Here we are, three weeks into January, and the Sundance Film Festival has delivered what promises to be the year’s most uncomfortable date movie: a grubby New York-set fable about a facially distinctive actor (modeled on Adam Pearson) who undergoes an experimental procedure that leaves him looking like Sebastian Stan — presumably an improvement, until he realizes that under the skin, he’s still the same miserable loser.
The kind of oddball satire only indie studio A24 would dare to produce, Aaron Schimberg’s “A Different Man” asks what it means to be “normal,” and whether, if we could wave a magic wand and “correct” those same aberrant qualities which set us apart, that’s really something we’d want. “Twilight Zone”-level weird at times, “A Different Man” suggests the bizart-house version of a Woody Allen movie, wherein traditional jokes have been axed in favor of long, cringe-inducing scenes...
The kind of oddball satire only indie studio A24 would dare to produce, Aaron Schimberg’s “A Different Man” asks what it means to be “normal,” and whether, if we could wave a magic wand and “correct” those same aberrant qualities which set us apart, that’s really something we’d want. “Twilight Zone”-level weird at times, “A Different Man” suggests the bizart-house version of a Woody Allen movie, wherein traditional jokes have been axed in favor of long, cringe-inducing scenes...
- 1/22/2024
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Imagine you’re George Lucas. Imagine that you’ve just watched a weird experimental, black-and-white movie called Eraserhead. It doesn’t make sense, but it perfectly captures the anxieties anyone faces right before becoming a parent. Also, there’s an unbelievable baby monster creature that looks unlike anything you’ve seen before.
Then imagine you watch another movie by the same director, called The Elephant Man. It’s still black and white and has its surrealistic touches, but it tells a deeply humanistic story about a man with debilitating physical deformities asserting his dignity.
What do you do next? If you’re the real Lucas, you say, “I want this guy to make Star Wars!”
As strange as it sounds, Lucas admired David Lynch so much that he tried to get the famously idiosyncratic filmmaker to direct the third entry in the Original Trilogy, Return of the Jedi.
Why George...
Then imagine you watch another movie by the same director, called The Elephant Man. It’s still black and white and has its surrealistic touches, but it tells a deeply humanistic story about a man with debilitating physical deformities asserting his dignity.
What do you do next? If you’re the real Lucas, you say, “I want this guy to make Star Wars!”
As strange as it sounds, Lucas admired David Lynch so much that he tried to get the famously idiosyncratic filmmaker to direct the third entry in the Original Trilogy, Return of the Jedi.
Why George...
- 11/8/2023
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
Getting caught up in a deadly kidnapping, being torn away from your loved ones and forced into witness protection, tracking down a serial killer of vulnerable young girls… none of the above exactly scream ‘Lol’, and yet they’ve all become the subject of British crime comedy-dramas in recent years. The “you’ve got to laugh” mentality is clearly in our national DNA, no matter how bleak the circumstances.
Attracting huge names in comedy, from Matt Berry, Stephen Merchant, James Corden and Joanna Scanlan, to the brilliant Gbemisola Ikumelo, Emer Kenny, Kerry Howard, and created by the writers behind People Just Do Nothing, Peep Show, Succession and more, here are some of the best darkly funny crime comedy series of recent years.
The Outlaws
The Outlaws has a simple but effective concept: seven questionable strangers doing Community Service in Bristol discover a huge bag of money, decide to keep it,...
Attracting huge names in comedy, from Matt Berry, Stephen Merchant, James Corden and Joanna Scanlan, to the brilliant Gbemisola Ikumelo, Emer Kenny, Kerry Howard, and created by the writers behind People Just Do Nothing, Peep Show, Succession and more, here are some of the best darkly funny crime comedy series of recent years.
The Outlaws
The Outlaws has a simple but effective concept: seven questionable strangers doing Community Service in Bristol discover a huge bag of money, decide to keep it,...
- 6/3/2023
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
This article contains The Batman spoilers.
Matt Reeves’ The Batman does not have a post-credits scene—technically speaking. When the credits roll on the final shot of a sad yet determined Batman riding into Gotham’s twilight, the show is over and you’re free to leave your seat (or hit “stop” if you’re now watching it at home courtesy of HBO Max). Unlike most modern superhero movies, there is no teaser or easter egg after the credits begin.
In theory, this is refreshing. It’s been nearly 10 years since Christopher Nolan allegedly told Zack Snyder not to include a post-credits scene in Man of Steel because “a real movie wouldn’t do that.” And while that was the opinion then, there sure as hell were post-credits scenes in Zack Snyder’s Justice League. It’s become expected as the price of doing business.
Hence why it should be...
Matt Reeves’ The Batman does not have a post-credits scene—technically speaking. When the credits roll on the final shot of a sad yet determined Batman riding into Gotham’s twilight, the show is over and you’re free to leave your seat (or hit “stop” if you’re now watching it at home courtesy of HBO Max). Unlike most modern superhero movies, there is no teaser or easter egg after the credits begin.
In theory, this is refreshing. It’s been nearly 10 years since Christopher Nolan allegedly told Zack Snyder not to include a post-credits scene in Man of Steel because “a real movie wouldn’t do that.” And while that was the opinion then, there sure as hell were post-credits scenes in Zack Snyder’s Justice League. It’s become expected as the price of doing business.
Hence why it should be...
- 4/22/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
This article contains The Batman spoilers. We have a spoiler-free review here.
As far as teases go, it’s not exactly a subtle one. The final scene in The Batman gives us a look at the Riddler, alone in his cell at Arkham Asylum, although not truly alone. In the cell next to his sits a shadowy, scarred figure, one barely glimpsed through the tiny, reinforced window on the door, who is trying to comfort the agitated and defeated villain.
And yes, it’s exactly who you think it is…
The Joker
It’s probably no surprise to anyone that The Batman found a way to introduce the Joker into its version of the Dark Knight’s early career. The Joker is arguably the most commercially viable villain this side of Darth Vader, and arguably the most recognizable comic book and pop culture supervillain of all time. A Batman-free, R-rated...
As far as teases go, it’s not exactly a subtle one. The final scene in The Batman gives us a look at the Riddler, alone in his cell at Arkham Asylum, although not truly alone. In the cell next to his sits a shadowy, scarred figure, one barely glimpsed through the tiny, reinforced window on the door, who is trying to comfort the agitated and defeated villain.
