Tall Story Pictures, the ITV Studios label behind returning dramas such as The Bay and Grace, has named Phil Hunter as Executive Producer. The news follows yesterday’s announcement that former Tall Story producer Patrick Schweitzer has moved to Red Production Company as CEO.
Hunter will work across projects both in production and development, and will be EP on the next series of Grace, the ITV drama which is an adaptation of Peter James’ award winning novels, starring John Simm as Brighton-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace.
Most recently, Hunter was co-producer on the Apple TV+ show Criminal Record starring Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo. Prior to that, he was executive producer on five seasons of ITV’s Vera.
Other credits include producing Midsomer Murders for Bentley Productions, as well as working as a producer and script editor on a range of shows such as Hollyoaks, EastEnders, Holby City and Hustle.
Hunter will work across projects both in production and development, and will be EP on the next series of Grace, the ITV drama which is an adaptation of Peter James’ award winning novels, starring John Simm as Brighton-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace.
Most recently, Hunter was co-producer on the Apple TV+ show Criminal Record starring Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo. Prior to that, he was executive producer on five seasons of ITV’s Vera.
Other credits include producing Midsomer Murders for Bentley Productions, as well as working as a producer and script editor on a range of shows such as Hollyoaks, EastEnders, Holby City and Hustle.
- 9/26/2023
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Jane Fonda once thought her life was on the line during a harmful period at the beginning of her career.
When the actress was in her twenties, she began to suffer from an eating disorder.
“I led a secret life. I was very, very unhappy. I assumed I wouldn’t live past 30,” Fonda said during her interview on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast on Wednesday. In true Fonda fashion, the Hollywood icon joked that she doesn’t “understand” how she’s now in her eighties.
The “Grace and Frankie” star then explained that her “secret life” consisted of basically being a home body- she had a nonexistent dating life and never went out, which made her “unhappy.”
Read More: Jane Fonda Says She Didn’t Have Any Women Friends Until Her 30s: ‘I Saw Women As Weak’
“And then I was also making movies that I didn’t very much like,...
When the actress was in her twenties, she began to suffer from an eating disorder.
“I led a secret life. I was very, very unhappy. I assumed I wouldn’t live past 30,” Fonda said during her interview on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast on Wednesday. In true Fonda fashion, the Hollywood icon joked that she doesn’t “understand” how she’s now in her eighties.
The “Grace and Frankie” star then explained that her “secret life” consisted of basically being a home body- she had a nonexistent dating life and never went out, which made her “unhappy.”
Read More: Jane Fonda Says She Didn’t Have Any Women Friends Until Her 30s: ‘I Saw Women As Weak’
“And then I was also making movies that I didn’t very much like,...
- 2/4/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Photo: Jane Fonda at the premiere of 'Rust and Bone' during the 65th Cannes Film Festival in France/Andrea Raffin Having a successful career in Hollywood is a rare occurrence. Having a successful career in Hollywood for six decades is even more rare, so on Sunday at the 78th Golden Globes the Hollywood Foreign Press Association decided to honor such a career by giving the Cecil B. DeMille Award to none other than Jane Fonda. Between her roles in film and television and her activism, Fonda has shown us what it really means to be a role model and given us the example as to how we should lead our lives. Jane Fonda's Acting Roles Jane Fonda has had a wide array of roles over her six decades in film and television. Her first role was in 1960 in the romantic comedy ‘Tall Story’ as a woman attending college to find a husband.
- 3/5/2021
- by Caroline Schneider
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
At the 1962 Golden Globes ceremony, Judy Garland became the first woman to be honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for career achievement, after 10 men had received it before her. That same year, 24-year-old Jane Fonda was named one of three recipients of the now retired Most Promising Female Newcomer award for her debut in Joshua Logan’s “Tall Story.” Over the six decades since, Fonda has become one of the most lauded actresses in the history of the Golden Globes. At age 83, she is set to further solidify that distinction, having now been chosen as the newest and 16th female recipient of the DeMille award.
Fonda’s interest in acting was sparked by her father, Hollywood legend and 1980 DeMille award honoree Henry Fonda. After studying at the Actors Studio under Lee Strasberg, she began to build a legendary acting career of her own. Indeed, she “has been a fixture...
Fonda’s interest in acting was sparked by her father, Hollywood legend and 1980 DeMille award honoree Henry Fonda. After studying at the Actors Studio under Lee Strasberg, she began to build a legendary acting career of her own. Indeed, she “has been a fixture...
- 1/28/2021
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Doctor Who and The Catch star John Simm is to star in an adaptation of Peter James’ Roy Grace crime novels from Endeavour creator Russell Lewis for ITV.
