Exclusive: Daredevil: Born Again actress Sandrine Holt has joined David Cronenberg’s next movie, The Shrouds opposite Guy Pearce, Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger.
The project, which Deadline first reported, starts production on May 8 in Toronto and stars Cassel as Karsh, an innovative businessman and grieving widower, who builds a novel device to connect with the dead inside a burial shroud. This burial tool installed at his own state-of-the-art – though controversial cemetery allows him and his clients to watch their specific departed loved one decompose in real time. Karsh’s revolutionary business is on the verge of breaking into the international mainstream when several graves within his cemetery are vandalized and nearly destroyed, including that of his wife. While he struggles to uncover a clear motive for the attack, the mystery of who wrought this havoc, and why, drive him to reevaluate his business, marriage and fidelity to his late wife’s memory,...
The project, which Deadline first reported, starts production on May 8 in Toronto and stars Cassel as Karsh, an innovative businessman and grieving widower, who builds a novel device to connect with the dead inside a burial shroud. This burial tool installed at his own state-of-the-art – though controversial cemetery allows him and his clients to watch their specific departed loved one decompose in real time. Karsh’s revolutionary business is on the verge of breaking into the international mainstream when several graves within his cemetery are vandalized and nearly destroyed, including that of his wife. While he struggles to uncover a clear motive for the attack, the mystery of who wrought this havoc, and why, drive him to reevaluate his business, marriage and fidelity to his late wife’s memory,...
- 4/18/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Women working at a fancy Sydney department store in 1959 are the subjects of “Ladies in Black,” an uneven dramedy directed and co-written by veteran Australian filmmaker Bruce Beresford. After establishing an interesting picture of conservative Anglo-Australian values clashing with worldly views brought to the new land by post-war immigrants, “Ladies” is let down by a screenplay lacking the sharp wit and emotional depth to bring its characters and themes fully to life. Attractively packaged, optimistic to a fault, and well performed by an ensemble including Julia Ormond and rising local star Angourie Rice, “Ladies” should register as pleasant enough entertainment for general domestic audiences, predominantly older females, although offshore prospects look iffy.
Set in the Sydney of Beresford’s youth and based on the 1993 novel “The Women in Black” by his University of Sydney contemporary Madeleine St John, “Ladies” unfolds in the golden rays of summertime leading up to Christmas.
Set in the Sydney of Beresford’s youth and based on the 1993 novel “The Women in Black” by his University of Sydney contemporary Madeleine St John, “Ladies” unfolds in the golden rays of summertime leading up to Christmas.
- 9/23/2018
- by Richard Kuipers
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Aden Young, who starred on Sundance TV’s Rectify for that drama’s four-season run, has signed with ICM Partners. The move comes as the veteran Australian actor is next up in the indie comedic drama Elsewhere opposite Jackie Weaver and Beau Bridges.
Young’s film credits include Geoffrey Wright’s Metal Skin, Stuart Beattie’s I, Frankenstein and the Australian film Don’t Tell after getting his first role in Bruce Beresford’s 1991 pic Black Robe.
He earned a pair of Critics’ Choice Award nominations for Rectify playing Daniel Holden, a man released from prison after serving 19 years on Death Row.
Young’s film credits include Geoffrey Wright’s Metal Skin, Stuart Beattie’s I, Frankenstein and the Australian film Don’t Tell after getting his first role in Bruce Beresford’s 1991 pic Black Robe.
He earned a pair of Critics’ Choice Award nominations for Rectify playing Daniel Holden, a man released from prison after serving 19 years on Death Row.
- 5/23/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Sam Neill, Sue Milliken, Anthony Buckley (Photo credit: Peter Jackson).
The 71st Australian International Movie Convention wrapped last week, with a delegation of just over 1,000 converging on the Gold Coast for the five-night-four-day convention.
Seven features screened at Aimc, including three Australian films: Don.t Tell — attended by cast members Jack Thompson Am, Rachel Griffiths, Sara West, Gyton Grantley, Martin Sacks and Robert Coleby; Jasper Jones — introduced by director Rachel Perkins; and Transmission's Oscar contender Lion — attended by mother and son Sue and Saroo Brierley, on whose story the film is based.
Sam Neill followed in the footsteps of Jack Thompson, winning the Aimc Lifetime Achievement award, and used the occassion to read out amusing testimonials from the likes of Bryan Brown, Rob Sitch and John Cleese congratulating him on his award..
Neill.s Hunt for the Wilderpeople director Taika Waititi watched on, fresh from the set of Thor: Ragnarok,...
The 71st Australian International Movie Convention wrapped last week, with a delegation of just over 1,000 converging on the Gold Coast for the five-night-four-day convention.
Seven features screened at Aimc, including three Australian films: Don.t Tell — attended by cast members Jack Thompson Am, Rachel Griffiths, Sara West, Gyton Grantley, Martin Sacks and Robert Coleby; Jasper Jones — introduced by director Rachel Perkins; and Transmission's Oscar contender Lion — attended by mother and son Sue and Saroo Brierley, on whose story the film is based.
