Howard Stern has been one of the most controversial – and revered – figures in the history of modern media. With a passion for the field as a child, Stern’s climb to the top of the radio world truly began in the ‘80s. And he did it off of his unique, button-pressing, FCC-clashing brand and humor: the boobs, the prank calls, the Wack Pack, all of it all made Howard Stern one of the most recognizable figures in all of media. And so as his markets grew and his written word topped the charts – but long before his first $500 million contract with Sirius – it was time for Stern to enter the movie business…with something a little more commercially viable than Butt Bongo Fiesta.
So how did the guy who mocked his wife’s miscarriage on the air and flipped the bird to nearly every boss he’s ever had...
So how did the guy who mocked his wife’s miscarriage on the air and flipped the bird to nearly every boss he’s ever had...
- 2/7/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Over the past half decade or so, Bradley Cooper has gone from an up and coming supporting player to one of Hollywood’s biggest A-listers. Right now, he’s a huge movie star, one who is a favorite of both Academy members as well as theater goers. With the release starting this week of his new star vehicle Burnt, I wanted to discuss that flick as well as his standing in the industry currently. Cooper is as big an A-list actor as anyone in the business, so I’m sure this won’t be the last time we discuss him. If this new film does well, we may even be talking about him as an Oscar nominee once again. The movie in question is a culinary drama starring Cooper as chef Adam Jones, who was once a rising star in the kitchen but flamed out, partially due to bad behavior...
- 10/20/2015
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
The Weinstein Company has today released a second trailer for Burnt, the upcoming drama from director John Wells (August: Osage County) which was written by Steven Knight (Locke) and Michael Kalesniko (Iron Sky). That’s an impressive team right there, and just as amazing is the cast of actors who have been assembled for the movie, which revolves around a once famous chef struggling to fight his way back to the top.
Bradley Cooper takes on the lead role and will be joined in Burnt by Sienna Miller, Omar Sy, Daniel Brühl, Matthew Rhys, Uma Thurman, and Emma Thompson (it was recently revealed that Jamie Dornan has unfortunately been cut).
In case you missed the first trailer and aren’t sure what to expect from Burnt, here’s the official synopsis:
Chef Adam Jones had it all – and lost it. A two-star Michelin rockstar with the bad habits to match,...
Bradley Cooper takes on the lead role and will be joined in Burnt by Sienna Miller, Omar Sy, Daniel Brühl, Matthew Rhys, Uma Thurman, and Emma Thompson (it was recently revealed that Jamie Dornan has unfortunately been cut).
In case you missed the first trailer and aren’t sure what to expect from Burnt, here’s the official synopsis:
Chef Adam Jones had it all – and lost it. A two-star Michelin rockstar with the bad habits to match,...
- 9/28/2015
- by Josh Wilding
- We Got This Covered
As the days get darker and the cold winds of Autumn approach, it’s time to look ahead at the upcoming movies set to hit cinemas this Fall.
The huge slate includes the return of the Jedis, the rebirth of Frankenstein and a new age of Good Dinosaurs. These movies will take audiences to a Galaxy Far, Far Away, on a voyage to Mars and to the summit of the world’s highest mountain, Everest.
Here’s our list of the 2015 Fall movies that we can’t wait to see!
September
The Visit (Sept 11)
Writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs, Unbreakable) and producer Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, The Purge and Insidious series) welcome you to Universal Pictures’ The Visit. Shyamalan returns to his roots with the terrifying story of a brother and sister who are sent to their grandparents’ remote Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong trip.
The huge slate includes the return of the Jedis, the rebirth of Frankenstein and a new age of Good Dinosaurs. These movies will take audiences to a Galaxy Far, Far Away, on a voyage to Mars and to the summit of the world’s highest mountain, Everest.
Here’s our list of the 2015 Fall movies that we can’t wait to see!
September
The Visit (Sept 11)
Writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs, Unbreakable) and producer Jason Blum (Paranormal Activity, The Purge and Insidious series) welcome you to Universal Pictures’ The Visit. Shyamalan returns to his roots with the terrifying story of a brother and sister who are sent to their grandparents’ remote Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong trip.
- 9/3/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
By now, it seems like a perennial contender for Oscars is none other than Bradley Cooper. He’s on quite the run of late, between his collaborations with David O. Russell, the stunning success that was American Sniper, and just being one of our most charismatic A-list stars. Later this year, he’ll look to again appeal to Academy voters, not just with a supporting turn for Russell in Joy, but also in the culinary comedy/drama Burnt, which has taken a bit to develop. Cooper has helped shepherd it to the screen (it’s now test screening, leading to some early reactions to his performance), and judging from the recent Trailer that dropped (which you can see at the end of the piece), this is going to be one intense flick. If things break the right way for it, you could also see it becoming another Oscar vehicle for Cooper.
- 8/19/2015
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
The Weinstein Company has today unveiled a new trailer – and title – for Bradley Cooper’s upcoming culinary drama, Burnt.
Previously known as Adam Jones (Cooper’s skilled protagonist) and Chef, the studio opted to scratch off the later moniker to avoid confusion with Jon Faverau’s excellent directorial effort, which charts a similar fall from grace set against the backdrop of working in the food industry. Debuting the trailer to NBC’s Today show, Cooper himself introduces the clip of the drama, giving us a look at his troubled expert who strives for greatness while keeping up with the break-neck speed of life in the kitchen.
Running a high-profile restaurant will merely be the context, though, as this trailer appears to indicate that Cooper’s Adam Jones has – or indeed is dealing with – some form of a drug problem, with the narrator alluding to addiction. “I don’t want my...
Previously known as Adam Jones (Cooper’s skilled protagonist) and Chef, the studio opted to scratch off the later moniker to avoid confusion with Jon Faverau’s excellent directorial effort, which charts a similar fall from grace set against the backdrop of working in the food industry. Debuting the trailer to NBC’s Today show, Cooper himself introduces the clip of the drama, giving us a look at his troubled expert who strives for greatness while keeping up with the break-neck speed of life in the kitchen.
Running a high-profile restaurant will merely be the context, though, as this trailer appears to indicate that Cooper’s Adam Jones has – or indeed is dealing with – some form of a drug problem, with the narrator alluding to addiction. “I don’t want my...
- 8/10/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
*spoiler alert! Director: Timo Vuorensola. Writers: Johanna Sinisalo (original story), Jarmo Puskala, Michael Kalesniko, and Timo Vuorensola. Cast: Julia Dietze, Christopher Kirby and Götz Otto. Nazis have fled to space! Who would have thunk it? In the movie Iron Sky, the last remaining survivors from this regiment fled to the dark side of the moon and spent the last 70 or so years plotting to take over Earth again. But nobody told them that World War II is over and life has gone forwards ... or maybe not. But now they want to come back, with no thanks to astronaut James Washington (Christopher Kirby). He found their moon base and that does not bode well for humanity. When this space explorer gets captured, the Nazi's plans are accelerated. That leads to some humourous nods to B movie culture and retro-a-go-go. The music is what sells this product. The driving magic by Slovenian...