The British commercial broadcaster has ordered Grace, a co-production between Jekyll & Hyde producer Tall Story Pictures, Second Act Productions, which produced ITV’s The Nightly Show and Derren Brown’s Vaudeville Productions.
The series will comprise two feature-length episodes and will be based on James’ first two Roy Grace books Dead Simple and Looking Good Dead, which introduce Brighton-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job.
Simm, who also starred in HBO’s first Game of Thrones prequel pilot, will play the tenacious detective.
The drama opens with Grace’s career at rock bottom. He’s fixated by the disappearance of his wife, Sandy, which haunts his thoughts. He’s in the...
The British commercial broadcaster has ordered Grace, a co-production between Jekyll & Hyde producer Tall Story Pictures, Second Act Productions, which produced ITV’s The Nightly Show and Derren Brown’s Vaudeville Productions.
The series will comprise two feature-length episodes and will be based on James’ first two Roy Grace books Dead Simple and Looking Good Dead, which introduce Brighton-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job.
Simm, who also starred in HBO’s first Game of Thrones prequel pilot, will play the tenacious detective.
The drama opens with Grace’s career at rock bottom. He’s fixated by the disappearance of his wife, Sandy, which haunts his thoughts. He’s in the...
- 12/19/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Legendary American actor and director Robert Redford is set to receive an honorary Cesar award, France’s equivalent of the Oscars, at the 44th annual Cesar ceremony, which will take place Feb. 22 in Paris.
“An iconic actor, an exceptional director, a passionate producer, founder and president of Sundance, the most revered festival of independent films in the world, Robert Redford has left his mark through all his endeavors in the film world,” said Alain Terzian, the president of France’s Academy of Arts and Techniques of Cinema.
In the statement announcing Redford’s honorary Cesar, Terzian praised Redford’s career as an actor, filmmaker and philanthropist.
“Robert Redford is definitely a monument. Many of his films, in front or behind the camera, have now become classics. Rare are the careers which have had such a lasting impact on the history of cinema,” said Terzian, citing Redford’s Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning film “Ordinary People,...
“An iconic actor, an exceptional director, a passionate producer, founder and president of Sundance, the most revered festival of independent films in the world, Robert Redford has left his mark through all his endeavors in the film world,” said Alain Terzian, the president of France’s Academy of Arts and Techniques of Cinema.
In the statement announcing Redford’s honorary Cesar, Terzian praised Redford’s career as an actor, filmmaker and philanthropist.
“Robert Redford is definitely a monument. Many of his films, in front or behind the camera, have now become classics. Rare are the careers which have had such a lasting impact on the history of cinema,” said Terzian, citing Redford’s Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning film “Ordinary People,...
- 1/18/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
It might sound contradictory, but perhaps the greatest testament to Jane Fonda’s six-decade career is how many people are unfamiliar with every facet of it. Not everyone who grew up with Fonda as the face of 1980s workout culture is immediately aware of the ambitious artistic extremes of her screen acting career; younger viewers getting to know her through her breezy, Emmy-nominated work in Netflix’s “Grace and Frankie” may not all be aware of her serious Hollywood history of political and feminist activism. Fonda’s name means different things to different people, though one hopes her most enduring reputation — and certainly the one netting her a career Golden Lion at Venice last year and now a Lumière Award — will be as one of Hollywood’s strongest, most spikily intelligent leading ladies: gifted at her craft, yes, but an actor who also brought her progressive personal politics to bear in her work,...
- 10/15/2018
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Robert Redford regrets saying he is retiring from Hollywood.
“I think it was a mistake to say that I was retiring because you never know,” the iconic actor told People at the New York premiere of The Old Man & the Gun on Thursday.
“It did feel like it was time maybe, to concentrate on another category.”
The 82-year-old actor admitted that he never should have said that his last film would be the upcoming Fox Searchlight crime-comedy.
“I shouldn’t have said that because it draws attention away from the film.”
In August, the actor told Entertainment Weekly that...
“I think it was a mistake to say that I was retiring because you never know,” the iconic actor told People at the New York premiere of The Old Man & the Gun on Thursday.
“It did feel like it was time maybe, to concentrate on another category.”
The 82-year-old actor admitted that he never should have said that his last film would be the upcoming Fox Searchlight crime-comedy.
“I shouldn’t have said that because it draws attention away from the film.”
In August, the actor told Entertainment Weekly that...
