Exclusive: U.S. and UK management and production firm 42 has hired Anonymous Content partner Alex Goldstone as a manager.
All of Goldstone’s existing clients have moved over to 42 with him, including Chris Provenzano, Daisy Gardner (Single Drunk Female), Daniel Syrkin (Tehran), Doug Miro, WGA nominee Evan Dunsky (Nurse Jackie), Tony nominee Heather Hach (Legally Blonde: The Musical), Emmy-winner and Oscar nominee Jeff Blitz, Kyrre Johannessen (The Girl From Oslo) and Samantha Corbin-Miller.
Goldstone began his career in production at Phoenix Pictures, before making the move into literary management. He joined Anonymous Content as a manager/producer in 2008, where he was elevated to partner in 2022. He was most recently an executive produced on three seasons of Alena Smith’s Dickinson for Apple TV+, for which he won a 2020 Peabody Award.
He was born and raised in London, England, but...
All of Goldstone’s existing clients have moved over to 42 with him, including Chris Provenzano, Daisy Gardner (Single Drunk Female), Daniel Syrkin (Tehran), Doug Miro, WGA nominee Evan Dunsky (Nurse Jackie), Tony nominee Heather Hach (Legally Blonde: The Musical), Emmy-winner and Oscar nominee Jeff Blitz, Kyrre Johannessen (The Girl From Oslo) and Samantha Corbin-Miller.
Goldstone began his career in production at Phoenix Pictures, before making the move into literary management. He joined Anonymous Content as a manager/producer in 2008, where he was elevated to partner in 2022. He was most recently an executive produced on three seasons of Alena Smith’s Dickinson for Apple TV+, for which he won a 2020 Peabody Award.
He was born and raised in London, England, but...
- 1/17/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Anonymous Content is elevating five managers and producers — Alex Goldstone, Carolyn Govers, Kim Hodgert, Duncan Millership, and Heather Nunn — to Partner.
Goldstone is a Manager in Anonymous Content’s literary division. Govers, Hodgert, Millership, and Nunn are Talent Managers in the company’s Talent division.
The five join Anonymous Content Partners including Sandra Chang, Bard Dorros, Kassie Evashevski Dara Gordon, Joy Gorman Wettels, Tehmina Jaffer, David Levine, Tony Lipp, Robyn Meisinger, Dawn Olmstead, Howie Sanders, Eli Selden, Adam Shulman, Eric Stern, Rosalie Swedlin, and Doug Wald.
“Each of these individuals plays a fundamental role in the continued success of Anonymous Content and could not be more deserving of this recognition and promotion to Partner,” said Anonymous Content CEO, Dawn Olmstead. “Their skill, commitment, desire to develop and amplify their clients, and passion for creating the premium stories we strive to tell every day is unmatched. On behalf of Anonymous Content,...
Goldstone is a Manager in Anonymous Content’s literary division. Govers, Hodgert, Millership, and Nunn are Talent Managers in the company’s Talent division.
The five join Anonymous Content Partners including Sandra Chang, Bard Dorros, Kassie Evashevski Dara Gordon, Joy Gorman Wettels, Tehmina Jaffer, David Levine, Tony Lipp, Robyn Meisinger, Dawn Olmstead, Howie Sanders, Eli Selden, Adam Shulman, Eric Stern, Rosalie Swedlin, and Doug Wald.
“Each of these individuals plays a fundamental role in the continued success of Anonymous Content and could not be more deserving of this recognition and promotion to Partner,” said Anonymous Content CEO, Dawn Olmstead. “Their skill, commitment, desire to develop and amplify their clients, and passion for creating the premium stories we strive to tell every day is unmatched. On behalf of Anonymous Content,...
- 3/2/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Miramax has closed an overall TV deal with Emmy-nominated Nurse Jackie co-creator/executive producer/co-showrunner Liz Brixius. Under the multi-year pact, Brixius will develop content for Miramax’s television operation aimed at premium cable and streaming networks.
This marks the first showrunner deal for Miramax under new head of worldwide television Marc Helwig; the company also recently inked a first-look TV deal with producer and former NBCUniversal International Studios president Michael Edelstein.
“Liz is exactly the sort of artist we want to be in business with at Miramax going forward,” Helwig said. “I consider her to be one of the most compelling and authentic storytellers of her generation. In her, we have someone who brings a really innovative point of view to everything she does; she is both a fresh and highly experienced voice coming into the fold.”
At Miramax, Brixius “will help us as we look for ways...
This marks the first showrunner deal for Miramax under new head of worldwide television Marc Helwig; the company also recently inked a first-look TV deal with producer and former NBCUniversal International Studios president Michael Edelstein.
“Liz is exactly the sort of artist we want to be in business with at Miramax going forward,” Helwig said. “I consider her to be one of the most compelling and authentic storytellers of her generation. In her, we have someone who brings a really innovative point of view to everything she does; she is both a fresh and highly experienced voice coming into the fold.”
At Miramax, Brixius “will help us as we look for ways...
- 6/26/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Nurse Jackie’ was a medical comedy-drama series that aired on Showtime between 2009 and 2015. This series was co-created by Liz Brixius, Evan Dunsky, and Linda Wallem. The stories revolve around the working life and relationships of an emergency department nurse called Jackie Peyton, played by Edie Falco. It is now several years since viewers have seen the cast together, so what is the cast of ‘Nurse Jackie’ up to these days? Edie Falco Edie Falco played the lead role of Jacki Peyton, a nurse. The year after the series ended, Falco landed a lead role in ‘Horace and Pete’,
What is the Nurse Jackie Cast Up to Today?...
What is the Nurse Jackie Cast Up to Today?...
- 5/20/2018
- by Nat Berman
- TVovermind.com
2017-12-18T11:57:54-08:00Amazon Cancels Three Series
Back in 2013, Amazon decided to let viewers decide which series it produced. The streamer put all of its contending pilots online and based the decision of which series to pick on viewer feedback from the pilots. The policy has led to quite a few unpopular and critically lambasted series getting full-season orders. That's going to change as the streamer ditches the feedback model and cancels several of its current series, including Sea Oak and Love You More.
Via The Hollywood Reporter.
Amazon Studios continues to inch toward scrapping its viewer feedback model.
