Mark Ruffalo is returning to the stage in a one-night performance of the new play Ironweed: An Evening of Art & Humanity.
Ruffalo will star opposite Jessica Hecht in a performance set for May 17 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The play is based on William Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, which was first published in 1983, and conceived of by Jodie Markell, who directs, and Brad Gilbert, who is the producer.
In addition to the onstage cast, the performance will include excerpts from the audio recording of the play, which is set to be released in fall 2024 and features Norbert Leo Butz, Kristine Nielsen, John Magaro, Michael Potts, David Rysdahl, Frank Wood and Katie Erbe, as well as songs by Tom Waits and an original score by Tamar-kali.
The play is set on All Hallow’s Eve in Albany in 1938. Francis Phelan, played by Ruffalo, returns to his hometown after being...
Ruffalo will star opposite Jessica Hecht in a performance set for May 17 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The play is based on William Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, which was first published in 1983, and conceived of by Jodie Markell, who directs, and Brad Gilbert, who is the producer.
In addition to the onstage cast, the performance will include excerpts from the audio recording of the play, which is set to be released in fall 2024 and features Norbert Leo Butz, Kristine Nielsen, John Magaro, Michael Potts, David Rysdahl, Frank Wood and Katie Erbe, as well as songs by Tom Waits and an original score by Tamar-kali.
The play is set on All Hallow’s Eve in Albany in 1938. Francis Phelan, played by Ruffalo, returns to his hometown after being...
- 4/15/2024
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Acting Company will present a benefit staged reading of Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer at 7 pm on Monday, February 13 at the Mainstage Theater Playwrights Horizons. The performance, starring Dana Ivey The Help, Importance of Being Earnest, Rebecca Brooksher The Good Wife, Betsy Aidem Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling, Chad Hoeppner Come Back Little Sheba, Butley Neal Huff When I Come to Die, The Little Dog Laughed and Pamela Nyberg Doubt tour will be followed by a reception with the cast and director, Jodie Markell The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond. Ms. Ivey serves on the Board of The Acting Company Chad Hoeppner and Pamela Nyberg are both Acting Company Alumni Members. Tickets 35 are available from 212-258-3111.
- 2/13/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Chris Evans shirtless The tattooed Chris Evans shirtless photo shoot for Details magazine will likely serve as a sexy promo for the upcoming The Avengers, which opens May 4. In Joss Whedon's movie, Evans (either with his shirt on or with his tattoos covered up, one assumes) will reprise his role as Captain America, which he initially played in last year's blockbuster Captain America: The First Avenger, directed by Joe Johnston. Just Jared offers about 20 pictures from the Chris Evans Details shoot, which took place on Wednesday, Feb. 1, at Vasquez Rocks Park in Santa Clarita, about 25 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. (The tattoo on his arm looks like something out of a Georgia O'Keeffe painting.) Two other upcoming Chris Evans movies, both to be released in 2013, are Ariel Vromen's The Iceman, co-starring James Franco, Winona Ryder, Michael Shannon, Erin Cummings, David Schwimmer, and Ray Liotta; and Bong Joon-ho's similarly-titled Snowpiercer,...
- 2/5/2012
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Chris Evans may be a Captain America and the Human Torch to some but to others the actor does his best work in smaller, artistic gems like The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, Jodie Markell.s film adaptation of a Tennessee Williams melodrama. He stars as Jimmy, Blake Dallas Howard.s socially inferior lover in class-conscious Memphis of the 1920.s. While the film is more challenging than most due to its formal language, it is also deeply moving in ways only Williams can express. The man knows suffering. Monsters and Critics spoke with Evans. How did you like delivering the line and speaking the way Williams has his characters speak . so formal, precise, and incredibly poetic? It.s very...
- 10/5/2010
- by Anne Brodie
- Monsters and Critics
Chicago – Ever since Tommy Wiseau declared that his masterpiece of ineptitude, “The Room,” was “filmed with the passion of Tennessee Williams,” I’ve become considerably more weary of any film that makes such an inflated claim. Of course, “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond” has a better defense, since it’s actually the adaptation of a long-forgotten work from the legendary playwright.
Watching the film is a curious experience, suggesting how a mediocre revival of a classic play would look on Broadway, with big-name stars straining to make archaic dialogue sound fresh and naturalistic. Actor-turned-director Jodie Markell respects her source material to such a degree that she seems blind to its inherent shortcomings. The play is hardly worth comparing to an essential masterwork like “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” though it’s easy to imagine Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman in the lead roles, which are colorless amalgams of...
Watching the film is a curious experience, suggesting how a mediocre revival of a classic play would look on Broadway, with big-name stars straining to make archaic dialogue sound fresh and naturalistic. Actor-turned-director Jodie Markell respects her source material to such a degree that she seems blind to its inherent shortcomings. The play is hardly worth comparing to an essential masterwork like “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” though it’s easy to imagine Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman in the lead roles, which are colorless amalgams of...
- 9/13/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
MacGruber: "It's been ten years since the release of the last film based on a "Saturday Night Live" sketch, and a lot has changed since the era of The Ladies' Man. It's not that the show's humor has become less fratty since the 1990s, the decade of Adam Sandler and Chris Farley; it's that the type of fratty-ness has changed, evolving from a beer-bong chugfest into something much sillier and more absurd. But the biggest change between then and now, and the one that makes MacGruber both better than expected and more fleeting, is the rise of the SNL Digital Short. The brief films spearheaded by cast member Andy Samberg have grown from cheaply shot goofs to videos like "I'm On a Boat" that make the most of their budget and create something that looks high-quality but still has the lurking feel of a production thrown together in an afternoon.
- 9/7/2010
- by Intern Rusty
"Being Michael Madsen" (2010)
Directed by Michael Mongillo
Released by Midnight Releasing
While not as distinguished or meta as "Being John Malkovich," expect this mockumentary about the "Reservoir Dogs" star to be equally surreal as Madsen recruits sister Virginia and "Kill Bill" co-stars Daryl Hannah and the late David Carradine to co-star in this film that sees him accused of murder. Rather than sit idly by, Madsen turns the table on the paparazzi photographer fueling the allegations by hiring a trio of filmmakers to follow his every move.