- 9/21/2018
- by KC Baker, Joelle Goldstein
- PEOPLE.com
Jane Fonda truly is the definition of Hollywood royalty. The 80-year-old actress may be the daughter of legendary actor Henry Fonda, but Jane has paved her own way in the entertainment industry through her acting career and political activism. Jane first rose to fame in the '60s and made her movie debut as June Ryder in Tall Story. Since then she's starred in hits like Klute, 9 to 5, Barbarella, Fun With Dick and Jane, and Coming Home. In addition to her movie career, Jane also became involved with antiwar activism when she traveled to North Vietnam in 1972 and fought for women's rights and civil rights. Jane has accomplished so much over the years, and her evolution is just as impressive. Yep, just like fine wine, Jane only gets better with time.
Related: 30 Times Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, and Lily Tomlin Were the 3 Best Friends Anyone Could Have...
Related: 30 Times Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, and Lily Tomlin Were the 3 Best Friends Anyone Could Have...
- 9/16/2018
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
Don’t ask Robert Redford to stick around forever.
The veteran actor, 82, opened up about his decision to retire while promoting his latest film The Old Man and the Gun at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival on Monday.
Redford, who spoke to Variety, said while he’s not sure his new film is the last one for him he knows for certain the end of the road is near.
“I can’t last forever,” he told the outlet.
The Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid addressed his decision to retire in late August at the Telluride Film Festival.
“The truth...
The veteran actor, 82, opened up about his decision to retire while promoting his latest film The Old Man and the Gun at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival on Monday.
Redford, who spoke to Variety, said while he’s not sure his new film is the last one for him he knows for certain the end of the road is near.
“I can’t last forever,” he told the outlet.
The Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid addressed his decision to retire in late August at the Telluride Film Festival.
“The truth...
- 9/11/2018
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Christopher Robin and Killing Eve star Ken Nwosu is to front a three-part drama written by Doctor Foster creator Mike Bartlett for ITV.
The British broadcaster has ordered The Man, to be directed by Julia Ford, who recently worked on Netflix’s Michael C Hall-fronted thriller Safe. Produced by ITV Studios’ Tall Story Pictures, the production company that recently produced Barlett’s Adrian Lester and John Simm-fronted Trauma.
The Man is a workplace psychological drama centered around middle management. Nwosu plays Thomas Benson, a hard-working father and husband who works in a business park outside of London. Reliant on bonuses and winning pitches, Benson often finds himself leading the team when trying to win new business. When he freezes during a pitch the fall out is monumental. Determined to win back a big client, Thomas goes to increasingly desperate lengths to remain successful. But as he does, he begins to feel undermined,...
The British broadcaster has ordered The Man, to be directed by Julia Ford, who recently worked on Netflix’s Michael C Hall-fronted thriller Safe. Produced by ITV Studios’ Tall Story Pictures, the production company that recently produced Barlett’s Adrian Lester and John Simm-fronted Trauma.
The Man is a workplace psychological drama centered around middle management. Nwosu plays Thomas Benson, a hard-working father and husband who works in a business park outside of London. Reliant on bonuses and winning pitches, Benson often finds himself leading the team when trying to win new business. When he freezes during a pitch the fall out is monumental. Determined to win back a big client, Thomas goes to increasingly desperate lengths to remain successful. But as he does, he begins to feel undermined,...
- 8/24/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The Sundance Kid intends to enjoy his sunset years.
Robert Redford, 81, is retiring from acting, the Oscar winner exclusively revealed to Entertainment Weekly. His final project is The Old Man & the Gun, which comes out on Sept. 28.
“Never say never, but I pretty well concluded that this would be it for me in terms of acting, and [I’ll] move towards retirement after this ’cause I’ve been doing it since I was 21,” Redford explained to EW. “I thought, ‘Well, that’s enough.’ And why not go out with something that’s very upbeat and positive?”
He may not leave Hollywood entirely.
Robert Redford, 81, is retiring from acting, the Oscar winner exclusively revealed to Entertainment Weekly. His final project is The Old Man & the Gun, which comes out on Sept. 28.
“Never say never, but I pretty well concluded that this would be it for me in terms of acting, and [I’ll] move towards retirement after this ’cause I’ve been doing it since I was 21,” Redford explained to EW. “I thought, ‘Well, that’s enough.’ And why not go out with something that’s very upbeat and positive?”
He may not leave Hollywood entirely.
- 8/6/2018
- by Emily Zauzmer
- PEOPLE.com
(L-r) Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda, Mary Steenburgen in the film, Book Club, by Paramount Pictures. Photo credit: Melinda Sue Gordon © 2018 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
The new comedy Book Club, opening May 18, focuses on something that has long been a favorite of women of all ages – the book club. But this comedy has something extra to offer: four legendary stars with long and storied careers. Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Mary Steenburgen and Candice Bergen have garnered enough awards and nominations, including Oscars, and have demonstrated enough star staying-power on the big screen and the small one to qualify as bonafide Hollywood legends. Yet each woman has carved out her own unique path to that title.