- 10/2/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Ed Sum)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Iron Sky
Directed by Timo Vuorensola
Written by Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko
Finland/Germany/Australia, 2012
When you hear “Space Nazis,” certain episodes of Star Trek come into mind. A popular theme in works of science fiction, it is a phrase coined with the idea of Nazis settling on the Moon after their defeat in World War II, not to mention it being a popular conspiracy theory.
Iron Sky is the latest reimagining of this theory.
The film is set in 2018. James Washington (Christopher Kirkby), a black male model, is sent to the Moon in a bid to help the President (Stephanie Paul) be re-elected. He is captured by the Nazis, who have been based on the dark side of the moon since 1945, and subsequently becomes involved in their plan to invade and rule Earth.
Even before its release, Iron Sky faced controversy in the UK due to the distributor...
Directed by Timo Vuorensola
Written by Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko
Finland/Germany/Australia, 2012
When you hear “Space Nazis,” certain episodes of Star Trek come into mind. A popular theme in works of science fiction, it is a phrase coined with the idea of Nazis settling on the Moon after their defeat in World War II, not to mention it being a popular conspiracy theory.
Iron Sky is the latest reimagining of this theory.
The film is set in 2018. James Washington (Christopher Kirkby), a black male model, is sent to the Moon in a bid to help the President (Stephanie Paul) be re-elected. He is captured by the Nazis, who have been based on the dark side of the moon since 1945, and subsequently becomes involved in their plan to invade and rule Earth.
Even before its release, Iron Sky faced controversy in the UK due to the distributor...
- 5/26/2012
- by Katie Wong
- SoundOnSight
Iron Sky
Review by LondonFilmFan
Stars: Christopher Kirby, Stephanie Paul, Julia Dietze, Götz Otto, Peta Sergeant, Udo Kier | Written by Michael Kalesniko | Directed by Timo Vuorensola
Moon Nazis are coming. Yes, that’s right; Nazis from the moon will be invading select UK cinemas from Wednesday 23rd May. That is the premise, at least, of Iron Sky, a partially fan-funded space-war b-movie that is every bit as absurd as it sounds. When the initial directorial choice, Terrence Malick, dropped out of the project over “creative differences” Finnish black metal singer Timo Vuorensola stepped in to take the reins. The outcome is a film as daft and factually questionable as the previous sentence, but enjoyable enough in its own silly way.
Though last summer Michael Bay theorised that the dark side of the moon concealed a gigantic transforming robot, Iron Sky reveals the far more obvious, logical truth: with their plans...
Review by LondonFilmFan
Stars: Christopher Kirby, Stephanie Paul, Julia Dietze, Götz Otto, Peta Sergeant, Udo Kier | Written by Michael Kalesniko | Directed by Timo Vuorensola
Moon Nazis are coming. Yes, that’s right; Nazis from the moon will be invading select UK cinemas from Wednesday 23rd May. That is the premise, at least, of Iron Sky, a partially fan-funded space-war b-movie that is every bit as absurd as it sounds. When the initial directorial choice, Terrence Malick, dropped out of the project over “creative differences” Finnish black metal singer Timo Vuorensola stepped in to take the reins. The outcome is a film as daft and factually questionable as the previous sentence, but enjoyable enough in its own silly way.
Though last summer Michael Bay theorised that the dark side of the moon concealed a gigantic transforming robot, Iron Sky reveals the far more obvious, logical truth: with their plans...
- 5/22/2012
- by Guest
- Nerdly
Last month, we brought you the new theatrical trailer and new poster from the feature-length science fiction comedy Iron Sky, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and played at SXSW last week. The film will be hitting some international theaters on April 4th, and even though it has North American distribution, there still isn’t a U.S. release date.
Until the film hits our theaters, you can watch the first four minutes of the film below!
Clip: Iron Sky – The First Four Minutes
Click here to view the embedded video.
Synopsis:
Towards the end of World War II the staff of SS officer Hans Kammler made a significant breakthrough in anti-gravity. From a secret base built in the Antarctic, the first Nazi spaceships were launched in late ‘45 to found the military base Schwarze Sonne (Black Sun) on the dark side of the Moon. This base was to...
Until the film hits our theaters, you can watch the first four minutes of the film below!
Clip: Iron Sky – The First Four Minutes
Click here to view the embedded video.
Synopsis:
Towards the end of World War II the staff of SS officer Hans Kammler made a significant breakthrough in anti-gravity. From a secret base built in the Antarctic, the first Nazi spaceships were launched in late ‘45 to found the military base Schwarze Sonne (Black Sun) on the dark side of the Moon. This base was to...
- 3/19/2012
- by Jason Moore
- ScifiMafia
We have followed the feature-length science fiction comedy Iron Sky since the birth of our site back in 2009. Now, with the film slated to premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival this weekend, and hitting theaters on April 4th, our Finnish friends have launched the theatrical trailer the film, along with a band new poster. Check them out below!
Click here to view the embedded video.
The Story of Iron Sky
Towards the end of World War II the staff of SS officer Hans Kammler made a significant breakthrough in anti-gravity. From a secret base built in the Antarctic, the first Nazi spaceships were launched in late ‘45 to found the military base Schwarze Sonne (Black Sun) on the dark side of the Moon. This base was to build a powerful invasion fleet and return to take over the Earth once the time was right.
Now it’s 2018, the Nazi invasion...
Click here to view the embedded video.
The Story of Iron Sky
Towards the end of World War II the staff of SS officer Hans Kammler made a significant breakthrough in anti-gravity. From a secret base built in the Antarctic, the first Nazi spaceships were launched in late ‘45 to found the military base Schwarze Sonne (Black Sun) on the dark side of the Moon. This base was to build a powerful invasion fleet and return to take over the Earth once the time was right.
Now it’s 2018, the Nazi invasion...
- 2/9/2012
- by Jason Moore
- ScifiMafia
Sound On Sight will once again be covering the SXSW Film Festival this year, making it our second time attending. We’ve already posted news that 130 feature films will screen at the Austin, Texas fest taking place March 9-17, including 65 World Premieres, 17 North American Premieres and 10 U.S. Premieres. Now the fest has announced their “Midnighters” line-up which includes Sundance premieres V/H/S and Don Coscarelli’s John Dies at the End, and Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s Intruders, Paco Plaza’s [Rec] ³ Genesis, Timo Vuorensola’s Iron Sky… to name a few.
The 2012 SXSW Film Festival runs from March 9 – 17th. Here is the complete Midnighters line-up:
The Aggression Scale
Director: Steven C. Miller, Screenwriter: Ben Powell
4 hitmen + $500,000 of stolen cash + 1 family = War
Cast: Fabianne Therese, Ryan Hartwig, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Jacob Reynolds, Joseph McKelheer, Boyd Kestner, Lisa Rotondi, Ray Wise (World Premiere)
Citadel (Ireland, Scotland)
Director/Screenwriter: Ciarán Foy...
