John Hawkes is a "that guy" actor who over the past few years has offered some of the best performances around, yet gets passed over award season by more famous actors. Formerly cast as a sweet but noble man on Deadwood and indies like Me and You and Everyone We Know and Earthwork, he scored his first Academy Award nod in 2011 with his niche-busting portrayal of the growling uncle Teardrop in Best Picture dark horse Winter's Bone. However, the Best Supporting Actor Oscar that year went to Christian Bale for The Fighter. But with the Sundance debut of the critically heralded drama Martha Marcy May Marlene, Hawkes seemed poised for Oscar gold once more! Then, shockingly he didn't even score a nomination, but Jonah Hill did. Come Sundance 2012, Hawkes returned with another indie drama that seemed sure to earn him long-deserved accolades. This time he's the lead in a biopic...
- 11/12/2012
- cinemablend.com
Earlier this year, John Hawkes stepped into the national spotlight as the dark horse nominee for the Academy Awards’ Best Supporting Actor Oscar, thanks to his haunting and heartbreaking performance in Debra Granik’s Ozarks noir Winter’s Bone. While he didn’t win the Oscar that night, some say his latest role, as an equally alluring and menacing figure in the Sundance hit Martha Marcy May Marlene, will soon score Hawkes his second shot at Oscar gold. Like Winter’s Bone, this gritty drama centers on a young woman plagued by troubles, with Hawkes in a crucial supporting role. In this case, Hawkes plays Patrick, the devilishly charismatic leader of an upstate New York cult, who lures in Martha (Elizabeth Olsen in a star-making debut) by promising the love-starved young woman a sense of community and family.
I recently sat down with Hawkes, who greeted me with a warm handshake and an easy smile,...
I recently sat down with Hawkes, who greeted me with a warm handshake and an easy smile,...
- 10/18/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides may be commanding 81% of Fandango's ticket sales--and could score a $90 million weekend--but it's getting a critical spanking. To be surprised and delighted rather than lulled into a familiar open-eyed coma, go to Woody Allen's delightful Midnight in Paris: savor every line of dialogue. Here's our early review round-up; Paris now sits at 91% fresh. The rest of the weekend's offerings are critical disappointments, except for Earthwork (75%), in release thanks to star John Hawkes' Oscar nomination last year. Jodie Foster's The Beaver goes into wider release this weekend following a slight PR bump from Cannes, but that won't save it. Reviews, pictures, trailers and details are below: More reviews: MovieReviewIntelligence, RottenTomatoes, Metacritic. Pirates of the Caribbean: ...
- 5/20/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
The real life story of Stan Herd comes to the big screen in Earthwork, an inspirational tale of an artist played by Academy Award nominee John Hawk (Winter's Bones).
Some say that artists have their head in the clouds but for Stan Herd that would be quite the advantage. A third generation Kansas farmer, Stan has pioneered a new art form known as representational crop art, or Earthwork.
Using the tools that he grew up with Stan began manipulating the earth to create pictures that can only be viewed from the air. Struggling for years to bring attention to his art Stan put in a bid to do an Earthwork project on a vacant lot in New York City owned by Donald Trump. Not wanting to lose the opportunity to another artist Stan Herd agreed to do the project for free using his
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Some say that artists have their head in the clouds but for Stan Herd that would be quite the advantage. A third generation Kansas farmer, Stan has pioneered a new art form known as representational crop art, or Earthwork.
Using the tools that he grew up with Stan began manipulating the earth to create pictures that can only be viewed from the air. Struggling for years to bring attention to his art Stan put in a bid to do an Earthwork project on a vacant lot in New York City owned by Donald Trump. Not wanting to lose the opportunity to another artist Stan Herd agreed to do the project for free using his
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- 5/17/2011
- CineMovie
Title: Earthwork Writer-director: Chris Ordal Starring: John Hawkes, James McDaniel, Zach Grenier, Laura Kirk, Bruce MacVittie, Chris Bachand, Sam Greenlee, Brendon Glad Wiry and kind of owlish at the same time, looking a bit like the physical model for the animated character of Scrat from the “Ice Age” films, John Hawkes is a bonafide character actor — someone whose face a lot of filmgoers might recognize, but not quite be able to place. That’s in the process of changing. Hawkes has had success and glowing media notices before (Miranda July’s “Me and You and Everyone We Know” was the darling of the 2005 Sundance Film Festival), but achieved a whole...
- 4/30/2011
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
In his narrative debut, writer/director Chris Ordal undertakes an ambitious biopic that explores the life and works of “crop artist” Stan Herd. While it sometimes stumbles, Earthwork is overall an intimate and uplifting portrait of a man whose art is both literally and figuratively groundbreaking.