They have some things in common, these legendary women. Each is multi-talented, playing both drama and comedy while working with an array of big-name directors and actors. As in any long career, each...
The new comedy Book Club, opening May 18, focuses on something that has long been a favorite of women of all ages – the book club. But this comedy has something extra to offer: four legendary stars with long and storied careers. Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Mary Steenburgen and Candice Bergen have garnered enough awards and nominations, including Oscars, and have demonstrated enough star staying-power on the big screen and the small one to qualify as bonafide Hollywood legends. Yet each woman has carved out her own unique path to that title.
They have some things in common, these legendary women. Each is multi-talented, playing both drama and comedy while working with an array of big-name directors and actors. As in any long career, each...
- 5/18/2018
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
After all these years, Jane Fonda still gets giddy working with Robert Redford.
The 79-year-old actress appears on Tuesday's episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and talks about portraying Redford's love interest once again in the Netflix movie, Our Souls at Night, and their scenes in bed together.
Photos: Jane Fonda Cuddles Up to Co-Star Robert Redford at Venice Film Festival
Fonda quips that she did have one regret while filming the movie. "There is eventually a love scene," she notes. "I'm happy with the love scene. I'm unhappy because it was so short!"
She adds of her years of co-starring alongside Redford, "I've been in bed with him a lot."
The longtime co-stars recently appeared together at the 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, in promotion of their movie, and Fonda confessed to the press, "I live for sex scenes with [Redford]."
In addition to Our Souls at Night, Fonda has also...
The 79-year-old actress appears on Tuesday's episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and talks about portraying Redford's love interest once again in the Netflix movie, Our Souls at Night, and their scenes in bed together.
Photos: Jane Fonda Cuddles Up to Co-Star Robert Redford at Venice Film Festival
Fonda quips that she did have one regret while filming the movie. "There is eventually a love scene," she notes. "I'm happy with the love scene. I'm unhappy because it was so short!"
She adds of her years of co-starring alongside Redford, "I've been in bed with him a lot."
The longtime co-stars recently appeared together at the 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, in promotion of their movie, and Fonda confessed to the press, "I live for sex scenes with [Redford]."
In addition to Our Souls at Night, Fonda has also...
- 9/26/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Chicago – It was show time for two-time Oscar winner Jane Fonda, as she accepted a Career Achievement Award from Cinema/Chicago at the Radisson Blue Aqua Hotel, and participated in a tribute night – moderated by Chicago Sun-Times Film Critic Richard Roeper – on Saturday, July 29th, 2017.
Jane Fonda is part of Hollywood royalty, the daughter of Henry Fonda and the sister of Peter Fonda. She studied at Vassar College and was a member of the Actors Studio in New York City, before making her film debut in “Tall Story” (1959). The 1960s were an ingenue era for her, as she appeared in “Sunday in New York” (1963), “Cat Ballou” (1965) and “Barefoot in the Park” (1967). She changed her image to sex symbol with the cult film “Barbarella” (1968), before embarking on a run of great character roles which included her Oscar Best Actress wins for “Klute” (1971) and “Coming Home” (1978). She took 15 years off – from 1990 to...
Jane Fonda is part of Hollywood royalty, the daughter of Henry Fonda and the sister of Peter Fonda. She studied at Vassar College and was a member of the Actors Studio in New York City, before making her film debut in “Tall Story” (1959). The 1960s were an ingenue era for her, as she appeared in “Sunday in New York” (1963), “Cat Ballou” (1965) and “Barefoot in the Park” (1967). She changed her image to sex symbol with the cult film “Barbarella” (1968), before embarking on a run of great character roles which included her Oscar Best Actress wins for “Klute” (1971) and “Coming Home” (1978). She took 15 years off – from 1990 to...
- 8/1/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Heading for Spring Break somewhere? Long before Girls Gone Wild, kids of the Kennedy years found their own paths to the desired fun in the sun, and most of them came back alive. MGM’s comedic look at the Ft. Lauderdale exodus is a half-corny but fully endearing show, featuring the great Dolores Hart and the debuts of Connie Francis, Paula Prentiss and Jim Hutton.
Where the Boys Are
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1960 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 99 min. / Street Date July 25, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Connie Francis, Dolores Hart, Paula Prentiss, Jim Hutton
Yvette Mimieux, George Hamilton, Frank Gorshin, Barbara Nichols, Chill Wills.
