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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Mark Cousins is the New Mr. Peabody (and Ken Burns Too)...Not a Casting Story/Mickey and Roger and Telluride/Cannes Announcement in One Week

Welcome to Thursday...

MARK COUSINS IS THE NEW MR. PEABODY (WELL, SO IS KEN BURNS)

Over the past couple of Telluride Film Fests, Mark Cousins has become a familiar face around town. He presented "The Story of Children in Film" last year and previously had presented "The Story of Film". The latter earned TCM and Mr. Cousins a Peabody Award this past week.

Congratulations to him and Turner Classic Movies and the Telluride programmers as well for providing we film goers the opportunity to see what has been hailed as a high quality production.

Ken Burns "The Central Park Five" (PBS?Florentine Films) was also named a Peabody recipient. CP5 also appeared at TFF #39.

Other programs named Peabody winners this year included: "Breaking Bad", "The Bridge", "House of Cards", "Key and Peele", "Orange is the New Black" and "How to Survive a Plague". You can find the complete list of Peabody winners here:

http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/2013-peabody-winners

MICKEY AND ROGER AND TELLURIDE

With the death of Mickey Rooney this week, Chaz Ebert tweeted a link to a piece that her husband roger had done about Mr. Rooney at the 2005 Telluride Fest. Rooney was tributed that year and Ebert did the Q & A. Here's the link to the piece Roger wrote made all the more moving because they're both gone now...

http://www.rogerebert.com/festivals-and-awards/telluride-3-mickey-in-the-limelight

CANNES ANNOUNCEMENT IS ONE WEEK AWAY

The 67th Cannes Film Fest announcement of the bulk of its lineup is a week from today. As a public service, here's a link to IndieWire's 40 film Cannes wish list:

http://www.indiewire.com/article/cannes-wish-list-40-films-we-hope-make-the-festivals-2014-lineup

Included on their wish/prediction lineup are:

"Birdman"
"Clouds of Sils Maria"
"Coming Home"
"Eden"
"Everything Will Be Fine"
"Far From the Madding Crowd"
"Foxcatcher"
"The Imitation Game"
"Inherent Vice"
"Maps to the Stars"
"A Most Violent Year"
"Mr. Turner"
"A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence"
"Rosewater"
"The Search"
"Squirrel to the Nuts"
"Suite Francaise"
"Two Days One Night"
"While We're Young"

More on Monday...have a great weekend...

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Jog A Buck for The Jogger/Argo Awards/Central Park Trailer/Rust and Bone Clip/Coming Attractions

Good Thursday to All from the Oklahoma 5A State One Act Play Competition in Wagoner, OK!

JOG A BUCK FOR "THE JOGGER"

Filming continues for friend of the blog Casey Twenter making his debut as a feature co-director shooting his script of "The Jogger" (co-written and co-directed by Jeff Robison). Check their Kickstarter account they have ongoing to further enhance the film in post-production. Drop a dime or two and support film in Oklahoma! Here's the link:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1277883372/the-jogger

ARGO AWARDS

It may just be the opening of the awards floodgate for Ben Affleck's "Argo" as the film was honored by the Hollywood Film Awards this week for Ensemble Acting. Contactmusic.com has that story here:
http://www.contactmusic.com/news/awards-already-rolling-in-for-ben-affleck-s-argo_3339859

CENTRAL PARK FIVE TRAILER

Official trailer for "The Central Park Five"

Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon's documentary about injustice in NYC in the 80's has a n official trailer. That's linked above and I have also linked a couple of stories announcing the trailer here:

FirstShowing.net:
http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/full-trailer-for-ken-burns-latest-the-central-park-five-documentary/?uid=5976ee2cecc6f1b82c94d5bdfbde56d6e7add463

Awards Daily:
http://www.awardsdaily.com/blog/2012/10/22/central-park-five-trailer/

NEW CLIP FROM "RUST AND BONE"

Continuing to build momentum towards its release here in the U.S. is Jacques Audiard's "Rust and Bone" and to that end a new clip from the film is out and featured at The Playlist. It releases here in the U.S. on Nov.23.

