The last cork has been popped and the final flute of Kirkland Signatures sparkling wine drained down to the last drop. Old Man 2023 has gathered his sash about his withered frame and slunk into the night, clearing the way for cherubic New Year 2024–giggly, chubby and brimming with promise.
Or something. In reality, years don’t flip on and off like a light switch. They smear into each other like paint, until everything is the same weird shade of brownish-purple. But still: we all strive to make each new chapter in the Gregorian filing system a fresh start–a chance to break bad habits and begin good ones.
The traditional way of kickstarting these self-improvement reboots is through the maddeningly self-deceptive ritual of setting New Year’s Resolutions–80% of which are inevitably abandoned by February 1, according to most studies. But hey! A sustainable 20% is still pretty good. And for cineastes,...
Or something. In reality, years don’t flip on and off like a light switch. They smear into each other like paint, until everything is the same weird shade of brownish-purple. But still: we all strive to make each new chapter in the Gregorian filing system a fresh start–a chance to break bad habits and begin good ones.
The traditional way of kickstarting these self-improvement reboots is through the maddeningly self-deceptive ritual of setting New Year’s Resolutions–80% of which are inevitably abandoned by February 1, according to most studies. But hey! A sustainable 20% is still pretty good. And for cineastes,...
- 1/3/2024
- by Matt Warren
- Film Independent News & More
Exclusive: We have learned that Chris Meledandri’s animation studio Illumination has struck an overall writing deal with award-winning playwright and screenwriter Greg Kalleres.
Kalleres has a number of projects already in the works. He’s currently writing the feature project The Day Donny Herbert Woke Up based on the New York Times bestselling novel, at Sony with Misher Films producing. His screenplay Our Condolences was featured on the 2018 Black List, and will be produced by Jessica Elbaum and Will Ferrell of Gloria Sanchez Productions with Dan Rush (Everything Must Go) directing. Ferrell is also attached to star.
On the TV side, Kalleres’ original half hour comedy Date With Death is also in development at Fox. He has also written and produced commercials for ESPN, Nike, Cfda, Brand Jordan, Budweiser, New York Magazine, Twitter and Google. Kalleres was also the lead writer on the award-winning “This is SportsCenter” campaign and...
Kalleres has a number of projects already in the works. He’s currently writing the feature project The Day Donny Herbert Woke Up based on the New York Times bestselling novel, at Sony with Misher Films producing. His screenplay Our Condolences was featured on the 2018 Black List, and will be produced by Jessica Elbaum and Will Ferrell of Gloria Sanchez Productions with Dan Rush (Everything Must Go) directing. Ferrell is also attached to star.
On the TV side, Kalleres’ original half hour comedy Date With Death is also in development at Fox. He has also written and produced commercials for ESPN, Nike, Cfda, Brand Jordan, Budweiser, New York Magazine, Twitter and Google. Kalleres was also the lead writer on the award-winning “This is SportsCenter” campaign and...
- 2/7/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Film director Dan Rush is testing out a stark new public service announcement on gun control. A draft copy of the video shared with The Huffington Post shows a teenager buying a gun from a vending machine outside a school. "It's Too Easy" flashes across the screen.
Rush is showing the video to gun control groups including Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Americans for Responsible Solutions and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
The spot is a reaction to the Senate's failure to pass an amendment offered by Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Joe Manchin (D-w.Va.) to expand background checks to gun shows and internet sales.
Rush wrote and directed the 2010 film starring Will Ferrell entitled "Everything Must Go."
Watch the video above.
Rush is showing the video to gun control groups including Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Americans for Responsible Solutions and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
The spot is a reaction to the Senate's failure to pass an amendment offered by Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Joe Manchin (D-w.Va.) to expand background checks to gun shows and internet sales.
Rush wrote and directed the 2010 film starring Will Ferrell entitled "Everything Must Go."
Watch the video above.
- 5/22/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Article by Dan Clark of Movie Revolt
Welcome to the latest installment of Streaming for Your Pleasure. In this series I look at films currently Streaming on Netflix that fit into a specific topic. This week I’m looking at comedic actors that attempt to reinvent themselves as serious actors. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t, but in the end you have to at least respect the attempt of someone trying new things. Listed are films that are successful enough to garner your attention for a watch or two. Feel free to list you thoughts, opinions, or ideas in the comment section below
Buried
Directed By: Rodrigo Cortes,
Written By: Chris Sparling
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Jose’ Luis Garcia Perez, and Robert Paterson
Synopsis: While on a job in Iraq, civilian contractor Paul Conroy is attacked and kidnapped, then awakens to find himself buried alive in the middle of...
Welcome to the latest installment of Streaming for Your Pleasure. In this series I look at films currently Streaming on Netflix that fit into a specific topic. This week I’m looking at comedic actors that attempt to reinvent themselves as serious actors. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t, but in the end you have to at least respect the attempt of someone trying new things. Listed are films that are successful enough to garner your attention for a watch or two. Feel free to list you thoughts, opinions, or ideas in the comment section below
Buried
Directed By: Rodrigo Cortes,
Written By: Chris Sparling
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Jose’ Luis Garcia Perez, and Robert Paterson
Synopsis: While on a job in Iraq, civilian contractor Paul Conroy is attacked and kidnapped, then awakens to find himself buried alive in the middle of...
- 5/15/2012
- by Guest
- Nerdly
Will Ferrell has been confirmed to star in 'Flamingo Thief,' which writer Michael LeSieur ('You, Me and Dupree') will adapt from the novel by Susan Trott. In the new flick, Ferrell will star as Tim Forrester, a lawyer who becomes obsessed with stealing flamingo figurines after his wife leaves him. Variety reports that Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld will produce, but no director has been confirmed for the project yet, but it's understood the producers have already commenced their search. LeSieur's script appeared on the 2011 Black List event, which Ferrell previously headlined in 2008 for Dan Rush's script 'Everything Must Go.' Ferrell next appears in the Spanish-language comedy 'Casa de mi Padre,' and he also stars opposite Zach Galifianakis in Jay Roach's political comedy 'Dog Fight.' Wearing his producing hat, Ferrell recently produced 'Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters,' as well as the Sundance pics...
- 2/17/2012
- IrishCentral
Variety says Will Ferrell will star in Flamingo Thief, an adaptation of Susan Trott’s dramedy novel of the same name at Red Hour Films.
Ferrell stars as Tim Forrester, a lawyer who gets obsessive about stealing figurines of pink flamingos after his wife leaves him.
You, Me and Dupree writer Michael LeSieur has adapted for the screen but no director is yet set. Flamingo Thief ended up on the 2011 Black List.
Red Hour principals Ben Stiller and Stuart Confeld are producing with Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment after Erica Steinburg brought the property to the Indie outfit.
