Kick Out the Jams: The Story of Xfm, from director Ray Burdis, is a retelling of the birth and development of a fledgling pirate radio station and those passionate few that would pave their own way in the pursuit of giving a voice to the growing popularity of the indie Britpop scene in the 1990s. More than that this is a snapshot of the revolutionisation of the airwaves from the voices of the DJs at ground level, the friendships formed and careers made. Even more than that this doc is a love letter to a moment in time, a year not to be forgotten and a feeling of true optimism and unbridled excitement.
Now, I do love a good documentary, especially ones that tell the stories of a time that although I wasn’t exactly well in the know about what was happening, I was aware something was happening. Music...
Now, I do love a good documentary, especially ones that tell the stories of a time that although I wasn’t exactly well in the know about what was happening, I was aware something was happening. Music...
- 8/24/2022
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
Exclusive: Frasier actor teams up with Sebastian Foucan for Bharal.
Fledgling UK production outfit BB88 is in Cannes to talk up a slate of movies including revenge drama drama Bharal, which is due to star former Frasier star Kelsey Grammer and parkour pioneer Sebastian Foucan.
Jake L Reid’s (The Antwerp Dolls) feature, due to start in early 2018, charts the story of an African refugee who arrives in London to search for his missing sister.
When he uncovers an immigrant sex trade he becomes both a media sensation and a target for a crime syndicate, along with the immigrant community that has taken him in.
Bharal is being lined up as a co-production between BB88, Reid’s Liberal Region Productions and Compos Mentis productions.
Also new to the slate is Gate Crash, which will be directed by Laurence Gough (Dr Who). The cast includes Marc Warren (Snatch) and Anton Lesser from Game Of Thrones.
Projects already...
Fledgling UK production outfit BB88 is in Cannes to talk up a slate of movies including revenge drama drama Bharal, which is due to star former Frasier star Kelsey Grammer and parkour pioneer Sebastian Foucan.
Jake L Reid’s (The Antwerp Dolls) feature, due to start in early 2018, charts the story of an African refugee who arrives in London to search for his missing sister.
When he uncovers an immigrant sex trade he becomes both a media sensation and a target for a crime syndicate, along with the immigrant community that has taken him in.
Bharal is being lined up as a co-production between BB88, Reid’s Liberal Region Productions and Compos Mentis productions.
Also new to the slate is Gate Crash, which will be directed by Laurence Gough (Dr Who). The cast includes Marc Warren (Snatch) and Anton Lesser from Game Of Thrones.
Projects already...
- 5/22/2017
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Martin Kemp, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Tony Denham, Phil Davis, Lucy Pinder, Donna Air, April Pearson, Dani Dyer, Bruce Payne, Patrick Bergin, Nick Moran, Chris Brazier, Anouska Mond | Written by Simon Cluett | Directed by Neil Jones
When it comes to low-budget British movies one of the easiest to create seems to be the gangster movie and I’ll admit it that when I got Age of Kill to watch that is exactly what I expected. Thankfully what I found instead was an action movie that takes the subject of terrorism in London and adds a little twist.
Sam Blake (Martin Kemp) is a black ops sniper who finds himself blackmailed into killing six seemingly random people in six hours. If he fails this or tries to contact the police or his bosses his daughter will be killed. As he performs the kills with the police in close pursuit the...
When it comes to low-budget British movies one of the easiest to create seems to be the gangster movie and I’ll admit it that when I got Age of Kill to watch that is exactly what I expected. Thankfully what I found instead was an action movie that takes the subject of terrorism in London and adds a little twist.
Sam Blake (Martin Kemp) is a black ops sniper who finds himself blackmailed into killing six seemingly random people in six hours. If he fails this or tries to contact the police or his bosses his daughter will be killed. As he performs the kills with the police in close pursuit the...
- 6/17/2015
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
Our International Sales Agent (Isa) of the Day coverage is back again for this year's Cannes Film Festival. We will feature successful, upcoming, innovative and trailblazing agents from around the world, and cover the latest trends in sales and distribution. Beyond the numbers and deals, this segment will also share inspirational and unique stories of how these individuals have evolved and paved their way in the industry, and what they envision for the new waves in global cinema.
The fiery business maverick Andrew Loveday of Carnaby Films has a big message for the dinosaurs of the global film industry; be afraid. Be very afraid!
Andrew is here to create big change in the global film industry, and the time is right for his intentions. Banking partners have just committed 75 million a year to finance Carnaby's whole slate. He closed this deal here at the Cannes Film Festival with the help of his team members Tania Sarra (Director of International Sales), Alex Tate (Head of Acquisitions) and Sean O'Kelly (CEO).
This is incredibly exciting for global cinema because Carnaby only represents films of rich and high standards and has one of the best lineups at Cannes this year, including Damascus Cover, Tom Thumb and A Love of Money.
Andrew shares how he got his start, his philosophy and his honest and raw observations of the film sales world:
How did Carnaby start?
Carnaby was born fifteen years ago. I started it with my father Mike, and my cousin Terry. We worked for another film company, and then we decided to setup on our own. We started by raising the funds for a small budget movie of 200,000 dollars. We ended up raising 3.5 million instead; it blew our minds. It literally started from nothing. There was no plan, and now 13 years later, we've made 14 extremely rich films. The last one was Angel, and then there was The Wee Man, which got four BAFTA nominations and won two BAFTA awards for best film and audience award.
Then we realized after twelve years in the market, all our investors were asking, "Hey Andy, the film's out on the shelf. It's everywhere. Where's our money???" We thought, "Oh, actually... We don't know. We'll go speak to our sales company." Then we asked the sales company, and they blew us of with "Oh... You know, it's a tough time in the market...but talk to that guy. He'll know." Then we'd go talk to that guy, and another, and another and get more of the same; so, it took us twelve to thirteen years to realize that we need to be in charge of our films.
I setup the international sales side of Carnaby in November last year. We launched the company at Afm. I got all my titles back from all the sales agents at other companies and decided to launch Carnaby Sales and Distribution. Our first title that we took to the market was Panzer 88, written by Peter Bricks with producers Gary Kurtz and Ivor Powell (Star Wars, Alien and Blade Runner). We went to Afm, and everybody went "Wow! These guys have a 40 million dollar movie with Gary Kurtz and Ivor Powell. They're not sales agents!" Now, seven months later, here I am in Cannes with my sales and distribution arm.