The 2012 SXSW Film Festival runs from March 9 – 17th. Here is the complete Midnighters line-up:
The Aggression Scale
Director: Steven C. Miller, Screenwriter: Ben Powell
4 hitmen + $500,000 of stolen cash + 1 family = War
Cast: Fabianne Therese, Ryan Hartwig, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Jacob Reynolds, Joseph McKelheer, Boyd Kestner, Lisa Rotondi, Ray Wise (World Premiere)
Citadel (Ireland, Scotland)
Director/Screenwriter: Ciarán Foy...
- 2/9/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival has announced the highly anticipated features in its Midnighters section, as well as the complete short films lineup, which will debut at this year’s Festival from March 9-17, 2012 in Austin, Texas.
The eleven films announced in the 2012 Midnighters program include a feast of titles that promise to rouse, haunt, and thrill the eager SXSW late-night audiences with an eclectic mix of thrills from genre filmmakers at the top of their game.
“Though our regular program already includes a healthy sampling of genre fare, the Midnighters section highlights those that go a bit crazier, gorier, and all-around balls out-ier,” said SXSW Senior Programmer and Operations Manager Jarod Neece. “This year's program includes both veteran names with anticipated follow-ups and fresh discoveries with new voices and charts otherworldly, insane territories that breathe new life into horror conventions.”
The SXSW Film Festival will open on Friday,...
The eleven films announced in the 2012 Midnighters program include a feast of titles that promise to rouse, haunt, and thrill the eager SXSW late-night audiences with an eclectic mix of thrills from genre filmmakers at the top of their game.
“Though our regular program already includes a healthy sampling of genre fare, the Midnighters section highlights those that go a bit crazier, gorier, and all-around balls out-ier,” said SXSW Senior Programmer and Operations Manager Jarod Neece. “This year's program includes both veteran names with anticipated follow-ups and fresh discoveries with new voices and charts otherworldly, insane territories that breathe new life into horror conventions.”
The SXSW Film Festival will open on Friday,...
- 2/8/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Following the announcement of the majority of South by Southwest’s 2012 line-up including Cabin in the Woods, 21 Jump Street, The Raid and Casa de mi Padre, the midnight section has been unveiled today. Most notably there is V/H/S, a horror anthology we enjoyed at Sundance (review here), as well as Clive Owen-starring Intruders and the third film in the [Rec] quadrilogy. The nazi space movie Iron Sky is also part of line-up and a “super secret” screening. Check out the midnight premieres below for the fest kicking off on March 9th and head over to the official site for the shorts announcement, including a new one from Don Hertzfeldt.
The Aggression Scale
Director: Steven C. Miller, Screenwriter: Ben Powell
4 hitmen + $500,000 of stolen cash + 1 family = War
Cast: Fabianne Therese, Ryan Hartwig, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Jacob Reynolds, Joseph McKelheer, Boyd Kestner, Lisa Rotondi, Ray Wise (World Premiere)
Citadel (Ireland,...
The Aggression Scale
Director: Steven C. Miller, Screenwriter: Ben Powell
4 hitmen + $500,000 of stolen cash + 1 family = War
Cast: Fabianne Therese, Ryan Hartwig, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Jacob Reynolds, Joseph McKelheer, Boyd Kestner, Lisa Rotondi, Ray Wise (World Premiere)
Citadel (Ireland,...
- 2/8/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival announced its always-fun Midnighters section, as well as the complete lineup of 135 short films, for this year’s festival, set for March 9-17 in Austin. Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard’s The Cabin in the Woods will kick things off as the festival’s official Opening Night Film. “Though our regular program already includes a healthy sampling of genre fare, the Midnighters section highlights those that go a bit crazier, gorier, and all-around balls out-ier,” said SXSW senior programmer and operations manager Jarod Neece. “This year’s program includes both veteran...
- 2/8/2012
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
SXSW announced today the lineups for their Midnighters and Shorts programs. The Midnighters section pulls together a batch of genre-heavy world premieres, including Spanish found-footage horror sequel [Rec] ³ Genesis and dark comedy Girls Against Boys, as well as proven festival favorites V/H/S and John Dies at the End.
The shorts program meanwhile is as extensive as ever, featuring 135 selections including works from James M. Johnson, Jeremiah Zagar, Bill Plympton, Dustin Guy Defa, and Josh and Benny Safdie (who present their Sundance Jury Prize winner The Black Balloon.)
The full lineups:
Midnighters
Scary, funny, sexy, controversial – provocative after-dark features for night owls and the terminally curious.
The Aggression Scale
Director: Steven C. Miller, Screenwriter: Ben Powell
4 hitmen + $500,000 of stolen cash + 1 family = War
Cast: Fabianne Therese, Ryan Hartwig, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Jacob Reynolds, Joseph McKelheer, Boyd Kestner, Lisa Rotondi, Ray Wise (World Premiere)
Citadel (Ireland, Scotland)
Director/Screenwriter: Ciarán Foy...
The shorts program meanwhile is as extensive as ever, featuring 135 selections including works from James M. Johnson, Jeremiah Zagar, Bill Plympton, Dustin Guy Defa, and Josh and Benny Safdie (who present their Sundance Jury Prize winner The Black Balloon.)
The full lineups:
Midnighters
Scary, funny, sexy, controversial – provocative after-dark features for night owls and the terminally curious.
The Aggression Scale
Director: Steven C. Miller, Screenwriter: Ben Powell
4 hitmen + $500,000 of stolen cash + 1 family = War
Cast: Fabianne Therese, Ryan Hartwig, Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Jacob Reynolds, Joseph McKelheer, Boyd Kestner, Lisa Rotondi, Ray Wise (World Premiere)
Citadel (Ireland, Scotland)
Director/Screenwriter: Ciarán Foy...
- 2/8/2012
- by Dan Schoenbrun
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
This past summer, we brought you the latest trailer for the feature-length science fiction comedy Iron Sky, which is currently deep in post production. While we wait for the film to hit the big-screen and blow our collective minds, the kind people over at Moon Nazi HQ have released the first issue of the Iron Sky prequel comic book.
The comic, Iron Sky: Bad Moon Rising details the history of the Nazi Moonbase Schwartze Sonne on the far side of the Moon, and it’s central character is Wolfgang Kortzfleisch (played in the film by Udo Kier), who grows up to be the Führer of the Moon Nazis.
Check out the most recent trailer for the movie below, along with the official press release with details and a link to the prequel comic, which you can read for free or you can pay for the comic and get access...
The comic, Iron Sky: Bad Moon Rising details the history of the Nazi Moonbase Schwartze Sonne on the far side of the Moon, and it’s central character is Wolfgang Kortzfleisch (played in the film by Udo Kier), who grows up to be the Führer of the Moon Nazis.
Check out the most recent trailer for the movie below, along with the official press release with details and a link to the prequel comic, which you can read for free or you can pay for the comic and get access...