"Beneath Clouds" (2002)
Directed by Ivan Sen
Released by Cinema Epoch
This Australian drama stars Dannielle Hall and the late Damian Pitt as Lena and Vaughn, a pair of strangers thrown together by circumstance to travel across the country to Sydney where Lena hopes to learn more about her long-absent father and Vaughn hope to leave behind his criminal past and see his ailing mother.
Directed by Michael Mongillo
Released by Midnight Releasing
While not as distinguished or meta as "Being John Malkovich," expect this mockumentary about the "Reservoir Dogs" star to be equally surreal as Madsen recruits sister Virginia and "Kill Bill" co-stars Daryl Hannah and the late David Carradine to co-star in this film that sees him accused of murder. Rather than sit idly by, Madsen turns the table on the paparazzi photographer fueling the allegations by hiring a trio of filmmakers to follow his every move.
"Beneath Clouds" (2002)
Directed by Ivan Sen
Released by Cinema Epoch
This Australian drama stars Dannielle Hall and the late Damian Pitt as Lena and Vaughn, a pair of strangers thrown together by circumstance to travel across the country to Sydney where Lena hopes to learn more about her long-absent father and Vaughn hope to leave behind his criminal past and see his ailing mother.
- 9/7/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
After a career spanning multiple decades and bringing us some of the finest classics ever to be filmed, Tennessee Williams choked to death on an eyedropper cap, supposedly while under the influence of drugs and alcohol. If they had found him facedown and pantsless in a hotel room with a pink-frosted wedding cake splattered in and around his anus and a preteen Thai boy sleeping off the effects of mild sedatives in the crook of William's arm, it wouldn't be a less auspicious act of humiliating the great playwright's memory than what Jodie Markell has done by unearthing this travesty of a "lost" screenplay and forcing us to watch her inept attempts at directing. I am embarrassed that no drama-geeks have donned wifebeaters and floor-length evening gowns and dragged Markell screaming into the streets to rend her to shreds. I have seen a number of ham-fisted productions of Williams' works,...
- 1/14/2010
- by Brian Prisco
Jodie Markell’s adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond” is currently playing in New York City at the Quad Cinemas and in several theaters in Southern California. The film focuses on the loose cannon Memphis debutante Fisher Willow (Bryce Dallas Howard) as she falls in love with a low-class man who she passes off as a class equal. Markell, an actress (“Big Love”) who is making …...
- 1/8/2010
- indieWIRE - People
Jodie Markell’s adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond” is currently playing in New York City at the Quad Cinemas and in several theaters in Southern California. The film focuses on the loose cannon Memphis debutante Fisher Willow (Bryce Dallas Howard) as she falls in love with a low-class man who she passes off as a class equal. Markell, an actress (“Big Love”) who is making …...
- 1/8/2010
- Indiewire
Jan 08, 2010
Jodie Markell's The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond unearths a long-buried Tennessee Williams screenplay and, while most of the major players appear to do their best, the conventional, dull script is actually the weakest element of the production, proving that perhaps it was buried for a reason. Lead actress Bryce Dallas Howard takes on what she clearly viewed as her most challenging role to date but never comes to terms with the fact that this is an underdeveloped, uninteresting character in a story far too reminiscent of vastly superior Williams' works. ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com...
Jodie Markell's The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond unearths a long-buried Tennessee Williams screenplay and, while most of the major players appear to do their best, the conventional, dull script is actually the weakest element of the production, proving that perhaps it was buried for a reason. Lead actress Bryce Dallas Howard takes on what she clearly viewed as her most challenging role to date but never comes to terms with the fact that this is an underdeveloped, uninteresting character in a story far too reminiscent of vastly superior Williams' works. ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com...
- 1/8/2010
- CinemaNerdz
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2009) Direction: Jodie Markell Screenplay: Tennessee Williams Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret, Will Patton, Mamie Gummer, Jessica Collins Bryce Dallas Howard in The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond A new production of a little-known, decades-old screenplay from a celebrated — indeed, legendary — writer invites cautious response. After all, if a work is dynamic and exceptional, how could it remain undeveloped for many years? The answer is pleasingly complicated when it comes to Tennessee Williams‘ The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond. Written directly for the screen in 1957, the work withered until selected by Jodie Markell for her directorial debut feature. The unmistakable Williams heroine is Fisher Willow (Bryce Dallas Howard), a pariah [...]...
- 1/3/2010
- by Doug Johnson
- Alt Film Guide
Paladin
Reviewed for Arizona Reporter by Harvey Karten
Grade: B+
Directed by: Jodie Markell
Written By: Tennessee Williams
Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret, Mamie Gummer, Will Patton, Jessica Collins
Screened at: Park Ave., NYC, 11/12/09
Opens: December 30, 2009
Romantic relationships involving people of different social classes are fair game for movies and plays, whether done melodramatically or comically. My favorite play on this theme, Strindberg.s "Miss Julie," deals with the seduction of a countess by her footman. A wealth of movies on this subject would include "Jungle Fever," "Lady for a Day," "Maid in Manhattan," "My Fair Lady," and "A Place in the Sun."
In his own version of social-class dissonance, Tennessee Williams ("The Glass Menagerie"), one of 20th Century America.s greatest dramatists along with Arthur Miller ("Death of a Salesman"), Edward Albee ("Who.s Afraid of Virginia Woolf"), and Eugene O.Neill ("Long Days Journey...
Reviewed for Arizona Reporter by Harvey Karten
Grade: B+
Directed by: Jodie Markell
Written By: Tennessee Williams
Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret, Mamie Gummer, Will Patton, Jessica Collins
Screened at: Park Ave., NYC, 11/12/09
Opens: December 30, 2009
Romantic relationships involving people of different social classes are fair game for movies and plays, whether done melodramatically or comically. My favorite play on this theme, Strindberg.s "Miss Julie," deals with the seduction of a countess by her footman. A wealth of movies on this subject would include "Jungle Fever," "Lady for a Day," "Maid in Manhattan," "My Fair Lady," and "A Place in the Sun."