My star of the company is Tania Sarra, who will be given the Future Industry Leader award on the 23rd. The international film community voted for her, and she deserves it because she's a brilliant and hardworking woman.
What does Carnaby have to offer producers?
My message for producers is that I'll help to make your film, and make sure that you get every single penny you deserve. We all know reputation is everything in a small industry where information goes around like wildfire. This is why, all of a sudden, stunning and unique projects are starting to flood in. We're working with established masters: Gary Kurtz, Ivor Powell, Anthony Wade and Roger Christian, plus a whole bunch of up and coming producers full of innovative ideas. There's no luck involved. These producers come to us because they know we're honest. We're very down to earth, and we don't get frustrated.
What is your philosophy on making films happen?
To sell really great films, you have to go out and get them. I really believe that you are what you eat, in anything you do. If you say, "Oh, I'm going to do small films, and that's all I'll ever do" then that's the market you'll be in. The market has changed so much over the last five to ten years with low budget movies. Everyone goes on the bandwagon of "I want to make another Blair Witch or Paranormal Activity." All it does is swamp the market so bad, that when you get to the consumer at the end of it, people say, "I'm not going to give my fifteen dollars for that film, because I know it's going to be a low budget and no good."
What do you see happening in the industry these days?
What I see in the industry is a very worrying time for a lot of the independent distributors. I think they're frantic and wondering what to do, because most of the new independent and smaller labels out there (especially in sales and distribution) can't afford to sustain their business on the 25-30 cent royalties of a DVD in a market where the DVD is going extinct. They've got overheads and staff; they don't have enough money to do a theatrical release.
People aren't fast to go to the cinema to see an art house or small indie movie unless it's got so much PR and movement internationally; people aren't really interested in it because they can watch it on TV for three pounds. You've got HBO on the Internet, Netflix. Smart TVs etc. The small distribution companies now want to produce their own movies so they can own it all, then they try to be producers. This is problematic because they're not film producers and never have been. They're accountants, clerks and marketing people running around like headless chickens, because they're trying to make movies. They're not always creative, and they think they are. They think, "Let's make a movie, because we know what we want and we know what sells." They saturate the market with poor films, and you are what you eat. If you keep putting shit into the market, after a while people won't go to the theatre. Consumers can only be cheated so many times, and these companies are actually a very big part of their own destruction. All they're doing is fueling a diminishing market in DVDs, which causes it to diminish even quicker.
Where do you believe your success comes from?
I'm a Pisces. This means I'm a dreamer and am very lucky, because I turn my dreams into reality. I get up everyday and never ever plan what I'm doing. I know what will be, will be. I can't change it. I just go with it. I get up and go "What are we doing today, guys?" and that's it. When you try to steer and manipulate something in life, all you do is set yourself up for disappointment. I've always been of this mindset.
This time last year, I sat on the Plage Royale Beach, and said, "You know what? I'm going to start an international sales agency, and it's going to be big. Next year, I'm going to be up there (on the Croisette) with a great office."
It's so hard to make a film. I was at the market last year with my cap in hand, showing my begging bowl to these guys and 97% of them have never made a movie in their life. I look at them as an industry of old boys, and the old boys will be terrified of me. All I have to say to them is that I'm coming for you. I'm here to create real change in the industry.
If you're going to do anything, fucking own it. Don't ever go, "I can't really be bothered" Because if you say you're going to do it, you have got to do it. When you have that, everything is possible. That's what I'm about. I said that I'm going to start an international sales agency and it will be highly successful. One year later, we're here in this beautiful office, and now a major Us bank has backed us for 70 million a year to fund our full slate. This is where we are now.
Learn more about Carnaby's Cannes Lineup
More about Carnaby:
Carnaby International Sales and Distribution is a UK film company specialising in worldwide sales, production, co-productions and UK distribution – with a catalogue of award-winning feature films and documentaries.
We have built up a fast growing and recognisable brand at all major motion picture and television festivals and markets worldwide, including Cannes, Afm, Efm, Berlinale, The Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Luff, Mipcom and Miptv.
Carnaby International Sales and Distribution focuses on international sales of film, television and film libraries. The company is based in the heart of Soho, London.
The fiery business maverick Andrew Loveday of Carnaby Films has a big message for the dinosaurs of the global film industry; be afraid. Be very afraid!
Andrew is here to create big change in the global film industry, and the time is right for his intentions. Banking partners have just committed 75 million a year to finance Carnaby's whole slate. He closed this deal here at the Cannes Film Festival with the help of his team members Tania Sarra (Director of International Sales), Alex Tate (Head of Acquisitions) and Sean O'Kelly (CEO).
This is incredibly exciting for global cinema because Carnaby only represents films of rich and high standards and has one of the best lineups at Cannes this year, including Damascus Cover, Tom Thumb and A Love of Money.
Andrew shares how he got his start, his philosophy and his honest and raw observations of the film sales world:
How did Carnaby start?
Carnaby was born fifteen years ago. I started it with my father Mike, and my cousin Terry. We worked for another film company, and then we decided to setup on our own. We started by raising the funds for a small budget movie of 200,000 dollars. We ended up raising 3.5 million instead; it blew our minds. It literally started from nothing. There was no plan, and now 13 years later, we've made 14 extremely rich films. The last one was Angel, and then there was The Wee Man, which got four BAFTA nominations and won two BAFTA awards for best film and audience award.
Then we realized after twelve years in the market, all our investors were asking, "Hey Andy, the film's out on the shelf. It's everywhere. Where's our money???" We thought, "Oh, actually... We don't know. We'll go speak to our sales company." Then we asked the sales company, and they blew us of with "Oh... You know, it's a tough time in the market...but talk to that guy. He'll know." Then we'd go talk to that guy, and another, and another and get more of the same; so, it took us twelve to thirteen years to realize that we need to be in charge of our films.
