The nominees list for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Board of Governors has been revealed before its June 6-10 balloting.
The candidates are hoping to fill the open seats on the 54-member board. Up to four candidates are set for the open seat at each each branch, which carries three governors with staggered terms per branch.
Board members who have termed out include Academy president David Rubin (from the casting directors branch), Jan Pascale (production designers), Mark Johnson (producers) and Nancy Utley (PR).
Candidates vying for a seat include actress Marlee Matlin, composer Hans Zimmer, and executive Toby Emmerich.
The slate faces some crucial tests once installed, including selecting a new Academy president and new CEO to replace outgoing Dawn Hudson. The Academy also must overcome perceptions created in a rocky year, with its Will Smith Oscars slap incident and the uproar over what categories would make it into the Oscars broadcast.
The candidates are hoping to fill the open seats on the 54-member board. Up to four candidates are set for the open seat at each each branch, which carries three governors with staggered terms per branch.
Board members who have termed out include Academy president David Rubin (from the casting directors branch), Jan Pascale (production designers), Mark Johnson (producers) and Nancy Utley (PR).
Candidates vying for a seat include actress Marlee Matlin, composer Hans Zimmer, and executive Toby Emmerich.
The slate faces some crucial tests once installed, including selecting a new Academy president and new CEO to replace outgoing Dawn Hudson. The Academy also must overcome perceptions created in a rocky year, with its Will Smith Oscars slap incident and the uproar over what categories would make it into the Oscars broadcast.
- 6/2/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Marcia Nasatir was never someone to be ignored, from her days as a young woman in New York publishing in the ’60s through her run as a top Hollywood production executive and her independent producing years. She set a path for many women to follow, and they did. She knew her worth and demanded equal treatment. She died Tuesday at age 95, after moving into the Motion Picture Home.
Even as a young woman, Nasatir was a forceful personality. Critic Joe Morgenstern first met her through their mutual friend Pauline Kael in the mid-1960s, he wrote in an email, “when Marcia was still a literary agent and before she became a studio executive at United Artists and rose to fill the position, with passion and distinction, that prompted her to use ‘firstmogulette’ as her email address. She knew books and loved them, but movies were her greater love, and as...
Even as a young woman, Nasatir was a forceful personality. Critic Joe Morgenstern first met her through their mutual friend Pauline Kael in the mid-1960s, he wrote in an email, “when Marcia was still a literary agent and before she became a studio executive at United Artists and rose to fill the position, with passion and distinction, that prompted her to use ‘firstmogulette’ as her email address. She knew books and loved them, but movies were her greater love, and as...
- 8/4/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Marcia Nasatir was never someone to be ignored, from her days as a young woman in New York publishing in the ’60s through her run as a top Hollywood production executive and her independent producing years. She set a path for many women to follow, and they did. She knew her worth and demanded equal treatment. She died Tuesday at age 95, after moving into the Motion Picture Home.
Even as a young woman, Nasatir was a forceful personality. Critic Joe Morgenstern first met her through their mutual friend Pauline Kael in the mid-1960s, he wrote in an email, “when Marcia was still a literary agent and before she became a studio executive at United Artists and rose to fill the position, with passion and distinction, that prompted her to use ‘firstmogulette’ as her email address. She knew books and loved them, but movies were her greater love, and as...
Even as a young woman, Nasatir was a forceful personality. Critic Joe Morgenstern first met her through their mutual friend Pauline Kael in the mid-1960s, he wrote in an email, “when Marcia was still a literary agent and before she became a studio executive at United Artists and rose to fill the position, with passion and distinction, that prompted her to use ‘firstmogulette’ as her email address. She knew books and loved them, but movies were her greater love, and as...
- 8/4/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Marcia Nasatir, a film executive producer who shattered barriers as Hollywood’s first VP Production, working on back-to-back Best Picture Oscar winners One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Rocky and many other pics, died Tuesday morning at the Motion Picture & Television Fund hospital in Woodland Hills, CA. She was 95.
No cause of death was reported.
Nasatir was working as a lit agent in the mid-1970s when she joined United Artists as a story editor. She was named VP West Coast Development, working with SVP Production Mike Medavoy. Along with Best Picture winners Rocky and Cuckoo’s Nest, UA also produced such classics of the era as Brian De Palma’s Carrie and Robert Redford’s Three Days of the Condor.
After serving in executive positions with Carson Films and 20th Century Fox, Nasatir relocated to New York in 1983. After executive producing The Big Chill, she formed Marcia Nasatir Productions...
No cause of death was reported.
Nasatir was working as a lit agent in the mid-1970s when she joined United Artists as a story editor. She was named VP West Coast Development, working with SVP Production Mike Medavoy. Along with Best Picture winners Rocky and Cuckoo’s Nest, UA also produced such classics of the era as Brian De Palma’s Carrie and Robert Redford’s Three Days of the Condor.
After serving in executive positions with Carson Films and 20th Century Fox, Nasatir relocated to New York in 1983. After executive producing The Big Chill, she formed Marcia Nasatir Productions...