And yes, it’s exactly who you think it is…
The Joker
It’s probably no surprise to anyone that The Batman found a way to introduce the Joker into its version of the Dark Knight’s early career. The Joker is arguably the most commercially viable villain this side of Darth Vader, and arguably the most recognizable comic book and pop culture supervillain of all time. A Batman-free, R-rated...
- 3/5/2022
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
So often the king of surrealism, The Elephant Man has always been one of David Lynch’s more restrained features. That’s not to say that there aren’t the usual flourishes. The opening splice of wild elephants and a terrified human face imparts the tone of what is to come. But above all, this is a deeply human film, one replete with intensely emotive moments. The profoundly beguiled look on the face of Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) the first time he sees the man captures both the fear and awe inspired by this entirely novel person.
The man, of course, was Joseph Merrick (though referred to as John), a Victorian who lived with severe deformities across his body. Brought to life by a melancholy John Hurt, there is a desperate sadness to the Elephant Man’s being.Though saved from the humiliation of a carnival and the constant abuse...
The man, of course, was Joseph Merrick (though referred to as John), a Victorian who lived with severe deformities across his body. Brought to life by a melancholy John Hurt, there is a desperate sadness to the Elephant Man’s being.Though saved from the humiliation of a carnival and the constant abuse...
- 4/20/2020
- by Luke Walpole
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Perhaps not so unexpectedly, the rigour and tenacity of Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa seduced the jury of the International Competition. A regular of the Locarno Film Festival, which has always reserved a prominent place for him (his previous film Horse Money won the Best Director award in Locarno in 2014), Portuguese director Pedro Costa this year wins two awards with his superb and uncompromisingly bitter Vitalina Varela: the Golden Leopard, the supreme recognition of the festival, and the Leopard for Best Actress, given to Vitalina Varela, the lead of the film. An acting award which the jury of the International Competition, headed by Catherine Breillat, gave to the woman who, with her person, her story, and her tormented physicality gave body to Pedro Costa’s film. Beyond the hermeticism of a demanding and aesthetically grandiose cinema, which recalls masters of supernatural horror such as David Lynch (and his Elephant Man), Vitalina.
Available Friday Feb. 1st at 12Pm Pst/ 3Pm Est Obsidian Black FrankenMerrick (Limited Edition Preorder) Price $180+S/H A bizarre mash-up between Frankenstein’s monster and the Elephant Man is “miscreated” as “FrankenMerrick: The Incurable Man” Standing at 12” tall in a contorted manner, FrankenMerrick has as 7 points of articulation, includes loin cloth to cover his …
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- 2/15/2019
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Rookie director Bradley Cooper’s $45-million musical retelling of “A Star is Born”, in which he stars opposite emerging movie star Lady Gaga, has exploded out of Venice and Toronto (Metascore: 88) and will become an enormous popular hit. At Sunday night’s North American premiere at Tiff, the audience broke into applause during the film and rose to its feet at the end, cheering. During the Q&A, when Cooper’s cowboy-hatted musical collaborator Lukas Nelson (son of Willie), told silver-sheathed Lady Gaga, “You destroyed every scene you were in,” the Elgin Theatre stood up again with deafening applause. Lady Gaga was finally overwhelmed with tears. “I wouldn’t be here without you,” she told Cooper.
As her character Ally is brought to stardom by hard-drinking music icon Jackson Maine in the movie, so does Cooper turn Lady Gaga (born Stefani Germanotta) into a movie star. Ugly duckling singer-actress Barbra Streisand...
As her character Ally is brought to stardom by hard-drinking music icon Jackson Maine in the movie, so does Cooper turn Lady Gaga (born Stefani Germanotta) into a movie star. Ugly duckling singer-actress Barbra Streisand...
- 9/10/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Rookie director Bradley Cooper’s $45-million musical retelling of “A Star is Born”, in which he stars opposite emerging movie star Lady Gaga, has exploded out of Venice and Toronto (Metascore: 88) and will become an enormous popular hit. At Sunday night’s North American premiere at Tiff, the audience broke into applause during the film and rose to its feet at the end, cheering. During the Q&A, when Cooper’s cowboy-hatted musical collaborator Lukas Nelson (son of Willie), told silver-sheathed Lady Gaga, “You destroyed every scene you were in,” the Elgin Theatre stood up again with deafening applause. Lady Gaga was finally overwhelmed with tears. “I wouldn’t be here without you,” she told Cooper.
As her character Ally is brought to stardom by hard-drinking music icon Jackson Maine in the movie, so does Cooper turn Lady Gaga (born Stefani Germanotta) into a movie star. Ugly duckling singer-actress Barbra Streisand...
As her character Ally is brought to stardom by hard-drinking music icon Jackson Maine in the movie, so does Cooper turn Lady Gaga (born Stefani Germanotta) into a movie star. Ugly duckling singer-actress Barbra Streisand...
- 9/10/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
“Wonder” is as manipulative as movies get, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes a story needs to steer you; sometimes a story tells you what to feel, but redeems itself by virtue of the sincerity with which it shows why you should feel that way. In much the same way that fables and fairy tales exist to making a particular point, subtlety would be counterintuitive to the very nature of what this film is trying to do. And really, no one should be expecting Chekhov from an inspirational tear-jerker about a deformed little kid whose parents are played by Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson.
As generous as it is linear (and only emotionally pornographic towards the end), “Wonder” may be manipulative, but it’s also instructive. It’s a how-to guide for kindness — a good lesson for kids, and a helpful reminder for adults. It’s not...
As generous as it is linear (and only emotionally pornographic towards the end), “Wonder” may be manipulative, but it’s also instructive. It’s a how-to guide for kindness — a good lesson for kids, and a helpful reminder for adults. It’s not...
- 11/12/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Twin Peaks Recap is a weekly column by Keith Uhlich covering David Lynch and Mark Frost's limited, 18-episode continuation of the Twin Peaks television series.The best things come to those who wait, and Big Ed Hurley (Everett McGill) has long been dreaming of the moment that opens Part 15 of Mark Frost and David Lynch's Twin Peaks revival. "I've been a selfish bitch to you all these years," says his one-eyed wife Nadine (Wendy Robie), who's walked a long way—a Dr. Jacoby/Dr. Amp gold, shit-digging shovel slung over her shoulder—to the cash-only Gas Farm that Ed has run for most of his life. She states the obvious: Ed is in love with Rr Diner propietor Norma Jennings (Peggy Lipton), and she, Nadine, has always stood in his way. Those days are finally over. Ed is reluctant to think of this as anything beyond another of his spouse's manic episodes.