Cinematography: Robert Bronner
Art Direction: Preston Ames, George W. Davis
Film Editor: Fredric Steinkamp
Original Music: Pete Rugolo, Neil Sedaka, George Stoll, Victor Young
Written by George Wells from a novel by Glendon Swarthout
Produced by Joe Pasternak
Directed by Henry Levin
Ah yes, in 1960 first-wave Rock...
Where the Boys Are
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1960 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 99 min. / Street Date July 25, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Connie Francis, Dolores Hart, Paula Prentiss, Jim Hutton
Yvette Mimieux, George Hamilton, Frank Gorshin, Barbara Nichols, Chill Wills.
Cinematography: Robert Bronner
Art Direction: Preston Ames, George W. Davis
Film Editor: Fredric Steinkamp
Original Music: Pete Rugolo, Neil Sedaka, George Stoll, Victor Young
Written by George Wells from a novel by Glendon Swarthout
Produced by Joe Pasternak
Directed by Henry Levin
Ah yes, in 1960 first-wave Rock...
- 7/26/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Chicago – Two time Oscar winner Jane Fonda will grace the Windy City, as she accepts a Career Achievement Award from Cinema/Chicago, and will participate in a tribute night on Saturday, July 29th, 2017. The event will take place at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, and will feature an on-stage conversation with Fonda, moderated by Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times. The evening is sponsored by Sage Private Wealth Group, and includes partners American Airlines, Sound Investment Av, Chloe Wine Collection and Wansas Tequila.
Jane Fonda is part of Hollywood royalty, the daughter of Henry Fonda and the sister of Peter Fonda. She studied at Vassar College and was a member of the Actors Studio in New York City, before making her film debut in “Tall Story” (1959). The 1960s were an ingenue era for her, as she appeared in “Sunday in New York” (1963), “Cat Ballou” (1965) and “Barefoot in the Park” (1967). She...
Jane Fonda is part of Hollywood royalty, the daughter of Henry Fonda and the sister of Peter Fonda. She studied at Vassar College and was a member of the Actors Studio in New York City, before making her film debut in “Tall Story” (1959). The 1960s were an ingenue era for her, as she appeared in “Sunday in New York” (1963), “Cat Ballou” (1965) and “Barefoot in the Park” (1967). She...
- 7/23/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
ITV Studios, Sky execs join UK outfit.
Lookout Point has hired two drama heavyweights to aid its growth plan – ITV Studios drama exec Francis Hopkinson and Sky’s head of scripted production Louise Mutter.
Hopkinson, who has been with ITV Studios since 2011, has been named executive producer and will be tasked with developing and producing his own slate of original dramas.
He will also produce the company’s forthcoming Andrew Davies-penned adaptation of A Suitable Boy for BBC1.
He will also form part of the senior team at Benchmark Television, the high-end drama venture that Lookout Point established with Danny Cohen’s Access Entertainment.
Lookout Point has hired two drama heavyweights to aid its growth plan – ITV Studios drama exec Francis Hopkinson and Sky’s head of scripted production Louise Mutter.
Hopkinson, who has been with ITV Studios since 2011, has been named executive producer and will be tasked with developing and producing his own slate of original dramas.
He will also produce the company’s forthcoming Andrew Davies-penned adaptation of A Suitable Boy for BBC1.
He will also form part of the senior team at Benchmark Television, the high-end drama venture that Lookout Point established with Danny Cohen’s Access Entertainment.
- 6/22/2017
- ScreenDaily
Jane Fonda stars in her fifth movie with Robert Redford, and admits that after all these years, he still makes her swoon.
"The only problem with working with Bob is I kind of look into his eyes and I kind of fall into his eyes and forget my dialogue," Fonda said of the 80-year-old actor on Monday's episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
The 79-year-old actress stars with Redford in Our Souls at Night, but has also been his love interest in The Chase (1966), Barefoot in the Park (1967) and The Electric Horseman (1979). The two also appeared in Tall Story in 1966, with Redford having an unaccredited role.
"The only problem with working with Bob is I kind of look into his eyes and I kind of fall into his eyes and forget my dialogue," Fonda said of the 80-year-old actor on Monday's episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
The 79-year-old actress stars with Redford in Our Souls at Night, but has also been his love interest in The Chase (1966), Barefoot in the Park (1967) and The Electric Horseman (1979). The two also appeared in Tall Story in 1966, with Redford having an unaccredited role.
