Polish composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, who won a 2004 Oscar for “Finding Neverland,” died Tuesday in Krakow, the Polish Music Foundation announced. He was 71 and had suffered from Multiple System Atrophy (Msa) in recent years.
Also among Kaczmarek’s 50-plus film and television scores, mostly from the 1990s and 2000s, were “Unfaithful,” “Bliss,” “Aimee and Jaguar,” “The Visitor” and “Get Low.” He also scored the lavish four-part French-Italian miniseries of “War and Peace” in 2007.
Kaczmarek had one of the most unusual backgrounds of any film composer of his time. Born in Konin in 1953, he was educated as a lawyer. But he abandoned a planned career as a diplomat to compose music for an experimental theater company, headed by avant-garde theater director Jerzy Grotowski, in Poznan during the 1970s.
He formed his own ensemble, the Orchestra of the Eighth Day, which toured Europe in the late 1970s and early 1980s, releasing an LP,...
Also among Kaczmarek’s 50-plus film and television scores, mostly from the 1990s and 2000s, were “Unfaithful,” “Bliss,” “Aimee and Jaguar,” “The Visitor” and “Get Low.” He also scored the lavish four-part French-Italian miniseries of “War and Peace” in 2007.
Kaczmarek had one of the most unusual backgrounds of any film composer of his time. Born in Konin in 1953, he was educated as a lawyer. But he abandoned a planned career as a diplomat to compose music for an experimental theater company, headed by avant-garde theater director Jerzy Grotowski, in Poznan during the 1970s.
He formed his own ensemble, the Orchestra of the Eighth Day, which toured Europe in the late 1970s and early 1980s, releasing an LP,...
- 5/21/2024
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
There is something about the period of the Napoleonic Wars and the personality of Napoleon Bonaparte himself that keeps world-renowned filmmakers returning to the subject. Maybe it's the aesthetics of the early 19th century and the epic battles of the time. Maybe it's the fascination of the life of the great French general and emperor that ambitious filmmakers are drawn to.
Whatever the reason, each of these films either failed commercially or received mixed reviews from critics. Abel Gance's Napoleon, Sergei Bondarchuk's War and Peace and Waterloo, Peter Weir's Master and Commander, and of course Ridley Scott's recent Napoleon – despite epic scales, a talented cast and crew, and sometimes even a great script, all of the above films failed in one way or another.
Ridley Scott's new feature, starring Joaquin Phoenix, is both commercially and critically underwhelming. Despite its grandeur, its Rotten Tomatoes score was a...
Whatever the reason, each of these films either failed commercially or received mixed reviews from critics. Abel Gance's Napoleon, Sergei Bondarchuk's War and Peace and Waterloo, Peter Weir's Master and Commander, and of course Ridley Scott's recent Napoleon – despite epic scales, a talented cast and crew, and sometimes even a great script, all of the above films failed in one way or another.
Ridley Scott's new feature, starring Joaquin Phoenix, is both commercially and critically underwhelming. Despite its grandeur, its Rotten Tomatoes score was a...
- 4/26/2024
- by louise.everitt@startefacts.com (Louise Everitt)
- STartefacts.com
“We didn’t need dialogue. We had faces,” proclaimed former silent film queen Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) in Billy Wilder’s 1950 masterwork “Sunset Boulevard.” One of the greatest faces of the era belonged to French actor Albert Dieudonne who starred in Abel Gance’s breathtaking 1927 epic “Napoleon.” With this dark eyes, distinct nose and rock star style hair, Dieudonne channels the infamous French military leader and emperor who conquered most of Europe in the early 19th century until his disastrous 1812 invasion of Russia. Exiled to Elba in 1814, he emerged once again and suffered a massive defeat at Waterloo in 1815. He died in exile six years later at the age of 51.
Dieudonne commands the 5 ½ hour film restored by Kevin Brownlow which features the jaw-dropping triptych finale that is as exciting now as it was 96 years ago. BFI states that the film is “monumental and visionary, the story’s chapters play out...
Dieudonne commands the 5 ½ hour film restored by Kevin Brownlow which features the jaw-dropping triptych finale that is as exciting now as it was 96 years ago. BFI states that the film is “monumental and visionary, the story’s chapters play out...
- 12/1/2023
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Top: Napoleon (Gaumont), Middle: Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure (Orion Pictures), Bottom: Napoleon Bunny-Part (Warner Bros. Pictures)Graphic: The A.V. Club
Napoleon Bonaparte died on May 21, 1821, but the iconic French emperor has lived on (and on and on) in numerous movies and television shows. Esteemed director Ridley Scott, who...
Napoleon Bonaparte died on May 21, 1821, but the iconic French emperor has lived on (and on and on) in numerous movies and television shows. Esteemed director Ridley Scott, who...
- 11/24/2023
- by Ian Spelling
- avclub.com
When the doyen of Indian documentary filmmaking, Anand Patwardhan, who has been making films for half a century now, says casually that he has not “evolved”, it can be quite a shocker.
For someone, who has made internationally acclaimed documentaries including ‘Bombay: Our City’ (‘Hamara Shahar’) (1985), ‘In Memory of Friends’ (1990), ‘In the Name of God'(‘Ram ke Nam’) (1992),’Father, Son, and Holy War'(1995), ‘A Narmada Diary'(1995), ‘War and Peace’ (2002), ‘Jai Bhim Comrade’ (2011), and ‘Reason’,with virtually all his filmsfacing censorship, and eventually being cleared after legal action, it can be said that they are relevant even today.
“I feel like Ihavebeen saying the same thing for 50 years. Ihavemade films on different issues but theyareinterrelated and unfortunatelydogo out of date. The fact thatthey arestillrelevantcan bedepressing, as the same means that things around have not changed much. Half my life I was fighting the Congress with my art, now it is Bjp,...
For someone, who has made internationally acclaimed documentaries including ‘Bombay: Our City’ (‘Hamara Shahar’) (1985), ‘In Memory of Friends’ (1990), ‘In the Name of God'(‘Ram ke Nam’) (1992),’Father, Son, and Holy War'(1995), ‘A Narmada Diary'(1995), ‘War and Peace’ (2002), ‘Jai Bhim Comrade’ (2011), and ‘Reason’,with virtually all his filmsfacing censorship, and eventually being cleared after legal action, it can be said that they are relevant even today.
“I feel like Ihavebeen saying the same thing for 50 years. Ihavemade films on different issues but theyareinterrelated and unfortunatelydogo out of date. The fact thatthey arestillrelevantcan bedepressing, as the same means that things around have not changed much. Half my life I was fighting the Congress with my art, now it is Bjp,...
