Sal Piro, who stoked audience participation routines for “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and extended its popularity as a cult classic, died at his home in New York City on Jan 21. He was 71.
The Rocky Horror fanclub Twitter account posted a statement announcing Piro’s death Sunday.
“With profound sorrow we pass on the news that Sal Piro, founder and long time president of The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fan Club, has passed away,” the statement reads. “Sal was the defacto face of Rocky Horror fandom for decades. He will be sorely missed.”
With profound sorrow we pass on the news that Sal Piro, founder and long time president of The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fan Club, has passed away. Sal was the defacto face of Rocky Horror fandom for decades. He will be sorely missed. #salpiro #rockyhorrorpictureshow #rockyhorror pic.twitter.com/rPjdSO0cnx
— Rocky Horror fanclub (@TRHPSFanClub) January 23, 2023
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The Rocky Horror fanclub Twitter account posted a statement announcing Piro’s death Sunday.
“With profound sorrow we pass on the news that Sal Piro, founder and long time president of The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fan Club, has passed away,” the statement reads. “Sal was the defacto face of Rocky Horror fandom for decades. He will be sorely missed.”
With profound sorrow we pass on the news that Sal Piro, founder and long time president of The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fan Club, has passed away. Sal was the defacto face of Rocky Horror fandom for decades. He will be sorely missed. #salpiro #rockyhorrorpictureshow #rockyhorror pic.twitter.com/rPjdSO0cnx
— Rocky Horror fanclub (@TRHPSFanClub) January 23, 2023
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- 1/25/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Sal Piro, who played a pivotal role in creating the audience participation routines that turned The Rocky Horror Picture Show into a multi-decade, world-wide phenomenon, died at his home in New York City Jan 21.
His death was announced by The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fan Club, which he founded in 1977 and served as its president until his death, becoming a major figure in creating the movie’s cult classic status.
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“Sal was the defacto face of Rocky Horror fandom for decades,” the fan club said in a tweeted statement. “He will be sorely missed.”
Opening to terrible reviews in 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show soon became a staple...
His death was announced by The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fan Club, which he founded in 1977 and served as its president until his death, becoming a major figure in creating the movie’s cult classic status.
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“Sal was the defacto face of Rocky Horror fandom for decades,” the fan club said in a tweeted statement. “He will be sorely missed.”
Opening to terrible reviews in 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show soon became a staple...
- 1/25/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
With the grand in-person return of the New York Film Festival in the rearview mirror, New York’s fall festival season barrels on with Doc NYC, the largest documentary festival in the country. This year’s festival will return to in-person theatrical screenings, with virtual options and passes available as well. The 2021 lineup includes more than 120 feature-length documentaries, including 32 world premieres and 34 U.S. premieres. World premieres include films on figures such as NBA legend Kevin Garnett, recently passed rapper Dmx, rat pack crooner Dean Martin, and the late literary icon Kurt Vonnegut. They join previously announced titles on Kenny G and Dionne Warwick, as well as Matthew Heineman’s “The First Wave,” a penetrating look at the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic in New York City.
Doc NYC is also launching three new competitive sections this year: A U.S. Competition for new American nonfiction films, an International...
Doc NYC is also launching three new competitive sections this year: A U.S. Competition for new American nonfiction films, an International...
- 10/19/2021
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Netflix will develop a narrative feature film about the 1999 U.S. Women’s Soccer team and their victory over China in the FIFA World Cup, the streamer announced Tuesday.
The legendary team that included Mia Hamm, Carla Overbeck, Brandi Chastain, Julie Foudy, Briana Scurry and more will have their championship story told in a film that will go up through the nail-biting final game of the World Cup that ended in penalty kicks to break a 0-0 tie.
Netflix scored the rights to Jere Longman’s book, “The Girls of Summer: The U.S. Women’s Soccer Team and How It Changed The World,” in a competitive situation and has also nabbed the life rights of eight players from the team.
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Liza Chasin will produce the film about the women’s soccer team through her multi-year,...
The legendary team that included Mia Hamm, Carla Overbeck, Brandi Chastain, Julie Foudy, Briana Scurry and more will have their championship story told in a film that will go up through the nail-biting final game of the World Cup that ended in penalty kicks to break a 0-0 tie.
Netflix scored the rights to Jere Longman’s book, “The Girls of Summer: The U.S. Women’s Soccer Team and How It Changed The World,” in a competitive situation and has also nabbed the life rights of eight players from the team.
