Sony Pictures Classics has taken worldwide rights to Nicholas Hytner’s The Choral, written by Alan Bennett, and set to star Ralph Fiennes, Jim Broadbent and Simon Russell Beale.
This is the fourth feature collaboration between Bennett and Hytner after The Lady In The Van, The History Boys and The Madness Of King George. Unlike those films,The Choral is based on an original screenplay rather than a play.
Hytner will produce the film alongside Kevin Loader and Damian Jones. Backing comes from Sony Pictures Classics, BBC Film and Screen Yorkshire, and shooting will commence in Yorkshire this May.
Executive producers include Caroline Cooper Charles,...
This is the fourth feature collaboration between Bennett and Hytner after The Lady In The Van, The History Boys and The Madness Of King George. Unlike those films,The Choral is based on an original screenplay rather than a play.
Hytner will produce the film alongside Kevin Loader and Damian Jones. Backing comes from Sony Pictures Classics, BBC Film and Screen Yorkshire, and shooting will commence in Yorkshire this May.
Executive producers include Caroline Cooper Charles,...
- 3/21/2024
- ScreenDaily
Lee Pace is one of Hollywood’s most underrated and talented performers. His extensive career in television and film began in the early 2000s, by which point he had already made a name for himself in stage productions.
Over the past several decades, Pace has consistently earned acclaim for his versatility and willingness to immerse himself completely into the roles he chooses. Most recently, Pace has been making waves in the series Foundation. In a recent chat with Interview magazine, Pace discussed the iconic nude fighting scene from the very first episode of the season, revealing why he believes “everyone” should try it at some point.
What is Lee Pace best known for? Lee Pace | Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images
Pace attended the prestigious Juilliard School in the late ’90s, learning the skills of character development and dramatization. He transitioned into television and film roles not long after graduation, with...
Over the past several decades, Pace has consistently earned acclaim for his versatility and willingness to immerse himself completely into the roles he chooses. Most recently, Pace has been making waves in the series Foundation. In a recent chat with Interview magazine, Pace discussed the iconic nude fighting scene from the very first episode of the season, revealing why he believes “everyone” should try it at some point.
What is Lee Pace best known for? Lee Pace | Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images
Pace attended the prestigious Juilliard School in the late ’90s, learning the skills of character development and dramatization. He transitioned into television and film roles not long after graduation, with...
- 8/28/2023
- by Suse Forrest
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In Akira Kurosawa’s 1982 autobiography (Something Like an Autobiography) his film Ikiru only gets a passing mention in a chapter dealing with the filming of his cinematic masterpiece, Rashomon. Ikiru, which roughly translates as “To Live”, is one of the director’s most loved masterpieces. Roger Ebert himself claimed that he loved the film so much that he would revisit it every five years; each time, becoming more and more empathetic to the plight of Ikiru’s male protagonist (originally played by Takashi Shimura). However, as good as this 1952 classic may be, it is also a film that is more beloved by extreme cinephiles and graduate level film professors than anyone else. After all, who wants to sit through a two hour plus tale dealing with existential musings on the nature of morality and human decency?
It seems that Hollywood would much rather sit through violent re-renderings of films like Yojimbo or Seven Samurai.
It seems that Hollywood would much rather sit through violent re-renderings of films like Yojimbo or Seven Samurai.
- 1/24/2022
- by Ty Cooper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Morgan worked with Golden Harvest in Hong Kong in the 1970s, helping to bring stars like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan to the world.
China-based producer Andre Morgan gave an in-depth overview of the seismic changes currently reshaping mainland China’s film industry in an Mpa workshop at Tiffcom, saying the local production sector is facing its “year of reckoning”.
In a wide-ranging talk that also covered the Japanese film industry and offered helpful tips for up-and-coming producers and directors, Morgan described the phenomenal growth the Chinese film industry has undergone since the early 2000s – and how that has resulted...
China-based producer Andre Morgan gave an in-depth overview of the seismic changes currently reshaping mainland China’s film industry in an Mpa workshop at Tiffcom, saying the local production sector is facing its “year of reckoning”.
In a wide-ranging talk that also covered the Japanese film industry and offered helpful tips for up-and-coming producers and directors, Morgan described the phenomenal growth the Chinese film industry has undergone since the early 2000s – and how that has resulted...
- 10/29/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Morgan worked with Golden Harvest in Hong Kong in the 1970s, helping to bring stars like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan to the world.
China-based producer Andre Morgan gave an in-depth overview of the seismic changes currently reshaping mainland China’s film industry in an Mpa workshop at Tiffcom, saying the local production sector is facing its “year of reckoning”.
In a wide-ranging talk that also covered the Japanese film industry and offered helpful tips for up-and-coming producers and directors, Morgan described the phenomenal growth the Chinese film industry has undergone since the early 2000s – and how that has resulted...
China-based producer Andre Morgan gave an in-depth overview of the seismic changes currently reshaping mainland China’s film industry in an Mpa workshop at Tiffcom, saying the local production sector is facing its “year of reckoning”.
In a wide-ranging talk that also covered the Japanese film industry and offered helpful tips for up-and-coming producers and directors, Morgan described the phenomenal growth the Chinese film industry has undergone since the early 2000s – and how that has resulted...
