London-based documentary specialist Dogwoof has landed a raft of international sales for Shiori Ito’s Sundance premiere Black Box Diaries.
The documentary feature has been picked up by Art House Films (France), Trigon (Switzerland), Periscoop (Benelux), NonStop (Scandinavia & Baltics), Anticipate Pictures (Singapore), Filmin (Spain), Sherry Media (Canada) and Edko (Hong Kong).
Star Sands, one of the film’s co-producers and financiers, will release the film theatrically in Japan, while Dogwoof will distribute in the UK and Ireland this autumn.
As previously announced, MTV Documentary Films has acquired the film for US distribution.
Black Box Diaries follows the director’s investigation...
The documentary feature has been picked up by Art House Films (France), Trigon (Switzerland), Periscoop (Benelux), NonStop (Scandinavia & Baltics), Anticipate Pictures (Singapore), Filmin (Spain), Sherry Media (Canada) and Edko (Hong Kong).
Star Sands, one of the film’s co-producers and financiers, will release the film theatrically in Japan, while Dogwoof will distribute in the UK and Ireland this autumn.
As previously announced, MTV Documentary Films has acquired the film for US distribution.
Black Box Diaries follows the director’s investigation...
- 5/16/2024
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Vue founder and CEO Tim Richards caused a stir last month with an intriguing appearance in front of the UK Parliament’s British Film & High-End TV Inquiry.
Launched by the influential Culture, Media and Sport Committee, the bipartisan inquiry has spent weeks interviewing industry figures as part of an investigation into the current state of film and TV production in the UK. Richards appeared at the session alongside Picturehouse Managing Director Clare Binns and Alex Hamilton, CEO of Studiocanal UK, who both expressed fairly downbeat conclusions about the current and future position of independent British cinema. Richards, however, was the dissenting voice.
The longtime Vue chief set out an optimistic vision for independent British cinema informed by the performance and variety of films on his screens across the UK and Europe. His only gripe was that the market isn’t unearthing enough projects to service operators, which is why...
Launched by the influential Culture, Media and Sport Committee, the bipartisan inquiry has spent weeks interviewing industry figures as part of an investigation into the current state of film and TV production in the UK. Richards appeared at the session alongside Picturehouse Managing Director Clare Binns and Alex Hamilton, CEO of Studiocanal UK, who both expressed fairly downbeat conclusions about the current and future position of independent British cinema. Richards, however, was the dissenting voice.
The longtime Vue chief set out an optimistic vision for independent British cinema informed by the performance and variety of films on his screens across the UK and Europe. His only gripe was that the market isn’t unearthing enough projects to service operators, which is why...
- 5/15/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Tim Richards’ Vue, Europe’s largest privately owned cinema operator, is teaming with UK producers Andy Paterson and Annalise Davis, and virtual production outfit Dimension Studios, to form Virtual Circle, to deliver a slate of £5m-£15m UK films. Vue will directly release the films into cinemas.
Virtual Circle has been set up in response to the new 40% Independent Film Tax Credit (Iftc); the first two films, 2040 and Campbeltown ‘69, are expected to shoot this summer.
The aim is to use virtual production to “bring additional scale” to the films, said Davis.
“Script always comes first but at Virtual Circle, we...
Virtual Circle has been set up in response to the new 40% Independent Film Tax Credit (Iftc); the first two films, 2040 and Campbeltown ‘69, are expected to shoot this summer.
The aim is to use virtual production to “bring additional scale” to the films, said Davis.
“Script always comes first but at Virtual Circle, we...
- 5/15/2024
- ScreenDaily
40 years ago, Hugh Grant made his film debut in 1982’s “Privileged,” a little-seen effort about undergraduates at Oxford (where Grant studied English lit), which was funded by the Oxford University Film Foundation. In its July 14, 1982, review, Variety said the film — which also marked the bows of producer Andy Paterson, director Michael Hoffman, actors Imogen Stubbs and James Wilby and composer Rachel Portman — would have “limited interest” for most audiences but that the actor, billed as Hughie Grant, gives a convincing performance as an “aristocratic dropout.”
For the next five years, Grant did sketch comedy, played the classics onstage and worked in TV; his first mention in Variety was for the 1985 miniseries “Jenny’s War,” playing the Raf pilot son of Dyan Cannon.
He boosted his profile with the 1987 Merchant-Ivory film “Maurice,” adapted from E.M. Forster. The film also featuring his “Privileged” costar Wilby and the two shared the best-actor prize at the Venice Film Festival.
For the next five years, Grant did sketch comedy, played the classics onstage and worked in TV; his first mention in Variety was for the 1985 miniseries “Jenny’s War,” playing the Raf pilot son of Dyan Cannon.
He boosted his profile with the 1987 Merchant-Ivory film “Maurice,” adapted from E.M. Forster. The film also featuring his “Privileged” costar Wilby and the two shared the best-actor prize at the Venice Film Festival.
- 9/1/2022
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto is set to star in and executive produce Spy Princess, a limited series based on Shrabani Basu’s Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan, the definitive biography of Noor’s life, from writer Olivia Hetreed (Girl With a Pearl Earring) and Red Room Films.
Hetreed will pen the adaptation based on the book, and Basu will serve as a consultant on the series.
Noor was the first female wireless operator sent into occupied France in 1943 – a role with a life expectancy of just six weeks.
“She was a fierce and amazing woman, the most unlikely heroine of World War 2,” Pinto said. “Sending women to the front line is controversial even now. Then it was unthinkable. Sending a Sufi mystic, who won’t use a gun, daughter of a long-haired Indian Guru who preaches love and peace – ridiculous! But Noor thrives, not in spite of her differences,...
Hetreed will pen the adaptation based on the book, and Basu will serve as a consultant on the series.
Noor was the first female wireless operator sent into occupied France in 1943 – a role with a life expectancy of just six weeks.
“She was a fierce and amazing woman, the most unlikely heroine of World War 2,” Pinto said. “Sending women to the front line is controversial even now. Then it was unthinkable. Sending a Sufi mystic, who won’t use a gun, daughter of a long-haired Indian Guru who preaches love and peace – ridiculous! But Noor thrives, not in spite of her differences,...
- 1/15/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Focus, an international show in London for professionals working in production, attracted a record number of attendees and exhibitors in its fifth edition, which ran Dec. 3-4. The event boasted an expanded conference schedule, plus a series of networking events.
More than 3,400 professionals – including visitors, exhibitors, and members of international delegations – from all sectors of the screen industries, drawn from more than 80 countries, attended the event at the Business Design Center in London. This represented a 30% increase in footfall on the previous year.
A total 271 exhibiting companies, up from 244 last year, including international film commissions, agencies, location providers and production service companies, were on hand. There was a significant increase in exhibitors from post-production, and new sectors exhibiting at the show included casting and travel agencies. New territories included Bahamas, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Faroes Islands, Ireland, Latvia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Panama, Philippines, Slovakia, South Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey and Uzbekistan.
More than 3,400 professionals – including visitors, exhibitors, and members of international delegations – from all sectors of the screen industries, drawn from more than 80 countries, attended the event at the Business Design Center in London. This represented a 30% increase in footfall on the previous year.
A total 271 exhibiting companies, up from 244 last year, including international film commissions, agencies, location providers and production service companies, were on hand. There was a significant increase in exhibitors from post-production, and new sectors exhibiting at the show included casting and travel agencies. New territories included Bahamas, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Faroes Islands, Ireland, Latvia, Mongolia, Montenegro, Panama, Philippines, Slovakia, South Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey and Uzbekistan.
- 12/17/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Could the move freeze out independent British productions?
Several leading UK industry figures have responded to the news confirmed over the weekend that the Walt Disney Company is to take over nearly all the space and stages at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire as part of a long-term deal.
A Pinewood spokesperson declined to reveal the length of the new arrangement but sources have suggested that, like Netflix’s recent decision to set up a 14-stage production hub at Shepperton Studios, the deal is expected to last for an initial ten years.
Some have aired concerns that Disney’s new deal...
Several leading UK industry figures have responded to the news confirmed over the weekend that the Walt Disney Company is to take over nearly all the space and stages at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire as part of a long-term deal.
A Pinewood spokesperson declined to reveal the length of the new arrangement but sources have suggested that, like Netflix’s recent decision to set up a 14-stage production hub at Shepperton Studios, the deal is expected to last for an initial ten years.
Some have aired concerns that Disney’s new deal...
