2006 American Society of Cinematographers winners: Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on February 26, 2006. Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases * Dion Beebe, Asc, Acs for Memoirs of a Geisha Robert Elswit, Asc for Good Night and Good Luck. Andrew Lesnie, Asc, Acs for King Kong Wally Pfister, Asc for Batman Begins Rodrigo Prieto, Asc, AMC for Brokeback Mountain Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in TV movie/miniseries/pilot Alan Caso, Asc for Into the West/"Wheel to the Stars" (TNT) Thomas A. Del Ruth, Asc for Code Breakers (Espn) * Robbie Greenberg, Asc for Warm Springs (HBO) Jan Kiesser, Asc, Csc for Reefer Madness (Showtime) Bill Roe, Asc for Faith of My Fathers (A&E) Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Television Series (one episode) John Aronson for "Freefall"/Without a Trace (CBS) * Nathan Hope for "Who Shot Sherlock?"/CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS) Jeffrey Jur, Asc for "Los Moscos"/Carnivale (HBO) John C. Newby,...
- 9/4/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
As a child of the 80s, to me there were two distinctive kinds of horror movies: the kind you watched if you really wanted to scare the crap out of yourself (A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Thing) and the kind that you enjoyed because they treaded on the lighter side of genre fare (The Monster Squad, Ghostbusters, Gremlins), and Fright Night definitely fell into the latter category, making it an almost instant classic for myself and worldwide fans alike when it hit VHS shelves everywhere in late spring 1986.
Even though most of us adore Fright Night for being the best vampire movie of the entire 1980s, what I've always thought made it even more entertaining than your average vampire film of that time was that the movie also had some incredible characters as well as a look and feel that demonstrated writer/director Tom Holland...
Even though most of us adore Fright Night for being the best vampire movie of the entire 1980s, what I've always thought made it even more entertaining than your average vampire film of that time was that the movie also had some incredible characters as well as a look and feel that demonstrated writer/director Tom Holland...
- 8/24/2011
- by thehorrorchick
- DreadCentral.com
It begins on an empty street. The camera pans slowly across a gothic-tinged suburbia as whispered voices are heard off screen. Are we eavesdropping on an intimate moment? No, the conversation comes from a television set playing an old (deliberately) cheesy horror film.
In its opening moments, Fright Night produces a dual effect of voyeurism and postmodern horror that manages to be creepy and amusing at the same time. The camera continues its slow crawl and lifts with the cool grace of a vampire up to a window that introduces the hero Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) engaging in a bit of heavy petting with his girlfriend, Amy.
It is a striking opening sequence and brilliant in its execution. Immediately trouble begins as Charley notices two men carrying a coffin into a basement next door. This fleeting glance opens up a nightmarish world for this nosey teen and his friends, one...
In its opening moments, Fright Night produces a dual effect of voyeurism and postmodern horror that manages to be creepy and amusing at the same time. The camera continues its slow crawl and lifts with the cool grace of a vampire up to a window that introduces the hero Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) engaging in a bit of heavy petting with his girlfriend, Amy.
It is a striking opening sequence and brilliant in its execution. Immediately trouble begins as Charley notices two men carrying a coffin into a basement next door. This fleeting glance opens up a nightmarish world for this nosey teen and his friends, one...
- 5/19/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Yesterday, the nominees for the 2010 Leo Awards were announced. The objective of this award is to celebrate all the things that have been done in the film and television industry of the Prairies and the province British Columbia along with people who are based in these regions. Furthermore, foreign TV series and films that are produced in Canada's West are also included in the party. Obviously, this is not the full list of nominees. In fact, this is the presentation of the nominees for dramatic TV series, feature films, comedy series and web series.
Feature Length Drama
Best Feature Length Drama:
* A Shine Of Rainbows
* Alice
* Cole
* Excited
* The Thaw
Best Direction in a Feature Length Drama:
* Vic Sarin - A Shine Of Rainbows
* Carl Bessai - Cole
* Bruce Sweeney - Excited
* Mark A. Lewis - The Thaw
Best Screenwriting in a Feature Length Drama:
* Vic Sarin, Chatherine Spear and...
