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Western Wednesdays: ‘Vera Cruz’
23 December 2009 2:15 PM, PST
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Vera Cruz is a film that’s often name-dropped in the discussion of Great and Influential Westerns. Starring genre heavy-weight Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, every synopsis you’re likely to come across promises a film with adventure, a Mexican countess, and bromance. Don’t believe them.
Cruz is set in the midst of the Mexican Revolution of 1866, a time when mercenaries and adventurers crossed the border in search of profitable employment. In fact, it’s the very same setting as Two Mules for Sister Sara, and if fanfiction had existed in the good old days, someone would have written a sexy crossover. Thank goodness it didn’t.
The film wastes no time in setting up Ben Trane (Cooper) and Joe Erin (Lancaster) as that most reliable of Western archetypes — the broken down Confederate, and the daring mercenary. Their characters are rigidly defined within the first ten minutes over the matter of horseflesh.
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- Elisabeth Rappe
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Views: The Best Movies Never Made
17 December 2009 5:33 AM, PST
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Each year, Hollywood executives name the best screenplays of the year that have yet to be made. In previous years, their list has catapulted dozens of scripts into production and screenwriters out of oblivion. Some of this year’s crop have moved into production; others are stuck in development hell. See what you think.
It’s called the Black List — film executives' favorite scripts written in, or somehow uniquely associated with, this year but not be released in theaters during this calendar year.
In previous years, the list has catapulted dozens of scripts into production and screenwriters out of oblivion. Diablo Cody's Juno, Nancy Oliver's Lars And The Real Girl, Scott Neustader's and Michael Weber's 500 Days Of Summer, are just some of the scripts that were made after appearing on the list.
Ninety-seven screenplays appear on the just-released version, according to Deadline Hollywood. Here are the Top
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SPhilip French's Screen Legend: Grace Kelly
12 December 2009 4:05 PM, PST
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No 77: Grace Kelly 1929-82
Born in Philadelphia, the beautiful daughter of a model and a self-made Irish-American multi-millionaire who won gold medals as an Olympic oarsman, Kelly was Hollywood's ice queen of the McCarthy era, a cold war figure of upper-middle-class Catholic rectitude. One uncle was the vaudeville star Walter Kelly, another the Pulitzer-winning playwright, George Kelly, and she determined on an acting career while at college. In the late 40s and early 50s she worked as a model and on live New York TV. She entered the movies playing a minor role in Fourteen Hours in 1951, just after the banishment of Ingrid Bergman, the Hitchcock blonde who preceded her, and she retired in 1956, the year Bergman returned in triumph.
She grew up in a world of cafe society where show people, media folk, the nouveau-riches and other conspicuous consumers mingle, and she didn't leave it when, in a carefully engineered marriage,
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The 2009 Black List Revealed
11 December 2009 10:04 AM, PST
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Since 2004, Franklin Leonard releases The Black List every December. It’s a list of best read scripts that’s complied from the suggestions of agents assistants, managers, film executives, and whoever else he gets to contribute. While last year had 260 people contribute, this year’s had 97 scripts from 311 contributors. Most of the scripts on the list are in some stage of development in the studio system, and it’s been said that a high listing can help move your project forward. What I’m trying to say is, the list is very important in Hollywood and many people try extremely hard to land in the top ten.
So now that you’re curious, hit the jump to check out the top ten on the 2009 Black List:
Of course big thanks to Entertainment Weekly for posting the list. If you can, hit the link to show some appreciation. And for more on The Black List,
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- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
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Exclusive: 'The Black List' -- Top 11 unproduced screenplays of 2009
11 December 2009 8:30 AM, PST
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Last December, we introduced you to Franklin Leonard and The Black List, the list of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood. Since then, Leonard has been named by The Hollywood Reporter as one of the top 35 executives under 35 working in Hollywood and his list has gained even more prominence. This year's list consists of 97 scripts with 311 people contributing to the ranking -- up from 260 in 2008. The top 10 (actually, 11, thanks to a tie in 10th place) is filled with mostly up-and-comers, with the exception of Aaron Sorkin and David Scarpa. All of the scripts are in some stage of development around Hollywood,
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- Nicole Sperling
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Lionsgate Picks Up Man Movie, Last Stand
17 November 2009 12:09 AM, PST
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There will always be a market for testosterone-injected, boob-loving, sports-car-purchasing dude movies. In fact, Neveldine & Taylor have made millions from it with their Crank flicks. Because that.s all that men love, right? Engines, sweet ass, and Mountain Dew? Well that.s what writer Andrew Knauer thinks.