- 9/10/2019
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Netflix announced earlier this month it would be setting up a new production base at England’s Shepperton Studios, a new power move at a time when Disney, Apple, WarnerMedia, and more are all gearing up to launch their own streaming platforms to compete against Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and more. The streaming wars are nearly upon us and British film producers are worried what that means for the future of independent film in the UK. Several producers recently spoke to The Guardian expressing their fears that all of the attention on streamers will leave the UK film industry neglected.
Andy Paterson, who co-produced the Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman-starring drama “The Railway Man” and “Girl With a Pearl Earring,” said the amount of content needed to fill all of the various streaming platforms means there’s never been a better time to be a filmmaker or producer in Britain.
Andy Paterson, who co-produced the Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman-starring drama “The Railway Man” and “Girl With a Pearl Earring,” said the amount of content needed to fill all of the various streaming platforms means there’s never been a better time to be a filmmaker or producer in Britain.
- 7/11/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Concerns around market impact of a BFI-endorsd Eis fund.
Key figures in the UK film industry have given a generally positive response to the report from the BFI’s Commission on UK Independent Film which was published this week. However concerns were raised about some aspects.
John McVay, the chief executive of UK producers’ association Pact, suggested the Commission came into being partly as a result of Pact’s own report last year, ‘The State of the UK Independent Film Sector’, which highlighted the “parlous” state of the sector and recommended the UK’s film tax credit should be...
Key figures in the UK film industry have given a generally positive response to the report from the BFI’s Commission on UK Independent Film which was published this week. However concerns were raised about some aspects.
John McVay, the chief executive of UK producers’ association Pact, suggested the Commission came into being partly as a result of Pact’s own report last year, ‘The State of the UK Independent Film Sector’, which highlighted the “parlous” state of the sector and recommended the UK’s film tax credit should be...
- 7/19/2018
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Two-time Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey is next slated to play Gore Vidal in a new Netflix film about the writer's life.
Michael Hoffman (One Fine Day, The Last Station) is directing the film for Netflix. The project is currently in pre-production in Rome. Andy Paterson is producing.
Shooting will begin at the end of August in Rome, according to sources, and then move to the Amalfi Coast, where most of the film will take place.
Vidal purchased his infamous cliffside mansion in Ravello, La Rondinaia in 1972 and moved there permanently in 1993.
The writer hosted numerous international celebrities in the seven-bedroom...
Michael Hoffman (One Fine Day, The Last Station) is directing the film for Netflix. The project is currently in pre-production in Rome. Andy Paterson is producing.
Shooting will begin at the end of August in Rome, according to sources, and then move to the Amalfi Coast, where most of the film will take place.
Vidal purchased his infamous cliffside mansion in Ravello, La Rondinaia in 1972 and moved there permanently in 1993.
The writer hosted numerous international celebrities in the seven-bedroom...
- 7/21/2017
- by Ariston Anderson
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kevin Spacey is set to play celebrated American writer Gore Vidal in an upcoming Netflix original biopic titled Gore. Michael Hoffman, who directed 2009's The Last Station starring Helen Mirren and James McAvoy, will direct the 1980s-set film with UK producer Andy Paterson (The Railway Man, Girl With A Pearl Earring) producing. The film is shooting in Italy. Vidal had a love affair with Italy, spending large periods of time in Rome in the early 1960s and later between the…...
- 7/21/2017
- Deadline
Times are tough for UK producers, some of whom are working for virtually nothing.
Who would be an independent UK film producer? One statistic that leapt out of ‘The State Of The UK Independent Film Sector’ study recently completed for UK producers’ association Pact by Olsberg Spi was that 78% of the UK producers contacted for the report have had to defer some or all of their fees since 2007. Given they were unlikely to have had much of a share of the ‘backend’ from the profits of their films, this means that, in certain circumstances, they are working for virtually nothing.
Almost equally gloomy was the report’s observation that the international market value for independent UK films has suffered a decline of an estimated 50% since 2007. The report puts this down to digital disruption, increased competition for audiences and the squeeze caused by the global financial crisis of 2007. It concludes the present financial model is “broken”.
Off the back...
Who would be an independent UK film producer? One statistic that leapt out of ‘The State Of The UK Independent Film Sector’ study recently completed for UK producers’ association Pact by Olsberg Spi was that 78% of the UK producers contacted for the report have had to defer some or all of their fees since 2007. Given they were unlikely to have had much of a share of the ‘backend’ from the profits of their films, this means that, in certain circumstances, they are working for virtually nothing.
Almost equally gloomy was the report’s observation that the international market value for independent UK films has suffered a decline of an estimated 50% since 2007. The report puts this down to digital disruption, increased competition for audiences and the squeeze caused by the global financial crisis of 2007. It concludes the present financial model is “broken”.
Off the back...
- 6/2/2017
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
UK producers including Andy Paterson and Rebecca O’Brien back the radical proposal.
On the day that Pact-commissioned report The State Of The UK Independent Film Sector is launched, leading British producers have made a radical new proposal for the UK’s film tax credit to be hiked up to 40% for British films in the £2m to £10m budget range.
The Film Tax Relief (Ftr), introduced in 2007, is acknowledged to have helped spending on UK film production to reach record levels (£1.596bn in 2016) but the plight of independent producers remains dire.
The report, put together by consultancy firm Olsberg Spi and focusing on the period between 2007 and 2017, exposes many of the chronic problems now facing the independent sector.
Prime among these is the struggle for producers to make a living yet alone build a sustainable business when (the report calculates) the international market value for UK independent films has plummeted by 50% since 2007 and continues to fall.
“Over...
On the day that Pact-commissioned report The State Of The UK Independent Film Sector is launched, leading British producers have made a radical new proposal for the UK’s film tax credit to be hiked up to 40% for British films in the £2m to £10m budget range.
The Film Tax Relief (Ftr), introduced in 2007, is acknowledged to have helped spending on UK film production to reach record levels (£1.596bn in 2016) but the plight of independent producers remains dire.
The report, put together by consultancy firm Olsberg Spi and focusing on the period between 2007 and 2017, exposes many of the chronic problems now facing the independent sector.
Prime among these is the struggle for producers to make a living yet alone build a sustainable business when (the report calculates) the international market value for UK independent films has plummeted by 50% since 2007 and continues to fall.
“Over...
- 4/28/2017
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Among the most anticipated Spanish productions of the year are a Paleolithic period drama, the new Almodovar and a regal role for Penelope Cruz.A Monster Calls
Dir Ja Bayona
A Monster Calls completes Bayona’s trilogy exploring motherhood, after The Orphanage and The Impossible. Patrick Ness has adapted his novel about a boy who seeks refuge in a fantasy world. The English-language film, which shot in Spain and the UK, stars Liam Neeson. It is a Spain-us co-production between Apaches Entertainment with Telecinco Cinema, Peliculas La Trini, Participant Media, River Road Entertainment and Lionsgate. Set for release in the autumn, it will be distributed in Spain by Universal Pictures International, in the Us by Focus and in the UK via eOne.
Contact Lionsgate International: www.lionsgate.com
Abracadabra
Dir Pablo Berger
Berger’s follow-up to Blancanieves again stars Maribel Verdu, this time as a housewife determined to fight the spirit possessing her husband. Set to shoot...
Dir Ja Bayona
A Monster Calls completes Bayona’s trilogy exploring motherhood, after The Orphanage and The Impossible. Patrick Ness has adapted his novel about a boy who seeks refuge in a fantasy world. The English-language film, which shot in Spain and the UK, stars Liam Neeson. It is a Spain-us co-production between Apaches Entertainment with Telecinco Cinema, Peliculas La Trini, Participant Media, River Road Entertainment and Lionsgate. Set for release in the autumn, it will be distributed in Spain by Universal Pictures International, in the Us by Focus and in the UK via eOne.
Contact Lionsgate International: www.lionsgate.com
Abracadabra
Dir Pablo Berger
Berger’s follow-up to Blancanieves again stars Maribel Verdu, this time as a housewife determined to fight the spirit possessing her husband. Set to shoot...
- 4/1/2016
- ScreenDaily
The Santa Monica-based sales, production and financing company will start talks with international buyers in Berlin on the historical drama starring Antonio Banderas.
Myriad holds sales rights to Altamira excluding Spain/Andorra, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Latin America – where Fox International will distribute – to the true story about an archaeologist and his daughter whose discovery of historic cave paintings sparks a firestorm.
Hugh Hudson (Chariots Of Fire) directed and Rupert Everett, Golshifteh Farahani, and Pierre Niney also star.
Olivia Hetreed and José Luis López-Linares wrote the screenplay about the father and daughter, whose achievement earns academic plaudits but scandalises their family for its empirical contradiction of the teachings of the Catholic Church.
