Lorraine Hansberry’s play has been given a masterful film adaptation, with the emotional truth of her words left intact. We’re told of some superficial compromises, but they do not diminish the play’s powerful clash between old and new ideas in a Southside Chicago family struggling to escape poverty. This may be Sidney Poitier’s best screen performance, but the honors are shared with a superlative cast.
A Raisin in the Sun
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 945
1961 / B&W / 1:85 widescreen / 128 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date September 25, 2018 / 39.95
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, John Fiedler, Louis Gossett Jr., Stephen Perry, Joel Fluellen, Louis Terrel, Roy Glenn.
Cinematography: Charles Lawton Jr.
Film Editors: William A. Lyon, Paul Weatherwax
Original Music: Laurence Rosenthal
Written by Lorraine Hansberry, from her play
Produced by David Susskind, Philip Rose
Directed by Daniel Petrie
In more than...
A Raisin in the Sun
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 945
1961 / B&W / 1:85 widescreen / 128 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date September 25, 2018 / 39.95
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, John Fiedler, Louis Gossett Jr., Stephen Perry, Joel Fluellen, Louis Terrel, Roy Glenn.
Cinematography: Charles Lawton Jr.
Film Editors: William A. Lyon, Paul Weatherwax
Original Music: Laurence Rosenthal
Written by Lorraine Hansberry, from her play
Produced by David Susskind, Philip Rose
Directed by Daniel Petrie
In more than...
- 9/29/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Today in 1989, the first Broadway revival of Shenandoah opened at the Virginia Theatre now the August Wilson Theatre, where it ran for 32 performances. Shenandoah is a musical that was written in 1975 with music by Gary Geld, lyrics by Peter Udell, and a book by Udell, Philip Rose and James Lee Barrett, based on Barrett's original screenplay for the 1965 film Shenandoah. The musical first opened at the Goodspeed Opera House in 1974 and then transferred to Broadway, opening on January 7, 1975. It ran on Broadway for a total of 1,050 performances, closing August 7, 1977. The production was nominated for six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and won two, one for Best Actor in a Musical John Cullum and the other for Best Book of a Musical.
- 8/8/2016
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Screen Awards has unveiled its 2015 winners, recognising excellence in UK marketing, distribution and exhibition.Scroll down for full list of winnersBrowse the Screen Awards book Heregallery: Click here for pictures from the nightVIDEO: Screen Awards 2015
The awards were handed out at a glamorous ceremony at The Brewery in London last night (Oct 22), before 500 assembled guests. Broadcaster Edith Bowman hosted the event for the fourth year.
Universal Pictures UK took home the hotly contested studio distributor of the year award, having broken the record for the biggest annual box office of all time with releases including Fast & Furious 7, Jurassic World and Fifty Shades of Grey.
Curzon Artificial Eye was highly commended in the category after an “exceptional year” that included the release of Still Alice, its highest grossing title to date at £2.6m, and growing audiences through innovative approaches to releases.
Amy Winehouse documentary, Amy, won a hat-trick of awards for poster design of the year...
The awards were handed out at a glamorous ceremony at The Brewery in London last night (Oct 22), before 500 assembled guests. Broadcaster Edith Bowman hosted the event for the fourth year.
Universal Pictures UK took home the hotly contested studio distributor of the year award, having broken the record for the biggest annual box office of all time with releases including Fast & Furious 7, Jurassic World and Fifty Shades of Grey.
Curzon Artificial Eye was highly commended in the category after an “exceptional year” that included the release of Still Alice, its highest grossing title to date at £2.6m, and growing audiences through innovative approaches to releases.
Amy Winehouse documentary, Amy, won a hat-trick of awards for poster design of the year...
- 10/23/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Today in 1989, the first Broadway revival of Shenandoah opened at the Virginia Theatre now the August Wilson Theatre, where it ran for 32 performances. Shenandoah is a musical that was written in 1975 with music by Gary Geld, lyrics by Peter Udell, and a book by Udell, Philip Rose and James Lee Barrett, based on Barrett's original screenplay for the 1965 film Shenandoah. The musical first opened at the Goodspeed Opera House in 1974 and then transferred to Broadway, opening on January 7, 1975. It ran on Broadway for a total of 1,050 performances, closing August 7, 1977. The production was nominated for six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and won two, one for Best Actor in a Musical John Cullum and the other for Best Book of a Musical.
- 8/8/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Philip Rose and Daniel Noy to unite entertainment teams at agency.
Entertainment marketing agency Think Jam has announced the promotion of Philip Rose and Daniel Noy to joint managing directors.
The new posts will enable the two leaders to work in tandem to oversee social, publicity and content creation campaigns.
Noy has been with the agency since its inception in 2004 and was most recently group creative director, while previously he also held roles as head of PR and vp of the Los Angeles office.