- 10/27/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
China-based producer Andre Morgan gave an in-depth overview of the seismic changes currently reshaping mainland China’s film industry in an Mpa workshop at Tiffcom, saying the local production sector is facing its “year of reckoning”.
China-based producer Andre Morgan gave an in-depth overview of the seismic changes currently reshaping mainland China’s film industry in an Mpa workshop at Tiffcom, saying the local production sector is facing its “year of reckoning”.
In a wide-ranging talk that also covered the Japanese film industry and offered helpful tips for up-and-coming producers and directors, Morgan described the phenomenal growth the Chinese...
China-based producer Andre Morgan gave an in-depth overview of the seismic changes currently reshaping mainland China’s film industry in an Mpa workshop at Tiffcom, saying the local production sector is facing its “year of reckoning”.
In a wide-ranging talk that also covered the Japanese film industry and offered helpful tips for up-and-coming producers and directors, Morgan described the phenomenal growth the Chinese...
- 10/27/2018
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American rights for Ralph Fiennes’ film “The White Crow,” the studio said on Monday.
The film, based on the book “Rudolf Nureyev: The Life” by Julie Kavanaugh, was directed by Fiennes and written by Oscar-nominated David Hare. Along with North America, Sony nabbed rights to distribute the film in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Asia, and Benelux.
“The White Crow” captures the physicality and brilliance of ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold War. Nureyev emerged as one of ballet’s most famous stars, and though seen as a wild and beautiful dancer he was limited by the world of 1950s Leningrad. His flirtation with Western artists and ideas led him into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with the Kgb. The film offers insight into Nureyev’s dangerous defection, masterminded by the dancer’s great friend,...
The film, based on the book “Rudolf Nureyev: The Life” by Julie Kavanaugh, was directed by Fiennes and written by Oscar-nominated David Hare. Along with North America, Sony nabbed rights to distribute the film in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Asia, and Benelux.
“The White Crow” captures the physicality and brilliance of ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold War. Nureyev emerged as one of ballet’s most famous stars, and though seen as a wild and beautiful dancer he was limited by the world of 1950s Leningrad. His flirtation with Western artists and ideas led him into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with the Kgb. The film offers insight into Nureyev’s dangerous defection, masterminded by the dancer’s great friend,...
- 8/13/2018
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North America and key markets on Ralph Fiennes’ Rudolf Nureyev pic The White Crow from HanWay Films.
The prestige label has also taken Latin America, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Asia and Benelux.
Inspired by the book Rudolf Nureyev: The Life by Julie Kavanaugh, the drama charts the iconic dancer’s famed defection from the Soviet Union to the West in 1961, despite Kgb efforts to stop him. Fiennes directs from a script by David Hare (The Hours). The anticipated drama is still in the running for an autumn festival berth.
Acclaimed dancer Oleg Ivenko stars as Nureyev, alongside Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Color) as Clara Saint, and Fiennes as Russian ballet coach Alexander Pushkin. Also featured are ballet-world enfant terrible Sergei Polunin, Chulpan Khamatova, Olivier Rabourdin, Raphaël Personnaz and Louis Hofmann.
The deal was negotiated between Spc and Gabrielle Stewart for HanWay.
The prestige label has also taken Latin America, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Asia and Benelux.
Inspired by the book Rudolf Nureyev: The Life by Julie Kavanaugh, the drama charts the iconic dancer’s famed defection from the Soviet Union to the West in 1961, despite Kgb efforts to stop him. Fiennes directs from a script by David Hare (The Hours). The anticipated drama is still in the running for an autumn festival berth.
Acclaimed dancer Oleg Ivenko stars as Nureyev, alongside Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Color) as Clara Saint, and Fiennes as Russian ballet coach Alexander Pushkin. Also featured are ballet-world enfant terrible Sergei Polunin, Chulpan Khamatova, Olivier Rabourdin, Raphaël Personnaz and Louis Hofmann.
The deal was negotiated between Spc and Gabrielle Stewart for HanWay.
- 8/13/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
What if the events that inspired Frankenstein's monster were more horrifying than the monster itself? For the 13th entry in their Vestron Video Collector’s Series, Lionsgate is taking viewers to a fateful night with Mary Shelley and her friends with the Blu-ray release of Ken Russell's Gothic this January:
Press Release: From the Vestron Video Collector’s Series, the horror classic Gothic will arrive for the first time on limited edition Blu-ray on January 30 from Lionsgate. Starring Golden Globe® winner Gabriel Byrne (2009, Best Actor, “In Treatment”), Julian Sands, and Natasha Richardson, and from legendary director Ken Russell (Lair of the White Worm), Gothic is the fictional retelling of the night Mary Shelley developed the story of Frankenstein. While under the influence of experimental substances, she and a group of friends experience terrifying visions that bend reality into her horrific tale. The Gothic limited edition Blu-ray is packed with all-new special features,...
Press Release: From the Vestron Video Collector’s Series, the horror classic Gothic will arrive for the first time on limited edition Blu-ray on January 30 from Lionsgate. Starring Golden Globe® winner Gabriel Byrne (2009, Best Actor, “In Treatment”), Julian Sands, and Natasha Richardson, and from legendary director Ken Russell (Lair of the White Worm), Gothic is the fictional retelling of the night Mary Shelley developed the story of Frankenstein. While under the influence of experimental substances, she and a group of friends experience terrifying visions that bend reality into her horrific tale. The Gothic limited edition Blu-ray is packed with all-new special features,...