- 11/14/2023
- by Agency News Desk
When the doyen of Indian documentary filmmaking, Anand Patwardhan, who has been making films for half a century now, says casually that he has not “evolved”, it can be quite a shocker.
For someone, who has made internationally acclaimed documentaries including ‘Bombay: Our City’ (‘Hamara Shahar’) (1985), ‘In Memory of Friends’ (1990), ‘In the Name of God'(‘Ram ke Nam’) (1992),’Father, Son, and Holy War'(1995), ‘A Narmada Diary'(1995), ‘War and Peace’ (2002), ‘Jai Bhim Comrade’ (2011), and ‘Reason’,with virtually all his filmsfacing censorship, and eventually being cleared after legal action, it can be said that they are relevant even today.
“I feel like Ihavebeen saying the same thing for 50 years. Ihavemade films on different issues but theyareinterrelated and unfortunatelydogo out of date. The fact thatthey arestillrelevantcan bedepressing, as the same means that things around have not changed much. Half my life I was fighting the Congress with my art, now it is Bjp,...
For someone, who has made internationally acclaimed documentaries including ‘Bombay: Our City’ (‘Hamara Shahar’) (1985), ‘In Memory of Friends’ (1990), ‘In the Name of God'(‘Ram ke Nam’) (1992),’Father, Son, and Holy War'(1995), ‘A Narmada Diary'(1995), ‘War and Peace’ (2002), ‘Jai Bhim Comrade’ (2011), and ‘Reason’,with virtually all his filmsfacing censorship, and eventually being cleared after legal action, it can be said that they are relevant even today.
“I feel like Ihavebeen saying the same thing for 50 years. Ihavemade films on different issues but theyareinterrelated and unfortunatelydogo out of date. The fact thatthey arestillrelevantcan bedepressing, as the same means that things around have not changed much. Half my life I was fighting the Congress with my art, now it is Bjp,...
- 11/14/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
James Graham’s BBC drama Sherwood has added more than a dozen Season 2 cast members including David Harewood and Monica Dolan.
One of the BBC’s most-watched drama series last year moves to the present day for its second season. Homeland star Harewood and BAFTA-winner Dolan are joined by Robert Lindsay, Sharlene Whyte (Stephen, Small Axe), Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones, Vigil), Ria Zmitrowicz (The Power, Three Girls), Aisling Loftus (The Midwich Cuckoos, War and Peace), Robert Emms (Andor, Chernobyl), Michael Balogun (Top Boy, The Lehman Trilogy), Christine Bottomley(Domina, Back To Life), Oliver Huntingdon (The Rising, Happy Valley) Jorden Myrie (Mood, The Strays) and Conor Deane (All Creatures Great & Small, Newark) and Bethany Asher (Wild Bill, Mobility).
Leads David Morrissey and Lesley Manville are reprising their roles and the second season is being directed by three-time BAFTA nominee Clio Barnard, with Quiz scribe Graham penning the six episodes.
One of the BBC’s most-watched drama series last year moves to the present day for its second season. Homeland star Harewood and BAFTA-winner Dolan are joined by Robert Lindsay, Sharlene Whyte (Stephen, Small Axe), Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones, Vigil), Ria Zmitrowicz (The Power, Three Girls), Aisling Loftus (The Midwich Cuckoos, War and Peace), Robert Emms (Andor, Chernobyl), Michael Balogun (Top Boy, The Lehman Trilogy), Christine Bottomley(Domina, Back To Life), Oliver Huntingdon (The Rising, Happy Valley) Jorden Myrie (Mood, The Strays) and Conor Deane (All Creatures Great & Small, Newark) and Bethany Asher (Wild Bill, Mobility).
Leads David Morrissey and Lesley Manville are reprising their roles and the second season is being directed by three-time BAFTA nominee Clio Barnard, with Quiz scribe Graham penning the six episodes.
- 7/25/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
German director Timm Kröger’s mystery thriller “The Universal Theory” has started shooting at the ski resort of St. Jakob in Defereggen, Austria. The film’s first image has been released.
The cast is led by Jan Bülow, who starred in “Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding,” and Olivia Ross, a Paris-born, British actress whose credits include History’s “Knightfall,” Netflix’s “The Old Guard,” and the BBC’s “War and Peace” and “Killing Eve.”
Kröger previously directed Venice Critics Week entry “The Council of Birds.” The screenplay was written by Roderick Warich (“The Trouble with Being Born”) and Kröger.
Shot in Cinemascope, in black and white, the 1960s set story unfolds against the backdrop of the Alps. Johannes, a doctor of physics, travels with his doctoral supervisor to a scientific congress in the Alps. A series of mysterious incidents occur on site. He meets his femme fatale, Karin, a jazz pianist...
The cast is led by Jan Bülow, who starred in “Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding,” and Olivia Ross, a Paris-born, British actress whose credits include History’s “Knightfall,” Netflix’s “The Old Guard,” and the BBC’s “War and Peace” and “Killing Eve.”
Kröger previously directed Venice Critics Week entry “The Council of Birds.” The screenplay was written by Roderick Warich (“The Trouble with Being Born”) and Kröger.
Shot in Cinemascope, in black and white, the 1960s set story unfolds against the backdrop of the Alps. Johannes, a doctor of physics, travels with his doctoral supervisor to a scientific congress in the Alps. A series of mysterious incidents occur on site. He meets his femme fatale, Karin, a jazz pianist...
- 1/21/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
When the coronavirus hit last spring, some people embraced lockdown as an opportunity to get around to doing the things they always said they’d do someday. The months-long hiatus from normal life meant there was finally time to crack the spine on that moldering copy of “War and Peace,” binge-watch the must-see TV show that had gone unseen or perhaps embrace the art of banana bread-making.
Not Tina Fey.
She spent extra time with her husband, the composer Jeff Richmond, and their two daughters. But her workload never wavered. In the past 14 months, she’s been a pandemic-era jack-of-all-trades. Want a taste of Hollywood’s new normal? Fey helped write the handbook.
While production was entirely shut down in 2020, she put finishing touches from home on “Mr. Mayor,” the NBC sitcom starring Ted Danson and Holly Hunter, and remotely filmed a “30 Rock” reunion special entirely over Zoom that aired in July.
Not Tina Fey.
She spent extra time with her husband, the composer Jeff Richmond, and their two daughters. But her workload never wavered. In the past 14 months, she’s been a pandemic-era jack-of-all-trades. Want a taste of Hollywood’s new normal? Fey helped write the handbook.