In his own version of social-class dissonance, Tennessee Williams ("The Glass Menagerie"), one of 20th Century America.s greatest dramatists along with Arthur Miller ("Death of a Salesman"), Edward Albee ("Who.s Afraid of Virginia Woolf"), and Eugene O.Neill ("Long Days Journey...
- 1/2/2010
- Arizona Reporter
After honing her skills in front of the camera, actress Jodie Markell ("Big Love") chose to make her directorial debut with a rather daunting project that began, long before she was born, as a rare and long-forgotten film script by A Streetcar Named Desire playwright Tennessee Williams. Years after Williams' death, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond - conceived to be directed by Elia Kazan decades ago - marks the return of Southern Gothic romance to the big screen, full of Tennessee Williams's signature melodramatic flavor. (Read Jenni Miller's review here.)
The films alights on Fisher Willow (Bryce Dallas Howard), a spoiled Southern belle who returns from abroad on the eve of the Great Depression and bristles against the social ranks of Memphis high society, even as she attempts to re-enter it. The script has the markings of a Tennessee Williams story -- a mad heroine, romantic longing galore,...
The films alights on Fisher Willow (Bryce Dallas Howard), a spoiled Southern belle who returns from abroad on the eve of the Great Depression and bristles against the social ranks of Memphis high society, even as she attempts to re-enter it. The script has the markings of a Tennessee Williams story -- a mad heroine, romantic longing galore,...
- 1/2/2010
- by Jen Yamato
- Cinematical
When actress Bryce Dallas Howard casually mentions both her father and her son in a phone interview, it takes a minute to make the leap to -- Ron Howard is a grandfather? Opie is... Gramps? But that's just part of the reality for Howard, 28, who stars in The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, which opens today (12.30.09) in limited release. The film, which also stars Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn and Ann-Margret, is the feature directing debut of actress Jodie Markell - and has a script that's an unproduced screenplay by the late Tennessee Williams. In Teardrop Diamond, Howard plays debutante Fisher Willow, who elevates working-class Jimmy (Evans) to beau status, to attend the season's balls in Memphis during the 1920s. It's a character easily identifiable as Williams', yet with a difference. Howard, who broke through in M. Night Shymalan's The Village in...
- 12/30/2009
- by Marshall Fine
- Huffington Post
There’s retro, and then there’s better left safely in the past. Or perhaps it’s just that the long forgotten and previously unproduced Tennessee Williams play this disjointed and ultimately histrionic drama is based on demanded a more subtle, more nuanced, more historically attentive approach. Bryce Dallas Howard (Terminator Salvation) is assured enough as a 1920s heiress trying to live down her landowner father’s terrible reputation amidst the catty rich folk of her Mississippi-and-Memphis society, but actress turned firsttime filmmaker Jodie Markell is at a loss as to how to properly contextualize her life. It seems like a deliberate joke, for instance, when Howard’s wannabe bohemian latches onto her father’s farmhand (the always appealing Chris Evans: Push) as an appropriate escort to the debutante parties she’s obligated to attend -- it sounds like she’s thumbing her nose at the snobs she’s...
- 12/30/2009
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Bryce Dallas Howard in The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond The Loss Of A Teardrop Diamond Q&A with Jodie Markell: Part I You come from a stage background. But what was it like directing actors for film? Having worked as an actress in both mediums, I understand the similarities and the differences. The craft of acting for both film and theater is rooted in the same basic goal — to find the truth in each moment. And then communicate that truth to the audience — calibrating for the appropriate scale — whether it is a Broadway house or the lens of a camera. As a stage actress, I know the value of rehearsal and we were able to build into our schedule about [...]...
- 12/29/2009
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn, and Ann Margret star in Jodie Markell’s handsome production of a long "lost" Tennessee Williams screenplay, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, which opens tomorrow in New York City at the Quad Theater and in the Los Angeles area at the Laemmle 4 in Santa Monica and the Laemmle 5 in West Hollywood. The story of a young, privileged and willful Southern woman (Howard) in love with a young man (Evans) whose family has seen better days, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond was written directly for the screen sometime in the late ’50s. The film’s title refers to the loss of one diamond earring given to the heroine by her aunt (Ann-Margret), [...]...
- 12/29/2009
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
First-time filmmaker Jodie Markell’s “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond,” is based on a never-produced Tennessee Williams screenplay completed during his late 1950s heyday. Yet, surprisingly, the film’s pedigree and source material isn’t the sole reason to recommend this decades-late cinematic rendering. Far from perfect, “Teardrop” is at its best when it approximates Terence Davies territory: that is to say in those instances when it abandons the forward march of events …...
- 12/28/2009
- Indiewire
Legendary playwright Tennessee Williams hit filmmaking gold when he joined forces with director Elia Kazan. Together they made A Streetcar Named Desire and Baby Doll , combined which nabbed twelve Academy Awards nominations and four wins. What do you do with a partnership that successful? Keep it going of course! That's where Williams' screenplay, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond comes in. The plan was for it to be the third collaboration between the duo, but Kazan got involved in other projects and The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond plummeted into the unproduced abyss. It wasn't until that screenplay landed in the hands of actress-turned-director Jodie Markell that Williams' work was long-lost no more. Dusting off the screenplay was easier said than done. During a roundtable...
- 12/28/2009
- Comingsoon.net
As we wind down to year's end, we find Michael Haneke's Cannes conqueror fashionably late to the party, while Paramount waited three years to release the Renée Zellweger horror flick "Case 39" and a mere half-century later, audiences will finally see the fruits of an unproduced Tennessee Williams screenplay. Throw in a pair of modern Korean films and you've got yourself an exciting way to start the new year.
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"Case 39"
We can only hope it's no reflection of quality that this latest volley from the creepy-kid subgenre sat on the shelf for so long that its director, Christian Alvart, had another project (daffy sci-fi chiller "Pandorum") wrapped, released and mostly ignored before this domestic thriller even made it to our shores. The German helmer's English-language debut (at least chronologically) has Renée Zellweger...