- 8/22/2017
- MUBI
Steven Shainberg’s Rupture begins with an image of something I hate – a spider – and ends with another image of something I also hate – another spider. Is there any correlation between my hatred of spiders and my issues with this film? No, I’ve survived the likes of Eight Legged Freaks and Spiders 3D. My qualms are instead with Brian Nelson’s screenplay, based on a half-baked “idea” torn from one single sequence in Tim Miller’s Deadpool. While I might hate surprise spiders, (others do too, so you’re welcome), steadfast direction and tingling thrills are worth any arachnophobia jolts. Alas, these are two things that escape Shainberg’s cold, imprisoning experiment. Two of many.
Noomi Rapace stars as Renee, a single mother living in Kansas City who’s about to conquer her fears! Not in the way she expected, though. Renee’s plans of skydiving are derailed when...
Noomi Rapace stars as Renee, a single mother living in Kansas City who’s about to conquer her fears! Not in the way she expected, though. Renee’s plans of skydiving are derailed when...
- 5/2/2017
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
You might have heard of the Elephant Man, but before this week’s Shark Tank you might not have heard of Elephant Pants! Clothing firm The Elephant Pants is the brainchild of college friends James Brooks and Nathan Coleman from Brooklyn, NYC. These guys absolutely love elephants and decided to support their four-legged friends through their business. Their pants are cool and comfy, but they also help save our big grey amigos — with 10 per cent of every sale going to the International Elephant Foundation, an organisation that helps to sustain elephants’ habitats and the animals themselves. All kinds of harem pants are available...read more...
- 2/24/2017
- by David Inglis
- Monsters and Critics
Jackson C. Frank’s “Blues Run the Game” serves as the emotional centerpiece of This Is Us, providing the thread running through William’s tragic tale. Making two appearances on the NBC hit series, we hear it first in a flashback as William meets Randall’s mother Laurel on a city bus, and again during his final days as he travels back to Memphis and reflects on his life as he knows it’s reaching its end. Though gut-wrenching, Frank’s tragic true story rivals any drama that Hollywood could ever hope to dream up.
He released just one album,...
He released just one album,...
- 2/23/2017
- by Jordan Runtagh
- PEOPLE.com
Director Eddie White is best known for writing and co-directing 2009.s The Cat Piano, an eight-and-a-half-minute marvel narrated by Nick Cave and shortlisted for best animated short at the Oscars alongside films by Pixar and Aardman.
White and co-director Ari Gibson made the short at The People.s Republic of Animation, the company White founded with high-school friends in Adelaide while studying acting at Flinders University.
The shingle was eventually bought by video game developer Halfbrick Studios (creators of Fruit Ninja), but White had already moved on, in 2012, as the company began to specialise in video games and apps..
.I chose to go freelance, because I just wanted to make films at that stage, and I could see that wasn.t the business model for them,. he said.
White spent a couple of years developing an animated feature with Gibson which never got off the ground, as well as churning out short animations on commission.
White and co-director Ari Gibson made the short at The People.s Republic of Animation, the company White founded with high-school friends in Adelaide while studying acting at Flinders University.
The shingle was eventually bought by video game developer Halfbrick Studios (creators of Fruit Ninja), but White had already moved on, in 2012, as the company began to specialise in video games and apps..
.I chose to go freelance, because I just wanted to make films at that stage, and I could see that wasn.t the business model for them,. he said.
White spent a couple of years developing an animated feature with Gibson which never got off the ground, as well as churning out short animations on commission.
- 2/10/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
As news of the death of iconic actor John Hurt broke on Friday evening, tributes from peers, friends and admirers alike poured out for the two-time Academy Award nominee. “It was terribly sad today to learn of John Hurt’s passing. He was a truly magnificent talent,” said comedy legend Mel Brooks, who directed Hurt in a hilarious performance as Jesus Christ in “The History of the World Pt. 1” and was an uncredited executive producer in Hurt’s most notable film, “Elephant Man.” “John Hurt, kind, non judgmental, fragile, like an alpine flower that trembles in the freezing wind, but tenaciously holds.
- 1/28/2017
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
In his last interview before his death, actor John Hurt spoke candidly about not fearing life’s end.
“I can’t say I worry about mortality, but it’s impossible to get to my age and not have a little contemplation of it,” Hurt told U.K.’s Radio Times in August 2015.
“We’re all just passing time, and occupy our chair very briefly. But my treatment is going terrifically well, so I’m optimistic,” he added.
In June 2015, Hurt confirmed his illness to People. “I have always been open about the way in which I conduct my life and in that spirit,...
“I can’t say I worry about mortality, but it’s impossible to get to my age and not have a little contemplation of it,” Hurt told U.K.’s Radio Times in August 2015.
“We’re all just passing time, and occupy our chair very briefly. But my treatment is going terrifically well, so I’m optimistic,” he added.
In June 2015, Hurt confirmed his illness to People. “I have always been open about the way in which I conduct my life and in that spirit,...
- 1/28/2017
- by karenmizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
Sir John Hurt, one of the elder statesmen of great British actors, has passed away. He was 77.
Hurt’s first major breakout film role was as Richard Rich in “A Man for All Seasons” in 1966, and was a captivating on-screen presence in a rich array of roles. He won a Golden Globe for his supporting work in 1978’s “Midnight Express,” playing a prisoner addicted to heroin, and starred as David Lynch’s iconic “Elephant Man” (nominated for an Oscar and winning a BAFTA for his work in the 1980 black-and-white drama).
He was also beloved by genre fans for his unforgettable work in 1978’s “Alien,” which led to a cameo parodying the most famous scene of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror film for Mel Brooks in “Spaceballs.”
In addition, he played supporting roles in the “Harry Potter” films, “Hellboy,” “Snowpiercer” and many many more. Notably, he was cast as the War...
Hurt’s first major breakout film role was as Richard Rich in “A Man for All Seasons” in 1966, and was a captivating on-screen presence in a rich array of roles. He won a Golden Globe for his supporting work in 1978’s “Midnight Express,” playing a prisoner addicted to heroin, and starred as David Lynch’s iconic “Elephant Man” (nominated for an Oscar and winning a BAFTA for his work in the 1980 black-and-white drama).
