Ann Green de Toth, a screenwriter and film industry veteran who worked alongside her husband André de Toth on several projects, has died. She was 82.
De Toth died March 3 after her third battle with cancer in Toluca Lake, California, her family announced.
In 1969, she entered the industry, working with producer Jeffrey Selznick and director Andrzej Wajda, as they prepared for their film, Heart of Darkness. After marrying producer André de Toth in 1983, she worked with him on El Condor, The Todd Killing, Click of the Hammer, Prelude and Fugue for Lovers, The Silent Nine, The Professor and The Fighting Temeraire, among many other films.
De Toth also served, alongside the Ministry of Defense (Navy), as a research/production assistant on The Dangerous Game, a documentary with Hrh The Prince of Wales (aka King Charles), who was the captain of the HSM Bronington at the time.
She was a member of...
De Toth died March 3 after her third battle with cancer in Toluca Lake, California, her family announced.
In 1969, she entered the industry, working with producer Jeffrey Selznick and director Andrzej Wajda, as they prepared for their film, Heart of Darkness. After marrying producer André de Toth in 1983, she worked with him on El Condor, The Todd Killing, Click of the Hammer, Prelude and Fugue for Lovers, The Silent Nine, The Professor and The Fighting Temeraire, among many other films.
De Toth also served, alongside the Ministry of Defense (Navy), as a research/production assistant on The Dangerous Game, a documentary with Hrh The Prince of Wales (aka King Charles), who was the captain of the HSM Bronington at the time.
She was a member of...
- 3/18/2023
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ann Green de Toth, a screenwriter and widow to director André de Toth, died March 3 in Toluca Lake, Calif. after a third battle with cancer. She was 82.
De Toth joined the film industry in 1969, after working on “Heart of Darkness” with producer Jeffrey Selznick and director Andrezej Wajd. In the following years, de Toth would collaborate with her husband on many of his films, including “El Condor,” “The Todd Killings,” “Click of The Hammer,” “Prelude and Fugue for Lovers,” “The Silent Nine,” “The Professor” and “The Fighting Temeraire.”
Born on June 16, 1940, in London, de Toth initially pursued secretarial training early in her career. She attended the Berlitz Schools of Language, where she organized special courses and recruited English teachers. During her five years at the institution, de Toth met her late husband.
By 1983, the married couple settled in Los Angeles. De Toth worked as Robert A. Daly’s executive secretary.
De Toth joined the film industry in 1969, after working on “Heart of Darkness” with producer Jeffrey Selznick and director Andrezej Wajd. In the following years, de Toth would collaborate with her husband on many of his films, including “El Condor,” “The Todd Killings,” “Click of The Hammer,” “Prelude and Fugue for Lovers,” “The Silent Nine,” “The Professor” and “The Fighting Temeraire.”
Born on June 16, 1940, in London, de Toth initially pursued secretarial training early in her career. She attended the Berlitz Schools of Language, where she organized special courses and recruited English teachers. During her five years at the institution, de Toth met her late husband.
By 1983, the married couple settled in Los Angeles. De Toth worked as Robert A. Daly’s executive secretary.
- 3/18/2023
- by Charna Flam
- Variety Film + TV
Jaume Collett-Serra, the mathematician, the physicist, the secret philosopher, works better with infinite space in which to perform equations. His ‘bottle’ movies, where Liam Neeson is trapped in a small location with an Agatha Christie conspiracy to ferret out, show off his formal capabilities and fixations, but not his strengths. A fight scene and a train crash can no longer use Liam Neeson as anything other than a kind of stop-motion blur. So it’s probably a head-banging conundrum for Collet-Serra agnostics why a handful of critics consider his work so irresistible and satisfying. They see the movies he appears to be making, instead of the bone dry parody set in a blue screen netherworld that he’s placed just below the surface of our immediate perception. You need only watch the ending to The Commuter to understand precisely what he thinks of the subject matter he works with. At...
- 1/13/2018
- MUBI
Feature Ivan Radford 4 Apr 2013 - 06:47
In his latest Music in Film column, Ivan has a listen to some of the finest soundtracks to appear this year so far...
What do John Carter and Maniac have in common? Unlikely male heroes, wooden supporting cast and spring release dates aside, they both have excellent scores.
In fact, February/March is fast becoming my favourite time of year for unexpected film music treats. 2012 gave us Michael Giacchino’s epic sci-fi score to John Carter, Mark Mothersbaugh’s fun 21 Jump St, the charming Hunky Dory, and Jónsi’s (of Sigur Ros) lovely We Bought A Zoo. Here are some scores that you might not have noticed this year, which are all worth a listen.
Maniac – Rob
Who is the mysterious composer "Rob"? No one really knows. Does he have a wife? Is he a she and is "Rob" actually short for "Roberta"? Perhaps...