- 8/3/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Marcia Nasatir, a trailblazing female executive and producer who elbowed her way into a male-dominated Hollywood, shattering conventions and an important glass ceiling in the process, died on Tuesday morning. She was 95.
In a career of firsts, Nasatir worked for United Artists, Orion Pictures and Carson Productions, while producing the likes of “The Big Chill” and “Vertical Limit.” In 1974, she became the first female vice president of production at a major Hollywood studio when she was tapped for the job at U.A. It was a heady time to be at the studio, which had developed a reputation for backing edgy, filmmaker-friendly fare. In her post, Nasatir helped develop such movie classics as “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Carrie,” “Apocalypse Now” and “Rocky.”
“It was called ‘having a career’ back then, not ‘going to work,'” Nasatir said in a 2018 interview with the San Antonio Current. “I was fortunate.
In a career of firsts, Nasatir worked for United Artists, Orion Pictures and Carson Productions, while producing the likes of “The Big Chill” and “Vertical Limit.” In 1974, she became the first female vice president of production at a major Hollywood studio when she was tapped for the job at U.A. It was a heady time to be at the studio, which had developed a reputation for backing edgy, filmmaker-friendly fare. In her post, Nasatir helped develop such movie classics as “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Carrie,” “Apocalypse Now” and “Rocky.”
“It was called ‘having a career’ back then, not ‘going to work,'” Nasatir said in a 2018 interview with the San Antonio Current. “I was fortunate.
- 8/3/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Marcia Nasatir, the pathbreaking studio executive and producer, died on Tuesday at the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Country House and Hospital, according to an individual with knowledge. Nasatir was 95.
Nasatir broke the glass ceiling and became the first female vice president of production at United Artists in the 1970s. She worked on box office hits like “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Rocky,” “Coming Home,” “Three Days of the Condor,” “Carrie” and “F.I.S.T.” She also worked at Orion Pictures and Johnny Carson’s production company before branching out as an independent producer.
In 1974, Nasatir was a literary agent with an impressive client roster that included top screenwriters like William Goldman, Robert Towne, Lorenzo Semple Jr. and director Sydney Pollack. Nasatir then got a call from Mike Medavoy, then the senior VP of production at United Artists, who offered Nasatir a story editor job. She agreed to take the job...
Nasatir broke the glass ceiling and became the first female vice president of production at United Artists in the 1970s. She worked on box office hits like “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Rocky,” “Coming Home,” “Three Days of the Condor,” “Carrie” and “F.I.S.T.” She also worked at Orion Pictures and Johnny Carson’s production company before branching out as an independent producer.
In 1974, Nasatir was a literary agent with an impressive client roster that included top screenwriters like William Goldman, Robert Towne, Lorenzo Semple Jr. and director Sydney Pollack. Nasatir then got a call from Mike Medavoy, then the senior VP of production at United Artists, who offered Nasatir a story editor job. She agreed to take the job...
- 8/3/2021
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
By Todd Garbarini
The 1970’s were a time of much spookiness and speculation in this country. Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO’s), a publicity-shy Plesiosaur called Nessie steaking out the Scottish Highlands, Sasquatch “sightings”, ghosts, satanic cults, witchcraft, and the threat of nuclear catastrophe highlighted the newspapers when Vietnam, Richard Nixon and Watergate weren’t. Between 1977 and 1982, Leonard Nimoy’s narration provided the basis for nearly 150 speculative and generally outright creepy episodes of In Search Of…Similarly-themed television specials were even categorized by TV Guide as “speculation” in their genre listings. I even recall a scenario in 1979 that was reported in a local newspaper concerning the discovery of ribcages and bowls of blood at a nearby campground. Yikes!
May 1970 saw the release of Hal Lindsey and Carole C. Carlson’s book The Late Great Planet Earth, a grimly-titled caveat in eschatological terms detailing the end of the world and destruction to...
The 1970’s were a time of much spookiness and speculation in this country. Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO’s), a publicity-shy Plesiosaur called Nessie steaking out the Scottish Highlands, Sasquatch “sightings”, ghosts, satanic cults, witchcraft, and the threat of nuclear catastrophe highlighted the newspapers when Vietnam, Richard Nixon and Watergate weren’t. Between 1977 and 1982, Leonard Nimoy’s narration provided the basis for nearly 150 speculative and generally outright creepy episodes of In Search Of…Similarly-themed television specials were even categorized by TV Guide as “speculation” in their genre listings. I even recall a scenario in 1979 that was reported in a local newspaper concerning the discovery of ribcages and bowls of blood at a nearby campground. Yikes!
May 1970 saw the release of Hal Lindsey and Carole C. Carlson’s book The Late Great Planet Earth, a grimly-titled caveat in eschatological terms detailing the end of the world and destruction to...
- 1/28/2019
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Sneak Peek footage/images from director Anne Goursaud's restored 1995 horror feature "Embrace Of The Vampire", starring Alyssa Milano, available on Blu-ray from Anchor Bay Entertainment, alongside the new "Embrace Of The Vampire" reboot, also available on Blu-ray.
