Disney is betting that more inclusive casting will lead to bigger box office. On Oct. 25, the studio revealed a fresh adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic novel Oliver Twist, with Ice Cube attached to play pickpocket-gang leader Fagin. The rapper will co-write the treatment with longtime collaborator Jeff Kwatinetz of The Firm, and both will produce alongside Wicked's Marc Platt. Hamilton's Thomas Kail will direct the modern musical, which will cross many genres including hip-hop. { "nid": 942968, "type": "blog", "title": "Zach Galifianakis in Talks to Join Ava DuVernay's 'A Wrinkle in Time' (Exclusive)", "path": "http://www.hollywoodreporter.
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- 11/2/2016
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oliver Twist, the time-honored saga from Charles Dickens, is bound for the big screen once more with a, ahem, twist.
This time, Disney is fanning the flames of a live-action version, and has now enlisted both Ice Cube and Thomas Kail, the Tony-winning director of Broadway hit Hamilton, for this new interpretation. As you’ve likely already gathered from the addition of Kail, the Mouse House is angling this particular version of Oliver Twist as a modern musical, one in which Cube will play the infamous part of Fagin, the ringleader of a London gang who introduces our titular orphan to the seedy world of pickpocketing and theft. Hardship, murders and secrets ensue.
By casting the N.W.A rapper-turned-actor, who most recently produced the rather excellent Straight Outta Compton, The Hollywood Reporter notes that Disney is aiming to broaden the scope of the traditional Dickens story, incorporating new music genres including hip-hop and more.
This time, Disney is fanning the flames of a live-action version, and has now enlisted both Ice Cube and Thomas Kail, the Tony-winning director of Broadway hit Hamilton, for this new interpretation. As you’ve likely already gathered from the addition of Kail, the Mouse House is angling this particular version of Oliver Twist as a modern musical, one in which Cube will play the infamous part of Fagin, the ringleader of a London gang who introduces our titular orphan to the seedy world of pickpocketing and theft. Hardship, murders and secrets ensue.
By casting the N.W.A rapper-turned-actor, who most recently produced the rather excellent Straight Outta Compton, The Hollywood Reporter notes that Disney is aiming to broaden the scope of the traditional Dickens story, incorporating new music genres including hip-hop and more.
- 10/27/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist
Broadway
Musical
Disney
Ice Cube
Hmm, one of these things is not like the others.
In a move that is both head-scratchingly random and possibly total genius, Ice Cube is about to help Disney produce a modern-day take on Oliver! The musical adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel "Oliver Twist" has been a hit for ages with constant revivals of the stage play. Now, according to a new report, an adaptation of the classic Oliver Twist story is going to come to the big screen with an appealing new twist:
The updated take on Oliver Twist is going to be given the Hamilton treatment.
For those unaware, Lin-Manuel Miranda's reworking of the real-life story of Alexander Hamilton- one of our nation's Founding Fathers- has been a phenomenon. The show, while set very much in the period that Hamilton actually lived in, features music...
Oliver Twist
Broadway
Musical
Disney
Ice Cube
Hmm, one of these things is not like the others.
In a move that is both head-scratchingly random and possibly total genius, Ice Cube is about to help Disney produce a modern-day take on Oliver! The musical adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel "Oliver Twist" has been a hit for ages with constant revivals of the stage play. Now, according to a new report, an adaptation of the classic Oliver Twist story is going to come to the big screen with an appealing new twist:
The updated take on Oliver Twist is going to be given the Hamilton treatment.
For those unaware, Lin-Manuel Miranda's reworking of the real-life story of Alexander Hamilton- one of our nation's Founding Fathers- has been a phenomenon. The show, while set very much in the period that Hamilton actually lived in, features music...
- 10/26/2016
- by Mario-Francisco Robles
- LRMonline.com
Disney is teaming up with actor Ice Cube and Tony Award-winning director Thomas Kail (Hamilton), for a new, modern take on the Charles Dickens’ classic Oliver Twist.
According to THR, this version of Oliver Twist will be "a modern musical with sources describing it as crossing many genres, including hip-hop." With Cube and Kail involved, that's pretty much what I expected. Cube is writing the script with Jeff Kwatinetz, and, of course, Cube is set to play the character Fagin.
The story follows the life of a young orphan boy who moves from a life as an exploited child laborer to being taken under the wing of Fagin, who leads a gang of young pickpockets in London.
Oliver Twist has been adapted several times over the years, and Disney even had their own animated version called Oliver and Company. This new adaptation seems like it could be a great project...
According to THR, this version of Oliver Twist will be "a modern musical with sources describing it as crossing many genres, including hip-hop." With Cube and Kail involved, that's pretty much what I expected. Cube is writing the script with Jeff Kwatinetz, and, of course, Cube is set to play the character Fagin.
The story follows the life of a young orphan boy who moves from a life as an exploited child laborer to being taken under the wing of Fagin, who leads a gang of young pickpockets in London.
Oliver Twist has been adapted several times over the years, and Disney even had their own animated version called Oliver and Company. This new adaptation seems like it could be a great project...
- 10/26/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
After engaging in a Fist Fight with Charlie Day and going for yet another Ride Along with Kevin Hart, Ice Cube is going to dabble in musicals. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the erstwhile N.W.A rapper is going to put a modern, er, twist on Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. Ice Cube has signed on to co-write the contemporary take on the classic orphan story, which is chock full of squalor, social criticism, and gruel. He’ll also produce the film with his co-writer Jeff Kwatinetz and Marc Platt, the latter of whom was behind the hit pre-Oz musical Wicked. The musical will be under the Disney Studios banner.
As if that weren’t enough to ensure that the updated version of Dickens’ novel “[crosses] many genres, including hip-hop,” Ice Cube will also be on hand to play Fagin, the leader of a gang of pickpockets. Thomas Kail, fresh ...
As if that weren’t enough to ensure that the updated version of Dickens’ novel “[crosses] many genres, including hip-hop,” Ice Cube will also be on hand to play Fagin, the leader of a gang of pickpockets. Thomas Kail, fresh ...
- 10/26/2016
- by Danette Chavez
- avclub.com
Nwa rapper will play Fagin in new musical adaptation of the Dickens story, with Tony-winning director of Broadway hit Hamilton behind the camera
Rapper Ice Cube will play Fagin in a new musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist.
The former Nwa star will also co-produce the film, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Thomas Kail, who won a Tony award for directing the Broadway hit musical Hamilton, will make his film directing debut.
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Rapper Ice Cube will play Fagin in a new musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist.
The former Nwa star will also co-produce the film, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Thomas Kail, who won a Tony award for directing the Broadway hit musical Hamilton, will make his film directing debut.