I setup the international sales side of Carnaby in November last year. We launched the company at Afm. I got all my titles back from all the sales agents at other companies and decided to launch Carnaby Sales and Distribution. Our first title that we took to the market was Panzer 88, written by Peter Bricks with producers Gary Kurtz and Ivor Powell (Star Wars, Alien and Blade Runner). We went to Afm, and everybody went "Wow! These guys have a 40 million dollar movie with Gary Kurtz and Ivor Powell. They're not sales agents!" Now, seven months later, here I am in Cannes with my sales and distribution arm.
My star of the company is Tania Sarra, who will be given the Future Industry Leader award on the 23rd. The international film community voted for her, and she deserves it because she's a brilliant and hardworking woman.
What does Carnaby have to offer producers?
My message for producers is that I'll help to make your film, and make sure that you get every single penny you deserve. We all know reputation is everything in a small industry where information goes around like wildfire. This is why, all of a sudden, stunning and unique projects are starting to flood in. We're working with established masters: Gary Kurtz, Ivor Powell, Anthony Wade and Roger Christian, plus a whole bunch of up and coming producers full of innovative ideas. There's no luck involved. These producers come to us because they know we're honest. We're very down to earth, and we don't get frustrated.
What is your philosophy on making films happen?
To sell really great films, you have to go out and get them. I really believe that you are what you eat, in anything you do. If you say, "Oh, I'm going to do small films, and that's all I'll ever do" then that's the market you'll be in. The market has changed so much over the last five to ten years with low budget movies. Everyone goes on the bandwagon of "I want to make another Blair Witch or Paranormal Activity." All it does is swamp the market so bad, that when you get to the consumer at the end of it, people say, "I'm not going to give my fifteen dollars for that film, because I know it's going to be a low budget and no good."
What do you see happening in the industry these days?
What I see in the industry is a very worrying time for a lot of the independent distributors. I think they're frantic and wondering what to do, because most of the new independent and smaller labels out there (especially in sales and distribution) can't afford to sustain their business on the 25-30 cent royalties of a DVD in a market where the DVD is going extinct. They've got overheads and staff; they don't have enough money to do a theatrical release.
People aren't fast to go to the cinema to see an art house or small indie movie unless it's got so much PR and movement internationally; people aren't really interested in it because they can watch it on TV for three pounds. You've got HBO on the Internet, Netflix. Smart TVs etc. The small distribution companies now want to produce their own movies so they can own it all, then they try to be producers. This is problematic because they're not film producers and never have been. They're accountants, clerks and marketing people running around like headless chickens, because they're trying to make movies. They're not always creative, and they think they are. They think, "Let's make a movie, because we know what we want and we know what sells." They saturate the market with poor films, and you are what you eat. If you keep putting shit into the market, after a while people won't go to the theatre. Consumers can only be cheated so many times, and these companies are actually a very big part of their own destruction. All they're doing is fueling a diminishing market in DVDs, which causes it to diminish even quicker.
Where do you believe your success comes from?
I'm a Pisces. This means I'm a dreamer and am very lucky, because I turn my dreams into reality. I get up everyday and never ever plan what I'm doing. I know what will be, will be. I can't change it. I just go with it. I get up and go "What are we doing today, guys?" and that's it. When you try to steer and manipulate something in life, all you do is set yourself up for disappointment. I've always been of this mindset.
This time last year, I sat on the Plage Royale Beach, and said, "You know what? I'm going to start an international sales agency, and it's going to be big. Next year, I'm going to be up there (on the Croisette) with a great office."
It's so hard to make a film. I was at the market last year with my cap in hand, showing my begging bowl to these guys and 97% of them have never made a movie in their life. I look at them as an industry of old boys, and the old boys will be terrified of me. All I have to say to them is that I'm coming for you. I'm here to create real change in the industry.
If you're going to do anything, fucking own it. Don't ever go, "I can't really be bothered" Because if you say you're going to do it, you have got to do it. When you have that, everything is possible. That's what I'm about. I said that I'm going to start an international sales agency and it will be highly successful. One year later, we're here in this beautiful office, and now a major Us bank has backed us for 70 million a year to fund our full slate. This is where we are now.
Learn more about Carnaby's Cannes Lineup
More about Carnaby:
Carnaby International Sales and Distribution is a UK film company specialising in worldwide sales, production, co-productions and UK distribution – with a catalogue of award-winning feature films and documentaries.
We have built up a fast growing and recognisable brand at all major motion picture and television festivals and markets worldwide, including Cannes, Afm, Efm, Berlinale, The Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Luff, Mipcom and Miptv.
Carnaby International Sales and Distribution focuses on international sales of film, television and film libraries. The company is based in the heart of Soho, London.
- 5/19/2014
- by Erin Grover
- Sydney's Buzz
Despite releasing The Fall of the Essex Boys only at the start of this year, Paul Tanter is about to return with the follow-up, Essex Boys: Retribution, a fictionalised story picking up eighteen years after the famed Range Rover murders.
The film hits cinemas just in time for Christmas next month, and we’ve got the first trailer to share with you as we head into the weekend.
Leading the cast this time around are Ian Virgo (Rise of the Footsoldier), Alex Ismail (Attack the Block), Ryan Winsley (The Fall of the Essex Boys), and Kyle Summercorn (Turnout), with Lorraine Stanley (London to Brighton), Vas Blackwood (Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels), and Billy Murray (The Rise and Fall of a White Collar Hooligan) completing the cast nicely.
Tanter (Jack Falls, The Fall of the Essex Boys) is once more directing from his own script, and he produces alongside frequent collaborator Simon Phillips (GBH/Riot,...
The film hits cinemas just in time for Christmas next month, and we’ve got the first trailer to share with you as we head into the weekend.
Leading the cast this time around are Ian Virgo (Rise of the Footsoldier), Alex Ismail (Attack the Block), Ryan Winsley (The Fall of the Essex Boys), and Kyle Summercorn (Turnout), with Lorraine Stanley (London to Brighton), Vas Blackwood (Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels), and Billy Murray (The Rise and Fall of a White Collar Hooligan) completing the cast nicely.
Tanter (Jack Falls, The Fall of the Essex Boys) is once more directing from his own script, and he produces alongside frequent collaborator Simon Phillips (GBH/Riot,...