Goursaud's original feature stars Milano, Martin Kemp, Jennifer Tilly and Charlotte Lewis:
"...'Charlotte' (Milano) is a beautiful college freshman nearing her 18th birthday. Charlotte's boyfriend 'Chris' would like to take their relationship to the next level, but Charlotte isn't sure if she's ready.
"She then finds herself aggressively pursued by a mysterious new suitor. What Charlotte doesn't know is that she's the reincarnation of a 'Transylvanian' princess ... "
The other "Embrace of the Vampire", available from Anchor Bay Films in a Blu-ray and DVD combo pack stars Sharon Hinnendael, Victor Webster, C.C. Sheffield, Tiio Horn and Robert Moloney:
"...'Charlotte' (Hinnendale) is a timid and sheltered teen who has just left an...
Goursaud's original feature stars Milano, Martin Kemp, Jennifer Tilly and Charlotte Lewis:
"...'Charlotte' (Milano) is a beautiful college freshman nearing her 18th birthday. Charlotte's boyfriend 'Chris' would like to take their relationship to the next level, but Charlotte isn't sure if she's ready.
"She then finds herself aggressively pursued by a mysterious new suitor. What Charlotte doesn't know is that she's the reincarnation of a 'Transylvanian' princess ... "
The other "Embrace of the Vampire", available from Anchor Bay Films in a Blu-ray and DVD combo pack stars Sharon Hinnendael, Victor Webster, C.C. Sheffield, Tiio Horn and Robert Moloney:
"...'Charlotte' (Hinnendale) is a timid and sheltered teen who has just left an...
- 10/30/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
The Whitewater Roundtable strives to facilitate community-building within the independent film industry. Through a series of face-to-face, lunch-time discussions addressing the art and craft of filmmaking, industry professionals share the freshest information on a wide spectrum of topics.
Their most recent panel featured a lively discussion on the art and commerce of short films, presented in conjunction with the Hollyshorts Film Festival. Other Roundtables, featured in The Hollywood Reporter , The Huffington Post , The Wrap and Film Closings , have addressed: how to successfully market indie films in the post-print media era, the interplay of image and music, piracy and its effect on independent films, the rise of Transmedia, the impact casting continues to have on foreign pre-sales and domestic deals, and much more. Check out highlights from the State of Independent Film roundtable on Ondi Timoner's a Total Disruption.
The Whitewater Roundtable is moderated by a professional member of the press, previously Jeremy Kay of Screen International and our very own Dana Harris of Indiewire, and guests are encouraged to participate in the discussions that follow a lunch hosted by Rick Rosenthal and the team at Whitewater Films.
A special 5th Year Anniversary Whitewater Film Roundtable titled "#Tbt - Whitewater Films Roundtable - 5 Years Later How has Independent Film Changed," featuring the original panelists from the very first Whitewater Films Roundtable will take place on April 30, 2015 from 1- 3pm in the courtyard at Whitewater Films, 2013 Beloit Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90025.
You can RSVP to rsvp@whitewaterfilms.com
Previous panelists have included:
Lynette Howell / Silverwood Films Liesl Copland / Wme Nadine DeBarros / Voltage Pictures Austin Wintory / Composer Anne Goursaud / Editor iZLER / Composer Jordan Passman / scoreAscore Jay Fernandez / Hollywood Reporter (moderator) Sharon Waxman / The Wrap (moderator) Jeremy Kay / Screen International (moderator) Sara Vizcarrondo / Boxoffice Magazine (moderator) Dana Harris / Indiewire (Moderator) Nancy Collet / Cinema Collet Eric d'Aberloff / Roadside Attractions Naomi Despres / Producer Tom Clary / Scoundrel FX Michael Cioni / Lightiron Digital David Cole / LaserPacific Sylvia Desrochers / Big Time PR Harris Done / Writer, director, cameraman Jacob Aaron Estes / Filmmaker And many more.....
Their most recent panel featured a lively discussion on the art and commerce of short films, presented in conjunction with the Hollyshorts Film Festival. Other Roundtables, featured in The Hollywood Reporter , The Huffington Post , The Wrap and Film Closings , have addressed: how to successfully market indie films in the post-print media era, the interplay of image and music, piracy and its effect on independent films, the rise of Transmedia, the impact casting continues to have on foreign pre-sales and domestic deals, and much more. Check out highlights from the State of Independent Film roundtable on Ondi Timoner's a Total Disruption.
The Whitewater Roundtable is moderated by a professional member of the press, previously Jeremy Kay of Screen International and our very own Dana Harris of Indiewire, and guests are encouraged to participate in the discussions that follow a lunch hosted by Rick Rosenthal and the team at Whitewater Films.
A special 5th Year Anniversary Whitewater Film Roundtable titled "#Tbt - Whitewater Films Roundtable - 5 Years Later How has Independent Film Changed," featuring the original panelists from the very first Whitewater Films Roundtable will take place on April 30, 2015 from 1- 3pm in the courtyard at Whitewater Films, 2013 Beloit Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90025.
