UK cinema in the USA (God save the Queen, indeed)
UK cinema in the USA
This is a work-in-progress information thread that will try to monitor the progress of new UK cinema arriving stateside, especially now that the Oscar race has opened up to 10 Best Picture nominees.
The Brits are always looking to revenge their loss of the Revolutionary War by stealing our Oscar glory (cause what's a BAFA mean anyway?).
Remember the year that all of the Actor Oscars were taken by non-Yanks, well batten down the hatches, cause ...
THE BRITISH ARE COMING! THE BRITISH ARE COMING!!!
Press release
Helena Bonham Carter, Ken Stott, and Freddie Highmore star in
TOAST
Opens on September 23, 2011 in NYC & October 7th in LA
TOAST is the ultimate nostalgia trip through everything edible in 1960’s Britain.
Based on the heart-wrenchingly bittersweet story of food writer, Nigel Slater’s childhood, and set to the songs of Dusty Springfield, TOAST is a delicious love letter to the tastes and smells that a young boy associates with his journey into adulthood.
Directed by:
SJ Clarkson
Screenplay by:
Lee Hall
Cast:
Helena Bonham Carter, Ken Stott, Victoria Hamilton and Freddie Highmore
Release Date:s
September 23rd in NY & October 7th in LA
Check out the trailer:
http://www.w2media.com/toast/
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Helena Bonham Carter, Ken Stott, and Freddie Highmore star in
TOAST
Opens on September 23, 2011 in NYC & October 7th in LA
TOAST is the ultimate nostalgia trip through everything edible in 1960’s Britain.
Based on the heart-wrenchingly bittersweet story of food writer, Nigel Slater’s childhood, and set to the songs of Dusty Springfield, TOAST is a delicious love letter to the tastes and smells that a young boy associates with his journey into adulthood.
Directed by:
SJ Clarkson
Screenplay by:
Lee Hall
Cast:
Helena Bonham Carter, Ken Stott, Victoria Hamilton and Freddie Highmore
Release Date:s
September 23rd in NY & October 7th in LA
Check out the trailer:
http://www.w2media.com/toast/
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Press release
SCREEN GEMS invites you to a screening of
ATTACK THE BLOCK
OPENS JULY 29, 2011
Starring:
Alex Esmail - Franz Drameh - Leeon Jones - Simon Howard - Luke Treadaway - Jumayn Hunter
and Nick Frost
From the producers of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, ATTACK THE BLOCK follows a gang of tough inner-city kids who try to defend their turf against an invasion of savage alien creatures, turning a South London apartment complex into an extraterrestrial warzone.
Written and Directed by Joe Cornish
Produced by Nira Park and James Wilson
Executive Producers: Matthew Justice, Tessa Ross, Jenny Borgars, Will Clarke, Olivier Courson,
and Edgar Wright, Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega
MOVIE website-http://attacktheblock.com/
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SCREEN GEMS invites you to a screening of
ATTACK THE BLOCK
OPENS JULY 29, 2011
Starring:
Alex Esmail - Franz Drameh - Leeon Jones - Simon Howard - Luke Treadaway - Jumayn Hunter
and Nick Frost
From the producers of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, ATTACK THE BLOCK follows a gang of tough inner-city kids who try to defend their turf against an invasion of savage alien creatures, turning a South London apartment complex into an extraterrestrial warzone.
Written and Directed by Joe Cornish
Produced by Nira Park and James Wilson
Executive Producers: Matthew Justice, Tessa Ross, Jenny Borgars, Will Clarke, Olivier Courson,
and Edgar Wright, Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega
MOVIE website-http://attacktheblock.com/
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Press release
SUBMARINE
Opens June 3, 2011
Fifteen-year-old Oliver Tate has two big ambitions: to save his parents' marriage via carefully plotted intervention and to lose his virginity before his next birthday.
Worried that his mom is having an affair with New Age weirdo Graham, Oliver monitors his parents' sex life by charting the dimmer switch in their bedroom. He also forges suggestive love letters from his mom to dad.
Meanwhile, Oliver attempts to woo his classmate, Jordana, a self-professed pyromaniac who supervises his journal writing - especially the bits about her. When necessary, she orders him to cross things out.
Based on Joe Dunthorne's acclaimed novel, Submarine is a captivating coming-of-age story with an offbeat edge.
