Tim Blake Nelson, the character actors’ character actor, has spent a career adding to a “rogues gallery of dysfunctional weirdos” on film and TV, from the singing convict in O Brother, Where Art Thou? and the singing gunslinger in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs — both from the Coen Brothers — to Wade Tillman, a paranoid cop with incredible interrogation skills and a severe case of Ptsd in HBO’s Emmy-winning TV series Watchmen, to the supervillain Samuel Sterns, aka The Leader, in 2008’s The Incredible Hulk, a role Nelson will reprise, 16 years later, in the upcoming Captain America: Brave New World.
Along the way, Nelson has also gone behind the camera, directing film versions of his plays Eye of God (1997) and The Grey Zone (2001), adapting Shakespeare’s Othello, setting it in a modern-day high school with O (2001), and shooting two of his original screenplays: Kansas (1998) and Leaves of Grass (2009).
In his latest acting job,...
Along the way, Nelson has also gone behind the camera, directing film versions of his plays Eye of God (1997) and The Grey Zone (2001), adapting Shakespeare’s Othello, setting it in a modern-day high school with O (2001), and shooting two of his original screenplays: Kansas (1998) and Leaves of Grass (2009).
In his latest acting job,...
- 9/11/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Done right, a cliffhanger can be the most effective plot device on television.
The best can leave you tearing out your hair, wishing the next episode was available immediately. The greatest offer mystery by teasing answers but never making the outcome obvious. The worst, the ones that make you want to stop watching a show, are often those that “jump the shark”.
For many years, the benchmark for great cliffhangers was the “Who shot Jr?” storyline on Dallas, the American TV show that caused a media storm in 1980. So widely talked about was the twist that Jimmy Carter even joked about the fictional murder during his second presidential campaign.
The cliffhanger soon developed into something more than just being a “whodunit”. Sitcoms – such as The Office US and Friends – went on to incorporate the device to tease relationships, keeping viewers coming back for resolution. Soaps, from EastEnders to Neighbours, have...
The best can leave you tearing out your hair, wishing the next episode was available immediately. The greatest offer mystery by teasing answers but never making the outcome obvious. The worst, the ones that make you want to stop watching a show, are often those that “jump the shark”.
For many years, the benchmark for great cliffhangers was the “Who shot Jr?” storyline on Dallas, the American TV show that caused a media storm in 1980. So widely talked about was the twist that Jimmy Carter even joked about the fictional murder during his second presidential campaign.
The cliffhanger soon developed into something more than just being a “whodunit”. Sitcoms – such as The Office US and Friends – went on to incorporate the device to tease relationships, keeping viewers coming back for resolution. Soaps, from EastEnders to Neighbours, have...
- 3/30/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy and Jack Shepherd
- The Independent - TV
Breaking Bad remains one of the most popular TV shows of all time, still making headlines years after its final season. One of the series’ most memorable props, Walter White’s underwear, recently went up for auction. And it sold for over six times its expected price.
1 of the most recognizable ‘Breaking Bad’ scenes features Walter White in his tighty-whities
The critically acclaimed Breaking Bad premiered in 2008 and ran for five seasons until 2013. Created by Vince Gilligan, it follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a high school chemistry teacher who beings cooking and selling methamphetamine to provide for his family after his cancer diagnosis.
The series garnered attention for its complex characters, gripping plot, and stunning cinematography. Breaking Bad won numerous awards, including 16 Primetime Emmy Awards, and became widely regarded as one of the greatest television dramas of all time.
Over its five-season run, the show featured several iconic symbols. But...
1 of the most recognizable ‘Breaking Bad’ scenes features Walter White in his tighty-whities
The critically acclaimed Breaking Bad premiered in 2008 and ran for five seasons until 2013. Created by Vince Gilligan, it follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a high school chemistry teacher who beings cooking and selling methamphetamine to provide for his family after his cancer diagnosis.
The series garnered attention for its complex characters, gripping plot, and stunning cinematography. Breaking Bad won numerous awards, including 16 Primetime Emmy Awards, and became widely regarded as one of the greatest television dramas of all time.
Over its five-season run, the show featured several iconic symbols. But...
- 3/28/2023
- by Mishal Ali Zafar
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The iconic AMC show Breaking Bad is auctioning off yet another item, Walter White’s (Bryan Cranston) tighty-whities.