Myriad Pictures will be showing exclusive first-look footage from the English-language film that shot on location in Spain.
Lucrecia Botín and Alvaro Longoria from Spain’s Morena Films produced Altamira with Andy Paterson from the UK’s Sympathetic Ink.
Alexandra Lebret of France...
Myriad holds sales rights to Altamira excluding Spain/Andorra, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Latin America – where Fox International will distribute – to the true story about an archaeologist and his daughter whose discovery of historic cave paintings sparks a firestorm.
Hugh Hudson (Chariots Of Fire) directed and Rupert Everett, Golshifteh Farahani, and Pierre Niney also star.
Olivia Hetreed and José Luis López-Linares wrote the screenplay about the father and daughter, whose achievement earns academic plaudits but scandalises their family for its empirical contradiction of the teachings of the Catholic Church.
Myriad Pictures will be showing exclusive first-look footage from the English-language film that shot on location in Spain.
Lucrecia Botín and Alvaro Longoria from Spain’s Morena Films produced Altamira with Andy Paterson from the UK’s Sympathetic Ink.
Alexandra Lebret of France...
- 2/4/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sundance award-winner to open festival; Dagur Kári’s Tribeca winner Virgin Mountain to close.
Anna Muylaert’s The Second Mother (Que Horas Ela Volta?) is to open the 21st Sarajevo Film Festival on August 14.
Brazilian director Muylaert will be in attendance at Sarajevo’s impressive open air theatre for the screening of the film, in which the estranged daughter of a live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, breaking down unspoken class barriers that exist within the home.
The film debuted at Sundance in January where actors Regina Casé and Camila Márdila picked up the Special Jury Prize. It went on to win the Panorama Audience Award at Berlin in February and the jury prize for best screenplay at RiverRun.
Sarajevo has also announced that Dagur Kári’s Virgin Mountain (Fusi) will close the festival on August 22.
Kári will present the screening alongside lead actor Gunnar Jónsson, who plays a 43-year-old that still lives with his mother and whose monotonous...
Anna Muylaert’s The Second Mother (Que Horas Ela Volta?) is to open the 21st Sarajevo Film Festival on August 14.
Brazilian director Muylaert will be in attendance at Sarajevo’s impressive open air theatre for the screening of the film, in which the estranged daughter of a live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, breaking down unspoken class barriers that exist within the home.
The film debuted at Sundance in January where actors Regina Casé and Camila Márdila picked up the Special Jury Prize. It went on to win the Panorama Audience Award at Berlin in February and the jury prize for best screenplay at RiverRun.
Sarajevo has also announced that Dagur Kári’s Virgin Mountain (Fusi) will close the festival on August 22.
Kári will present the screening alongside lead actor Gunnar Jónsson, who plays a 43-year-old that still lives with his mother and whose monotonous...
- 7/27/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Neil Armfield.s Holding the Man, Simon Stone.s The Daughter, Jeremy Sims. Last Cab to Darwin and Jen Peedom.s feature doc Sherpa will have their world premieres at the Sydney Film Festival.
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
- 5/6/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Before bestowing its international awards in La on Saturday, the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts handed out trophies for homegrown titles in Sydney on Thursday. In a rare, but not unprecedented turn of events, the Best Film prize was a split. Both from first-time helmers, Russell Crowe’s The Water Diviner and Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook shared the win. Kent also took home the Best Directing trophy — Crowe was not nominated in the category.
The Water Diviner, released by Universal locally, was the most successful Australian film of 2014 and also earned a prize for Supporting Actor Yilmaz Erdogan. Horror pic The Babadook, which also scooped Best Original Screenplay, was previously honored by the New York Film Critics Circle with the Best First Film prize. Nicole Kidman/Colin Firth drama The Railway Man was awarded the Best Adapted Screenplay nod for Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Paterson. The...
The Water Diviner, released by Universal locally, was the most successful Australian film of 2014 and also earned a prize for Supporting Actor Yilmaz Erdogan. Horror pic The Babadook, which also scooped Best Original Screenplay, was previously honored by the New York Film Critics Circle with the Best First Film prize. Nicole Kidman/Colin Firth drama The Railway Man was awarded the Best Adapted Screenplay nod for Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Paterson. The...
- 1/29/2015
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
Double win marks the first time two films have shared Australia’s top film prize.Scroll down for full list of winners
Russell Crowe’s The Water Diviner and Jennifer Kent thriller The Babadook have both won the Aacta (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) Award for best film, marking the first time that two titles have shared the country’s top film prize.
The event in Sydney, hosted this year by actresses Cate Blanchett and Deborah Mailman, is only the 4th annual Aacta Awards but they were the result of an overhaul of the AFI (Australian Film Institute) Awards, which were established in 1969.
The two winning films could not be more different from each other. Kent’s meticulously crafted low-budget claustrophobic thriller, The Babadook, is about a single mother who battles with her son’s fear of a monster lurking in the house.
Gladiator star Crowe’s directorial debut, The Water Diviner, is about...
Russell Crowe’s The Water Diviner and Jennifer Kent thriller The Babadook have both won the Aacta (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) Award for best film, marking the first time that two titles have shared the country’s top film prize.
The event in Sydney, hosted this year by actresses Cate Blanchett and Deborah Mailman, is only the 4th annual Aacta Awards but they were the result of an overhaul of the AFI (Australian Film Institute) Awards, which were established in 1969.
The two winning films could not be more different from each other. Kent’s meticulously crafted low-budget claustrophobic thriller, The Babadook, is about a single mother who battles with her son’s fear of a monster lurking in the house.
Gladiator star Crowe’s directorial debut, The Water Diviner, is about...
- 1/29/2015
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Jennifer Kent.s The Babadook and Russell Crowe.s The Water Diviner tied for best film at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) awards in Sydney.
That.s the first joint award for best film in AFI/Aacta history. Kent also collected the awards for best director (Crowe wasn't nominated in that category) and original screenplay.
Telecast on Network Ten, the awards drew just 297,000 viewers in the five metro cities last night, proving more popular in Melbourne (107,000) than Sydney (80,000).
Playmaker Media.s conspiracy thriller The Code collared the awards for best TV drama, lead actor in a TV drama (Ashley Zukerman), supporting actress (Chelsie Preston Crayford) and direction in a TV drama or comedy (Shawn Seet). The Longford Lyell Award, named for Australian cinema pioneers Raymond Longford and Lottie Lyell, went to screenwriter Andrew Knight, whose credits as head writer or co-writer include Fast Forward, Full Frontal,...
That.s the first joint award for best film in AFI/Aacta history. Kent also collected the awards for best director (Crowe wasn't nominated in that category) and original screenplay.
Telecast on Network Ten, the awards drew just 297,000 viewers in the five metro cities last night, proving more popular in Melbourne (107,000) than Sydney (80,000).
Playmaker Media.s conspiracy thriller The Code collared the awards for best TV drama, lead actor in a TV drama (Ashley Zukerman), supporting actress (Chelsie Preston Crayford) and direction in a TV drama or comedy (Shawn Seet). The Longford Lyell Award, named for Australian cinema pioneers Raymond Longford and Lottie Lyell, went to screenwriter Andrew Knight, whose credits as head writer or co-writer include Fast Forward, Full Frontal,...
- 1/29/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Altamira
Director: Hugh Hudson // Writers: Olivia Hetreed, José Luis López-Linares
Hudson, notably the director of 1981 Best Picture winner Chariots of Fire, hasn’t helmed a feature since the lambasted 2000 Kim Basinger film I Dreamed of Africa, a noted passion project for the actress. His latest, Altamira, looks to be a historical reenactment, and will hopefully prove to be Hudson’s welcome return to feature films, which is why it makes our list. Banderas will play Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, a Spanish jurist and amateur archeologist who made the discovery of the Altamira Cave with his nine-year-old daughter Maria. Featuring painting of bison, horses, a doe and human hands, made with charcoal and ochre, these were the first Paleolithic cave paintings of their type to be discovered.
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Golshifteh Farahani, Rupert Everett.
Producers: Morena Films’ Lucrecia Botín and Alvaro Longoria (7 Days in Havana), Sympathetic Ink’s Andy Paterson (The Railway Man...
Director: Hugh Hudson // Writers: Olivia Hetreed, José Luis López-Linares
Hudson, notably the director of 1981 Best Picture winner Chariots of Fire, hasn’t helmed a feature since the lambasted 2000 Kim Basinger film I Dreamed of Africa, a noted passion project for the actress. His latest, Altamira, looks to be a historical reenactment, and will hopefully prove to be Hudson’s welcome return to feature films, which is why it makes our list. Banderas will play Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, a Spanish jurist and amateur archeologist who made the discovery of the Altamira Cave with his nine-year-old daughter Maria. Featuring painting of bison, horses, a doe and human hands, made with charcoal and ochre, these were the first Paleolithic cave paintings of their type to be discovered.