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Liza Chasin will produce the film about the women’s soccer team through her multi-year,...
- 5/12/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Netflix has scored the rights to Jere Longman’s book “The Girls of Summer: The U.S. Women’s Soccer Team and How It Changed the World” to develop into a feature film. The project will center on the 1999 U.S. Women’s Soccer team, following their journey to the Women’s World Cup and groundbreaking success.
“Darkest Hour” producer Liza Chasin will produce under her first look deal along with Ándale Productions’ Hayley Stool and Ross Greenburg of Ross Greenburg Productions. Stool optioned the book and secured life rights to eight of the U.S. soccer team’s players. 3dot’s Margaret Chernin will work closely with Chasin on the project. President and CEO of the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup Marla Messing, Jill Mazursky and Krista Smith will serve as executive producers.
Though it wasn’t the first World Cup for the women’s national soccer team, the...
“Darkest Hour” producer Liza Chasin will produce under her first look deal along with Ándale Productions’ Hayley Stool and Ross Greenburg of Ross Greenburg Productions. Stool optioned the book and secured life rights to eight of the U.S. soccer team’s players. 3dot’s Margaret Chernin will work closely with Chasin on the project. President and CEO of the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup Marla Messing, Jill Mazursky and Krista Smith will serve as executive producers.
Though it wasn’t the first World Cup for the women’s national soccer team, the...
- 5/12/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has set in motion a feature centered on the 1999 U.S. Women’s Soccer team winning the FIFA World Cup. Who can forget the iconic moment when Brandi Chastain scored the winning penalty shootout goal and took her jersey off in celebration.
The news was announced by Vice President of Netflix films, Tendo Nagenda. The pic will be adapted from Jere Longman’s book, The Girls of Summer: The Us Women’s Soccer Team and How It Changed The World, which Netflix won the rights to in a competitive situation.
Liza Chasin, who has a multi-year first-look deal with Netflix, will produce the project via 3dot production, along with Ándale Productions; Hayley Stool, who optioned the book and secured life rights, and 56-time Sports Emmy Award winner Ross Greenburg of Ross Greenburg Productions.
The story follows the journey of the Us Women’s Soccer team of the 1990s,...
The news was announced by Vice President of Netflix films, Tendo Nagenda. The pic will be adapted from Jere Longman’s book, The Girls of Summer: The Us Women’s Soccer Team and How It Changed The World, which Netflix won the rights to in a competitive situation.
Liza Chasin, who has a multi-year first-look deal with Netflix, will produce the project via 3dot production, along with Ándale Productions; Hayley Stool, who optioned the book and secured life rights, and 56-time Sports Emmy Award winner Ross Greenburg of Ross Greenburg Productions.
The story follows the journey of the Us Women’s Soccer team of the 1990s,...
- 5/12/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
David Crosby has shaped Cameron Crowe’s life. The first time he interviewed the musician, it was 1976 and Crowe was an 18-year-old Rolling Stone wunderkind. Now Crowe is 62, and he says that producing “David Crosby: Remember My Name” is the project that will determine his future.
“Weirdly, the Crosby project is the thing you do because you can’t not do it,” he said. “It became the thing that helped guide the path. I went with what I was interested in. I want to make movies that way. I want to to be curious and tell the story, and I don’t want to play the game to tell the story if it overwhelms the story.”
When Crowe ran into the aging rocker in the hallway at J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot offices, Crosby was with Jill Mazursky; she was producing A.J. Eaton’s documentary about him, and asked Crowe to...
“Weirdly, the Crosby project is the thing you do because you can’t not do it,” he said. “It became the thing that helped guide the path. I went with what I was interested in. I want to make movies that way. I want to to be curious and tell the story, and I don’t want to play the game to tell the story if it overwhelms the story.”
When Crowe ran into the aging rocker in the hallway at J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot offices, Crosby was with Jill Mazursky; she was producing A.J. Eaton’s documentary about him, and asked Crowe to...
- 7/19/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
David Crosby has shaped Cameron Crowe’s life. The first time he interviewed the musician, it was 1976 and Crowe was an 18-year-old Rolling Stone wunderkind. Now Crowe is 62, and he says that producing “David Crosby: Remember My Name” is the project that will determine his future.