As well as his outrageous comedies, Ferrell is often drawn to these kind of melancholy dramedies. He recently starred in Everything Must Go, another indie project like this about a man who was suffering after his wife left him and was based on Dan Rush’s 2008 Black List screenplay.
Ferrell next stars in said...
Ferrell stars as Tim Forrester, a lawyer who gets obsessive about stealing figurines of pink flamingos after his wife leaves him.
You, Me and Dupree writer Michael LeSieur has adapted for the screen but no director is yet set. Flamingo Thief ended up on the 2011 Black List.
Red Hour principals Ben Stiller and Stuart Confeld are producing with Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment after Erica Steinburg brought the property to the Indie outfit.
As well as his outrageous comedies, Ferrell is often drawn to these kind of melancholy dramedies. He recently starred in Everything Must Go, another indie project like this about a man who was suffering after his wife left him and was based on Dan Rush’s 2008 Black List screenplay.
Ferrell next stars in said...
- 2/12/2012
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
By Scott Mendelson
HollywoodNews.com:This is the third of several year-end wrap essays detailing the year in film. This time, it’s about highlighting the good or great films that slipped under the radar somehow. Some got rave reviews and wide releases but stiffed at the box office while some never made it out of limited release. All are worth tracking down and all are, with one exception I will point out, now available on DVD/Blu Ray/download/etc. And nearly all of them are not hardcore independent films, but seemingly mainstream dramas and comedies that would have likely merited a wide release even a few years ago. Once again, these will be in alphabetical order.
13 Assassins
Like pretty much all Magnolia titles in the last few years, the majority of the film’s initial profits came from their OnDemand services, with Takashi Miike’s truly epic samurai drama...
HollywoodNews.com:This is the third of several year-end wrap essays detailing the year in film. This time, it’s about highlighting the good or great films that slipped under the radar somehow. Some got rave reviews and wide releases but stiffed at the box office while some never made it out of limited release. All are worth tracking down and all are, with one exception I will point out, now available on DVD/Blu Ray/download/etc. And nearly all of them are not hardcore independent films, but seemingly mainstream dramas and comedies that would have likely merited a wide release even a few years ago. Once again, these will be in alphabetical order.
13 Assassins
Like pretty much all Magnolia titles in the last few years, the majority of the film’s initial profits came from their OnDemand services, with Takashi Miike’s truly epic samurai drama...
- 12/28/2011
- by Scott Mendelson
- Hollywoodnews.com
To celebrate the home release of Will Ferrell's latest comedy Everything Must Go (2010) - starring Ferrell, Rebecca Hall and Christopher Jordan Wallace - we have Three Blu-ray copies of Dan Rush's dark comedy to give away to our lucky readers. This is an exclusive competition for our Facebook fans, so if you haven't already, head over to facebook.com/CineVueUK, 'Like' us, and then follow the instructions below.
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- 11/7/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
Long after the dust settles on his career, Will Ferrell will probably be best remembered as the star of Anchorman, or for his perpetual manchild routines in Talladega Nights or Step Brothers or Old School, and his more serious roles like the excellent, underrated Stranger Than Fiction will no doubt take a back seat.
Everything Must Go is a melancholic, bittersweet portrait of man who has lost everything: a relapsed alcoholic, he loses his job at the outset, and subsequently discovers that his wife has left him over his drinking and an implied incident of adultery at a work convention – he is a man cut out of life, in the process of being erased, and unable to fight for his own survival.
Nick isn’t necessarily an innocent victim – the film in fact takes great effort to say that he is at fault for almost everything that goes wrong for...
Everything Must Go is a melancholic, bittersweet portrait of man who has lost everything: a relapsed alcoholic, he loses his job at the outset, and subsequently discovers that his wife has left him over his drinking and an implied incident of adultery at a work convention – he is a man cut out of life, in the process of being erased, and unable to fight for his own survival.
Nick isn’t necessarily an innocent victim – the film in fact takes great effort to say that he is at fault for almost everything that goes wrong for...
- 10/31/2011
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
★★★☆☆ Loosely based on a short story by Raymond Carver, Dan Rush's Everything Must Go (2010) follows the fortunes of an alcoholic salesman, Nick Halsey (Will Ferrell), who loses both his job and his wife on the same day. Nick is a high-powered salesman but his frequent lapses, drunken antics, and the weeks he’s had to take off in recovery have taken their toll. The film opens with Nick being fired after sixteen years of service and presented with a Swiss Army penknife as his leaving present, which he promptly sticks into the tyres of his boss' Mustang.
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- 10/31/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
The Princess of Montpensier; The Tree of Life; The Way; X-Men: First Class; Everything Must Go
It would be easy to dismiss The Princess of Montpensier (2010, Studiocanal, 15) as little more than a handsomely appointed costume drama, with its period setting, romping horses, masked balls, dashing duels and lush scenic detours through leafy woods and remote castles. Yet 70-year-old director Bertrand Tavernier's vibrant adaptation of Madame de La Fayette's 1662 romance is a deceptively seductive affair which discreetly addresses issues of class, gender, religion and honour with wit, verve and ease.
Mélanie Thierry is Marie de Mézières, the eponymous heroine with an undying passion for the earthy Duc de Guise (Gaspard Ulliel), who finds herself bartered into a marriage of convenience with the woefully reliable Prince de Montpensier (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet). While her unloved husband is away fighting the Huguenots for Charles IX, it falls to Lambert Wilson's tortured Comte...
It would be easy to dismiss The Princess of Montpensier (2010, Studiocanal, 15) as little more than a handsomely appointed costume drama, with its period setting, romping horses, masked balls, dashing duels and lush scenic detours through leafy woods and remote castles. Yet 70-year-old director Bertrand Tavernier's vibrant adaptation of Madame de La Fayette's 1662 romance is a deceptively seductive affair which discreetly addresses issues of class, gender, religion and honour with wit, verve and ease.
Mélanie Thierry is Marie de Mézières, the eponymous heroine with an undying passion for the earthy Duc de Guise (Gaspard Ulliel), who finds herself bartered into a marriage of convenience with the woefully reliable Prince de Montpensier (Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet). While her unloved husband is away fighting the Huguenots for Charles IX, it falls to Lambert Wilson's tortured Comte...
- 10/29/2011
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Everything Must Go, starring Will Ferrell, comes to DVD and Blu-ray on 31st October. The film also stars Rebecca Hall, Laura Dern and Michael Pena, and to mark its release we have 3 Blu-rays of the film to give away!
Directed by Dan Rush and based on a short story by Raymond Carver, Everything Must Go tells the story of Nick Porter (Ferrell) a man who sells “salesmanship” for a living, but the days of being on top of his game are long gone.
