Prior to his gig on "Star Trek" in 1966, actor DeForest Kelley spent 20 years traversing the wild and hoary world of episodic television and appearing in supporting roles in little-regarded feature films. His first professional screen acting job was a one-off performance in the one-season 1947 TV series "Public Prosecutor." The series holds the distinction of being the first-ever mainstream televised series to be released on film, instead of being broadcast live, which was standard at the time.
Between that show and "Star Trek," Kelley appeared on over 80 TV shows, often just in single episodes, but sometimes returning for two or three. He also had bit roles in films like "Variety Girl," "The Men," "Taxi," and "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral," playing Morgan Earp. He was just a hardworking character actor, taking the jobs that were offered him. There is an integrity to that approach.
In 1960, Kelley appeared in an episode of "Alcoa Theater,...
Between that show and "Star Trek," Kelley appeared on over 80 TV shows, often just in single episodes, but sometimes returning for two or three. He also had bit roles in films like "Variety Girl," "The Men," "Taxi," and "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral," playing Morgan Earp. He was just a hardworking character actor, taking the jobs that were offered him. There is an integrity to that approach.
In 1960, Kelley appeared in an episode of "Alcoa Theater,...
- 5/1/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
By Christopher Stipp
The Archives, Right Here
Check out my other column, This Week In Trailers, at SlashFilm.com and follow me on Twitter under the name: Stipp
Sanctum and The Mechanic - Advance Screenings
I haven’t heard anything about these films.
Whether the buzz is great, whether the buzz is tepid, I couldn’t tell you. That’s exactly why I’m looking forward to sending some of you guinea pigs to see the latest from Jason Statham on Tuesday, January 25th at 7 p.m. at Harkins Tempe Martketplace and then on February 1st at 7 p.m. at Harkins Tempe Marketplace as well.
It’ll be a 2 for 1 if you like or, if you so choose, you can pick one or the other. Either way, you’ll be seeing either the latest from the brawniest Englishman this side of the Atlantic or the latest creation blessed by the wizard himself,...
The Archives, Right Here
Check out my other column, This Week In Trailers, at SlashFilm.com and follow me on Twitter under the name: Stipp
Sanctum and The Mechanic - Advance Screenings
I haven’t heard anything about these films.
Whether the buzz is great, whether the buzz is tepid, I couldn’t tell you. That’s exactly why I’m looking forward to sending some of you guinea pigs to see the latest from Jason Statham on Tuesday, January 25th at 7 p.m. at Harkins Tempe Martketplace and then on February 1st at 7 p.m. at Harkins Tempe Marketplace as well.
It’ll be a 2 for 1 if you like or, if you so choose, you can pick one or the other. Either way, you’ll be seeing either the latest from the brawniest Englishman this side of the Atlantic or the latest creation blessed by the wizard himself,...
- 1/21/2011
- by Christopher Stipp
By Christopher Stipp
The Archives, Right Here
Check out my other column, This Week In Trailers, at SlashFilm.com and follow me on Twitter under the name: Stipp
The Dilemma -Advance Screening
After all the brouhaha concerning whether Vince Vaughn’s character could say whether a car was or was not “ghey” (spelled the way the Internet intended) the movie is finally here to say once and for all if a vehicle is capable of having a sexual preference. Yes, I know, these are probably the same radicals who think that censoring Huck Finn of its nasty n-words was a good idea. It isn’t and it’s a form of censorship and good for Ron Howard for keeping the joke in tact. In fact, I may even buy a ticket just for pushing aside those who think he should have excised it from the film.
For those of you...
The Archives, Right Here
Check out my other column, This Week In Trailers, at SlashFilm.com and follow me on Twitter under the name: Stipp
The Dilemma -Advance Screening
After all the brouhaha concerning whether Vince Vaughn’s character could say whether a car was or was not “ghey” (spelled the way the Internet intended) the movie is finally here to say once and for all if a vehicle is capable of having a sexual preference. Yes, I know, these are probably the same radicals who think that censoring Huck Finn of its nasty n-words was a good idea. It isn’t and it’s a form of censorship and good for Ron Howard for keeping the joke in tact. In fact, I may even buy a ticket just for pushing aside those who think he should have excised it from the film.
For those of you...
- 1/7/2011
- by Christopher Stipp
A look at what's new on DVD today:
"Bitter Feast"
Directed by Joe Maggio
Released by Mpi Home Video
When a food critic ("Humpday"'s Justin Leonard) takes a butcher knife to the restaurant of a celebrity chef (James LeGros), the chef plots the ultimate revenge in this gory satirical thriller from director Joe Maggio. (My review from the Los Angeles Film Festival is here.)
"Case 39"
Directed by Christian Alvart
Released by Paramount
2010 is probably a year best forgotten by Renee Zellweger, who not only appeared in the execrable "My Own Love Song," which went straight to Netflix, but also this thriller that was filmed in 2006, but didn't see a release until last fall. Zellweger stars as a social worker whose latest case involving a child (Jodelle Ferland) that she believes is a victim of abuse leads to something far more terrifying. Bradley Cooper and Ian McShane co-star.