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/you-have-to-carry-me-new-clip-from-rust-and-bone-with-marion-cotillard-matthias-schoenaerts-20121023

COMING ATTRACTIONS

This "Coming Attraction" is probably as close to a lead pipe cinch as you can imagine this far away from its completion. This week's addition to the conversation about future Telluride possibilities is Alexander Payne's "Nebraska". Payne has become a real fixture at Telluride. So much so that he told me in September that he has the green light to pursue films that he finds interesting for possible presentation as part of the festival.

"Nebraska" stars an incredibly eclectic cast of Bruce Dern and Will Forte of SNL and MacGruber fame(?). Also listed in the cast are: Bob Odenkirk and Stacy Keach. The IMDb description says:

"An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million dollar Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes prize."

So, here are the various links to stories about "Nebraska" that I've been hoarding for the past few months:

From The Playlist:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/alexander-payne-says-he-has-actor-in-mind-for-nebraska-who-might-not-have-seen-the-script-yet

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/bruce-dern-macgruber-star-will-forte-are-alexander-paynes-picks-to-star-in-nebraska-20120515

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/bruce-dern-macgruber-star-will-forte-confirmed-for-alexander-paynes-nebraska-20120806

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/buzz-mccallister-from-home-alone-is-the-villain-in-alexander-paynes-nebraska-20121004

From The Hollywood Reporter:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/devin-ratray-signs-villain-duties-nebraska-alexander-payne-376364

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/alexander-payne-bryan-cranston-nebraska-300243?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

From Get The Big Picture:

http://www.getthebigpicture.net/blog/2012/5/21/macgruber-to-take-upper-deckers-in-nebraska-for-alexander-pa.html

"Nebraska's" IMDb entry is here:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821549/

More on Monday...have a good weekend!

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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Invitation/Wells Says/Ten More That Could Play

Good Thursday to Everybody...8 Days...(7 til the bus leaves the Oklahoma Panhandle!)...

INVITATION

Please consider yourself officially invited to a brief "meet and greet and discussion of film" as The River Club kindly presents my "Second Annual(?) Guide to the 'Ride; Flow of the SHOW". Refreshments, re-acquaintances, new acquaintances all at 5:00 pm at The River Club at 550 Depot in Telluride. Should be fun.

WELLS SAYS...

I make no secret that I'm an amateur when it comes to this whole film blog universe and am not in the same league as a good number of other folks who really do play the game in a serious fashion. One of those is Jeffrey Wells of Hollywood Elsewhere. Mr. Wells will be attending Telluride and usually does and clearly he has sources...so when he drops some T-ride info...best pay attention. And he did yesterday as I was kindly alerted by Film Blather's Eugene Novikov, Mr. Wells seems to nail down some of the Telluride lineup. He says, cryptically, that we'll see Ben Affleck's "Argo", Roger Michell's "Hyde Park on Hudson", Noah Baumbach's "Frances Ha", Ken Burns "Central Park Five" and Jacques Audiard's "Rust and Bone". He implies we're also likely to see Terrence Malick's "To the Wonder". And he mentions Robert Lorenz's "Trouble with the Curve" in such a way that I can't tell if he's debunking the thought that it will be there...or implying that it will obviously be there. Mr. Novikov thinks it's likely the former...

Check the whole entry here:
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2012/08/loose_talk_1.php

"Rust", "Hyde Park" and "Central Park Five" are on this week's "Ten Bets". The rest have been or will be on this week's progressive "Thirty That Could Play" list that concludes with the final 10 today. See below...

Frankly, the big surprise, to me anyway, would be the Malick...but it would be on my short list of films to catch at the festival if Wells is right.

Also, I have to admit that I had become pretty convinced that "Trouble with the Curve" was happening...but as I said, Wells sentence structure and emphasis make me uncertain as to what he's really saying...

TEN (OF THIRTY) THAT COULD PLAY

I've spent the week outlining 30 films in addition to this week's "Ten Bets" that could find their way onto screens in Telluride next week and assigning a percentage of chance to each one. In all honesty, the Wells blurb yesterday has altered how I have written this final installment. Here are 10 more that could play:

"The Impossible" trailer

"The Impossible" from Juan Antonio Bayona...the film focuses on the aftermath of the 2004 tsunami in southeast Asia and the true story of one family. Ewna MacGregor and Naomi Watts star and attention to it has risen very rapidly over the last 2-3 weeks. Chances-50%

"To the Wonder" from Terrence Malick. The master has turned around a film just months after "The Tree of Life" which for Malick is historically unprecedented. It's reportedly a love story set in part in Europe and Oklahoma...and shot to some extent here in the Sooner State. To be truthful, I have been low balling any chance that it would be in Telluride...until the Wells post yesterday (and credit where due, InContention/HitFix's Kris Tapley said he thought it was a "possible"..so...Chances-60%.

