I had a great time talking to Niki Haris and Donna De Lory. They are about to visit Palm Springs for a fun show with Carlton Wilborn and Luis Conte. Take a look at what they say about working with Madonna, her upcoming Celebration Tour, and why the LGBTQ+ community is near and dear to
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- 10/4/2023
- by manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Protesters gathered on Friday at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to support the Black Lives Matter movement.
The protest comes one day after David Oyelowo, who starred in the 2014 best picture nominee “Selma” as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., revealed that Oscar voters were angered by the cast wearing T-shirts that said “I Can’t Breathe” to the film’s Los Angeles premiere in protest of the murder of Eric Garner. Director Ava DuVernay confirmed the story on Twitter.
“Members of the Academy called in to the studio and our producers saying, ‘How dare they do that? Why are they stirring s–-?’ and ‘We are not going to vote for that film, because we do not think it is their place to be doing that,'” Oyelowo told Screen Daily’s Screen Talk.
Actress Aunjanue Ellis, Milauna Jackson, Tanayi Seabrook and Stephanie Lacey orchestrated the gathering...
The protest comes one day after David Oyelowo, who starred in the 2014 best picture nominee “Selma” as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., revealed that Oscar voters were angered by the cast wearing T-shirts that said “I Can’t Breathe” to the film’s Los Angeles premiere in protest of the murder of Eric Garner. Director Ava DuVernay confirmed the story on Twitter.
“Members of the Academy called in to the studio and our producers saying, ‘How dare they do that? Why are they stirring s–-?’ and ‘We are not going to vote for that film, because we do not think it is their place to be doing that,'” Oyelowo told Screen Daily’s Screen Talk.
Actress Aunjanue Ellis, Milauna Jackson, Tanayi Seabrook and Stephanie Lacey orchestrated the gathering...
- 6/5/2020
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Steve Carell, Maura Tierney, Jack Dylan Grazer, Oakley Bull, Christian Convery, Timothée Chalamet, Amy Aquino, Carlton Wilborn, Stefanie Scott, Marypat Farrell, Timoth Hutton, Amy Forsyth | Written by Felix van Groeningen, Luke Davies | Directed by Felix van Groeningen
Beautiful Boy, directed by Felix van Groeningen, faces stiff competition as the Armageddon to Peter Hedges’ Ben is Back, the equivalent to that of Deep Impact. A nonsensical and truly incomparable comparison, but undoubtedly the two have some similarities, and with having seen Hedges Ben is Back and now Groeningen’s film, it is undoubtedly clear that one of these films has won this none-existing war by a mile. As Beautiful Boy is a heart-breaking, sombre and brutal feature that puts you through every pain imaginable watching this tragic story unfold.
There is a lot to appreciate here, specifically the performances. Film Twitter darling Timothee Chalamet is breath-taking in his role as addict Nic Sheff.
Beautiful Boy, directed by Felix van Groeningen, faces stiff competition as the Armageddon to Peter Hedges’ Ben is Back, the equivalent to that of Deep Impact. A nonsensical and truly incomparable comparison, but undoubtedly the two have some similarities, and with having seen Hedges Ben is Back and now Groeningen’s film, it is undoubtedly clear that one of these films has won this none-existing war by a mile. As Beautiful Boy is a heart-breaking, sombre and brutal feature that puts you through every pain imaginable watching this tragic story unfold.
There is a lot to appreciate here, specifically the performances. Film Twitter darling Timothee Chalamet is breath-taking in his role as addict Nic Sheff.
- 5/6/2019
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
We're celebrating the 25th anniversary of "Truth or Dare" this week. Here's Jose having a brilliantly fun chat with its dancers who have an unofficial sequel, if you will, making the festival rounds...
Clockwise from top: Carlton, Madonna, Luis, Gabriel (Rip), Jose, Kevin, Oliver, and Salim (aka "Slam")
Jose here. I was four years old when Madonna went on her Blonde Ambition Tour, but I distinctly remember being hypnotized by the woman with the pointy bra on TV that was making the Pope very upset. Fast forward a couple of decades and not only am I a huge Madonna fan, but I’ve made more sense of that specific era in her career thanks to the revolutionary documentary Madonna: Truth or Dare. So I was thrilled when I found out Dutch filmmakers Ester Gould and Reijer Zwaan had made Strike a Pose, a documentary about the male dancers that were...