- 10/6/2011
- by Jason Moore
- ScifiMafia
We have been following the feature-length science fiction comedy, Iron Sky since the very month that we launched the site and back in February we brought you the news that they had finally wrapped principal photography on the film. Now, our Finnish friends have launched a new teaser trailer for the film, along with a press release detailing their plans for the Cannes International Film Festival. Check it out below!
Teaser Trailer: Iron Sky
Press Release:
The Moon Nazi Film Iron Sky Gets a Release Date And a New Teaser
12-May-2011 Cannes, France — Iron Sky, the Finnish-German-Australian dark scifi comedy, has released a new teaser titled “We Come In Peace!”
The teaser also reveals the film’s release date: 4 April 2012. Iron Sky has been in production for five years and during that time it has done pioneering work on collaborating with the audience on content creation, publicity and funding the film.
Teaser Trailer: Iron Sky
Press Release:
The Moon Nazi Film Iron Sky Gets a Release Date And a New Teaser
12-May-2011 Cannes, France — Iron Sky, the Finnish-German-Australian dark scifi comedy, has released a new teaser titled “We Come In Peace!”
The teaser also reveals the film’s release date: 4 April 2012. Iron Sky has been in production for five years and during that time it has done pioneering work on collaborating with the audience on content creation, publicity and funding the film.
- 5/13/2011
- by Jason Moore
- ScifiMafia
A brand new teaser trailer set has been released for the steampunk, sci-fi, comedy Iron Sky, which is set for release on April 4, 2012. The new teaser gives fans a look at the live-action and dialoge. For those who are unaware, Iron Sky has gotten to this point with tons of audience support after five years in the making.
Finnish science-fiction comedy film from the makers of the Star Wreck series Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning. The film is directed by Timo Vuorensola and produced by Tero Kaukomaa of Blind Spot Pictures production company. Samuli Torssonen, the creator of the Star Wreck series and the producer of Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning, is responsible for the computer generated effects of the film. The screenwriters aboard Iron Sky are the Finnish author Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko.
As a dark science fiction that plays with Finland’s history of being oppressed by Russia,...
Finnish science-fiction comedy film from the makers of the Star Wreck series Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning. The film is directed by Timo Vuorensola and produced by Tero Kaukomaa of Blind Spot Pictures production company. Samuli Torssonen, the creator of the Star Wreck series and the producer of Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning, is responsible for the computer generated effects of the film. The screenwriters aboard Iron Sky are the Finnish author Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko.
As a dark science fiction that plays with Finland’s history of being oppressed by Russia,...
- 5/13/2011
- by Kevin Coll
- FusedFilm
Iron Sky, the Finnish-German-Australian sci-fi black comedy about Nazis from the Dark Side of the Moon, has released its promo trailer online. The trailer is still work-in-progress and it was released on the film project’s Iron Sky Sneak Peek web service to give the fans a glimpse of what the live action in the film will look like, and to get comments and suggestions for finishing up the promo trailer.
“We opened Iron Sky Sneak Peek when we started shooting Iron Sky last November as both a service for fans and a crowd funding channel. A subscription costs a minimum of one euro, but those who want to support us can pay more”,
says Timo Vuorensola, the director of Iron Sky.
“The basic idea of the service is to give the internet audience a chance to see how the first five minutes of Iron Sky are made, starting from...
“We opened Iron Sky Sneak Peek when we started shooting Iron Sky last November as both a service for fans and a crowd funding channel. A subscription costs a minimum of one euro, but those who want to support us can pay more”,
says Timo Vuorensola, the director of Iron Sky.
“The basic idea of the service is to give the internet audience a chance to see how the first five minutes of Iron Sky are made, starting from...
- 3/28/2011
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Back in December, we told you that the retro sci-fi black comedy film being developed by Finland’s Energia Productions entitled, Iron Sky was half-done, according to director, Timo Vuorensola. Now, principal photography has completed on the film and the crew needs some rest but, heading into post-production, they’re still looking for some talented visual effects pros that want to spend some time in Finland finishing the film.
Check out the official press release below!
Press Release:
It’s a Wrap! Iron Sky Finishes Principal Photography
Gold Coast/Australia – 04-Feb-2011 — Iron Sky, the Finnish-German-Australian co-production, has finished principal photography in Queensland Australia. Iron Sky is a dark science fiction comedy where Nazis fled to the Moon in 1945 – and in 2018 they are coming back. Iron Sky took about nine weeks to shoot, half of which took place in Frankfurt Germany, and the second half at the Village Roadshow Studios in Queensland,...
Check out the official press release below!
Press Release:
It’s a Wrap! Iron Sky Finishes Principal Photography
Gold Coast/Australia – 04-Feb-2011 — Iron Sky, the Finnish-German-Australian co-production, has finished principal photography in Queensland Australia. Iron Sky is a dark science fiction comedy where Nazis fled to the Moon in 1945 – and in 2018 they are coming back. Iron Sky took about nine weeks to shoot, half of which took place in Frankfurt Germany, and the second half at the Village Roadshow Studios in Queensland,...
- 2/4/2011
- by Jason Moore
- ScifiMafia
Iron Sky, the Finnish-Australian-German sci-fi movie about Nazis from the Dark Side of the Moon, has begun the Australian part of their shoot at Village Roadshow Studios in Queensland.
Iron Sky is breaking new ground with its wide ranging collaboration with the fans and the Internet community. This community has contributed ideas and creative talent for the film, as well as funds via purchasing merchandise and support kits, and by actually investing in the film. Iron Sky is aiming to gather one million euros from its fan community as contributions and investments.
Iron Sky has a budget of 6.8 million euros. The film is directed by Timo Vuorensola, and the Australian and New Zealander cast includes Peta Sergeant (Satisfaction), Christopher Kirby (The Matrix Reloaded & Revolutions, Daybreakers, Space: Above and Beyond) and Stephanie Paul (Separation City, Film School Confidential). The German cast includes Julia Dietze (1½ Ritter), Götz Otto (Schindler’s List, Downfall), Udo Kier (Dogville,...
Iron Sky is breaking new ground with its wide ranging collaboration with the fans and the Internet community. This community has contributed ideas and creative talent for the film, as well as funds via purchasing merchandise and support kits, and by actually investing in the film. Iron Sky is aiming to gather one million euros from its fan community as contributions and investments.
Iron Sky has a budget of 6.8 million euros. The film is directed by Timo Vuorensola, and the Australian and New Zealander cast includes Peta Sergeant (Satisfaction), Christopher Kirby (The Matrix Reloaded & Revolutions, Daybreakers, Space: Above and Beyond) and Stephanie Paul (Separation City, Film School Confidential). The German cast includes Julia Dietze (1½ Ritter), Götz Otto (Schindler’s List, Downfall), Udo Kier (Dogville,...
- 1/13/2011
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
We have been doing our best to keep you up to date on the retro sci-fi black comedy film being developed by Finland’s Energia Productions entitled, Iron Sky. The film thankfully got picked up at the Cannes International Film Festival, is currently in production, and according to director, Timo Vuorensola is half-done.