- 11/23/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
From the Vestron Video Collector’s Series, the horror classic Gothic will arrive for the first time on limited edition Blu-ray™ on January 30 from Lionsgate. Starring Golden Globe® winner Gabriel Byrne (2009, Best Actor, “In Treatment”), Julian Sands, and Natasha Richardson, and from legendary director Ken Russell (Lair of the White Worm), Gothic is the fictional retelling of the night Mary Shelley developed the story of Frankenstein. While under the influence of experimental substances, she and a group of friends experience terrifying visions that bend reality into her horrific tale. The Gothic limited edition Blu-ray is packed with all-new special features, including audio commentaries, isolated score selections, interviews with the cast and crew, and more, and will be available for the suggested retail price of $39.97.
Five famous friends spend a hallucinogenic evening confronting their fears in a frenzy of shocking lunacy and horrifying visions in this fictional tale, which tells the...
Five famous friends spend a hallucinogenic evening confronting their fears in a frenzy of shocking lunacy and horrifying visions in this fictional tale, which tells the...
- 11/22/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Producer Scott Rudin has reportedly picked up the option for a film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's long-awaited novel "The Buried Giant" which was just published.
The book marks the "Never Let Me Go" and "Remains Of The Day" author's first published work in a decade and is set in a mythologised fifth-century Britain where trolls, ogres, dragons and giants reside.
The story follows an elderly couple who decide to undertake a journey to find the son they have not seen for several years. One problem though, a mysterious mist is enveloping the land, causing amnesia in all its inhabitants.
The author calls it a "neutral environment to explore the idea of collective memory and how societies heal after atrocities by forgetting the past." No word on who will adapt the script, though Ishiguro has familiarity with screenplays as he penned the original script for 2005's "The White Countess".
Source:...
The book marks the "Never Let Me Go" and "Remains Of The Day" author's first published work in a decade and is set in a mythologised fifth-century Britain where trolls, ogres, dragons and giants reside.
The story follows an elderly couple who decide to undertake a journey to find the son they have not seen for several years. One problem though, a mysterious mist is enveloping the land, causing amnesia in all its inhabitants.
The author calls it a "neutral environment to explore the idea of collective memory and how societies heal after atrocities by forgetting the past." No word on who will adapt the script, though Ishiguro has familiarity with screenplays as he penned the original script for 2005's "The White Countess".
Source:...
- 3/9/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Even the star power of Henry Winkler, Alicia Silverstone and hunky Cheyenne Jackson wasn't enough to keep The Performers going, and it will close after just 23 previews and seven performances. The reviews I read this week had been pretty savage.
The Hollywood Reporter says that Liz & Dick is pretty awful, but you have to watch, because it sounds so awful it might be wonderful. "It’s an instant classic of unintentional hilarity. Drinking games were made for movies like this. And the best part is that it gets worse as it goes on, so in the right company with the right beverages, Liz & Dick could be unbearably hilarious toward the tail end of the 90-minute running time. By the time Lohan is playing mid-’80s Taylor and it looks like a lost Saturday Night Live skit, your body may be cramped by convulsions."
Between a killer online fundraiser, and a party last weekend,...
The Hollywood Reporter says that Liz & Dick is pretty awful, but you have to watch, because it sounds so awful it might be wonderful. "It’s an instant classic of unintentional hilarity. Drinking games were made for movies like this. And the best part is that it gets worse as it goes on, so in the right company with the right beverages, Liz & Dick could be unbearably hilarious toward the tail end of the 90-minute running time. By the time Lohan is playing mid-’80s Taylor and it looks like a lost Saturday Night Live skit, your body may be cramped by convulsions."
Between a killer online fundraiser, and a party last weekend,...
- 11/18/2012
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
X-Men fans celebrated the news that director James Mangold continued to round out the cast for the long-simmering sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine in preparation for an August start to production in Australia and Japan. Deadline reported that Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada joined The Wolverine as Shingen, a master swordsman and a yakuza crime boss who disgraced his family by building a criminal empire. Sanada starred in the art-house hits The Twilight Samurai and The White Countess and recently wrapped roles in The Railway Man opposite Colin Firth and 47 Ronin with Keanu Reeves.
- 7/11/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
X-Men fans celebrated the news that director James Mangold continued to round out the cast for the long-simmering sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine in preparation for an August start to production in Australia and Japan. Deadline reported that Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada joined The Wolverine as Shingen, a master swordsman and a yakuza crime boss who disgraced his family by building a criminal empire. Sanada starred in the art-house hits The Twilight Samurai and The White Countess and recently wrapped roles in The Railway Man opposite Colin Firth and 47 Ronin with Keanu Reeves.
- 7/11/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Before the link roundups I wanted to say a fond farewell to British actor John Wood who died at 81 this weekend in his sleep. I'll always remember him as the Bishop of Aquila who was driven to madness and lust by the beauty of the young Michelle Pfeiffer in Ladyhawke (1985). It happens.