While production was entirely shut down in 2020, she put finishing touches from home on “Mr. Mayor,” the NBC sitcom starring Ted Danson and Holly Hunter, and remotely filmed a “30 Rock” reunion special entirely over Zoom that aired in July.
- 5/6/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Celebrated Russian filmmaker Sergei Bondarchuk, whose classic 1966 adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s War And Peace was an Oscar and Golden Globe winner, will be the subject of a documentary telling the story of his life. He also helmed the 1970 epic Waterloo, produced by Dino De Laurentiis.
The feature comes from Art Pictures Studio, the production, sales and distribution company run by his son, the actor and filmmaker Fedor Bondarchuk. The doc is shooting in Russia, France, the UK, Italy, and Los Angeles and counts figures including Jean-Luc Godard, Martha De Laurentiis, and Katharina Kubrick as interviewees. Anton Zhelnov and Denis Kataev are directing.
The project is just one of a number being introduced by Art Pictures to buyers at the upcoming Russian Virtual Content Market, which will showcase the country’s latest productions to international distributors in an online event kicking off June 8. The event, run by national body Roskino,...
The feature comes from Art Pictures Studio, the production, sales and distribution company run by his son, the actor and filmmaker Fedor Bondarchuk. The doc is shooting in Russia, France, the UK, Italy, and Los Angeles and counts figures including Jean-Luc Godard, Martha De Laurentiis, and Katharina Kubrick as interviewees. Anton Zhelnov and Denis Kataev are directing.
The project is just one of a number being introduced by Art Pictures to buyers at the upcoming Russian Virtual Content Market, which will showcase the country’s latest productions to international distributors in an online event kicking off June 8. The event, run by national body Roskino,...
- 5/18/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Blu ray
Disney Movie Club
1964/ 1:66 / 151 min.
Starring Patrick McGoohan, George Cole, Michael Hordern
Directed by James Neilson
One part Walt Disney, one part Patrick McGoohan – a bittersweet recipe if ever there was one. The notoriously brusque Irishman was immune to the crowd-pleasing sentimentality that shaped Disney’s empire yet he headlined two of that studio’s most appealing entertainments, The Three Lives of Thomasina and The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh. An esoteric feline fantasy and a blood and thunder adventure tale, the films couldn’t have been more unalike but McGoohan anchored them both, reveling in the contradictions of his own characters. In Thomasina he plays a veterinarian with little love for animals. In Scarecrow he’s a kindly minister who spends his evenings terrorizing the parish.
In 18th century England, a brutal age marked by despots and dissent, the Scarecrow haunts the tiny fishing port of Dymchurch.
Blu ray
Disney Movie Club
1964/ 1:66 / 151 min.
Starring Patrick McGoohan, George Cole, Michael Hordern
Directed by James Neilson
One part Walt Disney, one part Patrick McGoohan – a bittersweet recipe if ever there was one. The notoriously brusque Irishman was immune to the crowd-pleasing sentimentality that shaped Disney’s empire yet he headlined two of that studio’s most appealing entertainments, The Three Lives of Thomasina and The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh. An esoteric feline fantasy and a blood and thunder adventure tale, the films couldn’t have been more unalike but McGoohan anchored them both, reveling in the contradictions of his own characters. In Thomasina he plays a veterinarian with little love for animals. In Scarecrow he’s a kindly minister who spends his evenings terrorizing the parish.
In 18th century England, a brutal age marked by despots and dissent, the Scarecrow haunts the tiny fishing port of Dymchurch.
- 12/21/2019
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Tony Sokol Jul 30, 2019
Western movies, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, wouldn't have been the same without the infamous ranch owned by George Spahn.
Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood attempts to take back stolen potential via the kind of fantasy fulfillment that's made only possible on celluloid. As with the Beatles' song "Helter Skelter," Sharon Tate, and the peace and love generation as a whole, the icons of hope in the 1960s were all tainted by mere association with Charles Manson. None of these needed to be linked to the murderous narcissist. Tate, magnificently captured Margot Robbie in the film, would have continued the rising trajectory of her film and modeling career; "Helter Skelter" would be remembered as the song that invented heavy metal, when it was just Paul McCartney trying to make as much noise on vinyl as possible; peace and Love would...
Western movies, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, wouldn't have been the same without the infamous ranch owned by George Spahn.
Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood attempts to take back stolen potential via the kind of fantasy fulfillment that's made only possible on celluloid. As with the Beatles' song "Helter Skelter," Sharon Tate, and the peace and love generation as a whole, the icons of hope in the 1960s were all tainted by mere association with Charles Manson. None of these needed to be linked to the murderous narcissist. Tate, magnificently captured Margot Robbie in the film, would have continued the rising trajectory of her film and modeling career; "Helter Skelter" would be remembered as the song that invented heavy metal, when it was just Paul McCartney trying to make as much noise on vinyl as possible; peace and Love would...
- 7/30/2019
- Den of Geek
PBS remains committed to co-producing and acquiring British drama despite increased competition from digital rivals including BritBox and Acorn TV.
The public broadcaster has long been the home of scripted series from the other side of the pond but has found itself competing with more rivals in recent years, including Svod platforms and cable networks, which are increasingly co-producing series with UK networks.
But Paula Kerger, President and CEO of PBS, said that it would not back down in pursuit of the best shows from Britain. She highlighted the fact that PBS was free compared to other services.
“Drama is very important to our audience and stations. But remember, we’re free and we’re available to everyone. We feel that drama and our partnership with British drama is important. Yes, it has become more competitive and we’re working much further [ahead]… it is harder to close some of those...
The public broadcaster has long been the home of scripted series from the other side of the pond but has found itself competing with more rivals in recent years, including Svod platforms and cable networks, which are increasingly co-producing series with UK networks.
But Paula Kerger, President and CEO of PBS, said that it would not back down in pursuit of the best shows from Britain. She highlighted the fact that PBS was free compared to other services.
“Drama is very important to our audience and stations. But remember, we’re free and we’re available to everyone. We feel that drama and our partnership with British drama is important. Yes, it has become more competitive and we’re working much further [ahead]… it is harder to close some of those...
- 7/29/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has appointed former BBC Studios exec Jackie Lee-Joe as Chief Marketing Officer.
Lee-Joe will start at the online giant in September and will relocate to Los Angeles. She succeeds Kelly Bennett, who announced his retirement from the company earlier this year after seven years in the gig.