After delivering an inspiring presentation to his sales staff, Nick is summarily fired for falling off the wagon one last time.
He returns home to discover his wife has left him, changed the locks on their suburban home and dumped all his possessions out on the front yard. Faced with his life imploding, Nick puts it all on the line – or more accurately, on the lawn.
To...
Directed by Dan Rush and based on a short story by Raymond Carver, Everything Must Go tells the story of Nick Porter (Ferrell) a man who sells “salesmanship” for a living, but the days of being on top of his game are long gone.
After delivering an inspiring presentation to his sales staff, Nick is summarily fired for falling off the wagon one last time.
He returns home to discover his wife has left him, changed the locks on their suburban home and dumped all his possessions out on the front yard. Faced with his life imploding, Nick puts it all on the line – or more accurately, on the lawn.
To...
- 10/27/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Everything Must Go, starring Will Ferrell, comes to DVD and Blu-ray on 31st October. The film also stars Rebecca Hall, Laura Dern and Michael Pena, and to mark its release we have 3 Blu-rays of the film to give away!
Directed by Dan Rush and based on a short story by Raymond Carver, Everything Must Go tells the story of Nick Porter (Ferrell) a man who sells “salesmanship” for a living, but the days of being on top of his game are long gone.
After delivering an inspiring presentation to his sales staff, Nick is summarily fired for falling off the wagon one last time.
He returns home to discover his wife has left him, changed the locks on their suburban home and dumped all his possessions out on the front yard. Faced with his life imploding, Nick puts it all on the line – or more accurately, on the lawn.
To...
Directed by Dan Rush and based on a short story by Raymond Carver, Everything Must Go tells the story of Nick Porter (Ferrell) a man who sells “salesmanship” for a living, but the days of being on top of his game are long gone.
After delivering an inspiring presentation to his sales staff, Nick is summarily fired for falling off the wagon one last time.
He returns home to discover his wife has left him, changed the locks on their suburban home and dumped all his possessions out on the front yard. Faced with his life imploding, Nick puts it all on the line – or more accurately, on the lawn.
To...
- 10/21/2011
- by Competitons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Will Ferrell plays it straight as a bitter alcoholic in Dan Rush's finely observed adaptation of a Raymond Carver short story
The novel long preceded the short story, and in his celebrated history of the short story Walter Allen calls Walter Scott's "The Two Drovers", written in the early 19th century, the first fully achieved example of the genre. It is a more difficult form to master, as well as being generally less lucrative; journalists who've made a name writing for newspapers seek publishers' contracts to write novels rather than try their hands at short stories.
Paradoxically, perhaps, short stories are better suited to the cinema than novels are, whether they conclude with O Henry-style twists in the tail or Chekhovian epiphanies to be absorbed. John Huston, who took on both The Bible and Moby-Dick in his prime, had his two greatest late successes with film versions of classic stories,...
The novel long preceded the short story, and in his celebrated history of the short story Walter Allen calls Walter Scott's "The Two Drovers", written in the early 19th century, the first fully achieved example of the genre. It is a more difficult form to master, as well as being generally less lucrative; journalists who've made a name writing for newspapers seek publishers' contracts to write novels rather than try their hands at short stories.
Paradoxically, perhaps, short stories are better suited to the cinema than novels are, whether they conclude with O Henry-style twists in the tail or Chekhovian epiphanies to be absorbed. John Huston, who took on both The Bible and Moby-Dick in his prime, had his two greatest late successes with film versions of classic stories,...
- 10/15/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Sleeping Beauty (18)
(Julia Leigh, 2011, Aus) Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen Leslie, Peter Carroll. 101 mins
The outer limits of the service industry are explored in this strange anti-fairytale, as a student submits her unconscious body to the desires of sagging, wealthy old men. There's no prospect of a prince coming in any sense. Bravely elusive and surreally detached in the manner of Kubrick or Buñuel, it's occasionally spellbinding.
Real Steel (12A)
(Shawn Levy, 2011, Us) Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo. 128 mins
Can Jackman train a robot to fight while reconnecting with his estranged son and his old flame? Or will this family-friendly amalgam of Rocky and Transformers subvert the formula of every fight movie ever?
The Three Musketeers (12A)
(Paul Ws Anderson, 2011, Ger/Fra/UK/Us) Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen, Milla Jovovich. 110 mins
The Resident Evil director delivers action spectacle by any means necessary. Forget 17th-century history; bring on the aerial warships!
(Julia Leigh, 2011, Aus) Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen Leslie, Peter Carroll. 101 mins
The outer limits of the service industry are explored in this strange anti-fairytale, as a student submits her unconscious body to the desires of sagging, wealthy old men. There's no prospect of a prince coming in any sense. Bravely elusive and surreally detached in the manner of Kubrick or Buñuel, it's occasionally spellbinding.
Real Steel (12A)
(Shawn Levy, 2011, Us) Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo. 128 mins
Can Jackman train a robot to fight while reconnecting with his estranged son and his old flame? Or will this family-friendly amalgam of Rocky and Transformers subvert the formula of every fight movie ever?
The Three Musketeers (12A)
(Paul Ws Anderson, 2011, Ger/Fra/UK/Us) Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen, Milla Jovovich. 110 mins
The Resident Evil director delivers action spectacle by any means necessary. Forget 17th-century history; bring on the aerial warships!
- 10/14/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Will Ferrell is hardly the first actor who springs to mind as ideal casting for the role of an unemployed, beer-sozzled suburbanite whose life is in freefall, yet watching him in that very role here, an adaptation (or rather an “adding on”) of a short story from famed Us writer Raymond Carver, and it’s hard to imagine anyone else bringing as much conviction and such an understated beauty to the part.
This is the comedy superstar by way of Bill Murray in Lost In Translation, and even if the film has failed to connect to a similar-sized audience, state-side, to the one who flocked to see that Tokyo-set May to December romance, Ferrell’s second foray into (semi)serious territory (following 2005’s Stranger Than Fiction) delivers his strongest performance to date, and one of the year’s very best films.
Ferrell is Nick Halsey, a veteran salesman who is...
This is the comedy superstar by way of Bill Murray in Lost In Translation, and even if the film has failed to connect to a similar-sized audience, state-side, to the one who flocked to see that Tokyo-set May to December romance, Ferrell’s second foray into (semi)serious territory (following 2005’s Stranger Than Fiction) delivers his strongest performance to date, and one of the year’s very best films.
Ferrell is Nick Halsey, a veteran salesman who is...
- 10/14/2011
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
At times it was only nervousness about Will Ferrell's capability that kept me rooting for Everything Must Go. Ferrell has made his name playing overgrown boys (Step Brothers) and throwback narcissists (Anchorman, Blades of Glory), to the point where the possibility of seriousness seemed beyond him. But in writer-director Dan Rush's feature debut he hunkers down to his first straight role, or semi-straight, given that his large, ungainly body and piggy frown will always hold an inherent clownishness.