Now, the makers of Iron Sky are giving everyone the opportunity to watch the first five minutes of the film, from idea through script, storyboards and animatics to the finished film for as little as 1 euro (about $1.50). Check out the press release below for all the details!
Iron Sky Sneak Peek – Read the First Five Minutes of the Script!
The makers of Iron Sky, the sci-fi black comedy about Nazis from the Dark Side of the Moon, celebrated the beginning of the primary photography by releasing a new service called Iron Sky Sneak Peek: http://www.ironsky.
Now, the makers of Iron Sky are giving everyone the opportunity to watch the first five minutes of the film, from idea through script, storyboards and animatics to the finished film for as little as 1 euro (about $1.50). Check out the press release below for all the details!
Iron Sky Sneak Peek – Read the First Five Minutes of the Script!
The makers of Iron Sky, the sci-fi black comedy about Nazis from the Dark Side of the Moon, celebrated the beginning of the primary photography by releasing a new service called Iron Sky Sneak Peek: http://www.ironsky.
- 12/17/2010
- by Jason Moore
- ScifiMafia
Iron Sky is an upcoming Finnish feature-length comedy science fiction film from the makers of the Star Wreck series, directed by Timo Vuorensola and produced by Samuli Torssonen as their next project after the success of Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning. The screenwriters aboard Iron Sky are the award-winning Finnish author Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko (Howard Stern’s Private Parts, How to Kill Your Neighbor’s Dog).
Synopsis:
As World War II comes to an end in 1945, Hans Kammler and other German scientists make a breakthrough in anti-gravity research. From a secret base in the Antarctic, Nazi spaceships are sent to the “dark side” of the Moon to establish the military base “Schwarze Sonne” (Black Sun). Their plan is to build a powerful fleet and return to conquer Earth. The film is set in the year 2018 when their descendants finally return.
Here are some more photos from the film...
Synopsis:
As World War II comes to an end in 1945, Hans Kammler and other German scientists make a breakthrough in anti-gravity research. From a secret base in the Antarctic, Nazi spaceships are sent to the “dark side” of the Moon to establish the military base “Schwarze Sonne” (Black Sun). Their plan is to build a powerful fleet and return to conquer Earth. The film is set in the year 2018 when their descendants finally return.
Here are some more photos from the film...
- 11/13/2010
- by Staff
- SoundOnSight
The creators of Iron Sky have announced the third main cast member for their science fiction black comedy about Nazis on the Dark Side of the Moon. Christopher Kirby (Matrix Reloaded, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith), will join Julia Dietze (Slave. Zimmer 205) and Götz Otto (The Pillars of the Earth, Schindler’s List) in the main cast of the movie.
Kirby will play James Washington, the first African-American astronaut on the Moon. Washington is part of the the first manned moon flight since the 70’s, which stumbles into the Moon Nazis – specifically, Klaus Adler (Götz Otto) and Renate Richter (Julia Dietze).
Check out a video interview with Kirby and their official press release below!
Christopher Kirby Joins The Fight Against The Moon Nazis
Official Press Release:
Christopher Kirby Joins The Fight Against Moon Nazis!
Third member of Iron Sky main cast revealed
Helsinki 17-September-2010 — The creators...
Kirby will play James Washington, the first African-American astronaut on the Moon. Washington is part of the the first manned moon flight since the 70’s, which stumbles into the Moon Nazis – specifically, Klaus Adler (Götz Otto) and Renate Richter (Julia Dietze).
Check out a video interview with Kirby and their official press release below!
Christopher Kirby Joins The Fight Against The Moon Nazis
Official Press Release:
Christopher Kirby Joins The Fight Against Moon Nazis!
Third member of Iron Sky main cast revealed
Helsinki 17-September-2010 — The creators...
- 9/20/2010
- by Jason Moore
- ScifiMafia
The creators of Iron Sky have revealed the identity of the third member of the main cast of Iron Sky, the science fiction black comedy about Nazis from the Dark Side of the Moon. Christopher Kirby, whose previous work in sci-fi includes The Matrix Reloaded & Revolutions, Quantum Leap, Daybreakers and Space: Above and Beyond, will join Julia Dietze (1/2 Ritter) and Götz Otto (Tomorrow Never Dies, Schindler’s List, The Downfall) in the main cast of the movie.
In the world of Iron Sky Nazis went to the Moon in 1945 – and in 2018 they are coming back. The film is an independent Finnish-German-Australian co-production and is known for its wide ranging co-operation with fans and the internet community.
Christopher Kirby
Kirby’s character is James Washington, the first African-American astronaut on the Moon. Washington is part of the the first manned moon flight since the 70’s, which stumbles into the Moon Nazis – specifically,...
In the world of Iron Sky Nazis went to the Moon in 1945 – and in 2018 they are coming back. The film is an independent Finnish-German-Australian co-production and is known for its wide ranging co-operation with fans and the internet community.
Christopher Kirby
Kirby’s character is James Washington, the first African-American astronaut on the Moon. Washington is part of the the first manned moon flight since the 70’s, which stumbles into the Moon Nazis – specifically,...
- 9/17/2010
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Despite the bizarre awesomeness of the whole thing, I laid off posting the first teaser for Iron Sky, mainly because, well, it's a trailer for a movie that doesn't exist. But then again, it's not like that stopped me before, so what the hell.
The story of Iron Sky is a weird one. The film is a low-brow, high-concept one about a secret Nazi base on the moon that's been hidden since WWII, and now the Nazis are back in force and invading the earth. And, I have to admit, that sounds pretty awesome if handled with a tongue in cheek... though not too much so. The trailers are mainly pre-production production footage, shot basically in an effort to garner funding, which the film is apparently sorely lacking. In fact, the second trailer concludes with a solicitation for money.
Strange, eh?
Here's the official synopsis:
Iron Sky is a scifi...
The story of Iron Sky is a weird one. The film is a low-brow, high-concept one about a secret Nazi base on the moon that's been hidden since WWII, and now the Nazis are back in force and invading the earth. And, I have to admit, that sounds pretty awesome if handled with a tongue in cheek... though not too much so. The trailers are mainly pre-production production footage, shot basically in an effort to garner funding, which the film is apparently sorely lacking. In fact, the second trailer concludes with a solicitation for money.
Strange, eh?
Here's the official synopsis:
Iron Sky is a scifi...
- 5/18/2010
- by TK
Blind Spot Pictures and Energia Productions have released the first footage from their upcoming science fiction movie Iron Sky. In the world of Iron Sky the Nazis left for the Moon in 1945 – and in 2018 they are coming back. The movie is a science fiction black comedy, a Finnish-German co-production shot mainly in English.
The footage – edited into teaser format – was filmed in Tampere, Finland in March, but the main shooting of the film will begin later this year. The soundtrack was provided by Slovenian underground music heavyweight Laibach, who will also create the soundtrack of the movie. The CGI effects were created by Energia Productions.
Iron Sky is a scifi movie that takes place in the year 2018, when the Nazis, who fled the Earth to the dark side of the Moon in 1945, return to claim the Earth.