The underwear from White’s wardrobe is listed on the website of Propstore, a leading entertainment auctioning specialist. They expect $2,000-$5,000 for the pair with a starting price of $1,250. The pair being auctioned off is not the pair worn in the pilot episode where White first cooks meth with Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), as it was already sold for nearly $10,000 in 2013.
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White stripped down to his staple underwear to avoid getting the smell of meth on his clothing, and it quickly became an iconic look for the character and the show as well as cosplayers. Propstore described the item on its website, “This is a set decoration ‘closet’ pair of White’s underwear. The cotton and polyester briefs (size 40 inches) features a white elastic waistband with blue and goldenrod details,...
The underwear from White’s wardrobe is listed on the website of Propstore, a leading entertainment auctioning specialist. They expect $2,000-$5,000 for the pair with a starting price of $1,250. The pair being auctioned off is not the pair worn in the pilot episode where White first cooks meth with Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), as it was already sold for nearly $10,000 in 2013.
>Watch Aaron Paul’s uBIO Now!
White stripped down to his staple underwear to avoid getting the smell of meth on his clothing, and it quickly became an iconic look for the character and the show as well as cosplayers. Propstore described the item on its website, “This is a set decoration ‘closet’ pair of White’s underwear. The cotton and polyester briefs (size 40 inches) features a white elastic waistband with blue and goldenrod details,...
- 2/21/2023
- by Emily Sorkin
- Uinterview
It was just a matter of time before Kazakhstan’s poet Mukagali Makataev (1931-1976) was finally going to get his biopic. Censored, outcasted and disgraced during his lifetime, he became the symbol of Kazakh’s struggle for independence during the Soviet occupation, post-everything. “Poetry loves freedom” is something that gets repeated in Bolat Kalymbetov’s period drama “Mukagali”, a wisdom ascribed to Pushkin, one of the greatest Russian poets whose verses also inspired the eponymous hero of the film.
30 years after the dream of Kazakh freedom became true, actor/ director Kalymbetov turns to the national hero concentrating on the last three years of his life marked by traumatic events. Mukagali (Aslanbek Zhanbalayev) is introduced through a form of trial about something he had done, probably regarding his now famous poem ‘Raimbek! Raimbek!’ that was considered separatist at the time. During that life-changing event, he is still in Moscow where he...
30 years after the dream of Kazakh freedom became true, actor/ director Kalymbetov turns to the national hero concentrating on the last three years of his life marked by traumatic events. Mukagali (Aslanbek Zhanbalayev) is introduced through a form of trial about something he had done, probably regarding his now famous poem ‘Raimbek! Raimbek!’ that was considered separatist at the time. During that life-changing event, he is still in Moscow where he...
- 12/21/2021
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Dickinson, Season 3, Episode 4, “This is my letter to the World.”] Dickinson continues to enchant in its third and final season, and despite the continuing horrors of War, the latest episode saw Emily (Hailee Steinfeld) transported to New York City where she meets Walt Whitman (Billy Eichner) and ends up having a magical time. “Emily was reading Leaves of Grass, and [in] this fantasy sequence, she goes to a Civil War hospital in New York City and meets Walt Whitman, who then takes her to Pfaff’s beer cellar,” production designer Neil Patel shares. And just like most of the show’s elements, which are based on historical fact, the beer cellar location and its dreamy free-thinking crowd were in fact inspired by the real Pfaff’s. It “was a famous intellectual [hotspot], often called the first New York hipster bar, which was located in lower Broadway above Bleecker Street,” Patel adds. “So, we ...
- 11/12/2021
- TV Insider
And the beatnik went on. On Friday, Nov. 12, Apple TV+ is dropping a new episode of Dickinson featuring Billy Eichner as Walt Whitman, who gives Hailee Steinfeld's Emily Dickinson a lesson in poetry, love and more. In this season three clip exclusive to E! News, Emily has gone to the Big Apple to follow her destiny and become a writer. Looking for inspiration, she reaches out to the legendary writer. What she gets is much more than Leaves of Grass to sit on. She pays a visit to Walt during the Civil War—who is busy working his historically accurate volunteer job as a nurse—to pitch him her career goals. "This is why I'm here," she declares. "This is why...