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We can only hope it's no reflection of quality that this latest volley from the creepy-kid subgenre sat on the shelf for so long that its director, Christian Alvart, had another project (daffy sci-fi chiller "Pandorum") wrapped, released and mostly ignored before this domestic thriller even made it to our shores. The German helmer's English-language debut (at least chronologically) has Renée Zellweger...
- 12/28/2009
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
link: http://makingof.com/happening_now/media/the-loss-of-a-teardrop-diamond/jodie-markell-discusses-the-loss-of-a-teardrop-diamond/236/950
Actress turned director Jodie Markell is passionate about theater and Tennessee Williams writing, which explains why she chose Williams unpublished, unproduced screenplay "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond" for her first feature film.
In this exclusive interview with MakingOf, Markell reveals that actress Bryce Dallas Howard was her first choice to play Fisher Willow after seeing her performances in M Night Shyamalan movies. She explains, "I had never seen an actress of her generation with so much presence, clarity and focus." She goes on to discuss capturing the South's vanishing landscape and the production design that went into creating the story's 1920s atmosphere.
The film opens in select theaters on December 30th.
Actress turned director Jodie Markell is passionate about theater and Tennessee Williams writing, which explains why she chose Williams unpublished, unproduced screenplay "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond" for her first feature film.
In this exclusive interview with MakingOf, Markell reveals that actress Bryce Dallas Howard was her first choice to play Fisher Willow after seeing her performances in M Night Shyamalan movies. She explains, "I had never seen an actress of her generation with so much presence, clarity and focus." She goes on to discuss capturing the South's vanishing landscape and the production design that went into creating the story's 1920s atmosphere.
The film opens in select theaters on December 30th.
- 12/24/2009
- Makingof.com
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond is a new drama based on a recently rediscovered original screenplay by legendary writer Tennessee Williams. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Evans, the Paladin release will open in New York and Los Angeles in late December, with expansion to major markets following in early 2010. Academy Award-winner Ellen Burstyn, Academy Award-nominee Ann-Margret, Mamie Gummer, and Will Patton co-star in the film which was directed by award-winning short filmmaker and stage and screen actress Jodie Markell, in her feature debut. This is the first dialogue scene in the film, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond. Fisher Willow (Bryce Dallas Howard) is a wealthy, yet rebellious young woman who has driven all night from a debutante party in Memphis to her father's plantation in Mississippi to ask a young man, Jimmy Dobyne (Chris Evans),...
- 12/23/2009
- by Jodie Markell
- Huffington Post
Bryce Dallas Howard as a classic Tennessee Williams Southern Belle in Loss of a Teardrop Diamond. The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, opening in New York and Los Angeles on December 30, is a little gem of an independent film with an incredible pedigree. The Pulitzer-prize winning playwright Tennessee Williams wrote it directly for the screen, with the assumption that, like his Streetcar Named Desire, it would be directed by Elia Kazan. Both men veered in different directions and the screenplay lay dormant for half a century, until it was resurrected by an enterprising first-time director. Set in the late twenties, just before the onset of the Great Depression, Teardrop showcases the classic Williams characters: the feisty and out-of-place southern belle, the grande dames, and the smoldering male coming to terms with his fate. It is the feature film debut of Jodie Markell, who has assembled an impressive cast—Bryce Dallas Howard,...
- 12/23/2009
- Vanity Fair
(Filmmaker Jodie Markell and actress Bryce Dallas Howard, above.)
by Terry Keefe
The American Cinematheque at the Aero Theater hosted a screening on Wednesday evening of The Loss Of A Teardrop Diamond, which starred Bryce Dallas Howard (Terminator: Salvation, Spider-man 3, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) and was directed by first-timer Jodie Markell, both of whom were in attendance and participated in a Q&A afterwards.
(Bryce Dallas Howard, above.)
There are many films this season competing for Oscar glory which likely have far bigger marketing budgets than Teardrop Diamond, but Howard deserves strong consideration in the Best Actress race for her work as the troubled Fisher Willow, a complex young woman who might turn into Blanche DuBois 20 years down the road if she continues to make the wrong choices. The film's script was actually written by Tennessee Williams directly for the screen, but was only recently rediscovered. The film is...
by Terry Keefe
The American Cinematheque at the Aero Theater hosted a screening on Wednesday evening of The Loss Of A Teardrop Diamond, which starred Bryce Dallas Howard (Terminator: Salvation, Spider-man 3, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) and was directed by first-timer Jodie Markell, both of whom were in attendance and participated in a Q&A afterwards.
(Bryce Dallas Howard, above.)
There are many films this season competing for Oscar glory which likely have far bigger marketing budgets than Teardrop Diamond, but Howard deserves strong consideration in the Best Actress race for her work as the troubled Fisher Willow, a complex young woman who might turn into Blanche DuBois 20 years down the road if she continues to make the wrong choices. The film's script was actually written by Tennessee Williams directly for the screen, but was only recently rediscovered. The film is...
- 12/17/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Jodie Markell's The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond is a work with a fascinating backstory. It started when Markell, an actress who has made a career of sorts excavating and refurbishing the 'lost' works of a variety of artists (she brought Sophie Treadwell's lost 1928 work Machinal to the New York stage in 1990), found a never-produced screenplay in an anthology by one of the greatest American playwrights, Tennessee Williams. Determined to bring it to the screen, she got the funding and the approval from the Williams estate, and cast Bryce Dallas Howard as Fisher Willow, a classic Williams herione. The set-up is simple: Fisher, an heiress, has returned to 1920s Memphis society, and finds herself trying (and often failing) to fit in. She asks the poor caretaker's son, Jimmy Dobyne (Chris Evans) to escort her to social events, and the clash between the rich girl, the poor boy, and...
- 12/16/2009
- TribecaFilm.com
For over sixty years, the plays of Tennessee Williams have tackled mental illness, sexuality, and alcoholism, and illustrated it all with a stunningly lyrical language inspired by his upbringing in Missouri. His characters were real people, with hearts and blood and soul, and it changed American theater forever. His plays, living on all over the world nearly 25 years after his death, gives credence to the fact that he is one of the most “alive” playwrights ever. - For over sixty years, the plays of Tennessee Williams have tackled mental illness, sexuality, and alcoholism, and illustrated it all with a stunningly lyrical language inspired by his upbringing in Missouri. His characters were real people, with hearts and blood and soul, and it changed American theater forever. His plays, living on all over the world nearly 25 years after his death, gives credence to the fact that he is one of the most “alive” playwrights ever.