You can RSVP to rsvp@whitewaterfilms.com
Previous panelists have included:
Lynette Howell / Silverwood Films Liesl Copland / Wme Nadine DeBarros / Voltage Pictures Austin Wintory / Composer Anne Goursaud / Editor iZLER / Composer Jordan Passman / scoreAscore Jay Fernandez / Hollywood Reporter (moderator) Sharon Waxman / The Wrap (moderator) Jeremy Kay / Screen International (moderator) Sara Vizcarrondo / Boxoffice Magazine (moderator) Dana Harris / Indiewire (Moderator) Nancy Collet / Cinema Collet Eric d'Aberloff / Roadside Attractions Naomi Despres / Producer Tom Clary / Scoundrel FX Michael Cioni / Lightiron Digital David Cole / LaserPacific Sylvia Desrochers / Big Time PR Harris Done / Writer, director, cameraman Jacob Aaron Estes / Filmmaker And many more.....
- 4/22/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The Women in Film Foundation has named recipients of the 29th annual Film Finishing Fund grant, chosen from over one hundred feature-length narrative films, docs and shorts from around the world. Co-chairs are "Words and Pictures" producer Nancy Rae Stone and AFI Associate Dean of Production Betsy Pollock. Narrative Feature Film "I am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced" - Khadija Alsalami, Director/Producer Documentary Films "Tyrus Wong: Brushstrokes in Hollywood" - Pamela Tom, Director/Writer/Producer "Journey to Normal: Women of War Come Home" - Julia Hera DeStefano, Director "The Mask You Live In" - Jessica Anthony, Producer "Hardy" - Natasha Verma, Director "Children of Giant" - Evelyn Galan, Producer "A Classy Broad" - Anne Goursaud, Director/Producer/Editor "Driving with Selvi" - Elisa Paloschi, Director Experimental Short Film "Zoetrope" -...
- 11/14/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Sneak Peek footage and images from director Anne Goursaud's restored 1995 horror feature "Embrace Of The Vampire", starring Alyssa Milano, available on Blu-ray from Anchor Bay Entertainment.
The film was released alongside the new "Embrace Of The Vampire" reboot, also available on Blu-ray.
Goursaud's original feature stars Milano, Martin Kemp, Jennifer Tilly and Charlotte Lewis:
"...'Charlotte' (Milano) is a beautiful college freshman nearing her 18th birthday.
"Charlotte's boyfriend 'Chris' would like to take their relationship to the next level, but Charlotte isn't sure if she's ready.
"Meanwhile, Charlotte finds herself aggressively pursued by a mysterious new suitor (Kemp). What Charlotte doesn't know is that she's the reincarnation of a Transylvanian princess ... "
Bessai's "Embrace of the Vampire", available from Anchor Bay Films in a Blu-ray and DVD combo pack October 15, 2013, stars Sharon Hinnendael, Victor Webster, C.C. Sheffield, Tiio Horn and Robert Moloney:
"...'Charlotte' (Hinnendale) is a timid and sheltered...
The film was released alongside the new "Embrace Of The Vampire" reboot, also available on Blu-ray.
Goursaud's original feature stars Milano, Martin Kemp, Jennifer Tilly and Charlotte Lewis:
"...'Charlotte' (Milano) is a beautiful college freshman nearing her 18th birthday.
"Charlotte's boyfriend 'Chris' would like to take their relationship to the next level, but Charlotte isn't sure if she's ready.
"Meanwhile, Charlotte finds herself aggressively pursued by a mysterious new suitor (Kemp). What Charlotte doesn't know is that she's the reincarnation of a Transylvanian princess ... "
Bessai's "Embrace of the Vampire", available from Anchor Bay Films in a Blu-ray and DVD combo pack October 15, 2013, stars Sharon Hinnendael, Victor Webster, C.C. Sheffield, Tiio Horn and Robert Moloney:
"...'Charlotte' (Hinnendale) is a timid and sheltered...
- 7/13/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Sneak Peek footage and images from director Anne Goursaud's restored 1995 horror feature "Embrace Of The Vampire", starring Alyssa Milano, now available for the first time on Blu-ray from Anchor Bay Entertainment.
The film was released alongside director the new "Embrace Of The Vampire" update, also available on Blu-ray.
Goursaud's original feature stars Milano, Martin Kemp, Jennifer Tilly and Charlotte Lewis:
"...'Charlotte' (Milano) is a beautiful college freshman nearing her 18th birthday.
"Charlotte's boyfriend 'Chris' would like to take their relationship to the next level, but Charlotte isn't sure if she's ready.
"Meanwhile, Charlotte finds herself aggressively pursued by a mysterious new suitor (Kemp). What Charlotte doesn't know is that she's the reincarnation of a Transylvanian princess ... "
Bessai's "Embrace of the Vampire", available from Anchor Bay Films in a Blu-ray and DVD combo pack October 15, 2013, stars Sharon Hinnendael, Victor Webster, C.C. Sheffield, Tiio Horn and Robert Moloney:
"...'Charlotte'...
The film was released alongside director the new "Embrace Of The Vampire" update, also available on Blu-ray.
Goursaud's original feature stars Milano, Martin Kemp, Jennifer Tilly and Charlotte Lewis:
"...'Charlotte' (Milano) is a beautiful college freshman nearing her 18th birthday.
"Charlotte's boyfriend 'Chris' would like to take their relationship to the next level, but Charlotte isn't sure if she's ready.