In his latest Music in Film column, Ivan has a listen to some of the finest soundtracks to appear this year so far...
What do John Carter and Maniac have in common? Unlikely male heroes, wooden supporting cast and spring release dates aside, they both have excellent scores.
In fact, February/March is fast becoming my favourite time of year for unexpected film music treats. 2012 gave us Michael Giacchino’s epic sci-fi score to John Carter, Mark Mothersbaugh’s fun 21 Jump St, the charming Hunky Dory, and Jónsi’s (of Sigur Ros) lovely We Bought A Zoo. Here are some scores that you might not have noticed this year, which are all worth a listen.
Maniac – Rob
Who is the mysterious composer "Rob"? No one really knows. Does he have a wife? Is he a she and is "Rob" actually short for "Roberta"? Perhaps...
- 4/3/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) was not prepared to lose her father and best friend Richard (Dermot Mulroney) in a tragic auto accident. The solitude of her woodsy family estate, the peace of her tranquil town, and the unspoken somberness of her home life are suddenly upended by not only this mysterious accident, but by the sudden arrival of her Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode), whom she never knew existed. When Charlie moves in with her and her emotionally unstable mother Evie (Nicole Kidman), India thinks the void left by her father’s death is finally being filled by his closet bloodline. Soon after his arrival, India comes to suspect that this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives. Yet instead of feeling outrage or horror, this friendless young woman becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Stoker stars Mia Wasikowska (Alice In Wonderland, Jane Eyre), Matthew Goode (Watchmen, A Single Man), Dermot Mulroney (The Grey,...
Stoker stars Mia Wasikowska (Alice In Wonderland, Jane Eyre), Matthew Goode (Watchmen, A Single Man), Dermot Mulroney (The Grey,...
- 3/6/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences brings you the Oscars (yep, that's why they're called Academy Awards), and on Friday, the organization announced that it was prepared to invite 176 new folks to its fold.
In a list posted on its website, the Academy deemed Matthew McConaughey, Jean Dujardin, Terrence Malick, Jonah Hill, Berenice Bejo, Jessica Chastain, Octavia Spencer and a host of other film luminaries worthy of inclusion in its nearly 6,000-member army.
The Academy has drawn the ire of critics who bemoan its overwhelmingly male, white population. A Los Angeles Times investigation found that of all Academy members, 94 percent are Caucasian and 77 percent are male. A mere 2 percent are black, with Latinos constituting an even smaller portion. Only 14 percent of members are under the age of 50.
Full members of the Academy select and vote on Oscars nominees. The organization was started in 1927 and is now governed by a 43-person board.
In a list posted on its website, the Academy deemed Matthew McConaughey, Jean Dujardin, Terrence Malick, Jonah Hill, Berenice Bejo, Jessica Chastain, Octavia Spencer and a host of other film luminaries worthy of inclusion in its nearly 6,000-member army.
The Academy has drawn the ire of critics who bemoan its overwhelmingly male, white population. A Los Angeles Times investigation found that of all Academy members, 94 percent are Caucasian and 77 percent are male. A mere 2 percent are black, with Latinos constituting an even smaller portion. Only 14 percent of members are under the age of 50.
Full members of the Academy select and vote on Oscars nominees. The organization was started in 1927 and is now governed by a 43-person board.
- 6/29/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 176 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2012 to the Academy.s roster of members.
.These film professionals represent some of the most talented, most passionate contributors to our industry,. said Academy President Tom Sherak. .I.m glad to recognize that by calling each of them a fellow Academy member..
Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
The 2012 invitees are:
Actors
Simon Baker . .Margin Call,. .L.A. Confidential.
Sean Bean . .Flightplan,. .The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
Bérénice Bejo . .The Artist,. .Oss 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies.
Tom Berenger . .Inception,. .Platoon.
Demián Bichir . .A Better Life,. .Che.
Jessica Chastain . .The Help,. .The Tree of Life.
Clifton Collins,...
.These film professionals represent some of the most talented, most passionate contributors to our industry,. said Academy President Tom Sherak. .I.m glad to recognize that by calling each of them a fellow Academy member..
Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
The 2012 invitees are:
Actors
Simon Baker . .Margin Call,. .L.A. Confidential.
Sean Bean . .Flightplan,. .The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
Bérénice Bejo . .The Artist,. .Oss 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies.
Tom Berenger . .Inception,. .Platoon.
Demián Bichir . .A Better Life,. .Che.
Jessica Chastain . .The Help,. .The Tree of Life.
Clifton Collins,...
- 6/29/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences extended their 2012 membership invitations today to 176 lucky actors, directors, cinematographers, and other members of the filmmaking industry.
Terrence Malick, who somehow wasn’t already a member, received an invitation, as did fellow directors Rodrigo Garcia and Asghar Farhadi.