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- 10/26/2016
- by Alan Evans
- The Guardian - Film News
Ice Cube is attached to star as Fagin in Disney's upcoming remake of the musical version of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. The Hollywood Reporter first reported the story, while a source connected to the production confirmed the casting to Rolling Stone.
The movie will reportedly be directed by Thomas Kail, who earned a Tony Award for helming Hamilton. Ice Cube is also set to serve as a producer and is writing the treatment with co-producer Jeff Kwatinetz.
The new movie will put a contemporary spin on the stage musical Oliver!
The movie will reportedly be directed by Thomas Kail, who earned a Tony Award for helming Hamilton. Ice Cube is also set to serve as a producer and is writing the treatment with co-producer Jeff Kwatinetz.
The new movie will put a contemporary spin on the stage musical Oliver!
- 10/26/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Oliver Twist is about to get some street cred, for real. The Charles Dickens novel about an orphan boy who moves from a life as a child worker to becoming recruited by London pickpocket gang leader Fagin has become the inspiration for yet another adaptation, but this time it's getting a modern makeover. E! News has learned that Disney is joining forces with Ice Cube and Hamilton director Thomas Kail to recreate the work based on the famous book as a musical with a twist, if you will. According to The Hollywood Reporter, who first reported the story, the new Oliver Twist will be "crossing many genres, including hip-hop. Cube and [Jeff] Kwatinetz are writing the treatment, with Cube attached to play...
- 10/26/2016
- E! Online
Ice Cube and Tommy Kail, director of “Hamilton,” will team up with Disney for a modern take on Charles Dickens’ classic “Oliver Twist,” an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. Marc Platt and Jeff Kwatinetz are producing the still untitled project, while Cube will also produce via his CubeVision banner. The rapper and Kwatinetz are writing with Cube attached to play an unknown part in the project. “Oliver Twist,” one of Dickens’ most famous works, is about an orphan who gets taken under Fagin’s wing, the leader of a London pickpocket gang. Also Read: Guy Ritchie to...
- 10/25/2016
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Disney Studios is teaming with Ice Cube and Thomas Kail, the Tony-winning director of Hamilton, for a modern and musical take on Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. Marc Platt, the veteran movie producer who also was behind Broadway’s hit musical Wicked, and Jeff Kwatinetz of The Firm are producing. Cube also will produce via his Cube Vision banner. Oliver Twist is one of Dickens’ most famous works and tells of an orphan boy who moves from a life as an exploited child laborer to being under the wings of Fagin, a leader of a gang of London pickpockets. Hardship, murders
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- 10/25/2016
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
2016-09-02T12:44:57-07:00Dickens' 'Oliver Twist' Coming to TV as a Crime Procedural
From the "Who asked for it?" file today comes news that NBC and Joel Silver are adapting Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist as a TV series. The Hollywood Reporter reports that the network has given the script go-ahead for a contemporary take on the story, which will be called Twist.
The extremely loose adaptation features a 20-something woman who teams up with a talented band of misfits who together fight crime. The proposed adaptation seems to have virtually nothing in common with Dickens' novel other than part of its title.
The series will be produced by Joel Silver (Lethal Weapon) and written by Chad Damiani and J.P. Lavin, who are currently working on a film adaptation of the once-popular smartphone game Fruit Ninja.
Dickens' novel features a young orphan boy...
From the "Who asked for it?" file today comes news that NBC and Joel Silver are adapting Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist as a TV series. The Hollywood Reporter reports that the network has given the script go-ahead for a contemporary take on the story, which will be called Twist.
The extremely loose adaptation features a 20-something woman who teams up with a talented band of misfits who together fight crime. The proposed adaptation seems to have virtually nothing in common with Dickens' novel other than part of its title.
The series will be produced by Joel Silver (Lethal Weapon) and written by Chad Damiani and J.P. Lavin, who are currently working on a film adaptation of the once-popular smartphone game Fruit Ninja.
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- 9/2/2016
- by Evan Gillespie
- Yidio
Well, this is quite a twist. An… Oliver Twist.
The classic Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist is being reimagined as a female-driven crime procedural by NBC, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project, tentatively titled Twist, promises “a sexy contemporary take” centering on a twentysomething woman named Twist who teams up with a group of skilled outcasts to catch wealthy criminals.
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This is just the latest are-they-serious? reboot heading to the small screen. Earlier this week, Fox announced they would reboot the tale of King Arthur and Camelot as a police procedural.
The classic Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist is being reimagined as a female-driven crime procedural by NBC, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project, tentatively titled Twist, promises “a sexy contemporary take” centering on a twentysomething woman named Twist who teams up with a group of skilled outcasts to catch wealthy criminals.
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This is just the latest are-they-serious? reboot heading to the small screen. Earlier this week, Fox announced they would reboot the tale of King Arthur and Camelot as a police procedural.
- 9/2/2016
- TVLine.com
Ron Moody in Mel Brooks' 'The Twelve Chairs.' The 'Doctor Who' that never was. Ron Moody: 'Doctor Who' was biggest professional regret (See previous post: "Ron Moody: From Charles Dickens to Walt Disney – But No Harry Potter.") Ron Moody was featured in about 50 television productions, both in the U.K. and the U.S., from the late 1950s to 2012. These included guest roles in the series The Avengers, Gunsmoke, Starsky and Hutch, Hart to Hart, and Murder She Wrote, in addition to leads in the short-lived U.S. sitcom Nobody's Perfect (1980), starring Moody as a Scotland Yard detective transferred to the San Francisco Police Department, and in the British fantasy Into the Labyrinth (1981), with Moody as the noble sorcerer Rothgo. Throughout the decades, he could also be spotted in several TV movies, among them:[1] David Copperfield (1969). As Uriah Heep in this disappointing all-star showcase distributed theatrically in some countries.
- 6/19/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Ron Moody as Fagin in 'Oliver!' based on Charles Dickens' 'Oliver Twist.' Ron Moody as Fagin in Dickens musical 'Oliver!': Box office and critical hit (See previous post: "Ron Moody: 'Oliver!' Actor, Academy Award Nominee Dead at 91.") Although British made, Oliver! turned out to be an elephantine release along the lines of – exclamation point or no – Gypsy, Star!, Hello Dolly!, and other Hollywood mega-musicals from the mid'-50s to the early '70s.[1] But however bloated and conventional the final result, and a cast whose best-known name was that of director Carol Reed's nephew, Oliver Reed, Oliver! found countless fans.[2] The mostly British production became a huge financial and critical success in the U.S. at a time when star-studded mega-musicals had become perilous – at times downright disastrous – ventures.[3] Upon the American release of Oliver! in Dec. 1968, frequently acerbic The...