"Meanwhile, Charlotte finds herself aggressively pursued by a mysterious new suitor (Kemp). What Charlotte doesn't know is that she's the reincarnation of a Transylvanian princess ... "
Bessai's "Embrace of the Vampire", available from Anchor Bay Films in a Blu-ray and DVD combo pack October 15, 2013, stars Sharon Hinnendael, Victor Webster, C.C. Sheffield, Tiio Horn and Robert Moloney:
"...'Charlotte'...
- 4/14/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Take another look @ footage and revealing images from director Anne Goursaud's restored 1995 horror feature "Embrace Of The Vampire", starring Alyssa Milano, available on Blu-ray from Anchor Bay Entertainment.
The film was released alongside director Carl Bessai's 2013 "Embrace Of The Vampire" update, also available on Blu-ray.
Goursaud's original feature stars Milano, Martin Kemp, Jennifer Tilly and Charlotte Lewis:
"...'Charlotte' (Milano) is a beautiful college freshman nearing her 18th birthday.
"Charlotte's boyfriend 'Chris' would like to take their relationship to the next level, but Charlotte isn't sure if she's ready.
"Meanwhile, Charlotte finds herself aggressively pursued by a mysterious new suitor (Kemp). What Charlotte doesn't know is that she's the reincarnation of a Transylvanian princess ... "
Bessai's "Embrace of the Vampire", available from Anchor Bay Films in a Blu-ray and DVD combo pack October 15, 2013, stars Sharon Hinnendael, Victor Webster, C.C. Sheffield, Tiio Horn and Robert Moloney:
"...'Charlotte' (Hinnendale) is...
The film was released alongside director Carl Bessai's 2013 "Embrace Of The Vampire" update, also available on Blu-ray.
Goursaud's original feature stars Milano, Martin Kemp, Jennifer Tilly and Charlotte Lewis:
"...'Charlotte' (Milano) is a beautiful college freshman nearing her 18th birthday.
"Charlotte's boyfriend 'Chris' would like to take their relationship to the next level, but Charlotte isn't sure if she's ready.
"Meanwhile, Charlotte finds herself aggressively pursued by a mysterious new suitor (Kemp). What Charlotte doesn't know is that she's the reincarnation of a Transylvanian princess ... "
Bessai's "Embrace of the Vampire", available from Anchor Bay Films in a Blu-ray and DVD combo pack October 15, 2013, stars Sharon Hinnendael, Victor Webster, C.C. Sheffield, Tiio Horn and Robert Moloney:
"...'Charlotte' (Hinnendale) is...
- 2/13/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Sneak Peek footage and images from director Anne Goursaud's restored 1995 horror feature "Embrace Of The Vampire", starring Alyssa Milano, now available for the first time on Blu-ray from Anchor Bay Entertainment.
The film will be released alongside director Carl Bessai's 2013 "Embrace Of The Vampire" update, also available on Blu-ray, October 15, 2013 :
Goursaud's original feature stars Milano, Martin Kemp, Jennifer Tilly and Charlotte Lewis:
"...'Charlotte' (Milano) is a beautiful college freshman nearing her 18th birthday.
"Charlotte's boyfriend 'Chris' would like to take their relationship to the next level, but Charlotte isn't sure if she's ready.
"Meanwhile, Charlotte finds herself aggressively pursued by a mysterious new suitor (Kemp). What Charlotte doesn't know is that she's the reincarnation of a Transylvanian princess ... "
Bessai's "Embrace of the Vampire", available from Anchor Bay Films in a Blu-ray and DVD combo pack October 15, 2013, stars Sharon Hinnendael, Victor Webster, C.C. Sheffield, Tiio Horn and...
The film will be released alongside director Carl Bessai's 2013 "Embrace Of The Vampire" update, also available on Blu-ray, October 15, 2013 :
Goursaud's original feature stars Milano, Martin Kemp, Jennifer Tilly and Charlotte Lewis:
"...'Charlotte' (Milano) is a beautiful college freshman nearing her 18th birthday.
"Charlotte's boyfriend 'Chris' would like to take their relationship to the next level, but Charlotte isn't sure if she's ready.
"Meanwhile, Charlotte finds herself aggressively pursued by a mysterious new suitor (Kemp). What Charlotte doesn't know is that she's the reincarnation of a Transylvanian princess ... "
Bessai's "Embrace of the Vampire", available from Anchor Bay Films in a Blu-ray and DVD combo pack October 15, 2013, stars Sharon Hinnendael, Victor Webster, C.C. Sheffield, Tiio Horn and...
- 10/12/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
According to actor/producer Christa Campbell ('Drive Angry', 'Spiders') her latest project 'Embrace of a Vampire' is set to hit VOD, DVD and Blu-ray on 15 October. The new remake of the 1995 sexually charged horror from Anne Goursaud, which starred ex-'Eastender' Martin Kemp and the gorgeous Alyssa Milano, will be released by Anchor Bay this October across said platforms. The sexy Sharon Hinnendael -below ('Rites of Passage') takes on Milano's role as Charlotte this time but there's little known about the supporting cast at this stage. Hopefully Anchor Bay will reveal a little more about the Vancouver shot project including some proper artwork in due time....