"Catfish...
"Bitter Feast"
Directed by Joe Maggio
Released by Mpi Home Video
When a food critic ("Humpday"'s Justin Leonard) takes a butcher knife to the restaurant of a celebrity chef (James LeGros), the chef plots the ultimate revenge in this gory satirical thriller from director Joe Maggio. (My review from the Los Angeles Film Festival is here.)
"Case 39"
Directed by Christian Alvart
Released by Paramount
2010 is probably a year best forgotten by Renee Zellweger, who not only appeared in the execrable "My Own Love Song," which went straight to Netflix, but also this thriller that was filmed in 2006, but didn't see a release until last fall. Zellweger stars as a social worker whose latest case involving a child (Jodelle Ferland) that she believes is a victim of abuse leads to something far more terrifying. Bradley Cooper and Ian McShane co-star.
"Catfish...
- 1/5/2011
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Here are the Blu-ray and Netflix Instant Watch new releases for January 4th!
Blu-ray Releases:
Case 39
Add to Queue
Synopsis:
Academy Award® winner Renee Zellweger stars in this terrifying, supernatural thriller about a social worker who has been assigned the unusual and disturbing case of Lillith Sullivan...a girl with a strange and mysterious past. When Emily (Renee Zellweger) opens her home in an attempt to help Lillith, it turns into a deadly nightmare she may not survive. Co-starring Bradley Cooper (The Hangover), Case 39is a heart-stopping chiller with startling surprises that lead to a shocking and sinister ending.
Catfish
Add to Queue
Synopsis:
In late 2007, filmmakers Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost sensed a story unfolding as they began to film the life of Ariel's brother, Nev. They had no idea that their project would lead to the most exhilarating and unsettling months of their lives. A reality thriller...
Blu-ray Releases:
Case 39
Add to Queue
Synopsis:
Academy Award® winner Renee Zellweger stars in this terrifying, supernatural thriller about a social worker who has been assigned the unusual and disturbing case of Lillith Sullivan...a girl with a strange and mysterious past. When Emily (Renee Zellweger) opens her home in an attempt to help Lillith, it turns into a deadly nightmare she may not survive. Co-starring Bradley Cooper (The Hangover), Case 39is a heart-stopping chiller with startling surprises that lead to a shocking and sinister ending.
Catfish
Add to Queue
Synopsis:
In late 2007, filmmakers Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost sensed a story unfolding as they began to film the life of Ariel's brother, Nev. They had no idea that their project would lead to the most exhilarating and unsettling months of their lives. A reality thriller...
- 1/4/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Howl
Directed by: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Cast: James Franco, Jon Hamm, Jeff Daniels
Running Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Rating: Nr
Release Date: September 24, 2010 (limited)
Plot: A drama centered on the obscenity trial Allen Ginsberg (Franco) faced after the publication of his poem, Howl.
Who’S It For? Champions of free speech, lovers of the Beat Generation, and Ginsberg fans alike will adore this film. For those unfamiliar with Ginsberg and Beat, this film will likely be less powerful, but Franco’s performance as Ginsberg is solid enough to enthrall even the most disinterested.
Expectations: While I can’t say that Ginsberg’s obscenity trial was ever at the top of my buzz-list, I have enjoyed watching James Franco in just about everything he’s done. The strong supporting cast in Jon Hamm and Jeff Daniels further enhances the film’s draw — I was excited to see this film based solely...
Directed by: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Cast: James Franco, Jon Hamm, Jeff Daniels
Running Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Rating: Nr
Release Date: September 24, 2010 (limited)
Plot: A drama centered on the obscenity trial Allen Ginsberg (Franco) faced after the publication of his poem, Howl.
Who’S It For? Champions of free speech, lovers of the Beat Generation, and Ginsberg fans alike will adore this film. For those unfamiliar with Ginsberg and Beat, this film will likely be less powerful, but Franco’s performance as Ginsberg is solid enough to enthrall even the most disinterested.
Expectations: While I can’t say that Ginsberg’s obscenity trial was ever at the top of my buzz-list, I have enjoyed watching James Franco in just about everything he’s done. The strong supporting cast in Jon Hamm and Jeff Daniels further enhances the film’s draw — I was excited to see this film based solely...
- 11/16/2010
- by Aaron Ruffcorn
- The Scorecard Review
Chicago – “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked…” So began the reading of Allen Ginsberg’s poem that rattled society, the very title of which is the inspiration for the new film, “Howl,” featuring James Franco, Jon Hamm and Mary Louise-Parker.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
The poem Howl is a primal scream, an attempt to wake up a moribund post-WW2 America to the sins of its conquering ways. It is a shot across the bow of the capitalist USA, both prescient and in the moment, a lightning bolt of truth and savagery, the waterfall of words that both cleanses and freezes the soul. The film offers a reading of the piece, illustrated by interpretive animation, and an obscenity trial, focusing on the dirty words in the poem without calculating the rest of the passages, in a 1950s society fearing recognition.