The budget of Iron Sky is 6.5 million euros, making it one of the...
The footage – edited into teaser format – was filmed in Tampere, Finland in March, but the main shooting of the film will begin later this year. The soundtrack was provided by Slovenian underground music heavyweight Laibach, who will also create the soundtrack of the movie. The CGI effects were created by Energia Productions.
Iron Sky is a scifi movie that takes place in the year 2018, when the Nazis, who fled the Earth to the dark side of the Moon in 1945, return to claim the Earth.
The budget of Iron Sky is 6.5 million euros, making it one of the...
- 5/17/2010
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Back in March we brought you some production photos and behind the scenes video from the production of Iron Sky. The film is being created by Blind Spot Pictures and Energia Productions, who have just released the first footage from the film. The footage was filmed in Tampere, Finland back in March and then edited into teaser format.
Check it out below!
Iron Sky Teaser 2 – The First Footage
The Story of Iron Sky
Towards the end of World War II the staff of SS officer Hans Kammler made a significant breakthrough in anti-gravity. From a secret base built in the Antarctic, the first Nazi spaceships were launched in late ‘45 to found the military base Schwarze Sonne (Black Sun) on the dark side of the Moon. This base was to build a powerful invasion fleet and return to take over the Earth once the time was right.
Now it’s 2018, the...
Check it out below!
Iron Sky Teaser 2 – The First Footage
The Story of Iron Sky
Towards the end of World War II the staff of SS officer Hans Kammler made a significant breakthrough in anti-gravity. From a secret base built in the Antarctic, the first Nazi spaceships were launched in late ‘45 to found the military base Schwarze Sonne (Black Sun) on the dark side of the Moon. This base was to build a powerful invasion fleet and return to take over the Earth once the time was right.
Now it’s 2018, the...
- 5/14/2010
- by Jason Moore
- ScifiMafia
Time for our yearly update on the progress of the Outer Space Nazi's. Some new footage, some bombastic music, and of course the obligatory swastika space station. Yes you are still excited about this (see our extensive archives on this project.) You know it to be true.
(via Quiet Earth and Opium)
Towards the end of World War II, in 1945, the SS officer Hans Kammler's staff made a significant breakthrough in anti-gravity research. From a secret base built in the Antarctic, the first Nazi spaceships were launched in late '45, and they founded the military base Schwarze Sonne (Black Sun) on the so-called dark side of the Moon. The purpose of this base was to build a powerful invasion fleet and return to take over the Earth once the time was right.
[A quick update on this from Cannes, where the director showed me an in-progress version of the trailer before it went online. First, for those of you skeptical whether the film will ever happen, they are going into production in September. This is a real movie, it's cast, they have the large majority of the budget and all of the cast in place. It's happening. Second, this particular footage comes from a test shoot originally intended to test their workflow from shooting on green screen through to finished product. It was originally intended for internal viewing only but came out so well that they decided to release it to the masses. Third, the 'Give Us Your Money' line at the end of the teaser isn't really a joke. To make up the small remaining shortfall in their budget, the producers are giving fans the chance to directly invest in the film, at minimum increments of one thousand Euros. Investment at different levels brings different benefits. Read the press release below and follow the links for more info. - Todd.]
Blind Spot Pictures and Energia Productions have released the first footage from their upcoming science fiction movie Iron Sky.
(via Quiet Earth and Opium)
Towards the end of World War II, in 1945, the SS officer Hans Kammler's staff made a significant breakthrough in anti-gravity research. From a secret base built in the Antarctic, the first Nazi spaceships were launched in late '45, and they founded the military base Schwarze Sonne (Black Sun) on the so-called dark side of the Moon. The purpose of this base was to build a powerful invasion fleet and return to take over the Earth once the time was right.
[A quick update on this from Cannes, where the director showed me an in-progress version of the trailer before it went online. First, for those of you skeptical whether the film will ever happen, they are going into production in September. This is a real movie, it's cast, they have the large majority of the budget and all of the cast in place. It's happening. Second, this particular footage comes from a test shoot originally intended to test their workflow from shooting on green screen through to finished product. It was originally intended for internal viewing only but came out so well that they decided to release it to the masses. Third, the 'Give Us Your Money' line at the end of the teaser isn't really a joke. To make up the small remaining shortfall in their budget, the producers are giving fans the chance to directly invest in the film, at minimum increments of one thousand Euros. Investment at different levels brings different benefits. Read the press release below and follow the links for more info. - Todd.]
Blind Spot Pictures and Energia Productions have released the first footage from their upcoming science fiction movie Iron Sky.
- 5/14/2010
- Screen Anarchy
More Afm news
Director Julien Temple is to take on the story of art faker Elmyr de Hory, written by the equally notorious hoax biographer Clifford Irving. Richard Gere played him in "The Hoax" in 2007.
Temple has pacted with U.K. based production and finance house Film and Music Entertainment to direct "Fake!," scripted by Michael Kalesniko.
Temple is working with Kalesniko with a view to a spring shoot in Spain, France and Croatia.
Kalesniko's credits include Howard Stern's "Private Parts" and Kenneth Branagh vehicle "How to Kill Your Neighbour's Dog," and he is working on a rewrite of sci-fi spoof "Iron Sky" for F&Me.
"Fake!" details the complex emotional triangle between the three main protagonists, the two fakers and Orson Welles, who made his last film about de Hory.
Temple said: "There's an element of 'To Catch a Thief' about what they do. As becomes...
Director Julien Temple is to take on the story of art faker Elmyr de Hory, written by the equally notorious hoax biographer Clifford Irving. Richard Gere played him in "The Hoax" in 2007.
Temple has pacted with U.K. based production and finance house Film and Music Entertainment to direct "Fake!," scripted by Michael Kalesniko.
Temple is working with Kalesniko with a view to a spring shoot in Spain, France and Croatia.
Kalesniko's credits include Howard Stern's "Private Parts" and Kenneth Branagh vehicle "How to Kill Your Neighbour's Dog," and he is working on a rewrite of sci-fi spoof "Iron Sky" for F&Me.
"Fake!" details the complex emotional triangle between the three main protagonists, the two fakers and Orson Welles, who made his last film about de Hory.
Temple said: "There's an element of 'To Catch a Thief' about what they do. As becomes...
- 11/4/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
I'm going to try to not blame David Fincher for choosing to work on Chef (a comedy with Keanu Reeves) over the crime flick Ness -- but I'll be real honest with you: it ain't going to be easy. MTV recently spoke with the director, and Fincher finally opened up about the cooking comedy, and provided some tidbits on what he has in store for the flick. Fincher tells MTV that "It's like a celibate sex comedy if that means anything. It's really about the creative process," the filmmaker explained. "It's truly an aromatic art-form, making food. I love that idea. And I love Keanu's passion for that world."
There had been some speculation that Fincher was going to be working on an adaptation of Anthony Bourdain's best-selling memoir Kitchen Confidential, but it looks like Chef will be an original script. Fincher tells MTV, "They decided to go ahead...