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Golshifteh Farahani, Rupert Everett.
Producers: Morena Films’ Lucrecia Botín and Alvaro Longoria (7 Days in Havana), Sympathetic Ink’s Andy Paterson (The Railway Man...
- 1/5/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Russell Crowe-Directed Movie Up for Australian Film Award; Crowe Shortlisted Only in Acting Category
Director Russell Crowe Movie up for Best Film: Australian Academy Awards 2015 nominations (photo: Actor-director Russell Crowe in 'The Water Diviner') Aacta Awards: Feature Film Categories Best Film The Babadook Kristina Ceyton and Kristian Moliere Charlie's Country Nils Erik Nielsen, Peter Djigirr and Rolf de Heer Predestination Paddy McDonald, Tim McGahan, Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig The Railway Man Chris Brown, Andy Paterson and Bill Curbishley Tracks Emile Sherman and Iain Canning The Water Diviner Andrew Mason, Keith Rodger and Troy Lum Best Director The Babadook Jennifer Kent Charlie's Country Rolf de Heer Predestination Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig The Rover David Michôd Best Actress Kate Box The Little Death Essie Davis The Babadook Sarah Snook Predestination Mia Wasikowska Tracks Best Actor Russell Crowe The Water Diviner David Gulpilil Charlie's Country Damon Herriman The Little Death Guy Pearce The Rover Best Supporting Actor Patrick Brammall The Little Death Yilmaz Erdogan...
- 12/3/2014
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
The Railway Man and Rake took the top film and TV drama awards while Playmaker Media was named media super production business of the year at the 14th annual Screen Producers Australia Awards on Tuesday night. Jungleboys. The Moodys was feted as best comedy, Matchbox Pictures. Nowhere Boys took the children.s production gong and Artemis Productions. Who Do You Think You Are?. was best TV documentary. Carbon Media, which produced the first Australian indigenous segment ever aired on Sesame Street and is now co-producing Camp Crazy, a childrens. series with Essential Media & Entertainment, was named breakthrough business of the year. The Natalie Miller Fellowship was awarded to Deluxe Australia.s Rebecca Hammond, who will undertake a women in leadership program at the University of Nsw. . The $300,000 Kickstart prize went to Jessica Leslie from the Northern Territory, who will make a TV series for Foxtel.s Studio channel entitled Renassiance Man,...
- 11/18/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
First image released of period drama from Chariots of Fire director Hugh Hudson.
Principal photography has begun on period drama Altamira, directed by Hugh Hudson (Chariots of Fire, Greystoke) and starring Antonio Banderas.
Production will take place on location in Northern Spain.
The English-language production also stars Golshifteh Farahani, Nicholas Farrell, Henry Goodman, Pierre Niney, Clément Sibony, Tristan Ulloa, Irene Escolar and Rupert Everett. British actress Allegra Allen makes her film debut.
The screenplay is by Olivia Hetreed (Girl with a Pearl Earring; Wuthering Heights) and Jose Luis Lopez-Linares. José Luis Alcaine (The Skin I Live In) is the cinematographer.
Producers are Lucrecia Botín, Alvaro Longoria from Spain’s Morena Films and Andy Paterson from the UK’s Sympathetic Ink. Alexandra Lebret, of France’s Mare Nostrum co-produces with Laura Bickford as executive producer.
The film tells the true story of nine-year old Maria (Allen) and her father Marcelino (Banderas) who, in 1879, found...
Principal photography has begun on period drama Altamira, directed by Hugh Hudson (Chariots of Fire, Greystoke) and starring Antonio Banderas.
Production will take place on location in Northern Spain.
The English-language production also stars Golshifteh Farahani, Nicholas Farrell, Henry Goodman, Pierre Niney, Clément Sibony, Tristan Ulloa, Irene Escolar and Rupert Everett. British actress Allegra Allen makes her film debut.
The screenplay is by Olivia Hetreed (Girl with a Pearl Earring; Wuthering Heights) and Jose Luis Lopez-Linares. José Luis Alcaine (The Skin I Live In) is the cinematographer.
Producers are Lucrecia Botín, Alvaro Longoria from Spain’s Morena Films and Andy Paterson from the UK’s Sympathetic Ink. Alexandra Lebret, of France’s Mare Nostrum co-produces with Laura Bickford as executive producer.
The film tells the true story of nine-year old Maria (Allen) and her father Marcelino (Banderas) who, in 1879, found...
- 10/7/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Spain shoot for period drama from Chariots of Fire director Hugh Hudson.
Antonio Banderas is to star in English-language period drama Altamira, which begins shooting in Cantabria, Spain, on Monday (Sept 29).
The Desperado star confirmed his casting at the Zurich Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 5), where he is promoting sci-fi film Automata.
The previously announced project has now found its director in Hugh Hudson, the British film-maker best known for 1981 Oscar-winner Chariots of Fire.
The film, based on a script from Girl With a Pearl Earring writer Olivia Hetreed, is being produced by Lucretia Botin and Alvaro Longoria (Che) for Morena Films and Andy Paterson (The Railway Man) for Sympathetic Ink. Laura Bickford is exec producer.
Set in 1879, Altamira charts the story of an amateur archaeologist (Banderas) and his daughter who discover early cave art.
At first celebrated, the family is thrown into crisis following a backlash against them and the prehistoric art, led by the...
Antonio Banderas is to star in English-language period drama Altamira, which begins shooting in Cantabria, Spain, on Monday (Sept 29).
The Desperado star confirmed his casting at the Zurich Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 5), where he is promoting sci-fi film Automata.
The previously announced project has now found its director in Hugh Hudson, the British film-maker best known for 1981 Oscar-winner Chariots of Fire.
The film, based on a script from Girl With a Pearl Earring writer Olivia Hetreed, is being produced by Lucretia Botin and Alvaro Longoria (Che) for Morena Films and Andy Paterson (The Railway Man) for Sympathetic Ink. Laura Bickford is exec producer.
Set in 1879, Altamira charts the story of an amateur archaeologist (Banderas) and his daughter who discover early cave art.
At first celebrated, the family is thrown into crisis following a backlash against them and the prehistoric art, led by the...
- 9/27/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Oscar-winning Danis Tanovic’s new film Tigers, which features Bollywood star Emraan Hashmi in his first international project, had a glorious world premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival on Monday evening. The 9:45 pm show at Scotiabank Theatre on 8th Sep in Toronto was a sold out screening as the audience watched in rapt attention the true story of the salesman who blew the whistle on the baby food scandal in Pakistan. Besides Emraan and Danis, present at the screening was National Award-winning actress Geetanjali who plays Zainab, the wife of the salesman. Also in attendance were the film’s producers Prashita Chaudhary of Cinemorphic and Guneet Monga of Sikhya Entertainment plus Tigers’ co-producer and co-writer- Andy Paterson. But the highlight of the evening, apart from the movie itself which got a standing ovation, was the curtain call. After the usual introduction of the actors, Danis called on stage Syad Aamir Raza,...
- 9/11/2014
- by Press Releases
- Bollyspice
After a couple of years’ absence publicist/ producer, Richard Lormand is returning to Toronto with a satchel full of films. Check these out because when he chooses films, he chooses them well.
"Phoenix"
Christian Petzold
Disfigured Holocaust survivor Nina, now unrecognizable after facial reconstruction, returns to find out if her husband really loves her or actually betrayed her...
Starring "Barbara" leads Nina Hoss and Ronald Zehrfeld. Romance and reconstruction in post World War II Germany from the critically
acclaimed director of "Barbara" (Berlinale 2012 Best Director) and "Yella" (Berlinale 2007 Best Actress – Nina Hoss)
Present: Christian Petzold (director), Nina Hoss (actress), Florian Koerner von Gustorf (producer)
World Sales: The Match Factory
Fri 5 – 18:00 (Public 1 – Elgin/Visa Screening Room)
Sat 6 – 11:30 (Public 2 – Elgin/Visa Screening Room)
Sat 6 – 12:30 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 2)
Tue 9 - 14:00 (Press/Industry 2 - Scotiabank 14)
Fri 12 - 14:15 (Press/Industry 3 - Scotiabank 7
"Itsi Bitsi"
Ole Christian Madsen
In the soul-searching psychedelic 60s, a rebellious young man desperately tries to win a beautiful woman’s love by transforming from poet to writer, nomad to junkie and eventually rock star...
