MUNICH II – Eric Bana
MUNICH Review: Part I
On the positive side, for the first time since Bruce feasted along the New England coast Spielberg has made a film in which the strings are only sporadically visible. The fact that he had to rush through production in order to have Munich ready by year’s end — this is reportedly the first film he has directed without relying on storyboards — helped to give this philosophical actioner an edge it might otherwise have lacked. The film’s technical aspects are generally first-rate, while John Williams provides what could well be both the most understated and the most effective score of his career.
And since the film in question is a thriller, Spielberg and editor Michael Kahn keep [...]
by Andre Soares | December 21, 2005
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Tags: Eric Bana, Eric Roth, Film Reviews, Munich, Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner
MUNICH d: Steven Spielberg
Munich (2005)
Direction: Steven Spielberg
Screenplay: Tony Kushner and Eric Roth; from George Jonas’ book Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team
Cast: Eric Bana, Geoffrey Rush, Daniel Craig, Mathieu Kassovitz, Ciaran Hinds, Hanns Zischler, Ayelet Zurer, Michel Lonsdale, Gila Almagor, Mathieu Amalric, Moritz Bleibtreu, Marie-Josée Croze, Lynn Cohen, Omar Metwally, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciaran Hinds, Hanns Zischler, Mathieu Kassovitz in Munich
Alternately intriguing and irritating, thought-provoking and banal, subtle and patronizing, the biggest surprise about Steven Spielberg’s Munich is that it — however grudgingly — works. The film, which Spielberg himself has referred to as "prayer for peace," follows five men contracted by Israel to avenge the massacre of that country’s athletes during the 1972 Olympic Games in [...]
by Andre Soares | December 21, 2005
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Tags: Daniel Craig, Eric Bana, Eric Roth, Film Reviews, George Jonas, Munich, Oscar 2005, Oscar Movies, Political Movies, Steven Spielberg, Three-Star Movies, Three-Star Oscar Movies, Tony Kushner
Writers Guild Awards 2005
2005 WGA Awards
2005 Writers Guild of America Award winners: Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles and the Pierre Hotel in New York on February 19, 2005
2005 WGA Award Nominations
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Kate Winslet, Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (top); Paul Giamatti in Sideways (bottom)
THEATRICAL FILMS
Best Original Screenplay
The Aviator – Written by John Logan, Miramax Films
* Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman, Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth, Focus Features
Garden State – Written by Zach Braff, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Hotel Rwanda – Written by Keir Pearson & Terry George, United Artists
Kinsey – Written by Bill Condon, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Best [...]
by Andre Soares | February 19, 2005
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Tags: Alexander Payne, Angels in America, Charlie Kaufman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Film Awards, Jim Taylor, Peter Silverman, Robert Caswell, Sideways, Something the Lord Made, Tony Kushner, WGA Awards