Sam Neill followed in the footsteps of Jack Thompson, winning the Aimc Lifetime Achievement award, and used the occassion to read out amusing testimonials from the likes of Bryan Brown, Rob Sitch and John Cleese congratulating him on his award..
Neill.s Hunt for the Wilderpeople director Taika Waititi watched on, fresh from the set of Thor: Ragnarok,...
- 10/17/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Sam Neill, Sue Milliken, Anthony Buckley (Photo credit: Peter Jackson).
The 71st Australian International Movie Convention wrapped last week, with a delegation of just over 1,000 converging on the Gold Coast for the five-night-four-day convention.
Seven features screened at Aimc, including three Australian films: Don.t Tell — attended by cast members Jack Thompson Am, Rachel Griffiths, Sara West, Gyton Grantley, Martin Sacks and Robert Coleby; Jasper Jones — introduced by director Rachel Perkins; and Transmission's Oscar contender Lion — attended by mother and son Sue and Saroo Brierley, on whose story the film is based.
Sam Neill followed in the footsteps of Jack Thompson, winning the Aimc Lifetime Achievement award, and used the occassion to read out amusing testimonials from the likes of Bryan Brown, Rob Sitch and John Cleese congratulating him on his award..
Neill.s Hunt for the Wilderpeople director Taika Waititi watched on, fresh from the set of Thor: Ragnarok,...
The 71st Australian International Movie Convention wrapped last week, with a delegation of just over 1,000 converging on the Gold Coast for the five-night-four-day convention.
Seven features screened at Aimc, including three Australian films: Don.t Tell — attended by cast members Jack Thompson Am, Rachel Griffiths, Sara West, Gyton Grantley, Martin Sacks and Robert Coleby; Jasper Jones — introduced by director Rachel Perkins; and Transmission's Oscar contender Lion — attended by mother and son Sue and Saroo Brierley, on whose story the film is based.
Sam Neill followed in the footsteps of Jack Thompson, winning the Aimc Lifetime Achievement award, and used the occassion to read out amusing testimonials from the likes of Bryan Brown, Rob Sitch and John Cleese congratulating him on his award..
Neill.s Hunt for the Wilderpeople director Taika Waititi watched on, fresh from the set of Thor: Ragnarok,...
- 10/17/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
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Spectrum Films has moved into its new home at Fox Studios after a raft of key appointments..
The new site on the second floor of the Frank Hurley Building at Fox Studios Australia is now operational..
With Adam Scott now a partner in the business working in tandem with Josh Pomeranz, Spectrum Films "3.0" offers refined technical services including edit suites, online picture finishing, colour grading and a custom built sound mixing theatre, as well as sound design, editing and post sound management.
The new post facility will be looked after by recently appointed post producer, Catherine Armstrong, and head of sound, Angus Robertson.
Armstrong, whose credits include Please Like Me, Tanna, Dance Academy, Underbelly and Paper giants: Magzine Wars, had previously worked at SoundFirm for almost two years as post producer.
Robertson's credits include Dead Calm, The Year My Voice Broke and Black Robe, as well as his more...
Spectrum Films has moved into its new home at Fox Studios after a raft of key appointments..
The new site on the second floor of the Frank Hurley Building at Fox Studios Australia is now operational..
With Adam Scott now a partner in the business working in tandem with Josh Pomeranz, Spectrum Films "3.0" offers refined technical services including edit suites, online picture finishing, colour grading and a custom built sound mixing theatre, as well as sound design, editing and post sound management.
The new post facility will be looked after by recently appointed post producer, Catherine Armstrong, and head of sound, Angus Robertson.
Armstrong, whose credits include Please Like Me, Tanna, Dance Academy, Underbelly and Paper giants: Magzine Wars, had previously worked at SoundFirm for almost two years as post producer.
Robertson's credits include Dead Calm, The Year My Voice Broke and Black Robe, as well as his more...
- 3/16/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Angust Robertson.
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Award winning sound post producer Angus Robertson will join Spectrum Films as head of sound.
With more than 31 years. experience across all areas of sound post production, Angus has been involved in 147 feature films and over 300 hours of television. .
Robertson's credits include Dead Calm, The Year My Voice Broke and Black Robe, as well as his more recent work as part of the 2016 Oscar winning sound team on Mad Max: Fury Road.
He has also worked on Truth, The Railway Man, Australia, Happy Feet, The Great Gatsby, The Sapphires, Lord of the Rings, Babe, The Adventures of Priscilla — Queen of the Desert and Little Fish.
Commencing his career at Sound on Film, Robertson managed and operated the Adr and Foley Stage for Spectrum Films from the mid 1980s. .
Since then he has both freelanced as a sound supervisor, editor, recording engineer and mixer. .
In 2007, Robertson joined Deluxe Australia...
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Award winning sound post producer Angus Robertson will join Spectrum Films as head of sound.
With more than 31 years. experience across all areas of sound post production, Angus has been involved in 147 feature films and over 300 hours of television. .
Robertson's credits include Dead Calm, The Year My Voice Broke and Black Robe, as well as his more recent work as part of the 2016 Oscar winning sound team on Mad Max: Fury Road.