"Yellow" from Nick Cassavettes...also shot partly in Oklahoma, I've thought it might be Telluride material from the first moment I heard about it...still think it could be. Chances-50%

"Frances Ha" from Noah Baumbach. Baumbach has played Telluride before and though I recently put this film on my radar, still thought its chances were small...again, the Wells post makes me reconsider. Chances-60%.

Trailer for "Quartet"

"Quartet" from first time director Dustin Hoffman...mostly on my radar as it's from The Weinstein Company...Hoffman directing an adaptation of a Roland Harwood play...Chances-25%

"At Any Price" from Ramin Bahrani and starring Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron and Heather Graham in an agricultural family drama. Decent buzz and Tapley's inclusion as a "probable" makes it one to consider. Chances-40%.

"Passion" from Brian DePalma. A lot of people think this is going to make the cut and play at Telluride next week so I have to take it seriously, but I have to say I've been dubious about its chances all summer. Chances-40%

Trailer for "The Sessions"

"The Sessions" from Ben Lewin starring John Hawkes and Helen Hunt. This Sundance hit is one of two films that really hit a nerve from that festival (the other being "Beasts of the Southern Wild" and "Beasts is in release). I've been campaigning in my own tiny way for its inclusion at Telluride despite the fact that it preemed in Utah. Its distributor, Fox Searchlight reportedly wanted it to play Telluride, so my hope is that sentiment (and a lean Fox Search cupboard) makes that a reality. Chances-45%

"Great Expectations" Mike Newell with the latest adaptation of the Dickens classic with Ralph Fiennes and Helena Bonham Carter. Tapley says its a "maybe". I'm not that optimistic. Chances-30%

"Ernest and Celestine" It's French...it's animated...I'll bet it plays. Chances-55%

And beyond these 40 films there are still others that could (and will) play...for example: "The Company You Keep", "A Late Quartet", "Arthur Newman", "Dangerous Liaisons", "Caesar Must Die" (look out for this one), "Everybody Has a Plan", "The Gatekeepers" (also this), "In the Fog", "Laurence Anyways", "Love is All You Need", "Much Ado About Nothing", "The Place Beyond the Pines", "Populaire", "Post Tenebras Lux", "Room 237", "Seven Psychopaths" and "The We and the I".

THE SESSIONS

Hollywood News makes noise about the Sundance hit and my wish list #2 film for Telluride as it preps to go to Toronto.
http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2012/08/22/the-sessions-gets-an-official-poster-toronto-2012/

BEYOND THE HILLS

Christian Munigu's follow up to his Cannes Palme D'or winning "4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days" is sitting at #10 on this week's "Ten Bets". The writer/director recently talked to Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood about the Telluride possible film:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/cannes-interview-cristian-mungiu-talks-beyond-the-hills

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Master Poster #2/CF5 and Sundance/Zero Teaser/

Good Tuesday Everyone from San Francisco, CA...Got tickets to see the national tour of "War Horse" tonight...excited!

Oscar winning composer Marvin Hamlisch has died at 68. His adaptation of Scott Joplin's "rags" for "The Sting" were maybe as important to that film as Redford and Newman.

His IMDb entry: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006121/

MASTER POSTER #2

A second poster for Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" has emerged as it seems that there is some nugget everyday about the highly anticipated film.

Here's the new poster:

Also included is the post from The Playlist:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/kaleidoscopic-new-poster-for-paul-thomas-andersons-the-master-will-leave-you-feeling-blue-20120806

CF5 AND SUNDANCE

Ken Burns et.al. has a distributor. Sundance Selects will distribute "The Central Park Five" Here's the story from The Hollywood Reporter:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sundance-selects-central-park-five-ken-burns-358646?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

ZERO TEASER

Let's be honest...the chances that Kathryn Bigelow's "finding Bin Laden" drama "Zero Dark Thirty" will play at Telluride is really very small...but it's NOT impossible. And it's probably wise to remember that her last gig was Oscar winner "The Hurt Locker"...so with that, here's the first teaser for "Zero...":

Also a link to the details from Rope of Silicon: http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/watch-zero-dark-thirty-trailer-osama-bin-laden/

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Monday, August 6, 2012

Ten Bets #7/More Master Reactions/Cloud Atlas Views/Central Park Five

Good Monday from Los Angeles...headed to San Francisco today!