On Monday, the streaming outlet and retail giant passed on three of its five comedy pilots, with Sea Oak, The Climb and Love You More no longer moving forward. The fate of its two remaining pilots — Greg Daniels' single-camera Upload and multicam Making Friends, from How I Met Your Mother...
Back in 2013, Amazon decided to let viewers decide which series it produced. The streamer put all of its contending pilots online and based the decision of which series to pick on viewer feedback from the pilots. The policy has led to quite a few unpopular and critically lambasted series getting full-season orders. That's going to change as the streamer ditches the feedback model and cancels several of its current series, including Sea Oak and Love You More.
Via The Hollywood Reporter.
Amazon Studios continues to inch toward scrapping its viewer feedback model.
On Monday, the streaming outlet and retail giant passed on three of its five comedy pilots, with Sea Oak, The Climb and Love You More no longer moving forward. The fate of its two remaining pilots — Greg Daniels' single-camera Upload and multicam Making Friends, from How I Met Your Mother...
- 12/18/2017
- by EG
- Yidio
‘Sea Oak’: Amazon Comedy Pilot Taps Hiro Murai To Direct; Evan Dunsky As Ep/Co-Showrunner; Adds Cast
Atlanta producer-director Hiro Murai is set to direct and executive produce Amazon comedy pilot Sea Oak, starring Glenn Close. In addition, Evan Dunsky (Nurse Jackie, Hemlock Grove) has signed on as executive producer and showrunner alongside George Saunders, and Rae Gray (Fear The Walking Dead) and Jack Quaid (Vinyl) have joined the cast as series regulars. Written by Saunders based on his short story, the genre-bending Sea Oak focuses on Aunt Bernie (Close) a meek…...
- 6/21/2017
- Deadline TV
Following Anne Rice's announcement in late 2016 that she had reattained the adaptation rights to The Vampire Chronicles and was working with her son, Christopher, on a pilot episode for a TV series adaptation of her beloved book series, it's now been announced that Paramount Television and Anonymous Content have optioned the rights to The Vampire Chronicles, with the mother-son duo on board as writers and executive producers for the in-development TV series.
Press Release (via Anne Rice's Facebook page): "Hollywood, Calif., (April 28, 2017) – Paramount Television and Anonymous Content have optioned the rights to 11 books from acclaimed author Anne Rice’s best-selling series, “The Vampire Chronicles.” Christopher Rice, four-time New York Times Bestselling® author and recipient of the Lambda Literary Award, will pen the series and serve as executive producer alongside Anne Rice, and Anonymous Content’s David Kanter and Steve Golin.
“It is undeniable that Anne Rice has...
Press Release (via Anne Rice's Facebook page): "Hollywood, Calif., (April 28, 2017) – Paramount Television and Anonymous Content have optioned the rights to 11 books from acclaimed author Anne Rice’s best-selling series, “The Vampire Chronicles.” Christopher Rice, four-time New York Times Bestselling® author and recipient of the Lambda Literary Award, will pen the series and serve as executive producer alongside Anne Rice, and Anonymous Content’s David Kanter and Steve Golin.
“It is undeniable that Anne Rice has...
- 4/28/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
New York City’s brand-new Metrograph theater will present the world premiere of “Gems Unseen: Early Apparatus Films from Christine Vachon, Todd Haynes & Barry Ellsworth,” a two-part retrospective consisting of ten films assembled and digitally restored by IndieCollect. Vachon, Haynes, and Ellsworth will attend the premiere in early December.
Read More: Todd Haynes Explains the Cinematic Influences That Impacted His ‘Carol’
Some of the films shown in the series include “Tommy’s” by Barry Ellsworth and “Days Are Numbered” by Christine Vachon, both featuring a young Steve Buscemi; “He Was Once,” which features a special cameo performance by Todd Haynes; and “Anemone Me” by Pulitzer Prize-winner Suzan-Lori Parks.
Along with films by Apparatus Productions founders Vachon, Haynes, and Ellsworth, the series will also include a selection of films by directors they mentored, like Mary Bradford, Larry Carty, Brooke Dammkoehler, Susan Delson, Evan Dunsky, Mary Hestand, and Bruce Hainley. All the...
Read More: Todd Haynes Explains the Cinematic Influences That Impacted His ‘Carol’
Some of the films shown in the series include “Tommy’s” by Barry Ellsworth and “Days Are Numbered” by Christine Vachon, both featuring a young Steve Buscemi; “He Was Once,” which features a special cameo performance by Todd Haynes; and “Anemone Me” by Pulitzer Prize-winner Suzan-Lori Parks.
Along with films by Apparatus Productions founders Vachon, Haynes, and Ellsworth, the series will also include a selection of films by directors they mentored, like Mary Bradford, Larry Carty, Brooke Dammkoehler, Susan Delson, Evan Dunsky, Mary Hestand, and Bruce Hainley. All the...
- 7/27/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Led by Ifp founder Sandra Schulberg, who serves as its president, the nonprofit IndieCollect is working to conserve independent cinema. In just two years, the company has rescued and archived more than 3,500 film negatives, according to Schulberg, the president of IndieCollect. IndieCollect recently located the master picture and sound elements for eight of the shorts Vachon and Haynes produced in the ’80s and ’90s with Barry Ellsworth under their non-profit Apparatus banner. Apparatus backed a number of other directors, including Suzan-Lori Parks, Mary Hestand, Susan Delson, Brooke Dammkoehler, Larry Carty, and Evan Dunsky. Now the company has launched a Kickstarter campaign with hopes of raising […]...
- 6/28/2016
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
A book based off a web series could soon make its mark on TV. Caitlin Doughty, who since 2011 has talked to her audience about death on her web series Ask A Mortician, is attached to a television project based off her memoir Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: and Other Lessons.
Doughty, who is a licensed mortician, uses her channel to answer viewer questions about life, death, and corpses. In 2014, she shared her story in literary form by publishing Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, and the book jump-started her entertainment career. It became a New York Times bestseller, and Doughty will now serve as a consulting producer for its TV adaptation.
Joining Doughty on the project is Paramount Television, which will produce the series alongside Anonymous Content. Evan Dunsky, the co-creator of Nurse Jackie, has been tapped as showrunner.
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Doughty, who is a licensed mortician, uses her channel to answer viewer questions about life, death, and corpses. In 2014, she shared her story in literary form by publishing Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, and the book jump-started her entertainment career. It became a New York Times bestseller, and Doughty will now serve as a consulting producer for its TV adaptation.