He has also worked on Truth, The Railway Man, Australia, Happy Feet, The Great Gatsby, The Sapphires, Lord of the Rings, Babe, The Adventures of Priscilla — Queen of the Desert and Little Fish.
Commencing his career at Sound on Film, Robertson managed and operated the Adr and Foley Stage for Spectrum Films from the mid 1980s. .
Since then he has both freelanced as a sound supervisor, editor, recording engineer and mixer. .
In 2007, Robertson joined Deluxe Australia...
- 3/2/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
This week, Criterion releases beautiful new editions of two films by Bruce Beresford: The riveting Boer War court-martial drama Breaker Morant (1980), one of the most important works of the New Australian Cinema; and Mister Johnson (1990), a drama about the efforts of an eager, ambitious Nigerian clerk during British colonial rule. The two releases will hopefully bring some new attention to the career of Beresford, one of the more underrated filmmakers of the past several decades. His best-known films in the U.S. are probably 1989’s Best Picture–winning Driving Miss Daisy and 1983’s Tender Mercies, with Robert Duvall as a down-on-his-luck country singer, which won the actor an Oscar (the movie also garnered one for original screenplay). Those two films were well-rewarded, but Beresford’s filmography is replete with remarkable, underseen work — including 1991’s Black Robe, a gorgeous epic about a Jesuit priest attempting to travel to a mission...
- 9/23/2015
- by Bilge Ebiri
- Vulture
Humanity has almost disappeared. A biologic weapon has gone viral and wiped out almost all human life on the planet. Somehow a handful of intelligent, educated people are kept in suspended animation, far underground. Tended to by a couple of engineers who are also in suspended animation, at 6 month intervals the two engineers are awakened, make sure the sleeping people are kept alive, and then go back to sleep. During their time awake they have only one hour and 40 minutes of time to check all the systems, tend to the sleepers, take care of their own needs, and then go back to sleep.
But something goes wrong, doesn’t it always in science fiction? Especially post apocalypse science fiction, of which Air is just about the most grim and depressing vision of a post collapse landscape I can imagine.
The two engineers are Norman Reedus as Bauer and Djimon Hounsou as Cartwright.
But something goes wrong, doesn’t it always in science fiction? Especially post apocalypse science fiction, of which Air is just about the most grim and depressing vision of a post collapse landscape I can imagine.
The two engineers are Norman Reedus as Bauer and Djimon Hounsou as Cartwright.
- 8/11/2015
- by Sam Moffitt
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Screen Australia.s decision to hand back the rights of 1,200 titles to the producers, effective July 1, will result in the reissue on DVD and pay TV of some films and TV productions that have long been out of circulation.
While few if any producers expect to get rich from regaining the rights, the move has been widely welcomed.
The agency has clarified that the concession applies to all projects, including features, miniseries, series and telemovies funded by the Film Finance Corp. and during Screen Australia.s first year, that were released or broadcast in the seven years prior to December 31 2008.
The handover has been brought forward by six months. All rights minus a 1% copyright fee revert back to producers.
Producer Matt Carroll is looking forward to exploring the potential of new revenue sources for Passion, his 1993 drama about composer Percy Grainger, which starred Richard Roxburgh. Beyond Films handled the film directed by Peter Duncan.
While few if any producers expect to get rich from regaining the rights, the move has been widely welcomed.
The agency has clarified that the concession applies to all projects, including features, miniseries, series and telemovies funded by the Film Finance Corp. and during Screen Australia.s first year, that were released or broadcast in the seven years prior to December 31 2008.
The handover has been brought forward by six months. All rights minus a 1% copyright fee revert back to producers.
Producer Matt Carroll is looking forward to exploring the potential of new revenue sources for Passion, his 1993 drama about composer Percy Grainger, which starred Richard Roxburgh. Beyond Films handled the film directed by Peter Duncan.
- 6/29/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia.s decision to hand back the rights of 1,200 titles to the producers, effective July 1, is likely to result in the reissue on DVD and pay TV of some films and TV productions that have long been out of circulation.
While few if any producers expect to get rich from regaining the rights, the move has been widely welcomed.
The agency has clarified that the concession applies to all projects, including features, miniseries, tv series and telemovies funded by the Film Finance Corp. and during Screen Australia.s first year, that were released or broadcast in the seven years prior to December 31 2008.
The handover has been brought forward by six months.
Producer Matt Carroll is looking forward to exploring the potential of new revenue sources for Passion, his 1993 drama about composer Percy Grainger, which starred Richard Roxburgh. Beyond Films handled the film directed by Peter Duncan.
The topic may...
While few if any producers expect to get rich from regaining the rights, the move has been widely welcomed.
The agency has clarified that the concession applies to all projects, including features, miniseries, tv series and telemovies funded by the Film Finance Corp. and during Screen Australia.s first year, that were released or broadcast in the seven years prior to December 31 2008.
The handover has been brought forward by six months.
Producer Matt Carroll is looking forward to exploring the potential of new revenue sources for Passion, his 1993 drama about composer Percy Grainger, which starred Richard Roxburgh. Beyond Films handled the film directed by Peter Duncan.
The topic may...
