Video of the Year nominee is packed with characters from the Beasties' past.
By James Montgomery
Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood and Danny McBride in the Beastie Boy's "Make Some Noise" video
Photo: Capitol
If they've been anything over the course of their near-30-year career, the Beastie Boys have always been thorough, the kind of band that derives some sort of perverse pleasure from peppering their music with a sundry of pop-culture references, inside jokes and exhaustively sought, expertly placed samples.
And because of that, they've managed to create their own rather insular world, the kind of place where Mantan Moreland hangs out with Ted Danson, where Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" rubs elbows with Les Baxter's "Prelude in C# Minor." And luckily for all of us, each time they release an album, they pull the curtain back slightly, and invite us in for a drink. So it's...
By James Montgomery
Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood and Danny McBride in the Beastie Boy's "Make Some Noise" video
Photo: Capitol
If they've been anything over the course of their near-30-year career, the Beastie Boys have always been thorough, the kind of band that derives some sort of perverse pleasure from peppering their music with a sundry of pop-culture references, inside jokes and exhaustively sought, expertly placed samples.
And because of that, they've managed to create their own rather insular world, the kind of place where Mantan Moreland hangs out with Ted Danson, where Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" rubs elbows with Les Baxter's "Prelude in C# Minor." And luckily for all of us, each time they release an album, they pull the curtain back slightly, and invite us in for a drink. So it's...
- 8/23/2011
- MTV Music News
Filed under: Movie News, Sundance Film Festival, Cinematical
When the 2011 Sundance Film Festival gets underway this Thursday night in Park City, Utah, a group of folks will pack into the intimate Library theater for the opening night shorts program -- one of many opening night screenings being held throughout Park City. Adam Yauch's 'Fight for your Right Revisited' will be one of those short films screening on opening night, and while we told you about it before and shared with you the initial cast (Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood and Danny McBride), we had absolutely no idea how many incredible additions there were.
Not only will all three Beastie Boys (Mike D., Adam Yauch and Adam Horovitz) be appearing as cops, but some other names on the cast list include Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Rainn Wilson, Rashida Jones, Will Arnett, Ted Danson, Roman Coppola, Amy Poehler, Alicia Silverstone,...
When the 2011 Sundance Film Festival gets underway this Thursday night in Park City, Utah, a group of folks will pack into the intimate Library theater for the opening night shorts program -- one of many opening night screenings being held throughout Park City. Adam Yauch's 'Fight for your Right Revisited' will be one of those short films screening on opening night, and while we told you about it before and shared with you the initial cast (Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood and Danny McBride), we had absolutely no idea how many incredible additions there were.
Not only will all three Beastie Boys (Mike D., Adam Yauch and Adam Horovitz) be appearing as cops, but some other names on the cast list include Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Rainn Wilson, Rashida Jones, Will Arnett, Ted Danson, Roman Coppola, Amy Poehler, Alicia Silverstone,...
- 1/18/2011
- by Erik Davis
- Moviefone
Filed under: Movie News, Sundance Film Festival, Cinematical
When the 2011 Sundance Film Festival gets underway this Thursday night in Park City, Utah, a group of folks will pack into the intimate Library theater for the opening night shorts program -- one of many opening night screenings being held throughout Park City. Adam Yauch's 'Fight for your Right Revisited' will be one of those short films screening on opening night, and while we told you about it before and shared with you the initial cast (Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood and Danny McBride), we had absolutely no idea how many incredible additions there were.
Not only will all three Beastie Boys (Mike D., Adam Yauch and Adam Horovitz) be appearing as cops, but some other names on the cast list include Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Rainn Wilson, Rashida Jones, Will Arnett, Ted Danson, Roman Coppola, Amy Poehler, Alicia Silverstone,...
When the 2011 Sundance Film Festival gets underway this Thursday night in Park City, Utah, a group of folks will pack into the intimate Library theater for the opening night shorts program -- one of many opening night screenings being held throughout Park City. Adam Yauch's 'Fight for your Right Revisited' will be one of those short films screening on opening night, and while we told you about it before and shared with you the initial cast (Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood and Danny McBride), we had absolutely no idea how many incredible additions there were.
Not only will all three Beastie Boys (Mike D., Adam Yauch and Adam Horovitz) be appearing as cops, but some other names on the cast list include Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Rainn Wilson, Rashida Jones, Will Arnett, Ted Danson, Roman Coppola, Amy Poehler, Alicia Silverstone,...
- 1/18/2011
- by Erik Davis
- Cinematical
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