Clockwise from top: Carlton, Madonna, Luis, Gabriel (Rip), Jose, Kevin, Oliver, and Salim (aka "Slam")
Jose here. I was four years old when Madonna went on her Blonde Ambition Tour, but I distinctly remember being hypnotized by the woman with the pointy bra on TV that was making the Pope very upset. Fast forward a couple of decades and not only am I a huge Madonna fan, but I’ve made more sense of that specific era in her career thanks to the revolutionary documentary Madonna: Truth or Dare. So I was thrilled when I found out Dutch filmmakers Ester Gould and Reijer Zwaan had made Strike a Pose, a documentary about the male dancers that were...
- 5/10/2016
- by Jose
- FilmExperience
With more than 30 years of experience in pop stardom, Madonna's earned a reputation as one of the hardest-working people in the biz - but what was she actually like to work for? People caught up with the backup dancers from her legendary 1990 Blond Ambition World Tour, who are the focus of the new documentary Strike a Pose (premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival on Friday), and they dished on collaborating with the queen of pop. "A lot of people ask me, 'Was she bitchy?' No!" says Oliver Crumes, who adds "there's nobody who can touch' Madonna's work ethic. "She...
- 4/14/2016
- by Jeff Nelson, @nelson_jeff
- PEOPLE.com
With more than 30 years of experience in pop stardom, Madonna's earned a reputation as one of the hardest-working people in the biz - but what was she actually like to work for? People caught up with the backup dancers from her legendary 1990 Blond Ambition World Tour, who are the focus of the new documentary Strike a Pose (premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival on Friday), and they dished on collaborating with the queen of pop. "A lot of people ask me, 'Was she bitchy?' No!" says Oliver Crumes, who adds "there's nobody who can touch' Madonna's work ethic. "She...
- 4/14/2016
- by Jeff Nelson, @nelson_jeff
- PEOPLE.com
In 1990, Madonna launched her Blond Ambition World Tour. As over-the-top sexual as it was groundbreaking, the modern-pop spectacle was one of the most controversial concert events in music history. And it changed her life - and the lives of her seven backup dancers. The tour and the 1991 movie about it that followed, Truth or Dare, skyrocketed the pop icon's career to the next level and made her dancers - Luis Camacho, Oliver Crumes, Salim "Slam" Gauwloos, Jose Gutierez, Kevin Stea, Gabriel Trupin and Carlton Wilborn - celebrities in their own right. As Truth or Dare turns 25, Duth filmmakers Reijer Zwaan...
- 4/13/2016
- by Jeff Nelson, @nelson_jeff
- PEOPLE.com
In 1990, Madonna launched her Blond Ambition World Tour. As over-the-top sexual as it was groundbreaking, the modern-pop spectacle was one of the most controversial concert events in music history. And it changed her life - and the lives of her seven backup dancers. The tour and the 1991 movie about it that followed, Truth or Dare, skyrocketed the pop icon's career to the next level and made her dancers - Luis Camacho, Oliver Crumes, Salim "Slam" Gauwloos, Jose Gutierez, Kevin Stea, Gabriel Trupin and Carlton Wilborn - celebrities in their own right. As Truth or Dare turns 25, Duth filmmakers Reijer Zwaan...
- 4/13/2016
- by Jeff Nelson, @nelson_jeff
- PEOPLE.com
Exclusive: Film premieres in Berlin’s Panorama Documentary strand.
In advance of its Berlin premiere in Panorama Documentary, Madonna dancer doc Strike A Pose has been acquired for Benelux distribution by Cinemien.
The film, directed by Reijer Zwaan and Ester Gould, tells the extraordinary story of seven young male dancers who joined Madonna on her Blond Ambition tour in the early 1990s ands who featured in the Truth or Dare documentary.
They became celebrities in their own right and were regarded as role models by many young gay fans. The film looks at how they adapted to life after their time with Madonna.
Five of the dancers are due in Berlin for the premiere. Attending are Luis Camacho, Oliver Crumes III, Jose Gutierez, Carlton Wilborn and Salim Gauwloos. Kevin Stea couldn’t make it. (The seventh dancer Gabriel Trupin died of Aids-related illness in 1995.)
“We’ve been very much in touch with them and they’re really...
In advance of its Berlin premiere in Panorama Documentary, Madonna dancer doc Strike A Pose has been acquired for Benelux distribution by Cinemien.