- 6/29/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
One of my favorite shows, History‘s Vikings, has announced new cast members for the new season, and it’s a group that should have you excited to see where things go.
For me, the most impressive note here is that Lothaire Bluteau will be joining the cast as Emperor Charles of France. One of the most woefully under-appreciated actors around, Bluteau may be best known at the moment for his work on The Tudors, but he was also the star of two of the best movies ever, Jesus of Montreal and Black Robe.
Also on board is Kevin Durand, another actor who doesn’t get the attention he deserves, who will hopefully be more solidly in the collective consciousness when Vikings rolls around again, because he is also in the upcoming The Strain.
Finally, relative unknown Morgane Polanski will play Emperor Charles’ daughter.
And so, despite ending last season with all eyes at home,...
For me, the most impressive note here is that Lothaire Bluteau will be joining the cast as Emperor Charles of France. One of the most woefully under-appreciated actors around, Bluteau may be best known at the moment for his work on The Tudors, but he was also the star of two of the best movies ever, Jesus of Montreal and Black Robe.
Also on board is Kevin Durand, another actor who doesn’t get the attention he deserves, who will hopefully be more solidly in the collective consciousness when Vikings rolls around again, because he is also in the upcoming The Strain.
Finally, relative unknown Morgane Polanski will play Emperor Charles’ daughter.
And so, despite ending last season with all eyes at home,...
- 6/18/2014
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
The decision by the AFI/Aacta to maintain seven awards for non-Australian films while combining the best TV comedy and best light entertainment series into one category has been challenged by several producers.
They question why money and resources are being poured into the Aacta International Awards in Los Angeles when the AFI/Aacta is struggling financially due to lack of sponsorship and screen industry support.
Other producers defend the International Awards as a way for the organisation to build the brand and strive to make the awards more valuable to private and government sponsors
AFI/Aacta CEO Damian Trewhella tells If it is simplistic and wrong to believe that ditching the international categories would free up more money for the Australian awards. He says the international awards subsidise the Oz awards.
Producer Anthony Buckley decries .the absurd pomposity of seven international awards. while financial constraints forced the organisation to...
They question why money and resources are being poured into the Aacta International Awards in Los Angeles when the AFI/Aacta is struggling financially due to lack of sponsorship and screen industry support.
Other producers defend the International Awards as a way for the organisation to build the brand and strive to make the awards more valuable to private and government sponsors
AFI/Aacta CEO Damian Trewhella tells If it is simplistic and wrong to believe that ditching the international categories would free up more money for the Australian awards. He says the international awards subsidise the Oz awards.
Producer Anthony Buckley decries .the absurd pomposity of seven international awards. while financial constraints forced the organisation to...
- 12/16/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
World Bank study recommends 51 films using development as a plot device - sometimes at expense of accuracy and complexity
International development is just about at the bottom of the list of things that the average westerner thinks about each day. News organisations are closing their foreign bureaus. One of the big Us television networks turned down more money for global health reporting after a series, entirely funded by grants, led to a dip in viewers. In other words ratings were so bad that the network turned down millions of dollars. It is that tough.
Aside from advocacy efforts like (the much-criticised) Kony 2012 and Oxfam advertisements, how do people learn about the world around them? The answer could be Hollywood. Reporting on Africa does not get much attention in the Us, but a film staring Leonardo DiCaprio about Sierra Leone does.
A film like Blood Diamond, setting aside its problems, brings...
International development is just about at the bottom of the list of things that the average westerner thinks about each day. News organisations are closing their foreign bureaus. One of the big Us television networks turned down more money for global health reporting after a series, entirely funded by grants, led to a dip in viewers. In other words ratings were so bad that the network turned down millions of dollars. It is that tough.
Aside from advocacy efforts like (the much-criticised) Kony 2012 and Oxfam advertisements, how do people learn about the world around them? The answer could be Hollywood. Reporting on Africa does not get much attention in the Us, but a film staring Leonardo DiCaprio about Sierra Leone does.
A film like Blood Diamond, setting aside its problems, brings...
- 9/5/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
After 50 years in the film industry, producer Sue Milliken is convinced the current funding structure of government investment and the producer tax offset isn't working. Milliken regards the formation of Screen Australia as a wasted opportunity to revitalise the industry and she questions the value of the Australian Film Institute/ Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta). She outlines her vision for a more efficient and better targeted funding system in her new book, Selective Memory: A Life in Film. The tome is primarily an insightful and colourful memoir of a producer who served her apprenticeship at the ABC in the 1960s on Skippy and worked with the legendary TV producer Hector Crawford before embarking on films including The Odd Angry Shot, The Fringe Dwellers, Black Robe, Sirens,.. Dating the Enemy and Paradise Road, and serving as a completion guarantor. Like many in the industry, she hoped the amalgamation...
- 6/25/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Screen Australia has committed almost $360,000 in funding to assist 15 filmmaking teams and three new internships.
The announcement, made earlier today, confirmed eight new projects will receive Screen Australia support while another seven teams will benefit from continued funding..
The new projects to receive support include I Am Jack, Confessions of a Super Man, Long Tan, Mulan, Common Foe, and Soundtrack..