“Weirdly, the Crosby project is the thing you do because you can’t not do it,” he said. “It became the thing that helped guide the path. I went with what I was interested in. I want to make movies that way. I want to to be curious and tell the story, and I don’t want to play the game to tell the story if it overwhelms the story.”
When Crowe ran into the aging rocker in the hallway at J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot offices, Crosby was with Jill Mazursky; she was producing A.J. Eaton’s documentary about him, and asked Crowe to...
“Weirdly, the Crosby project is the thing you do because you can’t not do it,” he said. “It became the thing that helped guide the path. I went with what I was interested in. I want to make movies that way. I want to to be curious and tell the story, and I don’t want to play the game to tell the story if it overwhelms the story.”
When Crowe ran into the aging rocker in the hallway at J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot offices, Crosby was with Jill Mazursky; she was producing A.J. Eaton’s documentary about him, and asked Crowe to...
- 7/19/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Sony Pictures Classics announced Monday that it has acquired the North American rights to “David Crosby: Remember My Name,” the documentary on the career and life of the Crosby, Stills and Nash singer that premiered Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival.
The deal also includes several other territories outside the U.S. — Sony Pictures Classics has yet to set release plans.
Cameron Crowe produced the documentary directed by A.J. Eaton that is competing in the U.S. Documentary section at Sundance. “Remember My Name” attempts to go beyond the conventions of typical rock-doc profiles and observes the often candid Crosby throughout his 50-year career in music.
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It follows Crosby, now in his ’70s, back out onto the road while looking back on his days with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and in The Byrds,...
The deal also includes several other territories outside the U.S. — Sony Pictures Classics has yet to set release plans.
Cameron Crowe produced the documentary directed by A.J. Eaton that is competing in the U.S. Documentary section at Sundance. “Remember My Name” attempts to go beyond the conventions of typical rock-doc profiles and observes the often candid Crosby throughout his 50-year career in music.
Also Read: Csny Comeback? David Crosby Calls for Reunion With Stills, Nash and Young (Video)
It follows Crosby, now in his ’70s, back out onto the road while looking back on his days with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and in The Byrds,...
- 1/29/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Sony Pictures Classics has bought the North American rights to the documentary “David Crosby: Remember My Name” in a deal in the low seven figures.
The film, which premiered on Jan. 26 at the Sundance Film Festival, is produced by Cameron Crowe and directed by A.J. Eaton in his feature directing debut. It includes interviews by Eaton and Crowe (“Almost Famous”) with Crosby about his career, which dates back to the Byrds in the 1960s and the formation of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, along with archival footage.
“Remember My Name” also includes Crosby’s discussion of his health issues, which have included at least two heart attacks and a liver transplant. “Addiction takes you over, like fire takes over a burning building,” he observes at one point.
Crosby, 77, has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice as a member of the Byrds and of Csny. He...
The film, which premiered on Jan. 26 at the Sundance Film Festival, is produced by Cameron Crowe and directed by A.J. Eaton in his feature directing debut. It includes interviews by Eaton and Crowe (“Almost Famous”) with Crosby about his career, which dates back to the Byrds in the 1960s and the formation of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, along with archival footage.
“Remember My Name” also includes Crosby’s discussion of his health issues, which have included at least two heart attacks and a liver transplant. “Addiction takes you over, like fire takes over a burning building,” he observes at one point.
Crosby, 77, has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice as a member of the Byrds and of Csny. He...
- 1/28/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Another one on the Sundance deal hit parade. Sony Pictures Classics has won an auction for David Crosby: Remember My Name, the A.J. Eaton-directed documentary about the folk singing legend. Deal is low seven-figures for North American rights plus some other territories. Pic premiered Saturday at the Marc.
Produced by Cameron Crowe, Meet David Crosby is a documentary portrait of a man with everything but an easy retirement on his mind. The film is an honest, warts and all self-examination of the life and career of Crosby, as the musical icon seeks a creative renaissance at age 77. This followed Crosby facing an uncertain future after the 2015 dissolution of Crosby, Stills and Nash. We learn that Crosby is not on speaking terms with Steven Stills and Graham Nash, and it is part of a very complex man. The film expresses his regrets, fears, exuberance, faith in family and the transformative nature of music.