The film, directed by Reijer Zwaan and Ester Gould, tells the extraordinary story of seven young male dancers who joined Madonna on her Blond Ambition tour in the early 1990s ands who featured in the Truth or Dare documentary.
They became celebrities in their own right and were regarded as role models by many young gay fans. The film looks at how they adapted to life after their time with Madonna.
Five of the dancers are due in Berlin for the premiere. Attending are Luis Camacho, Oliver Crumes III, Jose Gutierez, Carlton Wilborn and Salim Gauwloos. Kevin Stea couldn’t make it. (The seventh dancer Gabriel Trupin died of Aids-related illness in 1995.)
“We’ve been very much in touch with them and they’re really...
- 2/14/2016
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
New NCIS season 11,episode 13 intense spoilers & clips hit the net. Last night, NCIS served up the new spoilers and sneak peek/spoiler clip (below) for their upcoming "NCIS" episode 13 of season 11. The episode is entitled, "Double Back," and it appears to be very intense and emotional as a loved one gets extremely injured after a huge explosion goes down, and more. In the new "Double Back" episode, In the aftermath of a drone attack, The NCIS team is going to find key evidence that will lead them to one of Parsa's cohorts. In an effort to locate the terrorist, Parsa, Gibbs ,and the NCIS team are going to track down one of his cohorts using evidence from the drone attack. In the meantime, an emotionally shaken McGee will end up, struggling with the damages of the incident. Guest stars are going to feature: Wendy Makkena as Dr. Rachel Cranston, Margo Harshman as Delilah Fielding,...
- 1/8/2014
- by Derek
- OnTheFlix
New NCIS season 11,episode 13 official spoilers,plotline revealed by CBS. Recently, CBS dished out the new,official,synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "NCIS" episode 13 of season 11. The episode is entitled, "Double Back," and it sounds like things will get pretty intriguing as the NCIS Crew track down one of Parsa's cohorts, via clues from their latest investigation, and more. In the new,13th episode press release: In the aftermath of a drone attack, The NCIS team is going to discover key evidence that will lead them to one of Parsa's cohorts. Press release number 2: In an effort to find the terrorist Parsa, Gibbs and the NCIS team are going to track down one of his cohorts using evidence from the drone attack. In the meantime, an emotionally shaken McGee is going to struggle with the ramifications of the incident. Guest stars will feature: Wendy Makkena as Dr. Rachel Cranston,...
- 1/7/2014
- by Andre
- OnTheFlix
We have added a new set of pictures from the event "CharRo Productions presents Overcome Overjoyed".Sharna Burgess attending as CharRo Productions presents "Overcome Overjoyed" July 28-29 at El Portal Theatre.Photo copyright by Gisele Rebeiro / PR Photos. Cast of "Overcome, Overjoyed" attending as CharRo Productions presents "Overcome Overjoyed" July 28-29 at El Portal Theatre.Photo copyright by Gisele Rebeiro / PR Photos. Sharna Burgess and Carlton Wilborn attending as CharRo Productions presents "Overcome Overjoyed" July 28-29 at El Portal Theatre.Photo copyright by Gisele Rebeiro / PR Photos. Carlton Wilborn and Charlia Boyer attending as CharRo Productions presents "Overcome Overjoyed" July 28-29 at El Portal Theatre.Photo copyright by Gisele Rebeiro / PR Photos. Efe' - CharRo Productions presents "Overcome Overjoyed" July 28-29...
- 8/1/2012
- by James Wray
- Monsters and Critics
"MacArthur Park" is a clear-eyed, unsentimental look at the crack subculture at its lowest level. The story takes place in Los Angeles' once elegant MacArthur Park, now notorious for being home to addicts, hookers, homeless and violent gangbangers. The movie penetrates this community to put human faces on the excruciating sickness that is drug addiction.
But as a "drug procedural," the film adds little to other movie portraits of addiction ranging from "Panic in Nedle Park" to "Less Than Zero" and "Requiem for a Dream". As uncompromising as it is uncommercial, "MacArthur Park" will have a tough time finding audiences willing to immerse themselves in human misery in hopes of better understanding how drugs imprison te human spirit.
The story behind this movie is, in a sense, more compelling than the one the movie tells. Actor Billy Wirth, who here makes his feature directing debut, was making a documentary on homelessness when he ran into the girlfriend of Tyrone Atins, a crack addict with a 300-page manuscript he wrote while in jail about his life in MacArthur Park.