Rated R
Cast: Craig Roberts - Yasmin Paige - Noah Taylor - Paddy Considine - Sally Hawkins
Director/Writer: Richard Ayoade
Source: Based on Joe Dunthorne novel, “Submarine”
Rating
Website
Submarinemovie.net
Trailer-YouTube Link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnpGIhIKcE0
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SUBMARINE
Opens June 3, 2011
Fifteen-year-old Oliver Tate has two big ambitions: to save his parents' marriage via carefully plotted intervention and to lose his virginity before his next birthday.
Worried that his mom is having an affair with New Age weirdo Graham, Oliver monitors his parents' sex life by charting the dimmer switch in their bedroom. He also forges suggestive love letters from his mom to dad.
Meanwhile, Oliver attempts to woo his classmate, Jordana, a self-professed pyromaniac who supervises his journal writing - especially the bits about her. When necessary, she orders him to cross things out.
Based on Joe Dunthorne's acclaimed novel, Submarine is a captivating coming-of-age story with an offbeat edge.
Rated R
Cast: Craig Roberts - Yasmin Paige - Noah Taylor - Paddy Considine - Sally Hawkins
Director/Writer: Richard Ayoade
Source: Based on Joe Dunthorne novel, “Submarine”
Rating
Website
Submarinemovie.net
Trailer-YouTube Link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnpGIhIKcE0
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2010 UK ARCHIVES (Press releases only)
Mark Romanek's NEVER LET ME GO goes from Toronto FF-2010 to a stateside release on Sept. 15th!
Press release
NEVER LET ME GO
Limited release is set for September 15, 2010
Fox Searchlight introduces NEVER LET ME GO, based on the critically acclaimed novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, and starring Academy Award nominees Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley, and Andrew Garfield.
In his highly acclaimed novel Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day) created a remarkable story of love, loss and hidden truths. In it he posed the fundamental question: What makes us human?
Kathy (Oscar® nominee Carey Mulligan, AN EDUCATION), Tommy (Andrew Garfield, BOY A, RED RIDING) and Ruth (Oscar® nominee Keira Knightley, PRIDE & PREJUDICE, ATONEMENT) live in a world and a time that feel familiar to us, but are not quite like anything we know.
They spend their childhood at Hailsham, a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. When they leave the shelter of the school and the terrible truth of their fate is revealed to them, they must also confront the deep feelings of love, jealousy and betrayal that threaten to pull them apart.
Now director Mark Romanek (ONE HOUR PHOTO), writer Alex Garland and DNA Films bring Ishiguro's hauntingly poignant and emotional story to the screen.
Official site: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/neverletmego/
Link to trailer: http://www.divshare.com/direct/12368355-b56.mov
Cast: Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, and Charlotte Rampling
Rating: R
Directed by: Mark Romanek
Screenplay by: Alex Garland, based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro
Produced by: Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich
Executive produced by: Alex Garland, Kazua Ishiguro
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release: September 15th 2010- Limited
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NEVER LET ME GO
Limited release is set for September 15, 2010
Fox Searchlight introduces NEVER LET ME GO, based on the critically acclaimed novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, and starring Academy Award nominees Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley, and Andrew Garfield.
In his highly acclaimed novel Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day) created a remarkable story of love, loss and hidden truths. In it he posed the fundamental question: What makes us human?
Kathy (Oscar® nominee Carey Mulligan, AN EDUCATION), Tommy (Andrew Garfield, BOY A, RED RIDING) and Ruth (Oscar® nominee Keira Knightley, PRIDE & PREJUDICE, ATONEMENT) live in a world and a time that feel familiar to us, but are not quite like anything we know.
They spend their childhood at Hailsham, a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. When they leave the shelter of the school and the terrible truth of their fate is revealed to them, they must also confront the deep feelings of love, jealousy and betrayal that threaten to pull them apart.
Now director Mark Romanek (ONE HOUR PHOTO), writer Alex Garland and DNA Films bring Ishiguro's hauntingly poignant and emotional story to the screen.
Official site: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/neverletmego/
Link to trailer: http://www.divshare.com/direct/12368355-b56.mov
Cast: Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, and Charlotte Rampling
Rating: R
Directed by: Mark Romanek
Screenplay by: Alex Garland, based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro
Produced by: Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich
Executive produced by: Alex Garland, Kazua Ishiguro
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release: September 15th 2010- Limited
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Ken Loach's LOOKING FOR ERIC is Now Playing in the USA!!!