Joining Doughty on the project is Paramount Television, which will produce the series alongside Anonymous Content. Evan Dunsky, the co-creator of Nurse Jackie, has been tapped as showrunner.
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- 5/1/2015
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Dirty Grandpa
Zac Efron let it pretty much all show on the Georgia set of the upcoming comedy "Dirty Grandpa" this week. The actor flashed not just his chiseled torso but was running around in a pair of very tight flesh colored undies that got a little 'crack happy' at points. He did have a stuffed toy covering his manhood though for the scene.
Check out Just Jared for over two dozen photos. Speaking of Efron, his next film due for release "We Are Your Friends," has locked in an August 28th release date.
Ghost in the Shell
Walt Disney Pictures has moved up the release of DreamWorks' 3D film adaptation of the Japanese manga "Ghost in the Shell" by two weeks and will now open March 31st 2017. Rupert Sanders helms the project which stars Scarlett Johansson and will now go up against Sony's untitled Smurfs animation film.
The original...
Zac Efron let it pretty much all show on the Georgia set of the upcoming comedy "Dirty Grandpa" this week. The actor flashed not just his chiseled torso but was running around in a pair of very tight flesh colored undies that got a little 'crack happy' at points. He did have a stuffed toy covering his manhood though for the scene.
Check out Just Jared for over two dozen photos. Speaking of Efron, his next film due for release "We Are Your Friends," has locked in an August 28th release date.
Ghost in the Shell
Walt Disney Pictures has moved up the release of DreamWorks' 3D film adaptation of the Japanese manga "Ghost in the Shell" by two weeks and will now open March 31st 2017. Rupert Sanders helms the project which stars Scarlett Johansson and will now go up against Sony's untitled Smurfs animation film.
The original...
- 4/29/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Paramount TV and Anonymous Content are developing Caitlin Doughty’s bestselling memoir Smoke Gets In Your Eyes & Other Lessons From The Crematory as a pilot and potential series, with Nurse Jackie co-creator Evan Dunsky attached as writer and showrunner. Anonymous Content's Kerry Kohansky-Roberts, Rosalie Swedlin and Alex Goldstone will serve as executive producers, and Doughty will serve as a consulting producer. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes takes a behind-the-scenes look at…...
- 4/29/2015
- Deadline TV
Banshee, Season 2: Episode 4 – “Bloodlines”
Written by Evan Dunsky
Directed by Oc Madsen
Airs Friday nights at 10 on Cinemax
“You’re finally being a chief. Don’t ruin it by second-guessing yourself.”
With so much duress weighing down on him, Alex Longshadow doesn’t have time for second-guessing. This lesson is Nola’s parting gift before riding off into the night. Alex joins a handful of Banshee characters who find themselves in tough spots in “Bloodlines.” Rabbit decides to return in an attempt to explain to his daughter the guiding force behind his “insanity” – complete and total love. Anatstasia continues to live out her short sentence designed to let her stew in the ramifications of her past decisions. Rebecca, in a state of psychological fragility after last week’s events, is stuck trying to figure out how to find her brother in spite of her family’s scorn. The more...
Written by Evan Dunsky
Directed by Oc Madsen
Airs Friday nights at 10 on Cinemax
“You’re finally being a chief. Don’t ruin it by second-guessing yourself.”
With so much duress weighing down on him, Alex Longshadow doesn’t have time for second-guessing. This lesson is Nola’s parting gift before riding off into the night. Alex joins a handful of Banshee characters who find themselves in tough spots in “Bloodlines.” Rabbit decides to return in an attempt to explain to his daughter the guiding force behind his “insanity” – complete and total love. Anatstasia continues to live out her short sentence designed to let her stew in the ramifications of her past decisions. Rebecca, in a state of psychological fragility after last week’s events, is stuck trying to figure out how to find her brother in spite of her family’s scorn. The more...
- 2/2/2014
- by Sean Colletti
- SoundOnSight
Banshee, Season 2: Episode 3 – “The Warrior Class”
Written by Evan Dunsky
Directed by Oc Madsen
Airs Friday nights at 10 on Cinemax
Last week’s episode of Banshee showed an unusually high interest in and appreciation of the series’ central female characters, finally fleshing out Siobhan to a degree that most television series can’t seem to execute even over the space of an entire season (Rachel on Justified is the most egregious example of this). “The Warrior Class” has Banshee returning to, again, take the time to develop some of the aspects of the story that have been largely looked over in favor of high-octane action pieces. In this case, the rivalry between the native Kinaho tribe and the Amish presence in Banshee provides a framework in which the main characters do their normal things (Hood still gets to punch people, and that’s all we really care about, right?...
Written by Evan Dunsky
Directed by Oc Madsen
Airs Friday nights at 10 on Cinemax
Last week’s episode of Banshee showed an unusually high interest in and appreciation of the series’ central female characters, finally fleshing out Siobhan to a degree that most television series can’t seem to execute even over the space of an entire season (Rachel on Justified is the most egregious example of this). “The Warrior Class” has Banshee returning to, again, take the time to develop some of the aspects of the story that have been largely looked over in favor of high-octane action pieces. In this case, the rivalry between the native Kinaho tribe and the Amish presence in Banshee provides a framework in which the main characters do their normal things (Hood still gets to punch people, and that’s all we really care about, right?...
- 1/26/2014
- by Sean Colletti
- SoundOnSight
Banshee‘s 10-episode second season will get underway on Friday, January 10 at 10 Pm, Cinemax said today. Antony Starr (Rush) returns as Lucas Hood, an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Pa, where he continues his criminal activities, even as he’s being hunted by the shadowy gangsters he betrayed years earlier. Banshee was renewed just three weeks into its freshman season. Its Season 1 finale drew 455,000 viewers during its initial airing and 655,000 during repeats – the largest audience ever for a Cinemax original series finale. Cast regulars Ivana Milicevic, Ulrich Thomsen, Frankie Faison, Rus Blackwell, Gordon Hopewell, Ryann Shane, Ben Cross and Anthony Ruivivar will all be back for Season 2. The series which nabbed a Special Visual Effects Emmy, is executive produced by Alan Ball, Peter Macdissi, Jonathan Tropper, David Schickler and Greg Yaitanes. Jonathan Tropper, David Schickler, Evan Dunsky, John Romano and Doug Jung penned the scripts.