For actors, Melissa McCarthy’s invitation continues her incredible post-Bridesmaids rise. In addition, actors Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Andy Serkis, Jessica Chastain, and Octavia Spencer were all invited to be members, among others.
Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003, according to the Academy’s website.
Terrence Malick, who somehow wasn’t already a member, received an invitation, as did fellow directors Rodrigo Garcia and Asghar Farhadi.
For actors, Melissa McCarthy’s invitation continues her incredible post-Bridesmaids rise. In addition, actors Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Andy Serkis, Jessica Chastain, and Octavia Spencer were all invited to be members, among others.
Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003, according to the Academy’s website.
- 6/29/2012
- by Erin Strecker
- EW - Inside Movies
HollywoodNews.com: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 176 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2012 to the Academy’s roster of members.
“These film professionals represent some of the most talented, most passionate contributors to our industry,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “I’m glad to recognize that by calling each of them a fellow Academy member.”
Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
The 2012 invitees are:
Actors
Simon Baker – “Margin Call,” “L.A. Confidential”
Sean Bean – “Flightplan,” “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”
Bérénice Bejo – “The Artist,” “Oss 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies”
Tom Berenger – “Inception,” “Platoon”
Demián Bichir – “A Better Life,” “Che”
Jessica Chastain – “The Help,” “The Tree of Life”
Clifton Collins,...
“These film professionals represent some of the most talented, most passionate contributors to our industry,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “I’m glad to recognize that by calling each of them a fellow Academy member.”
Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
The 2012 invitees are:
Actors
Simon Baker – “Margin Call,” “L.A. Confidential”
Sean Bean – “Flightplan,” “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”
Bérénice Bejo – “The Artist,” “Oss 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies”
Tom Berenger – “Inception,” “Platoon”
Demián Bichir – “A Better Life,” “Che”
Jessica Chastain – “The Help,” “The Tree of Life”
Clifton Collins,...
- 6/29/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
When under water, the action-adventure "Into the Blue" has genuine thrills. Above water or on dry land, this is one dead fish.
Columbia Pictures inherited "Blue" in its acquisition of MGM, which may explain why the studio didn't bother to release a movie about diving in the Bahamas during the summer season. The generous coverage of the bodies of stars Jessica Alba and Paul Walker will draw a young crowd opening weekend, but story and dialogue are too weak to keep the action-adventure afloat for long. By winter, though, the film may resurface as a vicarious pleasure for those unable to afford plane tickets to sunnier climes.
Exec producer Peter Guber's first outing as a producer came with "The Deep" (1977), a movie about Caribbean vacationers, treasure hunters and Jacqueline Bisset in a wet T-shirt. So these are familiar waters for Guber. Certainly, he makes certain Alba and co-star Ashley Scott rarely wear clothes other than bikinis.
The movie's other hard bodies belong to swarming, circling sharks ever present in nearly every underwater scene. The actors all dive with seeming ease amid these predators, so credit shark and diving Master Stuart Cove and an underwater second unit headed by director Peter Zuccarini and photographer Bob Talbot with jobs well done. The underwater fights, emergencies and shark attacks are executed and edited to maximize verisimilitude. Would that the film never came up for air.
Granted, most thrillers require characters to make errors in judgment. But "Blue" relies almost exclusively on the monumental stupidity and callousness of characters played by Scott Caan and Ashley Scott. The heroes, Jared Cole (Walker) and Samantha "Sam" Nicholson (Alba), are stable though poor folks, living an unbothered, idyllic life on a tropical beach next to Jared's leaky boat. Well, maybe not too stable as Jared quits/gets fired from his job as a scuba-diving instructor.
What really changes the couple's lives, though, is a visit by old pal Bryce (Caan), supposedly a hotshot New York attorney who says "bro" way off often to be convincing as anything other than a dumb, out-of-his-element playboy. He arrives with Amanda (Scott), whom he apparently picked up on the way to the airport. A mobster client has loaned him a seaside villa and luxury yacht, which allows all four to go on a treasure hunt.
Hurricane season stirs up wrecks on the ocean floor, so our intrepid quartet immediately happens upon two wrecks. One's a Civil War-era ship. The other arrived at the bottom only days before -- a plane carrying a shipment of cocaine. Not wanting their first discovery, rumored to carry a fortune in gold, to turn into a crime scene by the second discovery, the group makes the dubious decision to keep quiet about both.
Worse, though, Bryce -- remember, he is supposed to be a lawyer -- sees no reason why they should not fund their salvage efforts by pilfering some of the illegal drugs and selling them on the island. Jared and Sam say no. But this fails to stop Bryce and Amanda from taking a midnight dive to the plane. Before you can say "predictable," the owners of the illegal shipment have captured the duo.