- 6/19/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Sometimes an actor stumbles into a role that defines a career. Ron Moody, who died Thursday at the age of 91, sang his way in. A journeyman British movie and television actor and musical revue performer, he was 36 in 1960 when he accepted the role of Fagin, master of a gang of child pickpockets, in Lionel Bart’s musical stage version of Charles Dickens’ "Oliver Twist" after two other actors had turned the part down. (Watch Moody perform "You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two" in the video below.) "Fate destined me to play Fagin; it was the part of a lifetime," Moody once said. He played Fagin again in "Oliver!" Carol Reed’s Oscar-winning 1968 film. That time Fagin won Moody a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. Moody had turned down an offer to go to Broadway with "Oliver!" after the musical’s London run because he felt it would trap him.
- 6/12/2015
- by Aljean Harmetz
- Thompson on Hollywood
Ron Moody as Fagin Ron Moody has died at age 91. His agent said he had been ill for some time.
The London born comic and acting star had a career spanning more than 60 years but was best known for his Oscar-nominated role as arch-thief Fagin in the 1968 Charles Dickens screen adaptation Oliver! He won a Golden Globe for the role and was nominated for a BAFTA - losing to Spencer Tracy, who won the award posthumously for Guess Who's Coming To Dinner.
Born Ronald Moodnick, he was the son of Jewish immigrants, and didn't come to acting until ater a stint in the Raf and a spell at the London School of Economics, where acting in revue shows became a passion. In later life he became familiar to television audiences through his voice work on animated series The Animals Of Farthing Wood and in the guest role of Edwin in EastEnders.
The London born comic and acting star had a career spanning more than 60 years but was best known for his Oscar-nominated role as arch-thief Fagin in the 1968 Charles Dickens screen adaptation Oliver! He won a Golden Globe for the role and was nominated for a BAFTA - losing to Spencer Tracy, who won the award posthumously for Guess Who's Coming To Dinner.
Born Ronald Moodnick, he was the son of Jewish immigrants, and didn't come to acting until ater a stint in the Raf and a spell at the London School of Economics, where acting in revue shows became a passion. In later life he became familiar to television audiences through his voice work on animated series The Animals Of Farthing Wood and in the guest role of Edwin in EastEnders.
- 6/11/2015
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
A Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee for Carol Reed’s 1968 film musical, Oliver!, Ron Moody has died. He was 91. Moody, who was born in Tottenham in 1924, originated the iconic role of Fagin in Lionel Bart’s West End stage version of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist in 1960. He went on to portray the petty criminal who leads a gang of pickpocketing children in the 1968 Best Picture Oscar winning feature for which he was nominated as Best Actor. He won the Golden Globe…...
- 6/11/2015
- Deadline TV
A Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee for Carol Reed’s 1968 film musical, Oliver!, Ron Moody has died. He was 91. Moody, who was born in Tottenham in 1924, originated the iconic role of Fagin in Lionel Bart’s West End stage version of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist in 1960. He went on to portray the petty criminal who leads a gang of pickpocketing children in the 1968 Best Picture Oscar winning feature for which he was nominated as Best Actor. He won the Golden Globe…...
- 6/11/2015
- Deadline
Ron Moody, best known for his portrayal of Fagin in the 1968 Charles Dickens adaptation Oliver!, has passed away at the age of 91, his family has announced.As well as earning a Golden Globe and Oscar nomination for his role as the infamous miser, Moody's career also saw him play EastEnders' Edwin Caldecott and legendary wizard Merlin in both 1995's A Kid in King Arthur's Court and 1979's Unidentified Flying Oddball.It is as Fagin he will be best remembered, however, a part he not only played in Carol Reed's classic film but also on stage both in the West End and on Broadway. "Fate destined me to play Fagin. It was the part of a lifetime," he told The Guardian in 2012.Born Ronald Moodnick in Tottenham on January 8, 1924, his casting as Dickens' villain changed his life immeasurably, earning him a host of job offers afterwards, some of which he turned down,...
- 6/11/2015
- EmpireOnline
Caroline Quentin, Peter Firth and Pauline Collins have all been added to the cast of a new Charles Dickens drama.
The 20-episode series for BBC One has also cast BAFTA award winner Stephen Rea.
Dickensian brings together some of the writer's most iconic characters as their lives interweave in 19th Century London.
Characters from a range of classic tales will appear in the programme, including Scrooge, Fagin and Miss Havisham.
Rea, who plays Inspector Bucket from Bleak House, said: "Dickensian is the most beautiful re-working of the world of Dickens that you could ever imagine. The characters take on a fresh life, and any actor would be mad not to accept the challenge these great scripts offer."
Collins, who plays Martin Chuzzlewit's Mrs Gamp, added: "You don't need to know Dickens' novels to fall in love with the stories we're telling. It's going to be a real treat to watch.
The 20-episode series for BBC One has also cast BAFTA award winner Stephen Rea.
Dickensian brings together some of the writer's most iconic characters as their lives interweave in 19th Century London.
Characters from a range of classic tales will appear in the programme, including Scrooge, Fagin and Miss Havisham.
Rea, who plays Inspector Bucket from Bleak House, said: "Dickensian is the most beautiful re-working of the world of Dickens that you could ever imagine. The characters take on a fresh life, and any actor would be mad not to accept the challenge these great scripts offer."
Collins, who plays Martin Chuzzlewit's Mrs Gamp, added: "You don't need to know Dickens' novels to fall in love with the stories we're telling. It's going to be a real treat to watch.
- 5/30/2015
- Digital Spy
Amazon is offering $105 off The Columbia Best Pictures boxed DVD set containing 11 winners of the Best Picture Oscar. Here are the details:
14-disc set of 11 Best Picture Oscar winning films in an attractive, collectible, black fiber cover with slipcase. The pages within will have film synopsis, details on the Oscar win for each film, and art from key scenes. This set features Columbia Pictures' Best Picture Oscar winners spanning the years from 1934 to 1982 and include the following films:
1934 It Happened One Night
1938 You Can't Take It with You
1949 All the King's Men
1953 From Here to Eternity
1954 On the Waterfront
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai
1962 Lawrence of Arabia
1966 A Man for All Seasons
1968 Oliver!
1979 Kramer vs. Kramer
1982 Gandhi
Bonus extras include:
Ben Kingsley talks about Gandhi
Designing Gandhi
Lord Attenborough Audio Commentary
From the Director's Chair
In Search of Gandhi
Looking Back
Madeleine Slade: An Englishwoman Abroad
Reflections on...
