and 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Nancy Dubuc, President and General Manager of the History Channel, said in a statement, "We could not be more pleased that these incredibly talented actors have agreed to sign onto the miniseries."
"The Kennedys" is the network's first scripted miniseries. Executive Producer Joel Surnow ("Nowhere Man," "24") developed the series with Asylum's Jonathan Koch and Steve Michaels.
- 4/28/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
No 85 Judy Garland (1922-69)
She narrowly missed being "born in a trunk" on tour because her vaudevillian parents had gone off the road to manage a cinema with music hall acts in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. From taking the stage at the age of two, she remained in showbusiness up to her sudden death at 47 of an accidental drug overdose combined with illiberal use of alcohol while fulfilling nightclub engagements in London.
When she was four, her father had to relocate to Pennsylvania after importuning young male members of his staff. After working in a second-rate singing act with her older sisters and changing her name from Frances Gumm to Judy Garland, she was taken to Hollywood at the age of 13 by her fiercely ambitious mother (whom she later called "the real Wicked Witch of the West").
The biggest studio in town, MGM, added her to its roster of juvenile performers raised on the premises,...
She narrowly missed being "born in a trunk" on tour because her vaudevillian parents had gone off the road to manage a cinema with music hall acts in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. From taking the stage at the age of two, she remained in showbusiness up to her sudden death at 47 of an accidental drug overdose combined with illiberal use of alcohol while fulfilling nightclub engagements in London.
When she was four, her father had to relocate to Pennsylvania after importuning young male members of his staff. After working in a second-rate singing act with her older sisters and changing her name from Frances Gumm to Judy Garland, she was taken to Hollywood at the age of 13 by her fiercely ambitious mother (whom she later called "the real Wicked Witch of the West").
The biggest studio in town, MGM, added her to its roster of juvenile performers raised on the premises,...
- 3/21/2010
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Love Happens: "Cliché. Studio-manufactured quirky florist (Jennifer Aniston) who scrawls odd words, like "quidnunc," behind paintings in a hotel and keeps customer's love notes. Cliché. Widowed self-help author (Aaron Eckhart), who can't seem to follow his own advice. Platitude. Cliché. Bumper-sticker pop-speak. "A-Okay!" Cliché. Let's pass around the 'candle of truth,' why don't we!
Best friend roles: Dan Fogler as arrogant agent (the best part of the movie, which says most of what you need to know about Love Happens). Judy Greer wasted as Female Best Friend (Joan Cusack™). She spouts poetry. Cliché.
Nice dimples, Eckhart." - Dustin Rowles
Amelia: "Amelia is the least interesting movie ever made about anyone who ever lived. Ever. That's not to say the movie doesn't have some minor technical joys: The set and costume design create an authentic feeling of Depression-era America (the first one), and the cinematography from Stuart Dryburgh...
Best friend roles: Dan Fogler as arrogant agent (the best part of the movie, which says most of what you need to know about Love Happens). Judy Greer wasted as Female Best Friend (Joan Cusack™). She spouts poetry. Cliché.
Nice dimples, Eckhart." - Dustin Rowles
Amelia: "Amelia is the least interesting movie ever made about anyone who ever lived. Ever. That's not to say the movie doesn't have some minor technical joys: The set and costume design create an authentic feeling of Depression-era America (the first one), and the cinematography from Stuart Dryburgh...
- 2/2/2010
- by Intern Rusty
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