Cat Stevens, Winona Ryder, Seth Rogen at Hal Ashby Tribute
The Academy of Motion pictures Arts and Sciences presented "An Academy Salute to Hal Ashby," on Thursday, June 25, 2009. Pictured above are (left to right): Peter Bart of Variety, Cameron Crowe, Judd Apatow, Diablo Cody, Seth Rogen, Jon Voight, Haskell Wexler, and the former Cat Stevens, now Yusuf Islam.
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Seth Rogen
Winona Ryder, Diablo Cody
Cameron Crowe, Yusuf Islam / Cat Stevens, Judd Apatow
Yusuf Islam / Cat Stevens
by Deborah Arthur | July 23, 2009
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Tags: Cameron Crowe, Cat Stevens, Diablo Cody, Haskell Wexler, Jon Voight, Judd Apatow, Photos, Seth Rogen, Winona Ryder
Hal Ashby Tribute
Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon in Harold and Maude (top); Julie Christie, Warren Beatty in Shampoo (bottom)
Cameron Crowe and Peter Bart will host a panel discussion with Haskell Wexler, Jon Voight, Judd Apatow, Seth Rogen, Diablo Cody, and Ashby’s agent Jeff Berg as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences salute to Oscar-winning film editor and director Hal Ashby (right) on Thursday, June 25, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The panel discussion will be followed by a screening of Ashby’s quirky 1971 classic Harold and Maude, starring Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon.
The salute will also kick off a weekend retrospective screening series [...]
by Andre Soares | June 16, 2009
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Tags: Classic Movies, Coming Home, Hal Ashby, Harold and Maude, Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Julie Christie, Los Angeles Screenings, Ruth Gordon, Shampoo, Warren Beatty
Best Films – 2001
FILM
Gosford Park
d: Robert Altman; scr: Julian Fellowes
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
d: Ashutosh Gowariker; scr:
Mulholland Dr.
d, scr: David Lynch
CHECK THESE OUT
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
d: Woody Allen
Monster’s Ball)
d: Marc Forster; scr:
No Man’s Land
d: Danis Tanovic; scr:
ACTOR
Woody Allen (The Curse of the Jade Scorpion)
Gael García Bernal (Y tu mamá también / And Your Mother Too)
Rene Bitorajac (No Man’s Land)
Ricardo Darín (El Hijo de la novia / Son of the Bride)
Ethan Hawke (Training Day)
Diego Luna (Y tu mamá también)
Ewan McGregor (Moulin Rouge!)
Haley Joel Osment (A.I.: Artificial Intelligence)
Sean Penn (I Am Sam)
ACTRESS
Isabelle Huppert (La Pianiste / The Piano Teacher)
Juliane Köhler (Nirgendwo in Afrika / Nowhere in Africa)
Audrey Tautou (Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain / Amelie)
Maribel [...]
by Andre Soares | June 13, 2005
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Tags: Andrew Lesnie, Angelo Badalamenti, Best Films, Big Eden, Classic Movies, David Lynch, Diego Luna, Ethan Hawke, Heath Ledger, Howard Shore, Isabelle Huppert, James Horner, Jon Voight, Jude Law, Kelly Macdonald, Louise Fletcher, Macy Gray, Maggie Smith, Marc Forster, Monster's Ball, Moulin Rouge, Mulholland Dr., Nan Martin, Naomi Watts, Roberto Schaefer, Sean Penn, Sissy Spacek, The Lord of the Rings, Training Day, Woody Allen
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE d: Jonathan Demme
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Direction: Jonathan Demme
Screenplay: Daniel Pyne and Dean Georgaris, from George Axelrod’s 1962 screenplay and Richard Condon’s 1959 novel
Cast: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Jeffrey Wright, Kimberly Elise, Bruno Ganz, Ted Levine, Vera Farmiga, Miguel Ferrer, Dean Stockwell, Simon McBurney
While keeping the framework of the 1962 original, Jonathan Demme’s remake of John Frankenheimer’s political thriller The Manchurian Candidate has revamped the plot so as to create parallels between what takes place on-screen and current events. The results are mixed at best.
In the new version, adapted by Daniel Pyne and Dean Georgaris from George Axelrod’s 1962 screenplay and Richard Condon’s 1959 Cold War novel, U.S. Army Major Bennett Marco (Denzel Washington) [...]
by Andre Soares | September 17, 2004
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Tags: Bruno Ganz, Dean Stockwell, Denzel Washington, Film Reviews, John Frankenheimer, Jon Voight, Jonathan Demme, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep, Political Movies, The Manchurian Candidate