14-disc set of 11 Best Picture Oscar winning films in an attractive, collectible, black fiber cover with slipcase. The pages within will have film synopsis, details on the Oscar win for each film, and art from key scenes. This set features Columbia Pictures' Best Picture Oscar winners spanning the years from 1934 to 1982 and include the following films:
1934 It Happened One Night
1938 You Can't Take It with You
1949 All the King's Men
1953 From Here to Eternity
1954 On the Waterfront
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai
1962 Lawrence of Arabia
1966 A Man for All Seasons
1968 Oliver!
1979 Kramer vs. Kramer
1982 Gandhi
Bonus extras include:
Ben Kingsley talks about Gandhi
Designing Gandhi
Lord Attenborough Audio Commentary
From the Director's Chair
In Search of Gandhi
Looking Back
Madeleine Slade: An Englishwoman Abroad
Reflections on...
- 2/24/2014
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Miscasting in films has always been a problem. A producer hires an actor thinking that he or she is perfect for a movie role only to find the opposite is true. Other times a star is hired for his box office draw but ruins an otherwise good movie because he looks completely out of place.
There have been many humdinger miscastings. You only have to laugh at John Wayne’s Genghis Khan (with Mongol moustache and gun-belt) in The Conqueror (1956), giggle at Marlon Brando’s woeful upper class twang as Fletcher Christian in Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) and cringe at Dick Van Dyke’s misbegotten cockney accent in Mary Poppins (1964). But as hilarious as these miscastings are, producers at the time didn’t think the same way, until after the event. At least they add a bit of camp value to a mediocre or downright awful movie.
In rare cases,...
There have been many humdinger miscastings. You only have to laugh at John Wayne’s Genghis Khan (with Mongol moustache and gun-belt) in The Conqueror (1956), giggle at Marlon Brando’s woeful upper class twang as Fletcher Christian in Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) and cringe at Dick Van Dyke’s misbegotten cockney accent in Mary Poppins (1964). But as hilarious as these miscastings are, producers at the time didn’t think the same way, until after the event. At least they add a bit of camp value to a mediocre or downright awful movie.
In rare cases,...
- 1/24/2014
- Shadowlocked
Musicals have been tap dancing their way into moviegoers' hearts since the invention of cinema sound itself. From Oliver! to Singin' in the Rain, here are the Guardian and Observer critics' picks of the 10 best
• Top 10 documentaries
• Top 10 movie adaptations
• Top 10 animated movies
• Top 10 silent movies
• Top 10 sports movies
• Top 10 film noir
• More Guardian and Observer critics' top 10s
10. Oliver!
Historically, the British musical has been intertwined with British music, drawing on music hall in the 1940s and the pop charts in the 50s – low-budget films of provincial interest and nothing to trouble the bosses at MGM. In the late 60s, however, the genre enjoyed a brief, high-profile heyday, and between Tommy Steele in Half a Sixpence (1967) and Richard Attenborough's star-studded Oh! What A Lovely War (1969) came the biggest of them all: Oliver! (1968), Carol Reed's adaptation of Lionel Bart's 1960 stage hit and the recipient of six Academy awards.
• Top 10 documentaries
• Top 10 movie adaptations
• Top 10 animated movies
• Top 10 silent movies
• Top 10 sports movies
• Top 10 film noir
• More Guardian and Observer critics' top 10s
10. Oliver!
Historically, the British musical has been intertwined with British music, drawing on music hall in the 1940s and the pop charts in the 50s – low-budget films of provincial interest and nothing to trouble the bosses at MGM. In the late 60s, however, the genre enjoyed a brief, high-profile heyday, and between Tommy Steele in Half a Sixpence (1967) and Richard Attenborough's star-studded Oh! What A Lovely War (1969) came the biggest of them all: Oliver! (1968), Carol Reed's adaptation of Lionel Bart's 1960 stage hit and the recipient of six Academy awards.
- 12/3/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Paper Mill Playhouse continues its 75th Anniversary Season with the classic Charles Dickens musical Oliver, with a holiday 'twist' for the entire family. With a book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, Oliver is directed by Paper Mill Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Mark S. Hoebee with original choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter. Oliver features David Garrison Fagin, best known for his role as Steve Rhoades on the hit television series Married...with Children, Betsy Morgan Nancy, John Treacy Egan Mr. Bumble, Jose Llana Bill Sikes, David Hess Mr. Brownlow, Ethan Haberfield Artful Dodger and introducing Tyler Moran as Oliver. Oliver also features 16 local boys from across the state of New Jersey who auditioned from a pool of over 200.Oliver plays the Millburn, New Jersey theater through December 29. The official press opening was last night, December 1, 2013, and BroadwayWorld was there for the festivities. Check out photos from the after party below...
- 12/2/2013
- by Genevieve Rafter Keddy
- BroadwayWorld.com
Paper Mill Playhouse continues its 75th Anniversary Season with the classic Charles Dickens musical Oliver, with a holiday 'twist' for the entire family. With a book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, Oliver is directed by Paper Mill Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Mark S. Hoebee with original choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter. Oliver features David Garrison Fagin, best known for his role as Steve Rhoades on the hit television series Married...with Children, Betsy Morgan Nancy, John Treacy Egan Mr. Bumble, Jose Llana Bill Sikes, David Hess Mr. Brownlow, Ethan Haberfield Artful Dodger and introducing Tyler Moran as Oliver. Oliver also features 16 local boys from across the state of New Jersey who auditioned from a pool of over 200. Oliver plays the Millburn, New Jersey theater through December 29. The official press opening was last night, December 1, 2013, and BroadwayWorld was there for the festivities. Check out photos from the curtain call below...
- 12/2/2013
- by Genevieve Rafter Keddy
- BroadwayWorld.com
Paper Mill Playhouse continues its 75th Anniversary Season with the classic Charles Dickens musical Oliver, with a holiday 'twist' for the entire family. With a book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, Oliver is directed by Paper Mill Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Mark S. Hoebee with original choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter. Oliver features David Garrison Fagin, best known for his role as Steve Rhoades on the hit television series Married...with Children, Betsy Morgan Nancy, John Treacy Egan Mr. Bumble, Jose Llana Bill Sikes, David Hess Mr. Brownlow, Ethan Haberfield Artful Dodger and introducing Tyler Moran as Oliver. Oliver also features 16 local boys from across the state of New Jersey who auditioned from a pool of over 200. Oliver plays the Millburn, New Jersey theater through December 29. The official press opening night is Sunday, December 1, 2013, at 700pm. Check out highlights of the production below...
- 11/22/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Paper Mill Playhouse will continue its 75th Anniversary Season with the classic Charles Dickens musical Oliver, with a holiday 'twist' for the entire family. With a book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, Oliver will be directed by Paper Mill Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Mark S. Hoebee with original choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter. Oliver will feature David Garrison Fagin, best known for his role as Steve Rhoades on the hit television series Married...with Children, Betsy Morgan Nancy, John Treacy Egan Mr. Bumble, Jose Llana Bill Sikes, David Hess Mr. Brownlow, Ethan Haberfield Artful Dodger and introducing Tyler Moran as Oliver. Oliver will also feature 16 local boys from across the state of New Jersey who auditioned from a pool of over 200. Oliver will play the Millburn, New Jersey theater from tonight, November 21 through December 29. The official press opening night is Sunday, December 1, 2013, at 700pm.