He was also beloved by genre fans for his unforgettable work in 1978’s “Alien,” which led to a cameo parodying the most famous scene of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror film for Mel Brooks in “Spaceballs.”
In addition, he played supporting roles in the “Harry Potter” films, “Hellboy,” “Snowpiercer” and many many more. Notably, he was cast as the War...
- 1/28/2017
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
John Malkovich's Playing Lynch series, where the actor reimagined some of David Lynch's most iconic character, concluded Monday with Malkovich recreating a scene from 1980's The Elephant Man.
The nearly unrecognizable Malkovich, assuming the role made famous by John Hurt, plays real life "Elephant Man" Joseph "John" Merrick in the pivotal scene where the deformed man quotes Psalm 23 of the Bible, which convinces doctors to allow him to remain under hospital care.
"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want," Malkovich mutters under a thick mask of makeup and prosthetics.
The nearly unrecognizable Malkovich, assuming the role made famous by John Hurt, plays real life "Elephant Man" Joseph "John" Merrick in the pivotal scene where the deformed man quotes Psalm 23 of the Bible, which convinces doctors to allow him to remain under hospital care.
"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want," Malkovich mutters under a thick mask of makeup and prosthetics.
- 10/4/2016
- Rollingstone.com
We’ve yet to see any footage of next year’s “Twin Peaks” revival. In the meantime, you can whet your appetite for damn fine coffee with a new project sponsored by the David Lynch Foundation: Playing Lynch, a series of vignettes in which John Malkovich reenacts scenes from the singular filmmaker’s outré body of work. The scenes can be downloaded one by one, with proceeds going to Lynch’s transcendental meditation–inclined foundation. Watch a trailer for the series — as well as the first vignette — below.
Read More: David Lynch on ‘Twin Peaks’ Return: ‘Cable Television Is the New Art-House’
Malkovich plays Agent Dale Cooper of “Twin Peaks” in it, providing a new take on the character made famous by Kyle Maclachlan; he’s also set to reinterpret the same show’s Log Lady in addition to John Merrick (John Hurt) of “Elephant Man,” the Mystery Man (Robert Blake) from “Lost Highway,...
Read More: David Lynch on ‘Twin Peaks’ Return: ‘Cable Television Is the New Art-House’
Malkovich plays Agent Dale Cooper of “Twin Peaks” in it, providing a new take on the character made famous by Kyle Maclachlan; he’s also set to reinterpret the same show’s Log Lady in addition to John Merrick (John Hurt) of “Elephant Man,” the Mystery Man (Robert Blake) from “Lost Highway,...
- 9/27/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
After a few delays, Frank Ocean‘s Channel Orange follow-up, Blond, has now arrived and, with it, not only an additional visual album, but Boys Don’t Cry, a magazine that only a select few were able to get their hands on. (Although, if you believe the artist’s mom, we can expect a wider release soon.) In between a personal statement about his new work and a Kanye West poem about McDonalds, Ocean also listed his favorite films of all-time and we have the full list today.
Clocking at 207.23 hours, as Ocean notes, his list includes classics from Andrei Tarkovsky, David Lynch, Ingmar Bergman, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Orson Welles, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Jean Cocteau, Alfred Hitchcock, Francis Ford Coppola, Fritz Lang, Werner Herzog, Akira Kurosawa, Ridley Scott, Bernardo Bertolucci, Sergei Eisenstein, F. W. Murnau, Luis Buñuel, and more.
As for some more recent titles, it looks like The Royal Tenenbaums...
Clocking at 207.23 hours, as Ocean notes, his list includes classics from Andrei Tarkovsky, David Lynch, Ingmar Bergman, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Orson Welles, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Jean Cocteau, Alfred Hitchcock, Francis Ford Coppola, Fritz Lang, Werner Herzog, Akira Kurosawa, Ridley Scott, Bernardo Bertolucci, Sergei Eisenstein, F. W. Murnau, Luis Buñuel, and more.
As for some more recent titles, it looks like The Royal Tenenbaums...
- 8/23/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Every week, the CriticWire Survey asks a select handful of film and TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Monday morning. (The answer to the second, “What is the best film in theaters right now?” can be found at the end of this post.)
This week’s question: What was the best film of summer 2016?
Charles Bramesco (@intothecrevasse), Rolling Stone
Gosh, where to start! It’s been a banner summer if, like me, you enjoy submerging yourself in vast unending ocean of incomprehensible bullshit at the movies. There was “Suicide Squad,” which is to plot structure what the Elephant Man is to facial bone structure. Loved me some “X-Men: Apocalypse,” an epic battle between an uncomfortable-looking ensemble of interesting-to-talented actors and a script intent on turning them all into cardboard cutouts. “The Shallows” was fun in the way that completing the maze on the back of a cereal box is fun,...
This week’s question: What was the best film of summer 2016?
Charles Bramesco (@intothecrevasse), Rolling Stone
Gosh, where to start! It’s been a banner summer if, like me, you enjoy submerging yourself in vast unending ocean of incomprehensible bullshit at the movies. There was “Suicide Squad,” which is to plot structure what the Elephant Man is to facial bone structure. Loved me some “X-Men: Apocalypse,” an epic battle between an uncomfortable-looking ensemble of interesting-to-talented actors and a script intent on turning them all into cardboard cutouts. “The Shallows” was fun in the way that completing the maze on the back of a cereal box is fun,...
- 8/22/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
A biopic based on the life and career of André the Giant (real name André Roussimoff) has entered the early stages of development, according to Variety.
Garnering full support from the family of the late, towering wrestler, the real-life drama will reportedly chronicle André’s remarkable life from the very beginning, when he spent his youth as a humble farm worker in the French Alps. From there, the wrestler and actor quite literally shot to fame, reaching an eye-watering height of 7ft 4in. Suffering from the rare condition of gigantism, André battled his way into World Wrestling Federation (now known simply as WWE) where he became a household name, before passing away at 46 years young due to congestive heart failure.
Bringing that tale to the big screen are Lion Forge Comics, working closely with Roussimoff’s daughter Robin Christensen-Roussimoff, who will consult on the biopic as it adapts Brandon Easton’s graphic novel,...
Garnering full support from the family of the late, towering wrestler, the real-life drama will reportedly chronicle André’s remarkable life from the very beginning, when he spent his youth as a humble farm worker in the French Alps. From there, the wrestler and actor quite literally shot to fame, reaching an eye-watering height of 7ft 4in. Suffering from the rare condition of gigantism, André battled his way into World Wrestling Federation (now known simply as WWE) where he became a household name, before passing away at 46 years young due to congestive heart failure.