Lee-Joe joins at a crucial time given Netflix’s ambitious international growth plan, its awards push and the increasing competition from rival streaming services.
The executive has served as Cmo at UK broadcaster BBC since 2015. She joined BBC from Skype, where she was Global Director for Audience, Entertainment Marketing & Broadcast Media. Previous stops include Virgin Mobile, Carphone Warehouse and Orange.
Lee-Joe becomes the second senior BBC executive to get a top job in Hollywood in recent weeks following the news that BBC Studios Americas president Ann Sarnoff has been chosen as the new CEO of Warner Bros. As the world becomes ever-more...
Lee-Joe will start at the online giant in September and will relocate to Los Angeles. She succeeds Kelly Bennett, who announced his retirement from the company earlier this year after seven years in the gig.
Lee-Joe joins at a crucial time given Netflix’s ambitious international growth plan, its awards push and the increasing competition from rival streaming services.
The executive has served as Cmo at UK broadcaster BBC since 2015. She joined BBC from Skype, where she was Global Director for Audience, Entertainment Marketing & Broadcast Media. Previous stops include Virgin Mobile, Carphone Warehouse and Orange.
Lee-Joe becomes the second senior BBC executive to get a top job in Hollywood in recent weeks following the news that BBC Studios Americas president Ann Sarnoff has been chosen as the new CEO of Warner Bros. As the world becomes ever-more...
- 7/12/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix may get most of the attention, but it’s hardly a one-stop shop for cinephiles who are looking to stream essential classic and contemporary films. Each of the prominent streaming platforms — and there are more of them all the time — caters to its own niche of film obsessives.
From chilling horror fare on Shudder, to the boundless wonders of the Criterion Channel, and esoteric (but unmissable) festival hits on the newly launched Ovid.tv, IndieWire’s monthly guide will highlight the best of what’s coming to every major streaming site, with an eye towards exclusive titles that may help readers decide which of these services is right for them.
Here’s the best of the best for July 2019.
Amazon Prime
Once again dumping the brunt of its film offering at the tail end of the month, Amazon Prime isn’t doing much to distinguish itself with its July...
From chilling horror fare on Shudder, to the boundless wonders of the Criterion Channel, and esoteric (but unmissable) festival hits on the newly launched Ovid.tv, IndieWire’s monthly guide will highlight the best of what’s coming to every major streaming site, with an eye towards exclusive titles that may help readers decide which of these services is right for them.
Here’s the best of the best for July 2019.
Amazon Prime
Once again dumping the brunt of its film offering at the tail end of the month, Amazon Prime isn’t doing much to distinguish itself with its July...
- 7/8/2019
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
I recently worked with one of my favorite movie poster artists, Akiko Stehrenberger, on a poster for Louis Garrel’s A Faithful Man which, with its lipstick imprints on Garrel’s face, paid accidental homage to the original poster for François Truffaut’s Stolen Kisses. It was Garrel himself who pointed this out—Akiko had never seen the Truffaut poster before and I’d forgotten it—which sent me down a rabbit hole searching for Stolen Kisses posters, of which, it turns out, there is a remarkable variety.Stolen Kisses premiered at the Avignon Film Festival on August 14, 1968 and opened in New York on March 3, 1969, almost ten years after Truffaut’s debut, The 400 Blows, had premiered at Cannes. Stolen Kisses continued the story of 400 Blows’ charming reprobate Antoine Doinel, now all grown up and working as a private detective.The original French poster, featuring an illustration of Jean-Pierre Léaud as Doinel,...
- 7/5/2019
- MUBI
SandalwoodThe action entertainer, directed by Prakyath Gowda, stars Chirantha in the lead.Digital NativeThe Kannada movie War and Peace, starring Chirantha in the lead, is touted to be a complete action entertainer. The film’s story is based on martial arts, revolving around boxing. Apparently, the lead star will be playing a struggling boxer. Prakyath Gowda, a newbie, is wielding the megaphone for this venture. Reports indicate that the team is planning on roping in Jagapathi Babu for a pivotal role. On this, the film’s director reportedly told Cinema Express in an interview, “The production is in touch with Jagapathi Babu, who perfectly fits the role of a coach. We hope to have him on board.” Meanwhile, Jagapathi Babu is busy playing the baddie in the upcoming Darshan starrer Roberrt. The film is being helmed by Tharun Sudhir. The shooting for this film began at the Kanteerava Studio in...
- 6/21/2019
- by Vidya
- The News Minute
Jessie Buckley is having what is popularly known as A Moment, that cultural curiosity when an actor seems to appear from nowhere to star in all of the most interesting projects, all at once. In HBO’s “Chernobyl”, her performance as Lyudmilla Ignatenko, the pregnant housewife who must bear witness to the horrific radiation poisoning of her fireman husband, keeps being singled out for praise. Soon, those kudos will have to compete with the ones she received at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival premiere of “Wild Rose,” with Buckley in the title role of convict-turned-songbird Rose-Lynn Harlan.
In truth, none of this — not the acting, nor the singing, or even the outsized acclaim — is new. The Killarney-born actress-musician shot out of the gate at age 18 when she came in second on BBC talent show “I’d Do Anything” (belting out the Judy Garland ballad “The Man That Got Away”). “Jessie...
In truth, none of this — not the acting, nor the singing, or even the outsized acclaim — is new. The Killarney-born actress-musician shot out of the gate at age 18 when she came in second on BBC talent show “I’d Do Anything” (belting out the Judy Garland ballad “The Man That Got Away”). “Jessie...
- 6/19/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Jessie Buckley is having what is popularly known as A Moment, that cultural curiosity when an actor seems to appear from nowhere to star in all of the most interesting projects, all at once. In HBO’s “Chernobyl”, her performance as Lyudmilla Ignatenko, the pregnant housewife who must bear witness to the horrific radiation poisoning of her fireman husband, keeps being singled out for praise. Soon, those kudos will have to compete with the ones she received at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival premiere of “Wild Rose,” with Buckley in the title role of convict-turned-songbird Rose-Lynn Harlan.
In truth, none of this — not the acting, nor the singing, or even the outsized acclaim — is new. The Killarney-born actress-musician shot out of the gate at age 18 when she came in second on BBC talent show “I’d Do Anything” (belting out the Judy Garland ballad “The Man That Got Away”). “Jessie...
In truth, none of this — not the acting, nor the singing, or even the outsized acclaim — is new. The Killarney-born actress-musician shot out of the gate at age 18 when she came in second on BBC talent show “I’d Do Anything” (belting out the Judy Garland ballad “The Man That Got Away”). “Jessie...