Oscar-nominee John Hawkes stars as Stan, a simple man from Kansas whose life ambition is to turn patches of land into living canvases. Earthwork follows Stan’s journey to transform a trash-strewn lot on Manhattan’s Upper West Side into a vibrant work of art before bulldozers make way for a new Trump hotel. When pitching his proposed piece to Trump’s people, Stan hurriedly declares he only needs them to pay for the land – that he’ll cover the cost of all supplies himself. To pay for his materials, he precariously juggles his family’s finances – promising his supportive but long-suffering wife (Laura Kirk...
Oscar-nominee John Hawkes stars as Stan, a simple man from Kansas whose life ambition is to turn patches of land into living canvases. Earthwork follows Stan’s journey to transform a trash-strewn lot on Manhattan’s Upper West Side into a vibrant work of art before bulldozers make way for a new Trump hotel. When pitching his proposed piece to Trump’s people, Stan hurriedly declares he only needs them to pay for the land – that he’ll cover the cost of all supplies himself. To pay for his materials, he precariously juggles his family’s finances – promising his supportive but long-suffering wife (Laura Kirk...
- 4/29/2011
- by Kristy Puchko
- The Film Stage
Reviewed by Khia Beauchesne
(April 2011)
Directed/Written by: Chris Ordal
Starring: John Hawkes, Bruce MacVittie and Chris Bachand
Based on the true story of earthwork artist Stan Herd (John Hawkes), who uses natural materials to create aerial-viewed portraits, this film sparks viewers’ curiosity just from reading the synopsis. The real-life plot is flexible enough to entice a variety of audience members, and the well-directed, -written and -cast film does the inspiring story justice.
“Earthwork” follows a 1994 project that became a major landmark in Herd’s career. Before the construction of one of Donald Trump’s skyscrapers in New York City, Herd is given permission to create one of his landscape pieces on the property. Encouraged by his long-time friend and promoter Peter Kaplan (Bruce MacVittie), he makes Trump an offer he can’t refuse: Herd is chosen over other artists who applied to the project because he agrees to pay...
(April 2011)
Directed/Written by: Chris Ordal
Starring: John Hawkes, Bruce MacVittie and Chris Bachand
Based on the true story of earthwork artist Stan Herd (John Hawkes), who uses natural materials to create aerial-viewed portraits, this film sparks viewers’ curiosity just from reading the synopsis. The real-life plot is flexible enough to entice a variety of audience members, and the well-directed, -written and -cast film does the inspiring story justice.
“Earthwork” follows a 1994 project that became a major landmark in Herd’s career. Before the construction of one of Donald Trump’s skyscrapers in New York City, Herd is given permission to create one of his landscape pieces on the property. Encouraged by his long-time friend and promoter Peter Kaplan (Bruce MacVittie), he makes Trump an offer he can’t refuse: Herd is chosen over other artists who applied to the project because he agrees to pay...
- 4/28/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewed by Khia Beauchesne
(April 2011)
Directed/Written by: Chris Ordal
Starring: John Hawkes, Bruce MacVittie and Chris Bachand
Based on the true story of earthwork artist Stan Herd (John Hawkes), who uses natural materials to create aerial-viewed portraits, this film sparks viewers’ curiosity just from reading the synopsis. The real-life plot is flexible enough to entice a variety of audience members, and the well-directed, -written and -cast film does the inspiring story justice.
“Earthwork” follows a 1994 project that became a major landmark in Herd’s career. Before the construction of one of Donald Trump’s skyscrapers in New York City, Herd is given permission to create one of his landscape pieces on the property. Encouraged by his long-time friend and promoter Peter Kaplan (Bruce MacVittie), he makes Trump an offer he can’t refuse: Herd is chosen over other artists who applied to the project because he agrees to pay...
(April 2011)
Directed/Written by: Chris Ordal
Starring: John Hawkes, Bruce MacVittie and Chris Bachand
Based on the true story of earthwork artist Stan Herd (John Hawkes), who uses natural materials to create aerial-viewed portraits, this film sparks viewers’ curiosity just from reading the synopsis. The real-life plot is flexible enough to entice a variety of audience members, and the well-directed, -written and -cast film does the inspiring story justice.
“Earthwork” follows a 1994 project that became a major landmark in Herd’s career. Before the construction of one of Donald Trump’s skyscrapers in New York City, Herd is given permission to create one of his landscape pieces on the property. Encouraged by his long-time friend and promoter Peter Kaplan (Bruce MacVittie), he makes Trump an offer he can’t refuse: Herd is chosen over other artists who applied to the project because he agrees to pay...
- 4/28/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
The 19th annual Woods Hole Film Festival wrapped up last Saturday, with the announcement of the festival's winners at the Landfall Restaurant. Chris Ordal's "Earthwork," which profiles real-life crop artist Stan Herd, took home the Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature, while "Louder Than a Bomb," from directors Greg Jacob and Jon Siskel (the late Gene Siskel's nephew) walked away with two awards: Best Documentary and 'Best of the Fest' Audience ...
- 8/10/2010
- Indiewire
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