Produced by Cameron Crowe, Meet David Crosby is a documentary portrait of a man with everything but an easy retirement on his mind. The film is an honest, warts and all self-examination of the life and career of Crosby, as the musical icon seeks a creative renaissance at age 77. This followed Crosby facing an uncertain future after the 2015 dissolution of Crosby, Stills and Nash. We learn that Crosby is not on speaking terms with Steven Stills and Graham Nash, and it is part of a very complex man. The film expresses his regrets, fears, exuberance, faith in family and the transformative nature of music.
- 1/28/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony Pictures Classics has picked up David Crosby: Remember My Name, the Sundance documentary about the classic rocker.
In the pic, Crosby shares his rocky, 50-year journey as a musician and activist at the forefront of the California rock scene — from his Laurel Canyon days with Joni Mitchell and ecstatic performances with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to dark times in jail and regretful ruptures with beloved bandmates.
A.J. Eaton directed the doc, which counts Cameron Crowe as a producer. Michele Farinola and Greg Mariotti also produced, with James Keach, Jill Mazursky, Justus Haerder, Kathy Rivkin Daum and Norm ...
In the pic, Crosby shares his rocky, 50-year journey as a musician and activist at the forefront of the California rock scene — from his Laurel Canyon days with Joni Mitchell and ecstatic performances with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to dark times in jail and regretful ruptures with beloved bandmates.
A.J. Eaton directed the doc, which counts Cameron Crowe as a producer. Michele Farinola and Greg Mariotti also produced, with James Keach, Jill Mazursky, Justus Haerder, Kathy Rivkin Daum and Norm ...
- 1/28/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Sony Pictures Classics has picked up David Crosby: Remember My Name, the Sundance documentary about the classic rocker.
In the pic, Crosby shares his rocky, 50-year journey as a musician and activist at the forefront of the California rock scene — from his Laurel Canyon days with Joni Mitchell and ecstatic performances with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to dark times in jail and regretful ruptures with beloved bandmates.
A.J. Eaton directed the doc, which counts Cameron Crowe as a producer. Michele Farinola and Greg Mariotti also produced, with James Keach, Jill Mazursky, Justus Haerder, Kathy Rivkin Daum and Norm ...
In the pic, Crosby shares his rocky, 50-year journey as a musician and activist at the forefront of the California rock scene — from his Laurel Canyon days with Joni Mitchell and ecstatic performances with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to dark times in jail and regretful ruptures with beloved bandmates.
A.J. Eaton directed the doc, which counts Cameron Crowe as a producer. Michele Farinola and Greg Mariotti also produced, with James Keach, Jill Mazursky, Justus Haerder, Kathy Rivkin Daum and Norm ...
- 1/28/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film premiered in Toronto last year.
With less than a week before the start of Wimbledon, Cinetic has announced a raft of international deals on tennis documentary Love Means Zero.
The film, which screened recently on the Showtime premium cable network in the Us and on Sky Atlantic in the UK, has gone to Yes-Docu for Israel, Vpro for the Netherlands, NonStop for Scandinavia and Movistar for Spain, with deals in France and Germany pending, according to Cinetic. Airline rights have gone to Terry Steiner International.
Directed by Jason Kohn, Love Means Zero profiles 85-year-old Nick Bollettieri, who coached tennis champions including Jim Courier,...
With less than a week before the start of Wimbledon, Cinetic has announced a raft of international deals on tennis documentary Love Means Zero.
The film, which screened recently on the Showtime premium cable network in the Us and on Sky Atlantic in the UK, has gone to Yes-Docu for Israel, Vpro for the Netherlands, NonStop for Scandinavia and Movistar for Spain, with deals in France and Germany pending, according to Cinetic. Airline rights have gone to Terry Steiner International.
Directed by Jason Kohn, Love Means Zero profiles 85-year-old Nick Bollettieri, who coached tennis champions including Jim Courier,...
- 6/26/2018
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Cameron Crowe and his Vinyl Films banner will produce a documentary about the life and career of musician David Crosby.
The as-yet untitled project comes from first-time feature doc director A.J. Eaton, who has been following Crosby for the past few years.
BMG, the company behind the Joan Jett doc Bad Reputation, is both financing and executive producing the film.
Michele Farinola of Pch Films and Greg Mariotti of Vinyl Films will also produce. Justus Haerder and Kathy Rivkin-Daum of BMG will executive produce, along with Jill Mazursky, Norm Waitt and James Keach for Pch Films.
"It’s just such a compelling story," said...
The as-yet untitled project comes from first-time feature doc director A.J. Eaton, who has been following Crosby for the past few years.