- 11/11/2021
- E! Online
As the country becomes increasingly, bitterly divided and people desperately want things to return to “normal,” the question of how much art can contribute to society crops up repeatedly. Once again, series creator Alena Smith reflects our present back to us with her radical retelling of Emily Dickinson’s life in “Dickinson,” where the third and final season finds the Civil War in full swing and everyone reconsidering their lives.
In the wake of her crash and burn at chasing fame, Emily (Hailee Steinfeld) pursues a new purpose for writing, putting pen to paper for the grander purpose of instilling hope in both her family and the troops. Steinfeld’s best work throughout the series has been in steering Emily through her own misguided reasons for creating, whether it’s a poem, more time with her lover Sue (Ella Hunt), or harmony within her family. But the cold realization for...
In the wake of her crash and burn at chasing fame, Emily (Hailee Steinfeld) pursues a new purpose for writing, putting pen to paper for the grander purpose of instilling hope in both her family and the troops. Steinfeld’s best work throughout the series has been in steering Emily through her own misguided reasons for creating, whether it’s a poem, more time with her lover Sue (Ella Hunt), or harmony within her family. But the cold realization for...
- 11/3/2021
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Vincent Neil Emerson was watching Edward Norton portray both a rhapsodizing stoner and his straitlaced brother in 2009’s Leaves of Grass when the actor began singing a Townes Van Zandt song onscreen. Emerson, a native of East Texas, hadn’t yet discovered the tragic songwriter at the time and he dutifully studied the film’s closing credits to see who was responsible for writing “Rex’s Blues.”
“I found the name Townes Van Zandt, went to YouTube and just typed it in, and the first video was of him playing ‘Waiting Around to Die,...
“I found the name Townes Van Zandt, went to YouTube and just typed it in, and the first video was of him playing ‘Waiting Around to Die,...
- 7/15/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
It must not be an easy feat to play your own twin, but a surprising amount of actors have done it. From Lindsay Lohan in “The Parent Trap” to Paul Rudd in Netflix’s “Living With Yourself” to Mark Ruffalo in HBO’s new series “I Know This Much Is True” here are 19 stars who have played their own twins, clones, and even split-personalities on TV and in movies.
Lindsay Lohan – “The Parent Trap,” “I Know Who Killed Me” Pretty much everyone is familiar with Lohan’s iconic role in ‘The Parent Trap’ remake, but few are familiar with her much more grown-up, darker role in this 2007 psychological thriller in which her she plays two very different versions of a girl named Aubrey Fleming.
Mark Ruffalo – “I Know This Much Is True” He plays twins Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in the HBO series, the latter of whom is schizophrenic.
Tom Hardy...
Lindsay Lohan – “The Parent Trap,” “I Know Who Killed Me” Pretty much everyone is familiar with Lohan’s iconic role in ‘The Parent Trap’ remake, but few are familiar with her much more grown-up, darker role in this 2007 psychological thriller in which her she plays two very different versions of a girl named Aubrey Fleming.
Mark Ruffalo – “I Know This Much Is True” He plays twins Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in the HBO series, the latter of whom is schizophrenic.
Tom Hardy...
- 11/18/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
To mark the release of Watchmen, out now, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on Blu-ray.
Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, Watchmen embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel of the same name, while attempting to break new ground of its own. Watchmen reunites Lindelof with Academy® and Emmy® Award-winning actress Regina King leading the cast as Angela Abar/Sister Night. The series also stars Emmy® Award winner Jean Smart, Don Johnson (Miami Vice), Tim Blake Nelson, Hong Chau (Homecoming), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman), Andrew Howard (Bates Motel), Jacob Ming-Trent (Ray Donovan), Tom Mison (Sleepy Hollow), Sara Vickers (The Crown) and Dylan Schombing (Sharp Objects), with Academy Award® winner Louis Gossett Jr. (An Officer and a Gentleman), and Academy, Emmy® and Tony® Award winning actor Jeremy Irons.
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Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, Watchmen embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel of the same name, while attempting to break new ground of its own. Watchmen reunites Lindelof with Academy® and Emmy® Award-winning actress Regina King leading the cast as Angela Abar/Sister Night. The series also stars Emmy® Award winner Jean Smart, Don Johnson (Miami Vice), Tim Blake Nelson, Hong Chau (Homecoming), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman), Andrew Howard (Bates Motel), Jacob Ming-Trent (Ray Donovan), Tom Mison (Sleepy Hollow), Sara Vickers (The Crown) and Dylan Schombing (Sharp Objects), with Academy Award® winner Louis Gossett Jr. (An Officer and a Gentleman), and Academy, Emmy® and Tony® Award winning actor Jeremy Irons.