- 3/20/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson on the Oscars' Red Carpet Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson at the Academy Awards Eli Wallach and wife Anne Jackson are seen above arriving at the 2011 Academy Awards ceremony, held on Sunday, Feb. 27, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. The 95-year-old Wallach had received an Honorary Oscar at the Governors Awards in November 2010. See also: "Doris Day Inexplicably Snubbed by Academy," "Maureen O'Hara Honorary Oscar," "Honorary Oscars: Mary Pickford, Greta Garbo Among Rare Women Recipients," and "Hayao Miyazaki Getting Honorary Oscar." Delayed film debut The Actors Studio-trained Eli Wallach was to have made his film debut in Fred Zinnemann's Academy Award-winning 1953 blockbuster From Here to Eternity. Ultimately, however, Frank Sinatra – then a has-been following a string of box office duds – was cast for a pittance, getting beaten to a pulp by a pre-stardom Ernest Borgnine. For his bloodied efforts, Sinatra went on...
- 4/24/2015
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Robert Redford movies: TCM shows 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,' 'The Sting' They don't make movie stars like they used to, back in the days of Louis B. Mayer, Jack Warner, and Harry Cohn. That's what nostalgists have been bitching about for the last four or five decades; never mind the fact that movie stars have remained as big as ever despite the demise of the old studio system and the spectacular rise of television more than sixty years ago. This month of January 2015, Turner Classic Movies will be honoring one such post-studio era superstar: Robert Redford. Beginning this Monday evening, January 6, TCM will be presenting 15 Robert Redford movies. Tonight's entries include Redford's two biggest blockbusters, both directed by George Roy Hill and co-starring Paul Newman: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, which turned Redford, already in his early 30s, into a major film star to rival Rudolph Valentino,...
- 1/7/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
In terms of Oscar watching, the most anticipated World Premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival debuted Sunday night and it did not disappoint. Focus Features, as expected, has a major contender in The Theory Of Everything, its Stephen Hawking biopic that turns out to be a touching and unusual love story between the young Hawking and his wife Jane. The film is based on her memoir, and Anthony McCarten’s adaptation and first-rate direction by Oscar winner James Marsh (Man On Wire) get it all right. Stars Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones will both be heading to the Oscars in the lead actor and actress categories, and if the buzz at the Patria afterparty is any indication, they could be going there with front-runner status (although the season is just getting rolling). To say the response here was rapturous would not be understating the enthusiasm I heard...
- 9/8/2014
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline
Jane Fonda: From ‘Vietnam Traitor’ to AFI Award and Screen Legend status (photo: Jason Bateman and Jane Fonda in ‘This Is Where I Leave You’) (See previous post: “Jane Fonda Movies: Anti-Establishment Heroine.”) Turner Classic Movies will also be showing the 2014 AFI Life Achievement Award ceremony honoring Jane Fonda, the former “Vietnam Traitor” and Barbarella-style sex kitten who has become a living American screen legend (and healthy-living guru). Believe it or not, Fonda, who still looks disarmingly great, will be turning 77 years old next December 21; she’s actually older than her father Henry Fonda was while playing Katharine Hepburn’s ailing husband in Mark Rydell’s On Golden Pond. (Henry Fonda died at age 77 in August 1982.) Jane Fonda movies in 2014 and 2015 Following a 15-year absence (mostly during the time she was married to media mogul Ted Turner), Jane Fonda resumed her film acting career in 2005, playing Jennifer Lopez...
- 8/2/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Jane Fonda movies on TCM: ‘The China Syndrome,’ ‘Klute,’ and Jean-Luc Godard drama ‘Tout Va Bien’ among highlights (photo: Jane Fonda in ‘Klute’) Turner Classic Movies’ 2014 "Summer Under the Stars" kicked off earlier today, August 1, with a day-long series of Jane Fonda movies. Still reviled by American right-wingers because of her 1972 trip to North Vietnam while the United States was at war with that country — she was photographed seated on an anti-aircraft battery — but admired by others for her liberal views, anti-war activism, and human rights advocacy, the two-time Best Actress Academy Award winner has enjoyed a highly eclectic film career, eventually becoming a rarity among rarities: Jane Fonda is the child of a film star (Henry Fonda) who not only became a film star in her own right, but who went on to become an even bigger screen legend than her famous parent. (See also: Jane Fonda “Summer Under...
- 8/2/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
You’ll forgive me for not getting to legendary film actress Jane Fonda‘s 76th birthday on Saturday. I needed the entire weekend to calibrate this list of her finest movie looks.
Jane Fonda is not only a double Oscar winner with a marvelously versatile list of roles. She’s one of our most consummately giving celebrity philanthropists, an informed activist for women’s emotional health and gay rights, and a woman who seems to value honesty and conscience above all else. To celebrate her legacy, let’s look back on her ten best movie looks, which range from the innocent (#10) to the boldly self-possessed (#1).