Press release
LOOKING FOR ERIC
Opens stateside on May 14, 2010!
Legendary filmmaker Ken Loach’s (THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY, SWEET SIXTEEN, RAINING STONES) Cannes crowd-pleaser LOOKING FOR ERIC. A warm, bittersweet comedy about a postman whose downward-spiralling life is given a sudden boost of inspiration.
LOOKING FOR ERIC will open in New York on May 14, with a national release to follow. It will simultaneously be available nationwide on IFC Films’ video on demand platform, available to over 50 million homes in all major markets.
Manchester postal worker Eric Bishop (Steve Evets) is at the end of his rope. His two layabout stepsons show him no respect, his second marriage is in ruins, a car accident lands him in the hospital—and that's just the start of his troubles.
The lovelorn Eric meanwhile pines after the wife he left thirty years earlier, but lacks the confidence to reconnect. Only the friendship of his mates at the post office and his love of the Manchester United soccer team keep him above water. In desperate times it takes a spliff and a special friend to help a lost postman find his way, so Eric turns to his idol, French-born soccer genius and philosopher, Eric Cantona (playing himself). With Cantona’s enigmatic advice on life and love to spur him on, Eric sets to get his life back on track.
Working from a screenplay from longtime collaborator Paul Laverty (based on an idea by Cantona), Loach combines his trademark realism and compassion for the working man with a sweetness and delightful sense of humor not seen since some of his earlier films. LOOKING FOR ERIC is his most upbeat film yet—a tender, life-affirming nod to the possibility of second chances.
116 minutes. An IFC Films release.
USA Website-http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/looking-for-eric
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LOOKING FOR ERIC
Opens stateside on May 14, 2010!
Legendary filmmaker Ken Loach’s (THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY, SWEET SIXTEEN, RAINING STONES) Cannes crowd-pleaser LOOKING FOR ERIC. A warm, bittersweet comedy about a postman whose downward-spiralling life is given a sudden boost of inspiration.
LOOKING FOR ERIC will open in New York on May 14, with a national release to follow. It will simultaneously be available nationwide on IFC Films’ video on demand platform, available to over 50 million homes in all major markets.
Manchester postal worker Eric Bishop (Steve Evets) is at the end of his rope. His two layabout stepsons show him no respect, his second marriage is in ruins, a car accident lands him in the hospital—and that's just the start of his troubles.
The lovelorn Eric meanwhile pines after the wife he left thirty years earlier, but lacks the confidence to reconnect. Only the friendship of his mates at the post office and his love of the Manchester United soccer team keep him above water. In desperate times it takes a spliff and a special friend to help a lost postman find his way, so Eric turns to his idol, French-born soccer genius and philosopher, Eric Cantona (playing himself). With Cantona’s enigmatic advice on life and love to spur him on, Eric sets to get his life back on track.
Working from a screenplay from longtime collaborator Paul Laverty (based on an idea by Cantona), Loach combines his trademark realism and compassion for the working man with a sweetness and delightful sense of humor not seen since some of his earlier films. LOOKING FOR ERIC is his most upbeat film yet—a tender, life-affirming nod to the possibility of second chances.
116 minutes. An IFC Films release.
USA Website-http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/looking-for-eric
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(2010 USA release)-"44 Inch Chest" Now in ltd. stateside run!!!
44 Inch Chest
Directed by Malcolm Venville
Written by Louis Mellis & David Scinto
Cast ... Characters:
Ray Winstone ... Colin Diamond
John Hurt ... Old Man Peanut
Ian McShane ... Meredith
Tom Wilkinson ... Archie
Joanne Whalley ... Liz
[(2009)UK/2010 USA release/Image Entertainment/Rated R]
Synopsis: Colin (Winstone) is in agony, shattered by his wife's (Whalley) infidelity. However, he has friends who do more than stand by -- they kidnap the wife's French lover and hold him prisoner so that Colin can restore his manhood with revenge. A kangaroo court takes place and as the situation escalates Loverboy's life hangs in the balance as Colin wrestles with revenge, remorse, grief and self pity, all the while egged on by his motley crew of friends who just want him to get on with it so they can get down the pub.