TEN BETS #7

My weekly look at what I think are the most likely films to play as a part of the Telluride Film Festival:

Last week's "Ten Bets":

1) Amour
2) Rust and Bone
3) Midnight's Children
4) On the Road
5) Beyond the Hills
6) The Central Park Five
7) Bromberg's Chaplin
8) Hyde Park on Hudson
9) The Reluctant Fundamentalist
10) Hannah Arendt

This week's "Ten Bets"

1) Amour
2) Rust and Bone
3) Midnight's Children
4) The Central Park Five
5) Bromberg's Chaplin
6) Hyde Park on Hudson
7) No
8) On the Road
9) The Reluctant Fundamentalist
10) Beyond the Hills

"Hannah Arendt" is still very possible as is "Something in the Air".

MORE MASTER REACTIONS

By now many of you readers know that Paul Thomas Anderson "sneaked" a screening of "The Master" Saturday night here in Los Angeles. Reactions/comments and pseudo-reviews continued to pop up all weekend. I have included some more of that kind of thing here:

Thompson on Hollywood: http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/early-review-paul-thomas-andersons-the-master-is-visually-dazzling-enigmatic-certain-to-polarize-gorgeous-in-70mm

The Playlist: http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/paul-thomas-anderson-secretly-premieres-the-master-in-santa-monica-first-reactions-are-wildly-positive-20120804

FirstShowing.net: http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/ptas-the-master-had-a-surprise-70mm-screening-in-la-last-night/

There does continue to be some undercurrent that "The Master" could still be a Telluride choice. Jeffrey Wells, Kris Tapley have continued to say "Maybe". A couple of my friends who have been frequent Telluride attendees have pointed out that Telluride can and has handled 70mm films. Another friend from inside the industry (and who I think has a good ear for this) says he's pretty confident we'll see it in Colorado.

So, As I have been saying, I think there's still a chance "The Master" plays...

CLOUD ATLAS VIEWS

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/cloud-atlas-visual-timeline-reveals-more-photos-of-the-ever-changing-faces-of-its-cast-20120805

CENTRAL PARK FIVE

Ken Burns and crew have a trailer cut for the Toronto International Film Festival. As I am calling the documentary the #4 bet this week among the "Ten Bets" I have included that trailer:

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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Best of the Week/Master Shows/New at SPC/Pictures...Many

Good Saturday from L.A.

BEST OF THE WEEK

INVITATION

Another reminder to join me at The River Club on Friday, Aug. 31 at 5:00PM for the Second Annual "Guide to the Ride; Flow of the SHOW". Last year was a lot of fun and we're going to try our level best to have a great time again this year. So, come, enjoy. We may have a special guest or two...we're trying anyway.

TEN BETS

This week's "Ten Bets" on Monday were:

1) Amour
2) Rust and Bone
3) Midnight's Children
4) On the Road
5) Beyond the Hills
6) The Central Park Five
7) Bromberg's Chaplin
8) Hyde Park on Hudson
9) The Reluctant Fundamentalist
10) Hannah Arendt

Still solidly in the mix: "No", Something in the Air", "Song for Marion". This past week saw the eruption of rumor that "Cloud Atlas" and "The Master" are still possibilities for Telluride.

GUESSING TELLURIDE

I do this "guessing" Telluride thing for about 6 months of the year and then do awards season in the context of those films that do play Telluride the other 6 months of the year. But now, with only a month left to some of the serious peeps in the business of film blogging are casting their Kris Tapley of HitFix/InContention is among the very best and he has his Telluride prognostication post (along with Oscar spec). You can find it here:

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/fall-fests-set-to-fire-the-oscar-starting-gun

Highlights of his prognostications include his feel that "Rust and Bone" "No" and "Amour" all have a good shot..as have I.

He also have a vibe for "The Silver Linings Playbook"...I agree and Tapley suggests Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut "Quartet" which would thrill me...I'd love nothing more than to see Hoffman on Colorado Ave. But I have reservations that it's likely to occur.