- 6/19/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Russia is a notoriously difficult place to shoot for foreign producers.
Russia is poised to become the latest country to introduce a cash rebate scheme in an attempt to attract international feature film and TV productions to shoot in its locations, make use of the country’s film infrastructure and work with local producers.
The Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade has launched a consultation process and invited the opinion of the local industry. The draft resolution on the ministry’s web portal is officially titled: ‘On Approval of the Rules for Granting Subsidies from the Federal Budget to...
Russia is poised to become the latest country to introduce a cash rebate scheme in an attempt to attract international feature film and TV productions to shoot in its locations, make use of the country’s film infrastructure and work with local producers.
The Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade has launched a consultation process and invited the opinion of the local industry. The draft resolution on the ministry’s web portal is officially titled: ‘On Approval of the Rules for Granting Subsidies from the Federal Budget to...
- 6/19/2019
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Cannes–Russian director Fedor Bondarchuk and his Art Pictures Studio have released the English-subbed teaser to “Attraction 2,” the sequel to Bondarchuk’s 2017 sci-fi blockbuster, which Variety has acquired exclusively.
The director behind record-breaking Russian films such as World War II epic “Stalingrad” was in Cannes this week, where he presented footage from Art Pictures’ slate of upcoming releases at an invitation-only event.
“Attraction 2” is the follow-up to the sci-fi actioner in which Moscow becomes the battleground for all-out war against an army of alien invaders. In the sequel, an alien spaceship crash lands in Moscow, and an ordinary girl gains superpowers that make her the focus of study in secret government labs. But it’s not only the humans who are interested in her new powers, and she will have to decide which side she is on.
Art Pictures Studio will release the film in Russia on Jan. 1, 2020.
Bondarchuk’s father,...
The director behind record-breaking Russian films such as World War II epic “Stalingrad” was in Cannes this week, where he presented footage from Art Pictures’ slate of upcoming releases at an invitation-only event.
“Attraction 2” is the follow-up to the sci-fi actioner in which Moscow becomes the battleground for all-out war against an army of alien invaders. In the sequel, an alien spaceship crash lands in Moscow, and an ordinary girl gains superpowers that make her the focus of study in secret government labs. But it’s not only the humans who are interested in her new powers, and she will have to decide which side she is on.
Art Pictures Studio will release the film in Russia on Jan. 1, 2020.
Bondarchuk’s father,...
- 5/23/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Cannes — Russian director Fedor Bondarchuk introduced four new productions from his Art Pictures Studio Saturday in Cannes, including “Attraction 2,” the sequel to his 2017 sci-fi blockbuster.
The invitation-only showcase at the Gray d’Albion hotel also unveiled footage from three new features that Bondarchuk is either directing or producing. Sci-fi thriller “Sputnik” is the story of a Russian cosmonaut who returns to earth with an alien inside him; “Ice 2” explores a tragic event that shatters the picture-perfect marriage of a top ice hockey player and a renowned figure skater; and “Fyodor Konyukhov” is an animated feature about a Russian explorer’s solo air balloon voyage around the world.
The films offered the latest evidence of Bondarchuk’s ambitions to break out of the Russian market. “Art Pictures produces films for a wide audience,” he told Variety after the presentation. The company’s global sales, he noted, have been steadily rising in recent years,...
The invitation-only showcase at the Gray d’Albion hotel also unveiled footage from three new features that Bondarchuk is either directing or producing. Sci-fi thriller “Sputnik” is the story of a Russian cosmonaut who returns to earth with an alien inside him; “Ice 2” explores a tragic event that shatters the picture-perfect marriage of a top ice hockey player and a renowned figure skater; and “Fyodor Konyukhov” is an animated feature about a Russian explorer’s solo air balloon voyage around the world.
The films offered the latest evidence of Bondarchuk’s ambitions to break out of the Russian market. “Art Pictures produces films for a wide audience,” he told Variety after the presentation. The company’s global sales, he noted, have been steadily rising in recent years,...
- 5/19/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
To the strains of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” Renee Zellweger shows off her portrayal of Judy Garland in the last years of her life in the first trailer for “Judy,” which dropped Friday. The biopic comes from Pathé, BBC Films and Ingenious Media.
In the trailer, Zellweger’s Garland walks the yellow brick road, and is shown in behind-the-scenes dressing-room moments. She is also seen in London, where she gave a number of sold-out concerts at the Talk of the Town club in the late 1960s, at the end of her career. The film depicts her sometimes stormy relationships with musicians and fans, her family and her management.
The trailer closes with an excerpt of Zellweger performing and turning away from the crowd to look into the camera. Jessie Buckley (“War and Peace”), Finn Wittrock (“American Horror Story”) and Michael Gambon (“Harry Potter”) also star in “Judy.”
Rupert Goold helms the picture.
In the trailer, Zellweger’s Garland walks the yellow brick road, and is shown in behind-the-scenes dressing-room moments. She is also seen in London, where she gave a number of sold-out concerts at the Talk of the Town club in the late 1960s, at the end of her career. The film depicts her sometimes stormy relationships with musicians and fans, her family and her management.
The trailer closes with an excerpt of Zellweger performing and turning away from the crowd to look into the camera. Jessie Buckley (“War and Peace”), Finn Wittrock (“American Horror Story”) and Michael Gambon (“Harry Potter”) also star in “Judy.”
Rupert Goold helms the picture.
- 5/10/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Audrey Hepburn would’ve celebrated her 90th birthday on May 4, 2019. The Oscar-winning actress only appeared in a handful of movies before her death in 1993 at the age of 63, but many of them remain classics. In honor of her birthday, let’s take a look back at 15 of her greatest films, ranked worst to best.
Hepburn was born in 1929 in Ixelles, Brussels. Her family moved to the Netherlands in 1939 after Britain declared war on Germany, and when Hitler’s army invaded in 1940, they were forced to remain for another five years. Hepburn was affected by the occupation both physically and psychologically, witnessing atrocities and suffering from malnutrition when food became scarce. (She would owe her famously slim waistline to this.)
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Once the war ended in 1945, Hepburn began ballet training in Amsterdam and started appearing as a chorus girl in several musicals after moving to London.
Hepburn was born in 1929 in Ixelles, Brussels. Her family moved to the Netherlands in 1939 after Britain declared war on Germany, and when Hitler’s army invaded in 1940, they were forced to remain for another five years. Hepburn was affected by the occupation both physically and psychologically, witnessing atrocities and suffering from malnutrition when food became scarce. (She would owe her famously slim waistline to this.)