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- 6/2/2020
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
There were far more important things than trophies to be concerned about last night at the WGA Awards as scribes on both coasts were consumed with the guild’s upcoming talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, and of course, the possibility of a strike.
In speaking with a number of writers at both the Beverly Hills and NYC ceremony last night, Deadline heard the same demand from scribes: Give us our cut of streaming profits.
“The last big negotiation [in 2007] was just as streaming was on the table,” Jojo Rabbit filmmaker and WGA adapted screenplay winner Taika Waititi told Deadline last night in New York, “It is the platform and it’s where we all make our bread and butter now. So we have to re-negotiate.”
“This is a pivot point. It feels like every negotiation is an important negotiation, but we’re going through a tectonic...
In speaking with a number of writers at both the Beverly Hills and NYC ceremony last night, Deadline heard the same demand from scribes: Give us our cut of streaming profits.
“The last big negotiation [in 2007] was just as streaming was on the table,” Jojo Rabbit filmmaker and WGA adapted screenplay winner Taika Waititi told Deadline last night in New York, “It is the platform and it’s where we all make our bread and butter now. So we have to re-negotiate.”
“This is a pivot point. It feels like every negotiation is an important negotiation, but we’re going through a tectonic...
- 2/2/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Longtime Grammy telecast producer Ken Ehrlich has delivered his Grammy swan song (figuratively and literally), and it couldn’t have happened without … Walt Whitman. To usher out his 40-year era as the guiding light behind some of TV’s greatest musical moments, Ehrlich chose the song “I Sing the Body Electric” from the 1980 movie musical “Fame” and assembled quite the formidable choir to perform it at the January 26 ceremony: Camila Cabello, Cyndi Lauper, Ben Platt, Common and War and Treaty’s Michael and Tanya Trotter will tackle vocals, with musical accompaniment provided by Jack Antonoff (guitar), Gary Clark Jr. (electric guitar), Lang Lang (piano) and The Ricky Minor Band. Reimagining the choreography was a “Fame” original: Debbie Allen.
So where exactly did Whitman, one of America’s first superstar poets, a Bob Dylan of his day, fit in? The song, written for the beloved movie musical by Michael Gore (younger...
So where exactly did Whitman, one of America’s first superstar poets, a Bob Dylan of his day, fit in? The song, written for the beloved movie musical by Michael Gore (younger...
- 1/27/2020
- by Jeremy Helligar
- Variety Film + TV
Santa Monica, CA – The latest stand-alone installment of the full-throttle Has Fallen action series comes home when Angel Has Fallen arrives on Digital November 12 and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital), DVD, and On Demand November 26 from Lionsgate. Filled with edge-of-your-seat action set pieces, explosive moments, and jaw-dropping hand-to-hand combat, the franchise is “bigger and badder than ever”. The film stars Gerard Butler, Oscar® winner Morgan Freeman, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lance Reddick, Tim Blake Nelson, Oscar® nominee Nick Nolte, and Danny Huston. Story by Creighton Rothenberger & Katrin Benedikt, written for the screen by Robert Mark Kamen and Matt Cook & Ric Roman Waugh, and directed by Ric Roman Waugh.
When there is an assassination attempt on U.S. President Allan Trumbull (Morgan Freeman), his trusted confidant, Secret Service Agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler), is wrongfully accused and taken into custody.
When there is an assassination attempt on U.S. President Allan Trumbull (Morgan Freeman), his trusted confidant, Secret Service Agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler), is wrongfully accused and taken into custody.
- 10/11/2019
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
One could easily call Josh Pais a scene-stealer, but that’s not accurate. He actually feeds the other actor in the scene, and they both grow. Check out Leaves of Grass with Edward Norton, Synecdoche New York with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Lynn Shelton’s Touchy Feely, and his recent work on Ray Donovan, to name just a few of his dozens of credits. This fall he’s in Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn, and Joker with Joaquin Phoenix. In this episode he talks about finding the character in his body, counting on spontaneity, partying in the unknown, creating not recreating, and Committed Impulse, his high […]...