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According to THR, Knauer.s Last Stand has been picked up by Lionsgate. The movie follows a drug cartel leader on trial who breaks out of the courthouse with a Gumpert Apollo race car and heads toward the Mexican border. The film is being described as a mix of Gone in 60 Seconds and High Noon. Oh joy.
I, for one, will be first in line to catch this flick. I.ll have some porn in hand, three girls on my arm, and I.ll drive my Ferrari to the theater. While I.m at it, I.ll make sure to watch
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Lionsgate Picks Up Last Stand
16 November 2009 6:24 PM, PST
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Lionsgate has picked up action thriller spec Last Stand from writer Andrew Knauer which is described as Gone in 60 Seconds crossed with High Noon.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film features a Gumpert Apollo, a race car used by drug smugglers, and it centers on a cartel leader that uses it to break out of a courthouse. As he speeds to the Mexican border, the only thing standing in his way is a border-town sheriff and his inexperienced staff.
No production date has been announced.
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What's On Tonight: Survivor, Bones, The Office, It's Always Sunny
5 November 2009 9:22 AM, PST
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Syfy has a Legend of the Seeker marathon all night.
At 8, ABC has a new FlashForward, followed by new episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice.
CBS has a new Survivor at 8, then new episodes of CSI and The Mentalist.
NBC has new episodes of Community, Parks and Recreation, The Office, 30 Rock, and The Jay Leno Show.
Fox has a new Bones at 8, then a new Fringe.
The CW has a new Vampire Diaries at 8, followed by new episodes of Supernatural.
TCM has Fourteen Hours at 9, then High Noon.
At 9, Comedy Central has a new Jeff Dunham Show.
Tlc has a new American Chopper at 9.
Bravo has a new Real Housewives of Atlanta at 9, then a new Real Housewives of Orange County.
Cartoon Network has a new Total Drama Action at 9.
Also at 9: Food Network has a new Extreme Cuisine with Jeff Corwin.
At 10, Lifetime has a new Project Runway.
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- Bob Sassone
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Citizen Kane? Of course I’ve seen it!
23 October 2009 2:50 AM, PDT
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In a recent survey commissioned by Orange, in association with Orange Wednesday, it was revealed that - shock! horror! - people sometimes lie about the films they have seen….especially if someone from Orange collars them in the street and asks them what films they’ve lied about seeing.
Dirty Dancing, Taxi Driver and Gone With The Wind are all in the top ten, while 1 in 5 people have apparently lied about seeing the 1972 masterpiece The Godfather. The reason for doing so is unclear (Dirty Dancing?) but it got me thinking about those films that I probably should have seen, possibly never will never see, but if someone asked me…well, I might just say I have. Why? Because I’m just so, so ashamed!
Discounting all the world cinema that has so far slipped through the net, here are my top ten movie blanks:
Ben Hur
Casablanca
High Noon
The Magnificent Ambersons
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- Nick Clarke
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Sr Pick [Video]: How ‘Terminator’ Should Have Ended
1 October 2009 3:24 PM, PDT
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Screen Rant seriously has some of the best readers anywhere. They are always on the lookout for new and interesting things to share with us, which we in turn share with you. Today we bring you a video courtesy of long time reader/commenter/troublemaker Lencho - Thanks Bro!
Today’s Sr Pick was created by a very talented group of individuals over at HowItShouldHaveEnded.com, and after watching a handful of their previous videos I can safely say “they put their foot in this one” (I know someone has heard that saying before). They have some excellent Flash animators and have chosen to share their skill with the world. They take some great movies that had less than great endings and then, well, show us how it should have ended.
They just put out episode 20 and it addresses how the Terminator franchise should have ended. It’s odd that
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- Paul Young
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The Blu-Ray Review: The Quick and the Dead (1995)
15 September 2009 1:55 AM, PDT
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Colin J reviews the Sam Raimi western.