- 12/14/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
One of the true treasures among American actresses, Ellen Burstyn returns to theaters this week in Tennessee Williams's The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond. Based on a 1957 script long thought lost, the film stars Bryce Dallas Howard as Fisher Willow, a headstrong young woman looking for a little more excitement than staid upper-class Memphis is ready to provide just before the Depression. Fisher becomes involved with sharecropper Jimmy Dobyne (Chris Evans), who escorts her to a Halloween party where all kinds of Williams-esque drama breaks loose. Director Jodie Markell parses the material with care and reverence, rarely more evident than in the long scenes Burstyn shares with Howard as Miss Addie, a bedridden stroke victim who asks Fisher for a favor highly likely to crimp the holiday festivities downstairs.
Three days after celebrating her 77th birthday, the Oscar-winner talked to Movieline about finally getting a crack at Tennessee Williams,...
Three days after celebrating her 77th birthday, the Oscar-winner talked to Movieline about finally getting a crack at Tennessee Williams,...
- 12/14/2009
- Movieline
Legendary playwright Tennessee Williams had a magical relationship with director Elia Kazan. They collaborated on both Baby Doll and A Street Car Named Desire, the first of which was nominated for four Academy Awards and the second, nominated for 12, winning four. The plan was to reunite for a third film, which Williams called The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, but when Kazan attended to other projects, the concept dissipated. It wasn.t until the screenplay landed in the hands of actress-turned-director Jodie Markell, that The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond received the breath of life it was meant to get decades earlier. In her directorial debut, Markell assembled a star-studded cast to bring the character Fisher Willow (Bryce Dallas Howard) to the big screen. In an effort to reestablish a reputation tarnished by her father's mistakes and secure the fortune of her great Aunt Cornelia (Ann-Margret), Fisher calls upon a...
- 12/11/2009
- cinemablend.com
Bryce Dallas Howard is a busy woman. She is literally doing this interview while running to a location in Portland, Ore., to see its view and approve it for the next Gus Van Sant film.The location exceeds her expectations. "This view is gorgeous! I approve!" she exclaims midsentence, then immediately gets back to discussing the intricacies of her character, Fisher Willow, in the film based on Tennessee Williams' "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond." She may have recently garnered press for taking over Rachelle LeFevre's role in the upcoming film "Eclipse," the third installment in the "Twilight" series, but it is Howard's strong, emotional performance as a rebellious Southern socialite who falls for an unsuitable young man in "Diamond" that has grabbed the attention of critics.Back Stage: "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond" was until now an unproduced screenplay by Tennessee Williams. So you get...
- 12/3/2009
- backstage.com
There’s production purgatory and then there is this. A script written 50 years ago by renowned playwright and screenwriter Tennessee Williams (A Streetcar Named Desire) just now making its way to the silver screen. The film is The Loss Of A Teardrop Diamond, once proposed to be the third collaboration between Williams and director Elia Kazan (A Streetcar Named Desire, Baby Doll). Fast forward some decades later, the film is now being directed by actress turned director Jodie Markell and stars Bryce Dallas Howard (who took over for Lindsay Lohan), Chris Evans, Will Patton, and Ann-Margret.
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- 11/28/2009
- by James Wallace
- GordonandtheWhale
Breathe a sigh of relief - we have the trailer now for the curiously under-anticipated film based on the long-lost Tennessee Williams screenplay, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond.
Chris Evans and Bryce Dallas Howard star in this period drama with Ellen Burstyn. The film is helmed by actress-turned-director Jodie Markell.
The story follows the young and rebellious débutante Fisher Willow, who tainted by family scandal, boldly hires farm hand Jimmy Dobyne to be her gentleman escort for the lavish season party. As Fisher's passion for Jimmy grows, she defies social convention and the burden of history to risk everything for the chance of real love. However, when the loss of her Aunt's priceless diamond sets off a series of accusations and betrayals, it threatens to shatter their hopes for a future.
Check out the trailer and let us know what you think in the comments section below:
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Chris Evans and Bryce Dallas Howard star in this period drama with Ellen Burstyn. The film is helmed by actress-turned-director Jodie Markell.
The story follows the young and rebellious débutante Fisher Willow, who tainted by family scandal, boldly hires farm hand Jimmy Dobyne to be her gentleman escort for the lavish season party. As Fisher's passion for Jimmy grows, she defies social convention and the burden of history to risk everything for the chance of real love. However, when the loss of her Aunt's priceless diamond sets off a series of accusations and betrayals, it threatens to shatter their hopes for a future.
Check out the trailer and let us know what you think in the comments section below:
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- 11/26/2009
- Screenrush
Jodie Markell in her second attempt at directing a movie in almost 10 years work with Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, and Will Patton and tells the story of Fisher Willow, the disliked 1920s Memphis debutante daughter of a plantation owner with a distaste for narrow-minded people and a penchant for shocking and insulting those around her. After returning from studies overseas, Fisher falls in love with Jimmy, the down-and-out son of an alcoholic father and an insane mother who works at a store on her family's plantation. She tries to pass him off as an upper-class suitor to appease the spinster aunt who controls her family's fortune, but when she loses a diamond, it places their tenuous relationship in further jeopardy. Watch the trailer for
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- 11/20/2009
- Films N Movies
We have the first poster available for the Jodie Markell-directed "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond," starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn, Mamie Gummer, Ann-Margret and Jessica Collins. The film is rated PG-13 for some sexuality and drug content. Tennessee Williams wrote the screenplay for the romantic drama produced by Brad Michael Gilbert. This opens on December 30th. We also interviewed Chris Evans at last year's Toronto International Film Festival. "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond" is a new drama based on a recently rediscovered original screenplay by legendary writer Tennessee Williams. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Evans, the Paladin release will open in New York and Los Angeles on December 30th, with expansion to major markets following in early 2010...