Tapley also goes with "Midnight's Children" and Matteo Garrone's "Reality" as likely to show in addition to "Hyde Park on Hudson". I'm pretty high on MC and "Hyde Park" being there, less so about "Reality".

And finally, Tapley has one big surprise guess, and he admits it really is just a hunch...that Robert Lorenz's "Trouble with the Curve" appears along with Mr. Eastwood. That would be incredible!

MASTER DISASTER

It was a roller coaster day yesterday. I'm on the road...literally driving from Flagstaff, AZ. to San Diego, CA. yesterday...while catching the occasional tweet at gas stops and at lunch...

And so as the day evolved, I got the news that "The Master" WILL play Venice after all...despite not being announced last week and even reported denials that it would...

The Playlist: http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/paul-thomas-andersons-the-master-will-play-the-venice-film-festival-after-all-20120730

As you know, I have often pointed out that Venice and Telluride have little overlap...so this probably means the death knell for its Telluride chances...which had begun to look somewhat promising in light of the lack of the film on Venice's list nor Toronto's.

Then late yesterday the word that IT WILL PLAY TORONTO TOO!

The Wrap: http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/master-added-toronto-film-festival-lineup-49936

Now virtually every pundit that plays this game has agreed that Telluride is a non-starter...and they're very likely right...but...the addition of Toronto dates actually gives me a bit of hope...what few films that do make the Venice to Telluride run generally play Toronto as well...so maybe...

And then there has been a good deal of discussion that part of the Venice/Toronto sluggishness in announcing has been the result of Anderson's desire to present it in the 70mm format he shot it in. Some commenters think that, too, could complicate it's possibility of Telluride. But The Playlist points out (and an MTFB reader confirms) that Telluride can actually and has shown 70mm in the past...so...

Finally, there's also a lot of talk about the impossibility of dates and doubt about simultaneous play dates and locations of Anderson, Phoenix, Hoffman etc. I'm not all that sure that is really much of an impediment. If everyone wants it to happen in all three locales, I'm pretty sure that all involved could find a way to make it happen. And I really do think Harvey Weinstein likes to have his big pony in the San Juans...

I'm saying, yes, "The Master" is probably not going to play T-ride...but all hope is NOT lost.

NO?

Gael Garcia Bernal in Pablo Larrain's "No"

I still have a strong feeling that Pablo Larrain's "No" which played to very good review out of competition in Cannes last May will turn up in Telluride. This despite the fact that it was once a "Ten Bets" film but has slipped to somewhere in the 11-20 spots.

That being said, I have included a post that popped up in the last 48 hours concerning the film which stars Gael Garcia Bernal. Here it is...

From The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/actor-gael-garcia-bernal-says-no-film-taught-him-about-chiles-pain-during-dictatorship/2012/07/30/gJQATEKkLX_story.html

"No's" IMDb entry: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2059255/

VIEW TO A "KILLING"

We got a trailer yesterday for Andrew Dominik's "Killing Them Softly" starring Brad Pitt. "KTS" has some Telluride potential as it has checked off a couple of Telluride "boxes" in that it played Cannes and it is distributed by The Weinstein Company. Those two factors are pro-Telluride appearance, however the complete uncertainty about how TWC and Telluride are playing together this year (TWC has so many possible players for awards season: "The Master", "Django", ""Silver Linings", "Quartet"...there are others) means that I put KTS's chances of a T-ride appearance at 20%.

Nevertheless, here's the trailer:

For more KTS information check out these posts:

The Playlist:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-first-trailer-for-andrew-dominiks-killing-them-softly-starring-brad-pitt-20120801

FirstShowing.net:

http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/brad-pitt-james-gandolfini-in-dominiks-killing-them-softly-trailer/

Rope of Silicon:

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/watch-killing-them-softly-trailer/

"Killing Them Softly's" IMDb entry: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1764234/

SING FOR MARION LATER

Meanwhile, a film I thought was almost dead certain to play Telluride now may be doubtful for 2012 altogether. I thought Paul Andrew Williams' "Song for Marion" seemed almost too certain to play T-ride. Again, it's a TWC distributed film and features Terrence Stamp and Vanessa Redgrave. I had even thought that a Stamp or Redgrave Tribute was a very real possibility. "Song" has even appeared on the "Ten Bets" list this summer, albeit not lately because maybe I have begun to get a bit suspicious too about the lack of "noise" concerning the film.. Much like KTS above, this doesn't absolutely preclude its inclusion but...