Back before he became an "A"-list director with the Spider-Man movies, Sam Raimi was best known as the guy behind the crazy Evil Dead horror flicks. Raimi attempts other genres, however, and took on Westerns with 1995's The Quick and the Dead.
Rugged frontierswoman named
Ellen (Sharon Stone) enters the lawless town of Redemption in search of
revenge. Though intent on her mission, she becomes involved in the
town's big Quick Draw Competition. There she faces off against
contestants like cocky young Kid (Leonardo DiCaprio), reformed
gunslinger Reverend Cort (Russell Crowe) and flamboyant Ace (Lance
Henriksen). While this occurs, she pursues her vendetta against John
Herod (Gene Hackman), another shooter and the root of much of the
town's evil.
Wow - it's been so long since the release of Quick
that I forgot Stone actually starred in the movie! If you look at the
Blu-ray's cover,
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- Paul
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Josh Hartnett to Star in Post-Apocalyptic Western
11 September 2009 12:00 PM, PDT
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Despite all the attempts at a comeback, the western genre will never be as popular as it was half a century ago. But could the genre appeal more to 21st century moviegoers by being set in some post-apocalyptic future rather than the dusty, tumbleweed-ridden past? It's an idea that's been thought of before, and now it's being thought of again by many in Hollywood.
In a way, the upcoming adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" is like a western, and January's "The Book of Eli" is even moreso. Now Variety reports of another near-future western called "Gunslinger." Josh Hartnett will star as one of two brothers seeking revenge on a gang that killed their parents. French filmmaker Chris Nahon ("Blood: The Last Vampire") will be at the helm when "Gunslinger" shoots in Canada next year.
Let's just forget the fact they need to re-title the film, as it falls
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- Christopher Campbell
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'Outland' Heads Back to the Final Frontier
19 August 2009 12:45 PM, PDT
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Allow my paranoia to run rampant for a second because I'm beginning to think the big movie studios are taking their remake ideas from my Netflix account. Languishing somewhere around #57on my queue is Peter Hyams' Outland, which means I'll probably get to it just as Warner Bros' remake of it hits theaters. Yes, that's right -- Warner Bros is remaking Outland. It isn't just an idle fancy either, as The Hollywood Reporter says that the studio is already well into production. Michael Davis is set to direct, and Chad St. John is penning the screenplay.
As you might remember, the original starred Sean Connery as a marshall on one of Jupiter's moons. His one year tour of duty isn't exactly peaceful as several miners meet violent ends, and none of the other colonists are willing to assist in the pursuit of justice. Connery is forced to take on
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- Elisabeth Rappe
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‘Outland’ Remake Coming To A Moon Near You
19 August 2009 7:34 AM, PDT
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Warner Bros. has announced their plans for a remake of Peter Hyams' 1981 thriller Outland, and they've already named a director for the project.
Per Variety, Michael Davis will be directing the new film from a script by Chad St. John. Davis' last film was the over-the-top action flick Shoot 'Em Up starring Clive Owen and Paul Giamatti. Fun, action set-pieces aside, that movie was a cartoonish romp that offered nothing in the way of nuance, character, or drama. It will be interesting to see what Davis does with this new (well, old really) material. "We're staying true to the thematic heart of Outland" Davis says, "while expanding the space frontier concept."
Outland starred Sean Connery as a police marshall stationed at a mining outpost on one of Jupiter's moons. He's too good at his job and quickly makes some powerful enemies who in turn call for backup in taking out the marshall. Connery's
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- Rob Hunter
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Uncle Sam snubs Golden Boy — again! Just one Oscars winner added to the National Film Registry!
1 January 2009 8:59 AM, PST
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Every year the National Film Registry — a branch of the Library of Congress — chooses 25 movies to preserve for posterity. And, as usual, quite a few of its newest choices aren't ones deemed the best of their day by Hollywood — that is, they're not past Oscars contenders. Although 15 of the films cited were eligible (that is, they were produced after the Oscars were launched), only nine of them received nominations and only one — 1941's "Sergeant York" — was an Oscar winner, with awards for lead actor Gary Cooper (he prevailed in two of his five bids, picking up a bookend in 1952 for "High Noon") and editor William Holmes. Here
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