- 11/19/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The poster and trailer for the upcoming drama “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond” have appeared online.
“The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond” is based on a recently rediscovered original screenplay by legendary writer Tennessee Williams (”A Streetcar Named Desire”, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”). Starring Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Evans, the Paladin release will open in New York and Los Angeles in late December, with expansion to major markets following in early 2010. Academy Award-winner Ellen Burstyn, Academy Award-nominee Ann-Margret, Mamie Gummer, and Will Patton co-star in the film which was directed by award-winning short filmmaker and stage and screen actress Jodie Markell, in her feature debut.
Widely considered the most important American playwright of the post-wwii, era, Williams wrote the “Teardrop Diamond” screenplay at the height of his late-1950’s heyday, amid such classic plays, (which themselves were adapted into classic films), as “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,...
“The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond” is based on a recently rediscovered original screenplay by legendary writer Tennessee Williams (”A Streetcar Named Desire”, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”). Starring Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Evans, the Paladin release will open in New York and Los Angeles in late December, with expansion to major markets following in early 2010. Academy Award-winner Ellen Burstyn, Academy Award-nominee Ann-Margret, Mamie Gummer, and Will Patton co-star in the film which was directed by award-winning short filmmaker and stage and screen actress Jodie Markell, in her feature debut.
Widely considered the most important American playwright of the post-wwii, era, Williams wrote the “Teardrop Diamond” screenplay at the height of his late-1950’s heyday, amid such classic plays, (which themselves were adapted into classic films), as “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,...
- 11/19/2009
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Tina Mabry's "Mississippi Damned," an independent American production, won the Gold Hugo as the best film in the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival, and added Gold Plaques for best supporting actress (Jossie Thacker) and best screenplay (Mabry). It tells the harrowing story of three black children growing up in rural Mississippi in circumstances of violence and addiction. The film's trailer and an interview with Mabry are linked at the bottom.
Kylee Russell in "Mississippi Damned"
The win came over a crowed field of competitors from all over the world, many of them with much larger budgets. The other big winner at the Pump Room of the Ambassador East awards ceremony Saturday evening was by veteran master Marco Bellocchio of Italy, who won the Silver Hugo as best director for "Vincere," the story of Mussolini's younger brother. Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi won Silver Hugos as best actress and actor,...
Kylee Russell in "Mississippi Damned"
The win came over a crowed field of competitors from all over the world, many of them with much larger budgets. The other big winner at the Pump Room of the Ambassador East awards ceremony Saturday evening was by veteran master Marco Bellocchio of Italy, who won the Silver Hugo as best director for "Vincere," the story of Mussolini's younger brother. Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi won Silver Hugos as best actress and actor,...
- 10/23/2009
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Patricia Clarkson, Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Emmy Rossum, Jeremy Renner and Hugh Dancy will be honored during the 12th annual Savannah Film Festival, which runs Oct. 31-Nov. 7 in Savannah, Ga., under the auspices of the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Clarkson, Harrelson and Foster will be lauded with Achievement in Cinema Awards. Clarkson will screen Woody Allen's latest film, "Whatever Works," in which she appears. Foster and Harrelson star in Oren Moverman's "The Messenger," the festival's opening-night film.
Rossum will receive the Young Hollywood Award before a screening of her film "Dare."
Spotlight Awards will go to Renner for his performance in "The Hurt Locker" and Dancy for "Adam." Both films are slated to unspool during the fest.
Miguel Arteta's "Youth in Revolt" is the latest feature to be added to the fest lineup.
Special screenings also are planned for Jean-Marc Vallee's "The Young Victoria," Grant Heslov...
Clarkson, Harrelson and Foster will be lauded with Achievement in Cinema Awards. Clarkson will screen Woody Allen's latest film, "Whatever Works," in which she appears. Foster and Harrelson star in Oren Moverman's "The Messenger," the festival's opening-night film.
Rossum will receive the Young Hollywood Award before a screening of her film "Dare."
Spotlight Awards will go to Renner for his performance in "The Hurt Locker" and Dancy for "Adam." Both films are slated to unspool during the fest.
Miguel Arteta's "Youth in Revolt" is the latest feature to be added to the fest lineup.
Special screenings also are planned for Jean-Marc Vallee's "The Young Victoria," Grant Heslov...
- 10/21/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chicago – Film and TV icon Martin Landau accepted his Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2009 Chicago International Film Festival in the same hotel he stayed at while filming Alfred Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest” in 1959.
The famous film also has scenes shot at the Ambassador East Hotel, and HollywoodChicago was at the awards ceremony in the Pump Room there.
Martin Landau at the Chicago International Film Festival Awards Ceremony in the Pump Room at the Ambassador East Hotel, October 17, 2009.
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Landau began his acceptance speech by reminiscing about filming North by Northwest in Chicago, relating how he shared a meal in the Pump Room with fellow cast members Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason and the “Master of Suspense,” director Alfred Hitchcock.
The remarks continued with Landau’s concern for Hollywood today, and the dearth of character driven themes in films.
The famous film also has scenes shot at the Ambassador East Hotel, and HollywoodChicago was at the awards ceremony in the Pump Room there.
Martin Landau at the Chicago International Film Festival Awards Ceremony in the Pump Room at the Ambassador East Hotel, October 17, 2009.
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
Landau began his acceptance speech by reminiscing about filming North by Northwest in Chicago, relating how he shared a meal in the Pump Room with fellow cast members Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason and the “Master of Suspense,” director Alfred Hitchcock.
The remarks continued with Landau’s concern for Hollywood today, and the dearth of character driven themes in films.
- 10/21/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Bryce Dallas Howard in The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
Photo: Paladin I just received a press release from the new independent film company Paladin, announcing they have picked up and will release The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn, Oscar nominee Ann-Margret, Meryl Streep's daughter Mamie Gummer and Will Patton. The drama is based on a heretofore unproduced original screenplay by legendary writer Tennessee Williams and directed by Jodie Markell, in her feature debut. In one of the few reviews of the film coming out of the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, Joe Leydon at Variety offered up mixed feelings with the following intro: The fragrant aroma of magnolias is undercut by the distinct smell of mothballs throughout "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond," an admirably earnest but curiously flat attempt to film a long-unproduced scenario by Tennessee Williams. Although Williams penned...