Three internships, developed through Screen Australia.s Talent Escalator Project, will send Australian filmmakers overseas to further develop their chosen crafts..
Writer/director Alex Murawski will work alongside Bruce Beresford in Los Angeles for three months on Beresford.s latest production Bonnie and Clyde.
Natalie Lindwall will gain six months experience in the UK working with Ecosse Flims as a development producer, and producer Raquelle David will spend six months in Toronto working with Niv Fichman at Rhombus Media..
Also through the Talent Escalator Program, Screen Australia will assist directors Cris Jones,...
The announcement, made earlier today, confirmed eight new projects will receive Screen Australia support while another seven teams will benefit from continued funding..
The new projects to receive support include I Am Jack, Confessions of a Super Man, Long Tan, Mulan, Common Foe, and Soundtrack..
Three internships, developed through Screen Australia.s Talent Escalator Project, will send Australian filmmakers overseas to further develop their chosen crafts..
Writer/director Alex Murawski will work alongside Bruce Beresford in Los Angeles for three months on Beresford.s latest production Bonnie and Clyde.
Natalie Lindwall will gain six months experience in the UK working with Ecosse Flims as a development producer, and producer Raquelle David will spend six months in Toronto working with Niv Fichman at Rhombus Media..
Also through the Talent Escalator Program, Screen Australia will assist directors Cris Jones,...
- 5/20/2013
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Danish producer Lene Børglum, Australian producer Sue Milliken ("Black Robe," "Paradise Road"), and "Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn are all seat to team on a drug running feature.
English cinematographer Larry Smith ("Bronson," "Only God Forgives") will make his feature directing debut on the project entitled "Trafficker." Ken Kwek ("The Blue Mansion") penned the script which is being described as an Australian movie set in the Vietnamese-run drug world.
Børglum and Smith were in Melbourne last week scouting locations and seeking financial and distributor support. Børglum, Milliken, and Refn’s Space Rocket Nation will co-produce the feature.
Source: Deadline...
English cinematographer Larry Smith ("Bronson," "Only God Forgives") will make his feature directing debut on the project entitled "Trafficker." Ken Kwek ("The Blue Mansion") penned the script which is being described as an Australian movie set in the Vietnamese-run drug world.
Børglum and Smith were in Melbourne last week scouting locations and seeking financial and distributor support. Børglum, Milliken, and Refn’s Space Rocket Nation will co-produce the feature.
Source: Deadline...
- 11/19/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Renowned movie producer and financier Jake Eberts whose many credits include films which won 37 Oscars died this morning in his hometown of Montreal following a brief illness, according to the Montreal Gazette. He was 71. Respected and resourceful, Eberts based in London for a time financed many of the great indie productions which the majors wouldn’t greenlight. Indeed he funded and/or produced more than 50 films including Chariots of Fire, Gandhi, The Killing Fields, Dances With Wolves, Driving Miss Daisy, The Dresser, Local Hero, A River Runs Through It, Black Robe, Ocean, Chicken Run, The Illusionist and Grey Owl. He also worked to find financing for a who’s who of filmmakers and talents including Robert Redford, Ben Kingsley, Morgan Freeman, Bruce Beresford, Richard Attenborough, Pierce Brosnan, and Albert Finney. “He was an extraordinary film producer and an extraordinary man,” Montreal director Denys Arcand told the Montreal Gazette. “He took filmmaking seriously.
- 9/6/2012
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
This article was originally published in If Magazine #132 (June 2010).
Bruce Beresford When I was going to do Driving Miss Daisy, I offered it to Don McAlpine, but he turned it down. And then I offered it to Russell Boyd but he was doing something else. And then I remembered Peter and I thought .Hang on, I like that bloke Peter James. and said .Do you want to come over here and shoot this low-budget film?. And he did. That was the first.
I did enjoy working with him but we never thought it was anything special. In fact, when we finished the film they were planning not to release it.
We had very similar ideas on lighting and he had tremendously good taste . his lighting was always exqusite. Also, the thing I liked about him (and for that matter Don McAlpine) was that he would vary his style to suit the subject matter,...
Bruce Beresford When I was going to do Driving Miss Daisy, I offered it to Don McAlpine, but he turned it down. And then I offered it to Russell Boyd but he was doing something else. And then I remembered Peter and I thought .Hang on, I like that bloke Peter James. and said .Do you want to come over here and shoot this low-budget film?. And he did. That was the first.
I did enjoy working with him but we never thought it was anything special. In fact, when we finished the film they were planning not to release it.
We had very similar ideas on lighting and he had tremendously good taste . his lighting was always exqusite. Also, the thing I liked about him (and for that matter Don McAlpine) was that he would vary his style to suit the subject matter,...
- 7/23/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
If everything goes well then very soon we might get to see the king of romance Shahrukh Khan in the role of powerful politician Jawaharlal Nehru. After doing lots of permutation combination Hollywood director Bruce Beresford found Shahrukh Khan’s face quite resemblance to Jawaharlal Nehru. Bruce Beresford who made Oscar winning movie ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ and critically acclaimed films like ‘Silent Fall’ and ‘Black Robe’ is making a film on India Gandhi and he is keen to rope in Shahrukh Khan to play Indira Gandhi’s father Jawaharlal Nehru. Presently, he is in Mumbai and met with different ac...