BMG, the company behind the Joan Jett doc Bad Reputation, is both financing and executive producing the film.
Michele Farinola of Pch Films and Greg Mariotti of Vinyl Films will also produce. Justus Haerder and Kathy Rivkin-Daum of BMG will executive produce, along with Jill Mazursky, Norm Waitt and James Keach for Pch Films.
"It’s just such a compelling story," said...
- 4/3/2018
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cameron Crowe has signed on to produce BMG’s documentary about David Crosby, the mustachioed one-third of the great Crosby Stills & Nash classic rock trio. The film will be directed by A.J. Eaton.
“It’s just such a compelling story,” said Crowe. “David Crosby has been near the forefront of music and social change for the last four decades. Now 76, he’s forging a new path by seeking out younger musicians and trying to make a mark in a world now so different from the generation he came to define in the ’60s.”
Crowe said the untitled doc will be “a raw and moving portrait, rough edges and all,” and that Eaton (pictured, with Crosby and Crowe) has been “filming Croz for the last several years.”
The Crosby film will be produced by Michele Farinola for Pch Films and Greg Mariotti for Vinyl Films, in addition to Crowe. Executive producers...
“It’s just such a compelling story,” said Crowe. “David Crosby has been near the forefront of music and social change for the last four decades. Now 76, he’s forging a new path by seeking out younger musicians and trying to make a mark in a world now so different from the generation he came to define in the ’60s.”
Crowe said the untitled doc will be “a raw and moving portrait, rough edges and all,” and that Eaton (pictured, with Crosby and Crowe) has been “filming Croz for the last several years.”
The Crosby film will be produced by Michele Farinola for Pch Films and Greg Mariotti for Vinyl Films, in addition to Crowe. Executive producers...
- 4/3/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Cameron Crowe and his Vinyl Films banner will produce a documentary about the life and career of musician David Crosby.
The as-yet untitled project comes from first-time feature doc director A.J. Eaton, who has been following Crosby for the past few years.
BMG, the company behind the Joan Jett doc <em>Bad Reputation</em>, is both financing and executive producing the film.
Michele Farinola of Pch Films and Greg Mariotti of Vinyl Films will also produce. Justus Haerder and Kathy Rivkin-Daum of BMG will executive produce, along with Jill Mazursky, Norm Waitt and James Keach for Pch Films.
"It’...
The as-yet untitled project comes from first-time feature doc director A.J. Eaton, who has been following Crosby for the past few years.
BMG, the company behind the Joan Jett doc <em>Bad Reputation</em>, is both financing and executive producing the film.
Michele Farinola of Pch Films and Greg Mariotti of Vinyl Films will also produce. Justus Haerder and Kathy Rivkin-Daum of BMG will executive produce, along with Jill Mazursky, Norm Waitt and James Keach for Pch Films.
"It’...
BMG announced today that Oscar-winning filmmaker Cameron Crowe, best known for rock-themed films such as “Singles” and “Almost Famous,” has signed a deal with the company to produce a documentary on the life of rock icon David Crosby. It is the first documentary about the veteran rocker — a founding member of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young — to be fully authorized by the artist. BMG is both financier and executive producer of the film, with all rights available worldwide.
The still-untitled film is helmed by first time feature-doc director A.J. Eaton (pictured above with Crosby, center, and Crowe, right), who has been following the singer for several years. In addition to producing the documentary, Crowe has conducted multiple interviews with Crosby. Crowe previously wrote and directed the musical documentaries “Pearl Jam Twenty (PJ20)” and “The Union,” on the 2011 collaboration between Elton John and Leon Russell.
“It’s just such a compelling story.
The still-untitled film is helmed by first time feature-doc director A.J. Eaton (pictured above with Crosby, center, and Crowe, right), who has been following the singer for several years. In addition to producing the documentary, Crowe has conducted multiple interviews with Crosby. Crowe previously wrote and directed the musical documentaries “Pearl Jam Twenty (PJ20)” and “The Union,” on the 2011 collaboration between Elton John and Leon Russell.
“It’s just such a compelling story.
- 4/3/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Mark Harrison Sep 13, 2016
Before he hit big with Star Wars and Star Trek, Jj Abrams was penning films such as Forever Young, Regarding Henry and Armageddon...