Noy will lead the company’s international creative production studios and their associated account management teams, handling media creative and production, social creative, and digital creative including apps, games and websites.
Rose will lead the 40-strong communications unit, incorporating publicity, social, and client services teams, and is charged with heading campaigns at the entertainment marketing agency.
Rose, currently commercial director, joined the group in 2010 and was previously director of film at Premier Comms. Before...
Entertainment marketing agency Think Jam has announced the promotion of Philip Rose and Daniel Noy to joint managing directors.
The new posts will enable the two leaders to work in tandem to oversee social, publicity and content creation campaigns.
Noy has been with the agency since its inception in 2004 and was most recently group creative director, while previously he also held roles as head of PR and vp of the Los Angeles office.
Noy will lead the company’s international creative production studios and their associated account management teams, handling media creative and production, social creative, and digital creative including apps, games and websites.
Rose will lead the 40-strong communications unit, incorporating publicity, social, and client services teams, and is charged with heading campaigns at the entertainment marketing agency.
Rose, currently commercial director, joined the group in 2010 and was previously director of film at Premier Comms. Before...
- 6/12/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Trailer, poster for Jesus Henry Christ, starring Michael Sheen and Toni Collette. The Dennis Lee comedy opens via Entertainment One on April 20th, with a cast which also includes Jason Spevack and Samantha Weinstein. In Jesus Henry Christ, precocious doesn't even begin to describe Henry James Herman, a petri dish child who writes rabble-rousing manifestos on the nature of truth... at age 10. This boy-genius misfit's world turns upside down when--to the dismay of the doting single mother who raised him--he embarks on a search for his biological father. Lee also wrote the script for the based on his short film. Sukee Chew, Lisa Roberts Gillan and Philip Rose produce...
- 3/21/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Trailer, poster for Jesus Henry Christ, starring Michael Sheen and Toni Collette. The Dennis Lee comedy opens via Entertainment One on April 20th, with a cast which also includes Jason Spevack and Samantha Weinstein. In Jesus Henry Christ, precocious doesn't even begin to describe Henry James Herman, a petri dish child who writes rabble-rousing manifestos on the nature of truth... at age 10. This boy-genius misfit's world turns upside down when--to the dismay of the doting single mother who raised him--he embarks on a search for his biological father. Lee also wrote the script for the based on his short film. Sukee Chew, Lisa Roberts Gillan and Philip Rose produce...
- 3/21/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Trailer, poster for Jesus Henry Christ, starring Michael Sheen and Toni Collette. The Dennis Lee comedy opens via Entertainment One on April 20th, with a cast which also includes Jason Spevack and Samantha Weinstein. In Jesus Henry Christ, precocious doesn't even begin to describe Henry James Herman, a petri dish child who writes rabble-rousing manifestos on the nature of truth... at age 10. This boy-genius misfit's world turns upside down when--to the dismay of the doting single mother who raised him--he embarks on a search for his biological father. Lee also wrote the script for the based on his short film. Sukee Chew, Lisa Roberts Gillan and Philip Rose produce...
- 3/21/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Julia Roberts, Forest Whitaker, Goldie Hawn, Gabriel Byrne and Mariel Hemingway have agreed to participate in original, two-hour documentaries for Own: The Oprah Winfrey Network, it was announced today.
The films will be presented as part of Own’s monthly documentary film club, along with the original acquisitions, “Life 2.0” and “Sons of Perdition.” The documentary club will spotlight these films and the previously announced “Family Affair,” which focuses on cinematic documentaries that encourage emerging creative voices to bring their stories to a mainstream television audience on Own.
“All of these documentaries fundamentally explore human interaction, relationships and emotions,” said Lisa Erspamer, chief creative officer for Own. “We’re excited to provide viewers with new perspectives and new ways of looking at core themes that shape and affect their lives.”
Presented and executive produced by Julia Roberts’ Red Om Films, “Extraordinary Moms” explores the power...
Hollywoodnews.com: Julia Roberts, Forest Whitaker, Goldie Hawn, Gabriel Byrne and Mariel Hemingway have agreed to participate in original, two-hour documentaries for Own: The Oprah Winfrey Network, it was announced today.
The films will be presented as part of Own’s monthly documentary film club, along with the original acquisitions, “Life 2.0” and “Sons of Perdition.” The documentary club will spotlight these films and the previously announced “Family Affair,” which focuses on cinematic documentaries that encourage emerging creative voices to bring their stories to a mainstream television audience on Own.
“All of these documentaries fundamentally explore human interaction, relationships and emotions,” said Lisa Erspamer, chief creative officer for Own. “We’re excited to provide viewers with new perspectives and new ways of looking at core themes that shape and affect their lives.”
Presented and executive produced by Julia Roberts’ Red Om Films, “Extraordinary Moms” explores the power...