- 10/13/2011
- The Independent - Film
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
(Shaun’s review from last year’s London Film Festival re-posted as the film is released in the UK tomorrow)
Since ‘Stranger than Fiction’, it has seemed inevitable that Will Ferrell would have another stab at a serious role. The film was broadly well received but it didn’t quite reach the heights that perhaps it could, and so there must have been a niggling doubt that maybe he should give the whole drama thing another go. Particularly as the comedies were getting more and more derivative and less and less popular.
The drama that has landed on Ferrell’s doorstep is ‘Everything Must Go‘, a tale loosely based on a (very) short story by Raymond Carver called ‘Why Don’t You Dance?’ It centres on Nick Halsey, a sales executive and a former alcoholic. Except we join Nick as he is becoming an ex-sales executive...
(Shaun’s review from last year’s London Film Festival re-posted as the film is released in the UK tomorrow)
Since ‘Stranger than Fiction’, it has seemed inevitable that Will Ferrell would have another stab at a serious role. The film was broadly well received but it didn’t quite reach the heights that perhaps it could, and so there must have been a niggling doubt that maybe he should give the whole drama thing another go. Particularly as the comedies were getting more and more derivative and less and less popular.
The drama that has landed on Ferrell’s doorstep is ‘Everything Must Go‘, a tale loosely based on a (very) short story by Raymond Carver called ‘Why Don’t You Dance?’ It centres on Nick Halsey, a sales executive and a former alcoholic. Except we join Nick as he is becoming an ex-sales executive...
- 10/13/2011
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
★★☆☆☆ Like the life of Nick Porter (Will Ferrell), the central character round whose mid-life crises Everything Must Go (2010) revolves, the directorial debut from Dan Rush ambles about with no real direction. Even solid - all be it brief - support from Laura Dern and a sympathetic performance from Rebecca Hall cannot save this tiresome study of broken relationships from wallowing in its own self-pity.
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- 10/12/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
G2 Pictures have just sent over the new UK poster for their latest movie, Everything Must Go which stars Will Ferrell in a film directed by Dan Rush. It also stars Rebecca Hall (Vicky Christina Barcelona, Frost/Nixon), Laura Dern (I am Sam, Jurassic Park) and Michael Pena (Shooter, Crash) and will be with us 14th October.
The film is based on a short story by Raymond Carver, and tells the story of Nick Porter (Ferrell) who sells “salesmanship” for a living, but the days of being on top of his game are long gone.
After delivering an inspiring presentation to his sales staff, Nick is summarily fired for falling off the wagon one last time.
He returns home to discover his wife has left him, changed the locks on their suburban home and dumped all his possessions out on the front yard. Faced with his life imploding, Nick puts it all on the line,...
The film is based on a short story by Raymond Carver, and tells the story of Nick Porter (Ferrell) who sells “salesmanship” for a living, but the days of being on top of his game are long gone.
After delivering an inspiring presentation to his sales staff, Nick is summarily fired for falling off the wagon one last time.
He returns home to discover his wife has left him, changed the locks on their suburban home and dumped all his possessions out on the front yard. Faced with his life imploding, Nick puts it all on the line,...
- 9/25/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Company Acquires Jennifer Westfeldt.s Directorial Debut
Out Of The Toronto International Film Festival
Stellar Ensemble Cast Includes
Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig,
Maya Rudolph, Chris O.Dowd, Megan Fox and Edward Burns
Santa Monica, CA (September 21, 2011) – Lionsgate today announced the acquisition of Red Granite Pictures. Friends With Kids, directed by Jennifer Westfeldt, following its debut screenings at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. The announcement was made jointly by Steve Beeks, Lionsgate.s President and co-coo, Joe Drake, co-coo and Motion Picture Group President, and Jason Constantine, President of Acquisitions and Co-Productions.
The release will be handled jointly by Lionsgate and partner company Roadside Attractions, similarly to past collaborations such as Everything Must Go, and the upcoming Margin Call, with Roadside Attractions spearheading domestic theatrical distribution and Lionsgate handling all other U.S. rights including home entertainment and television.
Riza Aziz and Joey McFarland.s Red Granite Pictures...
Out Of The Toronto International Film Festival
Stellar Ensemble Cast Includes
Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig,
Maya Rudolph, Chris O.Dowd, Megan Fox and Edward Burns
Santa Monica, CA (September 21, 2011) – Lionsgate today announced the acquisition of Red Granite Pictures. Friends With Kids, directed by Jennifer Westfeldt, following its debut screenings at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. The announcement was made jointly by Steve Beeks, Lionsgate.s President and co-coo, Joe Drake, co-coo and Motion Picture Group President, and Jason Constantine, President of Acquisitions and Co-Productions.
The release will be handled jointly by Lionsgate and partner company Roadside Attractions, similarly to past collaborations such as Everything Must Go, and the upcoming Margin Call, with Roadside Attractions spearheading domestic theatrical distribution and Lionsgate handling all other U.S. rights including home entertainment and television.
Riza Aziz and Joey McFarland.s Red Granite Pictures...
- 9/21/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Directed by Dan Rush and based on a short story by Raymond Carver, Everything Must Go tells the story of Nick Porter, played by funnyman Will Ferrell, who sells “salesmanship” for a living, but the days of being on top of his game are long gone.
After delivering an inspiring presentation to his sales staff, Nick is summarily fired for falling off the wagon one last time. He returns home to discover his wife has left him, changed the locks on their suburban home and dumped all his possessions out on the front yard. Faced with his life imploding, Nick puts it all on the line, or more accurately, on the lawn.
Everything Must Go, which also stars Rebecca Hall (Vicky Christina Barcelona, Frost/Nixon), Laura Dern (I am Sam, Jurassic Park) and Michael Pena (Shooter, Crash), sees Ferrell once again tackling more serious drama rather than the gross-out slapstick he has become known for.
After delivering an inspiring presentation to his sales staff, Nick is summarily fired for falling off the wagon one last time. He returns home to discover his wife has left him, changed the locks on their suburban home and dumped all his possessions out on the front yard. Faced with his life imploding, Nick puts it all on the line, or more accurately, on the lawn.
Everything Must Go, which also stars Rebecca Hall (Vicky Christina Barcelona, Frost/Nixon), Laura Dern (I am Sam, Jurassic Park) and Michael Pena (Shooter, Crash), sees Ferrell once again tackling more serious drama rather than the gross-out slapstick he has become known for.
