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Long-time actress, writer, and producer Zoe Lister-Jones had a big idea when she decided to move behind the camera to direct her first film: she wanted an all-female crew to assist her. On her directorial debut, “Band Aid,” Lister-Jones was joined on set by producer Natalia Anderson, director of photography Hilary Spera, and a team that included female art directors, camera operators, electricians, sound editors, and many more. It was a revolutionary idea that the filmmaker found essential to execute, if only to prove that such a move was indeed possible.
While the lack of female filmmakers working in the industry has become a firebrand topic over the past couple of years, diversity is also severely lacking in other areas of the crew. The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San...
Long-time actress, writer, and producer Zoe Lister-Jones had a big idea when she decided to move behind the camera to direct her first film: she wanted an all-female crew to assist her. On her directorial debut, “Band Aid,” Lister-Jones was joined on set by producer Natalia Anderson, director of photography Hilary Spera, and a team that included female art directors, camera operators, electricians, sound editors, and many more. It was a revolutionary idea that the filmmaker found essential to execute, if only to prove that such a move was indeed possible.
While the lack of female filmmakers working in the industry has become a firebrand topic over the past couple of years, diversity is also severely lacking in other areas of the crew. The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San...
- 6/2/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
How heartbreaking was Julio's goodbye to little Mark?
The kid was originally obnoxious, parroting racist comments he'd heard from his family and hating Julio because he was Hispanic.
But in the little time he was on, Julio became so protective of him that losing Mark hurt viewers as much as it hurt him.
Major Crimes Season 5 Episode 13 wrapped up a number of emotional storylines before heading into a cliffhanger. Who else can't wait until 2017 for its return?
Much of the hour was dedicated to finally figuring out exactly who ordered the hits in the courtroom.
As Provenza and Sharon quickly realized, this shooting wasn't really in the Z-Brotherhood's interest. All it did was bring unwanted police attention to the group's illegal activities.
The solution to the mystery was convoluted and I have to admit I'm still a bit confused. Martin Borjas was Dwight Darnell's father. He also ordered all the hits.
The kid was originally obnoxious, parroting racist comments he'd heard from his family and hating Julio because he was Hispanic.
But in the little time he was on, Julio became so protective of him that losing Mark hurt viewers as much as it hurt him.
Major Crimes Season 5 Episode 13 wrapped up a number of emotional storylines before heading into a cliffhanger. Who else can't wait until 2017 for its return?
Much of the hour was dedicated to finally figuring out exactly who ordered the hits in the courtroom.
As Provenza and Sharon quickly realized, this shooting wasn't really in the Z-Brotherhood's interest. All it did was bring unwanted police attention to the group's illegal activities.
The solution to the mystery was convoluted and I have to admit I'm still a bit confused. Martin Borjas was Dwight Darnell's father. He also ordered all the hits.
- 9/20/2016
- by Jack Ori
- TVfanatic
Alex Westthorp Sep 14, 2016
Did fantasy dramas Chocky, The Box Of Delights and Dramarama leave an impression on you as a kid? Revisit those nightmares here...
Spooky, always magical and occasionally downright scary dramas are the bedrock of kids' television. For me, the pinnacle of this sort of programme was reached in the 1980s. The decade saw a new approach to both traditional and contemporary drama by both UK broadcasters: ITV committed itself to regular seasons of children's plays with Dramarama (1983-89), a kind of youth version of the venerable BBC Play For Today (1970-84), which saw the 1988 television debut of one David Tennant. The BBC, building upon an impressive body of work from the early 70s onwards, produced some of its very best family drama in this era, embracing cutting edge technology to bring treats like The Box Of Delights (1984) and The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (1988) to the screen.
Did fantasy dramas Chocky, The Box Of Delights and Dramarama leave an impression on you as a kid? Revisit those nightmares here...
Spooky, always magical and occasionally downright scary dramas are the bedrock of kids' television. For me, the pinnacle of this sort of programme was reached in the 1980s. The decade saw a new approach to both traditional and contemporary drama by both UK broadcasters: ITV committed itself to regular seasons of children's plays with Dramarama (1983-89), a kind of youth version of the venerable BBC Play For Today (1970-84), which saw the 1988 television debut of one David Tennant. The BBC, building upon an impressive body of work from the early 70s onwards, produced some of its very best family drama in this era, embracing cutting edge technology to bring treats like The Box Of Delights (1984) and The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (1988) to the screen.