- 11/29/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Festival favourite For Those In Peril was named Best Film at last night's Scottish BAFTA award ceremony, beating off competition from The Wee Man, which took the Audience Award, and Fire in The Night, about the Piper Alpha disaster, which took Best Documentary. The awards were handed out at a ceremony in Glasgow which saw stars like Brian Cox and Peter Mullan on the red carpet.
"For a first-time director to win an award like this is a phenomenal achievement," said BAFTA Scotland's Alan de Pellette.
Best Director went to Emma Davie and Morag McKinnon for I Am Breathing, a documentary about a man with motor neurone disease, and Best Actor was won by For Those In Peril star George MacKay.
Visual effects supervisor Steven Begg received a special award for his lifetime achievements and for his contribution to recent James Bond films including Skyfall....
"For a first-time director to win an award like this is a phenomenal achievement," said BAFTA Scotland's Alan de Pellette.
Best Director went to Emma Davie and Morag McKinnon for I Am Breathing, a documentary about a man with motor neurone disease, and Best Actor was won by For Those In Peril star George MacKay.
Visual effects supervisor Steven Begg received a special award for his lifetime achievements and for his contribution to recent James Bond films including Skyfall....
- 11/18/2013
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
For Those in Peril and Screen Star of Tomorrow George Mackay picked up top awards.Scroll down for full list of winners
Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril, about a young man in a Scottish fishing village reeling after a tragic accident, did the double at the BAFTA Scotland Awards 2013 last night.
At a ceremony in Glasgow, honouring both Scottish productions as well as Scottish talent working in other UK productions, lead actor George Mackay picked up the coveted best actor/actress in film award.
The film, which was selected for Cannes Critics’ Week, also won best film beating competition from documentary Fire in the Night and ganger feature The Wee Man.
However, both runners-up picked up separate awards with Fire In the Night winning best single documentary and The Wee Man picking up the BAFTA Scotland Cineworld Audience Award, voted for by the public.
Emma Davie and Morag Mckinnon both collected the best director award for...
Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril, about a young man in a Scottish fishing village reeling after a tragic accident, did the double at the BAFTA Scotland Awards 2013 last night.
At a ceremony in Glasgow, honouring both Scottish productions as well as Scottish talent working in other UK productions, lead actor George Mackay picked up the coveted best actor/actress in film award.
The film, which was selected for Cannes Critics’ Week, also won best film beating competition from documentary Fire in the Night and ganger feature The Wee Man.
However, both runners-up picked up separate awards with Fire In the Night winning best single documentary and The Wee Man picking up the BAFTA Scotland Cineworld Audience Award, voted for by the public.
Emma Davie and Morag Mckinnon both collected the best director award for...
- 11/18/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
For Those in Peril and Screen Star of Tomorrow George Mackay picked up top awards.Scroll down for full list of winners
Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril, about a young man in a Scottish fishing village reeling after a tragic accident, did the double at the BAFTA Scotland Awards 2013 last night.
At a ceremony in Glasgow, honouring both Scottish productions as well as Scottish talent working in other UK productions, lead actor George Mackay picked up the coveted best actor/actress in film award.
The film, which was selected for Cannes Critics’ Week, also won best film beating competition from documentary Fire in the Night and ganger feature The Wee Man.
However, both runners-up picked up separate awards with Fire In the Night winning best single documentary and The Wee Man picking up the BAFTA Scotland Cineworld Audience Award, voted for by the public.
Emma Davie and Morag Mckinnon both collected the best director award for...
Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril, about a young man in a Scottish fishing village reeling after a tragic accident, did the double at the BAFTA Scotland Awards 2013 last night.
At a ceremony in Glasgow, honouring both Scottish productions as well as Scottish talent working in other UK productions, lead actor George Mackay picked up the coveted best actor/actress in film award.
The film, which was selected for Cannes Critics’ Week, also won best film beating competition from documentary Fire in the Night and ganger feature The Wee Man.
However, both runners-up picked up separate awards with Fire In the Night winning best single documentary and The Wee Man picking up the BAFTA Scotland Cineworld Audience Award, voted for by the public.
Emma Davie and Morag Mckinnon both collected the best director award for...
- 11/18/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
News on a new adaptation of Hedda Gabler, a new film about the Kray brothers, and more.
Aspect on board for Hedda Gabler
Aspect Film has taken on worldwide sales rights to Matthew John’s new period drama adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play Hedda Gabler, currently in post. Rita Ramnani [pictured] takes the lead role, with the cast also including Jon-Paul Gates, Samantha Hunt, David Butler and Francisco Ortiz. Aspect Film’s Managing Director, Hugh Edwards said, “Matthew John has tackled an Ibsen classic with aplomb. To do so as a debutant director and achieve what he has deserves credit. John has pushed the envelope and it will be interesting to see the reaction from both Ibsen purists and newcomers to the Hedda Gabler story alike.” The film was shot at Maunsel House in Somerset, owned by Sir Benjamin Slade, who also executive produces the film.
ScreenLaunch backs Beck
Australia-based sales and distribution company ScreenLaunch is financing...
Aspect on board for Hedda Gabler
Aspect Film has taken on worldwide sales rights to Matthew John’s new period drama adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play Hedda Gabler, currently in post. Rita Ramnani [pictured] takes the lead role, with the cast also including Jon-Paul Gates, Samantha Hunt, David Butler and Francisco Ortiz. Aspect Film’s Managing Director, Hugh Edwards said, “Matthew John has tackled an Ibsen classic with aplomb. To do so as a debutant director and achieve what he has deserves credit. John has pushed the envelope and it will be interesting to see the reaction from both Ibsen purists and newcomers to the Hedda Gabler story alike.” The film was shot at Maunsel House in Somerset, owned by Sir Benjamin Slade, who also executive produces the film.
ScreenLaunch backs Beck
Australia-based sales and distribution company ScreenLaunch is financing...
- 11/11/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell) andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
News from Universe Films, Intandem, Global Screen, Studio 100, Jinga, Stealth, Roar Entertainment and more.