- 11/21/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Paper Mill Playhouse will continue its 75th Anniversary Season with the classic Charles Dickens musical Oliver, with a holiday 'twist' for the entire family. With a book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, Oliver will be directed by Paper Mill Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Mark S. Hoebee with original choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter. Oliver will feature David Garrison Fagin, best known for his role as Steve Rhoades on the hit television series Married...with Children, Betsy Morgan Nancy, John Treacy Egan Mr. Bumble, Jose Llana Bill Sikes, David Hess Mr. Brownlow, Ethan Haberfield Artful Dodger and introducing Tyler Moran as Oliver. Oliver will also feature 16 local boys from across the state of New Jersey who auditioned from a pool of over 200. Oliver will play the Millburn, New Jersey theater from November 21 through December 29. The official press opening night is Sunday, December 1, 2013, at 700pm.The cast met the press earlier...
- 11/14/2013
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
Paper Mill Playhouse will continue its 75th Anniversary Season with the classic Charles Dickens musical Oliver, with a holiday 'twist' for the entire family. With a book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, Oliver will be directed by Paper Mill Playhouse Producing Artistic Director Mark S. Hoebee with original choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter. Oliver will feature David Garrison Fagin, best known for his role as Steve Rhoades on the hit television series Married...with Children, Betsy Morgan Nancy, John Treacy Egan Mr. Bumble, Jose Llana Bill Sikes, David Hess Mr. Brownlow, Ethan Haberfield Artful Dodger and introducing Tyler Moran as Oliver. Oliver will also feature 16 local boys from across the state of New Jersey who auditioned from a pool of over 200. Oliver will play the Millburn, New Jersey theater from November 21 through December 29. The official press opening night is Sunday, December 1, 2013, at 700pm.
- 10/25/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
By Todd Garbarini
If the plot of Walt Disney’s animated film Oliver and Company (1988) feels or sounds familiar, it should. It is loosely based upon Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist but this titular character is not a beggar sent to London. This time around, he’s a cute little kitten set about the busy streets of New York City and tries his best to fit in and survive. He is “befriended” by Dodger, an older dog who is streetwise and gets Oliver to aid him in scoring food while keeping the goods for himself. Oliver is understandably miffed by this, but these are the mean streets of New York, after all. He learns a valuable lesson about trusting others who appear to want to help him. Dodger is owned by Fagin and is part of a gang comprised of Tito (a Chihuahua), Francis (a Bulldog), Einstein (a Great Dane), and...
If the plot of Walt Disney’s animated film Oliver and Company (1988) feels or sounds familiar, it should. It is loosely based upon Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist but this titular character is not a beggar sent to London. This time around, he’s a cute little kitten set about the busy streets of New York City and tries his best to fit in and survive. He is “befriended” by Dodger, an older dog who is streetwise and gets Oliver to aid him in scoring food while keeping the goods for himself. Oliver is understandably miffed by this, but these are the mean streets of New York, after all. He learns a valuable lesson about trusting others who appear to want to help him. Dodger is owned by Fagin and is part of a gang comprised of Tito (a Chihuahua), Francis (a Bulldog), Einstein (a Great Dane), and...
- 8/26/2013
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Standing Ovation Studio's Oliver will open on August 15 at Westchester Broadway Theatre, and run through September 8. The colorful characters of Charles Dickens' classic 'Oliver Twist' come brilliantly to life in Victorian London. This beloved musical tells the tale of the orphan boy who is swept into a band of pickpockets the Artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sikes, the kind-hearted Nancy, all led by the wily Fagin.The sensational, Tony award winning, score is full of Lionel Bart's irresistible songs including 'Food Glorious Food', 'Consider Yourself', 'I'd Do Anything', 'Oom Pah Pah', 'As Long As He Needs Me' and many more. This show truly captures the joys and challenges of youth and will be sure to warm the heart of your entire family.Below, check out a first look at Broadway's John Treacy Eagan as 'Mr. Bumble' in costume below...
- 8/12/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
How many books and DVDs do you have on your Amazon wish list? How often do you remember to look at it? I always forget to check it, but I took a look at it today, and there are 100 items.
No, I am not soliciting here. My birthday isn’t for another six months, Chanukah and Christmas are too far off to think about, and I’m not your mother, so forget about Mother’s Day, which is this Sunday, btw – although there is Alix, whom I always alert to her mom’s new column. Big Hint, Alix!
I do have to delete some of the books and DVDs; I’ve ordered them without looking at my wish list because, well, I forget to check the damn thing, but there’s still a lot there. The oldest item was added on June 11, 2006; it’s Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Complete Third Season (DVD,...
No, I am not soliciting here. My birthday isn’t for another six months, Chanukah and Christmas are too far off to think about, and I’m not your mother, so forget about Mother’s Day, which is this Sunday, btw – although there is Alix, whom I always alert to her mom’s new column. Big Hint, Alix!
I do have to delete some of the books and DVDs; I’ve ordered them without looking at my wish list because, well, I forget to check the damn thing, but there’s still a lot there. The oldest item was added on June 11, 2006; it’s Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Complete Third Season (DVD,...
- 5/6/2013
- by Mindy Newell
- Comicmix.com
Gruel-requesting, Fagin-following scamp Oliver Twist is heading back to the big screen with Sony fast-tracking a 'reimagining' of the Charles Dickens character and his pickpocketing pal, the Artful Dodger, in Dodge And Twist. Set 20 years after Dickens left them in various states of gladness and misfortune, screenwriter Cole Haddon's tale promises adventure and more of the kind of criminal activity that made the Dodger such a fixture on Her Maj's most-wanted list. The two characters are found on opposite sides of the law and a plot is afoot to unburden the Queen of her crown jewels.The Hollywood Reporter highlight Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock Holmes movies as a reference point for the combination of snap and crackle that Sony and Monsterfoot Productions are looking for from this adaptation of Ahmet Zappa's idea. Haddon, meanwhile, has an NBC series Dracula upcoming and comic books The Strange Cases Of Mr.
- 2/12/2013
- EmpireOnline
Having played upon the question of whether Jack the Ripper had returned to Whitechapel, in the first episode ‘I Need Light’, the second episode surely had to introduce a different characteristic of Victorian London, Ripper Street obliged. Stepping away from the depravity of paraphilia and pornography the second episode, ‘In My Protection’ seemingly drew from the characters from Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist; the vicious, barbarianism and sociopathic tendencies of Bill Sikes mixed with the grotesque and creepy, child puppeteer who is Fagin, to create a sinister antagonist to Di Reid (Matthew Macfadyen), DS Drake (Jerome Flynn) and Captain Jackson (Adam Rothenberg).