- 8/15/2016
- Den of Geek
Monty Python’s Terry Jones arrived during a break in the clouds Friday for an Adr session at West La’s The Village, the storied recording studio where the late Robin Williams lent his voice to Jones’ upcoming sci-fi comedy Absolutely Anything shortly before his death this summer.
“One thing we’re grateful to Robin for is he was the first to come on and he stuck with the whole thing,” recalled Jones’ close collaborator Gavin Scott (The Mists of Avalon, Small Soldiers). “The kind of attitude that led him to stick with the project through all its ups and downs, he totally exhibited here. He wanted to make everybody feel good from the engineer to the lady making the coffee. It was very late in the day for him and we didn’t know that, but he was a real mensch.”
Co-scripted over two decades by Jones and Scott,...
“One thing we’re grateful to Robin for is he was the first to come on and he stuck with the whole thing,” recalled Jones’ close collaborator Gavin Scott (The Mists of Avalon, Small Soldiers). “The kind of attitude that led him to stick with the project through all its ups and downs, he totally exhibited here. He wanted to make everybody feel good from the engineer to the lady making the coffee. It was very late in the day for him and we didn’t know that, but he was a real mensch.”
Co-scripted over two decades by Jones and Scott,...
- 12/15/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Exclusive: Spin City alum Alan Ruck and Byron Mann (Arrow) will co-star opposite Shane Coffey in USA’s drama pilot The Novice, from Joe and Tony Gayton, Fox 21 and 21 Laps/Adelstein. It centers on Kyle (Coffey), a recent college graduate who is forced to move back home with his parents and soon lands a position with a Korean crime organization. Ruck, repped by Apa and Mark Teitelbaum, will play Bill Jones, Kyle’s father, a decent and hard-working professional machinist willing to put aside his pride and work as a day laborer in order to pay the bills. Mann, repped by Metropolitan, Echelon Talent, the Marshak/Zachary Co, and Eric Feig, will play Johnny Joo, the impeccably dressed owner of a popular dining establishment and a careful, yet dangerous, man who offers Kyle a position within his organization. He is currently filming Rise Of The Legend in China.
- 12/5/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
We often underestimate just how important character names are in fiction, because a good character name can serve more than just a single purpose: a well-named character can imbue the world of your movie with added originality. Would Tarantino’s movies be as interesting if he’d named Vincent Vega “Bill Jones,” for example? Nope, and that’s because – as a writer – he understands how important it is to grant characters with names that feel natural to their personalities, but remain memorable in the minds of audiences. It can be a tricky business.
When you think of some of your favourite movie characters of all-time, you’ll mostly likely find that their names are just as iconic as the movies that inhabit them. As movie-goers, though, we tend to romanticism names all out of proportion, to the point in which they start to lose all meaning – as a result, it...
When you think of some of your favourite movie characters of all-time, you’ll mostly likely find that their names are just as iconic as the movies that inhabit them. As movie-goers, though, we tend to romanticism names all out of proportion, to the point in which they start to lose all meaning – as a result, it...
- 7/25/2013
- by T.J. Barnard
- Obsessed with Film
The Village BBC One
John Simm (Life on Mars) and Maxine Peake (Silk) team up in the new BBC One drama The Village. The drama begins when Britain’s second oldest man – Bert Middleton – begins to recall the events of his childhood. Middleton’s tales begin in 1914 when he is a 12 year old boy living in a farming community. His family are poor, his Dad is an alcoholic, his mum’s pregnant and his home country is about to get sucked into World War I.
Suffice to say, The Village is an epic of Dr Zhivago proportions as we see how the inhabitants of one particular village navigate the heady waters of the 20th century Britain. Season one covers the period between 1914 and 1920 with David Ryall and Bill Jones sharing the role of Bert (Old and young) while John Simm and Maxine Peake play the central character’s troubled parents.
John Simm (Life on Mars) and Maxine Peake (Silk) team up in the new BBC One drama The Village. The drama begins when Britain’s second oldest man – Bert Middleton – begins to recall the events of his childhood. Middleton’s tales begin in 1914 when he is a 12 year old boy living in a farming community. His family are poor, his Dad is an alcoholic, his mum’s pregnant and his home country is about to get sucked into World War I.