Athleticism, not acting, is required from the stars, and here they come through in style. The chases and fights above and below the water are as effective as they are preposterous. After a languid start, director John Stockwell, an avid surfer and diver who made the surfing movie "Blue Crush", revs up the action so as not to dwell on the increasing foolishness of Matt Johnson's screenplay.
Tech credits are smooth.
INTO THE BLUE
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures and MGM present a Mandalay Pictures production
Credits:
Director: John Stockwell
Screenwriter: Matt Johnson
Producer: David A. Zelon
Executive producers: Peter Guber, Louis G. Friedman, Matt Luber, Ori Marmur
Director of photography: Shane Hurlbut
Production designer: Maia Javan
Music: Paul Hanslinger
Costumes: Leesa Evans
Editor: Nicolas De Toth, Dennis Virkler
Cast:
Jared: Paul Walker
Sam: Jessica Alba
Bryce: Scott Caan
Amanda: Ashley Scott
Bates: Josh Brolin
Reyes: James Frain
Primo: Tyson Beckford
MPAA rating PG-13
Running time -- 109 minutes...
Columbia Pictures inherited "Blue" in its acquisition of MGM, which may explain why the studio didn't bother to release a movie about diving in the Bahamas during the summer season. The generous coverage of the bodies of stars Jessica Alba and Paul Walker will draw a young crowd opening weekend, but story and dialogue are too weak to keep the action-adventure afloat for long. By winter, though, the film may resurface as a vicarious pleasure for those unable to afford plane tickets to sunnier climes.
Exec producer Peter Guber's first outing as a producer came with "The Deep" (1977), a movie about Caribbean vacationers, treasure hunters and Jacqueline Bisset in a wet T-shirt. So these are familiar waters for Guber. Certainly, he makes certain Alba and co-star Ashley Scott rarely wear clothes other than bikinis.
The movie's other hard bodies belong to swarming, circling sharks ever present in nearly every underwater scene. The actors all dive with seeming ease amid these predators, so credit shark and diving Master Stuart Cove and an underwater second unit headed by director Peter Zuccarini and photographer Bob Talbot with jobs well done. The underwater fights, emergencies and shark attacks are executed and edited to maximize verisimilitude. Would that the film never came up for air.
Granted, most thrillers require characters to make errors in judgment. But "Blue" relies almost exclusively on the monumental stupidity and callousness of characters played by Scott Caan and Ashley Scott. The heroes, Jared Cole (Walker) and Samantha "Sam" Nicholson (Alba), are stable though poor folks, living an unbothered, idyllic life on a tropical beach next to Jared's leaky boat. Well, maybe not too stable as Jared quits/gets fired from his job as a scuba-diving instructor.
What really changes the couple's lives, though, is a visit by old pal Bryce (Caan), supposedly a hotshot New York attorney who says "bro" way off often to be convincing as anything other than a dumb, out-of-his-element playboy. He arrives with Amanda (Scott), whom he apparently picked up on the way to the airport. A mobster client has loaned him a seaside villa and luxury yacht, which allows all four to go on a treasure hunt.
Hurricane season stirs up wrecks on the ocean floor, so our intrepid quartet immediately happens upon two wrecks. One's a Civil War-era ship. The other arrived at the bottom only days before -- a plane carrying a shipment of cocaine. Not wanting their first discovery, rumored to carry a fortune in gold, to turn into a crime scene by the second discovery, the group makes the dubious decision to keep quiet about both.
Worse, though, Bryce -- remember, he is supposed to be a lawyer -- sees no reason why they should not fund their salvage efforts by pilfering some of the illegal drugs and selling them on the island. Jared and Sam say no. But this fails to stop Bryce and Amanda from taking a midnight dive to the plane. Before you can say "predictable," the owners of the illegal shipment have captured the duo.
Athleticism, not acting, is required from the stars, and here they come through in style. The chases and fights above and below the water are as effective as they are preposterous. After a languid start, director John Stockwell, an avid surfer and diver who made the surfing movie "Blue Crush", revs up the action so as not to dwell on the increasing foolishness of Matt Johnson's screenplay.
Tech credits are smooth.
INTO THE BLUE
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures and MGM present a Mandalay Pictures production
Credits:
Director: John Stockwell
Screenwriter: Matt Johnson
Producer: David A. Zelon
Executive producers: Peter Guber, Louis G. Friedman, Matt Luber, Ori Marmur
Director of photography: Shane Hurlbut
Production designer: Maia Javan
Music: Paul Hanslinger
Costumes: Leesa Evans
Editor: Nicolas De Toth, Dennis Virkler
Cast:
Jared: Paul Walker
Sam: Jessica Alba
Bryce: Scott Caan
Amanda: Ashley Scott
Bates: Josh Brolin
Reyes: James Frain
Primo: Tyson Beckford
MPAA rating PG-13
Running time -- 109 minutes...
- 10/11/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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