Us deal for Run & Jump
Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights from UTA to Run & Jump, Steph Green’s directorial debut sold internationally by Global Screen. The cast features Maxine Peake, Sharon Horgan and Will Forte.
Intandem adopts Dog
Intandem Films has come on board for sales of Martin Kemp’s Top Dog, a gang story currently shooting in London with a cast led by Leo Gregory.
Hansel & Gretel travel for Jinga
Jinga Films has sold Hansel And Gretel & The 4:20 Witch to Adler Entertainment for Italy, Flashstar for Latin America and Thanks & Love for Korea. The cast features Lara Flynn Boyle, Cary Elwes, Molly Quinn and Michael Welch. Previous deals for the film include Peppermint for Germany, Pinnacle for Australia and Tribeca for North America, where the film was released under the title Hansel & Gretel Get Baked.
Buyers spark to...
Us deal for Run & Jump
Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights from UTA to Run & Jump, Steph Green’s directorial debut sold internationally by Global Screen. The cast features Maxine Peake, Sharon Horgan and Will Forte.
Intandem adopts Dog
Intandem Films has come on board for sales of Martin Kemp’s Top Dog, a gang story currently shooting in London with a cast led by Leo Gregory.
Hansel & Gretel travel for Jinga
Jinga Films has sold Hansel And Gretel & The 4:20 Witch to Adler Entertainment for Italy, Flashstar for Latin America and Thanks & Love for Korea. The cast features Lara Flynn Boyle, Cary Elwes, Molly Quinn and Michael Welch. Previous deals for the film include Peppermint for Germany, Pinnacle for Australia and Tribeca for North America, where the film was released under the title Hansel & Gretel Get Baked.
Buyers spark to...
- 11/8/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell) andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
News from Universe Films, Intandem, Global Screen, Studio 100, Jinga, Stealth, Roar Entertainment and more.
Us deal for Run & Jump
Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights from UTA to Run & Jump, Steph Green’s directorial debut sold internationally by Global Screen. The cast features Maxine Peake, Sharon Horgan and Will Forte.
Intandem adopts Dog
Intandem Films has come on board for sales of Martin Kemp’s Top Dog, a gang story currently shooting in London with a cast led by Leo Gregory.
Hansel & Gretel travel for Jinga
Jinga Films has sold Hansel And Gretel & The 4:20 Witch to Adler Entertainment for Italy, Flashstar for Latin America and Thanks & Love for Korea. The cast features Lara Flynn Boyle, Cary Elwes, Molly Quinn and Michael Welch. Previous deals for the film include Peppermint for Germany, Pinnacle for Australia and Tribeca for North America, where the film was released under the title Hansel & Gretel Get Baked.
Buyers spark to...
Us deal for Run & Jump
Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights from UTA to Run & Jump, Steph Green’s directorial debut sold internationally by Global Screen. The cast features Maxine Peake, Sharon Horgan and Will Forte.
Intandem adopts Dog
Intandem Films has come on board for sales of Martin Kemp’s Top Dog, a gang story currently shooting in London with a cast led by Leo Gregory.
Hansel & Gretel travel for Jinga
Jinga Films has sold Hansel And Gretel & The 4:20 Witch to Adler Entertainment for Italy, Flashstar for Latin America and Thanks & Love for Korea. The cast features Lara Flynn Boyle, Cary Elwes, Molly Quinn and Michael Welch. Previous deals for the film include Peppermint for Germany, Pinnacle for Australia and Tribeca for North America, where the film was released under the title Hansel & Gretel Get Baked.
Buyers spark to...
- 11/8/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell) andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
News from Universe Films, Intandem, Global Screen, Studio 100, Jinga, Stealth, Roar Entertainment and more.
Us deal for Run & Jump
Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights from UTA to Run & Jump, Steph Green’s directorial debut sold internationally by Global Screen. The cast features Maxine Peake, Sharon Horgan and Will Forte.
Intandem adopts Dog
Intandem Films has come on board for sales of Martin Kemp’s Top Dog, a gang story currently shooting in London with a cast led by Leo Gregory.
Hansel & Gretel travel for Jinga
Jinga Films has sold Hansel And Gretel & The 4:20 Witch to Adler Entertainment for Italy, Flashstar for Latin America and Thanks & Love for Korea. The cast features Lara Flynn Boyle, Cary Elwes, Molly Quinn and Michael Welch. Previous deals for the film include Peppermint for Germany, Pinnacle for Australia and Tribeca for North America, where the film was released under the title Hansel & Gretel Get Baked.
Buyers spark to...
Us deal for Run & Jump
Sundance Selects has acquired North American rights from UTA to Run & Jump, Steph Green’s directorial debut sold internationally by Global Screen. The cast features Maxine Peake, Sharon Horgan and Will Forte.
Intandem adopts Dog
Intandem Films has come on board for sales of Martin Kemp’s Top Dog, a gang story currently shooting in London with a cast led by Leo Gregory.
Hansel & Gretel travel for Jinga
Jinga Films has sold Hansel And Gretel & The 4:20 Witch to Adler Entertainment for Italy, Flashstar for Latin America and Thanks & Love for Korea. The cast features Lara Flynn Boyle, Cary Elwes, Molly Quinn and Michael Welch. Previous deals for the film include Peppermint for Germany, Pinnacle for Australia and Tribeca for North America, where the film was released under the title Hansel & Gretel Get Baked.
Buyers spark to...
- 11/8/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell) andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
News from Jinga, Stealth, Roar Entertainment and more.
Hansel & Gretel travel for Jinga
Jinga Films has sold Hansel And Gretel & The 4:20 Witch to Adler Entertainment for Italy, Flashstar for Latin America and Thanks & Love for Korea. The cast features Lara Flynn Boyle, Cary Elwes, Molly Quinn and Michael Welch. Previous deals for the film include Peppermint for Germany, Pinnacle for Australia and Tribeca for North America, where the film was released under the title Hansel & Gretel Get Baked.