Though the Tony winner spent much of his time on stage he also had several screen roles including parts in hits like War Games (1983), critical darlings like Orlando (1993) and The Purple Rose of Cairo (1995) and Oscar favorites like The Madness of King George (1994) and Chocolat (2000). His final feature film was also the final Merchant/Ivory film The White Countess (2005). Rip John Wood.
Socialite Life Harry Shum Jr (Glee) is taking voice lessons. Guess he doesn't wanna wear that "Can't Sing" t-shirt on the show anymore.
Vulture surveys Southern accents in the movies and compares them to the real thing.
Though the Tony winner spent much of his time on stage he also had several screen roles including parts in hits like War Games (1983), critical darlings like Orlando (1993) and The Purple Rose of Cairo (1995) and Oscar favorites like The Madness of King George (1994) and Chocolat (2000). His final feature film was also the final Merchant/Ivory film The White Countess (2005). Rip John Wood.
Socialite Life Harry Shum Jr (Glee) is taking voice lessons. Guess he doesn't wanna wear that "Can't Sing" t-shirt on the show anymore.
Vulture surveys Southern accents in the movies and compares them to the real thing.
- 8/10/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Interview
As one half of the first costuming team I ever noticed as a young movie fanatic, interviewing Jenny Beavan was a special treat. She's currently enjoying her ninth Oscar nomination for her work on The King's Speech. This is her third solo nomination. She and her former partner John Bright costumed the Ishmael Merchant & James Ivory period dramas that I grew up obsessing over: A Room With A View, Howard's End, Maurice and the like. When Jenny and I spoke to discuss her current Oscar run for The King's Speech, however, it was less period drama and more modern comedy. "I'm guessing as to what you're saying" she told me while technical difficulties had us both comically shouting into our phones / computers until the situation was resolved.
We began at the beginning.
Merchant/Ivory is after all, a very good place to start, both for a young film buff...
As one half of the first costuming team I ever noticed as a young movie fanatic, interviewing Jenny Beavan was a special treat. She's currently enjoying her ninth Oscar nomination for her work on The King's Speech. This is her third solo nomination. She and her former partner John Bright costumed the Ishmael Merchant & James Ivory period dramas that I grew up obsessing over: A Room With A View, Howard's End, Maurice and the like. When Jenny and I spoke to discuss her current Oscar run for The King's Speech, however, it was less period drama and more modern comedy. "I'm guessing as to what you're saying" she told me while technical difficulties had us both comically shouting into our phones / computers until the situation was resolved.
We began at the beginning.
Merchant/Ivory is after all, a very good place to start, both for a young film buff...
- 2/16/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Carey Mulligan and Charlotte Rampling seem perfectly cast in the upcoming film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's upsetting novel Never Let Me Go – so why does the trailer give me slight heebie-jeebies?
The demise of Merchant Ivory serves as a reminder just how hard it must be to successfully adapt Kazuo Ishiguro for the big screen. They did a terrific job with The Remains of the Day, and a decent one with The White Countess. But Never Let Me Go presents a trickier proposition. It's not a period piece for a start, although, as with, say, the superficially similar Innocence, or The Village, looks can be deceptive. It's written in language that's spare and raw, even by Ishiguro's standards. It depends on a withheld secret that, by the time the film is actually released, may be common knowledge.
Of course, many of these elements could also prove pluses. As could...
The demise of Merchant Ivory serves as a reminder just how hard it must be to successfully adapt Kazuo Ishiguro for the big screen. They did a terrific job with The Remains of the Day, and a decent one with The White Countess. But Never Let Me Go presents a trickier proposition. It's not a period piece for a start, although, as with, say, the superficially similar Innocence, or The Village, looks can be deceptive. It's written in language that's spare and raw, even by Ishiguro's standards. It depends on a withheld secret that, by the time the film is actually released, may be common knowledge.
Of course, many of these elements could also prove pluses. As could...
- 6/17/2010
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Director James Ivory and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala have a new movie out, The City of Your Final Destination (10 screens), and, no that's not another sequel in the Final Destination horror series. It's about a young professor who is trying to write a biography of a dead author and must travel to Uruguay to get permission from the dead author's wife, brother and mistress. Like almost all the other Ivory films, it's based on a novel. That's just the first of many reasons I have been fighting against Ivory for years.
Ivory and Jhabvala and producer Ismail Merchant, who died in 2005, first teamed up on The Householder (1963), and their partnership continued until The White Countess (2005); the only difference was that The Householder had been based on Jhabvala's own novel, rather than someone else's. At some point in the 1980s, the trio's films came into fashion, coinciding with the first years of the blockbuster era.
Ivory and Jhabvala and producer Ismail Merchant, who died in 2005, first teamed up on The Householder (1963), and their partnership continued until The White Countess (2005); the only difference was that The Householder had been based on Jhabvala's own novel, rather than someone else's. At some point in the 1980s, the trio's films came into fashion, coinciding with the first years of the blockbuster era.