- 10/17/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Rectify Season 1, Episode 3 ‘Modern Times’
Directed by Nicole Kassel
Written by Evan Dunsky, Graham Gordy & Michael D. Fuller
Airs Monday nights at 9pm Et on Sundance
Daniel Holden’s exoneration from prison ripped a deep, tender scar off the town of Paulie – and unsurprisingly, many of the people living in it, from mothers, to politicians, and even those who weren’t born when the murder and subsequent trial of Daniel rocked the city. In an hour almost completely devoid of plot, ‘Modern Times’ takes a long, hard look at the Holden siblings (and those around them) trying to come to terms with this new reality, one where a confessed killer seemingly escapes the grips of justice.
For the first fifteen minutes of ‘Modern Times’, Daniel doesn’t even leave his bedroom. He’s spent his entire adult life in prison; having a choice of whether to open the door or...
Directed by Nicole Kassel
Written by Evan Dunsky, Graham Gordy & Michael D. Fuller
Airs Monday nights at 9pm Et on Sundance
Daniel Holden’s exoneration from prison ripped a deep, tender scar off the town of Paulie – and unsurprisingly, many of the people living in it, from mothers, to politicians, and even those who weren’t born when the murder and subsequent trial of Daniel rocked the city. In an hour almost completely devoid of plot, ‘Modern Times’ takes a long, hard look at the Holden siblings (and those around them) trying to come to terms with this new reality, one where a confessed killer seemingly escapes the grips of justice.
For the first fifteen minutes of ‘Modern Times’, Daniel doesn’t even leave his bedroom. He’s spent his entire adult life in prison; having a choice of whether to open the door or...
- 4/30/2013
- by Randy
- SoundOnSight
Showtime's medical comedy-drama "Nurse Jackie" returned last night to start off its fifth season, making it officially something of a veteran series on the network. The show, created by Evan Dunsky, Liz Brixius and Linda Wallem, continues to follow Edie Falco (who has won an Emmy for her work in the show) as Jackie Peyton, a (now recovering) painkiller-addicted emergency room nurse at a New York hospital. You can check out the full season premiere, "Happy Fucking Birthday," below for one month courtesy of Showtime. Penned by new showrunner Clyde Phillips and directed by Randall Einhorn ("Late Bloomer", the episode takes place on the day before Jackie's birthday. The YouTube link will expire on May 15th -- the new season airs Sundays at 9pm on Showtime.
- 4/15/2013
- by Mark Lukenbill
- Indiewire
Cinemax has renewed Banshee for a second season three weeks into the action series’ freshman run. The second season of the drama, executive produced by Alan Ball, Jonathan Tropper, David Schickler, Peter Macdissi and Greg Yaitanes, will air in 2014. In its Jan. 11 premiere, Banshee drew respectable 483,000 viewers at 10 Pm and 965,000 over three airings. This is the first truly home-grown Cinemax series, having started as a project in development at sibling HBO. It joins Strike Back as the second Cinemax series to score a second-season renewal. Banshee stars Antony Starr as Lucas Hood, an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Pa., where he continues his criminal activities, even as he’s hunted by the shadowy gangsters he betrayed years earlier. Tropper and Schickler wrote Season 1. They will be joined in Season 2 by writers John Romano (Monk), Evan Dunsky (Nurse Jackie), and Doug Jung (HBO...
- 1/29/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Cinemax has renewed the action series Banshee for a second season, scheduled to debut in 2014, it was announced today by Kary Antholis, president, HBO Miniseries and Cinemax Programming. The show is currently in its first season, with episodes debuting Friday at 10:00 p.m. (Et/Pt). Executive produced by Jonathan Tropper, David Schickler, Peter Macdissi, Alan Ball and Greg Yaitanes, Banshee stars Antony Starr (“Rush”) as Lucas Hood, an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Pa., where he continues his criminal activities, even as he’s hunted by the shadowy gangsters he betrayed years earlier. Scripts for the first season are conceived and written by Tropper and Schickler. Writers John Romano (“Monk”), Evan Dunsky (“Two and a Half Men”),...
- 1/29/2013
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
Exclusive: Nurse Jackie co-creator Liz Brixius has signed an overall deal with Universal Television. The rich two-year pact reunites Brixius with former Showtime entertainment president Bob Greenblatt, who developed and put Nurse Jackie on the air and now oversees NBC and Universal TV as NBC Entertainment chairman. Under the new deal, Brixius will develop new projects for Uni TV. Related: ‘Nurse Jackie’ Co-Creators-Showrunners Linda Wallem, Liz Brixius To Depart Brixius recently left Nurse Jackie, on which she served as co-showrunner for four seasons alongside fellow co-creator/executive producer Linda Wallem, who also departed. The two co-created the dark comedy starring Edie Falco with Evan Dunsky. Nurse Jackie was the first TV series for Brixius, who previously teamed with Wallem to co-create another Showtime project, Insatiable, which was picked up to pilot by Greenblatt and led to the duo’s gig on Nurse Jackie. In addition to her four-year stint on Nurse Jackie,...
- 4/24/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Chicago – Showtime has a patented formula of hiring great stars (William H. Macy, Michael C. Hall, Toni Collette, Mary-Louise Parker) and building series around them. It has worked well enough that the last two Emmy winners for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series have been won by the network — Collette for the first season of “United States of Tara” and Edie Falco for the second season of “Nurse Jackie,” both of which return tonight, March 28th, 2011.
Television Rating: 4.5/5.0
Like a nurse managing multiple patients with a variety of illnesses, Jackie Peyton (Falco) has spent many of her recent days trying to keep a house of cards from collapsing. It sure looked like that’s what happened at the end of season two after her husband Kevin (Dominic Fumusa) and her friend Eleanor (Eve Best) confronting Jackie about her disturbing pharmaceutical bills, ones that made clear that Jackie has a drug problem.
Television Rating: 4.5/5.0
Like a nurse managing multiple patients with a variety of illnesses, Jackie Peyton (Falco) has spent many of her recent days trying to keep a house of cards from collapsing. It sure looked like that’s what happened at the end of season two after her husband Kevin (Dominic Fumusa) and her friend Eleanor (Eve Best) confronting Jackie about her disturbing pharmaceutical bills, ones that made clear that Jackie has a drug problem.