Bringing that tale to the big screen are Lion Forge Comics, working closely with Roussimoff’s daughter Robin Christensen-Roussimoff, who will consult on the biopic as it adapts Brandon Easton’s graphic novel,...
- 5/10/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
He was a giant in life, conquering professional wrestling and playing a featured role in The Princess Bride. In death, he became the face of Shepard Fairey’s “Obey” street art. Now it looks like Andre “The Giant” Roussimoff may see his story turned into a biopic. Variety is reporting that Lion Forge Comics along with producers Scott Steindorff and Dylan Russell are looking to tell the full tale behind all 7’4” and 500 pounds of Roussimoff - dubbed “The Eighth Wonder of the World.” The project is based on the graphic novel Andre the Giant: Closer to Heaven, written by Brandon Easton. “Andre the Giant rode the wave of the rise of wrestling in America, while suffering from the painful health condition of gigantism – there’s an Elephant Man story here,” Steindorff said. “His presence and charisma were so powerful, and you could tell there was much more to him...
- 5/10/2016
- by David Eckstein
- Hitfix
I loved watching Andre The Giant wrestle when I was growing up! His most famous feud was with Hulk Hogan, which came to a head at WrestleMania III. It was also so great to see him land a lead role in The Princess Bride as Fezzik, a character that he beautifully brought to life on the big screen. I’ve been wondering when or if this man would ever get his own biopic and now it looks like it’s actually coming.
Lion Forge Comics and producers Scott Steindorff and Dylan Russell have partnered to develop a feature film about the life of Andre “The Giant” Roussimoff. The film will be based on the authorized graphic novel biography that was published last year called, Andre the Giant: Closer to Heaven.
The news comes from Variety who reports that Andre’s daughter Robin Christensen-Roussimoff will be a consultant on the...
Lion Forge Comics and producers Scott Steindorff and Dylan Russell have partnered to develop a feature film about the life of Andre “The Giant” Roussimoff. The film will be based on the authorized graphic novel biography that was published last year called, Andre the Giant: Closer to Heaven.
The news comes from Variety who reports that Andre’s daughter Robin Christensen-Roussimoff will be a consultant on the...
- 5/10/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Professional wrestling has had several moments. Moments when it crossed over into the mainstream and became a temporary part of the greater pop culture consciousness. While many folks may recall The Attitude Era, that gave the world stars like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, there was arguably no bigger zeitgeist moment for professional wrestling than the Rock n Wrestling Connection era. That period, which lasted from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s gave us Hulk Hogan, "The Macho Man" Randy Savage, Ultimate Warrior, and- of course- the legendary Andre The Giant.
Andre The Giant (real name Andre Roussimoff) was an integral part of that boom. He was a crossover star and an ambassador for the industry. If you knew nothing about wrestling, you still knew who Andre The Giant was. He even appeared in the beloved 80s cult classic, The Princess Bride, which helped cement...
Andre The Giant (real name Andre Roussimoff) was an integral part of that boom. He was a crossover star and an ambassador for the industry. If you knew nothing about wrestling, you still knew who Andre The Giant was. He even appeared in the beloved 80s cult classic, The Princess Bride, which helped cement...
- 5/10/2016
- by Mario-Francisco Robles
- LRMonline.com
A suitable case for further study: Bodil Ipsen, a Danish movie star in light romantic roles (from 1913) who became a director in the forties, specializing in dark melodramas and noir. She made ten films in ten years, winning the Bodil Award several times. Well, it was named for her, after all.Half of Ipsen's films are co-directed with Lau Loritzen Jr., a fellow actor and studio boss, but a good one she helmed solo is Murder Melody, whose hectic 74 mins packs in a policier, a backstage drama, a love triangle and a dose of the uncanny, with a touch of the city-under-siege narrative at play also. The last genre is really a consequence of the film's multiplicity of characters, the script opting to throw in a new speaking part every few seconds in case we get bored looking at the people we've already got. The expanding web of subplots seems...
- 2/4/2016
- by David Cairns
- MUBI
Shaky Ground Curated by D. Dominick Lombardi Lesley Heller Workspace, NYC January 8–February 14, 2016
It is traditionally assumed that the art object is a record of history, whether the history of the artist, of its time, or merely an object left over after the fall of a civilization. While the writing of a period is open to the influence of retelling, interpretation, or the vagaries of translation, the visual object, by its very nature, promises us the stability of meaning inherent in its "objectness." How, then, in an age where perpetual war, disintegrating environmental conditions, and rapidly accelerating technologies, do we expect our artworks to function? What kinds of anxious objects will best represent to future generations our story? D. Dominick Lombardi poses these questions, and a group of artists at Lesley Heller’s Workspace seek to answer them in the exhibition Shaky Ground.
Lombardi’s choice of artists is interesting.
It is traditionally assumed that the art object is a record of history, whether the history of the artist, of its time, or merely an object left over after the fall of a civilization. While the writing of a period is open to the influence of retelling, interpretation, or the vagaries of translation, the visual object, by its very nature, promises us the stability of meaning inherent in its "objectness." How, then, in an age where perpetual war, disintegrating environmental conditions, and rapidly accelerating technologies, do we expect our artworks to function? What kinds of anxious objects will best represent to future generations our story? D. Dominick Lombardi poses these questions, and a group of artists at Lesley Heller’s Workspace seek to answer them in the exhibition Shaky Ground.
Lombardi’s choice of artists is interesting.
- 1/14/2016
- by bradleyrubenstein
- www.culturecatch.com
Two days after his 69th birthday and the release of his final album, “Blackstar,” the shape-shifting David Bowie died after an 18-month battle with cancer, leaving behind a legacy that spans mediums, countries, and generations. Aside from the tracks that catapulted him to rock ‘n’ roll stardom, including “Let’s Dance” and “Space Oddity,” Bowie had carved a place from himself on the stage and the screen as well. He played the Elephant Man in multiple cities including New York and made his 1979 Broadway debut in the role. He inspired other actors including Michael Fassbender who says he looked to the pop icon for inspiration while playing his character, David, in Ridley Scott’s 2012 film, “Prometheus.” The singer-songwriter also enlisted the likes of Tilda Swinton for his music video, “The Stars (Are Out Tonight),” a wink to the public’s idea that they looked to be “from the same planet.