On October 7th, 1955, Allen Ginsberg...
Rating: 4.5/5.0
The poem Howl is a primal scream, an attempt to wake up a moribund post-WW2 America to the sins of its conquering ways. It is a shot across the bow of the capitalist USA, both prescient and in the moment, a lightning bolt of truth and savagery, the waterfall of words that both cleanses and freezes the soul. The film offers a reading of the piece, illustrated by interpretive animation, and an obscenity trial, focusing on the dirty words in the poem without calculating the rest of the passages, in a 1950s society fearing recognition.
On October 7th, 1955, Allen Ginsberg...
- 10/1/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – The seismic shift that took place with the publication of Allen Ginsberg’s epic poem, “Howl” – which is also the title of the new movie about the verse – reverberates and inspires to this very day. The brilliantly rendered film, starring James Franco as Ginsberg, is written and directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
Ginsberg’s journey through the landscape that the film covers is near and dear to the hearts of these creators. The themes of alienation, industrialization and moral isolation in the poem Howl told a truth about America that no history book can convey. Epstein and Friedman use animation, true-life recreation and a landmark obscenity trial to tell the story of Howl, and the all-star cast of Franco, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeff Daniels, Treat Williams, David Strathaim and Bob Balaban move the narrative.
Epstein and Friedman are no strangers to shining a light in the controversial corners of our society.
Ginsberg’s journey through the landscape that the film covers is near and dear to the hearts of these creators. The themes of alienation, industrialization and moral isolation in the poem Howl told a truth about America that no history book can convey. Epstein and Friedman use animation, true-life recreation and a landmark obscenity trial to tell the story of Howl, and the all-star cast of Franco, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeff Daniels, Treat Williams, David Strathaim and Bob Balaban move the narrative.
Epstein and Friedman are no strangers to shining a light in the controversial corners of our society.
- 9/29/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Watching Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's (both of whom co-directed the excellent documentary The Celluloid Closet) Allen Ginsberg biopic Howl (2010), I was reminded of Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini's Harvey Pekar drama-documentary American Splendor (2003). Both films provide portrayals of artists who took it upon themselves to represent the previously ignored, be it in Ginsberg's attention to junkies and drifters or Pekar's obsession with the mundane of lower-class America. Moreover, both films side-step the form of the biopic made famous by "A&E Biography," typically cycling through origin, success, and downfall. For Epstein and Friedman, as had been the case for Springer Berman and Pulcini previously, there seems to be a quality in their subject's work that motivates this directorial decision.
The subject of the film isn't just Ginsberg himself; the subject is his also poem "Howl" (1955), the publication of which brought a noteworthy obscenity trial in 1957. Yet,...
The subject of the film isn't just Ginsberg himself; the subject is his also poem "Howl" (1955), the publication of which brought a noteworthy obscenity trial in 1957. Yet,...
- 9/28/2010
- by Drew Morton
Few days away from its limited U.S. release, "Howl" is previewed in some new clips. One snippet features flashback scenes as James Franco's Allen Ginsberg recalls his experience as a copy boy. The other clip, meanwhile, sees a footage set in a court room where his poem "Howl" is put on trial.
A portrait of a renegade artist breaking down barriers to find love and redemption, the film is recounted using three interwoven threads which are the tumultuous life events that led young Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself.
David Strathairn plays prosecutor Ralph McIntosh while Jon Hamm portrays defense attorney Jake Ehrlich. The likes of Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker, Treat Williams and Alesssandro Nivola will be seen as witnesses at the trial with Bob Balaban starring as conservative Judge Clayton Horn.
A portrait of a renegade artist breaking down barriers to find love and redemption, the film is recounted using three interwoven threads which are the tumultuous life events that led young Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself.
David Strathairn plays prosecutor Ralph McIntosh while Jon Hamm portrays defense attorney Jake Ehrlich. The likes of Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker, Treat Williams and Alesssandro Nivola will be seen as witnesses at the trial with Bob Balaban starring as conservative Judge Clayton Horn.
- 9/21/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman Writers: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman Starring: James Franco, Aaron Tveit, Jon Hamm, David Strathairn, Mary-Louise Parker, Jon Prescott, Alessandro Nivola, Bob Balaban, Jeff Daniels, Treat Williams "Who were expelled from the academy for crazy & publishing obscene odes on the windows of the skull..." -- Allen Ginsberg, “Howl” On March 25, 1957, customs officials seized 520 copies of Allen Ginsberg’s seminal poem “Howl” as it was being imported from a printer in London -- the seizure was done on the basis of one line: "Who let themselves be fucked in the ass by saintly motorcyclists, and screamed with joy." The poem's new domestic publisher, Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s City Lights Bookstore, was brought to trial on obscenity charges. Howl examines the obscenity trial against Ferlinghetti, relying heavily on dialogue taken verbatim from the courtroom transcripts. Howl also interprets “Howl” via an interview that Ginsberg gave to Life magazine as...
- 9/15/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.