- 9/20/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Everything Must Go
(released September 6th, 2011)
Review:
The film Everything Must Go is one of my favorite type of films. It is is a film that equally embraces its comedic aspects, while at the same time, is very dramatic as well. When this is done as perfectly as it is in this film, it makes the movie come to life and feel so much more real.
The story follows Nick Halsey (Will Ferrell) on the worst day of his life. He has just lost his job & returns home to find all of his belongings on the front lawn and a note from his wife saying she has left him. It is revealed shortly thereafter that Nick is an alcoholic and has recently relapsed. Nick decides that ultimately he will sell all of his belongings and start fresh. Along the way he meets his new neighbor Samantha (Rebecca Hall) and a...
(released September 6th, 2011)
Review:
The film Everything Must Go is one of my favorite type of films. It is is a film that equally embraces its comedic aspects, while at the same time, is very dramatic as well. When this is done as perfectly as it is in this film, it makes the movie come to life and feel so much more real.
The story follows Nick Halsey (Will Ferrell) on the worst day of his life. He has just lost his job & returns home to find all of his belongings on the front lawn and a note from his wife saying she has left him. It is revealed shortly thereafter that Nick is an alcoholic and has recently relapsed. Nick decides that ultimately he will sell all of his belongings and start fresh. Along the way he meets his new neighbor Samantha (Rebecca Hall) and a...
- 9/8/2011
- by Marc Vibbert
- FusedFilm
Hey everyone! This week there's two different release days! Hanna and Everything Must Go come out on Tues! X-Men First Class comes out on Fri! Here's some info on them for you all as always.
Hanna
Raised by her father, an ex-cia man, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own. As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.
This was a one time watch. Not as much action as I had hoped for.
*Blu-Ray has a second ending if you don't like the first.
Hanna
Raised by her father, an ex-cia man, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own. As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.
This was a one time watch. Not as much action as I had hoped for.
*Blu-Ray has a second ending if you don't like the first.
- 9/8/2011
- by Mars
- GeekTyrant
Rank the week of September 6th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best films of all-time: New Releases X-men: First Class
(Blu-ray & DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #91
Win Percentage: 64%
Times Ranked: 16606
Top-20 Rankings: 109
Directed By: Matthew Vaughn
Starring: James McAvoy • Michael Fassbender • Kevin Bacon • Jennifer Lawrence • Rose Byrne
Genres: Action • Based-on-Comics • Comic-Book Superhero Film • Fantasy • Science Fiction • Sci-Fi Action
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Hanna
(Blu-ray & DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #570
Win Percentage: 60%
Times Ranked: 5675
Top-20 Rankings: 19
Directed By: Joe Wright
Starring: Saoirse Ronan • Eric Bana • Cate Blanchett • Tom Hollander • Olivia Williams
Genres: Action • Action Thriller • Crime • Crime Thriller • Hitman / Assassin Film • Mystery • Thriller
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Everything Must Go
(Blu-ray & DVD | R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #5694
Win Percentage: 53%
Times Ranked: 854
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: Dan Rush
Starring: Will Ferrell • Rebecca Hall • Laura Dern • Michael Peña • Stephen Root
Genres: Comedy Drama • Drama
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Last Night
(Blu-ray & DVD | R | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #7377
Win Percentage:...
(Blu-ray & DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #91
Win Percentage: 64%
Times Ranked: 16606
Top-20 Rankings: 109
Directed By: Matthew Vaughn
Starring: James McAvoy • Michael Fassbender • Kevin Bacon • Jennifer Lawrence • Rose Byrne
Genres: Action • Based-on-Comics • Comic-Book Superhero Film • Fantasy • Science Fiction • Sci-Fi Action
Rank This Movie
Hanna
(Blu-ray & DVD | PG13 | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #570
Win Percentage: 60%
Times Ranked: 5675
Top-20 Rankings: 19
Directed By: Joe Wright
Starring: Saoirse Ronan • Eric Bana • Cate Blanchett • Tom Hollander • Olivia Williams
Genres: Action • Action Thriller • Crime • Crime Thriller • Hitman / Assassin Film • Mystery • Thriller
Rank This Movie
Everything Must Go
(Blu-ray & DVD | R | 2011)
Flickchart Ranking: #5694
Win Percentage: 53%
Times Ranked: 854
Top-20 Rankings: 2
Directed By: Dan Rush
Starring: Will Ferrell • Rebecca Hall • Laura Dern • Michael Peña • Stephen Root
Genres: Comedy Drama • Drama
Rank This Movie
Last Night
(Blu-ray & DVD | R | 2010)
Flickchart Ranking: #7377
Win Percentage:...
- 9/6/2011
- by Jonathan Hardesty
- Flickchart
Will Ferrell (The Other Guys) stars in the 2010 comedy-drama Everything Must Go, which is coming to Blu-ray and DVD on Sept. 6 from Lionsgate for the list prices of $39.99 and $27.98, respectively.
Will Ferrell dumps it all in Everything Must Go.
Ferrell stars as alcoholic Nick Halsey, whose relapse causes him to lose both his job and his wife in one day. He learns about the latter when he returns home after being fired to discover the locks on his home have been changed and all his possessions have been dumped onto the front lawn. And so, for a while, Nick finds himself chilling on his lawn in an armchair and sucking down some beers! But given some time the help of a few quirky neighbors, Nick might just be able to pull it together.
Directed and written by Dan Rush and co-starring Rebecca Hall (The Town), Michael Peña (The Lincoln Lawyer...
Will Ferrell dumps it all in Everything Must Go.
Ferrell stars as alcoholic Nick Halsey, whose relapse causes him to lose both his job and his wife in one day. He learns about the latter when he returns home after being fired to discover the locks on his home have been changed and all his possessions have been dumped onto the front lawn. And so, for a while, Nick finds himself chilling on his lawn in an armchair and sucking down some beers! But given some time the help of a few quirky neighbors, Nick might just be able to pull it together.
Directed and written by Dan Rush and co-starring Rebecca Hall (The Town), Michael Peña (The Lincoln Lawyer...
- 6/21/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Here's a sneak peek at what's in theaters this Memorial Day weekend, including those unlucky party pals, Stu (Ed Helms), Phil (Bradley Cooper) and Allen (Zach Galifinakis) in "The Hangover Part II," and the animated sequel "Kung Fu Panda 2," with Angelina Jolie, Jack Black and Dustin Hoffman.
Update: Since opening Thursday, "The Hangover Part II" has taken in about $31.7 million.
In Theaters Now (May)'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' (May 20)
Who: Johnny Depp,...
Update: Since opening Thursday, "The Hangover Part II" has taken in about $31.7 million.
In Theaters Now (May)'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' (May 20)
Who: Johnny Depp,...