- 3/22/2012
- Bollywoodmantra.com
The Australian Cinematographers Society opened its photographic exhibit for world-renowned cinematographer Peter James Acs Asc last Friday. James is better known as the cinematographer behind critically-acclaimed and popular films such as as Driving Miss Daisy, Black Robe, Meet the Parents and Mao's Last Dancer..However, he is also a passionate stills photographer: his works have previously been exhibited in Sydney, Toronto and Los Angeles. The current Acs exhibit,.titled Man in the Landscape, includes images from his Lifesaver book, which was published in Australia and the USA, as well as black and white shots from a series also called Man in the Landscape. "This represents 20 years ..this black and white series," James said. "The lifesavers...
- 9/19/2011
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Burbank - Traci Lords was the biggest name in showbiz in 1986, but for all the wrong reasons. She had become a major star in the adult industry. Her run started as Penthouse Pet of the month for the issue that exposed Vanessa Williams in September of 1984. Dozens of video titles appeared as she became the it girl noted for her youthful looks.
There was a reason for her looking so young: she’d used fake IDs to appear 20. She was under 18 in dozens of her adult films. Only one was made after she turned 18. The FBI and other police agencies poured over the valley investigating everyone connected to the industry. In the midst of this ugliness, Traci Lords still dreamed of being an actress. Luckily she found entry into the profession through the gates of Roger Corman’s studio.
She was signed to remake Not of This Earth with Jim Wynorski directing.
There was a reason for her looking so young: she’d used fake IDs to appear 20. She was under 18 in dozens of her adult films. Only one was made after she turned 18. The FBI and other police agencies poured over the valley investigating everyone connected to the industry. In the midst of this ugliness, Traci Lords still dreamed of being an actress. Luckily she found entry into the profession through the gates of Roger Corman’s studio.
She was signed to remake Not of This Earth with Jim Wynorski directing.
- 11/3/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
David Schofield as Robert Anderson in F is a film from Black Robe productions, which recently had a World Premiere at London's Frightfest (August 27th); now, the film is releasing a trailer. In this short clip, youths terrorize an English teacher for fun, while killing many of the other students in a UK based school. The title F would seem to hint at a failing grade and some kids need to learn how to take a little more criticism. The trailer for the film is inside, courtesy of Twitch Films and a synopsis is available here, from Black Robe Productions.
The synopsis for F here:
"F is set in a sprawling U.K. comprehensive school, after lessons have finished for the day. It tells the story of Robert Anderson, a burned-out world-weary English teacher, a man who has to face his most terrifying demons. The school comes under relentless attack...
The synopsis for F here:
"F is set in a sprawling U.K. comprehensive school, after lessons have finished for the day. It tells the story of Robert Anderson, a burned-out world-weary English teacher, a man who has to face his most terrifying demons. The school comes under relentless attack...
- 8/30/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Bruce Beresford, one of Australia's most highly revered working directors, has completed over thirty features over the span of his forty year career, including "Driving Miss Daisy," "Black Robe," and "Tender Mercies." His latest, "Mao's Last Dancer," which had its world premiere at last year's Toronto International Film Festival, marks his 32nd feature film, and the first of his that explores the world of dance. Below is an interview with the ...
- 8/19/2010
- indieWIRE - People
Bruce Beresford, one of Australia's most highly revered working directors, has completed over thirty features over the span of his forty year career, including "Driving Miss Daisy," "Black Robe," and "Tender Mercies." His latest, "Mao's Last Dancer," which had its world premiere at last year's Toronto International Film Festival, marks his 32nd feature film, and the first of his that explores the world of dance. Below is an interview with the ...
- 8/19/2010
- Indiewire
This month on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, TCM will offer “Race in Hollywood: Native American Images on Film,” a series that has culled the archives to spotlight both positive and negative images of American Indians.
The films will be hosted by Robert Osborne and Professor Hanay Geiogamah, the director of the American Indian Studies Center at UCLA, and the editor of American Indian Culture and Research Journal, among other accomplishments.
The series begins tomorrow, May 4, with “The Westerns of John Ford,” continues with “non-Indians in Indian roles” (May 6), “Indians as enemies” (May 11), “white men living among Indians” (May 13), “Indians as “noble savages”” (May 18), “Native Americans facing racism” (May 20), “Native American actors and filmmakers” (May 25), and then concludes on May 27, with “Films about Native Americans from Outside Hollywood.”
A few of the titles scheduled to air include: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), Dances with Wolves (1990), John Ford’s Stagecoach...
The films will be hosted by Robert Osborne and Professor Hanay Geiogamah, the director of the American Indian Studies Center at UCLA, and the editor of American Indian Culture and Research Journal, among other accomplishments.
The series begins tomorrow, May 4, with “The Westerns of John Ford,” continues with “non-Indians in Indian roles” (May 6), “Indians as enemies” (May 11), “white men living among Indians” (May 13), “Indians as “noble savages”” (May 18), “Native Americans facing racism” (May 20), “Native American actors and filmmakers” (May 25), and then concludes on May 27, with “Films about Native Americans from Outside Hollywood.”
