Us screenwriter Ellen Fontana knew almost instantly when she first met Emma Booth two weeks ago that the actress is an inspired choice to play one of the main protagonists in the film Shallows.
Booth will play the fiercely independent Queenie in the drama based on the Tim Winton novel which looks at successive generations of a whaling family in Albany, Western Australia, starting in the 1830s.
Queenie gets caught up in the Greenpeace movement which arrived in town in the 1970s, sparking protests which led to the closure of the whaling station.
Fontana is adapting the screenplay, her second involvement with Winton after co-writing with him Cloudstreet,. the miniseries directed by Matt Saville.
.Emma has so many of the qualities, everything I had intuited about Queenie,. Ellen told If on the line from her home in Los Angeles. .She hides nothing; she is a completely authentic person. She.s...
Booth will play the fiercely independent Queenie in the drama based on the Tim Winton novel which looks at successive generations of a whaling family in Albany, Western Australia, starting in the 1830s.
Queenie gets caught up in the Greenpeace movement which arrived in town in the 1970s, sparking protests which led to the closure of the whaling station.
Fontana is adapting the screenplay, her second involvement with Winton after co-writing with him Cloudstreet,. the miniseries directed by Matt Saville.
.Emma has so many of the qualities, everything I had intuited about Queenie,. Ellen told If on the line from her home in Los Angeles. .She hides nothing; she is a completely authentic person. She.s...
- 10/27/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Since everyone loves Nazi Zombies as much as I do, I am thrilled to talk about two upcoming Nazi Zombie movies that look more than promising. Exciting is an understatement, even.
Today, Dark Sky Films released the first two official stills from Dutch director Richard Raaphorst’s Nazi Zombie horror film Frankenstein's Army.
This is someone called “Propellerhead”, described officially as "a hulking Nazi automaton that uses its spinning rotors to slice a bloody swath through the film’s terrified, lost Russian battalion."
And this is Doctor Frankenstein, as played by Karel Roden, dissecting someone unwilling to be dissected.
Like any good Nazi Zombie movie, Frankenstein's Army is set at the tail-end of World War II, when Russian soldiers accidentally find a secret Nazi laboratory as they enter Germany's eastern end. Apparently, the journals of Dr. Viktor Frankenstein are serving as the basis for human experimentation to form a -...
Today, Dark Sky Films released the first two official stills from Dutch director Richard Raaphorst’s Nazi Zombie horror film Frankenstein's Army.
This is someone called “Propellerhead”, described officially as "a hulking Nazi automaton that uses its spinning rotors to slice a bloody swath through the film’s terrified, lost Russian battalion."
And this is Doctor Frankenstein, as played by Karel Roden, dissecting someone unwilling to be dissected.
Like any good Nazi Zombie movie, Frankenstein's Army is set at the tail-end of World War II, when Russian soldiers accidentally find a secret Nazi laboratory as they enter Germany's eastern end. Apparently, the journals of Dr. Viktor Frankenstein are serving as the basis for human experimentation to form a -...
- 10/31/2012
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
An Adaptation of the classic Elizabethan tale Doctor Faustus, starring Doctor Who sidekick Arthur Darvill as Mephistopheles, is among a trio of theatre productions heading to the big screen.
Shakespeare's Globe in partnership with Arts Alliance Media have launched a Globe On Screen season by releasing the stage versions of All's Well That Ends Well, Much Ado About Nothing and Doctor Faustus to cinemas in the UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand.
Originally staged at Shakespeare's Globe in 2011, the three productions will be shown in their entirety on screens in hundreds of local cinemas, including the Showcase in Coventry. A trailer for the upcoming season is included below.
All's Well That Ends Well kicks off the season on September 26 and is followed by Much Ado About Nothing on October 10 and Doctor Faustus from October 24.
With sumptuous costumes and acclaimed original music, All's Well That Ends Well is directed by John Dove...
Shakespeare's Globe in partnership with Arts Alliance Media have launched a Globe On Screen season by releasing the stage versions of All's Well That Ends Well, Much Ado About Nothing and Doctor Faustus to cinemas in the UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand.
Originally staged at Shakespeare's Globe in 2011, the three productions will be shown in their entirety on screens in hundreds of local cinemas, including the Showcase in Coventry. A trailer for the upcoming season is included below.
All's Well That Ends Well kicks off the season on September 26 and is followed by Much Ado About Nothing on October 10 and Doctor Faustus from October 24.