- 5/27/2011
- Extra
The fourth step in Alcoholics Anonymous' well-known twelve-fold path to reform is about taking a "fearless moral inventory" of one's actions, specifically in the ways alcohol abuse has fueled those actions for the worse. It is, like all the steps, rooted in a commitment to honesty the level of which would make most people break down, which is the entire point: only by being honest about your problems can you work on fixing them. This is the lesson that came back to me time and again watching Everything Must Go, a resolutely safe drama about alcoholism that for the most part lacks the punch of even after-school specials and seems genuinely afraid of making the moral inventory that's required of the level of filmmaking to which first-time writer-director Dan Rush aspires. The story revolves around an alcoholic who loses his job and his wife and who subsequently struggles to get his life back on track.
- 5/26/2011
- by Daniel Carlson
Here's a sneak peek at the highly anticipated "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," in which Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) and crew search for the Fountain of Youth.
In Theaters Now (May)'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' (May 20)
Who: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush, Ian McShane; directed by Rob Marshall What: Capt. Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive Fountain of Youth, only...
In Theaters Now (May)'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' (May 20)
Who: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush, Ian McShane; directed by Rob Marshall What: Capt. Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive Fountain of Youth, only...
- 5/20/2011
- Extra
Will Ferrell explores dramatic territory in Dan Rush. Everything Must Go. He.s one of the funniest actors on the planet and his website Funnyordie is solid proof, but he isn.t a stranger to down and dark. Ferrell starred with Emma Thompson in Stranger Than Fiction as a depressed man driven crazy by the narration that accompanies his every waking moment. Nick Halsey is a different animal in Everything Must Go. He.s an alcoholic who has lost his job, his wife and his dignity. He.s living on his front yard with his belongings in heaps around him. Passers-by mock him and the police are on him and his only human contact is an equally lonely teenager. He lives...
- 5/20/2011
- by Anne Brodie
- Monsters and Critics
Everything Must Go Directed by: Dan Rush Written by: Dan Rush, Raymond Carver (short story) Starring: Will Ferrell, Rebecca Hall and Christopher Jordan Wallace Nick Halsey (Will Ferrell) is having a very bad day. He gets canned from his job, then arrives home to find that his wife has left him, changed the locks, and placed every single item he owns on the front lawn. His credit cards and phone have been cut off, as well. That's all it takes for this recovering alcoholic to lose his tremulous grasp on sobriety, and just like that, he retreats back into the comfort of the bottle. A rational person would start taking steps to move their belongings, but Nick settles into his easy chair with a twelve pack and there he stays for the next several days, squatting on his own front lawn. Naturally this doesn't sit well with the neighbors, and...
- 5/19/2011
- by Shannon
- FilmJunk
Will Farrell makes many comedic films that can sometimes seem a little unnecessarily silly. Everything Must Go delivers a great serious story with just the right amount of comedy to keep the audience interested and on their toes.
Farrell's chemistry with 14-year-old newcomer Christopher Jordan Wallace (Biggie's son) is extremely entertaining and they banter back and forth very well.
Farrel plays Nick Halsey, a alcoholic who relapses when he hits rock bottom one day when he is fired, his wife leaves him and changes the locks, throwing all his stuff out on the front lawn.
Directed by Dan Rush, Nick doesn't have anywhere to go but up, yet he can't seem to get himself sober and out of his armchair long enough to do anything about his deteriorating life.
Nick finds his way again through mentoring a promising young protege Kenny and eventually putting all his stuff up for sale.
Farrell's chemistry with 14-year-old newcomer Christopher Jordan Wallace (Biggie's son) is extremely entertaining and they banter back and forth very well.
Farrel plays Nick Halsey, a alcoholic who relapses when he hits rock bottom one day when he is fired, his wife leaves him and changes the locks, throwing all his stuff out on the front lawn.
Directed by Dan Rush, Nick doesn't have anywhere to go but up, yet he can't seem to get himself sober and out of his armchair long enough to do anything about his deteriorating life.
Nick finds his way again through mentoring a promising young protege Kenny and eventually putting all his stuff up for sale.
- 5/18/2011
- by alyssa@mediavine.com (Alyssa Caverley)
- Reel Movie News
Before he made his screen debut in the 2009 biopic Notorious portraying his own father, the late rapper Christopher "Biggie" Wallace, newcomer Christopher Jordan "Cj" Wallace had no aspirations for a Hollywood career. But the acting bug hit and a call from writer-director Dan Rush followed, and within a few years Wallace, now 14, found himself playing opposite Will Ferrell in the achingly bittersweet indie drama Everything Must Go, about an alcoholic salesman struggling to cope with losing it all.
- 5/16/2011
- Movieline
As most of the industry was busy at the Cannes Film Festival, a slew of indie films hit theaters Stateside this weekend. The widest release among them, Roadside Attractions got mild results from the first weekend of Dan Rush's "Everything Must Go." The film - which had premiered at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival - stars Will Ferrell in a largely dramatic role of a man who simultaneously loses his ...
- 5/15/2011
- Indiewire
Two new movies are opening wide this weekend:
The 3D horror thriller Priest directed by Scott Charles Stewart and starring Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Karl Urban, Lily Collins and Christopher Plummer is opening in almost 3000 theaters. Christopher Young has composed the music for the film. A soundtrack album has been released by Madison Gate Records this past Tuesday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for more information.
Also opening nationwide is the comedy Bridesmaids directed by Paul Feig, produced by Judd Apatow and starring Kirsten Wiig, Rose Byrne, Maya Rudolph and Jon Hamm. The film’s score is written by Michael Andrews. A soundtrack album, featuring twelve songs from the film, as well as one score track by Andrews has been released by Relativity Music. Visit our previous article to see the full track list.
Opening in limited release is the indie comedy drama Everything Must Go. The film...
The 3D horror thriller Priest directed by Scott Charles Stewart and starring Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Karl Urban, Lily Collins and Christopher Plummer is opening in almost 3000 theaters. Christopher Young has composed the music for the film. A soundtrack album has been released by Madison Gate Records this past Tuesday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for more information.
Also opening nationwide is the comedy Bridesmaids directed by Paul Feig, produced by Judd Apatow and starring Kirsten Wiig, Rose Byrne, Maya Rudolph and Jon Hamm. The film’s score is written by Michael Andrews. A soundtrack album, featuring twelve songs from the film, as well as one score track by Andrews has been released by Relativity Music. Visit our previous article to see the full track list.
Opening in limited release is the indie comedy drama Everything Must Go. The film...
- 5/14/2011
- by filmmusicreporter
- Film Music Reporter
Here's a sneak peek at what's opening in theaters May 13, including the laugh-fest comedy "Bridesmaids," starring Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph, the vampire action flick "Priest," and the quirky dramedy "Everything Must Go," starring Will Ferrell.