- 8/9/2013
- Horror Asylum
I doubt the failure of another remake will end Hollywood's continual pirating of previous films. But we can hope that studios will look at the probable diminished returns of the upcoming Embrace of the Vampire remake and realize a film's cult status isn't linked to the amount of gore and nudity on the screen.
Well, that's not necessarily true for Embrace of the Vampire, because the nudity in that film was a selling point — but it wasn't the just the nudity, as plenty of direct-to-vhs movies of the '90s contained copious amounts of that. The main reason Embrace generated sales of $15 million upon hitting the video market is that it starred a 23-year-old Alyssa Milano.
Milano's career took off at the age of 10, when she starred opposite Tony Danza in the oddly successful sitcom Who's the Boss? Growing up on television and donning the teen idol mantle can lead...
Well, that's not necessarily true for Embrace of the Vampire, because the nudity in that film was a selling point — but it wasn't the just the nudity, as plenty of direct-to-vhs movies of the '90s contained copious amounts of that. The main reason Embrace generated sales of $15 million upon hitting the video market is that it starred a 23-year-old Alyssa Milano.
Milano's career took off at the age of 10, when she starred opposite Tony Danza in the oddly successful sitcom Who's the Boss? Growing up on television and donning the teen idol mantle can lead...
- 7/3/2012
- by Chris McMillan
- Planet Fury
Dread Central reports that a remake is in the works for Embrace Of The Vampire, the cult hit screencaps of a topless Alyssa Milano that also come from a movie or something. CineTel Films—producers of that recent, execrable update of the similarly exploitative I Spit On Your Grave—have reportedly begun developing a “modern spin” on Anne Goursaud’s 1995 story of a chaste college girl who escapes into erotic fantasies involving a brooding vampire, fantasies that involve repeatedly taking off her top so that everyone forgets she starred in those “Teen Steam” videos and is a woman now ...
- 3/27/2012
- avclub.com
1995's Embrace of the Vampire is not a very good movie, but it is famous for one thing (or should we say two things?) - it exposed Alyssa Milano's rack to the entire world for the first time. Hell, that's a good enough reason for a remake, no?
Word has come in that CineTel Films, the company behind the remake of I Spit on Your Grave, is in pre-production on yet another reboot - Embrace of the Vampire, a modern spin on Anne Goursaud's 1995 flick which starred the aforementioned very nude Alyssa Milano.
There's no word on a director or cast just yet, but one has to wonder, will this flick's selling point be the exposure of another famous chick? If so, who do you want to lecherously ogle?
Synopsis
Charlotte is a timid and sheltered girl trying to forget her past. But she'll soon discover that her...
Word has come in that CineTel Films, the company behind the remake of I Spit on Your Grave, is in pre-production on yet another reboot - Embrace of the Vampire, a modern spin on Anne Goursaud's 1995 flick which starred the aforementioned very nude Alyssa Milano.
There's no word on a director or cast just yet, but one has to wonder, will this flick's selling point be the exposure of another famous chick? If so, who do you want to lecherously ogle?
Synopsis
Charlotte is a timid and sheltered girl trying to forget her past. But she'll soon discover that her...
- 3/27/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Idlewild is an entertaining mess. It blends together musical styles and dances, historical periods with howling anachronisms, coy, almost childish gimmicks with R-rated sex and violence and The Cotton Club with Six Feet Under. Think of it as a 1930s remix. The movie has a "let's put on a show" casualness, yet choreography and music can't be slicker. But an entertaining mess is still a mess.
Fans of OutKast probably won't care. The film stars Antwan A. Patton and Andre Benjamin, aka Big Boi and Andre 3000 of OutKast, who also serve as music supervisors. The film's writer-director is Bryan Barber, OutKast's frequent music-video director. This oddball concoction has sat on a shelf for nearly two years while Universal figured out how to sell it. Idlewild may just sell itself thanks to the stars and a hot soundtrack. But it won't satisfy sticklers for historical correctness. For instance, how do you feel about 1930s hip-hop?
The story revolves around a nightclub/whorehouse in Idlewild, Ga., circa 1935 whimsically called Church. Club manager Rooster (Patton) must confront a vicious gangster (Terrence Howard) who controls the flow of liquor to the club, while keeping girlfriends out of sight of his rightly suspicious wife Zora (Malinda Williams).
Rooster's childhood buddy Percival (Benjamin), a mortician by trade, plays piano at the club. He gets drawn out of his shell by the otherworldly beauty of the club's new and mysterious singer Angel (Paula Patton), forcing him to choose between her and his domineering father (Ben Vereen).
The filmmakers focus on the music as much as possible. Indeed most of the contrived plot makes little sense. Nor does the film make any attempt to examine how black culture existed and flourished in the Jim Crow South. This is a period piece with no period; all sense of history is banished.
The film is overloaded with cutesy gimmicks such as a flask that talks back to its owner, music sheets whose notes act as cartoon characters and a scene in which the mortician sings to an exquisite female corpse. Yes, he does.