- 3/28/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Sneak Peek new posters supporting Showtime's Season 3 of the 'black comedy' medical drama "Nurse Jackie", starring Edie Falco ("The Sopranos") as 'Jackie Peyton', an ER nurse at New York City's 'All Saints' Hospital' :
"...For Jackie, every day is a high wire act of juggling patients, doctors, fellow nurses and her own indiscretions..."
Created by Liz Brixius, Evan Dunsky and Linda Wallem, "Nurse Jackie" co-stars Eve Best, Merritt Wever, Haaz Sleiman, Paul Schulze, Dominic Fumusa, Anna Deavere Smith and Peter Facinelli.
"Nurse Jackie" is described by Showtime as a "strong-willed, iconoclastic New York City nurse juggling the frenzied grind of an urban hospital and an equally challenging personal life," noting that the character has "an occasional weakness for 'Vicodin' and 'Adderall' to get her through the days."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Nurse Jackie"...
"...For Jackie, every day is a high wire act of juggling patients, doctors, fellow nurses and her own indiscretions..."
Created by Liz Brixius, Evan Dunsky and Linda Wallem, "Nurse Jackie" co-stars Eve Best, Merritt Wever, Haaz Sleiman, Paul Schulze, Dominic Fumusa, Anna Deavere Smith and Peter Facinelli.
"Nurse Jackie" is described by Showtime as a "strong-willed, iconoclastic New York City nurse juggling the frenzied grind of an urban hospital and an equally challenging personal life," noting that the character has "an occasional weakness for 'Vicodin' and 'Adderall' to get her through the days."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Nurse Jackie"...
- 3/18/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Sneak Peek the new poster supporting the next season of the 'black comedy' medical drama, "Nurse Jackie", starring Edie Falco ("The Sopranos") as 'Jackie Peyton', an ER nurse at New York City's 'All Saints' Hospital'.
"...For Jackie, every day is a high wire act of juggling patients, doctors, fellow nurses and her own indiscretions..."
Created by Liz Brixius, Evan Dunsky and Linda Wallem, "Nurse Jackie" co-stars Eve Best, Merritt Wever, Haaz Sleiman, Paul Schulze, Dominic Fumusa, Anna Deavere Smith and Peter Facinelli.
"Nurse Jackie" is described by broadcast partner Showtime as a "strong-willed, iconoclastic New York City nurse juggling the frenzied grind of an urban hospital and an equally challenging personal life," noting that the character has "an occasional weakness for 'Vicodin' and 'Adderall' to get her through the days."
Click the images to enlarge...
"...For Jackie, every day is a high wire act of juggling patients, doctors, fellow nurses and her own indiscretions..."
Created by Liz Brixius, Evan Dunsky and Linda Wallem, "Nurse Jackie" co-stars Eve Best, Merritt Wever, Haaz Sleiman, Paul Schulze, Dominic Fumusa, Anna Deavere Smith and Peter Facinelli.
"Nurse Jackie" is described by broadcast partner Showtime as a "strong-willed, iconoclastic New York City nurse juggling the frenzied grind of an urban hospital and an equally challenging personal life," noting that the character has "an occasional weakness for 'Vicodin' and 'Adderall' to get her through the days."
Click the images to enlarge...
- 3/4/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
"Glee" and "Modern Family," which have been battling it out for award after award in the past year, didn't have to compete for the latest prize.
The two shows, along with the movie "Precious" and fellow series "The Good Wife" and "Nurse Jackie," were named winners of the 2010 Humanitas Prize on Thursday (Sept. 16). The award honors films and TV show that "explore the human condition in a nuanced, meaningful way."
The pilot episodes of "Modern Family" (written by Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd) and "Nurse Jackie" (Liz Brixius, Linda Wallem and Evan Dunsky) shared the award for TV half-hours. "Glee's" "Wheels" episode, written by Ryan Murphy, and the pilot of "The Good Wife" by Michelle and Robert King each won in the 60-minute category.
HBO's movie "Temple Grandin" (written by Christopher Monger and William Merritt Johnson) won the award for long-form TV, and "Precious," adapted by Geoffrey Fletcher from the novel "Push" by Sapphire,...
The two shows, along with the movie "Precious" and fellow series "The Good Wife" and "Nurse Jackie," were named winners of the 2010 Humanitas Prize on Thursday (Sept. 16). The award honors films and TV show that "explore the human condition in a nuanced, meaningful way."
The pilot episodes of "Modern Family" (written by Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd) and "Nurse Jackie" (Liz Brixius, Linda Wallem and Evan Dunsky) shared the award for TV half-hours. "Glee's" "Wheels" episode, written by Ryan Murphy, and the pilot of "The Good Wife" by Michelle and Robert King each won in the 60-minute category.
HBO's movie "Temple Grandin" (written by Christopher Monger and William Merritt Johnson) won the award for long-form TV, and "Precious," adapted by Geoffrey Fletcher from the novel "Push" by Sapphire,...
- 9/17/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Feature Precious, series Glee, Modern Family, The Good Wife and Nurse Jackie and movie Temple Grandin were among the winners at the 36th Humanitas Prizes awarded today at a luncheon in Beverly Hills. The monetary prizes recognize writers whose work "entertain, engage and enrich the viewing public." Geoffrey Fletcher won the feature film category for Precious, competing in a field that included Oscar winner The Hurt Locker. There were double winners in both the 30-minute and 60-minute categories. Steve Levitan and Christopher Lloyd won in the half-hour category for the Modern Family pilot that also earned them an Emmy, along with Liz Brixius, Linda Wallem and Evan Dunsky for the pilot of Nurse Jackie. There was one pretty surprising nominee in the category, TBS' lowbrow sitcom Meet the Browns. Once again, Levitan accepted solo, thanking his "attention-averse" partner Lloyd, who also didn't attend the Emmys. At the Humanitas, Glee is considered in the drama category,...
- 9/16/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Attention All Saints residents and patients, we have a stalker on the loose. Proceed to the nearest exit and don’t forget to take your Weeds before you go to sleep. Nurse Jackie Season 2 has exploded with a waterfall of dark humor, medical indiscretions and shit ton of WTFs. Eddie Walzer (Paul Schulze) may have been given the boot from Jackie’s love life, but that hasn’t stopped him from weaseling his way into the Peyton household. Eddie has strategically paid his way into Kevin’s (Dominic Fumusa) good graces to become Mr. Peyton’s Bff (best-friend forever). It seems, Eddie is fine with being the proverbial third wheel as long as Jackie (Edie Falco) gives him what he wants, sex. But, Ms. Peyton is just not having it. Episode 4, “Apple Bong,” showed that Showtime isn’t afraid of becoming the Weeds-first network. Nurse Jackie creators Liz Brixius, Evan Dunsky...