Photo: Paladin I just received a press release from the new independent film company Paladin, announcing they have picked up and will release The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn, Oscar nominee Ann-Margret, Meryl Streep's daughter Mamie Gummer and Will Patton. The drama is based on a heretofore unproduced original screenplay by legendary writer Tennessee Williams and directed by Jodie Markell, in her feature debut. In one of the few reviews of the film coming out of the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, Joe Leydon at Variety offered up mixed feelings with the following intro: The fragrant aroma of magnolias is undercut by the distinct smell of mothballs throughout "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond," an admirably earnest but curiously flat attempt to film a long-unproduced scenario by Tennessee Williams. Although Williams penned...
- 9/9/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
By Wrap Staff
Indie veteran Mark Urman's new distribution company, Paladin, has picked up rights to "The Loss of a Teardrop," a drama based on an original screenplay by Tennessee WIlliams.
"Teardrop," which stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Will Patton, Ellen Burstyn and Ann-Margret, will open in late December in New York and Los Angeles.
The period romance was directed by Jodie Markell.
Williams wrote "Teardrop" in the mid-1950s. The story revolves around an heiress who bristles under the constraints of Southern societ...
Indie veteran Mark Urman's new distribution company, Paladin, has picked up rights to "The Loss of a Teardrop," a drama based on an original screenplay by Tennessee WIlliams.
"Teardrop," which stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Will Patton, Ellen Burstyn and Ann-Margret, will open in late December in New York and Los Angeles.
The period romance was directed by Jodie Markell.
Williams wrote "Teardrop" in the mid-1950s. The story revolves around an heiress who bristles under the constraints of Southern societ...
- 9/9/2009
- by Michael Speier
- The Wrap
They Call Me Johnny Storm. Chris Evans enjoyed fast fame thanks to Fantastic Four but "Teardrop Diamond" reveals artier ambitions The first bit of news from Chris Evans, the handsome actor best known as superhero Johnny Storm from the Fantastic Four movies, is guaranteed to sadden his action fans. "I think were done," Evans said, leaning back in his chair at the Sutton Place Hotels restaurant. "Yeah, I think were done." The natural expectation is that Evans would be disappointed by the idea, considering that the Fantastic Four movies were big hits for Evans as well his super-hero costars Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba and Michael Chiklis. The 27-year-old Boston native sees things differently. Fantastic Four remains his marquee moment and when it results in projects like his upcoming movie The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond than the hard work has paid off. After all, an actors showbiz clout is only...
- 10/7/2008
- Upcoming-Movies.com
- In an ideal film festival going experience, I'd take my cinephile know how, equate it into educated guesses and a little gut instinct, and cover about 40 films, take in some parties and nab some great interviews. The reality is, with a festival the size of this year's bewildering 312 film choices, the Toronto Film Festival feels like a crap shoot. Instead of watching 80 plus hours of film and collapsing, this year I'm taking a more flexible approach to Tiff. For starters, I'm avoiding anything that opens within a three month theatrical window (I'll be seeing them anywaysand in better conditions). My strategy this year is to select titles that are for the most part, without distribution. The major difference this year is that by scaling back my movie-watching habits, I'll increasing my daily content outtake -- which in the past was always an issue with me because 40 minutes between two
- 9/3/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
Bryce Dallas Howard as Fisher Willow in The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond Well folks, I have a boatload of goodies coming your way over the next couple of days and while I added some images for a few films that will be featured at the Toronto Film Festival beginning in September, which are mentioned at the end of this article I thought we would begin with our first look at Bryce Dallas Howard in Loss of a Teardrop Diamond a film based on the long-forgotten Tennessee Williams screenplay telling the story of Fisher Willow (Howard), the disliked 1920s Memphis debutante daughter of a plantation owner with a distaste for narrow-minded people and a penchant for shocking and insulting those around her. Howard stepped in for Lindsay Lohan back in March of 2007 when Lohan was going through her "troubles" and will star alongside Chris Evans who plays Jimmy of whom Fisher falls in love with.
- 8/28/2008
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Rope Of Silicon recently posted a screenshot from Jodie Markell’s upcoming romance “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond,” a film based on a screenplay by Tennessee Williams. In the still above you can see the brilliant Bryce Dallas Howard, who stars as a daughter of a Memphis plantation owner.
After returning home from studying abroad, she falls in love with the poor son of an alcoholic father and a crazy mother. She tries her best to pass him off as a rich suitor to please her aunt, but the sudden loss of a diamond makes the risky relationship even more complicated.
Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn and David Strathairn co-star. “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond” premieres at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. Click right here to see a bigger version of the image.
After returning home from studying abroad, she falls in love with the poor son of an alcoholic father and a crazy mother. She tries her best to pass him off as a rich suitor to please her aunt, but the sudden loss of a diamond makes the risky relationship even more complicated.
Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn and David Strathairn co-star. “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond” premieres at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. Click right here to see a bigger version of the image.
- 8/28/2008
- by Franck Tabouring
- screeninglog.com
That handsome devil Brad from "Rope of Silicon" recently scored a first look at the absolutely stunning Bryce Dallas Howard in the Tennessee Williams scripted and Jodie Markell (from HBO's "Big Love") directed drama The Loss Of A Teardrop Diamond. In it, Howard plays an uptight uppity snob who falls in love with a working class schmoe (Chris Evans) but when she tries to pass him off as high society sensing her family's disapproval, things get all janky. Ellen Burstyn and...
- 8/27/2008
- by Omar Aviles
- JoBlo.com
A few films will be pulling out the stop when Toronto unfurls early next month. The list of gala presentations is interesting: Caroline Link’s A Year Ago in Winter; starring Karoline Herfurth, Josef Bierbichler, Corinna Harfouch, Hanns Zischler and Mišel Maticevic Toa Fraser’s Dean Spanley, starring Peter O’Toole, Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill and Bryan Brown Jodie Markell’s The [...]...