- 1/12/2016
- backstage.com
Special Mention: Spirits Of The Dead (Histoires extraordinaires)
Written and directed by Federico Fellini (segment “Toby Dammit”), Louis Malle (segment “William Wilson”), Roger Vadim (segment “Metzengerstein”)
France, 1968
The first thing you should notice is the three directors: Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, and Roger Vadim. Secondly, take notice of the cast, which includes Brigitte Bardot, Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda, Alain Delon, Terence Stamp, Salvo Randone, James Robertson Justice, Françoise Prévost and Marlène Alexandre. Spirits Of The Dead is an adaptation of three Edgar Allan Poe stories, one of which demands to be seen.
The first segment of the film, Vadim’s “Metzgengerstein”, is unfortunately the least impressive, but is still great in its own right, and features a marvelous performance by Jane Fonda. Malle’s segment, which is the second of the three, turns Edgar Allan Poe’s 1839 story into an engrossing study in cruelty and sadism. This episode is an engaging enough entry,...
Written and directed by Federico Fellini (segment “Toby Dammit”), Louis Malle (segment “William Wilson”), Roger Vadim (segment “Metzengerstein”)
France, 1968
The first thing you should notice is the three directors: Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, and Roger Vadim. Secondly, take notice of the cast, which includes Brigitte Bardot, Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda, Alain Delon, Terence Stamp, Salvo Randone, James Robertson Justice, Françoise Prévost and Marlène Alexandre. Spirits Of The Dead is an adaptation of three Edgar Allan Poe stories, one of which demands to be seen.
The first segment of the film, Vadim’s “Metzgengerstein”, is unfortunately the least impressive, but is still great in its own right, and features a marvelous performance by Jane Fonda. Malle’s segment, which is the second of the three, turns Edgar Allan Poe’s 1839 story into an engrossing study in cruelty and sadism. This episode is an engaging enough entry,...
- 10/27/2015
- by Ricky Fernandes
- SoundOnSight
Directed by Isabel Coixet Learning to Drive, brings together the incredible cast of Sir Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson, and Sarita Choudhury. The film is a feel-good, coming of (middle) age comedy about a mismatched pair who help each other overcome life’s road blocks. Wendy is a fiery Manhattan author whose husband has just left her for a younger woman; Darwan is a soft-spoken taxi driver from India on the verge of an arranged marriage. As Wendy sets out to reclaim her independence, she runs into a barrier common to many lifelong New Yorkers: she’s never learned to drive. When Wendy hires Darwan to teach her, her unraveling life and his calm restraint seem like an awkward fit. But as he shows her how to take control of the wheel, and she coaches him on how to impress a woman, their unlikely friendship awakens them to the joy, humor,...
- 8/27/2015
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
Stacy London is a pro at styling other people, but she actually has trouble finding clothes that she feels she looks good in.
"I can see and envision what somebody should be wearing the minute I meet them. I can't do the same thing with myself, and that's because I've had body dysmorphia my whole life," the stylist, 46, reveals on a special episode of Love, Lust or Run this Thursday.
London's body dysmorphic disorder was complicated further when she was teased by her classmates for having psoriasis, a skin disease that can cause scaly rashes.
"I was diagnosed very early...
"I can see and envision what somebody should be wearing the minute I meet them. I can't do the same thing with myself, and that's because I've had body dysmorphia my whole life," the stylist, 46, reveals on a special episode of Love, Lust or Run this Thursday.
London's body dysmorphic disorder was complicated further when she was teased by her classmates for having psoriasis, a skin disease that can cause scaly rashes.
"I was diagnosed very early...
- 8/27/2015
- by Gabrielle Olya, @GabyOlya
- People.com - TV Watch
Which famous couple is Justin Bieber praising on Instagram? - Us Weekly Meghan Trainor explains why she canceled her tour - Et Nick Viall says he'd consider being the next Bachelor - HuffPost Celebrity Bradley Cooper is all smiles after his Elephant Man performance - Lainey Gossip Find out which star is being dragged into Ben Affleck's nanny drama - Dlisted Zac Efron and Emily Ratajkowski stunned on the red carpet - Just Jared Is Ariana Grande the next Miley Cyrus? - Hollywood Tuna Why is Prince comparing record contracts to slavery? - Pink Is the New Blog Find out which Teen Mom was kicked out of a party - The Superficial...
- 8/11/2015
- by Monica-Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk are still going strong! The good-looking duo may be keeping a low profile as of late—well, as low as you can keep it considering how famous these two are—but E! News has learned that they're "still very much together." We're told that they loved up twosome have been spending lots of time together in London over the past month while the actor is hard at work on his production of Elephant Man. "They couldn't be happier with how their relationship is progressing," our insider gushed. "Things are really heating up and they are growing very, very close while getting to know each other. Everyone that is close to the couple...
- 7/17/2015
- E! Online
He’s probably been your favorite character more times than you know. Always a fan favorite, John Hurt‘s top 10 performances were compiled in a video below.Now it is revealed that the veteran British actor known for playing the Elephant Man and Caligula was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. His publicist gave the information to People.The actor is reportedly “optimistic” about his prognosis. In a statement to People, Hurt, 75, said: “I have always been open about the way in which I conduct my life and in that spirit I would like to make a statement. I have recently been diagnosed with […]...
- 6/16/2015
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
No one has done a musical like this before, keeping an uneasy beat to craft a dark replica of scared community spirit in the wake of a shocking crime. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
When I hear that something deadly serious has been turned into a stage musical, the first thing that springs to mind is Elephant! the all-singing, all-dancing Broadway show based on the life of “Elephant Man” Joseph Merrick, within the comedy film The Tall Guy. Or, of course, Springtime for Hitler.
So when I heard that London Road, a film adaptation of a National Theatre musical production, is about a 2006 serial-murder case, my first reaction was: Hell no. The potential for getting this wrong is enormous: the probability of tonal imbalance between hammy dramatics and horrible crime is almost 100 percent.
But...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
When I hear that something deadly serious has been turned into a stage musical, the first thing that springs to mind is Elephant! the all-singing, all-dancing Broadway show based on the life of “Elephant Man” Joseph Merrick, within the comedy film The Tall Guy. Or, of course, Springtime for Hitler.
So when I heard that London Road, a film adaptation of a National Theatre musical production, is about a 2006 serial-murder case, my first reaction was: Hell no. The potential for getting this wrong is enormous: the probability of tonal imbalance between hammy dramatics and horrible crime is almost 100 percent.