With sumptuous costumes and acclaimed original music, All's Well That Ends Well is directed by John Dove...
- 9/22/2012
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Two more movies today and two more thumbs up: one for Albatross, which I review in full, and another for the Norwegian King of Devil’s Island. An unusual double bill, to be sure, but it matters not; you don’t generally need to be in a certain mood to watch a good movie, it’s supposed to put you in that mood.
Albatross is a British coming-of-age comic drama about two girls with very different outlooks and backgrounds, who come together and bring something out of one another. It was a surprise: a very sweet, funny movie with wonderful central performances. There was nothing particularly new or innovative about the story, but it still comes highly recommended. It is the first movie from director Niall MacCormick and writer Tamzin Rafn, who are clearly talents to keep an eye out for.
There’s an actor in it called Harry Treadaway,...
Albatross is a British coming-of-age comic drama about two girls with very different outlooks and backgrounds, who come together and bring something out of one another. It was a surprise: a very sweet, funny movie with wonderful central performances. There was nothing particularly new or innovative about the story, but it still comes highly recommended. It is the first movie from director Niall MacCormick and writer Tamzin Rafn, who are clearly talents to keep an eye out for.
There’s an actor in it called Harry Treadaway,...
- 6/20/2011
- by Adam Whyte
- Obsessed with Film
Out on DVD now from Icon Home Entertainment, Pelican Blood is a bold and original British indie film with a vibrant soundtrack that includes tracks by The Coral, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Crystal Castles, The Do, Little Hell and The Specials.
Following the break-up with his girlfriend, Stevie (Emma Booth), a disastrously unsuccessful suicide attempt and the death of his mother, Nikko (Harry Treadaway) has decided to put his obsessive-compulsive disorder tendencies to good use by working as a professional house cleaner and is devoting all his leisure time to his hobby: bird spotting with his best friends, Cameron (Darvill) and Bish (Ali Craig). Nikko’s target is to spot 500 different birds, at which point he plans to end it all in every sense of the phrase, and he’s already well into the 490s.
But just as Nikko’s life is beginning to settle into something resembling normality,...
Following the break-up with his girlfriend, Stevie (Emma Booth), a disastrously unsuccessful suicide attempt and the death of his mother, Nikko (Harry Treadaway) has decided to put his obsessive-compulsive disorder tendencies to good use by working as a professional house cleaner and is devoting all his leisure time to his hobby: bird spotting with his best friends, Cameron (Darvill) and Bish (Ali Craig). Nikko’s target is to spot 500 different birds, at which point he plans to end it all in every sense of the phrase, and he’s already well into the 490s.
But just as Nikko’s life is beginning to settle into something resembling normality,...
- 3/10/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Doctor Who actor Arthur Darvill - who plays Rory Williams in the sci-fi series - is among the cast of the romantic drama Pelican Blood, which is released on DVD tomorrow (March 7) by Icon Home Entertainment.
British stage and screen actor Harry Treadaway (Fish Tank, Control) and Australian model-turned-actress Emma Booth (The Boys Are Back) star as an impetuous young couple who embark on a capricious affair after meeting in a suicide website chartroom.
Set in the world of obsessive birdwatchers - hence the title - the film is directed by Kark Golden and has a vibrant soundtrack that includes tracks by The Coral, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Crystal Castles, The Do, Little Hell and The Specials.
A clip from the film is included below.
It was adapted by Cris Cole (Mad Dogs; The Good Times Are Killing Me) from the 2005 novel by Cris Freddi and is described as "a moving,...
British stage and screen actor Harry Treadaway (Fish Tank, Control) and Australian model-turned-actress Emma Booth (The Boys Are Back) star as an impetuous young couple who embark on a capricious affair after meeting in a suicide website chartroom.
Set in the world of obsessive birdwatchers - hence the title - the film is directed by Kark Golden and has a vibrant soundtrack that includes tracks by The Coral, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Crystal Castles, The Do, Little Hell and The Specials.
A clip from the film is included below.
It was adapted by Cris Cole (Mad Dogs; The Good Times Are Killing Me) from the 2005 novel by Cris Freddi and is described as "a moving,...