Suffice to say, The Village is an epic of Dr Zhivago proportions as we see how the inhabitants of one particular village navigate the heady waters of the 20th century Britain. Season one covers the period between 1914 and 1920 with David Ryall and Bill Jones sharing the role of Bert (Old and young) while John Simm and Maxine Peake play the central character’s troubled parents.
- 3/29/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Extending from 1914 to 1920, the first series of epic new series The Village written by Peter Moffat comes to BBC One Sunday 31st March at 9pm.
The series stars John Simm and Maxine Peake as impoverished, alcoholic Peak District farmer John Middleton and his wife, Grace.
13-year-old newcomer Bill Jones, a member of the Nottingham-based Television Workshop, stars as young Bert Middleton, whose long life is central to the anticipated on-going serial. Bert is growing up in extreme poverty on a family farm in Derbyshire. He is twelve years old at the start of the series, and his days are filled with school, his friends, working in the fields with his father and secret swimming lessons with his brother Joe, whom he adores. Young Bert, like his brother, falls in love with new arrival Martha Lane the moment she arrives in the village. He is very confused as he watches the...
The series stars John Simm and Maxine Peake as impoverished, alcoholic Peak District farmer John Middleton and his wife, Grace.
13-year-old newcomer Bill Jones, a member of the Nottingham-based Television Workshop, stars as young Bert Middleton, whose long life is central to the anticipated on-going serial. Bert is growing up in extreme poverty on a family farm in Derbyshire. He is twelve years old at the start of the series, and his days are filled with school, his friends, working in the fields with his father and secret swimming lessons with his brother Joe, whom he adores. Young Bert, like his brother, falls in love with new arrival Martha Lane the moment she arrives in the village. He is very confused as he watches the...
- 3/26/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Gemma Arterton is confirmed and Benedict Cumberbatch in talks to join the comedy "Absolutely Anything".
The story follows a teacher who discovers he has magical powers that allow him to wipe out classrooms of badly behaving students and bring people back to life. As he tries to learn how to use these powers, things just keep going wrong.
Most of the Monty Python alumni are involved in the film which is being directed by Terry Jones and features voiceovers from the likes of Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and John Cleese.
Jones co-wrote the film with Gavin Scott, while Ben Timlett and Bill Jones are producing. Shooting kicks off early next year.
Source: The Wrap...
The story follows a teacher who discovers he has magical powers that allow him to wipe out classrooms of badly behaving students and bring people back to life. As he tries to learn how to use these powers, things just keep going wrong.
Most of the Monty Python alumni are involved in the film which is being directed by Terry Jones and features voiceovers from the likes of Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and John Cleese.
Jones co-wrote the film with Gavin Scott, while Ben Timlett and Bill Jones are producing. Shooting kicks off early next year.
Source: The Wrap...
- 11/7/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Monty Python Feature 'Absolutely Anything' Attracts Gemma Arterton, Benedict Cumberbatch (Exclusive)
The long-gestating Monty Python project "Absolutely Anything" is moving full steam ahead, with Gemma Arterton confirmed for the project and Benedict Cumberbatch in talks to join the comedy, TheWrap has learned. To be directed by Terry Jones, "Absolutely Anything" will include voiceovers from Monty Python alumni, including Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and John Cleese. Robin Williams will also do a voiceover. Filming is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2013, with Jones directing from a script he co-wrote with Gavin Scott. Ben Timlett and Bill Jones are producing. The story...
- 11/7/2012
- by Liza Foreman
- The Wrap
Exclusive: A Liar’s Autobiography, about the life of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman, premieres tonight at 10 Pm Et on Epix, the 3D movie network co-run by Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM. The animated feature was made using recordings of Chapman reading his own autobiography before he passed away in 1989. Fellow Pythons John Cleese, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam also turn up in the 82-minute film directed by Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson and Ben Timlett. Here’s a glimpse:...
- 11/2/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Several years before his death in 1989, Monty Python member Graham Chapman recorded himself reading excerpts from his book, A Liar’s Autobiography, an ostensibly fictionalized account of his life. These recordings of his surreal, darkly comic work serve as the basis for this animated adaptation, in which Chapman and (most of) the other Python troupe voice themselves and various other characters. Directors Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson and Ben Timlett have amassed a number of animation houses to bring the different segments to life, each in a different style....