A few of the titles scheduled to air include: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), Dances with Wolves (1990), John Ford’s Stagecoach...
- 5/3/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Exclusive: Examples of tiny self-financed movies getting picked up are rare indeed. Normally, such pics disappear without a trace. But Optimum, the UK distribution arm of Studio Canal, is set to acquire this low-budget horror movie, titled F, and plans to release the shocker this autumn. The film’s pitched as “Assault On Precinct 13 set in a school”. Producers Paul Blacknell and Ernest Riera raised the sub-£1 million budget themselves through private City investors. Director Johannes Roberts is represented by Independent Talent. Their joint Black Robe production company plans to develop a slate of UK films budgeted between £500,000 and £10 million over [...]...
- 4/29/2010
- by TIM ADLER
- Deadline Hollywood
Terrence Malick's The New World doesn't have fans, just fanatics – John Patterson among them. He explains the purity and beauty of this bottomless movie, which came and went in a month in the middle of the decade
This decade hasn't been up to much, movie-wise, but I am more than ever convinced that when every other scrap of celluloid from 2000-2009 has crumbled to dust, one film will remain, like some Ozymandias-like remnant of transient vanished glory in the desert. And that film is The New World, Terrence Malick's American foundation myth, which arrived just as the decade reached its dismal halfway point, in January 2006.
It's been said that The New World doesn't have fans: it has disciples and partisans and fanatics. I'm one of them, and my fanaticism burns undimmed 30 or more viewings later. The New World is a bottomless movie, almost unspeakably beautiful and formally harmonious.
This decade hasn't been up to much, movie-wise, but I am more than ever convinced that when every other scrap of celluloid from 2000-2009 has crumbled to dust, one film will remain, like some Ozymandias-like remnant of transient vanished glory in the desert. And that film is The New World, Terrence Malick's American foundation myth, which arrived just as the decade reached its dismal halfway point, in January 2006.
It's been said that The New World doesn't have fans: it has disciples and partisans and fanatics. I'm one of them, and my fanaticism burns undimmed 30 or more viewings later. The New World is a bottomless movie, almost unspeakably beautiful and formally harmonious.
- 12/10/2009
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
Audiences have danced their way into cinemas in celebration of Mao's Last Dancer's opening day, making it the biggest Australian film opening for 2009 and the 5th biggest Australian film opening ever. The success in Australia follows recent news that Mao's Last Dancer proved an audience winner at the Toronto International Film Festival where it was runner up for the highly coveted People's Choice Award won last year by "Slumdog Millionaire".
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Mao's Last Dancer is the inspirational true story of a small boy's extraordinary journey from poverty to international stardom. Filmed in China, the Us and Australia and with a brilliant performance from Chi Cao as Li Cunxin, the film is an exhilarating exploration of what it means to be free.
Watch the trailer after the jump plus more info about the movie.
Sold internationally by Celluloid Dreams and Co-distributed in Australia by Roadshow Films and Hopscotch Films,...
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Mao's Last Dancer is the inspirational true story of a small boy's extraordinary journey from poverty to international stardom. Filmed in China, the Us and Australia and with a brilliant performance from Chi Cao as Li Cunxin, the film is an exhilarating exploration of what it means to be free.
Watch the trailer after the jump plus more info about the movie.
Sold internationally by Celluloid Dreams and Co-distributed in Australia by Roadshow Films and Hopscotch Films,...
- 10/12/2009
- by modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
- The Movie Fanatic
Audiences have danced their way into cinemas in celebration of Mao's Last Dancer's opening day, making it the biggest Australian film opening for 2009 and the 5th biggest Australian film opening ever. The success in Australia follows recent news that Mao's Last Dancer proved an audience winner at the Toronto International Film Festival where it was runner up for the highly coveted People's Choice Award won last year by "Slumdog Millionaire".
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Mao's Last Dancer is the inspirational true story of a small boy's extraordinary journey from poverty to international stardom. Filmed in China, the Us and Australia and with a brilliant performance from Chi Cao as Li Cunxin, the film is an exhilarating exploration of what it means to be free.
Watch the trailer after the jump plus more info about the movie.
Sold internationally by Celluloid Dreams and Co-distributed in Australia by Roadshow Films and Hopscotch Films,...
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Mao's Last Dancer is the inspirational true story of a small boy's extraordinary journey from poverty to international stardom. Filmed in China, the Us and Australia and with a brilliant performance from Chi Cao as Li Cunxin, the film is an exhilarating exploration of what it means to be free.
Watch the trailer after the jump plus more info about the movie.
Sold internationally by Celluloid Dreams and Co-distributed in Australia by Roadshow Films and Hopscotch Films,...
- 10/12/2009
- by modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
- The Movie Fanatic
Audiences have danced their way into cinemas in celebration of Mao's Last Dancer's opening day, making it the biggest Australian film opening for 2009 and the 5th biggest Australian film opening ever. The success in Australia follows recent news that Mao's Last Dancer proved an audience winner at the Toronto International Film Festival where it was runner up for the highly coveted People's Choice Award won last year by "Slumdog Millionaire".