- 3/7/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Pelican Blood
Stars: Harry Treadaway, Emma Booth, Arthur Darvill, Emma Clifford | Written by Cris Cole | Directed by Karl Golden
A film about a couple who bond over bird watching may sound like a rather tame affair, possibly the kind of movie your grandma would enjoy on a Sunday afternoon with a cup of tea and a biscuit. Pelican Blood (named for reasons that become apparent at its conclusion), however, is a story as black as jet and is at times a difficult and troubling to watch. And while it is a good film, it is highly unlikely grandma is going to enjoy it.
Nikko (Treadaway) is a self-harming, suicidal, recently bereaved twenty-two year with an obsession with bird watching and is nearing five hundred sightings, or ‘ticks’ as he refers to them on his list. Following the death of his mother and his release from an institution, Stevie (Booth), his estranged,...
Stars: Harry Treadaway, Emma Booth, Arthur Darvill, Emma Clifford | Written by Cris Cole | Directed by Karl Golden
A film about a couple who bond over bird watching may sound like a rather tame affair, possibly the kind of movie your grandma would enjoy on a Sunday afternoon with a cup of tea and a biscuit. Pelican Blood (named for reasons that become apparent at its conclusion), however, is a story as black as jet and is at times a difficult and troubling to watch. And while it is a good film, it is highly unlikely grandma is going to enjoy it.
Nikko (Treadaway) is a self-harming, suicidal, recently bereaved twenty-two year with an obsession with bird watching and is nearing five hundred sightings, or ‘ticks’ as he refers to them on his list. Following the death of his mother and his release from an institution, Stevie (Booth), his estranged,...
- 2/21/2011
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
Director: Karl Golden. Review: Adam Wing. Having never heard of the moving drama Pelican Blood, I remember typing the name of Karl Golden’s third feature into IMDb and discovering that I was about to watch a film about bird watching. That’s right, bird watching - actual birds of the feathered variety. To be perfectly blunt, the prospect didn’t exactly set my heart a jumping. Thankfully there’s a whole lot more to Pelican Blood than making lists of bird names, but Karl Golden uses the ‘popular pastime’ as a plot device to drive his story forward. In truth, it’s a film about the trials and tribulations of youth, a movie concerned with life and most notably death. Nikko (Harry Treadaway) is a young man struggling with the concept of life, and bird watching allows him the freedom to escape his everyday problems and spend time with his friends.
- 2/3/2011
- 24framespersecond.net
Director: Karl Golden. Review: Adam Wing. Having never heard of the moving drama Pelican Blood, I remember typing the name of Karl Golden’s third feature into IMDb and discovering that I was about to watch a film about bird watching. That’s right, bird watching - actual birds of the feathered variety. To be perfectly blunt, the prospect didn’t exactly set my heart a jumping. Thankfully there’s a whole lot more to Pelican Blood than making lists of bird names, but Karl Golden uses the ‘popular pastime’ as a plot device to drive his story forward. In truth, it’s a film about the trials and tribulations of youth, a movie concerned with life and most notably death. Nikko (Harry Treadaway) is a young man struggling with the concept of life, and bird watching allows him the freedom to escape his everyday problems and spend time with his friends.
- 2/3/2011
- 24framespersecond.net
Brit-flick “Pelican Blood” is a film pretty obviously aiming for hip cult appeal, attempting to match the not exactly obvious combination of romance, angst, suicide and bird watching. Directed by Karl Golden (“The Honeymooners”, “Belonging to Laura”), the film was based upon the popular novel by Cris Freddi, with a script from Cris Cole (“Mad Dogs”, “The Good Times Are Killing Me”). Featuring a cast of up and coming British talent including Harry Treadaway (“Fish Tank”), Emma Booth (“The Boys Are Back”), Arthur Darvill (“ Robin Hood”) and Christopher Fulford (“Whitechapel”), the indie production also boasts a perky soundtrack that includes The Coral, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Crystal Castles, The Do, Little Hell and The Specials. The film lands soon on region 2 DVD via Icon Home Entertainment in a standard bare bones edition. Treadaway takes the lead as Nikko, a fairly unbalanced young man trying, and pretty much failing, to...
- 2/3/2011
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
Icon Home Entertainment have just sent this brand new UK trailer for new movie coming straight to DVD called, Pelican Blood. As you’ll see when you watch the trailer and read the synopsis, it’s all looking rather intense! The movie was shown at the Edinburgh Film Festival and if it’s IMDb score is anything to go by, it’s pretty good!