10. Tall Story: Sis-boom-beautiful
Jane’s first film was a simple college comedy about a nervous cheerleader (Jane) and her romance with the school’s hotshot basketball star (Anthony Perkins, lol). In her memoir, she discusses how she found costume fittings almost traumatizing and had...
Jane Fonda is not only a double Oscar winner with a marvelously versatile list of roles. She’s one of our most consummately giving celebrity philanthropists, an informed activist for women’s emotional health and gay rights, and a woman who seems to value honesty and conscience above all else. To celebrate her legacy, let’s look back on her ten best movie looks, which range from the innocent (#10) to the boldly self-possessed (#1).
10. Tall Story: Sis-boom-beautiful
Jane’s first film was a simple college comedy about a nervous cheerleader (Jane) and her romance with the school’s hotshot basketball star (Anthony Perkins, lol). In her memoir, she discusses how she found costume fittings almost traumatizing and had...
- 12/23/2013
- by Louis Virtel
- The Backlot
Jane Fonda may not have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (yet), but she’s getting something better.
All it took was two Oscar wins, a Hollywood pedigree, and a lifetime in show business, but Jane Fonda is finally making her mark in Hollywood right outside of the legendary Tcl (formerly Grauman’s) Chinese Theater. This Saturday she’ll roll up her pants and sleeves to put her hand and footprints right next to her father’s (Henry Fonda) who got his spot at Grauman’s in 1942.
The 75-year-old actress is also being honored by the TCM Classic Film Festival.
All it took was two Oscar wins, a Hollywood pedigree, and a lifetime in show business, but Jane Fonda is finally making her mark in Hollywood right outside of the legendary Tcl (formerly Grauman’s) Chinese Theater. This Saturday she’ll roll up her pants and sleeves to put her hand and footprints right next to her father’s (Henry Fonda) who got his spot at Grauman’s in 1942.
The 75-year-old actress is also being honored by the TCM Classic Film Festival.
- 4/25/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW.com - PopWatch
There aren't many Hollywood stars that can send shock waves down the red carpet as they do in the political arena. Yet, Jane Fonda has managed to do just that and more.
Born in New York City to actor Henry Fonda and socialite Frances Seymour Brokaw, it's no surprise that Fonda would eventually take her place in the spotlight. The blue-eyed actress' film debut in the 1960 rom-com "Tall Story" set her on a trajectory of success. However, Fonda's risqué roles in movies, including "Barbarella" and "Klute" earned her the title of "sex symbol." While building her acting credits, Fonda's activism flourished during the Civil Rights and Women's Movements, often placing her in the midst of a political firestorm. Then in the '80s, Fonda sparked a fitness craze among middle-aged women with her striped leotards and workout videos.
And all those years of Jazzercise certainly paid off, as Fonda shows...
Born in New York City to actor Henry Fonda and socialite Frances Seymour Brokaw, it's no surprise that Fonda would eventually take her place in the spotlight. The blue-eyed actress' film debut in the 1960 rom-com "Tall Story" set her on a trajectory of success. However, Fonda's risqué roles in movies, including "Barbarella" and "Klute" earned her the title of "sex symbol." While building her acting credits, Fonda's activism flourished during the Civil Rights and Women's Movements, often placing her in the midst of a political firestorm. Then in the '80s, Fonda sparked a fitness craze among middle-aged women with her striped leotards and workout videos.
And all those years of Jazzercise certainly paid off, as Fonda shows...
- 12/20/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
It's no secret that Jane Fonda is my favorite movie star of all time, so when she sits down with a gregarious homosexual (two, in fact -- hey, Sandra Bernhard!) on live late night TV and spills about Elizabeth Taylor ("A mensch!"), Faye Dunaway ("Sad."), and Ted Turner's misbegotten fling with Bo Derek, I need to make it everyone's responsibility to listen up.
First, let's learn about the role Jane desperately wanted and didn't get.
Next, let's watch as Jane spills on Lindsay Lohan, Faye Dunaway, Robert Redford, Katharine Hepburn, and Lily Tomlin.
And for the hell of it, let's watch as Jane and Sandra sort through a bunch of workout tape titles and pick out the real and phony ones.
Here are my reactions, numbered as usual.
1) Love the Bonnie and Clyde shade. It's interesting to think of Jane in the role of Bonnie Parker, but Cat Ballou...
First, let's learn about the role Jane desperately wanted and didn't get.