- 10/29/2012
- Pastemagazine.com
Graham Chapman, probably best remembered as "the dead one from Monty Python," writes and stars in the animated movie of his own life story, "A Liar's Autobiography." How is that? Well, although Chapman selfishly dropped dead in 1989, he had taken the trouble to record himself reading his comedic book, "A Liar's Autobiography," published in 1980. And those recordings have now ingeniously been used to provide Chapman's voice for the 3D animated feature of the same name as directed by Bill Jones and Jeff Simpson. Fellow Pythons John Cleese, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam also turn up, playing themselves and other characters, along with a few surprise guests. Not a true documentary, not a Monty Python film, "A Liar's Autobiography" is Chapman's own take on his bizarre life (as assisted by the directors) and his search for self-knowledge, bringing Chapman back to life in an ingenious tale of...
- 10/24/2012
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
A Liar’s Autobiography, a loose adaptation of late Monty Python star Graham Chapman’s 1980 memoir, is a fiendish concoction indeed, utilising audio recordings of the book made by Chapman prior to his death, played over an aesthetic which smatters together 14 different animated styles, mimicking the likes of South Park, Monkey Dust, cel-shaded video games and faux-claymation. What’s more, it’s in 3D, making its unorthodox visual presentation all that more striking.
Simply, fans of Python will be very much at home here, the troupe’s unique brand of absurdism penetrating right through the snappy 82-minute runtime. It also sees the Python lot at their most wickedly crude, with the likes of phallic roller-coasters and talking piles of vomit frequently littering the screen. Chapman’s barmy narratives include detailing everything that brought him to Monty Python, telling a number of scarcely believable yarns about his...
A Liar’s Autobiography, a loose adaptation of late Monty Python star Graham Chapman’s 1980 memoir, is a fiendish concoction indeed, utilising audio recordings of the book made by Chapman prior to his death, played over an aesthetic which smatters together 14 different animated styles, mimicking the likes of South Park, Monkey Dust, cel-shaded video games and faux-claymation. What’s more, it’s in 3D, making its unorthodox visual presentation all that more striking.
Simply, fans of Python will be very much at home here, the troupe’s unique brand of absurdism penetrating right through the snappy 82-minute runtime. It also sees the Python lot at their most wickedly crude, with the likes of phallic roller-coasters and talking piles of vomit frequently littering the screen. Chapman’s barmy narratives include detailing everything that brought him to Monty Python, telling a number of scarcely believable yarns about his...
- 10/22/2012
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
The director of A Prophet reveals plans for a musical, a chance encounter with John Landis, and free G&Ts for Python fans
Audio Audiard
French director Jacques Audiard is set to surprise fans by making his next film a musical. The film-maker who, through films such as The Beat That My Heart Skipped and A Prophet, has become one of the most exciting talents in world cinema, told me he'd been working on the idea for some years. "Oh yes, it will have big dance numbers, choreography, the whole thing. I have always loved the MGM films and also Jacques Demy – my problem is I don't write lyrics or music, so I have to rely on others." Audiard was at the Lff with Rust and Bone in the official competition, a film featuring a terrific performance by Marion Cotillard and a score by Alexandre Desplat as well as some...
Audio Audiard
French director Jacques Audiard is set to surprise fans by making his next film a musical. The film-maker who, through films such as The Beat That My Heart Skipped and A Prophet, has become one of the most exciting talents in world cinema, told me he'd been working on the idea for some years. "Oh yes, it will have big dance numbers, choreography, the whole thing. I have always loved the MGM films and also Jacques Demy – my problem is I don't write lyrics or music, so I have to rely on others." Audiard was at the Lff with Rust and Bone in the official competition, a film featuring a terrific performance by Marion Cotillard and a score by Alexandre Desplat as well as some...
- 10/20/2012
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
★☆☆☆☆ Monty Python fans may rejoice at news of Bill Jones (son of Python's Terry Jones) joining forces with fellow directors Jeff Simpson and Ben Timlett for their take on the late Graham Chapman's 1980s liberal spin on his own life, A Liar's Autobiography (2012). This new mockumentary of the same name follows in a similarly fallacious vein, attempting to capture Chapman's camp, witty and surreal personality through a series of animations. At times these animations are reminiscent of American-born Python Terry Gilliam's unique style, but vary in success and quality as they shift between CGI and traditional hand-drawn characters.