Synopsis: Adapted by Cris Cole (Mad Dogs; The Good Times Are Killing Me) from the acclaimed novel by Cris Freddi and directed by Karl Golden (The Honeymooners; Belonging To Laura), the cool, sexy and provocative new Brit-flick, Pelican Blood, stars Harry Treadaway (Fish Tank; City Of Ember; Control), Emma Booth (The Boys Are Back), Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who; Robin Hood) and Christopher Fulford (Whitechapel) in the compelling tale of an impetuous young couple who embark on a capricious affair after meeting on a suicide website chat room.
Synopsis: Adapted by Cris Cole (Mad Dogs; The Good Times Are Killing Me) from the acclaimed novel by Cris Freddi and directed by Karl Golden (The Honeymooners; Belonging To Laura), the cool, sexy and provocative new Brit-flick, Pelican Blood, stars Harry Treadaway (Fish Tank; City Of Ember; Control), Emma Booth (The Boys Are Back), Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who; Robin Hood) and Christopher Fulford (Whitechapel) in the compelling tale of an impetuous young couple who embark on a capricious affair after meeting on a suicide website chat room.
- 2/1/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Irish Film and Television Academy (Ifta) will host an exclusive screening of Ecosse Films' 'Pelican Blood' on Thursday, October 21st. Academy Members are the first audience in Ireland to view the film, which is the latest from Dublin-born director Karl Golden (The Honeymoners, Belonging to Laura). The director will attend the screening and, alongside 'Pelican Blood' producer John McDonnell (Zonad), will participate in an informative Q&A session with the Academy. In the run up to the event Iftn spoke with Karl Golden about the film and his newest project 'Weekender' which he recently wrapped.
- 10/20/2010
- IFTN
Pelican Blood, which had its world premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival, is an interesting attempt at making a film about the life and loves of an obsessive birdwatcher and while they try to make the film as cool and sexy as it can be, I found this film to be an overall disappointment due to a basic premise and having an uninspiring story that does not really offer anything new.
Nikko (Harry Treadaway) is a rebellious young man whose destructive attitude is juxtaposed nicely with his hobby as an obsessive birdwatcher, and during the course of the film we see him managing to cope with his recent suicide attempt and build a relationship with anti-animal cruelty campaigner Stevie (Emma Booth).
As we see the two love interests trying to build up their relationship and cope with their own personal difficulties, we see Nikko trying to record a number of...
Nikko (Harry Treadaway) is a rebellious young man whose destructive attitude is juxtaposed nicely with his hobby as an obsessive birdwatcher, and during the course of the film we see him managing to cope with his recent suicide attempt and build a relationship with anti-animal cruelty campaigner Stevie (Emma Booth).
As we see the two love interests trying to build up their relationship and cope with their own personal difficulties, we see Nikko trying to record a number of...
- 6/28/2010
- by Martyn Warren
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
It's difficult to make hobbies involving countryside observation sexy. Trainspotting had to follow heroin addicts to sustain a feature-length runtime. But it's a challenge embraced by one film playing at this year's Edinburgh Film Festival. Pelican Blood, based on the cult novel of the same name, is all about bird watching - sort of - but it's still as sexually charged as an average episode of Skins.
How is this apparently impossible feat achieved? By avoiding the bird watching bit, mostly. Harry Treadaway is the twitcher we follow, but his curious hobby only rarely comes into a coming of age tale, which divides itself between Britain's expansive countryside and London's grey urban sprawl.
Treadaway plays Nikko with all the swagger of Liam Gallagher as he traipses across fields and through forests with a pair of friends to snag sightings of some 500 different species of bird - a number he's edging ever closer to.
How is this apparently impossible feat achieved? By avoiding the bird watching bit, mostly. Harry Treadaway is the twitcher we follow, but his curious hobby only rarely comes into a coming of age tale, which divides itself between Britain's expansive countryside and London's grey urban sprawl.
Treadaway plays Nikko with all the swagger of Liam Gallagher as he traipses across fields and through forests with a pair of friends to snag sightings of some 500 different species of bird - a number he's edging ever closer to.
- 6/26/2010
- by Joe Utichi
- Cinematical
Updated through 6/21.
The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw, the Telegraph's David Gritten and the Scotsman's Siobhan Synnot have each drawn up lists of potential highlights of this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival, running through June 27. Pelican Blood, a title that resonates now in ways Irish director Karl Golden surely didn't expect when he made the film last year, is on two of those lists and it screens this evening.