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Once the war ended in 1945, Hepburn began ballet training in Amsterdam and started appearing as a chorus girl in several musicals after moving to London.
- 5/4/2019
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Audrey Hepburn would’ve celebrated her 90th birthday on May 4, 2019. The Oscar-winning actress only appeared in a handful of movies before her death in 1993 at the age of 63, but many of them remain classics. In honor of her birthday, let’s take a look back at 15 of her greatest films, ranked worst to best.
Hepburn was born in 1929 in Ixelles, Brussels. Her family moved to the Netherlands in 1939 after Britain declared war on Germany, and when Hitler’s army invaded in 1940, they were forced to remain for another five years. Hepburn was affected by the occupation both physically and psychologically, witnessing atrocities and suffering from malnutrition when food became scarce. (She would owe her famously slim waistline to this.)
Once the war ended in 1945, Hepburn began ballet training in Amsterdam and started appearing as a chorus girl in several musicals after moving to London. She popped up in small roles...
Hepburn was born in 1929 in Ixelles, Brussels. Her family moved to the Netherlands in 1939 after Britain declared war on Germany, and when Hitler’s army invaded in 1940, they were forced to remain for another five years. Hepburn was affected by the occupation both physically and psychologically, witnessing atrocities and suffering from malnutrition when food became scarce. (She would owe her famously slim waistline to this.)
Once the war ended in 1945, Hepburn began ballet training in Amsterdam and started appearing as a chorus girl in several musicals after moving to London. She popped up in small roles...
- 5/4/2019
- by Zach Laws and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
“Les Misérables” has major stones to debut on the same day and in the same timeslot as the hotly anticipated return of “Game of Thrones,” and that confidence isn’t necessarily foolish or unfounded. With its share of backstabbing, suffering, starry-eyed love, and insurrection, the Victor Hugo novel was delivering large-scale drama long before Jon Snow was even a glint in George R.R. Martin’s eye. PBS’ moving and stunning adaptation of “Les Misérables” is an engrossing treat, featuring a vibrant cast and taking its time to unspool the melodrama and offer loving looks at 19th century France.
Andrew Davies is no stranger to tackling epic tomes such as “War and Peace” and does a credible job wrestling Hugo’s nearly 2,000-page opus to the screen. Fortunately, he has six episodes to work with, which is similar to the author’s five-volume breakdown of the action. Teamed up with director Tom Shankland,...
Andrew Davies is no stranger to tackling epic tomes such as “War and Peace” and does a credible job wrestling Hugo’s nearly 2,000-page opus to the screen. Fortunately, he has six episodes to work with, which is similar to the author’s five-volume breakdown of the action. Teamed up with director Tom Shankland,...
- 4/14/2019
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
In this entertaining if sentimental tale co-starring Julie Walters, a young Glaswegian dreams of becoming a star in Nashville
There’s a marvellous singing turn from Jessie Buckley in this movie from screenwriter Nicole Taylor and director Tom Harper about a talented young country singer and ex-convict from Glasgow called Rose-Lynn, desperate to make it to the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. But how is she going to find money for the air fare? And who is going to look after her kids?
Buckley had already showed audiences what a great actor she is with her performance as Maria Bolkonskaya in the BBC period drama War and Peace (also directed by Harper) and in Michael Pearce’s film Beast. Now Wild Rose puts us in the picture about her wonderful singing voice. A soundtrack album for this could be a big seller.
There’s a marvellous singing turn from Jessie Buckley in this movie from screenwriter Nicole Taylor and director Tom Harper about a talented young country singer and ex-convict from Glasgow called Rose-Lynn, desperate to make it to the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. But how is she going to find money for the air fare? And who is going to look after her kids?
Buckley had already showed audiences what a great actor she is with her performance as Maria Bolkonskaya in the BBC period drama War and Peace (also directed by Harper) and in Michael Pearce’s film Beast. Now Wild Rose puts us in the picture about her wonderful singing voice. A soundtrack album for this could be a big seller.
- 4/10/2019
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
As far as Andrew Davies is concerned, adapting Victor Hugo’s “Les Misérables” to the screen independent of Alain Boubil, Jean-Marc Natel, and Herbert Kretzmer’s juggernaut musical was nothing short of an overdue necessity. “I hated the musical,” the writer stated outright at the Television Critics Assn.’s winter press tour in February. “I just wanted to rescue this great book from [that] pathetic virago.”
Suffice it to say, his PBS Masterpiece version of “Les Misérables” does not wear its heart on its sleeve nearly as much as the musical’s bombastic numbers do. But Davies — whose considerable résumé includes adaptations of “Pride and Prejudice,” “Vanity Fair,” and “War and Peace” — nonetheless knows how to mine timeless emotion from tomes that many might dismiss as incurably dry.
This new version of “Les Misérables” comes to us in the form of a handsome, sweeping, straightforward series of six episodes. Davies and...
Suffice it to say, his PBS Masterpiece version of “Les Misérables” does not wear its heart on its sleeve nearly as much as the musical’s bombastic numbers do. But Davies — whose considerable résumé includes adaptations of “Pride and Prejudice,” “Vanity Fair,” and “War and Peace” — nonetheless knows how to mine timeless emotion from tomes that many might dismiss as incurably dry.
This new version of “Les Misérables” comes to us in the form of a handsome, sweeping, straightforward series of six episodes. Davies and...
- 4/9/2019
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
Ahead of its French premiere at Series Mania on Saturday, BBC Studios has revealed a raft of international broadcaster deals on Lookout Point’s Les Misérables.
Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic has sold to Portugal (RTP2), Norway (Nrk), Sweden (Svt), Finland (Yle), Iceland (Ruv), Denmark (TV2), New Zealand (Tvnz), India (Zee Café), Spain (Telefonica), Taiwan (Catchplay), Estonia (Etv), Russia (Channel One and Kultura), Greece (Cosmote) and Latvia (Ltv).
BBC First will premiere the series across Benelux, South Africa, Middle East, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Masterpiece-PBS is U.S co-production partner.
Cast includes Dominic West, David Oyelowo, Lily Collins, Olivia Colman, Adeel Akhtar, Josh O’Connor, Ellie Bamber, Erin Kellyman, David Bradley and Derek Jacobi.
Executive producers are Andrew Davies, Faith Penhale (War And Peace) for Lookout Point, Bethan Jones for BBC Studios (Sherlock). David Oyelowo and Dominic West also executive produce. Mona Qureshi is...