- 10/1/2019
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
One could easily call Josh Pais a scene-stealer, but that’s not accurate. He actually feeds the other actor in the scene, and they both grow. Check out Leaves of Grass with Edward Norton, Synecdoche New York with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Lynn Shelton’s Touchy Feely, and his recent work on Ray Donovan, to name just a few of his dozens of credits. This fall he’s in Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn, and Joker with Joaquin Phoenix. In this episode he talks about finding the character in his body, counting on spontaneity, partying in the unknown, creating not recreating, and Committed Impulse, his high […]...
- 10/1/2019
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday.
This week’s question: What TV cliffhanger sticks out to you the most? It could have been a good one, a bad one, one that was resolved, or not. New and old shows apply.
April Neale (@aprilmac), Monsters & Critics
I have a feeling everyone is going to go whole hog “Sopranos,” the fade-to-black “Made in America” scene that pissed America off, underscored with Journey playing as we wondered if the onion rings were crispy and perhaps an overthought circular-shaped metaphor for the “on and on and on-ness” of life in all its banal nothingness. Sometimes rings are just rings. So many questions. Chase dodged, downplayed and diverted like the pro he is in all the followup “Wtf David” interviews.
But for me it was a tie: “Dexter’s” Season 4 finale (dead Rita (Julie Benz) in the tub…...
This week’s question: What TV cliffhanger sticks out to you the most? It could have been a good one, a bad one, one that was resolved, or not. New and old shows apply.
April Neale (@aprilmac), Monsters & Critics
I have a feeling everyone is going to go whole hog “Sopranos,” the fade-to-black “Made in America” scene that pissed America off, underscored with Journey playing as we wondered if the onion rings were crispy and perhaps an overthought circular-shaped metaphor for the “on and on and on-ness” of life in all its banal nothingness. Sometimes rings are just rings. So many questions. Chase dodged, downplayed and diverted like the pro he is in all the followup “Wtf David” interviews.
But for me it was a tie: “Dexter’s” Season 4 finale (dead Rita (Julie Benz) in the tub…...
- 7/10/2019
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Tim Blake Nelson is best known for his acting role in films such as O Brother Where Art Thou, The Incredible Hulk, and a ton of other films. He's a great actor that takes on a lot of co-starring roles. What you may not know about him is that he's also been directing films since 1997. Films such as O, The Grey Zone, Leaves of Grass, and Anesthesia.
Now he's set to direct a sci-fi action thriller called Michael Zero for Millennium Media and Eclectic Pictures, and it's based on a spec from Adam Alleca (Last House on the Left). There's no word on if he also plans on starring in the film or not, but I hope he's in it!
The high-concept sci-fi action-thriller follows Michael Redmayne, who is forced to hunt down and kill his clones after they desert the war they were created to fight, in order to...
Now he's set to direct a sci-fi action thriller called Michael Zero for Millennium Media and Eclectic Pictures, and it's based on a spec from Adam Alleca (Last House on the Left). There's no word on if he also plans on starring in the film or not, but I hope he's in it!
The high-concept sci-fi action-thriller follows Michael Redmayne, who is forced to hunt down and kill his clones after they desert the war they were created to fight, in order to...
- 3/15/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Okay, let’s get this out of the way at the beginning: Yesterday I published a novel. The title is The Perils of Captain Mighty and the Redemption of Danny the Kid. I’ll add one more fact: The original title was The Perils of Captain Power and the Redemption of Danny the Kid, but there were a couple of still active copyrights for “Captain Power” and although these copyrights weren’t likely to cause any problems, they could, and so Power becomes Mighty and we proceed to the next paragraph.
Are you expecting a little chest-beating here? Not happening. Not that I have anything against some self-congratulation and some of the writers I most admire were not above it. To cite three, a trio of my favorite Nineteenth Century scribblers: Charles Dickens (who, according to one source “thrived in the spotlight”); Mark Twain (who, according to another, had a “flair self-promotion”); and Walt Whitman,...
Are you expecting a little chest-beating here? Not happening. Not that I have anything against some self-congratulation and some of the writers I most admire were not above it. To cite three, a trio of my favorite Nineteenth Century scribblers: Charles Dickens (who, according to one source “thrived in the spotlight”); Mark Twain (who, according to another, had a “flair self-promotion”); and Walt Whitman,...