Click here for the complete 2011 Summer Movie Guide!
In Theaters Now (May)'Bridesmaids' (May 13)
Who: Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy, Ellie Kemper, Wendi McLendon-Covey; directed by Paul Feig What: A comedy centered on two...
Click here for the complete 2011 Summer Movie Guide!
In Theaters Now (May)'Bridesmaids' (May 13)
Who: Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy, Ellie Kemper, Wendi McLendon-Covey; directed by Paul Feig What: A comedy centered on two...
- 5/13/2011
- Extra
Chicago – Alcohol mixed with the American Dream sometimes becomes a destructive chemistry. With every individual’s reaction to ethyl alcohol like a fingerprint, the general image of the party animal can easily morph into what John Cheever called ‘The Sorrows of Gin.” These sorrows are explored through Will Ferrell in “Everything Must Go.”
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Ferrell puts on his every man suit as he dies as a salesman. His performance is stoic, almost ironic, and the rest of his character’s world catches up to it in various reactive ways. The wonder of the film is that it has a marquee star demonstrating the wages of excessive sin, a subject that is not usually explored in the context of the half-million-per-home suburban streets.
Nick (Will Ferrell) is fired from his lucrative sales job because he has fallen off the wagon and embarrassed himself at a company celebration. He reacts to this...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Ferrell puts on his every man suit as he dies as a salesman. His performance is stoic, almost ironic, and the rest of his character’s world catches up to it in various reactive ways. The wonder of the film is that it has a marquee star demonstrating the wages of excessive sin, a subject that is not usually explored in the context of the half-million-per-home suburban streets.
Nick (Will Ferrell) is fired from his lucrative sales job because he has fallen off the wagon and embarrassed himself at a company celebration. He reacts to this...
- 5/13/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Getty Will Ferrell
Adapting books for the screen is an intricate process that can frustrate even the most seasoned of directors. First-time director Dan Rush had an equally difficult challenge in bringing to life Raymond Carver’s short (short) story “Why Don’t You Dance.” Recast as “Everything Must Go,” the film features Will Ferrell as a down-on-his-luck sales executive whose job and marriage end abruptly, forcing him to live outside on his lawn. Does Rush master the transfer from short story to screen?...
Adapting books for the screen is an intricate process that can frustrate even the most seasoned of directors. First-time director Dan Rush had an equally difficult challenge in bringing to life Raymond Carver’s short (short) story “Why Don’t You Dance.” Recast as “Everything Must Go,” the film features Will Ferrell as a down-on-his-luck sales executive whose job and marriage end abruptly, forcing him to live outside on his lawn. Does Rush master the transfer from short story to screen?...
- 5/13/2011
- by Julie Steinberg
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
We all love robots, superhero tights, mutants, sequels, 3D, and overblown CGI, right? Well, this summer seems to have an excess of each with each passing weekend. To breath a little life (and brains) into the summer line-up, we’ve highlighted the best limited releases to check out. It may look like your standard Sundance Film Festival line-up (and most of the titles are coming from that fest), but rest assured, there is something special to be found with each one of these picks. Check out the list below in chronological release date order and let us know what you are looking forward to.
Everything Must Go (Dan Rush; May 13th) (trailer)
Synopsis: When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.
Everything Must Go (Dan Rush; May 13th) (trailer)
Synopsis: When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.
- 5/13/2011
- by TFS Staff
- The Film Stage
Everything Must Go
Directed by: Dan Rush
Cast: Will Ferrell, Rebecca Hall, Christopher Jordan Wallace
Running Time: 1 hr 36 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: May 13, 2011 (limited)
Plot: Nick Halsey (Ferrell) relapses with his alcoholism, causing him to lose his wife and his job. He lives on his front lawn and attempts to start over. Based on a short story by Raymond Carver.
Who’S It For? If you are desperate to see a serious/sad side of Ferrell.
Overall
It’s not a comedy. I repeat. It’s not a comedy. The reason I just state this is because Ferrell has not made the Tom Hanks leap. He hasn’t left the funny/wacky man behind. Here’s how you know; When you picture Hank’s face, nothing happens. When you see Ferrell’s, you start to chuckle.
Now that we have that clarified, this is the story of Nick and...
Directed by: Dan Rush
Cast: Will Ferrell, Rebecca Hall, Christopher Jordan Wallace
Running Time: 1 hr 36 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: May 13, 2011 (limited)
Plot: Nick Halsey (Ferrell) relapses with his alcoholism, causing him to lose his wife and his job. He lives on his front lawn and attempts to start over. Based on a short story by Raymond Carver.
Who’S It For? If you are desperate to see a serious/sad side of Ferrell.
Overall
It’s not a comedy. I repeat. It’s not a comedy. The reason I just state this is because Ferrell has not made the Tom Hanks leap. He hasn’t left the funny/wacky man behind. Here’s how you know; When you picture Hank’s face, nothing happens. When you see Ferrell’s, you start to chuckle.
Now that we have that clarified, this is the story of Nick and...
- 5/13/2011
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
Director: Dan Rush Writers: Dan Rush (Screenplay), Raymond Carver (Short story) Starring: Will Ferrell, Rebecca Hall, Laura Dern You know that age-old saying about not missing your water until your well goes dry, the one that goes like this: "You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone." After watching Nick Halsey (Will Ferrell) struggle through the aftermath of losing his job and wife in the same day I realized the phrase also works as "You don't know what you've got 'til it's on the lawn." I was struck by how different things can look when taken out of their normal context, such as Nick's bedroom furniture and samurai sword collection suddenly residing on his green suburban lawn with all of his other possessions. And the same can be said for Ferrell himself in his unusually restrained performance. It's striking to see Ferrell rein in his comedic impulses and play...
- 5/13/2011
- by Linc Leifeste
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Will Ferrell & Dan Rush Talk Expanding A 4-Page Short Story For The Indie Drama 'Everything Must Go'
Filmmakers Didn't Want The Relationship With Rebecca Hall Go Hollywood & 12 Other Things We Learned First-time feature-length director Dan Rush (known for his commercial work) must have naked pictures of some studio execs' off-hours, off-marriage tryst. Either that or his screenplay for "Everything Must Go," an adaptation of a four-page Raymond Carver story must have ruled. Considering the subtle, mannered, funny, yet not-broad dramedy that stars the very excellent cast of Will Ferrell, Rebecca Hall, Laura Dern, Michael Peña, Stephen Root and newcomer Christopher Jordan Wallace, we're thinking the latter. A small and minimalist, but not slight, story, the…...