The movie prides itself on a "retro-modern" look and sound. Its dances are a freestyle fusion of swing, hip-hop and break dance. The music jumps off from the R&B stylings of Cab Calloway and Bessie Smith to contemporary urban sounds. In other words, everything in the movie is subservient to the fact its soundtrack is an OutKast album.
At least Benjamin and Patton don't Take That approach as actors. They play genuine characters with shadings and nuances. The big news, performance-wise, is Paula Patton, reminding you somewhat of a young Whitney Houston, whose lovely voice is equaled by her beauty. Vereen is fine as the troubled father. Howard, of course, is smooth as silk as the sadistic villain. Making much too brief appearances are Macy Gray, Cicely Tyson and Patti LaBelle.
Barber oversees top-notch contributions from a behind-the-camera team that includes Pascal Rabaud's gymnastic camera work, Hinton Battle's eye-catching choreography, Shawn Barton's colorful costumes and Anne Goursaud's rhythmic editing.
IDLEWILD
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures and HBO Films present a Mosaic Media Group/Forensic Films production
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Bryan Barber
Producers: Charles Roven, Robert Guralnick
Executive producers: William Green, Robin O'Hara, Scott Macaulay
Director of photography: Pascal Rabaud
Production designer: Charles Breen
Music: John Debney
Costumes: Shawn Barton
Editor: Anne Goursaud
Cast:
Percival: Andre Benjamin
Rooster: Antwan A. Patton
Angel: Paula Patton
Trumpy: Terrence Howard
Ace: Faizon Love
Zora: Malinda Williams
Mother Hopkins: Cicely Tyson
Taffy: Macy Gray
Percy Senior: Ben Vereen
MPAA rating R
Running time -- 121 minutes...
Fans of OutKast probably won't care. The film stars Antwan A. Patton and Andre Benjamin, aka Big Boi and Andre 3000 of OutKast, who also serve as music supervisors. The film's writer-director is Bryan Barber, OutKast's frequent music-video director. This oddball concoction has sat on a shelf for nearly two years while Universal figured out how to sell it. Idlewild may just sell itself thanks to the stars and a hot soundtrack. But it won't satisfy sticklers for historical correctness. For instance, how do you feel about 1930s hip-hop?
The story revolves around a nightclub/whorehouse in Idlewild, Ga., circa 1935 whimsically called Church. Club manager Rooster (Patton) must confront a vicious gangster (Terrence Howard) who controls the flow of liquor to the club, while keeping girlfriends out of sight of his rightly suspicious wife Zora (Malinda Williams).
Rooster's childhood buddy Percival (Benjamin), a mortician by trade, plays piano at the club. He gets drawn out of his shell by the otherworldly beauty of the club's new and mysterious singer Angel (Paula Patton), forcing him to choose between her and his domineering father (Ben Vereen).
The filmmakers focus on the music as much as possible. Indeed most of the contrived plot makes little sense. Nor does the film make any attempt to examine how black culture existed and flourished in the Jim Crow South. This is a period piece with no period; all sense of history is banished.
The film is overloaded with cutesy gimmicks such as a flask that talks back to its owner, music sheets whose notes act as cartoon characters and a scene in which the mortician sings to an exquisite female corpse. Yes, he does.
The movie prides itself on a "retro-modern" look and sound. Its dances are a freestyle fusion of swing, hip-hop and break dance. The music jumps off from the R&B stylings of Cab Calloway and Bessie Smith to contemporary urban sounds. In other words, everything in the movie is subservient to the fact its soundtrack is an OutKast album.
At least Benjamin and Patton don't Take That approach as actors. They play genuine characters with shadings and nuances. The big news, performance-wise, is Paula Patton, reminding you somewhat of a young Whitney Houston, whose lovely voice is equaled by her beauty. Vereen is fine as the troubled father. Howard, of course, is smooth as silk as the sadistic villain. Making much too brief appearances are Macy Gray, Cicely Tyson and Patti LaBelle.
Barber oversees top-notch contributions from a behind-the-camera team that includes Pascal Rabaud's gymnastic camera work, Hinton Battle's eye-catching choreography, Shawn Barton's colorful costumes and Anne Goursaud's rhythmic editing.
IDLEWILD
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures and HBO Films present a Mosaic Media Group/Forensic Films production
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Bryan Barber
Producers: Charles Roven, Robert Guralnick
Executive producers: William Green, Robin O'Hara, Scott Macaulay
Director of photography: Pascal Rabaud
Production designer: Charles Breen
Music: John Debney
Costumes: Shawn Barton
Editor: Anne Goursaud
Cast:
Percival: Andre Benjamin
Rooster: Antwan A. Patton
Angel: Paula Patton
Trumpy: Terrence Howard
Ace: Faizon Love
Zora: Malinda Williams
Mother Hopkins: Cicely Tyson
Taffy: Macy Gray
Percy Senior: Ben Vereen
MPAA rating R
Running time -- 121 minutes...
- 8/20/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In this lazily titled sequel, Mickey Rourke returns for more sexual fun and games, but Kim Basinger had better things to do. In her place is Angie Everhart, who shows an equal willingness to get down and dirty.