The episode opened with a toymaker, sixty year old Ernest Manby (David Coon), being brutally beaten to death, with a belt buckle it is later deciphered. It is this case that centres the story. This week, rather than focusing on solving the mystic puzzle of who is the murderer,...
The episode opened with a toymaker, sixty year old Ernest Manby (David Coon), being brutally beaten to death, with a belt buckle it is later deciphered. It is this case that centres the story. This week, rather than focusing on solving the mystic puzzle of who is the murderer,...
- 1/9/2013
- by Stu Whittaker
- Obsessed with Film
[Article involves casting spoilers for the video]
Funny or Die continues its tradition of featuring videos of famous people making fun of themselves, disproving Miss Piggy’s declaration from The Muppets that “A celebrity is not a peoples…”
This particular video, while amusing, may not be quite as good as its Star Trek-related…um, stars…might suggest, but the casting itself makes it worth a watch.
(Video contains Nsfw language.)
The Olympic Ticket Scalper with Sir Patrick Stewart, Ryan Lochte, Simon Pegg & Maisie Williams from Patrick Stewart
Yes, that’s Patrick Stewart, best known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Simon Pegg, who plays Montgomery ‘Scotty’ Scott in J.J. Abram’s Star Trek reboot, as well as leading roles in a number of British comedies, such as Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz (both of which he also co-wrote).
The choice of these two actors works well,...
Funny or Die continues its tradition of featuring videos of famous people making fun of themselves, disproving Miss Piggy’s declaration from The Muppets that “A celebrity is not a peoples…”
This particular video, while amusing, may not be quite as good as its Star Trek-related…um, stars…might suggest, but the casting itself makes it worth a watch.
(Video contains Nsfw language.)
The Olympic Ticket Scalper with Sir Patrick Stewart, Ryan Lochte, Simon Pegg & Maisie Williams from Patrick Stewart
Yes, that’s Patrick Stewart, best known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Simon Pegg, who plays Montgomery ‘Scotty’ Scott in J.J. Abram’s Star Trek reboot, as well as leading roles in a number of British comedies, such as Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz (both of which he also co-wrote).
The choice of these two actors works well,...
- 8/10/2012
- Shadowlocked
Charles Dickens' drably lacking-in-caffeine-fueled-extreme-sports-action novel Oliver Twist will finally receive a Red Bull-sponsored makeover as a 3-D film about parkour, due to the bureaucratic difficulties in exhuming Charles Dickens' remains, affixing them with oversized novelty sunglasses, and sending them careening through Trafalgar Square on a skateboard. A far more actionable solution has been found in simply taking Dickens' immortal 19th-century tale and transforming it into Twist, a modern-day story about the Fagin Gang and the daring art thefts they undertake by elaborately jumping over obstacles, which—much like Taylor Lautner's own recently announced parkour film—will appeal to today ...
- 5/17/2012
- avclub.com
You've seen Charles Dickens' works, but have you seen them with added free running?
Red Bull Media House has signed on to produce "Twist", a contemporary 3D adaptation of "Oliver Twist" for Pure Grass Films and the Salt Co. says Variety.
This new version centers around Fagin Gang and who use the physical vaulting art of parkour to carry out a series of art thefts in the film.
Sophokles Tasioulis, Ben Grass and Piers Tempest will produce with shooting to take place next year.
Red Bull Media House has signed on to produce "Twist", a contemporary 3D adaptation of "Oliver Twist" for Pure Grass Films and the Salt Co. says Variety.
This new version centers around Fagin Gang and who use the physical vaulting art of parkour to carry out a series of art thefts in the film.
Sophokles Tasioulis, Ben Grass and Piers Tempest will produce with shooting to take place next year.
- 5/16/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Red Bull Media House has signed on to produce "Twist," a 3D re-telling of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" that's set in the present day. The plan is to go into pre-production this January. Story will center around the novel's Fagin Gang, which will use parkour to carry out a series of art thefts in the film. The original idea comes from brothers Lynch and Simon Thomas. Austria-based energy giant Red Bull launched its media and content business in 2007. Company owns television channel Servus TV channel and last year released "The Art of Flight," an 80-minute film centered on snowboarding.
- 5/16/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
Red Bull Media House, the same company that brought us the popular energy drink, is set to produce a film called Twist for Pure Grass Films and the Salt Co. The movie will be a modern day 3D adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. I honestly never would have imagined that Red Bull would end up producing a movie about this story; of course, this version's got a little action-packed spin to it.
According to Variety, this is an original concept in which the story will center around the Fagin Gang, only this time it will include the physical art of parkour to carry out a series of art thefts in the film. This is the art of moving through urban environments by vaulting, rolling, running, climbing, and jumping. So it makes a little more sense that Red Bull has come on board. The concept comes from...
According to Variety, this is an original concept in which the story will center around the Fagin Gang, only this time it will include the physical art of parkour to carry out a series of art thefts in the film. This is the art of moving through urban environments by vaulting, rolling, running, climbing, and jumping. So it makes a little more sense that Red Bull has come on board. The concept comes from...
- 5/15/2012
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
The line between fake movie premises and real ones is becoming increasingly small in today's movie landscape. A few years ago, it was obvious that certain films were never going to get a greenlight because their concepts were simply too ludicrous to imagine. But this news story has me scratching my head and rethinking what is possible in the movie industry today. Variety reports that Red Bull's media branch is producing a 3D parkour movie called Twist, based on Charles Dickens' classic novel Oliver Twist. The modern-day story sees the kids in the Fagin Gang using parkour to pull off a series of art heists. Um, what? So who's responsible for this? The Brothers Lynch, who have directed short films before but haven't tackled a feature, came up with the modern retelling with Simon Thomas, but the "written by" credit is actually going to Kevin Lehane, the writer of...
- 5/15/2012
- by Ben Pearson
- firstshowing.net
It would be easy to mock the idea of a parkour Oliver Twist. It could certainly be seen by the cynical as the perversion of a classic, one that will most certainly shove modern hipness into a story meant to be a serious microscope into poverty and the ethical impossibilities it presents. But what’s the fun in that? Instead, let’s celebrate the prospect of parkour flipping pickpockets all hopped up on Red Bull. According to Variety, the energy drink company is pairing with Pure Grass Films and the Salt Co. to create Twist – a currently-set take on the classic novel from Charles Dickens. Is there any chance it won’t be in 3D? Of course not. This shit is going to be sailing into your eye balls in as many dimensions as possible. The concept, from Lynch and Simon Thomas, follows the Fagin Gang as they steal stuff from people using parkour. Yup...