MOVIE website-http://www.44inchchestfilm.com/
Additional cast ... Characters:
Dave Legeno ... Brighton Billy
Stephen Dillane ... Mal
Melvil Poupaud ... Loverboy
Steven Berkoff ... Tippi
Edna Doré ... Archie's Mum
Andy de la Tour ... Biggie Walpolei figured you was a kid
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NOW PLAYING in select USA theaters!!!
February 26, 2010
Lagoon Cinema (Minneapolis,MN)
Landmark Tivoli Theatre (Saint Louis,MO)
HELD OVER
TBA
UPCOMING Screenings:
3/5
Denver, CO - Mayan Theatre
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Jane Campion's BRIGHT STAR is Now on DVD in the USA!!!
Press release
Bright Star
Dir. by Jane Campion
Based on the true story, Bright Star chronicles the passionate love affair between the 24-year-old British poet, John Keats, and his 18-year-old enchanting muse, Fanny Brawne.
Academy Award winner Jane Campion's (The Piano) return to the big screen features outstanding performances from Abbie Cornish (Stop-Loss) as Brawne, Ben Whishaw (I'm Not There) as Keats and Paul Schneider (NBC's "Parks & Recreation") as Keats's friend, Charles Armitage Brown.
www.brightstar-movie.com
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Bright Star
Dir. by Jane Campion
Based on the true story, Bright Star chronicles the passionate love affair between the 24-year-old British poet, John Keats, and his 18-year-old enchanting muse, Fanny Brawne.
Academy Award winner Jane Campion's (The Piano) return to the big screen features outstanding performances from Abbie Cornish (Stop-Loss) as Brawne, Ben Whishaw (I'm Not There) as Keats and Paul Schneider (NBC's "Parks & Recreation") as Keats's friend, Charles Armitage Brown.
www.brightstar-movie.com
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PIRATE RADIO (2009 USA release / USA-DVD available on April 13, 2010!)
Press release
"It’s 10:00 at night. The dull dudes on the planet are sitting in their slippers and sipping their sherries. But the people who love to rock and to roll are ready to ride the rocking roller coaster once more. You are listening to Radio Rock, and I am The Count,and I’m counting you in as we count down to ecstasy and rock ALL THE DAY & ALL OF THE NIGHT.” -- The Count
PIRATE RADIO
Writer/Director/Executive Producer: Richard Curtis
Cast
Philip Seymour Hoffman -The Count
With:
Bill Nighy -Quentin
Rhys Ifans -Gavin
Nick Frost -Dave
Kenneth Branagh -Sir Alistair Dormandy of the BBC
Production notes: In 1966, the government-backed British Broadcasting Company (BBC) broadcast barely two hours of rock and pop music every week over the U.K. radio airwaves; by comparison, 571 American radio stations were showcasing such music 24 hours a day. So in the home country of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and The Who, at the height of British pop music’s greatest era, the only way 25 million people – over half the British population – could hear their music (and other favorites) at any time was to tune in to…a boat. Bringing the music home were rogue rock-and-roll deejays broadcasting from ships and marine structures anchored just outside U.K. territorial waters. But the pirate radio stations were targeted by the government, which did its very best (or, worst) to suppress the (technically illegal) transmissions coming from the waters into the hearts and souls of millions of Brits.
From that jumping-off point, in Pirate Radio writer/director Richard Curtis continues his cinematic explorations of the most telling and/or hilarious moments of love and friendship. The new movie is the first of his screenplays to be set in the past.
“For the last ten years, I’ve been thinking about it as a subject to explore,” says the filmmaker. After completing work on his directorial debut, "Love Actually," Curtis again found himself reflecting on childhood memories of nights spent staying up late and listening to The Kinks, Jimi Hendrix, Dusty Springfield, Janis Joplin, and Aretha Franklin – to name but a few – and the larger-than-life personalities providing patter and platters. “Every person in my generation has the same memory,” recalls Curtis. “You would go to bed at night, put your transistor radio underneath your pillow, switch it on with its little glowing light -- and stay up late to hear this fantastic music and voices you could not hear elsewhere. It was
one of the things that made me love pop music most, that slight sense of it being illicit and illegal.”
Music supervisor Nick Angel was reunited with Curtis on the new film, as they sought to bring some of the best sounds from the 1960s back for a big-screen voyage. Angel comments, “Richard wore his heart on his sleeve for this film, and the music is an integral part of it. My job was to make sure that we got the songs he wanted in the film.”