- 7/26/2010
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
Los Angeles, July 26 -- Own: The Oprah Winfrey Network is producing five Own original two-hour documentaries with Julia Roberts, Forest Whitaker, Goldie Hawn, Gabriel Byrne and Mariel Hemingway, Own announced today. The films will be presented as part of Own's monthly documentary film club, along with the original acquisitions Life 2.0 and Sons Of Perdition. The documentary club will spotlight these films and the previously announced Family Affair, focusing on cinematic documentaries that encourage emerging creative voices to bring their stories to a mainstream television audience on Own. "All of these documentaries fundamentally explore human interaction, relationships and emotions," said Lisa Erspamer, chief creative officer, Own. Presented and executive produced by Julia Roberts' Red Om Films, Extraordinary Moms explores the power of mothers, featuring courageous, brilliant and awe-inspiring women who share a powerful connection: the love they have for their children combined with a fierce desire to protect the future of all children.
- 7/26/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Michael Sheen and Toni Collette will headline the family comedy "Jesus Henry Christ" for Red Om Films reports Variety.
Based on Dennis Lee's award-winning 2003 short, the story follows a genius boy conceived in a Petri dish and raised by a loving, left-wing feminist (Collette).
His world is turned upside down when he discovers he has a half sister, leading a trail to his biological father - a professor and author (Sheen) suffering from guilt and unhappiness.
Lee ("Fireflies in the Garden") directs from his own script while Julia Roberts, Philip Rose, Sukee Chew and Lisa Gillan will produce. Shooting kicks off this week in Toronto.
Based on Dennis Lee's award-winning 2003 short, the story follows a genius boy conceived in a Petri dish and raised by a loving, left-wing feminist (Collette).
His world is turned upside down when he discovers he has a half sister, leading a trail to his biological father - a professor and author (Sheen) suffering from guilt and unhappiness.
Lee ("Fireflies in the Garden") directs from his own script while Julia Roberts, Philip Rose, Sukee Chew and Lisa Gillan will produce. Shooting kicks off this week in Toronto.
- 6/10/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Red Om Films, the production company headed by Julia Roberts, has picked up screen rights to the upcoming non-fiction book “In the Neighborhood,” by Peter Lovenheim. The book is set for release next April.
“In the Neighborhood” starts with Lovenheim’s realization of a lack of community in his suburban hometown. In an effort to get to know his neighbors better, he asks if he can come to their homes for sleepovers.
His goal: to facilitate something more than the feeling of strangers living with strangers in modern suburbia.
Philip Rose and Lisa Gillan as well as Roberts will produce for Red Om.
Red Om has gathered up another four properties as well, including “My Mother The Cheerleader,” “Jesus Henry Christ,” “Mallory,” “The Journey of the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldon.”
Julia Roberts can next be seen in Garry Marshall’s “Valentine’s Day” which also star Taylor Lautner,...
“In the Neighborhood” starts with Lovenheim’s realization of a lack of community in his suburban hometown. In an effort to get to know his neighbors better, he asks if he can come to their homes for sleepovers.
His goal: to facilitate something more than the feeling of strangers living with strangers in modern suburbia.
Philip Rose and Lisa Gillan as well as Roberts will produce for Red Om.
Red Om has gathered up another four properties as well, including “My Mother The Cheerleader,” “Jesus Henry Christ,” “Mallory,” “The Journey of the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldon.”
Julia Roberts can next be seen in Garry Marshall’s “Valentine’s Day” which also star Taylor Lautner,...
- 11/2/2009
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Julia Roberts' production company Red Om Films has picked up screen rights to "In the Neighborhood," a nonfiction book penned by Peter Lovenheim which is set to be published next April by Perigree. "In the Neighborhood" begins with Lovenheim's realization of a lack of community in his suburban hometown. In order to get to know his neighbors better, he asks to stay in their homes for sleepovers. His goal is to facilitate something more than the feeling of living with strangers in modern suburbia. Philip Rose and Lisa Gillan are to produce with Roberts.
- 11/2/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Peter Lovenheim not-yet published non-fiction In the Neighbourhood, about social-cohesion in suburban America might not seem like the most obvious choice for big-screen adaptation but it seems Julia Roberts thinks different with her production company Red Om Films acquiring the adaptation rights.
The book tells the story of Lovenheim's own adventures in trying to create a sense of community in his suburban hometown by organising sleepover parties in the houses of strangers.
According to Variety Roberts will co-produce with Lisa Gillan and Philip Rose.
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The book tells the story of Lovenheim's own adventures in trying to create a sense of community in his suburban hometown by organising sleepover parties in the houses of strangers.
According to Variety Roberts will co-produce with Lisa Gillan and Philip Rose.
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- 11/2/2009
- Screenrush
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