This became the basis for the movie's script, which Wirth and others rewrote. Then, a week before production began, Atkins reunited with his son for te first time in 12 years.
The film's backbone contains a similar father-son story. Cody Thomas Jefferson Byrd, who manages to suggest quiet authority even in his destitution) is an aging addict whom other junkies look up to. The former musician talks abut quitting the life and even makes plans with P-air (rap musician Bad Azz) to get him into a studio to record his rap songs.
But nothing much comes of such talk until a surprise appearance by the son (Brandon Adams) Cody abandoned along with his mother ive years before. Learning his wife has died is a splash in his face of bitter reality.
But Cody's daily routine doesn't immediately change. Through him, the movie gives glimpses into the hapless lives of his friends -- his girlfriend (Cynda Williams), te park pimp (Sticky Fingaz), the group's mother hen (Ellen Cleghorne), a con artist and dealer (Carlton Wilborn) and a naive young woman (Sydney Tamia Poitier) attracted to the park's seediness -- as well as a coked-up TV star (Balthazar Getty) who comes y in a white limo to score drugs.
Things apparently have to get much worse than they already are for Cody to abandon his "pipe dreams." And so they do, with a police raid, brutal beatings, several senseless killings and mixtures of coke and booze almost ethal in themselves.
Other than the occasional "outsider" such as Cody's son and a young woman who kicked her habit, the movie is essentially filled with delusional characters. No one possesses any rational sense of the urgency of his condition or the dagers of his everyday life.
The actors are extremely good at conveying this odd sort of naivete with honesty and even a kind of wit. Kristian Bernier's nervous camera and music by Stephen Perkins and SKY that flips between hip-hop and jazz nicely underscoe the restless and dire nature of the addicts' lives.
The movie does end on a note of redemption. But even that note feels tentative.
MACARTHUR PARK
Worthwhile Prods. in association with
Northshire Entertainment Group
Producers: Billy Wirth, Maricel Paglayan
Director: Billy Wirth
Writers: Tyrone Atkins, Aaron Courseault, Sheri Sussman, Billy Wirth
Executive producers: Beata Rosenbaum, Stephen Drunsic, Robi Reed-Humes, Alan Harris
Director of photography: Kristian Bernier
Production designer: Cliff Spencr
Music: Stephen Perkins, SKY
Costume designer: Robin Newland
Editor: Terri Breed
Color/stereo
Cast:
Cody: Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Terry: Brandon Adams
P-air: Bad Azz
Alicia: Cynda Williams
E-Max: Sticky Fingaz
Hoover Blue: Ellen Cleghorne
St. Louis: Carltn Wilborn
Steve: Balthazar Getty
Running time -- 85 minutes
No MPAA rating...
But as a "drug procedural," the film adds little to other movie portraits of addiction ranging from "Panic in Nedle Park" to "Less Than Zero" and "Requiem for a Dream". As uncompromising as it is uncommercial, "MacArthur Park" will have a tough time finding audiences willing to immerse themselves in human misery in hopes of better understanding how drugs imprison te human spirit.
The story behind this movie is, in a sense, more compelling than the one the movie tells. Actor Billy Wirth, who here makes his feature directing debut, was making a documentary on homelessness when he ran into the girlfriend of Tyrone Atins, a crack addict with a 300-page manuscript he wrote while in jail about his life in MacArthur Park.
This became the basis for the movie's script, which Wirth and others rewrote. Then, a week before production began, Atkins reunited with his son for te first time in 12 years.
The film's backbone contains a similar father-son story. Cody Thomas Jefferson Byrd, who manages to suggest quiet authority even in his destitution) is an aging addict whom other junkies look up to. The former musician talks abut quitting the life and even makes plans with P-air (rap musician Bad Azz) to get him into a studio to record his rap songs.
But nothing much comes of such talk until a surprise appearance by the son (Brandon Adams) Cody abandoned along with his mother ive years before. Learning his wife has died is a splash in his face of bitter reality.
But Cody's daily routine doesn't immediately change. Through him, the movie gives glimpses into the hapless lives of his friends -- his girlfriend (Cynda Williams), te park pimp (Sticky Fingaz), the group's mother hen (Ellen Cleghorne), a con artist and dealer (Carlton Wilborn) and a naive young woman (Sydney Tamia Poitier) attracted to the park's seediness -- as well as a coked-up TV star (Balthazar Getty) who comes y in a white limo to score drugs.