- 4/27/2017
- by Dennis O'Neil
- Comicmix.com
Two-Time Academy Award Winner Robert De Niro Leads an All-Star Cast, Including Leslie Mann, Danny DeVito, Edie Falco, Charles Grodin, Cloris Leachman, Patti LuPone and Harvey Keitel in The Comedian
Two-time Academy Award winner Robert De Niro (Best Supporting Actor, The Godfather: Part II, 1974; Best Actor, Raging Bull, 1980) stars as an aging insult comic trying to reinvent himself for acclaimed filmmaker Taylor Hackford (Ray) in the comedy-drama The Comedian. De Niro’s eight-years-in-the-making passion project also stars Leslie Mann (Knocked Up), Danny DeVito (“Always Sunny in Philadelphia”), Edie Falco (“The Sopranos”), Charles Grodin (Dave), Academy Award winner Cloris Leachman (Best Supporting Actress, The Last Picture Show, 1971), Patti LuPone (“Penny Dreadful”), and Academy Award nominee Harvey Keitel (Best Supporting Actor, Bugsy, 1991), with a cast that includes Lucy DeVito (Leaves of Grass) and Billy Crystal (When Harry Met Sally…). In addition, the film features a veritable who’s who of stand-up comedians,...
Two-time Academy Award winner Robert De Niro (Best Supporting Actor, The Godfather: Part II, 1974; Best Actor, Raging Bull, 1980) stars as an aging insult comic trying to reinvent himself for acclaimed filmmaker Taylor Hackford (Ray) in the comedy-drama The Comedian. De Niro’s eight-years-in-the-making passion project also stars Leslie Mann (Knocked Up), Danny DeVito (“Always Sunny in Philadelphia”), Edie Falco (“The Sopranos”), Charles Grodin (Dave), Academy Award winner Cloris Leachman (Best Supporting Actress, The Last Picture Show, 1971), Patti LuPone (“Penny Dreadful”), and Academy Award nominee Harvey Keitel (Best Supporting Actor, Bugsy, 1991), with a cast that includes Lucy DeVito (Leaves of Grass) and Billy Crystal (When Harry Met Sally…). In addition, the film features a veritable who’s who of stand-up comedians,...
- 3/23/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Paul Hindemith: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd: A Requiem for Those We Love Jan De Gaetani/William Stone/Atlanta Symphony Chorus & Orchestra/Robert Shaw (Telarc)
Memorial Day started spontaneously and independently in several towns and cities in 1866 as a way of honoring soldiers who died in the Civil War by placing flowers on their graves -- thus the holiday's old name, Decoration Day.
At first there was not a specific date, but observation was made more uniform starting in 1868; May 30 was chosen, supposedly because it was not the anniversary of a specific battle and because by then flowers would be in bloom throughout the country.
After World War I, the observances were expanded to include the deceased of that fresh conflict, and in the decades since, the holiday has come to honor all fallen servicemen. A century after its start, the observance was changed to the last...
Memorial Day started spontaneously and independently in several towns and cities in 1866 as a way of honoring soldiers who died in the Civil War by placing flowers on their graves -- thus the holiday's old name, Decoration Day.
At first there was not a specific date, but observation was made more uniform starting in 1868; May 30 was chosen, supposedly because it was not the anniversary of a specific battle and because by then flowers would be in bloom throughout the country.
After World War I, the observances were expanded to include the deceased of that fresh conflict, and in the decades since, the holiday has come to honor all fallen servicemen. A century after its start, the observance was changed to the last...
- 5/29/2016
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
After the success of Leaves of Grass, Anesthesia is Tim Blake Nelson’s second feature length film in which he held four major roles. The film follows Walter Zarrow (Waterston), a professor who goes to the corner deli to buy some flower for his wife Marcia (Close). He has a conversation with the store keeper and finally introduces himself after buying flowers from him for oh so many years. However, as soon as we cut away from Zarrow, we see he was stabbed just outside an Upper West Side building…
With Anesthesia on limited release across the Us now, here’s interviews with Nelson and the rest of the cast from last years Tribeca Film Festival.
Tim Blake Nelson:
Mickey Sumner:
Jessica Hecht:
Ben Konigsberg:
Sam Waterston:...
With Anesthesia on limited release across the Us now, here’s interviews with Nelson and the rest of the cast from last years Tribeca Film Festival.
Tim Blake Nelson:
Mickey Sumner:
Jessica Hecht:
Ben Konigsberg:
Sam Waterston:...