The new film by Ole Christian Madsen, acclaimed director of "Superclásico," "Flame and Citron" and "Prague."
Present: Ole Christian Madsen (director), Joachim Fjelstrup (actor), Marie Tourell Søderberg (actress), Lars Lars Bredo Rahbek (producer)
World Sales: The Match Factory
Sat 6 – 8:30 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 9)
Sat 6 – 17:15 (Public 1 – Scotiabank 4)
Sun 7 – 9:30 (Public 2 – Bloor Hot Docs Cinema)
Tue 9 - 17:30 (Press/Industry 2 - Scotiabank 7)
Fri 12 – 17:00 (Public 3 – Isabel Bader)
"1001 Grams"
Bent Hamer
Urbane urbanite Marie is a thirty-something scientist whose life is rigorously controlled. When she attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it is her own measurement of disappointment, grief and, not least, love, that ends up on the scale. As she explores her new possibilities, everything seems to unfurl magically, beautiful.
Featuring Ane Dahl Torp (Pioneer, Cold Lunch) in a charmingly offbeat comedy from Norwegian master Bent Hamer ("Kitchen Stories," "O'Horten"). A co-production: Norway (BulBul), France (Slot Machine), Germany (Pandora)
Present: Bent Hamer (director), Ane Dahl Torp (actress), Marianne Slot (producer)
World Sales: Les Films du Losangne
Fri 5 – 14:00 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 3)
Sun 7 – 19:15 (Public 1 – Tiff Bell Lightbox 1)
Tue 9 - 9:30 (Press/Industry 2 - Scotiabank 4)
Tue 9 – 14:45 (Public 2 – Scotiabank 2)
Sun 14 – 19:00 (Public 3 – Tiff Bell Lightbox 1)
"Tigers"
Danis Tanovic
Devastated when he discovers the effects of the infant formula he’s peddling, a young salesman takes on a multinational corporation, in this based-on-fact drama from Academy Award-winning director Danis Tanovic ("No Man's Land").
Featuring Bollywood star Emraan Hashmi ("Once Upon a Time in Mumbai"). A co-production: India (Cinemorphic Pvt Ltd & Sikhya Entertainment), France (Asap Films)
Present: Danis Tanovic (director), Emraan Hashmi (actor), Geetanjali (actress), Khalid Abdalla (actor), Prashita Chaudhary (producer), Guneet Monga (producer), Cédomir Kolar (producer), Andy Paterson (producer, co-writer), Achin Jain (executive producer)
World Sales: The Match Factory
Sun 7 – 14:00 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 10)
Mon 8 – 21:45 (Public 1 – Scotiabank 1)
Wed 10 - 21:15 (Press/Industry 2 - Scotiabank 7)
Wed 10 – 21:30 (Public 2 – Scotiabank 3)
Sat 13 – 17:00 (Public 3 – Tiff Bell Lightbox 1
"Natural Resistance"
Jonathan Nossiter
Four Italian winegrowers of a rapidly spreading European natural wine revolution have encountered fierce resistance. Not everyone believes in their struggle for an ecologically progressive, economically just and historically rich expression of Italian
agriculture…
10 years after "Mondovino" world acclaimed director Jonathan Nossiter offers a model of charmed and joyous ecological and cinematic resistance against the new world economic order.
Present: Jonathan Nossiter (director)
Sat 6 – 11:15 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 7),
Mon 8 – 19:00 (Public 1 – Tiff Bell Lightbox 3)
Tue 9 – 19:00 (Public 2 – Jackman Hall)
Thu 11 – 17:45 (Public 3 – Bloor Hot Docs Cinema)...
"Phoenix"
Christian Petzold
Disfigured Holocaust survivor Nina, now unrecognizable after facial reconstruction, returns to find out if her husband really loves her or actually betrayed her...
Starring "Barbara" leads Nina Hoss and Ronald Zehrfeld. Romance and reconstruction in post World War II Germany from the critically
acclaimed director of "Barbara" (Berlinale 2012 Best Director) and "Yella" (Berlinale 2007 Best Actress – Nina Hoss)
Present: Christian Petzold (director), Nina Hoss (actress), Florian Koerner von Gustorf (producer)
World Sales: The Match Factory
Fri 5 – 18:00 (Public 1 – Elgin/Visa Screening Room)
Sat 6 – 11:30 (Public 2 – Elgin/Visa Screening Room)
Sat 6 – 12:30 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 2)
Tue 9 - 14:00 (Press/Industry 2 - Scotiabank 14)
Fri 12 - 14:15 (Press/Industry 3 - Scotiabank 7
"Itsi Bitsi"
Ole Christian Madsen
In the soul-searching psychedelic 60s, a rebellious young man desperately tries to win a beautiful woman’s love by transforming from poet to writer, nomad to junkie and eventually rock star...
The new film by Ole Christian Madsen, acclaimed director of "Superclásico," "Flame and Citron" and "Prague."
Present: Ole Christian Madsen (director), Joachim Fjelstrup (actor), Marie Tourell Søderberg (actress), Lars Lars Bredo Rahbek (producer)
World Sales: The Match Factory
Sat 6 – 8:30 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 9)
Sat 6 – 17:15 (Public 1 – Scotiabank 4)
Sun 7 – 9:30 (Public 2 – Bloor Hot Docs Cinema)
Tue 9 - 17:30 (Press/Industry 2 - Scotiabank 7)
Fri 12 – 17:00 (Public 3 – Isabel Bader)
"1001 Grams"
Bent Hamer
Urbane urbanite Marie is a thirty-something scientist whose life is rigorously controlled. When she attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it is her own measurement of disappointment, grief and, not least, love, that ends up on the scale. As she explores her new possibilities, everything seems to unfurl magically, beautiful.
Featuring Ane Dahl Torp (Pioneer, Cold Lunch) in a charmingly offbeat comedy from Norwegian master Bent Hamer ("Kitchen Stories," "O'Horten"). A co-production: Norway (BulBul), France (Slot Machine), Germany (Pandora)
Present: Bent Hamer (director), Ane Dahl Torp (actress), Marianne Slot (producer)
World Sales: Les Films du Losangne
Fri 5 – 14:00 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 3)
Sun 7 – 19:15 (Public 1 – Tiff Bell Lightbox 1)
Tue 9 - 9:30 (Press/Industry 2 - Scotiabank 4)
Tue 9 – 14:45 (Public 2 – Scotiabank 2)
Sun 14 – 19:00 (Public 3 – Tiff Bell Lightbox 1)
"Tigers"
Danis Tanovic
Devastated when he discovers the effects of the infant formula he’s peddling, a young salesman takes on a multinational corporation, in this based-on-fact drama from Academy Award-winning director Danis Tanovic ("No Man's Land").
Featuring Bollywood star Emraan Hashmi ("Once Upon a Time in Mumbai"). A co-production: India (Cinemorphic Pvt Ltd & Sikhya Entertainment), France (Asap Films)
Present: Danis Tanovic (director), Emraan Hashmi (actor), Geetanjali (actress), Khalid Abdalla (actor), Prashita Chaudhary (producer), Guneet Monga (producer), Cédomir Kolar (producer), Andy Paterson (producer, co-writer), Achin Jain (executive producer)
World Sales: The Match Factory
Sun 7 – 14:00 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 10)
Mon 8 – 21:45 (Public 1 – Scotiabank 1)
Wed 10 - 21:15 (Press/Industry 2 - Scotiabank 7)
Wed 10 – 21:30 (Public 2 – Scotiabank 3)
Sat 13 – 17:00 (Public 3 – Tiff Bell Lightbox 1
"Natural Resistance"
Jonathan Nossiter
Four Italian winegrowers of a rapidly spreading European natural wine revolution have encountered fierce resistance. Not everyone believes in their struggle for an ecologically progressive, economically just and historically rich expression of Italian
agriculture…
10 years after "Mondovino" world acclaimed director Jonathan Nossiter offers a model of charmed and joyous ecological and cinematic resistance against the new world economic order.
Present: Jonathan Nossiter (director)
Sat 6 – 11:15 (Press/Industry 1 – Scotiabank 7),
Mon 8 – 19:00 (Public 1 – Tiff Bell Lightbox 3)
Tue 9 – 19:00 (Public 2 – Jackman Hall)
Thu 11 – 17:45 (Public 3 – Bloor Hot Docs Cinema)...
- 9/1/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Anchor Bay Entertainment is bringing The Railway Man to DVD and Blu-ray™ on August 12, with the early digital download window beginning this Friday, August 1.
Academy Award Winners Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman star in the remarkable autobiography of Eric Lomax (Colin Firth), a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a Pow camp, where he is tormented and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway.