There had been some speculation that Fincher was going to be working on an adaptation of Anthony Bourdain's best-selling memoir Kitchen Confidential, but it looks like Chef will be an original script. Fincher tells MTV, "They decided to go ahead...
- 12/23/2008
- by Jessica Barnes
- Cinematical
How to Kill
Other than Woody Allen films, comedies about curmudgeons are few and far between. Audiences tend to see little reason to sympathize with a perpetually disgruntled fussbudget who lashes out at everyone in his life. But screenwriter-director Michael Kalesniko has managed to pull off such a comedy with "How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog," and he succeeds for two reasons: His protagonist is played by a rumpled yet robust Kenneth Branagh, who brings surprising warmth to the role of a playwright beset by problems on many fronts, and Kalesniko's script lets us understand immediately what's really bugging his hero — the dreaded writer's block.
Movies about writers usually don't set boxoffice records, but this Millennium Films release has an unusually high ratio of laughs per minute.
Crises come at Peter McGowan (Branagh) from many angles. There is, of course, dilemma No. 1: After a run of boxoffice successes as the angry young playwright of Los Angeles, McGowan has hit a wall. Three successive flops have devastated his self- confidence, so he decides to workshop an incomplete drama with a hotshot director (David Krumholtz) who is addicted to Petula Clark songs and two flighty actors (Jonathan Schaech and Kaitlin Hopkins). But the idea is not working.
Meanwhile, wife Melanie Robin Wright Penn), a children's dance instructor, wants a child of her own; his mother-in-law (Lynn Redgrave) battles Alzheimer's; a stalker (Jared Harris) insists he's the real Peter McGowan; and the mutt next door barks all night.
Also new in the neighborhood is 10-year-old Amy (Suzi Hofrichter), afflicted with a mild case of cerebral palsy. Melanie invites the girl over frequently, hoping that Peter will warm up to children. This tactic fails miserably until his play's producer (Peter Riegert) and director insist that Peter's dialogue for a 10-year-old character doesn't ring true, so Peter befriends Amy to study her speech pattern.
"How to Kill" is, in essence, about the creative process and how an artist uses life for their own purposes. It also is about the selfishness to which an artist must cling if they are to achieve their goals. But this makes the film sound heavy — which it never is.
Peter's ego-deflating situations keep him off-balance, in search of creative equilibrium. Kalesniko's writing and direction are ever on the prowl for the oddball and offbeat.
HOW TO KILL YOUR NEIGHBOR'S DOG
Millennium Films
in association with Cinerenta
South Ford Pictures
in association with Lonsdale Prods.
Producers Michael Nozik, Nancy M. Ruff, Brad Weston
Director-screenwriter Michael Kalesniko
Executive producer Robert Redford
Co-executive producers Willi Baer, Avi Lerner, Danny Dembort, Trevor Short, John Thompson
Director of photography Hubert Taczanowski
Production designer Stephen Lineweaver
Music David Robbins
Costume designer Mary Claire Hannan
Editor Pamela Martin
Color/stereo
Cast:
Peter McGowan Kenneth Branagh
Melanie McGowan Robin Wright Penn
Amy Walsh Suzi Hofrichter
Edna Lynn Redgrave
Stalker Jared Harris
Larry Peter Riegert
Brian Sellars David Krumholtz
Adam Jonathan Schaech
Victoria Kaitlin Hopkins
Running time — 104 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Movies about writers usually don't set boxoffice records, but this Millennium Films release has an unusually high ratio of laughs per minute.
Crises come at Peter McGowan (Branagh) from many angles. There is, of course, dilemma No. 1: After a run of boxoffice successes as the angry young playwright of Los Angeles, McGowan has hit a wall. Three successive flops have devastated his self- confidence, so he decides to workshop an incomplete drama with a hotshot director (David Krumholtz) who is addicted to Petula Clark songs and two flighty actors (Jonathan Schaech and Kaitlin Hopkins). But the idea is not working.
Meanwhile, wife Melanie Robin Wright Penn), a children's dance instructor, wants a child of her own; his mother-in-law (Lynn Redgrave) battles Alzheimer's; a stalker (Jared Harris) insists he's the real Peter McGowan; and the mutt next door barks all night.
Also new in the neighborhood is 10-year-old Amy (Suzi Hofrichter), afflicted with a mild case of cerebral palsy. Melanie invites the girl over frequently, hoping that Peter will warm up to children. This tactic fails miserably until his play's producer (Peter Riegert) and director insist that Peter's dialogue for a 10-year-old character doesn't ring true, so Peter befriends Amy to study her speech pattern.
"How to Kill" is, in essence, about the creative process and how an artist uses life for their own purposes. It also is about the selfishness to which an artist must cling if they are to achieve their goals. But this makes the film sound heavy — which it never is.
Peter's ego-deflating situations keep him off-balance, in search of creative equilibrium. Kalesniko's writing and direction are ever on the prowl for the oddball and offbeat.
HOW TO KILL YOUR NEIGHBOR'S DOG
Millennium Films
in association with Cinerenta
South Ford Pictures
in association with Lonsdale Prods.
Producers Michael Nozik, Nancy M. Ruff, Brad Weston
Director-screenwriter Michael Kalesniko
Executive producer Robert Redford
Co-executive producers Willi Baer, Avi Lerner, Danny Dembort, Trevor Short, John Thompson
Director of photography Hubert Taczanowski
Production designer Stephen Lineweaver
Music David Robbins
Costume designer Mary Claire Hannan
Editor Pamela Martin
Color/stereo
Cast:
Peter McGowan Kenneth Branagh
Melanie McGowan Robin Wright Penn
Amy Walsh Suzi Hofrichter
Edna Lynn Redgrave
Stalker Jared Harris
Larry Peter Riegert
Brian Sellars David Krumholtz
Adam Jonathan Schaech
Victoria Kaitlin Hopkins
Running time — 104 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 7/9/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film review: 'Private Parts'
Fitting for his March release date, Howard Stern comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb in "Private Parts", the shock jock's foray into yet another medium in this movie celebration of Stern's unlikely rise to radio superstardom.
Misunderstood geeks everywhere -- a sizable majority in any metropolis -- should line up for this cozy and caustic comedy and, perhaps most surprisingly, the film will appeal to educated women who have been dragged into the theater, a demographic not known for their unabashed enthusiasm for Stern's inspired sophomorisms. The boxoffice call letters for this Paramount release should be W-HIT or K-HIT, depending on your side of the FCC line.
Thematically, "Private Parts" is wonderfully non-PC, while stylistically, it's "Rebel Without a Cause", "Good Morning, Vietnam" and the triumph-of-the-nerds genre all rolled into one as it traces Howard's gangly life from yelled-at kid to yelled-at adult. The consistency is that everyone was always telling him to shut up, and he always felt misunderstood.
Unfortunately for Howard, he was never able to channel that adolescent anomie in the way a James Dean or a more accomplished girl-getter would have sublimated. Being misunderstood got him no girls, and so it seems, scant few friends. A cross between Woody Allen and Big Bird, with severe penis-size anxiety, Howard had only one outlet other than masturbation -- doing radio.