The Playlist is raining all over that notion and any notion that we'll see the film this year at all.

Check their post:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/gemma-arterton-conducts-in-new-image-from-song-for-marion-20120801

"Song's" IMDb entry: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1047011/

From a "Ten Bets" film to what I now think is only a 30% chance it's going to appear at Telluride.

SOMETHING IN THE AIR

"Something in the Air"

Olivier Assassyas's film finally has some new images via The Playlist. The film has been announced for Venice but is not on Toronto's list of film as yet.

I still have had it listed high on my "Ten Bets" list though it has moved off the "Bets" in the last two weeks as it has been relatively quiet in terms of buzz about it. Bottom line is that I still think it's a likely choice to make it to Telluride...in the 65% range.

Nevertheless, here's the link to the new pics and story from The Playlist:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/first-look-at-olivier-assayas-70s-coming-of-age-drama-something-in-the-air-20120802#

"Something's" IMDb entry:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1846472/

CENTRAL PARK FIVE

Ken Burns and Company/"The Central Park Five"

Ken Burns and family are credited with this new documentary (Ken and his daughter and son-in-law) and I'd be shocked if it's not in T-ride. It currently sits at #6 on this week's "Ten Bets". The film has also been announced as a part of Toronto's doc section...so expect the Burns clan in Colorado in 4 weeks and the Toronto the week after. Check out this Ioncinema rundown of the TIFF Doc selections...and also add into your perusal of that story that 2-4 of those choices will probably join "The Central Park Five" in Telluride:

http://www.ioncinema.com/news/film-festivals/2012-tiff-docs-ken-burns-julien-temple-marina-zenovich-and-alex-gibney-load-up-doc-section

CP5's IMDb entry:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2380247/

MASTER SHOWS

Late last night Paul Thomas Anderson screened "The Master" in Santa Monica, CA. just down the hill from where I am...seriously!

Could have been there? The film was shown as a "secret screening" after a presentation of Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining". HitFix/InContention's Kris Tapley with the late night details:

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/first-public-screening-of-paul-thomas-andersons-the-master-happening-right-now-in-santa-monica

Also, a smattering of ecstatic reactions have been tweeted and such and Kris Tapley and Jeffrey Wells both had contacts on the inside that have commented on the film. You an find those reactions collected by the Paul Thomas Anderson fan site Cigarettes and Red Vines here: http://cigsandredvines.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-master-premieres-secretly-in-la.html

PS...Tapley per this post still believes that Telluride is a possibility...

NEW AT SPC

Sony Pictures Classics has added new films to their slate this week...a documentary and a hot new prospect making both of them possible Telluride contenders. The Wrap has both stories.

The "hot" prospect is Raman Bahrani's "At Any Price" starring Dennis Quaid and Zac Efron.

http://www.thewrap.com/deal-central/column-post/sony-pictures-classics-acquires-zac-efron-dennis-quaid-film-any-price-50751

"At Any Price's" IMDb entry: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1937449/

The other is the Israeli documentary "The Gatekeepers":
http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/sony-pictures-classics-nabs-israeli-secret-service-documentary-gatekeepers-49851

That IMDb entry is here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2309788/

MANY PICTURES

If you're looking for stills for fall releases you might want to look at this post from Rope of Silicon. Over 150 stills from a wide variety of films including:

"Cloud Atlas"
"The Silver Linings Playlist"
"The Master"
"Great Expectations"
"Seven Psychopaths"
"Argo"
:The Company You Keep"
"Quartet"
"The Impossible"
"End of Watch"
"Frances Ha"
"The Reluctant Fundamentalist"

There are many:
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/over-150-new-pictures-from-great-expectations-the-master-total-recall-looper-and-more/

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Friday, August 3, 2012

Something in the Air/Central Park Five/Pixar/Coming Attractions

Good Friday from the City of Angels!

We arrived late last night after having spent the day in Laguna Beach at the Festival of the Arts topped off by a viewing of The Pageant of the Masters...Incredible!

SOMETHING IN THE AIR