Feature Length Drama
Best Feature Length Drama:
* A Shine Of Rainbows
* Alice
* Cole
* Excited
* The Thaw
Best Direction in a Feature Length Drama:
* Vic Sarin - A Shine Of Rainbows
* Carl Bessai - Cole
* Bruce Sweeney - Excited
* Mark A. Lewis - The Thaw
Best Screenwriting in a Feature Length Drama:
* Vic Sarin, Chatherine Spear and...
- 5/4/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
The American Society of Cinematographers announced 10 nominees in two television awards categories Wednesday. The winners will be announced at the 20th annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards celebration Feb. 26 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City. Contenders for top honors in the TV movie/miniseries/pilot category are Alan Caso for TNT's Into the West: 'Wheel to the Stars'; Thomas A. Del Ruth for ESPN's Code Breakers; Robbie Greenberg for HBO's Warm Springs; Jan Kiesser for Showtime's Reefer Madness; and Bill Roe for A&E's Faith of My Fathers.
- 1/18/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Such a Long Journey" presents a slice of life in 1971 Bombay on the eve of yet another Indian war with Pakistan, this time over East Pakistan, later to become the independent state of Bangladesh.
Though vividly directed by Canadian helmer Sturla Gunnarsson and featuring a cast of excellent veteran actors from the Indian cinema, the film never gains its narrative footing. Devolved from Rohinton Mistry's 1991 best-selling Dickensian novel, Sooni Taraporevala's screenplay suffers from too many loose plot threads, none of which feels satisfying or fully developed.
The third movie in the Shooting Gallery's traveling film series, "Journey" will play only to an art house audience, and to be fully understood, that audience needs some grounding in Indian history and Parsi culture.
The central figure is Gustad Noble (Roshan Seth from "Gandhi" and "My Beautiful Laundrette"), a Parsi bank clerk whose easygoing routine gets disrupted during the course of the movie. Troubles come all at once: His son (Vrajesh Hirjee) refuses to go to a top Indian college; a mysterious friend asks a "favor" that has Noble depositing large sums of dubious money at his own bank; his young daughter becomes ill, possibly with malaria; and his wife (Soni Razdan) falls under the influence of an aging witch (Pearl Padamsee) living in the upstairs apartment.
The film is populated with a number of comical eccentrics, which include Noble's daffy pal at the bank (Sam Dastor) and a mental misfit (Kurush Deboo) whose death causes Noble's emotional breakdown. Then there's major Indian star Om Puri in the small but pivotal role of a shady political operative and Ranjit Chowdhry as a street artist who transforms the wall outside Noble's flat from a public urinal to a shrine dedicated to various gods.
But the script never succeeds in bringing all of these characters and colorful plot lines into a unified whole. Instead, it jumps here and there with only the stoic though increasingly agitated Noble holding it together.
The comic byplay among the actors is often quite funny and opens a window into life on the subcontinent and especially in Bombay during that era. The film is well produced with cinematographer Jan Kiesser and production designer Nitin Desai performing miracles in tough location shooting in one of the world's noisiest and most polluted cities.