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- 10/20/2012
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Watch new clips from Epix's A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman including images. The animated comedy directed by Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson and Ben Timlett, features the voice talents of Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam and Cameron Diaz among others Graham Chapman, probably best remembered as 'the dead one from Monty Python', writes and stars in the animated movie of his own life story, A Liar's Autobiography. He was born, he went to Cambridge and met John Cleese, he smoked a pipe, he became a doctor, he became a Python, he decided he was gay (well, 70/30, according to a survey he did on himself), he got drunk a lot, he stopped being drunk, he made some films, he had some sex (actually, a lot), and moved to Los Angeles. Finally, he was whisked up into space by aliens (although...
- 10/19/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
John Simm and Maxine Peake are to star in new BBC One drama The Village. The series - penned by Peter Moffat (Silk) - follows the residents of one English village across the 20th century and their turbulent lives.
Newcomer Bill Jones will play Bert Middleton, the youngest child of a poor family whose parents John (Simm) and Grace (Peake) struggle to provide for him. Upstairs Downstairs actor Nico Mirallegro will also star as their second son Joe, who works at the Big House and comes into contact with the troubled Caro (Emily Beecham). Charlie Murphy (Misfits) will play village newcomer Martha Lane, who has a big impact on Bert's life, while Anthony Flanagan (Being Human), Annabelle Apsion (Shameless), Joe Armstrong (Robin Hood), Matt Stokoe (Misfits) and Stephen Walters (The 51st State) (more)...
Newcomer Bill Jones will play Bert Middleton, the youngest child of a poor family whose parents John (Simm) and Grace (Peake) struggle to provide for him. Upstairs Downstairs actor Nico Mirallegro will also star as their second son Joe, who works at the Big House and comes into contact with the troubled Caro (Emily Beecham). Charlie Murphy (Misfits) will play village newcomer Martha Lane, who has a big impact on Bert's life, while Anthony Flanagan (Being Human), Annabelle Apsion (Shameless), Joe Armstrong (Robin Hood), Matt Stokoe (Misfits) and Stephen Walters (The 51st State) (more)...
- 9/13/2012
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
We haven’t heard much from Monty Python comedy team member Graham Chapman recently. Although, as directors Bill Jones and Ben Timlett point out in the production notes for their new animated Chapman biopic A Liar’s Autobiography, that’s mostly because the troubled funnyman has been dead since 1989.
Before his demise, however, Chapman recorded an audio version of his memoirs — also called A Liar’s Autobiography — and will thus be heard in the film alongside the freshly recorded voices of his fellow Pythons Terry Jones, John Cleese, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam.
The movie is set to debut on...
Before his demise, however, Chapman recorded an audio version of his memoirs — also called A Liar’s Autobiography — and will thus be heard in the film alongside the freshly recorded voices of his fellow Pythons Terry Jones, John Cleese, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam.
The movie is set to debut on...
- 9/4/2012
- by Clark Collis
- EW - Inside Movies
Last summer we got word that most of the remaining members of the Monty Python comedy troupe were coming together again for a 3D animated adaptation of the late Graham Chapman's fake memoir A Liar's Authobiography: Volume VI. No less than 14 different animation companies were working on different chapters from the book with segments varying in length from three to twelve minutes each, and John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Chapman himself (from a recorded reading of the book made shortly before his death) all contribute their voices to the film. Now the first trailer for A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman is here! Watch! Here's the first trailer for Monty Python's A Liar's Autobiography, found by Bleeding Cool: "Monty Python's Flying Circus" creators Bill Jones, Ben Timlett and Jeff Simpson are directing and producing A Liar's Autobiography, the...
- 9/4/2012
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Monty Python member Graham Chapman passed away in 1989, but his story's being told in film form using his own (not terribly truthful) words. "A Liar’s Autobiography – The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman" is set to air on Epix as well as screen in a few U.S. theaters (in 3D) via distributor Brainstorm Media Friday, November 2, after having its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Directors Bill Jones (Terry Jones’ son), Ben Timlett and Jeff Simpson have put together an animated movie based on Chapman's comedic, fictionalized autobiography and using Chapman's own voice from a recording of a reading of the book made shortly before he died of cancer. "A Liar’s Autobiography" brings together 14 different studios that created chapters in the story using varied styles that you can see in the trailer below. Fellow Pythons John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Michael...
- 9/4/2012
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
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