Chicago – One of the more unique independent films that worked the festival circuit in 2012 and ’13 was the drama “Mr. Sophistication.” The main character was Ron Waters, a comedian described as “Richard Pryor’s protegé.” Actor Harry Lennix took on the character, breathing in both the drama of the show business story and the particular style of stand-up.
The film was recently released in downloadable and DVD formats. While on that festival circuit, Harry Lennix and the production crew – writer/director Danny Green and producers Jon E. Edwards and Albena Dodeva – stopped by Chicago, and HollywoodChicago.com spoke to them about the film.
Actor Harry Lennix, Portrays Ron Waters in “Mr. Sophistication”
Harry Lennix and Robert Patrick in ‘Mr. Sophistication’
Photo credit: Mr. Smoothie Company
HollywoodChicago.com: You were born in Chicago and have the Chicago influence in the story of Ron Waters. How important was it to give Ron a...
The film was recently released in downloadable and DVD formats. While on that festival circuit, Harry Lennix and the production crew – writer/director Danny Green and producers Jon E. Edwards and Albena Dodeva – stopped by Chicago, and HollywoodChicago.com spoke to them about the film.
Actor Harry Lennix, Portrays Ron Waters in “Mr. Sophistication”
Harry Lennix and Robert Patrick in ‘Mr. Sophistication’
Photo credit: Mr. Smoothie Company
HollywoodChicago.com: You were born in Chicago and have the Chicago influence in the story of Ron Waters. How important was it to give Ron a...
- 11/25/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
If you have ever thought about taking up rock climbing as a hobby Brit thriller A Lonely Place To Die, released on Blu-ray and DVD this week, might make you think twice. Director Julian Gilbey, best known for the brutal Rise Of The Footsoldier, takes influence from wilderness thrillers such as Deliverance, First Blood and The River Wild to deliver a gripping suspense film that may be one of the best British films of the year.
A group of five mountaineers are climbing in the remote Scottish Highlands when they make a horrific discovery: a young girl buried in a small chamber, with only a small air pipe to the surface keeping her alive. She is terrified, dehydrated and half-starved. Deciding they must get her to safety, the group embark on a dangerous and nerve-wracking descent.
Unwittingly, they’ve taken charge of a valuable bounty and are being hunted down...
A group of five mountaineers are climbing in the remote Scottish Highlands when they make a horrific discovery: a young girl buried in a small chamber, with only a small air pipe to the surface keeping her alive. She is terrified, dehydrated and half-starved. Deciding they must get her to safety, the group embark on a dangerous and nerve-wracking descent.
Unwittingly, they’ve taken charge of a valuable bounty and are being hunted down...
- 12/24/2011
- by Chris Wright
- Obsessed with Film
Looking for Lenny
Directed by Elan Gale
2011, USA, 70 mins.
Director Elan Gale has a point to make, and it is this: the reason people like me are allowed to write ‘fuck’ in a social context without fear of repercussion is because people like Lenny Bruce did it first and suffered the repercussions for us. Gale isn’t alone. His film, Looking for Lenny, is filled with comedians (like Lewis Black, Robin Williams, and Phyllis Diller) and, for lack of a better phrase, social ne’er-do-wells (like Hugh Hefner and Ron Jeremy) who make the same point. They are compelling, and I am convinced – but the film is much more than a biography. Looking for Lenny expounds on the subject of political correctness and censorship, and discusses Michael Richard’s racist rant and Don Imus’s firing. Through it all, Lenny Bruce himself remains something of an elusive figure in his own documentary.
Directed by Elan Gale
2011, USA, 70 mins.
Director Elan Gale has a point to make, and it is this: the reason people like me are allowed to write ‘fuck’ in a social context without fear of repercussion is because people like Lenny Bruce did it first and suffered the repercussions for us. Gale isn’t alone. His film, Looking for Lenny, is filled with comedians (like Lewis Black, Robin Williams, and Phyllis Diller) and, for lack of a better phrase, social ne’er-do-wells (like Hugh Hefner and Ron Jeremy) who make the same point. They are compelling, and I am convinced – but the film is much more than a biography. Looking for Lenny expounds on the subject of political correctness and censorship, and discusses Michael Richard’s racist rant and Don Imus’s firing. Through it all, Lenny Bruce himself remains something of an elusive figure in his own documentary.
- 4/29/2011
- by DaveRobson
- SoundOnSight
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