- 4/14/2010
- by Bags
- BuzzFocus.com
"Why [do] the things that are so bad for you make you feel the best?" Season Two of Showtime's deliciously dark comedy Nurse Jackie begins tonight and the series, which launched last year, hasn't lost any of its sparkle, wit, or biting charm during its time off. This is after all a series that featured its hero--the overworked and underpaid Jackie Peyton (Edie Falco), a woman willing to cross several lines to save lives and score a fix--flushing a severed human ear down a toilet in its very first episode. Since then, the series' diverse cast of characters has deepened and grown as we've seen the staff of All Saints Hospital struggle with medical, moral, and marital issues and blossom into appealingly flawed individuals. None more so than Jackie herself, a woman devoted to the profession of nursing who is so caring towards her patients and her family and yet so entirely self-destructive,...
- 3/22/2010
- by Jace
- Televisionary
Chicago – After years without many strong roles for women, 2009 saw the debut of at least three in the great turn by Juliana Margulies on “The Good Wife,” the lead performance by Toni Collette in “United States of Tara” and, the best of them all, Edie Falco in the great “Nurse Jackie,” which returns tonight on March 22, 2010 on Showtime. The second season starts on slightly shaky ground but this is still one of the better shows on television.
Television Rating: 4.0/5.0
Last season ended with Jackie (Edie Falco) in a more disastrous state than usual. After Eddie (Paul Schulze), her pharmacist hook-up who fed both her pill-popping habit and her infidelity, was replaced by a machine, Jackie struggled to get the drugs she needed to keep her balance on the tightrope of her life. When Eddie came to the bar owned by Jackie’s husband Kevin (Dominic Fumusa), the double life she...
Television Rating: 4.0/5.0
Last season ended with Jackie (Edie Falco) in a more disastrous state than usual. After Eddie (Paul Schulze), her pharmacist hook-up who fed both her pill-popping habit and her infidelity, was replaced by a machine, Jackie struggled to get the drugs she needed to keep her balance on the tightrope of her life. When Eddie came to the bar owned by Jackie’s husband Kevin (Dominic Fumusa), the double life she...
- 3/22/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
As hard as it may be to believe sometimes, someone (or someones) actually sits down and writes a movie or TV show before you end up seeing it at your local multiplex or on your favorite TV network. The people who do the sitting and the writing are, surprisingly, called writers and, like the Directors, the Golden Globes and the Oscars, they have their own awards show.
This week, the Writers Guild of America, which is the trade group and advocate for writers, announced its nominations for outstanding achievement in feature film and television, radio, news, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2009 season to be honored at the upcoming 2010 Writers Guild Awards on February 20, 2010, in Los Angeles and New York.
We realize that these nominations may not be as glamorous as the Golden Globes or the Oscars, but we kinda like writers around here and think they do a pretty important job.
This week, the Writers Guild of America, which is the trade group and advocate for writers, announced its nominations for outstanding achievement in feature film and television, radio, news, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2009 season to be honored at the upcoming 2010 Writers Guild Awards on February 20, 2010, in Los Angeles and New York.
We realize that these nominations may not be as glamorous as the Golden Globes or the Oscars, but we kinda like writers around here and think they do a pretty important job.
- 1/13/2010
- by Joe Gillis
- The Flickcast
Awards heavyweights "Mad Men," "30 Rock" and "The Office" and buzzed-about newcomer "Modern Family" led the TV field for the 2010 Writers Guild Awards with three nominations each.
AMC's "Mad Men" and NBC's "30 Rock" and "The Office" are in the running for best drama/comedy series, and each received two nominations for episodic writing. "Family" made the cut for best comedy series, best new series and best episodic writing for a comedy series.
ABC's "Family" was one of two new shows to break into the best series categories along with Fox's quirky high-school dramedy "Glee," which faces "Family" in the best comedy series and best new series fields.
While the WGA Awards are still in its nomination phase, Fox's "The Simpsons" can already uncork the champagne. The veteran series is assured to win the animation category after landing all five nomination slots.
The biggest surprise among the series nominees was HBO's low-key baseball comedy "Eastbound & Down,...
AMC's "Mad Men" and NBC's "30 Rock" and "The Office" are in the running for best drama/comedy series, and each received two nominations for episodic writing. "Family" made the cut for best comedy series, best new series and best episodic writing for a comedy series.
ABC's "Family" was one of two new shows to break into the best series categories along with Fox's quirky high-school dramedy "Glee," which faces "Family" in the best comedy series and best new series fields.
While the WGA Awards are still in its nomination phase, Fox's "The Simpsons" can already uncork the champagne. The veteran series is assured to win the animation category after landing all five nomination slots.
The biggest surprise among the series nominees was HBO's low-key baseball comedy "Eastbound & Down,...
- 12/14/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It only premiered two days ago, but Showtime is quickly backing Nurse Jackie, giving the half-hour Edie Falco (The Sopranos) comedy that bowed Monday to strong numbers behind the season premiere of Weeds a second season. Nurse Jackie averaged 1.01 million viewers for its premiere 10:30 p.m. airing and then added about 340,000 viewers for an encore. Showtime said the combined 1.35 million viewers for its two airings makes it the network's most-watched series bow to date. On the heels of Jackie's ratings, Showtime confirmed that it has ordered another 12 episodes from Lionsgate TV. The series, which features Falco as a skilled but highly unconventional, painkiller-addicted nurse, was created by Liz Brixius, Linda Wallem and Evan Dunsky. It also stars Peter Facinelli, Dominic Fumusa, Paul Schulze, Haaz Sleiman, Eve Best and Ruby Jerins. Also airing Monday were the season premieres of TNT dramas The Closer (1.7/5 in 18-49, 7.14 million viewers overall) and Raising...
- 6/10/2009
- by James Cook
- TheMovingPicture.net
Chicago – Showtime has done it again. The network has carved out a fascinating niche by focusing on unique characters and hiring talented actors to portray them. Michael C. Hall in “Dexter,” Mary-Louise Parker in “Weeds,” and Toni Collette in “United States of Tara” gave some of the best performances of the last year. Edie Falco in “Nurse Jackie” has the potential to beat them all.