- 5/15/2012
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Chief executive of Film London, Adrian Wootton will give one of his Illustrated Film Talks focusing on Charles Dickens in film. The talk is part of Melbourne Celebrates Dickens in association with the Melbourne International Film Festival, held on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 of August.
The announcement:
Former British Film Institute and London Film Festival Director Adrian Wootton returns to Melbourne for another series of his acclaimed Illustrated Film Talks, this year focusing on Charles Dickens and Film to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the author’s birthday.
The Illustrated Film Talks kick-off a wider Melbourne Celebrates Dickens season running from 17-26 August, as part of the global Dickens 2012 initiative, that combines events from the Melbourne International Film Festival, Miff 37ºSouth Market & Accelerator and The Wheeler Centre, as well as Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Acmi) and the Melbourne Writers Festival.
Presented exclusively in Melbourne by the Melbourne International Film...
The announcement:
Former British Film Institute and London Film Festival Director Adrian Wootton returns to Melbourne for another series of his acclaimed Illustrated Film Talks, this year focusing on Charles Dickens and Film to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the author’s birthday.
The Illustrated Film Talks kick-off a wider Melbourne Celebrates Dickens season running from 17-26 August, as part of the global Dickens 2012 initiative, that combines events from the Melbourne International Film Festival, Miff 37ºSouth Market & Accelerator and The Wheeler Centre, as well as Australian Centre for the Moving Image (Acmi) and the Melbourne Writers Festival.
Presented exclusively in Melbourne by the Melbourne International Film...
- 4/19/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
One of Australia.s most infamous convicts is the subject of a new Tassie-based production, which started filming yesterday. Docu-drama First Fagin, about the dramatic, turbulent career and adventures of English-born criminal Ikey Solomon, is a co-production from Brisbane.s Wild Fury and Hobart.s Roar Film. Solomon was a notorious criminal, regarded for his crimes (receiving stolen goods) and capture and is.rumoured to be the inspiration behind Charles Dickens. Fagin character in novel Oliver Twist (although that's still disputed). After his wife was found guilty of receiving stolen goods and transported to Tasmania (then known as Van Diemen.s Land), Solomon travelled.to the Apple Isle.to be by her side. He was later sentenced to...
- 11/29/2011
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
'Twist' is a modern re-telling of Charles Dickens's 'Oliver Twist' and Vhj Casting are keen to hear from young actors aged 16 - 24 who are also Parkour/Freerunning/Gymnastic/Freestyle BMX trained, for various roles.
The film is due to shoot this autumn and is being directed by Matthew Parkhill.
Please send in photos/CVs and details of a link to acting showreels and/or showreels of yourself doing the respective sport to:
Vhj Casting
22 Torrington Place
London WC1E 7Hp
Here's the official synopsis:
Oliver Twist is propelled into present day London in an energetic, high-concept, modern twist in 3D.
Seventeen year old “Olly” falls in with an organised street gang in London who use Parkour to carry out daring art heists for shady stolen goods dealer Fagin.
Spectacular Parkour set pieces – as well as bike-Parkour, skateboarding, jump rope skipping, car chases, bike chases, lots of running,...
The film is due to shoot this autumn and is being directed by Matthew Parkhill.
Please send in photos/CVs and details of a link to acting showreels and/or showreels of yourself doing the respective sport to:
Vhj Casting
22 Torrington Place
London WC1E 7Hp
Here's the official synopsis:
Oliver Twist is propelled into present day London in an energetic, high-concept, modern twist in 3D.
Seventeen year old “Olly” falls in with an organised street gang in London who use Parkour to carry out daring art heists for shady stolen goods dealer Fagin.
Spectacular Parkour set pieces – as well as bike-Parkour, skateboarding, jump rope skipping, car chases, bike chases, lots of running,...
- 7/6/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Pixote: a Lei do Mais Fraco (Original Release Date: 5 May 1981)
Hector Babenco's Pixote is a movie about kids trying to survive in a world that doesn't seem to want to let them. Outside of a documentary short like Ciro Durán's Gamín, my guess is that era reviews didn't have much to compare Pixote to beyond Luis Buñuel's Los Olvidados or Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist. I'd also guess that not all of these comparisons were flattering. Babenco's direction here lacks the visual punch of Buñuel's, and his characters are nowhere near as well-formed as Dickens's. With any Buñuel comparison, one must contend a sophistication that, to this day, leads people to argue over how much of the work is earnest, and how much of it is ironic or parodic. (This excludes film students. I'd say film students still love to debate whether Las Hurdes is a...
Hector Babenco's Pixote is a movie about kids trying to survive in a world that doesn't seem to want to let them. Outside of a documentary short like Ciro Durán's Gamín, my guess is that era reviews didn't have much to compare Pixote to beyond Luis Buñuel's Los Olvidados or Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist. I'd also guess that not all of these comparisons were flattering. Babenco's direction here lacks the visual punch of Buñuel's, and his characters are nowhere near as well-formed as Dickens's. With any Buñuel comparison, one must contend a sophistication that, to this day, leads people to argue over how much of the work is earnest, and how much of it is ironic or parodic. (This excludes film students. I'd say film students still love to debate whether Las Hurdes is a...
- 5/6/2011
- by Thurston McQ
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Filed under: Features, Cinematical
In a career spanning six decades, Alec Guinness (actually, Sir Alec Guinness, as he was knighted in 1959) made more than 60 appearances in film and on television. Like many British actors of his and subsequent generations, Guinness trained for the stage, developing a lifelong friendship with John Gielgud. Guinness's extensive theater background helped him prepare for a career in film defined not by a single role or star persona (he was everything but a movie star) but by versatility, by range and depth few actors of his generation (or since) have possessed. Guinness could seemingly handle any role, from memorable supporting turns in various dramas, intimate or epic, to light comedies that allowed Guinness to display masterful comic timing.
Collaborating with Oscar-winning director David Lean in Guinness showed remarkable range and depth. A small, if still substantial part, in Lean's 1946 adaptation of Charles Dickens' oft-filmed classic,...
In a career spanning six decades, Alec Guinness (actually, Sir Alec Guinness, as he was knighted in 1959) made more than 60 appearances in film and on television. Like many British actors of his and subsequent generations, Guinness trained for the stage, developing a lifelong friendship with John Gielgud. Guinness's extensive theater background helped him prepare for a career in film defined not by a single role or star persona (he was everything but a movie star) but by versatility, by range and depth few actors of his generation (or since) have possessed. Guinness could seemingly handle any role, from memorable supporting turns in various dramas, intimate or epic, to light comedies that allowed Guinness to display masterful comic timing.