- 5/30/2010
- by Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Cinematical
"I like the whole thing of transforming into other people," Lynn Redgrave told Back Stage's Dany Margolies in 2006, when Redgrave was starring in "The Importance of Being Earnest" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. "I like the search for it. And I like the hours of the day that are spent in some of their company—some more than others. Some characters, I like their company so much that I literally grieve for their loss when I'm done; others not."We will certainly grieve for the loss of this magnificent actor, who died May 2 at the age of 67. She first came to prominence as the daughter of classical stage actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson and as the younger sister of the better-known Vanessa and Corin. Her stage debut was as a member of the ensemble in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at London's Royal Court Theatre. Her first film was "Tom Jones,...
- 5/5/2010
- backstage.com
Very sad news today. The Redgrave acting dynasty has lost another famous and beloved member. Lynn Redgrave was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002 (shortly after this photo to the left was taken). She succumbed yesterday at the age of 67 after a valiant seven year battle. The New York Times featured an amazing photojournal of her treatment process awhile back, photographed intimately by her daughter Annabel Clark in 2003 which you can still see here. Beautiful work.
Our hearts go out to Redgrave family.
Vanessa Redgrave, the eldest sister of the famous family is still with us (thank God) and still churning out amazing work...But Vanessa, one of the great actors of all time, has had a wrenching couple of years losing both siblings (Corin, Lynn & Vanessa's brother died just one month ago) and her daughter who died tragically fourteen months ago.
Though they only shared the big screen once,...
Our hearts go out to Redgrave family.
Vanessa Redgrave, the eldest sister of the famous family is still with us (thank God) and still churning out amazing work...But Vanessa, one of the great actors of all time, has had a wrenching couple of years losing both siblings (Corin, Lynn & Vanessa's brother died just one month ago) and her daughter who died tragically fourteen months ago.
Though they only shared the big screen once,...
- 5/3/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Actor nominated for Oscar in 60s and 90s dies at 67, weeks after brother Corin's death
Actor Lynn Redgrave, the sister of Vanessa Redgrave, has died aged 67 after a lengthy battle with cancer, just one month after the death of her brother Corin.
Her son Ben and daughters Pema and Annabel were at her bedside when she died at her home in Connecticut yesterday, her publicist Rick Miramontez announcedtoday.
In a statement, her children said: "Our beloved mother Lynn Rachel passed away peacefully after a seven-year journey with breast cancer. She lived, loved and worked harder than ever before. The endless memories she created as a mother, grandmother, writer, actor and friend will sustain us for the rest of our lives."
She is the third member of the Redgrave acting dynasty to die in just over a year. Her niece Natasha Richardson, 45, daughter of Vanessa and wife of Irish actor Liam Neeson,...
Actor Lynn Redgrave, the sister of Vanessa Redgrave, has died aged 67 after a lengthy battle with cancer, just one month after the death of her brother Corin.
Her son Ben and daughters Pema and Annabel were at her bedside when she died at her home in Connecticut yesterday, her publicist Rick Miramontez announcedtoday.
In a statement, her children said: "Our beloved mother Lynn Rachel passed away peacefully after a seven-year journey with breast cancer. She lived, loved and worked harder than ever before. The endless memories she created as a mother, grandmother, writer, actor and friend will sustain us for the rest of our lives."
She is the third member of the Redgrave acting dynasty to die in just over a year. Her niece Natasha Richardson, 45, daughter of Vanessa and wife of Irish actor Liam Neeson,...
- 5/3/2010
- by Caroline Davies
- The Guardian - Film News
How's this for an unlikely trajectory: in your late teens, become a Japanese action star, and then, in your late forties, transition into English-language dramas. That's how it's happened for Hiroyuki Sanada, who got his start in Sonny Chiba's action club in Japan but crossed over to Western films with an appearance in 2003's The Last Samurai. Since then, Sanada's worked almost exclusively on American productions, and though he has a few big-budget films under his belt, he's also appeared on Lost (as this season's temple master, Dogen) and in two films directed by James Ivory, The White Countess and this week's The City of Your Final Destination, where he plays the younger lover to Anthony Hopkins.
Sanada called up Movieline last week to chat about the film, what it was like to curl up naked next to the man who played Hannibal Lecter, and the bait-and-switch that happened...
Sanada called up Movieline last week to chat about the film, what it was like to curl up naked next to the man who played Hannibal Lecter, and the bait-and-switch that happened...
- 4/16/2010
- Movieline
Hiroyuki ("Hiro") Sanada has a broad range of credits under his belt but continues to be most identified with martial arts and action-adventure flicks such as "The Last Samurai," "Twilight Samurai," and "Rush Hour 3." On the small screen, he's best known as the mysterious temple master and warrior Dogen in "Lost." But Sanada does not feel restricted by the stereotypic image. Indeed, he views martial arts as a useful skill for an actor, not unlike singing or dancing, strongly believing the more talents he has the more likely he is to get cast. Consider his résumé. He has appeared in musicals and Shakespeare in his native Japan and in London with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He co-starred with Ralph Fiennes in the James Ivory flick "The White Countess" and can now be seen in Ivory's "The City of Your Final Destination," playing Anthony Hopkins' lover. "If I do action-adventure,...
- 4/14/2010
- backstage.com
2009 is almost over and so many magazines and websites have already offered up their best of the year And decade that I'm afraid y'all will get sick of the retrospectives before The Film Experience has chimed on. Remember: the tortoise wins! 2005's top ten list (in its original form) follows. New comments in red.