SUCH A LONG JOURNEY
The Shooting Gallery
British Screen, BSkyB, Telefilm Canada, Harold Greenberg Fund and CBC
Producer:Paul Stephens, Simon MacCorkindale
Director:Sturla Gunnarsson
Writer:Sooni Taraporevala
Based on the novel by:Rohinton Mistry
Executive producer:Victor Solnicki
Director of photography:Jan Kiesser
Production designer:Nitin Desai
Music:Jonathan Goldsmith
Costume designer:Lovleen Bains
Editor:Jeff Warren
Color/stereo
Cast:
Gustad Noble:Roshan Seth
Dilnavaz Noble:Soni Razdan
Ghulam:Om Puri
Sohrab Noble:Vrajesh Hirjee
Pavement Artist:Ranjit Chowdhry
Dinshawji:Sam Dastor
Jimmy Bilimoria:Naseeruddin Shah
Mrs. Kutpitia:Pearl Padamsee
Running time -- 113 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Though vividly directed by Canadian helmer Sturla Gunnarsson and featuring a cast of excellent veteran actors from the Indian cinema, the film never gains its narrative footing. Devolved from Rohinton Mistry's 1991 best-selling Dickensian novel, Sooni Taraporevala's screenplay suffers from too many loose plot threads, none of which feels satisfying or fully developed.
The third movie in the Shooting Gallery's traveling film series, "Journey" will play only to an art house audience, and to be fully understood, that audience needs some grounding in Indian history and Parsi culture.
The central figure is Gustad Noble (Roshan Seth from "Gandhi" and "My Beautiful Laundrette"), a Parsi bank clerk whose easygoing routine gets disrupted during the course of the movie. Troubles come all at once: His son (Vrajesh Hirjee) refuses to go to a top Indian college; a mysterious friend asks a "favor" that has Noble depositing large sums of dubious money at his own bank; his young daughter becomes ill, possibly with malaria; and his wife (Soni Razdan) falls under the influence of an aging witch (Pearl Padamsee) living in the upstairs apartment.
The film is populated with a number of comical eccentrics, which include Noble's daffy pal at the bank (Sam Dastor) and a mental misfit (Kurush Deboo) whose death causes Noble's emotional breakdown. Then there's major Indian star Om Puri in the small but pivotal role of a shady political operative and Ranjit Chowdhry as a street artist who transforms the wall outside Noble's flat from a public urinal to a shrine dedicated to various gods.
But the script never succeeds in bringing all of these characters and colorful plot lines into a unified whole. Instead, it jumps here and there with only the stoic though increasingly agitated Noble holding it together.
The comic byplay among the actors is often quite funny and opens a window into life on the subcontinent and especially in Bombay during that era. The film is well produced with cinematographer Jan Kiesser and production designer Nitin Desai performing miracles in tough location shooting in one of the world's noisiest and most polluted cities.
SUCH A LONG JOURNEY
The Shooting Gallery
British Screen, BSkyB, Telefilm Canada, Harold Greenberg Fund and CBC
Producer:Paul Stephens, Simon MacCorkindale
Director:Sturla Gunnarsson
Writer:Sooni Taraporevala
Based on the novel by:Rohinton Mistry
Executive producer:Victor Solnicki
Director of photography:Jan Kiesser
Production designer:Nitin Desai
Music:Jonathan Goldsmith
Costume designer:Lovleen Bains
Editor:Jeff Warren
Color/stereo
Cast:
Gustad Noble:Roshan Seth
Dilnavaz Noble:Soni Razdan
Ghulam:Om Puri
Sohrab Noble:Vrajesh Hirjee
Pavement Artist:Ranjit Chowdhry
Dinshawji:Sam Dastor
Jimmy Bilimoria:Naseeruddin Shah
Mrs. Kutpitia:Pearl Padamsee
Running time -- 113 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 3/27/2000
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Halloween certainly isn't the bloody cinematic feast it used to be.
There was a time when we could count on a slew of fun horror movies every mid-October, usually with at least one Freddy or Jason thrown into the mix. This year, all we have is a subpar Stephen King ("Thinner") and this anemic werewolf flick, which Warners snuck into theaters without press screenings. Look for this one to be gone before the next full moon.
"Bad Moon" stars Mariel Hemingway, who needs to put in a call to Woody Allen as soon as possible, and Michael Pare, whose performance here won't have Lon Chaney Jr. turning over in his grave. The film begins with a brief prologue in Nepal, where Ted (Pare) and his girlfriend are noisily making love in a tent (horror films always scores points with a nude scene in the first five minutes), much to the amusement of the natives. It isn't long before they are rudely interrupted by a wolf; we're talking about a big wolf, so big he can stand on his hind legs and throw a mean punch. Ted, as opposed to his girlfriend, manages to get away, but not before being badly mauled. And you know what that means.