Iron Sky gets Director’s Cut release
4Digital Media has picked up UK rights to the director’s cut of Timo Vuorensola’s cult action-comedy Iron Sky from Stealth Media. The ‘dictator’s cut’, which will showcase an additional 20 minutes, will be released in February. The distributor is planning Iron Sky Invasion Week, a series of fan events to mark the release, including a handful of theatrical screenings. The Berlin 2012 debut follows the premise that Nazis set up...
Hansel & Gretel travel for Jinga
Jinga Films has sold Hansel And Gretel & The 4:20 Witch to Adler Entertainment for Italy, Flashstar for Latin America and Thanks & Love for Korea. The cast features Lara Flynn Boyle, Cary Elwes, Molly Quinn and Michael Welch. Previous deals for the film include Peppermint for Germany, Pinnacle for Australia and Tribeca for North America, where the film was released under the title Hansel & Gretel Get Baked.
Iron Sky gets Director’s Cut release
4Digital Media has picked up UK rights to the director’s cut of Timo Vuorensola’s cult action-comedy Iron Sky from Stealth Media. The ‘dictator’s cut’, which will showcase an additional 20 minutes, will be released in February. The distributor is planning Iron Sky Invasion Week, a series of fan events to mark the release, including a handful of theatrical screenings. The Berlin 2012 debut follows the premise that Nazis set up...
- 11/8/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell) andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Other film nominees include The Wee Man and Fire In The Night.Scroll down for full list of nominees
Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril, about a young man in a Scottish fishing village reeling after a tragic accident, leads the film nominees for the BAFTA Scotland Awards 2013.
The film, which was selected for Cannes Critics’ Week, has four nominations: best actor (George MacKay), writer (Wright), director (Wright) and best film.
Documentaries Fire In The Night and I Am Breathing each got two nominations, as did feature film The Wee Man.
The awards will be held in Glasgow on Nov 17. They honour both Scottish productions as well as Scottish talent working in other UK productions.
Full list of nominees
Film Actor/Actress
Iain De Caestecker Not Another Happy Ending
Martin Compston The Wee Man
George MacKay For Those in Peril
TV Actor/Actress
Ford Kiernan The Field of Blood: The Dead Hour
Peter Mullan [link...
Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril, about a young man in a Scottish fishing village reeling after a tragic accident, leads the film nominees for the BAFTA Scotland Awards 2013.
The film, which was selected for Cannes Critics’ Week, has four nominations: best actor (George MacKay), writer (Wright), director (Wright) and best film.
Documentaries Fire In The Night and I Am Breathing each got two nominations, as did feature film The Wee Man.
The awards will be held in Glasgow on Nov 17. They honour both Scottish productions as well as Scottish talent working in other UK productions.
Full list of nominees
Film Actor/Actress
Iain De Caestecker Not Another Happy Ending
Martin Compston The Wee Man
George MacKay For Those in Peril
TV Actor/Actress
Ford Kiernan The Field of Blood: The Dead Hour
Peter Mullan [link...
- 10/30/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Other film nominees include The Wee Man and Fire In The Night.
Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril, about a young man in a Scottish fishing village reeling after a tragic accident, leads the film nominees for the BAFTA Scotland Awards 2013.
The film, which was selected for Cannes Critics’ Week, has four nominations: best actor (George MacKay), writer (Wright), director (Wright) and best film.
Documentaries Fire In The Night and I Am Breathing each got two nominations, as did feature film The Wee Man.
The awards will be held in Glasgow on Nov 17. They honour both Scottish productions as well as Scottish talent working in other UK productions.
The nominees are:
Film Actor/Actress
Iain De Caestecker Not Another Happy Ending
Martin Compston The Wee Man
George MacKay For Those in Peril
TV Actor/Actress
Ford Kiernan The Field of Blood: The Dead Hour
Peter Mullan The Fear
Sharon Rooney My Mad Fat Diary
Animation...
Paul Wright’s For Those In Peril, about a young man in a Scottish fishing village reeling after a tragic accident, leads the film nominees for the BAFTA Scotland Awards 2013.
The film, which was selected for Cannes Critics’ Week, has four nominations: best actor (George MacKay), writer (Wright), director (Wright) and best film.
Documentaries Fire In The Night and I Am Breathing each got two nominations, as did feature film The Wee Man.
The awards will be held in Glasgow on Nov 17. They honour both Scottish productions as well as Scottish talent working in other UK productions.
The nominees are:
Film Actor/Actress
Iain De Caestecker Not Another Happy Ending
Martin Compston The Wee Man
George MacKay For Those in Peril
TV Actor/Actress
Ford Kiernan The Field of Blood: The Dead Hour
Peter Mullan The Fear
Sharon Rooney My Mad Fat Diary
Animation...
- 10/30/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Ahead of the British Academy Scotland Awards next month, BAFTA Scotland has once more joined forces with Cineworld to launch this year’s Audience Award category.
The award category is designed to promote emerging home-grown talent, bringing a set of eight films this year back to the big screen later this month, and the nominations have now been announced.
Blackbird The Devil’s Plantation Fire In The Night The Happy Lands I Am Breathing Sawney: Flesh Of Man We Are Northern Lights The Wee Man
Cineworld cinemas in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Dundee will be screening the films again from Sunday 20th October to Tuesday 29th October, and from that Sunday 20th, audiences can vote for their favourite of the octet by going to www.cineworld.co.uk/baftascotland.
Carter Ferguson’s Fast Romance won the award two years back, with David Mackenzie’s Perfect Sense, Mackenzie’s You, Instead,...
The award category is designed to promote emerging home-grown talent, bringing a set of eight films this year back to the big screen later this month, and the nominations have now been announced.
Blackbird The Devil’s Plantation Fire In The Night The Happy Lands I Am Breathing Sawney: Flesh Of Man We Are Northern Lights The Wee Man
Cineworld cinemas in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Dundee will be screening the films again from Sunday 20th October to Tuesday 29th October, and from that Sunday 20th, audiences can vote for their favourite of the octet by going to www.cineworld.co.uk/baftascotland.
Carter Ferguson’s Fast Romance won the award two years back, with David Mackenzie’s Perfect Sense, Mackenzie’s You, Instead,...
- 10/8/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
John Hannah has defended his controversial new film, 'The Wee Man', which tells the real-life story of Glasgow gangster turned best-selling writer, Paul Ferris.
