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Nicolas Cage to star in 'Bad Lieutenant' remake
LOS ANGELES AFP — Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage is to star in a remake of 1992 film "Bad Lieutenant," the grim drama which stoked controversy for its explicit depictions of sex and drug use, it was reported Wednesday. Entertainment industry journal Daily Variety reported that the film, which featured Harvey...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, drama, filmmaking, Strategy
Research articles 2008-05-14
Content vs. style
MY CLASS IN FILM THEORY keys upon the dichotomy of realism versus formalism. The former approach accents con. tent over style and attempts to tell its story without drawing attention to the filmmaking. Hallmarks range from the comedies of Charlie Chaplin to the Westerns of John Ford. In contrast, formalism...
Tags: filmmaking, Ford Motor Co., movie, PRODUCTIVITY, technique
Research articles 2008-05-01
History beckoning Coen brothers as Oscars loom
HOLLYWOOD AFP — Movie stars and celebrities were preparing to descend on a rainswept Hollywood for the 80th Academy Awards here Sunday, with film-making brothers Joel and Ethan Coen aiming to make Oscars history. Dark clouds and rain hovered over Los Angeles early Sunday, threatening to put a dampener...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, director, filmmaking, Hollywood, movie
Research articles 2008-02-24
'No Country for Old Men' scoops key writing prize
LOS ANGELES AFP — Crime thriller "No Country for Old Men" cemented its status as the front-runner at this month's Oscars after scooping a key movie industry award here Saturday, the Writers Guild of America announced. Film-making brothers Joel and Ethan Coen won the best adapted screenplay prize at...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, filmmaking
Research articles 2008-02-10
'Moroccan Hollywood' to step up capacity by 2016
RABAT AFP — The southern Moroccan city of Ouarzazate intends to multiply its film-making revenue by seven and become the Hollywood of the Mediterranean. "Morocco will disburse 43 million dirhams (27.3 million euros) so that by 2016, 38 feature films will be shot every year in Ouarzazate (as opposed...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, filmmaking, Hollywood
Research articles 2008-01-09
'No Country for Old Men' takes top critics prize
LOS ANGELES AFP — Crime thriller "No Country for Old Men" cemented its status as a front-runner for Oscars glory after scooping three honors including best picture at the Critics Choice Awards Monday. The bleak adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel about a drug deal gone wrong and its violent...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, filmmaking
Research articles 2008-01-08
European Union Film Showcase Celebrates its 20th Anniversary
WASHINGTON -- The 2007 European Union Film Showcase opens on Thursday, November 1. Presented by the American Film Institute AFI in collaboration with the Delegation of the European Commission and EU Member States, the Film Showcase celebrates its 20th anniversary with an internationally acclaimed selection of new European films. ...
Tags: European Commission, filmmaking, Romania
Research articles 2007-10-24
Superior acting, filmmaking propel 'James' saga
If it weren't for the fact that "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" boasts such well-known, contemporary actors, one might think the film were accidentally locked in a studio vault during the 1970s and only recently rediscovered. There is something splendidly musty and blessedly anachronistic about...
Tags: filmmaking, Ford Motor Co.
Research articles 2007-10-19
NO MIS-'TAKE'
TORONTO - Brad Furman was trying to catch his breath. The previous week had been a whirlwind of excitement and stress, as his debut feature film, "The Take," starring John Leguizamo, Tyrese and Rosie Perez, had had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 12) and a...
Tags: CAREER, Emory University, filmmaker, filmmaking, intern, MIS, movie, Toronto
Research articles 2007-10-08
'Game Plan' tops North America box office for second week
LOS ANGELES AFP — "The Game Plan," a comedy about an athlete who discovers he has a daughter from an old relationship, topped the North American box office for a second week, final figures showed Monday. The comedy, starring former pro-wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Madison Pettis as...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, box-office, filmmaking, Games
Research articles 2007-10-07
NBC's 'Talent' got ratings
*Talent-ed. NBC's America's Got Talent wrapped up its second season with a series-high 13.9 million viewers Tuesday, up from last year's 12 million, and is summer's top-rated series. Talent and a preseason NFL game (9.2 million Sunday) helped NBC snap Fox's 28-week winning streak among young...
Tags: filmmaking, NBC Universal Inc., talent
Research articles 2007-08-29
Businessman Turned Filmmaker
Successful entrepreneur Abe Kasbo now seeks to bring "The Arab American Experience" to a wide mainstream audience At age 36, Syrian-born Abe Kasbo has business and education credentials worthy of a man twice his age, his own marketing and public relations firm and passion for community service.Arguably, he's...
Tags: Arab, documentary, DVD, filmmaker, filmmaking, PBS
Research articles 2007-08-01
Scorsese: 'You have to be crazy to make films'
CANNES AFP — "You have to be crazy to make films," says Oscar-winning US director Martin Scorsese, a special guest at this year's 60th anniversary Cannes film festival. "You have to have an obsessive mind, you have to want to make film more than anything else in the world,"...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, director, filmmaking
Research articles 2007-05-25
Russian film-maker makes brave foray into opera
MOSCOW AFP — From the first moments of the new version of the classic opera "Boris Godunov" at Moscow's Bolshoi theatre, it is clear this is a production with a difference. The scene is 16th-century Moscow and people are on their knees begging their regent, Boris, to become tsar....
Tags: Agence France-Presse, cinema, filmmaking, Moscow
Research articles 2007-05-08
NEXT STOP - HOLLYWOOD? MOVIES MOVIES How a young film-maker from
When Geraldine Heaney and her pals started making a short film in Aberdeen, little did the teenager imagine that their project would lead to an awards ceremony in London and tea with the probable future prime minister. Here the young director writes about her whirlwind cinematic adventure. MYroad...
Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., director, filmmaking
Research articles 2007-03-18
Robert Redford to Announce Pilot Global Filmmaking Project at New York Press Conference.
NEW YORK, November 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert Redford, President and Founder of Sundance Institute, will announce a pilot project of the Sundance Film Festival in conjunction with the GSM Association, representing the global mobile industry. What:...
Tags: audio, filmmaking, GSM Association, Web
Research articles 2006-11-08
Robert Redford to Announce Pilot Global Filmmaking Project at New York Press Conference.
NEW YORK, November 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert Redford, President and Founder of Sundance Institute, will announce a pilot project of the Sundance Film Festival in conjunction with the GSM Association, representing the global mobile industry. What:...
Tags: audio, filmmaking, GSM Association, Web
Research articles 2006-11-06
Handsome Andy is Asian film-making laureate
BUSAN, South Korea AFP — Hong Kong heart-throb Andy Lau Tak-wah said he hoped to win more recognition as a producer after being named Asian Film-maker of the Year at the Busan International Film Festival. Lau, who has been greeted by screaming crowds here, was given the award after his...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Asia, CAREER, filmmaking
Research articles 2006-10-13
Twilight romance better suited for AARP channel.(Time Out!)(Movie critic)
Byline: Dann Gire - Susan Seidelman's filmmaking career began with a series of edgy, independent 1980s features ("Smithereens," "Desperately Seeking Susan" and "Making Mr. Right") that set her at the forefront of emerging women directors. Now, more than 20 years and countless TV...
Tags: AARP, filmmaking, movie
Research articles 2006-08-18
Stones Center powerful story of survival
Oliver Stone rebounds from the awful Alexander, getting smaller and personal with World Trade Center. Opening today, the realistic drama goes down easier than United 93, the years first film about the Sept. 11 calamity. Both pictures are powerful and poignant, but while United...
Tags: CAREER, drama, filmmaking, World Trade Center
Research articles 2006-08-09
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