Jj Abrams is one of the most powerful people in Hollywood right now. Over his career in the movies, he's written, directed, produced, acted and played a wicked keyboard solo on Cool Guys Don't Look At Explosions, and through his production company Bad Robot, his name is counted among the credits of massive franchises like Cloverfield, Mission: Impossible, Star Trek and of course Star Wars. He's more of a household name than most filmmakers of his generation and we sometimes wish we wanted anything as much as he wants that Steven Spielberg status.
You can't blame him when you hear about his first paid job in the film industry. Returning a bunch of Spielberg's personal super-8 home movies that he discovered after his...
Before he hit big with Star Wars and Star Trek, Jj Abrams was penning films such as Forever Young, Regarding Henry and Armageddon...
Jj Abrams is one of the most powerful people in Hollywood right now. Over his career in the movies, he's written, directed, produced, acted and played a wicked keyboard solo on Cool Guys Don't Look At Explosions, and through his production company Bad Robot, his name is counted among the credits of massive franchises like Cloverfield, Mission: Impossible, Star Trek and of course Star Wars. He's more of a household name than most filmmakers of his generation and we sometimes wish we wanted anything as much as he wants that Steven Spielberg status.
You can't blame him when you hear about his first paid job in the film industry. Returning a bunch of Spielberg's personal super-8 home movies that he discovered after his...
- 9/7/2016
- Den of Geek
Arthur Hiller was never the coolest filmmaker in the room. He leaves behind a list of films that were genuinely loved by audiences and an ocean of collaborators and friends who speak of him in glowing terms, and honestly, as a storyteller, what more could anyone ask? There’s certainly some cachet in the idea that you’re breaking new ground stylistically or you’re doing things that other people are ripping off or you’re part of some formal movement of deconstructionists. I like plenty of filmmakers who chase cool like it is oxygen, necessary for their entire existence. Arthur Hiller, though, was a meat and potatoes kind of guy, and he made movies that spoke to his optimistic view of who we could be as people, shot through with just a hint of cynicism at times. My personal favorite of his movies is The In-Laws, which I just rewatched a few weeks ago.
- 8/17/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
The distributor behind 2013 smash Instructions Not Included has boarded the English-language rom-com by writers Jill Mazursky and Jamee Decio.
Sandra Condito and Paul M Perez will produce Hopelessly Devoted and have earmarked production for later this year.
The story centres on a notorious Major League Baseball player and a nun beset by doubts.
Instructions Not Included (pictured) became the highest grossing Spanish-lanaguge film released in the Us last year on $44.5m.
Sandra Condito and Paul M Perez will produce Hopelessly Devoted and have earmarked production for later this year.
The story centres on a notorious Major League Baseball player and a nun beset by doubts.
Instructions Not Included (pictured) became the highest grossing Spanish-lanaguge film released in the Us last year on $44.5m.
- 3/24/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Pantelion Films has optioned the script for English-language romantic comedy Hopelessly Devoted from writers Jill Mazursky and Jamee Decio. Sandra Condito and Paul M. Perez will produce the film, which is targeted to begin production later this year. In Hopelessly Devoted , a notorious Major League Baseball player and a nun, who has been experiencing doubts about her vocation, find that opposites attract. Mazursky's writing credits include Taking Care of Business , which she co-wrote with J.J. Abrams, and Golf Punks . She is also executive producing upcoming documentary Keep on Keepin' On . Mazursky and Decio are represented by Untitled Entertainment and Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal Laviolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman.
- 3/24/2014
- Comingsoon.net
There exists a parallel world where Super 8 does not represent the first time pop culture polymaths J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg have collaborated on a movie. In fact, perhaps in the “over there” universe of Abrams’ Fox TV series Fringe, there exists a sequel to the Spielberg-produced Who Framed Roger Rabbit written by Abrams that was released sometime in the early ’90s. In our world, however, that movie project was only discussed, never made, and its only significance to our present is that it facilitated the first meeting between Spielberg and Abrams. The year was 1989, and Abrams was a...
- 6/9/2011
- by Jeff Jensen
- EW - Inside Movies
In the absence of any appreciable chemistry between its two leads, "Gone Fishin'" turns to demolishing everything from boats to hotels to one's appetite for comedies about dumb buddies, at least when the result is so rotten.
Dumped on an unsuspecting public after moving its release date a few times, the Hollywood Pictures' film is rancid bait for those who like lead characters with no discernible intelligence but with lots of mayhem-causing bad luck. The production itself was none too lucky, with the death of stunt performer Janet Wilder and the injury of four others in an accident during filming in December 1995.