The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw, the Telegraph's David Gritten and the Scotsman's Siobhan Synnot have each drawn up lists of potential highlights of this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival, running through June 27. Pelican Blood, a title that resonates now in ways Irish director Karl Golden surely didn't expect when he made the film last year, is on two of those lists and it screens this evening.
- 6/21/2010
- MUBI
Dublin-born director Karl Golden's new feature film, 'Pelican Blood' will have its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on Thursday June 17th. The film has been nominated for the festival's prestigious Michael Powell Award for Best New Feature. Produced by Ecosse Films 'Pelican Blood' showcases breakthrough performances by young leads Harry Treadaway (Fish Tank) and Emma Booth (The Boys are Back) and will be released across cinemas later this year by Icon Entertainment.
- 6/18/2010
- IFTN
Karl Golden's Pelican Blood, a world premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival, is a fraught drama about youthful angst and rebelliousness set (very incongruously) in the world of birdwatching. The low-budget British film is shot in a freewheeling style that invokes memories of Danny Boyle's Trainspotting. Golden throws in hand-held camera work, frenetic scenes of the lead characters running away from security guards and dangling from the ledges of high-rise buildings, and plenty of music to pump up the intensity.
- 6/17/2010
- The Independent - Film
London -- Former Bond girl Britt Ekland, director Mike Hodges, New York's Museum of Modern Art's senior film curator Laurence Kardish and Iranian director Rafi Pitts have all been called to jury duty as the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) is due to kick off June 16.
The quartet have signed up for the festival's main draw jury, the Michael Powell jury, and will assemble under the panel's president Patrick Stewart, organizers said.
Named in homage to the U.K. filmmaker and inaugurated in 1993, the Michael Powell Award is sponsored by the U.K. Film Council and carries a prize of £15,000 ($22,000).
The prize aims to reward imagination and creativity in British filmmaking and 2009 saw Duncan Jones walk off with the prize for his debut "Moon," while the jury gave Katie Jarvis last year's best performance in a British film for "Fish Tank."
The winner of 2010's Michael Powell Award will come from Ashey Horner's "brilliantlove,...
The quartet have signed up for the festival's main draw jury, the Michael Powell jury, and will assemble under the panel's president Patrick Stewart, organizers said.
Named in homage to the U.K. filmmaker and inaugurated in 1993, the Michael Powell Award is sponsored by the U.K. Film Council and carries a prize of £15,000 ($22,000).
The prize aims to reward imagination and creativity in British filmmaking and 2009 saw Duncan Jones walk off with the prize for his debut "Moon," while the jury gave Katie Jarvis last year's best performance in a British film for "Fish Tank."
The winner of 2010's Michael Powell Award will come from Ashey Horner's "brilliantlove,...
- 6/15/2010
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Two highly-anticipated second feature films from U.S. underground filmmakers will be making their World Premieres all the way over at the 64th annual Edinburgh International Film Festival, which will run for twelve days on June 16-27. The films are Rona Mark’s The Crab and Zach Clark’s Vacation!.
The Crab, which screens on June 21, is the touching story of a verbally abusive man born with two enormous, mutant-like hands; while Vacation!, which screens on June 20, tracks four urban gals let loose in a sunny seaside resort down South.
Both Mark and Clark previously screened their debut features at Eiff. Mark’s Strange Girls screened there in 2008 and Clark’s Modern Love Is Automatic screened in 2009. Both films also ended up as runners-up in Bad Lit’s annual Movie of the Year award, again Strange Girls in 2008 and Modern Love in 2009. Sadly, these two masterpieces are still unavailable on...
The Crab, which screens on June 21, is the touching story of a verbally abusive man born with two enormous, mutant-like hands; while Vacation!, which screens on June 20, tracks four urban gals let loose in a sunny seaside resort down South.
Both Mark and Clark previously screened their debut features at Eiff. Mark’s Strange Girls screened there in 2008 and Clark’s Modern Love Is Automatic screened in 2009. Both films also ended up as runners-up in Bad Lit’s annual Movie of the Year award, again Strange Girls in 2008 and Modern Love in 2009. Sadly, these two masterpieces are still unavailable on...
- 6/4/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The Edinburgh International Film Festival this afternoon published their full line-up for 2010, and it’s looking good. Check out the website - www.edfilmfest.org.uk
I’ll be covering the festival which runs from 16th-29th of June, so keep your eye out for reviews, interviews and insider info in our third year of coverage from Eiff.