Andrew Davies’ adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic has sold to Portugal (RTP2), Norway (Nrk), Sweden (Svt), Finland (Yle), Iceland (Ruv), Denmark (TV2), New Zealand (Tvnz), India (Zee Café), Spain (Telefonica), Taiwan (Catchplay), Estonia (Etv), Russia (Channel One and Kultura), Greece (Cosmote) and Latvia (Ltv).
BBC First will premiere the series across Benelux, South Africa, Middle East, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Masterpiece-PBS is U.S co-production partner.
Cast includes Dominic West, David Oyelowo, Lily Collins, Olivia Colman, Adeel Akhtar, Josh O’Connor, Ellie Bamber, Erin Kellyman, David Bradley and Derek Jacobi.
Executive producers are Andrew Davies, Faith Penhale (War And Peace) for Lookout Point, Bethan Jones for BBC Studios (Sherlock). David Oyelowo and Dominic West also executive produce. Mona Qureshi is...
- 3/22/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Siobhan Finneran and Hannah John-Kamen have signed on for “The Stranger.” They will star alongside the previously announced Richard Armitage in the Netflix adaptation of the Harlan Coben novel.
“Absolutely Fabulous” star Jennifer Saunders has also been cast, in her first major drama role. Anthony Head (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) and Stephen Rea (“War and Peace”) will also appear.
“Happy Valley” and “Downton Abbey” star Finneran will play detective Johanna Griffin in the series, and John-Kamen (“Ready Player One”) will play the titular mysterious stranger who exposes people’s secrets, dropping bombshells that will shatter lives.
Armitage is Adam Price, the series protagonist who finds himself tangled in a mysterious web of deception. His steady life, two wonderful sons and watertight marriage all seem unassailable – until The Stranger reveals a shocking secret about his wife.
Studiocanal’s Red Production Company is making the series, which Netflix will launch globally. It...
“Absolutely Fabulous” star Jennifer Saunders has also been cast, in her first major drama role. Anthony Head (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) and Stephen Rea (“War and Peace”) will also appear.
“Happy Valley” and “Downton Abbey” star Finneran will play detective Johanna Griffin in the series, and John-Kamen (“Ready Player One”) will play the titular mysterious stranger who exposes people’s secrets, dropping bombshells that will shatter lives.
Armitage is Adam Price, the series protagonist who finds himself tangled in a mysterious web of deception. His steady life, two wonderful sons and watertight marriage all seem unassailable – until The Stranger reveals a shocking secret about his wife.
Studiocanal’s Red Production Company is making the series, which Netflix will launch globally. It...
- 3/6/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Renee Zellweger is Judy Garland in the first look-image from upcoming biopic Judy.
The film — which started principal production on Monday — is based on the true story of Garland's final concerts in London, with Jessie Buckley (War and Peace), Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story) and Michael Gambon (Harry Potter) starring alongside Oscar-winner Zellweger.
Tony nominee and two-time Olivier winner Rupert Goold (King Charles III) directs from a script written by The Crown scribe Tom Edge. BAFTA winner David Livingstone (Pride) produces for Calamity Films. Judy is a Pathe, BBC Films and Ingenious Media presentation of a ...
The film — which started principal production on Monday — is based on the true story of Garland's final concerts in London, with Jessie Buckley (War and Peace), Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story) and Michael Gambon (Harry Potter) starring alongside Oscar-winner Zellweger.
Tony nominee and two-time Olivier winner Rupert Goold (King Charles III) directs from a script written by The Crown scribe Tom Edge. BAFTA winner David Livingstone (Pride) produces for Calamity Films. Judy is a Pathe, BBC Films and Ingenious Media presentation of a ...
- 3/19/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Renee Zellweger is Judy Garland in the first look-image from upcoming biopic Judy.
The film — which started principal production on Monday — is based on the true story of Garland's final concerts in London, with Jessie Buckley (War and Peace), Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story) and Michael Gambon (Harry Potter) starring alongside Oscar-winner Zellweger.
Tony nominee and two-time Olivier winner Rupert Goold (King Charles III) directs from a script written by The Crown scribe Tom Edge. BAFTA winner David Livingstone (Pride) produces for Calamity Films. Judy is a Pathe, BBC Films and Ingenious Media presentation of a ...
The film — which started principal production on Monday — is based on the true story of Garland's final concerts in London, with Jessie Buckley (War and Peace), Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story) and Michael Gambon (Harry Potter) starring alongside Oscar-winner Zellweger.
Tony nominee and two-time Olivier winner Rupert Goold (King Charles III) directs from a script written by The Crown scribe Tom Edge. BAFTA winner David Livingstone (Pride) produces for Calamity Films. Judy is a Pathe, BBC Films and Ingenious Media presentation of a ...
- 3/19/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 16th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival announced its line-up in a press conference today.
Here is the complete list of films which will be screened at the festival:-
International Competition
Difret
Dir.: Zeresenay Berhane Mehari (Ethiopia / 2014 / Col / 99)
History of Fear (Historia del miedo)
Dir.: Benjamin Naishtat (Argentina-France-Germany-Qatar-Uruguay / 2014 / Col / 79)
With Others (Ba Digaran)
Dir.: Nasser Zamiri (Iran / 2014 / Col / 85)
The Tree (Drevo)
Dir.: Sonja Prosenc (Slovenia / 2014 / Col / 90)
Next to Her (At li layla)
Dir.: Asaf Korman (Israel / 2014 / Col / 90)
Schimbare
Dir.: Alex Sampayo (Spain / 2014 / Col / 87)
Fever
Dir.: Raphaël Neal (France / 2014 / Col / 81)
Court
Dir.: Chaitanya Tamhane (India (Marathi-Gujarati-English-Hindi) / 2014 / Col / 116)
Macondo
Dir.: Sudabeh Mortezai (Austria / 2014 / Col / 98)
India Gold Competition 2014
The Fort (Killa)
Dir.: Avinash Arun (India (Marathi) / 2014 / Col / 107)
Unto the Dusk
Dir.: Sajin Baabu (India (Malayalam) / 2014 / Col / 118)
Names Unknown (Perariyathavar)
Dir.: Dr. Biju (India (Malayalam) / 2014 / Col / 110)
Buddha In a Traffic Jam
Dir.