Things apparently have to get much worse than they already are for Cody to abandon his "pipe dreams." And so they do, with a police raid, brutal beatings, several senseless killings and mixtures of coke and booze almost ethal in themselves.
Other than the occasional "outsider" such as Cody's son and a young woman who kicked her habit, the movie is essentially filled with delusional characters. No one possesses any rational sense of the urgency of his condition or the dagers of his everyday life.
The actors are extremely good at conveying this odd sort of naivete with honesty and even a kind of wit. Kristian Bernier's nervous camera and music by Stephen Perkins and SKY that flips between hip-hop and jazz nicely underscoe the restless and dire nature of the addicts' lives.
The movie does end on a note of redemption. But even that note feels tentative.
MACARTHUR PARK
Worthwhile Prods. in association with
Northshire Entertainment Group
Producers: Billy Wirth, Maricel Paglayan
Director: Billy Wirth
Writers: Tyrone Atkins, Aaron Courseault, Sheri Sussman, Billy Wirth
Executive producers: Beata Rosenbaum, Stephen Drunsic, Robi Reed-Humes, Alan Harris
Director of photography: Kristian Bernier
Production designer: Cliff Spencr
Music: Stephen Perkins, SKY
Costume designer: Robin Newland
Editor: Terri Breed
Color/stereo
Cast:
Cody: Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Terry: Brandon Adams
P-air: Bad Azz
Alicia: Cynda Williams
E-Max: Sticky Fingaz
Hoover Blue: Ellen Cleghorne
St. Louis: Carltn Wilborn
Steve: Balthazar Getty
Running time -- 85 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 1/25/2001
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARK CITY, Utah -- No medieval damsel but nonetheless a damsel-in-distress story, "Guinevere" is a sterling tale of one young woman's post-"Graduate" attempt to redirect her life. With an exquisite lead performance from Sarah Polley, this Miramax release is one of the most bracing, funny and revealing films in recent Sundance memory. It seems destined for festival accolades and will surely win further tributes and recognition on the select-site circuit.
Life on the surface seems cozy and bright for '90s graduate Harper (Polley). She's been accepted to Harvard Law School and is on the fast track to fulfill her parents' fervent wishes. Both lawyers, they've provided the kind of patrician upbringing that will surely catapult Harper into a successful life.
Alas, going down this insular patrician world does not appeal to Harper. Somewhat mousy and lacking in self-confidence, she wallows in minor rebellion until she meets her catalyst, charming photographer Connie (Stephen Rea) who photographs her sister's tony wedding. Somewhat of a self-styled bohemian, Connie taps into Harper's angst. He's unusually perceptive about her insecurities and sagely realizes that Harper is bursting with inner energies and talents, long suppressed out of daughterly duty as well as the stultifying nature of her home life.
Part personal rebellion but also part attempt to realize herself, Harper moves in with Connie. Not unexpectedly, it elicits the reaction she expects from her mother. Better yet, under Connie's encouraging tutelage, she gathers confidence and begins to widen her interest beyond the strict confines of the law-school path.
No mere May-December love story, "Guinevere" brims with a more complex kind of love: It is more accurately a union of two people who don't fit into the tight strictures of normal life. Through screenwriter-director Audrey Wells' perceptive and pithy storytelling, we come to see the regenerative wonderfulness that this relationship brings. We also see the underskin, the neediness of Harper and Connie. Both have feet of clay and Wells shows us the limits that each character possesses. In particular, we see that Connie is caught in a lifelong rut, "mentoring" young women in a serial downspin -- they're his Guineveres.
Under Wells' sympathetic, revealing hand, "Guinevere"'s performances are sparkling and well-honed. Polley is magnificent as fragile and unfulfilled Harper, brittle and resilient at once. As sensitive older man Connie who sees into the souls of young girls, Rea shows the pied-piper magic of his character as well as his life's pathetic, repetitive routine. The supporting characters are picture-perfectly selected. Particular praise to casting directors Linda Lowy and John Brace for their apt, brahmin selections. Among the standouts in this WASP world are Jean Smart as Harper's snide, domineering mother, while Gina Gershon is winning as Harper's sympathetic, Guinevere predecessor.
Technically, the film is articulately polished, most prominently production designer Stephen McCabe's properly sterile production look, clueing us immediately to the cold life that Harper is in store for if she remains the good girl and goes off to Harvard.