Collaborating with Oscar-winning director David Lean in Guinness showed remarkable range and depth. A small, if still substantial part, in Lean's 1946 adaptation of Charles Dickens' oft-filmed classic,...
- 2/11/2011
- by Mel Valentin
- Moviefone
Filed under: Features, Cinematical
In a career spanning six decades, Alec Guinness (actually, Sir Alec Guinness, as he was knighted in 1959) made more than 60 appearances in film and on television. Like many British actors of his and subsequent generations, Guinness trained for the stage, developing a lifelong friendship with John Gielgud. Guinness's extensive theater background helped him prepare for a career in film defined not by a single role or star persona (he was everything but a movie star) but by versatility, by range and depth few actors of his generation (or since) have possessed. Guinness could seemingly handle any role, from memorable supporting turns in various dramas, intimate or epic, to light comedies that allowed Guinness to display masterful comic timing.
Collaborating with Oscar-winning director David Lean in Guinness showed remarkable range and depth. A small, if still substantial part, in Lean's 1946 adaptation of Charles Dickens' oft-filmed classic,...
In a career spanning six decades, Alec Guinness (actually, Sir Alec Guinness, as he was knighted in 1959) made more than 60 appearances in film and on television. Like many British actors of his and subsequent generations, Guinness trained for the stage, developing a lifelong friendship with John Gielgud. Guinness's extensive theater background helped him prepare for a career in film defined not by a single role or star persona (he was everything but a movie star) but by versatility, by range and depth few actors of his generation (or since) have possessed. Guinness could seemingly handle any role, from memorable supporting turns in various dramas, intimate or epic, to light comedies that allowed Guinness to display masterful comic timing.
Collaborating with Oscar-winning director David Lean in Guinness showed remarkable range and depth. A small, if still substantial part, in Lean's 1946 adaptation of Charles Dickens' oft-filmed classic,...
- 2/11/2011
- by Mel Valentin
- Cinematical
The Melbourne International Film Festival has announced the next round of projects that will receive financial support from its Premiere Fund, including Mark Hartley’s ‘re-imagining’ of the 70s thriller Patrick.
Swerve, shot earlier this year in South Australia, will receive completion funds.
The projects are:
Patrick
Mark Hartley makes his narrative feature debut with a re-imaging of the 1970s Australian medical telekinetic thriller. It was Hartley’s 2008 documentary Not Quite Hollywood that brought Patrick to the attention of a new generation of genre film fans. It will be produced by Tony Ginnane, who also produced the 1978 version directed by Richard Franklin.
Swerve
A rural neo-noir thriller starring from Director Craig Lahiff (Black & White), Producer Helen Leake and Executive Producer Bryce Menzies starring Jason Clarke, Emma Booth, David Lyons, Travis McMahon, Vince Colosimo and Roy Billing. Shot in South Australia.
AutoLuminescent: Rowland S. Howard
A feature documentary about the turbulent...
Swerve, shot earlier this year in South Australia, will receive completion funds.
The projects are:
Patrick
Mark Hartley makes his narrative feature debut with a re-imaging of the 1970s Australian medical telekinetic thriller. It was Hartley’s 2008 documentary Not Quite Hollywood that brought Patrick to the attention of a new generation of genre film fans. It will be produced by Tony Ginnane, who also produced the 1978 version directed by Richard Franklin.
Swerve
A rural neo-noir thriller starring from Director Craig Lahiff (Black & White), Producer Helen Leake and Executive Producer Bryce Menzies starring Jason Clarke, Emma Booth, David Lyons, Travis McMahon, Vince Colosimo and Roy Billing. Shot in South Australia.
AutoLuminescent: Rowland S. Howard
A feature documentary about the turbulent...
- 10/10/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Producer Alex Ross ("The List") reports that producer Howard Rosenman ("Buffy The Vampire Slayer") has joined the feature project "The Chimes", a $20 million movie focusing on the 'cataclysmic' love affair experienced by 'beloved' 19th century author Charles Dickens, whose creation of 'Fagin' in the novel "Oliver Twist" , ranks alongside Shakespeare's 'Shylock' from the 'comedy' "The Merchant Of Venice" as one of the most grotesque characterizations of Jews in popular literature.
"...When 'Dickens' falls in love with ethereal, mysterious 'Isabella' he is drawn into her dark, dangerous world and risks everything to be with her: his career, his family, his sanity and even his life..."
The film will lense in London and Genoa with principal photography starting Summer 2011. Rosenman is currently producing "Betsy and The Emperor", starring Al Pacino and Dakota Fanning.
"I am very excited Howard Rosenman is working alongside us to bring this almost devastating aspect of...
"...When 'Dickens' falls in love with ethereal, mysterious 'Isabella' he is drawn into her dark, dangerous world and risks everything to be with her: his career, his family, his sanity and even his life..."
The film will lense in London and Genoa with principal photography starting Summer 2011. Rosenman is currently producing "Betsy and The Emperor", starring Al Pacino and Dakota Fanning.
"I am very excited Howard Rosenman is working alongside us to bring this almost devastating aspect of...
- 10/6/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
For this week’s shopping task, Housemates have immersed themselves in the literary world of Charles Dickens.
The task consisted of six challenges spread over three days. For each challenge the Housemates pass, they earned £50 towards next week’s shopping budget.
Last night, during a Dickensian themed knees up Big Brother announced the results of the task. These were as follows:
Miss Havishams: John James and Rachel
Miss Havishams failed their challenge, which was to stay in Miss Havisham’s room for 24 hours.
Bill Sykes: Steve
Bill Sykes passed his challenge, which was to throw a bull’s eye every time he heard the ‘Bulls eye’ TV show theme music.
David Copperfield: Mario
David Copperfield passed his challenge, which was to perform an illusion live on last night’s eviction show. He did this with Davina.
Mr Bumble: Dave
At 10.45am on Thursday morning Mr Bumble prepared gruel without wearing his costume,...
The task consisted of six challenges spread over three days. For each challenge the Housemates pass, they earned £50 towards next week’s shopping budget.
Last night, during a Dickensian themed knees up Big Brother announced the results of the task. These were as follows:
Miss Havishams: John James and Rachel
Miss Havishams failed their challenge, which was to stay in Miss Havisham’s room for 24 hours.
Bill Sykes: Steve
Bill Sykes passed his challenge, which was to throw a bull’s eye every time he heard the ‘Bulls eye’ TV show theme music.
David Copperfield: Mario
David Copperfield passed his challenge, which was to perform an illusion live on last night’s eviction show. He did this with Davina.
Mr Bumble: Dave
At 10.45am on Thursday morning Mr Bumble prepared gruel without wearing his costume,...
- 8/7/2010
- by Lisa McGarry
- Unreality
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