- 8/20/2008
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
For a total of 312 films from 64 different countries. Wow, I wish I could go. Of the remaining announcements in 3 different sections, the most intriguing would have to be Vincent Cassel playing legendary French gangster Jacques Mesrine in Public Enemy No. 1. It's listed as a "work-in-progress" so I guess that means what will be screened is not the final cut. Another I'm looking forward to is The Lucky Ones which stars one of my favorites, Tim Robbins. It's about some returning soldiers who go on a road trip across America. Check out the full list following.
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Paris, Not France Adria Petty, USA
World Premiere
Polls show that in certain demographics, more people identify the name Paris with "Hilton" than with "France." Gaining intimate access to the glamorous and chaotic day-to-day life of one of the world's biggest icons, director Adria Petty explores the businesswoman and the human...
Real To Reel
Paris, Not France Adria Petty, USA
World Premiere
Polls show that in certain demographics, more people identify the name Paris with "Hilton" than with "France." Gaining intimate access to the glamorous and chaotic day-to-day life of one of the world's biggest icons, director Adria Petty explores the businesswoman and the human...
- 8/19/2008
- QuietEarth.us
Toronto -- U.S. directors Rod Lurie, Neil Burger, Jodie Markell and Gavin O'Connor were among those snaring world premieres Tuesday as the Toronto International Film Festival finalized its lineup.
Lurie will bow his political thriller "Nothing But the Truth," a Yari Film Group title that stars Kate Beckinsale as a Washington reporter put behind bars for revealing the name of a covert CIA agent.
O'Connor will bring Warner Bros.' "Pride and Glory," a cop family drama that stars Edward Norton, Colin Farrell and Jon Voight, while Burger will debut Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions' Rachel McAdams/Tim Robbins starrer "The Lucky Ones," about a road trip by returning U.S. soldiers.
Markell's "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond" is based on a rediscovered Tennessee Williams screenplay and stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans and Ann-Margret.
As Toronto completed its lineup for its Sept. 4-13 run, it unveiled 312 films from 64 countries. These include 249 features, most of which are world, international or North American premieres, and 61 of which are directorial debuts.
Other new Roy Thomson slots include German filmmaker Caroline Link's "A Year in Winter"; Toa Fraser's "Dean Spanley," toplined by Peter O'Toole, Jeremy Northam and Sam Neill; Jerry Zaks' "Who Do You Love," a biopic about famed record producer Leonard Chess; and Indian director Anees Bazmee's romantic action comedy "Singh Is Kinng."
Also on tap is a North American premiere for Ethan Coen and Joel Coen's Venice opener "Burn After Reading," the CIA comedy that stars George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich and Brad Pitt.
Three French films will receive gala treatment in Toronto: French director Anna Fontaine's "La Fille de Monaco," Jean-Francois Richet's "Public Enemy No. One" and Daniel Burman's "Empty Nest." In all, France will be represented by 30 movies.
Toronto also has booked "New York, I Love You," a compilation of short films from 12 directors including Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Allen Hughes, Shekhar Kapur, Mira Nair and Brett Ratner.
Click here for a complete list of Toronto titles.
Lurie will bow his political thriller "Nothing But the Truth," a Yari Film Group title that stars Kate Beckinsale as a Washington reporter put behind bars for revealing the name of a covert CIA agent.
O'Connor will bring Warner Bros.' "Pride and Glory," a cop family drama that stars Edward Norton, Colin Farrell and Jon Voight, while Burger will debut Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions' Rachel McAdams/Tim Robbins starrer "The Lucky Ones," about a road trip by returning U.S. soldiers.
Markell's "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond" is based on a rediscovered Tennessee Williams screenplay and stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans and Ann-Margret.
As Toronto completed its lineup for its Sept. 4-13 run, it unveiled 312 films from 64 countries. These include 249 features, most of which are world, international or North American premieres, and 61 of which are directorial debuts.
Other new Roy Thomson slots include German filmmaker Caroline Link's "A Year in Winter"; Toa Fraser's "Dean Spanley," toplined by Peter O'Toole, Jeremy Northam and Sam Neill; Jerry Zaks' "Who Do You Love," a biopic about famed record producer Leonard Chess; and Indian director Anees Bazmee's romantic action comedy "Singh Is Kinng."
Also on tap is a North American premiere for Ethan Coen and Joel Coen's Venice opener "Burn After Reading," the CIA comedy that stars George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich and Brad Pitt.
Three French films will receive gala treatment in Toronto: French director Anna Fontaine's "La Fille de Monaco," Jean-Francois Richet's "Public Enemy No. One" and Daniel Burman's "Empty Nest." In all, France will be represented by 30 movies.
Toronto also has booked "New York, I Love You," a compilation of short films from 12 directors including Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Allen Hughes, Shekhar Kapur, Mira Nair and Brett Ratner.
Click here for a complete list of Toronto titles.
- 8/19/2008
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
DreamWorks Pictures has acquired the feature film rights to David Lindsay-Abaire's off-Broadway play Kimberly Akimbo. The David Petrarca-directed play, which debuted Jan. 14, wrapped its run at the Manhattan Theatre Company on Sunday. Set in suburban New Jersey, Akimbo tells the story of a teenager with a rare condition that causes her body to age faster than it should. When her family moves away from their town under dubious circumstances, Kimberly is forced to re-evaluate her life while juggling a hypochondriac mother, a drunk father, a dishonest aunt, her own mortality and the possibility of first love. Marylouise Burke, John Gallagher Jr., Ana Gasteyer, Jodie Markell and Jake Weber starred in the stage production. Lindsay-Abaire will adapt for the big screen. Steven Spielberg recently saw the play in New York and moved to acquire the film rights. He is not attached to direct or produce, but he will have a hand in the project's development. Production executive Leah Keith will also oversee. Lindsay-Abaire is repped by the Gersh Agency and attorney Nancy Rose. He previously penned the theater works Fuddy Meers and Wonder of the World, starring Sarah Jessica Parker. Akimbo premiered two years ago at the South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, Calif.
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