The McHenry brothers direct Jackboots on WhiteHall an eagerly anticipated film in which Winston Churchill hides out in lawless Scotland, as an all-star cast voices an alternative animated history of WWII – I can’t wait to see this one! In Ollier Kepler’s Expanding Purple World, the brilliant Edward Hogg (White Lightnin’; Bunny and the Bull) stars in a darkly funny study of one man’s walk on the weird side. Then there’s Cherry Tree Lane, Paul Andrew Willaim’s latest thriller. Pelican Blood by Karl Golden looks pretty incredible and...
I’ll be covering the festival which runs from 16th-29th of June, so keep your eye out for reviews, interviews and insider info in our third year of coverage from Eiff.
The McHenry brothers direct Jackboots on WhiteHall an eagerly anticipated film in which Winston Churchill hides out in lawless Scotland, as an all-star cast voices an alternative animated history of WWII – I can’t wait to see this one! In Ollier Kepler’s Expanding Purple World, the brilliant Edward Hogg (White Lightnin’; Bunny and the Bull) stars in a darkly funny study of one man’s walk on the weird side. Then there’s Cherry Tree Lane, Paul Andrew Willaim’s latest thriller. Pelican Blood by Karl Golden looks pretty incredible and...
- 6/1/2010
- QuietEarth.us
London -- This year's Edinburgh International Film Festival will close with the world premiere of "Third Star," a British tragicomedy from newcomer Hattie Dalton starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Burke, Jj Feild and Adam Robertson.
The movie will bookend the Scottish shindig with the previously announced opening gala of Sylvain Chomet's "The Illusionist" at the festival boasting 133 movies from 34 countries, organizers said Tuesday.
British galas competing for the U.K. Film Council sponsored Michael Powell Award for best British feature include world debuts for Paul Andrew Williams' "Cherry Tree Lane," "Huge" by Ben Miller, Edward McHenry and Rory McHenry's "Jackboots On Whitehall," Nick Moran's "The Kid," Viv Fongenie's "Ollie Kepler's Expanding Purple World," "Pelican Blood," by Karl Golden and "Soulboy" by Shimmy Marcus.
Organizers picked Ryan Piers Williams' "The Dry Land," Werner Herzog's "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?," Floria Sigismondi's...
The movie will bookend the Scottish shindig with the previously announced opening gala of Sylvain Chomet's "The Illusionist" at the festival boasting 133 movies from 34 countries, organizers said Tuesday.
British galas competing for the U.K. Film Council sponsored Michael Powell Award for best British feature include world debuts for Paul Andrew Williams' "Cherry Tree Lane," "Huge" by Ben Miller, Edward McHenry and Rory McHenry's "Jackboots On Whitehall," Nick Moran's "The Kid," Viv Fongenie's "Ollie Kepler's Expanding Purple World," "Pelican Blood," by Karl Golden and "Soulboy" by Shimmy Marcus.
Organizers picked Ryan Piers Williams' "The Dry Land," Werner Herzog's "My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?," Floria Sigismondi's...
- 6/1/2010
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Suicide and bird watching. An unlikely combination but one that may prove to be a winner.
Karl Golden’s Pelican Blood tells a story which does mix those two very unrelated things along with a few more. It stars Harry Treadaway as Nikko, a guy who is getting over a bad breakup with Stevie, played by the gorgeous Emma Booth, a girl he met on a suicide website. The two were going to “end it all together” but when it turned out that only one of them was serious, that was the end of the relationship. Nikko finds himself getting over the breakup by partaking in his hobby: bird spotting but when Stevie makes a return appearance, his friends warn him things will only end badly. From the looks of the trailer, they're right.
I find this trailer a little on the long side but surprisingly, it manages to keep...
Karl Golden’s Pelican Blood tells a story which does mix those two very unrelated things along with a few more. It stars Harry Treadaway as Nikko, a guy who is getting over a bad breakup with Stevie, played by the gorgeous Emma Booth, a girl he met on a suicide website. The two were going to “end it all together” but when it turned out that only one of them was serious, that was the end of the relationship. Nikko finds himself getting over the breakup by partaking in his hobby: bird spotting but when Stevie makes a return appearance, his friends warn him things will only end badly. From the looks of the trailer, they're right.
I find this trailer a little on the long side but surprisingly, it manages to keep...
- 1/15/2010
- QuietEarth.us
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