In this affectionate bio, screenwriters Len Blum and Michael Kalesniko trace Howard's life from his childhood to his paisley days at Boston University up through a triumphant 1985 love fest in Central Park. With his Hebro, prominent schnoz and black-rimmed glasses, collegiate Howard most resembled a costume-shop dork trying to find his way during the days of free love and rebellion.
The most hilarious bits are in Howard's early days as he flounders to find his voice, actually serving as a DJ in Dee-troit for a country/western station while he balances a marriage to a wonderful girl, Alison, whose only liability seems to mirror the problem most intelligent women have always endured, lousy taste in men.
Overall, "Private Parts" is biblical in spirit, with Howard the voice crying in the wilderness. Here the Philistines, of course, are philistinic radio programmers and the pusillanimous pussies of public mores. While "Private Parts" is at its most hilarious when Howard slays the authority figures, it also has a tender underside: We see that the private vs. public Howard are two very different figures, the cerebral, acerbic social satirist on one hand, the squirrelly but devotedly faithful husband and family man on the other.
Playing himself, Stern is no Mel Gibson, but that's the point. As an abrasive pain in the ass, he's actually appealing. Sidekick Robin Quivers is similarly convincing and engaging as herself, while Mary McCormack is warm as Howard's understanding wife. Amid the proper mix of lesbians, rock stars, babes, droolers and dysfunctionals, there's a character who swallows a 12-inch kielbasa -- credit to actress Althea Cassidy for that filmic feat.
From start to finish, Betty Thomas is the perfect program director, keeping an eye on the narrative dial. The tech contributions are similarly inspired and aptly off-center, particularly costume designer Joseph G. Aulisi's loopy threads. Spinning between the sputum is a soundtrack of timely tunes, some clearly tongue-in-cheek, or, in this case, cheeks.
PRIVATE PARTS
Paramount Pictures
Paramount and Rysher Entertainment present
An Ivan Reitman production
A Betty Thomas film
Producer Ivan Reitman
Director Betty Thomas
Screenwriters Len Blum, Michael Kalesniko
Based on the book by Howard Stern
Executive producers Daniel Goldberg,
Joe Medjuck, Keith Samples
Director of photography Walt Lloyd
Production designer Eric Golden
Editor Peter Teschner
Co-producer Celia Costas
Costume designer Joseph G. Aulisi
Color/stereo
Cast:
Howard Stern Howard Stern
Robin Quivers Robin Quivers
Alison Stern Mary McCormack
Fred Norris Fred Norris
Jackie Martling Jackie Martling
Gary Dell'Abate Gary Dell'Abate
Ben Stern Richard Portnow
Ray Stern Kelly Bishop
Vin Vallescca Reni Santoni
Kenny Paul Giamattti
Brittany Melanie Good
Howard (age 7) Bobby Boriello
Howard (age 12) Michael Maccarone
Howard (age 16) Matthew Friedman
Running time -- 108 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Misunderstood geeks everywhere -- a sizable majority in any metropolis -- should line up for this cozy and caustic comedy and, perhaps most surprisingly, the film will appeal to educated women who have been dragged into the theater, a demographic not known for their unabashed enthusiasm for Stern's inspired sophomorisms. The boxoffice call letters for this Paramount release should be W-HIT or K-HIT, depending on your side of the FCC line.
Thematically, "Private Parts" is wonderfully non-PC, while stylistically, it's "Rebel Without a Cause", "Good Morning, Vietnam" and the triumph-of-the-nerds genre all rolled into one as it traces Howard's gangly life from yelled-at kid to yelled-at adult. The consistency is that everyone was always telling him to shut up, and he always felt misunderstood.
Unfortunately for Howard, he was never able to channel that adolescent anomie in the way a James Dean or a more accomplished girl-getter would have sublimated. Being misunderstood got him no girls, and so it seems, scant few friends. A cross between Woody Allen and Big Bird, with severe penis-size anxiety, Howard had only one outlet other than masturbation -- doing radio.
In this affectionate bio, screenwriters Len Blum and Michael Kalesniko trace Howard's life from his childhood to his paisley days at Boston University up through a triumphant 1985 love fest in Central Park. With his Hebro, prominent schnoz and black-rimmed glasses, collegiate Howard most resembled a costume-shop dork trying to find his way during the days of free love and rebellion.
The most hilarious bits are in Howard's early days as he flounders to find his voice, actually serving as a DJ in Dee-troit for a country/western station while he balances a marriage to a wonderful girl, Alison, whose only liability seems to mirror the problem most intelligent women have always endured, lousy taste in men.
Overall, "Private Parts" is biblical in spirit, with Howard the voice crying in the wilderness. Here the Philistines, of course, are philistinic radio programmers and the pusillanimous pussies of public mores. While "Private Parts" is at its most hilarious when Howard slays the authority figures, it also has a tender underside: We see that the private vs. public Howard are two very different figures, the cerebral, acerbic social satirist on one hand, the squirrelly but devotedly faithful husband and family man on the other.
Playing himself, Stern is no Mel Gibson, but that's the point. As an abrasive pain in the ass, he's actually appealing. Sidekick Robin Quivers is similarly convincing and engaging as herself, while Mary McCormack is warm as Howard's understanding wife. Amid the proper mix of lesbians, rock stars, babes, droolers and dysfunctionals, there's a character who swallows a 12-inch kielbasa -- credit to actress Althea Cassidy for that filmic feat.
From start to finish, Betty Thomas is the perfect program director, keeping an eye on the narrative dial. The tech contributions are similarly inspired and aptly off-center, particularly costume designer Joseph G. Aulisi's loopy threads. Spinning between the sputum is a soundtrack of timely tunes, some clearly tongue-in-cheek, or, in this case, cheeks.
PRIVATE PARTS
Paramount Pictures
Paramount and Rysher Entertainment present
An Ivan Reitman production
A Betty Thomas film
Producer Ivan Reitman
Director Betty Thomas
Screenwriters Len Blum, Michael Kalesniko
Based on the book by Howard Stern
Executive producers Daniel Goldberg,
Joe Medjuck, Keith Samples
Director of photography Walt Lloyd
Production designer Eric Golden
Editor Peter Teschner
Co-producer Celia Costas
Costume designer Joseph G. Aulisi
Color/stereo
Cast:
Howard Stern Howard Stern
Robin Quivers Robin Quivers
Alison Stern Mary McCormack
Fred Norris Fred Norris
Jackie Martling Jackie Martling
Gary Dell'Abate Gary Dell'Abate
Ben Stern Richard Portnow
Ray Stern Kelly Bishop
Vin Vallescca Reni Santoni
Kenny Paul Giamattti
Brittany Melanie Good
Howard (age 7) Bobby Boriello
Howard (age 12) Michael Maccarone
Howard (age 16) Matthew Friedman
Running time -- 108 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 2/25/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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