Decades later, still suffering the trauma of his wartime experiences, Lomax and his wife Patti (Nicole Kidman) discover that the Japanese interpreter responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and set out to confront him, in this powerful and inspiring tale of heroism, humanity and the redeeming power of love.
Claudia Puig (USA Today) called director Jonathan Teplitzky’s film “A celebration of compassion and forgiveness.”
From The Weinstein Company, The Railway Man is rated R...
Academy Award Winners Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman star in the remarkable autobiography of Eric Lomax (Colin Firth), a British Army officer who is captured by the Japanese during WWII and sent to a Pow camp, where he is tormented and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway.
Decades later, still suffering the trauma of his wartime experiences, Lomax and his wife Patti (Nicole Kidman) discover that the Japanese interpreter responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and set out to confront him, in this powerful and inspiring tale of heroism, humanity and the redeeming power of love.
Claudia Puig (USA Today) called director Jonathan Teplitzky’s film “A celebration of compassion and forgiveness.”
From The Weinstein Company, The Railway Man is rated R...
- 7/24/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Railway Man flew a little too under the radar, but hopefully we can make up for that when it comes home on August 12th. The Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman vehicle based on the memoir of Eric Lomax had a lot of critics talking, but wasn’t quite the sort of thing to become the number one water cooler subject.
Such is the way of dramas about prisoners of war, especially long after the fact, but this one has a lot to recommend, not least just any chance to see Colin Firth. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like we’re exactly overloaded with special features, but you probably can’t expect too much here. Get the full info below, and be sure to check out the trailer above.
Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company are proud to announce the home entertainment release of Jonathan Teplitzky’s The Railway Man,...
Such is the way of dramas about prisoners of war, especially long after the fact, but this one has a lot to recommend, not least just any chance to see Colin Firth. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like we’re exactly overloaded with special features, but you probably can’t expect too much here. Get the full info below, and be sure to check out the trailer above.
Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company are proud to announce the home entertainment release of Jonathan Teplitzky’s The Railway Man,...
- 6/17/2014
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Jeremy Irvine, who first became known to American audiences after starring in Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated War Horse, really took method acting to a new level for his new film The Railway Man in which he plays a World War II soldier who was captured and tortured by the Japanese.
Irvine On Waterboarding
Fully committing to his role, Irvine volunteered to actually experience waterboarding for one of his torture scenes. “I was quite keen — I really didn’t want me to imagining things. I wanted it to be as real as possible,” Irvine told uInterview. “I mean, yes, I could stop at anytime and that's the real torture not being able to stop. There's one shot in the movie where I let it carry on just a second too long, and you have this one flash of realism, and I think that's real important to the film.
“You know, it was described to me,...
Irvine On Waterboarding
Fully committing to his role, Irvine volunteered to actually experience waterboarding for one of his torture scenes. “I was quite keen — I really didn’t want me to imagining things. I wanted it to be as real as possible,” Irvine told uInterview. “I mean, yes, I could stop at anytime and that's the real torture not being able to stop. There's one shot in the movie where I let it carry on just a second too long, and you have this one flash of realism, and I think that's real important to the film.
“You know, it was described to me,...
- 5/14/2014
- Uinterview
Stars: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeremy Irvine, Hiroyuki Sanada | Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce, Andy Paterson | Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky
At first glance The Railway Man appears to be the latest addition to the genre of stale British golden age love stories–a tale of an introverted man, with an odd fascination of trains, failing in love at first sight with a beautiful woman during a random encounter. In reality the romance element is summed up within the first fifteen minutes in order to approach much deeper and darker territory.
The Railway Man adapts the memoir of World War II veteran Eric Lomax as it recants his story of surviving a brutal Japanese Prisoner of War Camp and the struggle he faced long after he left the gates of confinement. With its multifaceted narrative and gripping performances, it continues the crucial discussion of the effects of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.
At first glance The Railway Man appears to be the latest addition to the genre of stale British golden age love stories–a tale of an introverted man, with an odd fascination of trains, failing in love at first sight with a beautiful woman during a random encounter. In reality the romance element is summed up within the first fifteen minutes in order to approach much deeper and darker territory.
The Railway Man adapts the memoir of World War II veteran Eric Lomax as it recants his story of surviving a brutal Japanese Prisoner of War Camp and the struggle he faced long after he left the gates of confinement. With its multifaceted narrative and gripping performances, it continues the crucial discussion of the effects of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.
- 4/25/2014
- by Dan Clark
- Nerdly
Chicago – One the hidden implications of World War II was the suffering of Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (Ptsd) from the millions of soldiers who survived the horrors of that war. The difficulties associated with Ptsd are communicated with honor by Colin Firth in “The Railway Man”
Rating: 3.5/5.0
The story is of a WWII veteran, played by Firth, whose obsessive and difficult nature is modified by a new wife, portrayed by Nicole Kidman. She seeks the truth of his behavior, and the secrets that are revealed could lead to his healing. Although the film had some real problems with timelines and composition, the sincerity behind it is authentic, and the truth of the narrative – based on the story of Eric Lomax – is reverentially displayed. Ever since “The King’s Speech,” it seems that Colin Firth has been flailing a bit, but in “The Railway Man” he reminds us why he’s...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
The story is of a WWII veteran, played by Firth, whose obsessive and difficult nature is modified by a new wife, portrayed by Nicole Kidman. She seeks the truth of his behavior, and the secrets that are revealed could lead to his healing. Although the film had some real problems with timelines and composition, the sincerity behind it is authentic, and the truth of the narrative – based on the story of Eric Lomax – is reverentially displayed. Ever since “The King’s Speech,” it seems that Colin Firth has been flailing a bit, but in “The Railway Man” he reminds us why he’s...
- 4/18/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
There is a compelling story bursting to get out of The Railway Man, Jonathan Teplitzky’s flat adaptation of Eric Lomax’s memoir. However, some of the most fascinating sections of Lomax’s tale are a mystery to those who have not picked up his award-winning book. Strong performances from Colin Firth and Jeremy Irvine, as a middle-aged and young adult Lomax, respectively, give the veteran’s story layers that Teplitzky fails to capture in the rest of his woe-begotten film, which is safe, simplistic and only intermittently involving.
As an older man, Lomax obsessed over the order and operation of England’s railways, to the extent that he can hop between platforms to the one that most suits his travels when his original trip is delayed. Coasting through the countryside on the train one morning, in a shabby coat, he chats with Patti (Nicole Kidman, hardly used), and falls in love with her.
As an older man, Lomax obsessed over the order and operation of England’s railways, to the extent that he can hop between platforms to the one that most suits his travels when his original trip is delayed. Coasting through the countryside on the train one morning, in a shabby coat, he chats with Patti (Nicole Kidman, hardly used), and falls in love with her.
- 4/18/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
Almost entirely ignores the amazing aspect of this true story that makes it worth telling, and even the very good performances point us in another direction than the intended one. I’m “biast” (pro): like the cast; enjoy stories about WWII
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
The Railway Man starts out like a sweet little romance, when Colin Firth meets Nicole Kidman, somewhere near Edinburgh in 1980, on a train he’s only on because his encyclopedic knowledge of train schedules is allowing him to compensate for an unexpected delay in his travel plans. “I’m not a trainspotter,” he assures her — and us — not that most prototypical of British nerds; “I’m a railway enthusiast.” Later, he is able to contrive a second meeting with her because of his, yes, trainspotting superpower.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
The Railway Man starts out like a sweet little romance, when Colin Firth meets Nicole Kidman, somewhere near Edinburgh in 1980, on a train he’s only on because his encyclopedic knowledge of train schedules is allowing him to compensate for an unexpected delay in his travel plans. “I’m not a trainspotter,” he assures her — and us — not that most prototypical of British nerds; “I’m a railway enthusiast.” Later, he is able to contrive a second meeting with her because of his, yes, trainspotting superpower.
- 4/17/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to “The Railway Man” with Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman!
“The Railway Man,” which is rated “R” and opens in Chicago on April 18, 2014, also stars Stellan Skarsgård, Jeremy Irvine, Sam Reid, Ben Aldridge, Akos Armont, Tom Hobbs, Bryan Probets, Tom Stokes, Tanroh Ishida and Jeffrey Daunton from director Jonathan Teplitzky and writers Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Paterson. Note: You must be 17+ to attend this “R”-rated screening.
To win your free “The Railway Man” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your odds of winning...