MOVIE website-http://filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/pirate_radio/overview
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SOUNDTRACK info (from iTunes)
Disc 1
1 Stay With Me Baby by Duffy 3:52
2 All Day and All of the Night by The Kinks 2:21
3 Elenore by The Turtles 2:30
4 Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) by John Fred & His Playboy Band 2:52
5 Dancing In the Street (Single Version) by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 2:34
6 Wouldn't It Be Nice by The Beach Boys 2:21
7 Ooo Baby Baby by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 2:43
8 This Guy's In Love With You by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass 3:59
9 Hi Ho Silver Lining by Jeff Beck 2:47
10 I Can See for Miles by The Who 4:07
11 With a Girl Like You by The Troggs 2:07
12 I'm Alive by The Hollies 2:24
13 Yesterday Man by Chris Andrews 2:30
14 I've Been a Bad Bad Boy by Paul Jones 2:19
15 Silence Is Golden by The Tremeloes 3:07
Disc 2
1 Friday On My Mind by Easybeats 2:51
2 My Generation (Mono Version) by The Who 3:17
3 I Feel Free by Cream 2:52
4 The Wind Cries Mary (Stereo Version) by The Jimi Hendrix Experience 3:19
5 A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum 3:58
6 These Arms of Mine by Otis Redding 2:31
7 The Happening (Stereo Version) by The Supremes 2:49
8 Cleo's Mood by Jr. Walker & The All Stars 2:41
9 She'd Rather Be With Me by The Turtles 2:19
10 98.6 by The Bystanders 3:19
11 Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks 3:32
12 Father and Son by Cat Stevens 3:40
13 Nights In White Satin (Single Edit) by The Moody Blues, Peter Knight & The London Festival Orchestra 4:24
14 You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Dusty Springfield 2:48
15 Stay With Me (Baby) by Lorraine Ellison 3:31
16 This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) by The Isley Brothers 2:49
17 Let's Dance by David Bowie 4:06
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NOW PLAYING in select USA theaters!!!
... check local listings for a theater near you ...
February 19, 2010
Cornell Cinema in Ithaca,NY
HELD OVER
TBA
"It’s 10:00 at night. The dull dudes on the planet are sitting in their slippers and sipping their sherries. But the people who love to rock and to roll are ready to ride the rocking roller coaster once more. You are listening to Radio Rock, and I am The Count,and I’m counting you in as we count down to ecstasy and rock ALL THE DAY & ALL OF THE NIGHT.” -- The Count
PIRATE RADIO
Writer/Director/Executive Producer: Richard Curtis
Cast
Philip Seymour Hoffman -The Count
With:
Bill Nighy -Quentin
Rhys Ifans -Gavin
Nick Frost -Dave
Kenneth Branagh -Sir Alistair Dormandy of the BBC
Production notes: In 1966, the government-backed British Broadcasting Company (BBC) broadcast barely two hours of rock and pop music every week over the U.K. radio airwaves; by comparison, 571 American radio stations were showcasing such music 24 hours a day. So in the home country of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and The Who, at the height of British pop music’s greatest era, the only way 25 million people – over half the British population – could hear their music (and other favorites) at any time was to tune in to…a boat. Bringing the music home were rogue rock-and-roll deejays broadcasting from ships and marine structures anchored just outside U.K. territorial waters. But the pirate radio stations were targeted by the government, which did its very best (or, worst) to suppress the (technically illegal) transmissions coming from the waters into the hearts and souls of millions of Brits.
From that jumping-off point, in Pirate Radio writer/director Richard Curtis continues his cinematic explorations of the most telling and/or hilarious moments of love and friendship. The new movie is the first of his screenplays to be set in the past.
“For the last ten years, I’ve been thinking about it as a subject to explore,” says the filmmaker. After completing work on his directorial debut, "Love Actually," Curtis again found himself reflecting on childhood memories of nights spent staying up late and listening to The Kinks, Jimi Hendrix, Dusty Springfield, Janis Joplin, and Aretha Franklin – to name but a few – and the larger-than-life personalities providing patter and platters. “Every person in my generation has the same memory,” recalls Curtis. “You would go to bed at night, put your transistor radio underneath your pillow, switch it on with its little glowing light -- and stay up late to hear this fantastic music and voices you could not hear elsewhere. It was
one of the things that made me love pop music most, that slight sense of it being illicit and illegal.”