- 5/12/2011
- The Playlist
Will Ferrell has made us laugh uproariously for much of the last decade as he perfected the man-baby persona, but that.s not what.s on display in Everything Must Go. An adaptation of the Raymond Carver story .Why Don't You Dance,. the film is a dark dramedy showcasing the comedian in a whole new light while also making audiences pay attention to two fast rising talents: writer/director Dan Rush and C.J. Wallace. A couple weeks ago I was invited to attend a press conference where the three men gathered to discuss the film at length, answering reporters. questions. Check out their answers below, where they talk about speedboat love, buying yard sale mouthwash and not trying to find the humor in alcoholism. It seemed like [Will and Christopher] had natural chemistry together. Did you two get together prior to filming this to just get to know each ...
- 5/12/2011
- cinemablend.com
There is a scene in every Will Ferrell movie where Ferrell's character hits rock bottom and all the puffed-up narcissism gets stripped away to reveal the pathetic loser underneath. Ron Burgundy gets fired, grows a beard, and drinks milk in the hot San Diego sun. Ricky Bobby loses his wife to his best friend, becomes terrified of his race car, and watches a French driver replace him as Nascar's hottest star. Brennan Huff is forced to get a job, wear a tie, and plan the largest helicopter leasing event in the Western hemisphere. Ferrell's new movie, "Everything Must Go," is that scene stretched out to feature length. In one terrible day, Ferrell's Nick Halsey gets fired from his job, left by his wife, and locked out of his house. With no money -- his wife has cancelled his credit cards and frozen their joint bank account -- and nowhere to go,...
- 5/12/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
Could Will Ferrell Make You Cry? The comedian plays it straight in a new adaptation of a Raymond Carver story. By Andrew Osborne Raymond Carver was an acclaimed American short-story writer who focused on the lives of marginalized everymen trapped in lives of quiet desperation. Will Ferrell is an A-list comedian who likes flashing his hairy belly. A perfect match, right? That's the theory behind Everything Must Go, director Dan Rush's adaptation of Carver's short story "Why Don't You Dance?" starring Ferrell as a Nick Halsey, a middle-aged alcoholic who loses his job, then comes home to discover his wife has kicked him out of the house and thrown all his stuff on the lawn. With no particular place to go, Halsey holds an impromptu yard sale, unloading his material possessions (and, possibly, his emotional baggage as well). For Carver fans (or Ferrell [...]...
- 5/12/2011
- by Andrew Osborne
- Nerve
Title: Everything Must Go Director: Dan Rush Starring: Will Ferrell, Rebecca Hall, Christopher Jordan Wallace, Michael Pena, Stephen Root “Everything Must Go” survives on intrigue. And this statement isn’t just reserved for the story. The said intrigue, becomes more vast, as audiences will see Will Ferrell step away from the gags and shoot straight from the heart. A blunt heart. At one point in a comedian’s career, they feel the need to go “serious.” Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler gave this a shot and for the most part it worked out. The same can now be said for Ferrell. Nick Halsey (Will Ferrell) is a “textbook” salesman who delivers results...
- 5/11/2011
- by joe
- ShockYa
While he's made his living playing characters in comedies who have names like Ron Burgundy, Ricky Bobby, Brennan Huff, Jackie Moon, Chazz Michael Michaels and more recently on the small screen, Deangelo Vickers, Will Ferrell, like many comics before him, has dipped his toes into the dramatic world as well. He's turned in fine performances in films like "Winter Passing" and "Stranger Than Fiction," but perhaps nothing has challenged his non-comedic chops more to date than the upcoming indie "Everything Must Go." The first feature by Dan Rush, the film is based on a Raymond Carver short story and follows…...
- 5/11/2011
- The Playlist
Getty Dan Rush
“Why Don’t You Dance” is a 1,616 word short story by Raymond Carver. In other words, about six Microsoft Word double-spaced pages. Dan Rush had to create a workable screen play from this skeleton for his movie “Everything Must Go,” which centers on a man (Will Ferrell) who loses his marriage, his job and access to a house – forcing him to set up shop on his lawn. Speakeasy sat down with Rush during the Tribeca Film Festival...
“Why Don’t You Dance” is a 1,616 word short story by Raymond Carver. In other words, about six Microsoft Word double-spaced pages. Dan Rush had to create a workable screen play from this skeleton for his movie “Everything Must Go,” which centers on a man (Will Ferrell) who loses his marriage, his job and access to a house – forcing him to set up shop on his lawn. Speakeasy sat down with Rush during the Tribeca Film Festival...
- 5/11/2011
- by Julie Steinberg
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
As Cannes kicks off in the south of France, a whopping 11 new films are opening in limited release Stateside. There's Dan Rush's Will Ferrell dramedy "Everything Must Go," Joseph Gordon-Levitt starrer "Hesher," and Justin Chadwick's film festival favorite "The First Grader," as well as the long delayed release of Lu Chaun's "City of Life and Death" and four new docs covering everything from a lesbian folk singing sister comedy ...
- 5/11/2011
- Indiewire
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1. She Monkeys
When 15-year-old Emma lands a competitive spot on a young women’s equestrian acrobatics team, she is taken under the wing of her slightly older peer Cassandra. Obsessed with strength and control, Emma covets Cassandra’s natural grace and poise, while Cassandra in turn silently desires more than just Emma’s discipline. The psychological stakes of their friendship intensify as the two jockey for top position, and loyalty is traded for unbridled power. Meanwhile, Emma’s curious and innocent eight-year-old sister (in a remarkably complex performance delivered by rising star Isabella Lindquist) is prematurely spurred to confront the treacherous frontiers of sexuality and womanhood on her own.
Lisa Aschan’s award-winning directorial debut digs between the cracks of human behavior to reveal the seemingly naïve experience of girlhood as a feeding ground for underhanded brutality and rivalry. Using naturalistic direction, evocative imagery, and engrossing performances, Aschan smartly...
1. She Monkeys
When 15-year-old Emma lands a competitive spot on a young women’s equestrian acrobatics team, she is taken under the wing of her slightly older peer Cassandra. Obsessed with strength and control, Emma covets Cassandra’s natural grace and poise, while Cassandra in turn silently desires more than just Emma’s discipline. The psychological stakes of their friendship intensify as the two jockey for top position, and loyalty is traded for unbridled power. Meanwhile, Emma’s curious and innocent eight-year-old sister (in a remarkably complex performance delivered by rising star Isabella Lindquist) is prematurely spurred to confront the treacherous frontiers of sexuality and womanhood on her own.
Lisa Aschan’s award-winning directorial debut digs between the cracks of human behavior to reveal the seemingly naïve experience of girlhood as a feeding ground for underhanded brutality and rivalry. Using naturalistic direction, evocative imagery, and engrossing performances, Aschan smartly...
- 5/10/2011
- by Christopher Clemente
- SoundOnSight
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