THE WOMEN Remake in the Works
According to Variety, Clare Boothe Luce’s mordant comedy The Women may be headed for the big screen for the third time in 65 years. With New Line as the potential distributor, the new remake would be the feature-film début (as writer-director) of Diane English, best known as the creator and writer of the TV series Murphy Brown.
Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Sandra Bullock, and Ashley Judd are currently in negotiations to appear in the film, while Uma Thurman has been mentioned as a possible addition to the stellar cast. (Bening is supposed to take over the old Norma Shearer role, all sweetness and light — which would mean that Meg Ryan would be playing against type, as a scheming husband [...]
by Andre Soares | October 24, 2004
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Tags: Annette Bening, Clare Boothe Luce, Classic Movies, Diane English, George Cukor, Joan Crawford, June Allyson, Meg Ryan, Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, The Women
SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE – Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Direction: Nora Ephron
Screenplay: Nora Ephron, David S. Ward, Jeff Arch, and Delia Ephron (uncredited), from an original story by Jeff Arch
Cast: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman, Ross Malinger, Rosie O’Donnell, Gaby Hoffman, Victor Garber, Rita Wilson, David Hyde Pierce, Rob Reiner
In Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Red, the last installment of his "Three Colors" trilogy, the word "magic" is never bandied about. No need to. Magic is just about everywhere in that lyrical tale about love and fate. In Nora Ephron’s Sleepless in Seattle, which received an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay, the word "magic" seems to crop up every other minute. Ephron and fellow screenwriters Jeff Arch, David S. Ward, and (an uncredited) Delia Ephron were [...]
by Andre Soares | October 22, 2004
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Tags: An Affair to Remember, Delia Ephron, Film Reviews, Meg Ryan, Nora Ephron, Oscar 1993, Oscar Movies, Romantic Movies, Rosie O'Donnell, Sleepless in Seattle, Tom Hanks