"A negative reaction was inevitable from the Scottish press," reflects Hannah, unperturbed, who only met Ferris, after production was completed. According to the actor, he was "charming, and pleased with the film".
Hannah (right) stars with Martin Compston in 'The Wee Man' telling the story of Paul Ferris
Hannah plays Tam McGraw, a rival gangster to Ferris's underworld mentor Arthur Thompson Snr (Patrick Bergin in the film). Ferris was sensationally cleared of killing Thompson's son in 1991, after one of Scotland's longest-running criminal trials, and emotions still run high, two decades later.
"When you're trying to tell a true story, all versions are never truthful, so I wouldn't try to control that argument, and some of the facts around this tale are still sketchy,...
"A negative reaction was inevitable from the Scottish press," reflects Hannah, unperturbed, who only met Ferris, after production was completed. According to the actor, he was "charming, and pleased with the film".
Hannah (right) stars with Martin Compston in 'The Wee Man' telling the story of Paul Ferris
Hannah plays Tam McGraw, a rival gangster to Ferris's underworld mentor Arthur Thompson Snr (Patrick Bergin in the film). Ferris was sensationally cleared of killing Thompson's son in 1991, after one of Scotland's longest-running criminal trials, and emotions still run high, two decades later.
"When you're trying to tell a true story, all versions are never truthful, so I wouldn't try to control that argument, and some of the facts around this tale are still sketchy,...
- 7/10/2013
- by Caroline Frost
- Huffington Post
★★☆☆☆ The latest in a long line of north-of-the-border, 'gritty' British crime dramas, Ray Burdis' The Wee Man (2013) has arguably more charm and invention than most, yet still stumbles into the same routine clichés and pitfalls that have blighted the gangster movie over the last few decades. Sweet Sixteen star Martin Compston puts in a solid, no-frills performance as titular, real life Glaswegian gangbanger Paul Ferris, who reverts to a life of crime after years of brutal bullying and violent abuse throughout his formative childhood. There's even a scene where an innocent dog gets kicked to death, just to cover all bases.
Raised during the 1960s by two very decent parents in the notorious Glasgow suburb of Blackhill - and perpetually warned by his protective father of the dangers of the city's initially alluring crime culture - Ferris is forced to do his first round of porridge after a frenzied...
Raised during the 1960s by two very decent parents in the notorious Glasgow suburb of Blackhill - and perpetually warned by his protective father of the dangers of the city's initially alluring crime culture - Ferris is forced to do his first round of porridge after a frenzied...
- 7/9/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
This week's snow and ice meant big drops for every title, despite a decent crop of new releases including Django Unchained
The winner: snow
The first properly sunny weekend of the year usually proves devastating to cinemagoing in the UK, but snow and frost can also have an impact, as has just been witnessed. Despite the arrival of a decent crop of new releases – notably the latest Quentin Tarantino flick and the 3D reissue of a Pixar hit – takings overall fell 36% from the previous weekend. All the films in the top 10 that were already on release fell by at least 40% from the previous frame, with Quartet's 60% drop in particular suggesting that the older audience was especially discouraged by icy pavements and dangerous driving conditions.
Despite a dip of 46%, Les Misérables nevertheless managed a second weekend of £4.41m, and an impressive 10-day cumulative total of £17.36m. Tom Hooper's film overtook...
The winner: snow
The first properly sunny weekend of the year usually proves devastating to cinemagoing in the UK, but snow and frost can also have an impact, as has just been witnessed. Despite the arrival of a decent crop of new releases – notably the latest Quentin Tarantino flick and the 3D reissue of a Pixar hit – takings overall fell 36% from the previous weekend. All the films in the top 10 that were already on release fell by at least 40% from the previous frame, with Quartet's 60% drop in particular suggesting that the older audience was especially discouraged by icy pavements and dangerous driving conditions.
Despite a dip of 46%, Les Misérables nevertheless managed a second weekend of £4.41m, and an impressive 10-day cumulative total of £17.36m. Tom Hooper's film overtook...
- 1/22/2013
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
"The Wee Man" was apparently the nickname of notorious gangster Paul Ferris (Martin Compston) who turned to violence and crime as a teenager in the 1980s as a way of asserting himself in the impoverished Glasgow suburb where he was raised. He became a major figure in the criminal underworld, working for a local godfather, naively believing in honour among thieves and getting stitched up both by treacherous comrades and bent policemen. Ferris has now changed his ways, repenting his past, and the producers are convinced his story doesn't glamorise crime.
It's all rather familiar, well enough acted yet not entirely convincing. There are panoramic establishing shots of Glasgow estates, but the movie was shot on location in the East End of London, apparently because (not without reason) Strathclyde police objected to the way they were depicted in the script.
CrimeBiopicsPhilip French
guardian.co.uk © 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies.
It's all rather familiar, well enough acted yet not entirely convincing. There are panoramic establishing shots of Glasgow estates, but the movie was shot on location in the East End of London, apparently because (not without reason) Strathclyde police objected to the way they were depicted in the script.
CrimeBiopicsPhilip French
guardian.co.uk © 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies.
- 1/20/2013
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Django Unchained | The Sessions | Everyday | V/H/S | The Wee Man | Ballroom Dancer | Monsters Inc 3D
Django Unchained (18)
(Quentin Tarantino, 2012, Us) Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L Jackson, Kerry Washington. 165 mins
Few directors would have the imagination, the guts or the resources to reimagine America's slaving past as a spaghetti western/blaxploitation thriller, but the result is Tarantino's most politically provocative movie, and one of his most entertaining – up to a point. Foxx's odyssey from captive slave to mythical avenger, enabled by Waltz's liberal German "dentist", is often an exhilarating ride, though the action is constantly slowed up by Tarantino's love of his own dialogue – if only he'd kept that chained in.
The Sessions (15)
(Ben Lewin, 2012, Us) John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H Macy. 93 mins
Severely disabled man seeks first–time sexual experience. It doesn't sound too promising but there are plenty of riches in this open–hearted drama: the performances,...