Public Favorites (Box Office): Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, War of the Worlds, King Kong, Wedding Crashers, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Batman Begins, Madagascar and Mr & Mrs Smith
Oscar Favorites: Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Crash, Good Night and Good Luck and Munich
My Vote For UnderAppreciated: In Her Shoes, Happy Endings and The White Countess
Top Ten Runners Up (11-15): The Squid and the Whale, Match Point, The New World, Junebug and The Beat That My Heart Skipped.
Public Favorites (Box Office): Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, War of the Worlds, King Kong, Wedding Crashers, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Batman Begins, Madagascar and Mr & Mrs Smith
Oscar Favorites: Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Crash, Good Night and Good Luck and Munich
My Vote For UnderAppreciated: In Her Shoes, Happy Endings and The White Countess
Top Ten Runners Up (11-15): The Squid and the Whale, Match Point, The New World, Junebug and The Beat That My Heart Skipped.
- 12/20/2009
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Long Wharf Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Managing Director Ray Cullom, will present the beloved musical The Fantasticks, directed by Amanda Dehnert, from October 7 through November 1, 2009, on the Mainstage.
Press night is Wednesday, October 14 at 7:30 p.m. Curtain times are Tuesdays at 7 p.m., Wednesdays at 2 and 7 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 3p.m. and 8p.m., and Sundays at 2p.m. and 7p.m. Tickets are $30-$70.
"I have loved The Fantasticks since I was a little kid," said Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein. "This will be so much fun for the entire family."
This hit musical with book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt, the longest running Off-Broadway musical in history, tells the story of Luisa and Matt, a pair entering the bloom of their youth. Their fathers, scheming to encourage their budding love, hire...
Press night is Wednesday, October 14 at 7:30 p.m. Curtain times are Tuesdays at 7 p.m., Wednesdays at 2 and 7 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 3p.m. and 8p.m., and Sundays at 2p.m. and 7p.m. Tickets are $30-$70.
"I have loved The Fantasticks since I was a little kid," said Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein. "This will be so much fun for the entire family."
This hit musical with book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt, the longest running Off-Broadway musical in history, tells the story of Luisa and Matt, a pair entering the bloom of their youth. Their fathers, scheming to encourage their budding love, hire...
- 11/1/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
I met Natasha on a mild, foggy night in Shanghai in September 2004. She was there filming and had stopped by a popular restaurant for a late bite with cast and crew. I'd recently taken a year off from my job as a writer at People in Los Angeles to accept a fellowship in China, and happened to be at the same restaurant. A mutual acquaintance introduced us. Only in Shanghai - with its dizzying collision of international culture and commerce - could my day begin in a neighborhood where residents still use chamber pots and end sharing a meal with the dauntingly beautiful Natasha Richardson.
- 3/24/2009
- by Alexis Chiu
- PEOPLE.com
I met Natasha on a mild, foggy night in Shanghai in September 2004. She was there filming and had stopped by a popular restaurant for a late bite with cast and crew. I'd recently taken a year off from my job as a writer at People in Los Angeles to accept a fellowship in China, and happened to be at the same restaurant. A mutual acquaintance introduced us. Only in Shanghai - with its dizzying collision of international culture and commerce - could my day begin in a neighborhood where residents still use chamber pots and end sharing a meal with the dauntingly beautiful Natasha Richardson.
- 3/24/2009
- by Alexis Chiu
- PEOPLE.com
The family of actress Natasha Richardson (The White Countess) officially released the news earlier today. She was declared dead today at the age of 45. What seemed like a minor skiing accident on a practice trail in Quebec (she reportedly walked away from the fall, laughing) quickly morphed into a life ending tragedy. Head trauma and brain injuries are mysterious things and difficult to predict (here's an article with a neurologist theorizing on the matter).
This is a loss to everyone who enjoyed her work and of course especially tragic for her family, one of the most important film and stage families of the past century. Natasha's father, Oscar winning director Tony Richardson (Tom Jones) passed away in 1991 but her mother, the legendary Vanessa Redgrave is still vital and working. Natasha performed with Vanessa just two months ago here in New York City as mother in daughter in Stephen Sondheim's classic A Little Night Music.
This is a loss to everyone who enjoyed her work and of course especially tragic for her family, one of the most important film and stage families of the past century. Natasha's father, Oscar winning director Tony Richardson (Tom Jones) passed away in 1991 but her mother, the legendary Vanessa Redgrave is still vital and working. Natasha performed with Vanessa just two months ago here in New York City as mother in daughter in Stephen Sondheim's classic A Little Night Music.
- 3/20/2009
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Tragically, talented actress Natasha Richardson died on Wednesday at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York after sustaining brain damage in a freak ski accident which took place on Monday. The actress was married to Liam Neeson with whom she had two sons. The daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave, Natasha Richardson was born in London in 1963 and mader her acting debut at the young age of just 4 years old in the film "The Charge of the Light Brigade" which her father Tony Richardson helmed. She was a Tony award winner in 1999 for "Cabaret." Her other film credits include "The Handmaid's Tale" (1990), "Nell" (1994), "The Parent Trap" (1998), "Waking Up in Reno" (2002), "Asylum" (2005), "The White Countess" (2005), "Evening" (2007) and most recently "Wild Child" in 2008 which starred Emma Roberts. She is survived by her husband, children, her sister and actress Joely Richardson and her mother. You will be sorely missed Natasha... ...