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Mao's Last Dancer is the inspirational true story of a small boy's extraordinary journey from poverty to international stardom. Filmed in China, the Us and Australia and with a brilliant performance from Chi Cao as Li Cunxin, the film is an exhilarating exploration of what it means to be free.
Watch the trailer after the jump plus more info about the movie.
Sold internationally by Celluloid Dreams and Co-distributed in Australia by Roadshow Films and Hopscotch Films,...
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Mao's Last Dancer is the inspirational true story of a small boy's extraordinary journey from poverty to international stardom. Filmed in China, the Us and Australia and with a brilliant performance from Chi Cao as Li Cunxin, the film is an exhilarating exploration of what it means to be free.
Watch the trailer after the jump plus more info about the movie.
Sold internationally by Celluloid Dreams and Co-distributed in Australia by Roadshow Films and Hopscotch Films,...
- 10/12/2009
- by modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
- The Movie Fanatic
Audiences have danced their way into cinemas in celebration of Mao's Last Dancer's opening day, making it the biggest Australian film opening for 2009 and the 5th biggest Australian film opening ever. The success in Australia follows recent news that Mao's Last Dancer proved an audience winner at the Toronto International Film Festival where it was runner up for the highly coveted People's Choice Award won last year by "Slumdog Millionaire".
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Mao's Last Dancer is the inspirational true story of a small boy's extraordinary journey from poverty to international stardom. Filmed in China, the Us and Australia and with a brilliant performance from Chi Cao as Li Cunxin, the film is an exhilarating exploration of what it means to be free.
Watch the trailer after the jump plus more info about the movie.
Sold internationally by Celluloid Dreams and Co-distributed in Australia by Roadshow Films and Hopscotch Films,...
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Mao's Last Dancer is the inspirational true story of a small boy's extraordinary journey from poverty to international stardom. Filmed in China, the Us and Australia and with a brilliant performance from Chi Cao as Li Cunxin, the film is an exhilarating exploration of what it means to be free.
Watch the trailer after the jump plus more info about the movie.
Sold internationally by Celluloid Dreams and Co-distributed in Australia by Roadshow Films and Hopscotch Films,...
- 10/12/2009
- by modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
- The Movie Fanatic
Audiences have danced their way into cinemas in celebration of Mao's Last Dancer's opening day, making it the biggest Australian film opening for 2009 and the 5th biggest Australian film opening ever. The success in Australia follows recent news that Mao's Last Dancer proved an audience winner at the Toronto International Film Festival where it was runner up for the highly coveted People's Choice Award won last year by "Slumdog Millionaire".
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Mao's Last Dancer is the inspirational true story of a small boy's extraordinary journey from poverty to international stardom. Filmed in China, the Us and Australia and with a brilliant performance from Chi Cao as Li Cunxin, the film is an exhilarating exploration of what it means to be free.
Watch the trailer after the jump plus more info about the movie.
Sold internationally by Celluloid Dreams and Co-distributed in Australia by Roadshow Films and Hopscotch Films,...
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Mao's Last Dancer is the inspirational true story of a small boy's extraordinary journey from poverty to international stardom. Filmed in China, the Us and Australia and with a brilliant performance from Chi Cao as Li Cunxin, the film is an exhilarating exploration of what it means to be free.
Watch the trailer after the jump plus more info about the movie.
Sold internationally by Celluloid Dreams and Co-distributed in Australia by Roadshow Films and Hopscotch Films,...
- 10/12/2009
- by modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
- The Movie Fanatic
Hnr's Michael Stevens reporting from Toronto: Thanks go out to Martin & Ingrid's Tiff 09 Kick-Off Party, Wednesday, September 9th @ the Gat + M.Link Festival headquarters in downtown Toronto's Yorkville, providing select wines from Bryan J. Robertson's Kingsway Brokerage Ltd., on behalf of Wild Bunch, Elle Driver, Celluloid Dreams, Film&Doc, Capri Films, The Works International & UMedia, supporting the following films screening at this year's Toronto International Film Festival: Contemporary Cinema : Rabia directed by Sebastian Cordero, will screen a world premiere with Cordero in attendance. "...South American immigrants working in Spain, builder José María and housekeeper Rosa have been together for a few weeks and are very much in love. Rosa's bosses, Señor and Señora Torres, leave their home on a trip, and the volatile José María spends a few days at the run-down mansion, fantasizing about what life with Rosa could be. When a violent confrontation with his foreman results in the other man's death,...
- 9/9/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
SYDNEY -- Veteran Australian producer Sue Milliken will head the judging panel and executive produce the first Project Greenlight Australia for the Movie Network and production partner Screentime, it was announced Monday. Milliken's credits include Bruce Beresford's Paradise Road, John Duigan's Sirens and Bruce Beresford's Black Robe. The top 50 scripts were selected from more than 1200 entries by a peer review process and assessment by industry professionals, the statement said. Added Milliken: "This is a great opportunity to find a talented new Australian filmmaker. I am delighted to be part of Project Greenlight, and I look forward to the challenge of helping to bring this feature film to the screen."...
- 3/15/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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