Django Unchained (18)
(Quentin Tarantino, 2012, Us) Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L Jackson, Kerry Washington. 165 mins
Few directors would have the imagination, the guts or the resources to reimagine America's slaving past as a spaghetti western/blaxploitation thriller, but the result is Tarantino's most politically provocative movie, and one of his most entertaining – up to a point. Foxx's odyssey from captive slave to mythical avenger, enabled by Waltz's liberal German "dentist", is often an exhilarating ride, though the action is constantly slowed up by Tarantino's love of his own dialogue – if only he'd kept that chained in.
The Sessions (15)
(Ben Lewin, 2012, Us) John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H Macy. 93 mins
Severely disabled man seeks first–time sexual experience. It doesn't sound too promising but there are plenty of riches in this open–hearted drama: the performances,...
- 1/19/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Assembling a host of esteemed Scottish performers, Ray Burdis presents The Wee Man, a cinematic depiction of the real-life story of infamous gangster Paul Ferris. This perturbing tale has finally been brought to our attention, having been something of a notorious story already up in Scotland, yet one that has failed to fully reach out to a further demographic. Well, it certainly has now – and rightly so.
Martin Compston takes on the role of Ferris – and we watch on as a life of crime takes hold of this impressionable youngster. Growing up in 70’s Glasgow, a young Ferris has to learn that the streets can be a rough place, and despite taking strong advice from his father (Denis Lawson), years of torment at the hands of a local group of thugs sends Ferris down the wrong path.
A few years on and Ferris – now a young adult – finally gives in...
Martin Compston takes on the role of Ferris – and we watch on as a life of crime takes hold of this impressionable youngster. Growing up in 70’s Glasgow, a young Ferris has to learn that the streets can be a rough place, and despite taking strong advice from his father (Denis Lawson), years of torment at the hands of a local group of thugs sends Ferris down the wrong path.
A few years on and Ferris – now a young adult – finally gives in...
- 1/18/2013
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Les Misérables | Gangster Squad | American Mary | What Richard Did | Midnight Son | Jiro Dreams Of Sushi | The Lookout | May I Kill U? | Underground
Les Misérables (12A)
(Tom Hooper, 2012, UK) Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne. 158 mins
The King's Speech director plus the globally adored musical: it's a match made in commercial heaven, a third-hand version of a 19th-century French saga, and the most epic celebrity karaoke session ever filmed. The fact that it's entirely sung, "live" on set, supposedly communicates more "emotion", but this is already oversaturated with so much melodramatic incident, the effect is numbing.
Gangster Squad (15)
(Ruben Fleischer, 2013, Us) Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin. 113 mins
Brolin's under-the-radar police squad guns for Penn's La mobsters in this exuberantly violent, but disappointingly straightforward 1940s thriller, derived more from modern videogames than vintage film noirs. Action definitely speaks louder than words here.
American Mary (18)
(Jen & Sylvia Soska,...
Les Misérables (12A)
(Tom Hooper, 2012, UK) Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne. 158 mins
The King's Speech director plus the globally adored musical: it's a match made in commercial heaven, a third-hand version of a 19th-century French saga, and the most epic celebrity karaoke session ever filmed. The fact that it's entirely sung, "live" on set, supposedly communicates more "emotion", but this is already oversaturated with so much melodramatic incident, the effect is numbing.
Gangster Squad (15)
(Ruben Fleischer, 2013, Us) Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin. 113 mins
Brolin's under-the-radar police squad guns for Penn's La mobsters in this exuberantly violent, but disappointingly straightforward 1940s thriller, derived more from modern videogames than vintage film noirs. Action definitely speaks louder than words here.
American Mary (18)
(Jen & Sylvia Soska,...
- 1/12/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
The gangster film is one of the genres we tend to do better than anyone else here in the UK, and The Wee Man is shaping up to be a very promising entry into that genre.
Hitting UK cinemas in just over a month’s time, the film sees Martin Compston (The Disappearance of Alice Creed) star in the lead, based on the true story of reformed Glaswegian gangster, Paul Ferris. And with just a few weeks left to wait, we’ve had an impressive new trailer and poster sent our way to share with you.
“The story begins in the sixties. At the age of just eleven, Paul has already learned that life on the street is tough. Everybody knows his place. Poverty breeds corruption, crime, violence and bullying. Blackhill was the most notorious area of all.
The film charts the way in which Paul was bullied as a child,...
Hitting UK cinemas in just over a month’s time, the film sees Martin Compston (The Disappearance of Alice Creed) star in the lead, based on the true story of reformed Glaswegian gangster, Paul Ferris. And with just a few weeks left to wait, we’ve had an impressive new trailer and poster sent our way to share with you.
“The story begins in the sixties. At the age of just eleven, Paul has already learned that life on the street is tough. Everybody knows his place. Poverty breeds corruption, crime, violence and bullying. Blackhill was the most notorious area of all.
The film charts the way in which Paul was bullied as a child,...
- 12/11/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Bruce Willis fries sausages but can't make Wes Anderson's Cannes opener sizzle. Meanwhile asses take over the Marché
It's the opening day of the Cannes film festival and we've reached the midway mark of Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom, the first film off the rank. Up on the screen, Bruce Willis's small-town cop is frying sausages in a caravan, while a 12-year-old orphan is explaining that he only ran away from scout camp in order to be with the girl that he loves. "I can't argue with what you're saying," Willis informs him. "But then again I don't have to because you're 12 years old." It is at this point that the man behind me starts braying with laughter, his rising yodel of mirth almost lifting the roof clean off the cinema. I mentally replay what's just been said. I don't think I've missed the joke, but then again I can't be sure.
It's the opening day of the Cannes film festival and we've reached the midway mark of Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom, the first film off the rank. Up on the screen, Bruce Willis's small-town cop is frying sausages in a caravan, while a 12-year-old orphan is explaining that he only ran away from scout camp in order to be with the girl that he loves. "I can't argue with what you're saying," Willis informs him. "But then again I don't have to because you're 12 years old." It is at this point that the man behind me starts braying with laughter, his rising yodel of mirth almost lifting the roof clean off the cinema. I mentally replay what's just been said. I don't think I've missed the joke, but then again I can't be sure.
- 5/17/2012
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
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