This cynical effort, for which theatrical prospects are dim, was recently showcased at the Montreal World Film Festival, where it provided a trashy respite from the more serious international cinema on display.
Actually, "Another 91Ú2 Weeks," directed by longtime film editor Anne Goursaud ("Ironweed", "Bram Stoker's Dracula"), isn't nearly the trashy fun it should have been. Michael Davis' screenplay is solemn and lugubrious, and the entire enterprise has an air of pretentiousness. Even worse, it isn't for one minute remotely sexy.
Rourke reprises his role as John, the businessman who, for all his success, seems to have unlimited free time. He spends most of it here pining away for Elizabeth, Basinger's character in the 1986 film, whose abandonment has apparently affected him so deeply that he is reduced to mechanical sex with prostitutes.
He decides to flee to Paris, where an auction of Elizabeth's artwork is taking place. There, he meets her beautiful assistant Lea (Everhart). John is desperate to find out Elizabeth's whereabouts, but, as anyone who has watched the credits can predict, she cannot be found. Instead, he and Lea begin a cat-and-mouse game in which John learns to once again express his dominant side.
The dialogue is filled with howlers -- "You're American, you should know better," John is advised at one point after a particularly graphic display of affection at a museum -- and the sex scenes don't resemble physical coupling so much as interpretive dance. John and Lea don't bother to make love in a comfortable apartment if there's a convenient highway underpass handy.
Like the original, the sex scenes become increasingly messy with hot wax, various food substances, etc.; no doubt they're saving tar and feathers for the next installment.
The film at least offers a stunning pictorial travelogue of Paris and an entertaining performance by Steven Berkoff, clearly in need of a paycheck, as a flamboyant fashion designer.
The two leads are another problem. Everhart offers beauty but a wooden presence, while Rourke, so charismatic in the first film, is a sad case indeed. It's not pleasant to comment on a performer's physical appearance, but here it's unavoidable; the actor's face is alarmingly changed, completely devoid of expression and puffed up nearly beyond recognition. Whatever the cause, it has the effect of making the character's supposed sexual magnetism less than credible.
ANOTHER 91Ú2 WEEKS
MDP Worldwide
Director-editor Anne Goursaud
Screenplay Michael Davis
Producers Staffan Ahrenberg, Yannick Bernard
Executive producer Don Carmody
Cinematography Robert Alazraki
Music Steven W. Parsons
Color/stereo
Cast:
John Mickey Rourke
Lea Angie Everhart
Veronique Agathe de la Fontaine
Vittorio Steven Berkoff
Running time -- 105 minutes
No MPAA rating...
This cynical effort, for which theatrical prospects are dim, was recently showcased at the Montreal World Film Festival, where it provided a trashy respite from the more serious international cinema on display.
Actually, "Another 91Ú2 Weeks," directed by longtime film editor Anne Goursaud ("Ironweed", "Bram Stoker's Dracula"), isn't nearly the trashy fun it should have been. Michael Davis' screenplay is solemn and lugubrious, and the entire enterprise has an air of pretentiousness. Even worse, it isn't for one minute remotely sexy.
Rourke reprises his role as John, the businessman who, for all his success, seems to have unlimited free time. He spends most of it here pining away for Elizabeth, Basinger's character in the 1986 film, whose abandonment has apparently affected him so deeply that he is reduced to mechanical sex with prostitutes.
He decides to flee to Paris, where an auction of Elizabeth's artwork is taking place. There, he meets her beautiful assistant Lea (Everhart). John is desperate to find out Elizabeth's whereabouts, but, as anyone who has watched the credits can predict, she cannot be found. Instead, he and Lea begin a cat-and-mouse game in which John learns to once again express his dominant side.
The dialogue is filled with howlers -- "You're American, you should know better," John is advised at one point after a particularly graphic display of affection at a museum -- and the sex scenes don't resemble physical coupling so much as interpretive dance. John and Lea don't bother to make love in a comfortable apartment if there's a convenient highway underpass handy.
Like the original, the sex scenes become increasingly messy with hot wax, various food substances, etc.; no doubt they're saving tar and feathers for the next installment.
The film at least offers a stunning pictorial travelogue of Paris and an entertaining performance by Steven Berkoff, clearly in need of a paycheck, as a flamboyant fashion designer.
The two leads are another problem. Everhart offers beauty but a wooden presence, while Rourke, so charismatic in the first film, is a sad case indeed. It's not pleasant to comment on a performer's physical appearance, but here it's unavoidable; the actor's face is alarmingly changed, completely devoid of expression and puffed up nearly beyond recognition. Whatever the cause, it has the effect of making the character's supposed sexual magnetism less than credible.
ANOTHER 91Ú2 WEEKS
MDP Worldwide
Director-editor Anne Goursaud
Screenplay Michael Davis
Producers Staffan Ahrenberg, Yannick Bernard
Executive producer Don Carmody
Cinematography Robert Alazraki
Music Steven W. Parsons
Color/stereo
Cast:
John Mickey Rourke
Lea Angie Everhart
Veronique Agathe de la Fontaine
Vittorio Steven Berkoff
Running time -- 105 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 9/11/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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