- 3/19/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Natasha Richardson has lost her fight for life following a skiing accident on Monday. The actress, best known for roles in The Handmaid's Tale and The White Countess, fell and hurt her head on a ski slope and slipped into a coma shortly afterwards. She leaves behind husband Liam Neeson and two sons.Richardson was the scion of an acting dynasty, the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director Tony Richardson and granddaughter of Sir Michael Redgrave. While such a family pedigree put pressure on the young Natasha, she proved time and again, on stage and on screen, that she had inherited her family's talent. She met Neeson while appearing opposite him on Broadway, and married him in the same year that they filmed Nell together, with Jodie Foster.Our thoughts go out to her family following this sudden and tragic death.
- 3/19/2009
- EmpireOnline
Actress Natasha Richardson.
The telephone is the bane of most interviews. Rarely does it allow the interviewer to connect with his or her subject, resulting in a less-than-stellar conversation fit for reproduction. When Venice Magazine Publisher Nancy Bishop asked me in December of 2005 if I'd do "a phoner" with actress Natasha Richardson, I was a bit surprised at how quickly I jumped at the chance. I had interviewed Richardson's sister Joely just two months before and, like many cinefiles, have had a lifelong fascination and admiration for their parents: the late filmmaker Tony Richardson and actress Vanessa Redgrave. Joely proved a charming, bright and engaging conversationalist during our lunch at The Chateau Marmont, with one of the most fascinating topics of conversation being her sister Natasha, their relationship, and their unconventional, albeit loving, upbringing. Needless to say, my appetite was whetted for more.
Natasha's sons with actor Liam Neeson could...
The telephone is the bane of most interviews. Rarely does it allow the interviewer to connect with his or her subject, resulting in a less-than-stellar conversation fit for reproduction. When Venice Magazine Publisher Nancy Bishop asked me in December of 2005 if I'd do "a phoner" with actress Natasha Richardson, I was a bit surprised at how quickly I jumped at the chance. I had interviewed Richardson's sister Joely just two months before and, like many cinefiles, have had a lifelong fascination and admiration for their parents: the late filmmaker Tony Richardson and actress Vanessa Redgrave. Joely proved a charming, bright and engaging conversationalist during our lunch at The Chateau Marmont, with one of the most fascinating topics of conversation being her sister Natasha, their relationship, and their unconventional, albeit loving, upbringing. Needless to say, my appetite was whetted for more.
Natasha's sons with actor Liam Neeson could...
- 3/19/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Update March 18th Natasha Richardson has officially passed away.
Reports are coming fast and furious and not all of them agree on details but the lovely Natasha Richardson was in a skiing accident Monday. Liam Neeson, her husband, left the set of his latest film to be with her [La Times]. Natasha hasn't been onscreen a lot lately but she triumphed on stage in the revival of Cabaret on Broadway in the 90s (and Sally Bowles isn't an easy part to play, despite the numerous women who took turns filling her shoes when she moved on). Just a few years ago she was radiant and center stage in the underappreciated Merchant/Ivory picture The White Countess (pictured left) opposite Ralph Fiennes. Here's a great fansite.
Let's hope that some of the more ominous reports, some mentioning traumatic brain injuries and death, are incorrect. Official details from her family are expected to emerge soon.
Reports are coming fast and furious and not all of them agree on details but the lovely Natasha Richardson was in a skiing accident Monday. Liam Neeson, her husband, left the set of his latest film to be with her [La Times]. Natasha hasn't been onscreen a lot lately but she triumphed on stage in the revival of Cabaret on Broadway in the 90s (and Sally Bowles isn't an easy part to play, despite the numerous women who took turns filling her shoes when she moved on). Just a few years ago she was radiant and center stage in the underappreciated Merchant/Ivory picture The White Countess (pictured left) opposite Ralph Fiennes. Here's a great fansite.
Let's hope that some of the more ominous reports, some mentioning traumatic brain injuries and death, are incorrect. Official details from her family are expected to emerge soon.
- 3/19/2009
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
- My first thoughts of Natasha Richardson are wrapped up in how much of a spectacle it was to see an adult daughter play alongside legendary actresses in her mother (Vanessa Redgrave) and her aunt (Lynn Redgrave) in James Ivory' The White Countess. Below, I've included some of the pictures she made in the last decade, the actress was splitting her time with the stage as of late. Universal Pictures who have been shifting around with the release date for her last film in the Wild Child will hopefully find a slot for the film this year. For a full capsule on her life I included a link to the New York Times cover story below. Ms. Richardson was an intense and absorbing actress who was unafraid of taking on demanding and emotionally raw roles. Classically trained, she was admired on both sides of the Atlantic for upholding the
- 3/18/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Born in the shadow of her Oscar-winning mother, Vanessa Redgrave, and married for 14 years to Oscar-nominated Irish actor Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson once joked to People, "I've spent half my life trying to get away from being Vanessa Redgrave's daughter, and now I've got to get away from being Liam Neeson's wife." But Richardson - whose family announced her death Wednesday after a ski accident that resulted in severe brain trauma - was far from an also-ran: the smoky-voiced actress carved an impressive niche on stage with her Tony-winning turn as the vampy Sally Bowles in Cabaret and...