Music supervisor Nick Angel was reunited with Curtis on the new film, as they sought to bring some of the best sounds from the 1960s back for a big-screen voyage. Angel comments, “Richard wore his heart on his sleeve for this film, and the music is an integral part of it. My job was to make sure that we got the songs he wanted in the film.”
MOVIE website-http://filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/pirate_radio/overview
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SOUNDTRACK info (from iTunes)
Disc 1
1 Stay With Me Baby by Duffy 3:52
2 All Day and All of the Night by The Kinks 2:21
3 Elenore by The Turtles 2:30
4 Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) by John Fred & His Playboy Band 2:52
5 Dancing In the Street (Single Version) by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 2:34
6 Wouldn't It Be Nice by The Beach Boys 2:21
7 Ooo Baby Baby by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 2:43
8 This Guy's In Love With You by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass 3:59
9 Hi Ho Silver Lining by Jeff Beck 2:47
10 I Can See for Miles by The Who 4:07
11 With a Girl Like You by The Troggs 2:07
12 I'm Alive by The Hollies 2:24
13 Yesterday Man by Chris Andrews 2:30
14 I've Been a Bad Bad Boy by Paul Jones 2:19
15 Silence Is Golden by The Tremeloes 3:07
Disc 2
1 Friday On My Mind by Easybeats 2:51
2 My Generation (Mono Version) by The Who 3:17
3 I Feel Free by Cream 2:52
4 The Wind Cries Mary (Stereo Version) by The Jimi Hendrix Experience 3:19
5 A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum 3:58
6 These Arms of Mine by Otis Redding 2:31
7 The Happening (Stereo Version) by The Supremes 2:49
8 Cleo's Mood by Jr. Walker & The All Stars 2:41
9 She'd Rather Be With Me by The Turtles 2:19
10 98.6 by The Bystanders 3:19
11 Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks 3:32
12 Father and Son by Cat Stevens 3:40
13 Nights In White Satin (Single Edit) by The Moody Blues, Peter Knight & The London Festival Orchestra 4:24
14 You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Dusty Springfield 2:48
15 Stay With Me (Baby) by Lorraine Ellison 3:31
16 This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) by The Isley Brothers 2:49
17 Let's Dance by David Bowie 4:06
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NOW PLAYING in select USA theaters!!!
... check local listings for a theater near you ...
February 19, 2010
Cornell Cinema in Ithaca,NY
HELD OVER
TBA
BRONSON (2009 USA ltd. theatrical release / On USA-DVD now!)
BRONSON
Starring: Tom Hardy, Hugh Ross, Juliet Oldfield, Jonny Philips, James Lance, Amanda Burton, Matt King, Kelly Adams
Director: Nicholas Winding Refn (see interview/link below)
Synopsis (from website): In 1974, a hot-headed 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawn-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post... In 1974, a hot-headed 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawn-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office. Swiftly apprehended and originally sentenced to 7 years in jail, Peterson has subsequently been behind bars for 34 years, 30 of which have been spent in solitary confinement. During that time, Michael Petersen, the boy, faded away and 'Charles Bronson,' his superstar alter ego, took center stage...
With the same brutal yet operatic flair he brought to his previous films, "The Pusher Trilogy, " director Nicholas Winding Refn gets inside the mind of Bronson, and delivers not only a portrait of an artist bereft of an outlet, but also a scathing indictment of celebrity culture.
Tom Hardy plays the title character with disturbing intensity who physically transformed himself for the role. Hardy said, "The opportunity to play such a complex and tormented real-life character was a unique challenge for me, and one that required a great level of commitment and understanding."
Director Nicolas Winding Refn says about his new film, "It is Bronson's unending thirst for celebrity that has kept in prison for so long. And it was this particular aspect of his personality that we tried to capture in the film."
The screenplay was written by Brock Norman Brock (Dogging: A Love Story) and Nicolas Winding Refn. BRONSON is produced by Rupert Preston (Faintheart, Dirty Sanchez: The Movie) and Daniel Hansford and executive produced by Allan Niblo, James Richardson, Paul Martin and Nick Love.