But...
- 6/12/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
While the Tonys were being handed out Sunday night, TVLine wasn’t just watching the awards, we were deciding the winners — or, in some cases, “winners” — in a few categories of our own invention. So which performers and performances from the black-tie back-slap made the cut — and which should have been cut? Read on, find out and — best of all — hit the comments to weigh in yourself!
PhotosCritics’ Choice Television Awards 2015: Allison Janney’s Big Kiss, Taraji’s Cookie Moment and More in Photos
Cutest Couple | Leggy Alan Cumming and Kristin Chenoweth were the hosts with the most… chemistry.
PhotosCritics’ Choice Television Awards 2015: Allison Janney’s Big Kiss, Taraji’s Cookie Moment and More in Photos
Cutest Couple | Leggy Alan Cumming and Kristin Chenoweth were the hosts with the most… chemistry.
- 6/8/2015
- TVLine.com
Rihanna‘s reign won’t let up. Since she hit the scene in 2008, she’s had 13 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100—tying her with Michael Jackson for the third most No. 1 songs on the chart. And she’s achieved all this before her 27th birthday, which just so happens to be today, Feb. 20. Related: Kanye West Is Executive Producing Rihanna’s New Album While we anxiously await the release of RiRi’s next album—her eighth, oh so cleverly titled, R8—to drop, we decided to take stock of her entire career so far. From Barbadian dancehall queen to a good girl gone bad to a Beatle‘s new bestie, we’re ranking every single song she’s ever put her stamp on. All 131 of Rihanna’s tracks—every single solo track, collaboration and guest feature on an Eminem song that’s out there. So, from worst to best,...
- 2/20/2015
- by Shannon Carlin - Radio.com
- Hitfix
Jose here for a special weekend edition of Stage Door, starring one of our Best Actor nominees...
The stage directions for Bernard Pomerance’s The Elephant Man strictly call for “no prosthetic makeup” to be worn by the actor playing the severely deformed character of Joseph Merrick. It's only during a scene in which surgeon Frederick Treves explains to the audience what his deformities consisted of, that we get to see the actor playing Merrick become “the Elephant Man”.
Seeing Bradley Cooper play the part of Merrick, it's tough to believe it's as same actor you've just seen in his Oscar nominated role as Chris Kyle in American Sniper. [More...]...
The stage directions for Bernard Pomerance’s The Elephant Man strictly call for “no prosthetic makeup” to be worn by the actor playing the severely deformed character of Joseph Merrick. It's only during a scene in which surgeon Frederick Treves explains to the audience what his deformities consisted of, that we get to see the actor playing Merrick become “the Elephant Man”.
Seeing Bradley Cooper play the part of Merrick, it's tough to believe it's as same actor you've just seen in his Oscar nominated role as Chris Kyle in American Sniper. [More...]...
- 2/13/2015
- by Jose
- FilmExperience
Exclusive Q&A: It arrived too late to factor in guild and critics awards, but the Clint Eastwood-directed American Sniper has established such a connection with American movie audiences that its dark horse chances of upsetting the Oscar status quo cannot be ignored. It passed Saving Private Ryan to become the highest domestic grossing war movie ever; it even shot past the U.S. gross of Bradley Cooper’s previous biggest hit, The Hangover, and trails only The Passion Of The Christ for biggest-ever R-rated domestic grosser. This, for a hard R film about the wartime exploits and horrors faced by the most dangerous sniper in U.S. military history, and the price paid by Chris Kyle, wife Taya, and his fellow soldiers tasked with door to door searches in Sadr City when it was the most dangerous place in Iraq.
Nominated for Best Actor for his spare portrayal of the Navy Seal sharpshooter,...
Nominated for Best Actor for his spare portrayal of the Navy Seal sharpshooter,...
- 2/11/2015
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
One of the best events of the year, the annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon ran nearly three hours today at the Beverly Hilton. But it looked to me that no one wanted to leave when it ended. The mingling factor here, both during cocktail hour and when it was done, was epidemic. Next to the AFI Awards Luncheon, this is the one event surrounding the awards-season circus that actually is civilized and where everyone is a winner. More than 150 nominees from sound editors to superstars were democratically spread throughout the Hilton’s large ballroom as the Oscar show’s marketing slogan — “Imagine What’s Possible” — for the February 22 ABC broadcast was flashed on large screens over the stage. You have to think that that these contenders believe anything is possible, and just in case, they’d better start working on those 45-second acceptance speeches. And the importance of an appearance here can’t be underestimated,...
- 2/3/2015
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline
Exclusive: It’s tempting to say that Alessandro Nivola lives a charmed life, and that might be true if he weren’t working so hard. He’s Zelig in plain sight: At this moment in time you can see him in Selma as Justice Department civil rights lawyer John Doar, who would become the lead prosecutor in the government’s case against the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner. And you can see him on the other side of the mirror, as a mobbed-up oil distributor and bete noir of Oscar Isaacs in A Most Violent Year. He played another nemesis, FBI agent Anthony Amado, on the trail of Bradley Cooper in American Hustle. And he’s still batting it around with Cooper, but now on Broadway, where he plays Frederick Treves, the humanistic doctor who rescues Cooper’s John Merrick – Aka the Elephant Man – from life in a freak show booth.
- 1/26/2015
- by Jeremy Gerard
- Deadline
Actress behind Fox soap’s Cookie grossly misunderstands the prize
Taraji P. Henson plays a pretty good Cookie on Fox’s newest smash hit “Empire,” but she does an even better “Elephant Man,” apparently.
The actress joined Jimmy Fallon and Ryan Seacrest for a competitive game of charades on Friday’s “Tonight Show,” where she pretty much single-handedly won the thing for her and teammate Tariq of house band The Roots. By TheWrap‘s count, however, there’s a bit of an asterisk next to that “win.”
Henson was playing for something bigger than pride: The actress thought the prize was $120,000 dollars,...
Taraji P. Henson plays a pretty good Cookie on Fox’s newest smash hit “Empire,” but she does an even better “Elephant Man,” apparently.
The actress joined Jimmy Fallon and Ryan Seacrest for a competitive game of charades on Friday’s “Tonight Show,” where she pretty much single-handedly won the thing for her and teammate Tariq of house band The Roots. By TheWrap‘s count, however, there’s a bit of an asterisk next to that “win.”