- 3/18/2009
- by Eileen Finan
- PEOPLE.com
Born in the shadow of her Oscar-winning mother, Vanessa Redgrave, and married for 14 years to Oscar-nominated Irish actor Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson once joked to People, "I've spent half my life trying to get away from being Vanessa Redgrave's daughter, and now I've got to get away from being Liam Neeson's wife." But Richardson - whose family announced her death Wednesday after a ski accident that resulted in severe brain trauma - was far from an also-ran: the smoky-voiced actress carved an impressive niche on stage with her Tony-winning turn as the vampy Sally Bowles in Cabaret and...
- 3/18/2009
- by Eileen Finan
- PEOPLE.com
NEW DELHI -- The 8th annual International Film Festival Mumbai will be held 23-30 March according to a statement Saturday by organizers, independent body Mumbai Academy of Moving Images. IFFM will showcase 100 films from 38 participating countries with French filmmaker Christophe Barratier"s Chorus opening the festival while Canadian-Indian director Deepa Mehta's Water will be the closing film. Other highlights include late producer Ismail Merchant"s The White Countess directed by James Ivory. IFFM is co-sponsored by Indian broadcaster Zee...
- 3/20/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
- A is for: American Cinema. The year in review has shown us that American Cinema produces a wide range of quality films whether they are by the veterans (Munich Munich), the Independents (Me and You and Everyone we Know), late bloomers (The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada), Outsiders (The New World), Cartoon/Animation (The Corpse Bride). Man, American Cinema is still something to be admired. B is for: Batman Begins. Christopher Nolan made a gallant effort at making us look at the caped crusader in a new, dark and realistic light. I just wish Batman would of smacked Rachel Dawes…what a bitch she was. C is for: Capuano, Antonio. The Neapolitan director had a shining moment this year for two reasons: 1. Capuano had a retrospective of his body of work at the Museum of Modern Art here in New York City. 2. Mario’s War, his new film, is getting great reviews.
- 12/31/2005
- IONCINEMA.com
- Foreign Spotlight: Electric Shadows A love poem to Chinese Cinema. Films that depict the cultural significance of the Cinema are rarely made. Everywhere around the world people watch films and whether we believe it or not, films affect our lives. Movies like Psycho and Jaws instill fear into generations. It is a fact that movies can inspire debate, confusion, disorders, patriotism, crime, among many others things. Electric Shadows is a film that shows how that happens. Now the story in the film may be an extreme situation, but it takes an extreme situation to understand what happens on a smaller scale. This is director Xiao Jiang’s first film - an impressive debut and a good foundation for a career of international success. That alone is enough to support this film. Any filmmaker who embraces their own culture good or bad and aims to show their world with honesty
- 12/17/2005
- IONCINEMA.com
Sidney Lumet and Peter Falk have been named recipients of lifetime achievement awards at the eighth annual Savannah Film Festival. The festival, sponsored by the Savannah College of Art and Design, is scheduled for Oct. 29-Nov. 5. Natasha Richardson, who stars in the upcoming Merchant Ivory film The White Countess, has been tapped to accept the achievement in cinema award. James Franco is being honored for The Ape, a movie he wrote, directed and in which he stars. Buck Henry, who wrote The Graduate and directed Heaven Can Wait, is scheduled to talk about his films. Lumet, the recipient of the Honorary Oscar at this year's Academy Awards and whose latest film, Find Me Guilty, is due out this year, will receive his award during opening-night ceremonies. Falk, who stars in Paul Reiser's The Thing About My Folks, will receive his award Nov. 3.
A galaxy of stars, including Sir Anthony Hopkins and Ralph Fiennes, have paid emotional tributes to veteran movie producer Ismail Merchant, who died from a stomach-related illness Wednesday at the age of 68. Merchant garnered critical acclaim for Oscar-winning period films like Howards End and The Remains Of The Day, which he made with long-term Merchant Ivory partner James Ivory. Hopkins and Fiennes are devastated by the film entrepreneur's death, and credit him with inspiring them to approach movies in a more inventive and passionate way. Hopkins, who starred in Howards End and Remains of the Day, says, "I'm deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Ismail Merchant. He was the one and truly great maverick producer, a law to himself. He could charm the birds out of the trees, which had its very positive side and sometimes he could get you to work for nothing." Fiennes says of his time shooting Merchant's latest movie The White Countess, "Having just finished working with Ismail and James Ivory in Shanghai, I was full of admiration for their passion and commitment to the film we were making. There was no one like him."...
- 5/27/2005
- WENN
Peter Elson's Global Cinema Group has picked up representation at the upcoming Cannes film market of Merchant Ivory's romantic drama The White Countess, starring Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson, as well as Therese Raquin, an adaptation by Charlie Stratton of Neal Bell's stage version of Emile Zola's 19th century novel. Stratton is directing Therese Raquin, which is set to star Joseph Fiennes and Franka Potente. It's in preproduction under the banner of LumarFilm and Liddell Berlanti Prods., due to start shooting in the summer in the Czech Republic.
- 4/30/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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