Television Rating: 4.0/5.0 Falco gave one of the best performances in the history of television on “The Sopranos” and she brings her incredible ability to the fully-realized title character in Showtime’s dark comedy. Jackie Peyton lives a daily existence that most of us couldn’t possibly relate to directly but Falco makes this woman one hundred percent believable. It’s an amazing performance.
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton in Nurse Jackie (Episode 3)
Photo credit: Ken Regan/Showtime
Peyton is a nurse in the ER at...
Television Rating: 4.0/5.0 Falco gave one of the best performances in the history of television on “The Sopranos” and she brings her incredible ability to the fully-realized title character in Showtime’s dark comedy. Jackie Peyton lives a daily existence that most of us couldn’t possibly relate to directly but Falco makes this woman one hundred percent believable. It’s an amazing performance.
Edie Falco as Jackie Peyton in Nurse Jackie (Episode 3)
Photo credit: Ken Regan/Showtime
Peyton is a nurse in the ER at...
- 6/8/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Nurse Jackie is a new Showtime, 'dark comedy' TV series, starring Emmy, Golden Globe Award-winning actress Edie "The Sopranos" Falco as 'Jackie Peyton', a 'flawed' emergency room nurse working in a New York City hospital. "For Nurse Jackie, every day is a high wire act of juggling patients, doctors, fellow nurses and her own indiscretions..." The series was created by Liz Brixius, Linda Wallem and Evan Dunsky. Brixius and Wallem also executive produce with Caryn Mandabach. "Doctors are absolutely unable to do what they have to do without nurses," said Brixius. "We want to tell those stories..."...
- 6/8/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
Thor Freudenthal, whose "Hotel for Dogs" opens in January, is in negotiations to develop with an eye to direct "Measle and the Wrathmonk," an adaptation of the children's book by Ian Ogilvy being produced at Warner Bros. by Robert Zemeckis and Jack Rapke.
The story centers on a young boy who, after his parents go missing, is sent to live with an eccentric uncle who turns out to be a crazy wizard known as a wrathmonk. Before the boy knows it, he is shrunk and banished to be a villager in his uncle's toy train set and must figure out how to survive in the hostile environment.
Evan Dunsky wrote the initial adaptation.
Courtenay Valenti is overseeing for the studio.
Zemeckis and Rapke plan on using performance-capture technology, so Freudenthal coming aboard looks like a fit considering the director got his start in the FX world. He worked as a...
The story centers on a young boy who, after his parents go missing, is sent to live with an eccentric uncle who turns out to be a crazy wizard known as a wrathmonk. Before the boy knows it, he is shrunk and banished to be a villager in his uncle's toy train set and must figure out how to survive in the hostile environment.
Evan Dunsky wrote the initial adaptation.
Courtenay Valenti is overseeing for the studio.
Zemeckis and Rapke plan on using performance-capture technology, so Freudenthal coming aboard looks like a fit considering the director got his start in the FX world. He worked as a...
- 11/14/2008
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Showtime is close to giving a series pickup to its dark comedy starring Edie Falco.
The premium cable network is expected to make the announcement as soon as Friday at its presentation to the Television Critics Assn. summer press tour at the Beverly Hilton.
The network put the untitled single-camera comedy, co-produced by Showtime and Lionsgate TV, on the fast track in February when it picked it up to pilot. The project stars Falco as a strong-willed, iconoclastic New York nurse juggling the frenzied grind of an urban hospital and an equally challenging personal life. Peter Facinelli, Paul Schulze, Merritt Wever, Eve Best, Haaz Sleiman and Anna Deavere Smith co-starred in the pilot, written by Liz Brixius, Linda Wallem and Evan Dunsky.
Wallem and Brixius serve as executive producers/showrunners. Caryn Mandabach also executive produces.
Word of the impending green light comes on the heels of Showtime's series pickup of the Diablo Cody-penned comedy "The United States of Tara," from DreamWorks TV and Steven Spielberg. Also in contention for a series pickup at Showtime is the Tim Robbins-penned drama "Possible Side Effects."
Showtime is on roll of late, having nabbed 21 Emmy noms Thursday -- its most in a single year.
The premium cable network is expected to make the announcement as soon as Friday at its presentation to the Television Critics Assn. summer press tour at the Beverly Hilton.
The network put the untitled single-camera comedy, co-produced by Showtime and Lionsgate TV, on the fast track in February when it picked it up to pilot. The project stars Falco as a strong-willed, iconoclastic New York nurse juggling the frenzied grind of an urban hospital and an equally challenging personal life. Peter Facinelli, Paul Schulze, Merritt Wever, Eve Best, Haaz Sleiman and Anna Deavere Smith co-starred in the pilot, written by Liz Brixius, Linda Wallem and Evan Dunsky.
Wallem and Brixius serve as executive producers/showrunners. Caryn Mandabach also executive produces.
Word of the impending green light comes on the heels of Showtime's series pickup of the Diablo Cody-penned comedy "The United States of Tara," from DreamWorks TV and Steven Spielberg. Also in contention for a series pickup at Showtime is the Tim Robbins-penned drama "Possible Side Effects."
Showtime is on roll of late, having nabbed 21 Emmy noms Thursday -- its most in a single year.
- 7/18/2008
- by By Nellie Andreeva and Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Showtime is fast-tracking a dark comedy project starring Edie Falco.
The premium cable network has ordered a pilot for the untitled single-camera comedy that will star the Sopranos alumna as a strong-willed, iconoclastic New York nurse juggling the frenzied grind of an urban hospital and an equally challenging personal life.
The pilot, co-produced by Showtime and Lionsgate TV, will go into preproduction immediately and will be shot in New York.
"To be bringing Edie Falco to Showtime is both a privilege and an honor," Showtime entertainment president Robert Greenblatt said. "Bada bing is all I can think of to say."
The pilot was written by Liz Brixius, Linda Wallem and Evan Dunsky. Wallem and Brixius will serve as executive producers/showrunners. Caryn Mandabach also is an exec producer.
The Falco project is one of three pilots that Showtime is prepping, along with the Tim Robbins-penned pharmaceutical drama Possible Side Effects and the Diablo Cody-written half-hour The United States of Tara.
