Sundance 2008: HENRY POOLE IS HERE, HAMLET 2

David M. Halbfinger in the New York Times:
"After a weekend marked by too many downbeat dramas and comedies in name only, the Sundance Film Festival’s flock of film buyers finally began taking in movies they could send to the multiplexes — and it was a religious experience.
"As Monday night bled into Tuesday, Henry Poole Is Here, Mark Pellington’s lighthearted tale [written by Alberto Torres] of a terminally ill man (Luke Wilson), his troubled neighbors and a stain on his stucco wall that might resemble the face of Jesus, sold to Overture Films, one of the new movie distributors clamoring for attention and pictures.
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According to Halbfinger, the U.S. rights to the dramatic comedy Henry Poole Is Here sold for US$3.5 million, [...]

by Andre Soares | January 23, 2008   
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THE FAMILY STONE – Diane Keaton, Claire Danes

The Family Stone (2005)
Direction and screenplay: Thomas Bezucha
Cast: Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson, Elizabeth Reaser, Ty Giordano, Paul Schneider
 

Diane Keaton, Claire Danes, Ty Giordano, Craig T. Nelson, Dermot Mulroney in The Family Stone
 

The Family Stone is the sort of fairy tale that works in reverse. Watching the film, I was actively rooting for the uptight, sexless, anal-retentive (surely a Republican Committee member) fiancée played by Sarah Jessica Parker, who is brought into the home of the oh-so-liberal Stone family for their annual miserable little Christmas celebration. Something tells me that’s not what writer-director Thomas Bezucha had intended.
But considering how obnoxiously and hypocritically p.c. the Stones are, it’s no [...]

by Andre Soares | December 16, 2005   
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