“The Railway Man,” which is rated “R” and opens in Chicago on April 18, 2014, also stars Stellan Skarsgård, Jeremy Irvine, Sam Reid, Ben Aldridge, Akos Armont, Tom Hobbs, Bryan Probets, Tom Stokes, Tanroh Ishida and Jeffrey Daunton from director Jonathan Teplitzky and writers Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Paterson. Note: You must be 17+ to attend this “R”-rated screening.
To win your free “The Railway Man” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your odds of winning...
- 4/13/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The Weinstein Co. paid a reported Us$2 million for North American rights to The Railway Man after its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last September . but has waited more than six months to launch the film in the Us.
Us film critic/commentator Edward Douglas, who is a big fan of Jonathan Teplitzky's drama, has questioned that strategy.
.What I don't get about this movie is that the Weinstein Company picked it up at Toronto last September when they concurrently premiered a number of their movies like August: Osage County and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, which aren't nearly as good,. Douglas writes in his website ComingSoon.net.
Douglas praised the performances of Colin Firth as Eddie Lomax, the WWII prisoner-of-war veteran who confronts one of his Japanese tormentors 40 years later, Nicole Kidman as his wife and Hiro Sanada as his nemesis.
.It.s a shame...
Us film critic/commentator Edward Douglas, who is a big fan of Jonathan Teplitzky's drama, has questioned that strategy.
.What I don't get about this movie is that the Weinstein Company picked it up at Toronto last September when they concurrently premiered a number of their movies like August: Osage County and Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, which aren't nearly as good,. Douglas writes in his website ComingSoon.net.
Douglas praised the performances of Colin Firth as Eddie Lomax, the WWII prisoner-of-war veteran who confronts one of his Japanese tormentors 40 years later, Nicole Kidman as his wife and Hiro Sanada as his nemesis.
.It.s a shame...
- 4/8/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Watch 5 clips from Weinstein Co's "The Railway Man" starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman. Jonathan Teplitzky directs the film from the script by Frank Cottrell Boyce, and Andy Paterson, based on the book by Eric Lomax. The cast also features Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgard, Sam Reid and Hiroyuki Sanada. Watch 5 clips from Weinstein Co's "The Railway Man" starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman. Jonathan Teplitzky directs the film from the script by Frank Cottrell Boyce, and Andy Paterson, based on the autobiography by Eric Lomax. The cast also features Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgard, Sam Reid and Hiroyuki Sanada. "The Railway Man" tells the extraordinary and epic true story of Eric Lomax (Colin Firth), a British Army officer who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labor camp during World War II. Decades later, Lomax and his beautiful love interest Patti (Nicole Kidman) discover that the Japanese interpreter...
- 4/1/2014
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Ivan Sen.s Mystery Road and Kim Mordaunt.s The Rocket shared the best film honours at the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards presented last night.
The Great Gatsby collected four awards followed by The Rocket with 3 and Mystery Road and The Turning with 2 awards each.
Naomi Watts was named best actress for her role in the little-seen Adoration and Aaron Pedersen was best actor for Mystery Road. Sen was best director.
There was another tie for the supporting actor prize: The Great Gatsby.s Joel Edgerton and Mystery Road.s Hugo Weaving. The Turning.s Rose Byrne was best supporting actress. The Rocket.s Sitthiphon Disamoe was on hand to receive the gong for best young performer.
Best script award went to The Railway Man.s Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Paterson. Haydn Keenan's Persons of Interest was named best documentary.
An Acknowledgment Award was presented to...
The Great Gatsby collected four awards followed by The Rocket with 3 and Mystery Road and The Turning with 2 awards each.
Naomi Watts was named best actress for her role in the little-seen Adoration and Aaron Pedersen was best actor for Mystery Road. Sen was best director.
There was another tie for the supporting actor prize: The Great Gatsby.s Joel Edgerton and Mystery Road.s Hugo Weaving. The Turning.s Rose Byrne was best supporting actress. The Rocket.s Sitthiphon Disamoe was on hand to receive the gong for best young performer.
Best script award went to The Railway Man.s Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Paterson. Haydn Keenan's Persons of Interest was named best documentary.
An Acknowledgment Award was presented to...
- 3/11/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
India’s Ficci Frames conference, which is celebrating its 15th edition (March 12-14), has confirmed that Australia will be the partner country this year.
The partner state will be Karnataka, located in south India, which is home to the Kannada-language film industry. The state’s capital city, Bangalore, is also the high-tech centre of India.
Organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci), the convention is expecting 2,000 Indian and 600 foreign delegates this year, including speakers such as author William Dalrymple, the Federal Communications Commission’s Ajit Pai and PR guru Roger Fisk who worked on President Obama’s election campaign.
Keynote speakers also include TV18 Group managing director Raghav Bahl, India Today Group chairman Aroon Purie and Justin Osofsky, vice president of media partnerships at Facebook.
The theme of the conference will be “Media and Entertainment: Transforming Lives” – highlighting role of the media and entertainment industry as a vehicle for social change. In a year...
The partner state will be Karnataka, located in south India, which is home to the Kannada-language film industry. The state’s capital city, Bangalore, is also the high-tech centre of India.
Organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci), the convention is expecting 2,000 Indian and 600 foreign delegates this year, including speakers such as author William Dalrymple, the Federal Communications Commission’s Ajit Pai and PR guru Roger Fisk who worked on President Obama’s election campaign.
Keynote speakers also include TV18 Group managing director Raghav Bahl, India Today Group chairman Aroon Purie and Justin Osofsky, vice president of media partnerships at Facebook.
The theme of the conference will be “Media and Entertainment: Transforming Lives” – highlighting role of the media and entertainment industry as a vehicle for social change. In a year...
- 2/25/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
India’s Ficci Frames conference, which is celebrating its 15th edition (March 12-14), has confirmed that Australia will be the partner country this year.
The partner state will be Karnataka, located in south India, which is home to the Kannada-language film industry. The state’s capital city, Bangalore, is also the high-tech centre of India.
Organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci), the convention is expecting 2,000 Indian and 600 foreign delegates this year, including speakers such as author William Dalrymple, the Federal Communications Commission’s Ajit Pai and PR guru Roger Fisk who worked on President Obama’s election campaign.
Keynote speakers also include TV18 Group managing director Raghav Bahl, India Today Group chairman Aroon Purie and Justin Osofsky, vice president of media partnerships at Facebook.
The theme of the conference will be “Media and Entertainment: Transforming Lives” – highlighting role of the media and entertainment industry as a vehicle for social change. In a year...
The partner state will be Karnataka, located in south India, which is home to the Kannada-language film industry. The state’s capital city, Bangalore, is also the high-tech centre of India.
Organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci), the convention is expecting 2,000 Indian and 600 foreign delegates this year, including speakers such as author William Dalrymple, the Federal Communications Commission’s Ajit Pai and PR guru Roger Fisk who worked on President Obama’s election campaign.
Keynote speakers also include TV18 Group managing director Raghav Bahl, India Today Group chairman Aroon Purie and Justin Osofsky, vice president of media partnerships at Facebook.
The theme of the conference will be “Media and Entertainment: Transforming Lives” – highlighting role of the media and entertainment industry as a vehicle for social change. In a year...
- 2/25/2014
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Weinstein Co's "The Railway Man" thriller directed by Jonathan Teplitzky, has a fresh poster up. The script comes from Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Paterson based on the book by Eric Lomax. Pic was seen at last year's Toronto International Film Festival, and has yet to find a confirmed release date Stateside. This tells of Lomax's time as a Pow in a Japanese camp during World War II and his reconciliation with one of his captors many years after the war. Hiroyuki Sanada, Stellan Skarsgård and Jeremy Irvine also star.
- 2/10/2014
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Eric Lomax's story of life and death on the Burma railway gets another retelling, although it does get a little muddled
The story of Eric Lomax, a signals engineer who was forced to work on the infamous Thai-Burmese "Death Railway" after being taken prisoner by the Japanese during the second world war, has been told several times before, in print and on screen. We have Lomax's source memoir (upon which this film is based) and Mike Finlason's documentary Enemy, My Friend?, alongside an episode of the long-running Everyman TV show Prisoners in Time that cast John Hurt as the former soldier eaten away by nightmares of torture. Even Lomax's wartime tormentor Takashi Nagase has told his side of the story in the book Crosses and Tigers.
This latest retelling, from a screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Paterson, wrestles with themes of suffering and redemption as it criss-crosses...
The story of Eric Lomax, a signals engineer who was forced to work on the infamous Thai-Burmese "Death Railway" after being taken prisoner by the Japanese during the second world war, has been told several times before, in print and on screen. We have Lomax's source memoir (upon which this film is based) and Mike Finlason's documentary Enemy, My Friend?, alongside an episode of the long-running Everyman TV show Prisoners in Time that cast John Hurt as the former soldier eaten away by nightmares of torture. Even Lomax's wartime tormentor Takashi Nagase has told his side of the story in the book Crosses and Tigers.