Falco recently appeared on a three-episode arc of NBC's 30 Rock. She is repped by ICM and Jackson Group Entertainment.
The premium cable network has ordered a pilot for the untitled single-camera comedy that will star the Sopranos alumna as a strong-willed, iconoclastic New York nurse juggling the frenzied grind of an urban hospital and an equally challenging personal life.
The pilot, co-produced by Showtime and Lionsgate TV, will go into preproduction immediately and will be shot in New York.
"To be bringing Edie Falco to Showtime is both a privilege and an honor," Showtime entertainment president Robert Greenblatt said. "Bada bing is all I can think of to say."
The pilot was written by Liz Brixius, Linda Wallem and Evan Dunsky. Wallem and Brixius will serve as executive producers/showrunners. Caryn Mandabach also is an exec producer.
The Falco project is one of three pilots that Showtime is prepping, along with the Tim Robbins-penned pharmaceutical drama Possible Side Effects and the Diablo Cody-written half-hour The United States of Tara.
Falco recently appeared on a three-episode arc of NBC's 30 Rock. She is repped by ICM and Jackson Group Entertainment.
- 2/22/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK --Formerly titled "Life During Wartime", Evan Dunsky's debut film has the studied artificiality of the kind of off-Broadway play (by Keith Reddin) from which it was adapted.
A quirky black comedy about a security systems salesman who gets in over his head both professionally and personally, the film is a would-be allegory about American business that reveals more than a little Mametian influence. It is ultimately too clever for its own good, but some very funny dialogue and a beautifully nuanced performance by Stanley Tucci are redeeming features.
The film, which screened at the Toronto and Sundance festivals, stars David Arquette as Tommy, a young salesman who's just started work at a home-security company owned by fast-talking, slick, supersalesman Heinrich (Tucci). Heinrich talks a great game, but, as Tommy soon finds out, he doesn't just rely on his persuasive sales techniques to grow his business. To fuel his potential and current customers' paranoia, he breaks into their homes in order to demonstrate their need for his systems.
During his first day on the job, Tommy visits prospective client Gale, a beautiful older widow (Kate Capshaw) who turns out to be both his first client and a willing lover. The two begin a torrid affair, complicated only by the unexpected arrival of Gale's teenage son Howard (Ryan Reynolds). Tommy attempts to be a counselor to the young man, but it's Howard who teaches Tommy a thing or two.
Things turn darker in the film's second half, when a brutal murder occurs and Tommy becomes increasingly convinced that Heinrich was responsible.
"The Alarmist" is a genuinely offbeat effort, distinguished by funny and perceptive dialogue, sharp performances and a fresh subject matter. But it ultimately veers off in too many directions at once, with writer-director Dunsky not fully able to handle the many shifts of tone. Although it might have been effective onstage, the material merely seems awkward when transferred to the more realistic film medium.
Still, it does display much more imagination than most indie efforts, and the acting is superb. Tucci, one of the most vital and reactive actors working today, is compelling as the boss who is as strangely lovable as he is creepy. Arquette is the personification of awkward naivete, and Capshaw is appealing and surprisingly funny as the widow -- although, between this and "The Locusts", she might want to stay away from the older woman/younger man thing for a while.
THE ALARMIST
Lions Gate Releasing
Credits: Director-screenplay: Evan Dunsky; Producers: Dan Stone, Lisa Zimble; Executive producers: Beau Flynn, Stefan Simchowitz, Matthias Emeke, Thomas Augsberger; Director of photography: Alex Nepomniaschy; Editor: Norman Buckley; Music: Christopher Beck. Cast: Tommy: David Arquette; Heinrich: Stanley Tucci; Gale: Kate Capshaw; Sally: Mary McCormack; Howard: Ryan Reynolds; April: Tricia Vessey. No MPAA rating. Color/stereo. Running time -- 93 minutes.
A quirky black comedy about a security systems salesman who gets in over his head both professionally and personally, the film is a would-be allegory about American business that reveals more than a little Mametian influence. It is ultimately too clever for its own good, but some very funny dialogue and a beautifully nuanced performance by Stanley Tucci are redeeming features.
The film, which screened at the Toronto and Sundance festivals, stars David Arquette as Tommy, a young salesman who's just started work at a home-security company owned by fast-talking, slick, supersalesman Heinrich (Tucci). Heinrich talks a great game, but, as Tommy soon finds out, he doesn't just rely on his persuasive sales techniques to grow his business. To fuel his potential and current customers' paranoia, he breaks into their homes in order to demonstrate their need for his systems.
During his first day on the job, Tommy visits prospective client Gale, a beautiful older widow (Kate Capshaw) who turns out to be both his first client and a willing lover. The two begin a torrid affair, complicated only by the unexpected arrival of Gale's teenage son Howard (Ryan Reynolds). Tommy attempts to be a counselor to the young man, but it's Howard who teaches Tommy a thing or two.
Things turn darker in the film's second half, when a brutal murder occurs and Tommy becomes increasingly convinced that Heinrich was responsible.
"The Alarmist" is a genuinely offbeat effort, distinguished by funny and perceptive dialogue, sharp performances and a fresh subject matter. But it ultimately veers off in too many directions at once, with writer-director Dunsky not fully able to handle the many shifts of tone. Although it might have been effective onstage, the material merely seems awkward when transferred to the more realistic film medium.
Still, it does display much more imagination than most indie efforts, and the acting is superb. Tucci, one of the most vital and reactive actors working today, is compelling as the boss who is as strangely lovable as he is creepy. Arquette is the personification of awkward naivete, and Capshaw is appealing and surprisingly funny as the widow -- although, between this and "The Locusts", she might want to stay away from the older woman/younger man thing for a while.
THE ALARMIST
Lions Gate Releasing
Credits: Director-screenplay: Evan Dunsky; Producers: Dan Stone, Lisa Zimble; Executive producers: Beau Flynn, Stefan Simchowitz, Matthias Emeke, Thomas Augsberger; Director of photography: Alex Nepomniaschy; Editor: Norman Buckley; Music: Christopher Beck. Cast: Tommy: David Arquette; Heinrich: Stanley Tucci; Gale: Kate Capshaw; Sally: Mary McCormack; Howard: Ryan Reynolds; April: Tricia Vessey. No MPAA rating. Color/stereo. Running time -- 93 minutes.
- 10/20/1998
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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