Soon he's back in the Pacific Northwest, holed up in a trailer in the woods and venturing out in the evenings to ruthlessly slaughter wayward campers. Trying to cure himself with a dose of family therapy, he decides to stay with his sister, Janet (Hemingway), and her young son, Brett Mason Gamble of "Dennis the Menace"). Not so pleased is the family's beloved German shepherd, Thor, who knows a wolf in sheep's clothing when he sees one. A game of cat and mouse, or wolf and dog, ensues; it all starts when Thor pees on Ted's trailer. Banishing the dog to the pound, Ted celebrates by peeing on Thor's doghouse.
The best thing in the film is Primo, the beautiful shepherd who plays Thor. He's treated to more loving on-screen close-ups than anyone since Garbo, and why not? He's a lot more expressive, and his eyes are almost as beautiful.
BAD MOON
A Warner Bros. release
Presented by James G. Robinson
A Morgan Creek production
Director-screenplay Eric Red
Producer James G. Robinson
Executive producers Gary Barber,
Bill Todman Jr.
Co-producer Jacobus Rose
Director of photography Jan Kiesser
Editor C. Timothy O'Meara
Music Daniel Licht
Color/stereo
Cast:
Janet Harrison Mariel Hemingway
Ted Harrison Michael Pare
Brett Harrison Mason Gamble
Running time -- 85 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
There was a time when we could count on a slew of fun horror movies every mid-October, usually with at least one Freddy or Jason thrown into the mix. This year, all we have is a subpar Stephen King ("Thinner") and this anemic werewolf flick, which Warners snuck into theaters without press screenings. Look for this one to be gone before the next full moon.
"Bad Moon" stars Mariel Hemingway, who needs to put in a call to Woody Allen as soon as possible, and Michael Pare, whose performance here won't have Lon Chaney Jr. turning over in his grave. The film begins with a brief prologue in Nepal, where Ted (Pare) and his girlfriend are noisily making love in a tent (horror films always scores points with a nude scene in the first five minutes), much to the amusement of the natives. It isn't long before they are rudely interrupted by a wolf; we're talking about a big wolf, so big he can stand on his hind legs and throw a mean punch. Ted, as opposed to his girlfriend, manages to get away, but not before being badly mauled. And you know what that means.
Soon he's back in the Pacific Northwest, holed up in a trailer in the woods and venturing out in the evenings to ruthlessly slaughter wayward campers. Trying to cure himself with a dose of family therapy, he decides to stay with his sister, Janet (Hemingway), and her young son, Brett Mason Gamble of "Dennis the Menace"). Not so pleased is the family's beloved German shepherd, Thor, who knows a wolf in sheep's clothing when he sees one. A game of cat and mouse, or wolf and dog, ensues; it all starts when Thor pees on Ted's trailer. Banishing the dog to the pound, Ted celebrates by peeing on Thor's doghouse.
The best thing in the film is Primo, the beautiful shepherd who plays Thor. He's treated to more loving on-screen close-ups than anyone since Garbo, and why not? He's a lot more expressive, and his eyes are almost as beautiful.
BAD MOON
A Warner Bros. release
Presented by James G. Robinson
A Morgan Creek production
Director-screenplay Eric Red
Producer James G. Robinson
Executive producers Gary Barber,
Bill Todman Jr.
Co-producer Jacobus Rose
Director of photography Jan Kiesser
Editor C. Timothy O'Meara
Music Daniel Licht
Color/stereo
Cast:
Janet Harrison Mariel Hemingway
Ted Harrison Michael Pare
Brett Harrison Mason Gamble
Running time -- 85 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 11/4/1996
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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