A pair of dimwitted dads from New Jersey, played by Joe Pesci and Danny Glover, head to Florida for their annual fishing excursion, a traditional getaway that dates back several decades. Their wives plead with them not to get arrested or land in the hospital and make them promise to return in a few days in time for Thanksgiving.
With a banter that shows these morons to be kids posing as adults, the leads are so fixated on fishing that the loss of their boat, car and an encounter with a murderer fail to shake their resolve. They have an annoying habit of bumping into levers and flipping switches for the hell of it, leaving a path of destruction and not thinking twice about running away from a potential long prison term.
Alas, watching the film is akin to being incarcerated for a crime one did not commit. The leads are so flat and unfunny that one welcomes the presence of Rosanna Arquette and Lynn Whitfield as ladies-of-the-road who are trailing the aforementioned murderer, also notorious for wooing and then robbing elderly women.
But the screenplay as such is concerned only with flogging to death the comrades-in-disaster angle and setting up the next round of sometimes spectacular but rather unengaging physical humor. Trains, planes and alligators are tossed into the blender, along with some uninspired peripheral characters.
Director Christopher Cain is almost as inept at finding some sparks in the material as the leads are at fishing -- no easy task. Pesci and Glover cast about for automatic laughs, but even with nonexistent expectations, one is appalled at the lackluster efforts of everyone involved.
GONE FISHIN'
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Hollywood Pictures presents
in association with Caravan Pictures
A Roger Birnbaum production
A Christopher Cain film
Director Christopher Cain
Producers Roger Birnbaum,
Julie Bergman Sender
Writers Jill Mazursky Cody, Jeffrey Abrams
Director of photography Dean Semler
Production designer Lawrence Miller
Editor Jack Hostra
Costume designer Lizzy Gardiner
Music Randy Edelman
Casting Rick Montgomery, Dan Parada
Color/stereo
Cast:
Joe Joe Pesci
Gus Danny Glover
Rita Rosanna Arquette
Angie Lynn Whitfield
Running time -- 93 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Dumped on an unsuspecting public after moving its release date a few times, the Hollywood Pictures' film is rancid bait for those who like lead characters with no discernible intelligence but with lots of mayhem-causing bad luck. The production itself was none too lucky, with the death of stunt performer Janet Wilder and the injury of four others in an accident during filming in December 1995.
A pair of dimwitted dads from New Jersey, played by Joe Pesci and Danny Glover, head to Florida for their annual fishing excursion, a traditional getaway that dates back several decades. Their wives plead with them not to get arrested or land in the hospital and make them promise to return in a few days in time for Thanksgiving.
With a banter that shows these morons to be kids posing as adults, the leads are so fixated on fishing that the loss of their boat, car and an encounter with a murderer fail to shake their resolve. They have an annoying habit of bumping into levers and flipping switches for the hell of it, leaving a path of destruction and not thinking twice about running away from a potential long prison term.
Alas, watching the film is akin to being incarcerated for a crime one did not commit. The leads are so flat and unfunny that one welcomes the presence of Rosanna Arquette and Lynn Whitfield as ladies-of-the-road who are trailing the aforementioned murderer, also notorious for wooing and then robbing elderly women.
But the screenplay as such is concerned only with flogging to death the comrades-in-disaster angle and setting up the next round of sometimes spectacular but rather unengaging physical humor. Trains, planes and alligators are tossed into the blender, along with some uninspired peripheral characters.
Director Christopher Cain is almost as inept at finding some sparks in the material as the leads are at fishing -- no easy task. Pesci and Glover cast about for automatic laughs, but even with nonexistent expectations, one is appalled at the lackluster efforts of everyone involved.
GONE FISHIN'
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Hollywood Pictures presents
in association with Caravan Pictures
A Roger Birnbaum production
A Christopher Cain film
Director Christopher Cain
Producers Roger Birnbaum,
Julie Bergman Sender
Writers Jill Mazursky Cody, Jeffrey Abrams
Director of photography Dean Semler
Production designer Lawrence Miller
Editor Jack Hostra
Costume designer Lizzy Gardiner
Music Randy Edelman
Casting Rick Montgomery, Dan Parada
Color/stereo
Cast:
Joe Joe Pesci
Gus Danny Glover
Rita Rosanna Arquette
Angie Lynn Whitfield
Running time -- 93 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
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