Rated: R [See Full Rating] for violent and disturbing content, graphic nudity, sexuality and language
Theatrical Release:Oct 9, 2009 Limited
More on "Bronson" courtesy of FilmmakerMagazine.com
The Director Interviews: Nicolas Winding Refn, Bronson
Interview By Nick Dawson
At a time when Danish cinema boasts a large number of first rate directors, Nicolas Winding Refn stands out among his peers for his raw talent and ambition.
The son of filmmaker Anders Refn, Refn was born in Copenhagen in 1970 but spent much of his teenage years living in New York, which had a great impact on his cinematic sensibility. He started film school at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, but was expelled for throwing a desk at a wall, one of a number of incidents that got him the nickname “Enfant Sauvage,” or “wild child.”
He was accepted by the Danish Film School but dropped out before his studies had even begun. However, when a producer saw one of his short films and asked him to turn it into a feature, he was able to bypass a conventional cinematic education entirely.
Interview By Nick Dawson
At a time when Danish cinema boasts a large number of first rate directors, Nicolas Winding Refn stands out among his peers for his raw talent and ambition.
The son of filmmaker Anders Refn, Refn was born in Copenhagen in 1970 but spent much of his teenage years living in New York, which had a great impact on his cinematic sensibility. He started film school at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, but was expelled for throwing a desk at a wall, one of a number of incidents that got him the nickname “Enfant Sauvage,” or “wild child.”
He was accepted by the Danish Film School but dropped out before his studies had even begun. However, when a producer saw one of his short films and asked him to turn it into a feature, he was able to bypass a conventional cinematic education entirely.
THE DAMNED UNITED (2009 USA ltd. theatrical release / USA-DVD available on Feb. 23, 2010)
Publicity release
THE DAMNED UNITED
Directed by Tom Hooper
Written by Peter Morgan
Source: Novel by David Peace
Starring Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney and Henry Goodman
Logline/Synopsis: An examination of what went wrong for the dynamic, outspoken young football manager Brian Clough when he took over at Leeds United, the reigning champions in 1974.
Watch The Trailer
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The Damned United - Theater Locations: Click Here to Purchase Tickets
THE DAMNED UNITED
Directed by Tom Hooper
Written by Peter Morgan
Source: Novel by David Peace
Starring Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney and Henry Goodman
Logline/Synopsis: An examination of what went wrong for the dynamic, outspoken young football manager Brian Clough when he took over at Leeds United, the reigning champions in 1974.
Watch The Trailer
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The Damned United - Theater Locations: Click Here to Purchase Tickets
Premiering this month on video-on-demand as part of the
IFC FESTIVAL DIRECT and IFC IN THEATERS programs from IFC Films
IFC FESTIVAL DIRECT is an electronic film festival which allows on-demand viewers to choose from up to six new films that have premiered at major film festivals from around the world right from their own living room.
IFC IN THEATERS brings critically-acclaimed independent films both to on-demand viewers and movie theater audiences.
The October lineup includes a hilarious British sex comedy.
Whether you are a fan of independent movies or a lover of genre films, IFC on-demand is your destination for the world's most essential cinema! Please check out the October lineup below.
IFC FESTIVAL DIRECT/IFC IN THEATERS
IFC FESTIVAL DIRECT and IFC IN THEATERS programs from IFC Films
IFC FESTIVAL DIRECT is an electronic film festival which allows on-demand viewers to choose from up to six new films that have premiered at major film festivals from around the world right from their own living room.
IFC IN THEATERS brings critically-acclaimed independent films both to on-demand viewers and movie theater audiences.
The October lineup includes a hilarious British sex comedy.
Whether you are a fan of independent movies or a lover of genre films, IFC on-demand is your destination for the world's most essential cinema! Please check out the October lineup below.
IFC FESTIVAL DIRECT/IFC IN THEATERS
Begins October 9, 2009
PUBLIC SEX (aka 'Dogging: A Love Story')
Director: Simon Ellis
Nationality: UK / Festivals: Rotterdam
In this outrageous and sexy comedy, a journalist infiltrates a group of public sex addicts and discovers he has to drop his pants to really get the full story.
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Director: Simon Ellis
Nationality: UK / Festivals: Rotterdam
In this outrageous and sexy comedy, a journalist infiltrates a group of public sex addicts and discovers he has to drop his pants to really get the full story.
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