This latest retelling, from a screenplay by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Paterson, wrestles with themes of suffering and redemption as it criss-crosses...
- 1/12/2014
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
I am most impressed by Weinstein Co's first trailer for The Railway Man, which looks to deliver excellent performances from leads Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and Hiroyuki Sanada, as well as Stellan Skarsgård and War Horse star Jeremy Irvine. The story which is based on Eric Lomax's autobiography, is scripted by Andy Paterson and Frank Cottrell Boyce. Jonathan Teplitzky, known for TV's Spirited and 2011' Burning Man starring Matthew Goode, takes on the biggest project of his short career, and looks to have turned in a gem of a film. In The Railway Man, Lomax, a man scarred with memories from World War II's "Death Railway" finds love in Patricia Wallace (Kidman). When one of the men responsible for his torture is tracked down, Lomax confronts him.
- 1/10/2014
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Having already premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, and opening in the United Kingdom last week, we've seen a couple international trailers for The Railway Man starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman. But now the film is preparing for it's release in the United States sometime this year, and the first domestic trailer for the drama has arrived. The film follows Colin Firth as a man looking for revenge years after being tortured by a Japanese military officer during World War II. There hasn't been tons of praise for this one, which is probably why it didn't shoot for an awards release last year. Watch now! Here's the Us trailer for Jonathan Teplitzky's The Railway Man, originally from Yahoo: Jonathan Teplitzky directs The Railway Man from a script by Frank Cottrell Boyce (Millions) and first-time writer Andy Paterson, based on a memoir by Eric Lomax. Along with thousands...
- 1/9/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Director: Jonathan Teplitzky; Screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce, Andy Paterson; Starring: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgård, Hiroyuki Sanada; Running time: 116 mins; Certificate: 15
"We don't live. We don't sleep. We're miming in the choir, an army of ghosts," Stellan Skarsgård's terse World War II veteran Findlay tells Patti (Nicole Kidman), who's struggling to understand her battle-scarred husband. It's a striking description of post-traumatic stress disorder that encapsulates everything that really works in Jonathan Teplitzky's earnest biographical drama, and by extension everything that doesn't.
Based on Eric Lomax's autobiography of the same name, The Railway Man picks up with a buttoned-down Lomax (Colin Firth) as he charms future wife Patti with some well-chosen train factoids, beginning the relationship that would ultimately force him to confront his demons. Years on, Lomax is still tormented by memories of his time at a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, where he was tortured...
"We don't live. We don't sleep. We're miming in the choir, an army of ghosts," Stellan Skarsgård's terse World War II veteran Findlay tells Patti (Nicole Kidman), who's struggling to understand her battle-scarred husband. It's a striking description of post-traumatic stress disorder that encapsulates everything that really works in Jonathan Teplitzky's earnest biographical drama, and by extension everything that doesn't.
Based on Eric Lomax's autobiography of the same name, The Railway Man picks up with a buttoned-down Lomax (Colin Firth) as he charms future wife Patti with some well-chosen train factoids, beginning the relationship that would ultimately force him to confront his demons. Years on, Lomax is still tormented by memories of his time at a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, where he was tortured...
- 1/8/2014
- Digital Spy
The gamble of launching The Railway Man in the ultra-competitive Boxing Day slot has paid off for the producers and distributor Transmission Films.
Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky, the drama starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeremy Irvine, Tanroh Ishida and Hiroyuki Sanada rang up $1.186 million in four days on 114 screens. Inclluding a handful of paid previews, the total is $1.22 million.
That's the second biggest debut for an Australian film this year behind Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby,. which took $6.8 million.
.We're delighted, particularly to see it play equally well across art houses and multiplexes,. Transmission.s Andrew Mackie tells If. .It has exceeded expectations in a highly competitive market..
The film is based a memoir by Eric Lomax, who, as a prisoner-of-war was forced to work on the construction of the Thai/Burma railway during WW2. Years later he confronted the Japanese soldier/translator who tormented him.
The...
Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky, the drama starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeremy Irvine, Tanroh Ishida and Hiroyuki Sanada rang up $1.186 million in four days on 114 screens. Inclluding a handful of paid previews, the total is $1.22 million.
That's the second biggest debut for an Australian film this year behind Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby,. which took $6.8 million.
.We're delighted, particularly to see it play equally well across art houses and multiplexes,. Transmission.s Andrew Mackie tells If. .It has exceeded expectations in a highly competitive market..
The film is based a memoir by Eric Lomax, who, as a prisoner-of-war was forced to work on the construction of the Thai/Burma railway during WW2. Years later he confronted the Japanese soldier/translator who tormented him.
The...
- 12/29/2013
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Director Jonathan Teplitzky, writer Chris Nyst and producer Chris Brown are developing Mr Cranky, a black comedy in the vein of their 2003 hit Gettin. Square.
The protagonist is a professional boxer with anger management issues who wins eight out of 10 fights; he settles the other two in the car park. The plot follows the character as he deals with his six-year-old daughter from whom he is estranged.
Brown.s Pictures in Paradise is developing the project with the assistance of Screen Queensland. It.s early days on casting but Brown tells If that given the universality of the story, the lead will be a high profile actor with international appeal. It.s set partly in the UK and Brown says a co-production with the UK is a possibility.
The saga of an ex-crim who was jailed for a murder he claims he didn.t commit and aims to get square with a crooked cop,...
The protagonist is a professional boxer with anger management issues who wins eight out of 10 fights; he settles the other two in the car park. The plot follows the character as he deals with his six-year-old daughter from whom he is estranged.
Brown.s Pictures in Paradise is developing the project with the assistance of Screen Queensland. It.s early days on casting but Brown tells If that given the universality of the story, the lead will be a high profile actor with international appeal. It.s set partly in the UK and Brown says a co-production with the UK is a possibility.
The saga of an ex-crim who was jailed for a murder he claims he didn.t commit and aims to get square with a crooked cop,...
- 12/17/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Lionsgate moves drama starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, avoiding clash with Mandela biopic.
The Railway Man will now open across the UK on Jan 10, through Lionsgate. It recently received its UK premiere in London’s Leicester Square, following its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
It was originally slated for release in the first week of the year and its move will see it avoid clashing with Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, which is set for release on Jan 3.
The Railway Man is directed by Jonathan Teplitzky from a script by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Paterson, who also produces with Chris Brown and Bill Curbishley.
It is based on the best-selling memoir of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labour camp during World War II. Decades later, Lomax discovers that the Japanese interpreter he holds responsible for much of his...
The Railway Man will now open across the UK on Jan 10, through Lionsgate. It recently received its UK premiere in London’s Leicester Square, following its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
It was originally slated for release in the first week of the year and its move will see it avoid clashing with Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, which is set for release on Jan 3.
The Railway Man is directed by Jonathan Teplitzky from a script by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Paterson, who also produces with Chris Brown and Bill Curbishley.
It is based on the best-selling memoir of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labour camp during World War II. Decades later, Lomax discovers that the Japanese interpreter he holds responsible for much of his...
- 12/10/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Following on from the trailer, which you can find at the bottom of the page, a new clip and some fresh images for The Railway Man, starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and Jeremy Irvine have arrived online.Based on his best-selling memoir, The Railway Man tells the extraordinary and epic true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer (Irvine) who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labour camp during World War II. Decades later, Lomax discovers that the Japanese interpreter he holds responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him, and his haunting past. With Colin Firth playing Lomax as an older man, and Kidman as his supportive, moral-compass wife, it’s a tale of fear and forgiveness, pain and dealing with the past. Jonathan Teplitzky directed, working from a script by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Paterson.
- 12/5/2013
- EmpireOnline
Though the drama won't be entering the awards race, The Railway Man is coming to the United Kingdom early next year. We've seen one trailer for the film starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, and now a new UK trailer has arrived for the film that follows a survivor of the infamous "Death Railway," after being captured as a British soldier in the war by the Japanese. Haunted by his past, he hopes to escape his terrible flashbacks by seeking revenge on the Japanese soldier responsible. The Playlist says, "For all the assuredness behind the camera and in front of it, there's very little in way of edge or even, surprisingly, emotion." That doesn't sound too promising, but it doesn't look terrible from this trailer. Watch it below! Here's the UK trailer for Jonathan Teplitzky's The Railway Man from Digital Spy: Jonathan Teplitzky directs The Railway Man from a...
- 11/6/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
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