Henson was playing for something bigger than pride: The actress thought the prize was $120,000 dollars,...
- 1/24/2015
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Joseph Merrick is going home. Bradley Cooper will take his acclaimed portrayal of Merrick, better known as the Elephant Man - an Englishman with severe deformities who was exhibited as a human curiosity in Victorian times - to London this summer, as the Broadway production transfers to the West End. "Never did we think we would have the privilege to perform this show on Broadway, let alone in London," Cooper, 40, said in a statement. "I'm honored that Alessandro [Nivola], Patricia [Clarkson], the entire company and I have the opportunity to continue to tell his story." The American Sniper star will perform in...
- 1/23/2015
- by Tim Nudd, @nudd
- PEOPLE.com
Joseph Merrick is going home. Bradley Cooper will take his acclaimed portrayal of Merrick, better known as the Elephant Man - an Englishman with severe deformities who was exhibited as a human curiosity in Victorian times - to London this summer, as the Broadway production transfers to the West End. "Never did we think we would have the privilege to perform this show on Broadway, let alone in London," Cooper, 40, said in a statement. "I'm honored that Alessandro [Nivola], Patricia [Clarkson], the entire company and I have the opportunity to continue to tell his story." The American Sniper star will perform in...
- 1/23/2015
- by Tim Nudd, @nudd
- PEOPLE.com
Fistful of Film a wonderful personal take on We Are the Best from a father of girls
Section Eighty a composer discusses the Oscar-nominated film scores
Coming Soon Milla Jovovich confirms she's about to make another Resident Evil movie, supposedly the final one. She turns 40 this year and started this series when she was but 25.
Kcrw Actor Craig Chester believes he's haunted by the ghost of Montgomery Clift
Out Alexis Arquette taking no prisoners in an interview. But bizarre that she didn't know her own sister was up for an Oscar!
Indie Wire the lineup of New Directors New Films this year The Tribe and White God are both featured. They feel like anything but "new" to me after a whole year of festivalling but I still haven't had the chance to see either - will they ever open theatrically or just keep doing festivals like this one for a second year?...
Section Eighty a composer discusses the Oscar-nominated film scores
Coming Soon Milla Jovovich confirms she's about to make another Resident Evil movie, supposedly the final one. She turns 40 this year and started this series when she was but 25.
Kcrw Actor Craig Chester believes he's haunted by the ghost of Montgomery Clift
Out Alexis Arquette taking no prisoners in an interview. But bizarre that she didn't know her own sister was up for an Oscar!
Indie Wire the lineup of New Directors New Films this year The Tribe and White God are both featured. They feel like anything but "new" to me after a whole year of festivalling but I still haven't had the chance to see either - will they ever open theatrically or just keep doing festivals like this one for a second year?...
- 1/21/2015
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Exclusive: Bradley Cooper may have been snubbed by the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild, but Broadway and the West End love him. When his lauded performance as John Merrick, Aka the Elephant Man, completes its limited run at the Booth Theatre on February 22, Cooper and the rest of the show’s accomplished cast will get a few weeks off before reuniting for a 12-week run in London that will begin, two production sources tell me, in April.
The producers—including both the Shubert and Nederlander theater-owning organizations, along with (take a deep breath) Terry Allen Kramer, Catherine Adler, Roger Berlind, Caiola Productions, Patrick Catullo, Larry Hirschhorn, Jeffrey Finn Productions, Van Kaplan, Edward M. Kaufmann, Hal Luftig, Arielle Tepper Madover, Peter May, Stephanie P. McClelland, Douglas Smith, Jonathan M. Tisch and Scott & Brian Zeilinger—haven’t closed a deal on a West End house as yet, but they’re about to.
The producers—including both the Shubert and Nederlander theater-owning organizations, along with (take a deep breath) Terry Allen Kramer, Catherine Adler, Roger Berlind, Caiola Productions, Patrick Catullo, Larry Hirschhorn, Jeffrey Finn Productions, Van Kaplan, Edward M. Kaufmann, Hal Luftig, Arielle Tepper Madover, Peter May, Stephanie P. McClelland, Douglas Smith, Jonathan M. Tisch and Scott & Brian Zeilinger—haven’t closed a deal on a West End house as yet, but they’re about to.
- 1/6/2015
- by Jeremy Gerard
- Deadline
When Bradley Cooper called his air guitar skills a musical talent, he wasn’t kidding. On “The Tonight Show” Monday night, he told Jimmy Fallon that he’d mastered the air guitar for a very particular piece of music. He could perform the entire guitar solo from Neil Young’s “Down by the River.”
Also Read: Bradley Cooper’s Broadway ‘Elephant Man’ Recoups Costs, Breaks Own Box Office Record – Again
This is an intricate guitar piece with lots of stops and starts, and it’s long to boot. But Cooper, who said he’d mastered it during his idle time as a kid,...
Also Read: Bradley Cooper’s Broadway ‘Elephant Man’ Recoups Costs, Breaks Own Box Office Record – Again
This is an intricate guitar piece with lots of stops and starts, and it’s long to boot. But Cooper, who said he’d mastered it during his idle time as a kid,...
- 1/6/2015
- by Jason Hughes
- The Wrap
Bradley Cooper‘s “The Elephant Man” on Broadway broke its own box office record — again — and recouped capitalization costs after just six-and-a-half weeks of performances.
The cap costs totaled $3.1 million, which were officially recouped following the week of Dec. 21. The following week, the production broke its own house box office record, grossing $1,058,547. It was the first show at the Booth Theatre to rake in more than $1 million in a week.
Cooper concurrently has a limited-release film hit with “American Sniper.”
Also Read: 22 Biggest Snubs and Surprises: 2015 SAG Awards Nominations (Photos)
“The Elephant Man,” directed by Scott Ellis, also stars Patricia Clarkson and Alessandro Nivola.
The cap costs totaled $3.1 million, which were officially recouped following the week of Dec. 21. The following week, the production broke its own house box office record, grossing $1,058,547. It was the first show at the Booth Theatre to rake in more than $1 million in a week.
Cooper concurrently has a limited-release film hit with “American Sniper.”
Also Read: 22 Biggest Snubs and Surprises: 2015 SAG Awards Nominations (Photos)
“The Elephant Man,” directed by Scott Ellis, also stars Patricia Clarkson and Alessandro Nivola.
- 12/29/2014
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
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