Here is the complete list of films which will be screened at the festival:-
International Competition
Difret
Dir.: Zeresenay Berhane Mehari (Ethiopia / 2014 / Col / 99)
History of Fear (Historia del miedo)
Dir.: Benjamin Naishtat (Argentina-France-Germany-Qatar-Uruguay / 2014 / Col / 79)
With Others (Ba Digaran)
Dir.: Nasser Zamiri (Iran / 2014 / Col / 85)
The Tree (Drevo)
Dir.: Sonja Prosenc (Slovenia / 2014 / Col / 90)
Next to Her (At li layla)
Dir.: Asaf Korman (Israel / 2014 / Col / 90)
Schimbare
Dir.: Alex Sampayo (Spain / 2014 / Col / 87)
Fever
Dir.: Raphaël Neal (France / 2014 / Col / 81)
Court
Dir.: Chaitanya Tamhane (India (Marathi-Gujarati-English-Hindi) / 2014 / Col / 116)
Macondo
Dir.: Sudabeh Mortezai (Austria / 2014 / Col / 98)
India Gold Competition 2014
The Fort (Killa)
Dir.: Avinash Arun (India (Marathi) / 2014 / Col / 107)
Unto the Dusk
Dir.: Sajin Baabu (India (Malayalam) / 2014 / Col / 118)
Names Unknown (Perariyathavar)
Dir.: Dr. Biju (India (Malayalam) / 2014 / Col / 110)
Buddha In a Traffic Jam
Dir.
- 9/17/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Not quite but it’s up there. Finally after years of development and labor problems and losing a director, the two part film version of the The Hobbit will soon begin production directed by Peter Jackson and sources are saying that it will be one of the most expensive films ever made with a total production cost approaching $500 million.
Thought that’s a staggering sum it, doesn’t make make it the most expensive film ever made. Both the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels, which were shot back-to- back, cost an estimated $450 million combined for both films and Spider Man 3 cost Sony Pictures a reported $500 million to make.
But the still the king of all expensive films still is the 8 hour long Russian film version of Tolstoy’s War and Peace directed by Sergei Bondarchuk (and which by the way is a really good film) which took 5 years to shoot released in the U.
Thought that’s a staggering sum it, doesn’t make make it the most expensive film ever made. Both the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels, which were shot back-to- back, cost an estimated $450 million combined for both films and Spider Man 3 cost Sony Pictures a reported $500 million to make.
But the still the king of all expensive films still is the 8 hour long Russian film version of Tolstoy’s War and Peace directed by Sergei Bondarchuk (and which by the way is a really good film) which took 5 years to shoot released in the U.
- 10/12/2010
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
Burnt by the Sun 2 (Утомлённые Солнцем 2) is a continuation of Oscar-awarded (Best Foreign Language Film in 1994) movie Burnt by the Sun, directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. It's a WW2 epic of the same director with a budget of 55 million dollars, that makes it the most expensive Russian film ever since Soviet times (Ussr had several times more expensive movies, for example War and peace is the most expensive movie in the history of Earth, it's budget was 700 millions calculated in modern dollars). The sequel was divided into 2 parts: Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus and Burnt by the Sun 3: The Citadel. It is scheduled to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
For the first week the movie gathered only less than 4 millions in box-office. I see 2 reasons for it:
1. Russians don't like historical movies as a genre. All Russian recent historical movies were commercially unsuccessful, except...
For the first week the movie gathered only less than 4 millions in box-office. I see 2 reasons for it:
1. Russians don't like historical movies as a genre. All Russian recent historical movies were commercially unsuccessful, except...
- 5/4/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Russian actor best known for his role as Bolkonsky in the epic War and Peace
The supremely handsome Russian actor Vyacheslav Tikhonov, who has died aged 81, seemed born to play Prince Andrei Bolkonsky in Sergei Bondarchuk's magnificent War and Peace (1967), in which he carried off the difficult task of gaining sympathy for Tolstoy's melancholy, sardonic, aloof aristocrat.
According to the critic Roger Ebert: "All of the actors look a little larger, nobler and more heroic than life … perhaps Tikhonov comes closest with his chiselled face." The four-part, eight-hour, 70mm, $100m epic was deservedly awarded the Oscar for best foreign language film in 1969, and Tikhonov was feted wherever it was shown.
Before War and Peace, Tikhonov had appeared in a dozen films since his debut in Sergei Gerasimov's The Young Guard (1948), which was among the better socialist realist films of the period. He played a passionate youth, one...
The supremely handsome Russian actor Vyacheslav Tikhonov, who has died aged 81, seemed born to play Prince Andrei Bolkonsky in Sergei Bondarchuk's magnificent War and Peace (1967), in which he carried off the difficult task of gaining sympathy for Tolstoy's melancholy, sardonic, aloof aristocrat.
According to the critic Roger Ebert: "All of the actors look a little larger, nobler and more heroic than life … perhaps Tikhonov comes closest with his chiselled face." The four-part, eight-hour, 70mm, $100m epic was deservedly awarded the Oscar for best foreign language film in 1969, and Tikhonov was feted wherever it was shown.
Before War and Peace, Tikhonov had appeared in a dozen films since his debut in Sergei Gerasimov's The Young Guard (1948), which was among the better socialist realist films of the period. He played a passionate youth, one...
- 12/11/2009
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Cologne, Germany -- The Berlin International Film Festival is going epic for 2009, with a retrospective devoted to the wide-screen panoramic images of 70mm filmmaking.
The Berlin festival will screen 22 films shot in the format, including "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962), "Patton" (1970) and Sergei Bondarchuk's "War and Peace" (1967).
The Retrospective program also will include a series of lectures to accompany the films. The 59th Berlinale runs Feb. 5-15.
The Berlin festival will screen 22 films shot in the format, including "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962), "Patton" (1970) and Sergei Bondarchuk's "War and Peace" (1967).
The Retrospective program also will include a series of lectures to accompany the films. The 59th Berlinale runs Feb. 5-15.
- 10/27/2008
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MOSCOW -- Russia's latest blockbuster action movie -- 9th Company, an Afghan war adventure based on a true story -- has broken domestic boxoffice records by taking in $9 million in the first six days since its release last week, distributors Gemini Film International said Thursday. Directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk, whose father, Sergei, was famed for his 1960s epics War and Peace and Waterloo, 9th Company (9-ya Rota) was released on 412 prints and drew 2.4 million viewers in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus between Sept. 29 and Oct. 5, a Gemini spokesman said. The third major Russian blockbuster to be released in the past 15 months, 9th Company beat the first-week figures for the previous record-holders: fantasy horror movie Night Watch, which was released in July 2004 and made $5.3 million in its first week, and costume drama Turkish Gambit, which pulled in $6 million in its first week when it opened in March.
- 10/6/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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