GUINEVERE
Miramax Films
Producers: Jonathan King, Brad Weston
Screenwriter-director: Audrey Wells
Executive producers: Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Beau Flynn, Stefan Simchowitz, John Thompson, Boaz Davidson
Line producer: Tani Cohen
Production designer: Stephen McCabe
Director of photography: Charles Minsky
Costume designer: Genevieve Tyrrell
Music supervisor: Barklie K. Griggs
Music: Cristophe Beck
Editor: Dody Dorn
Casting directors : Linda Lowy, John Brace
Color/stereo
Cast:
Harper Sloane: Sarah Polley
Connie Fitzpatrick: Stephen Rea
Deborah Sloane: Jean Smart
Billie: Gina Gershon
Walter: Paul Dooley
Patty: Carrie Preston
Zack: Tracy Letts
Susan Sloane: Emily Procter
Leslie: Sharon McKnight
Ed: Gedde Watanabe
Jay: Carlton Wilborn
Cindy: Sandra Oh
Running time -- 107 minutes
MPAA rating...
Life on the surface seems cozy and bright for '90s graduate Harper (Polley). She's been accepted to Harvard Law School and is on the fast track to fulfill her parents' fervent wishes. Both lawyers, they've provided the kind of patrician upbringing that will surely catapult Harper into a successful life.
Alas, going down this insular patrician world does not appeal to Harper. Somewhat mousy and lacking in self-confidence, she wallows in minor rebellion until she meets her catalyst, charming photographer Connie (Stephen Rea) who photographs her sister's tony wedding. Somewhat of a self-styled bohemian, Connie taps into Harper's angst. He's unusually perceptive about her insecurities and sagely realizes that Harper is bursting with inner energies and talents, long suppressed out of daughterly duty as well as the stultifying nature of her home life.
Part personal rebellion but also part attempt to realize herself, Harper moves in with Connie. Not unexpectedly, it elicits the reaction she expects from her mother. Better yet, under Connie's encouraging tutelage, she gathers confidence and begins to widen her interest beyond the strict confines of the law-school path.
No mere May-December love story, "Guinevere" brims with a more complex kind of love: It is more accurately a union of two people who don't fit into the tight strictures of normal life. Through screenwriter-director Audrey Wells' perceptive and pithy storytelling, we come to see the regenerative wonderfulness that this relationship brings. We also see the underskin, the neediness of Harper and Connie. Both have feet of clay and Wells shows us the limits that each character possesses. In particular, we see that Connie is caught in a lifelong rut, "mentoring" young women in a serial downspin -- they're his Guineveres.
Under Wells' sympathetic, revealing hand, "Guinevere"'s performances are sparkling and well-honed. Polley is magnificent as fragile and unfulfilled Harper, brittle and resilient at once. As sensitive older man Connie who sees into the souls of young girls, Rea shows the pied-piper magic of his character as well as his life's pathetic, repetitive routine. The supporting characters are picture-perfectly selected. Particular praise to casting directors Linda Lowy and John Brace for their apt, brahmin selections. Among the standouts in this WASP world are Jean Smart as Harper's snide, domineering mother, while Gina Gershon is winning as Harper's sympathetic, Guinevere predecessor.
Technically, the film is articulately polished, most prominently production designer Stephen McCabe's properly sterile production look, clueing us immediately to the cold life that Harper is in store for if she remains the good girl and goes off to Harvard.
GUINEVERE
Miramax Films
Producers: Jonathan King, Brad Weston
Screenwriter-director: Audrey Wells
Executive producers: Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Beau Flynn, Stefan Simchowitz, John Thompson, Boaz Davidson
Line producer: Tani Cohen
Production designer: Stephen McCabe
Director of photography: Charles Minsky
Costume designer: Genevieve Tyrrell
Music supervisor: Barklie K. Griggs
Music: Cristophe Beck
Editor: Dody Dorn
Casting directors : Linda Lowy, John Brace
Color/stereo
Cast:
Harper Sloane: Sarah Polley
Connie Fitzpatrick: Stephen Rea
Deborah Sloane: Jean Smart
Billie: Gina Gershon
Walter: Paul Dooley
Patty: Carrie Preston
Zack: Tracy Letts
Susan Sloane: Emily Procter
Leslie: Sharon McKnight
Ed: Gedde Watanabe
Jay: Carlton Wilborn
Cindy: Sandra Oh
Running time -- 107 minutes
MPAA rating...
- 1/29/1999
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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