Next, let's watch as Jane spills on Lindsay Lohan, Faye Dunaway, Robert Redford, Katharine Hepburn, and Lily Tomlin.
And for the hell of it, let's watch as Jane and Sandra sort through a bunch of workout tape titles and pick out the real and phony ones.
Here are my reactions, numbered as usual.
1) Love the Bonnie and Clyde shade. It's interesting to think of Jane in the role of Bonnie Parker, but Cat Ballou...
- 12/7/2012
- by virtel
- The Backlot
Anthony Perkins made his film debut in The Actress (1953) in which he received the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year and three years later he received an an Academy Award nomination for his second film, Friendly Persuasion (1956). Although Perkins specialized in playing many awkward young men, notably in Fear Strikes Out (1957), The Tin Star (1957), and Desire Under the Elms (1958), he will always be known best for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho.
The actor also went on to create a critically-acclaimed portrayal of Joseph K. in Orson Welles’ The Trial (1962) a cinematic adaptation of the novel by Franz Kafka, and in 1968 he took the role of a disturbed young murderer in Pretty Poison (1968), which served to affect the rest of his career. He would later find himself typecast, starring in the sequels and prequel to Psycho, including Psycho II, Psycho III (which he...
The actor also went on to create a critically-acclaimed portrayal of Joseph K. in Orson Welles’ The Trial (1962) a cinematic adaptation of the novel by Franz Kafka, and in 1968 he took the role of a disturbed young murderer in Pretty Poison (1968), which served to affect the rest of his career. He would later find himself typecast, starring in the sequels and prequel to Psycho, including Psycho II, Psycho III (which he...
- 11/18/2010
- by Staff
- SoundOnSight
You might think it doesn't seem to rate much interest - a youth-oriented romcom adapted from a popular internet novel, helmed by a director who hasn't done anything outside China's domestic market in years. Still, despite being fairly undemanding product in the long run, Jiang Qinmin's My Airhostess Roommate has enough lightness of touch and a few moments of grace that it might charm more forgiving viewers with money to burn on the mainland DVD.
The setup is tried-and-tested odd-couple, where world-weary shut-in Lu Fei (Wilson Chen, Kung Fu Dunk, A Chinese Tall Story) takes in vivacious flight attendant Ran Jing (mainland TV actress Wang Luodan). Initially Lu Fei only means for her to spend the night on his couch recovering from a hangover, but Ran Jing keeps coming back, finally explaining she's just been turfed out by her landlord, she's got nowhere else to go and could she please,...
The setup is tried-and-tested odd-couple, where world-weary shut-in Lu Fei (Wilson Chen, Kung Fu Dunk, A Chinese Tall Story) takes in vivacious flight attendant Ran Jing (mainland TV actress Wang Luodan). Initially Lu Fei only means for her to spend the night on his couch recovering from a hangover, but Ran Jing keeps coming back, finally explaining she's just been turfed out by her landlord, she's got nowhere else to go and could she please,...
- 1/15/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Killer Imports [1] is a regular feature on Film Junk where we explore foreign-language films from around the world that haven’t yet had their chance to shine. Kung Fu Cyborg: Metallic Attraction opens with a promising title sequence. On a plain white background befitting a technologically sterile environment, a headless robotic body performs various human movements like training on a Wing Chun dummy and playing an erhu, a Chinese musical instrument. Unfortunately, the rest of the movie was rather disappointing although it does have a certain amount of charm. I had not heard or seen anything about this movie when I noticed its clunky title on the DVD cover. Since the images on the cover were rather indistinct, I imagined either a martial arts Terminator wreaking havoc or an Ultraman-like hero dispatching evil-doers. What I got instead were Transformers in a meandering mess of a plot meant to please everyone.
- 12/4/2009
- by Reed
- FilmJunk
With so many Chinese films still being called ‘Kung Fu’ something or other, and with the continuing global success of Michael Bay’s blockbuster “Transformer” franchise, “Kung Fu Cyborg: Metallic Attraction” was pretty much inevitable. The Hong Kong director getting in on the act is none other than Jeffrey Lau, who previously had hits with the likes of “A Chinese Tall Story” and the classic Stephen Chow “A Chinese Odyssey” vehicles. Perhaps unsurprisingly given Lau’s predilection for the mass mixing of genres, although the film’s advertising suggested non-stop brawling robots, he delivers something quite different, backed by a top cast of Hong Kong and Mainland stars and some boisterously over the top special effects. The film follows Alex Fong (recently in the excellent “I Corrupt all Cops”) as K-1, a state built cyborg who for no discernable reason is sent by his creator (the inimitable Eric Tsang in...
- 10/9/2009
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
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