- 1/17/2016
- by Catherina Gioino
- Nerdly
Stars: Tim Blake Nelson, Sam Waterston, Glenn Close, Gretchen Mol, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll, Mickey Summer | Written and Directed by Tim Blake Nelson
We asked O Brother Where Art Thou?. We’ve seen him help dig Holes. We watched him hang with presidents in Lincoln, with superheroes in The Incredible Hulk and The Fantastic Four. And of course, pulling over Robert DeNiro and Ben Stiller in Meet the Fockers. And now we see him change roles in directing, writing, producing, and starring in Anesthesia.
Anesthesia is Tim Blake Nelson’s second feature length in which he held all four roles, after the success of Leaves of Grass. Along with Nelson, the film stars Sam Waterston, Glenn Close, Gretchen Mol, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll, Mickey Summer, and more.
The film follows Walter Zarrow (Waterston), a professor who goes to the corner deli to buy some flower for his wife Marcia (Close...
We asked O Brother Where Art Thou?. We’ve seen him help dig Holes. We watched him hang with presidents in Lincoln, with superheroes in The Incredible Hulk and The Fantastic Four. And of course, pulling over Robert DeNiro and Ben Stiller in Meet the Fockers. And now we see him change roles in directing, writing, producing, and starring in Anesthesia.
Anesthesia is Tim Blake Nelson’s second feature length in which he held all four roles, after the success of Leaves of Grass. Along with Nelson, the film stars Sam Waterston, Glenn Close, Gretchen Mol, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll, Mickey Summer, and more.
The film follows Walter Zarrow (Waterston), a professor who goes to the corner deli to buy some flower for his wife Marcia (Close...
- 1/13/2016
- by Catherina Gioino
- Nerdly
Causality and Kindness: Nelson’s Latest Look at All the Lonely People
The multifaceted Tim Blake Nelson unveils his latest directorial effort in nearly seven years with Anesthesia, a New York set drama focused on a series of interconnected characters leading up to a brutal crime of the narrative’s central figure. It’s sometimes easy to forget Nelson, perhaps best known as a character actor in an incalculable amount of arresting performances across a variety of films, is also an accomplished writer and director, premiering his own eclectic five features since his first (and best) 1997 debut Eye of God. Since then, he made a contemporized version of Shakespeare’s Othello in 2001 with O, an English language drama centered on a rebellious group of Sonderkomandos attempting to overthrow their Nazi captors in the grueling The Grey Zone (also 2001) and a comedy crime drama Leaves of Grass (2009) with Edward Norton pulling double duty as twins.
The multifaceted Tim Blake Nelson unveils his latest directorial effort in nearly seven years with Anesthesia, a New York set drama focused on a series of interconnected characters leading up to a brutal crime of the narrative’s central figure. It’s sometimes easy to forget Nelson, perhaps best known as a character actor in an incalculable amount of arresting performances across a variety of films, is also an accomplished writer and director, premiering his own eclectic five features since his first (and best) 1997 debut Eye of God. Since then, he made a contemporized version of Shakespeare’s Othello in 2001 with O, an English language drama centered on a rebellious group of Sonderkomandos attempting to overthrow their Nazi captors in the grueling The Grey Zone (also 2001) and a comedy crime drama Leaves of Grass (2009) with Edward Norton pulling double duty as twins.
- 1/6/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
A retiring Philosophy professor (Sam Waterston) buzzes up to a stranger’s apartment one night, screaming for help. The tenant (Cory Stoll) rushes downstairs, and finds two men, bloody and beaten on the doorstep. One is the ailing professor, and the other, we cannot see. The narrative then flashes back several days to show us how these characters came to meet this gruesome fate. Anesthesia offers an intriguing but familiar set up, which splays the story out into numerous sprawling strands. The film is Altmanesque in its conceptualization, as the lives of roughly a dozen strangers crisscross and interlock in unexpected ways.
Writer-director Tim Blake Nelson, best known as Delmar from O Brother, Where Art Thou?, rounded up a stellar and committed cast, including Glenn Close, Michael K. Williams and Kristen Stewart. The filmmaker seems at home collaborating with actors of this caliber, having directed Edward Norton to not one,...
Writer-director Tim Blake Nelson, best known as Delmar from O Brother, Where Art Thou?, rounded up a stellar and committed cast, including Glenn Close, Michael K. Williams and Kristen Stewart. The filmmaker seems at home collaborating with actors of this caliber, having directed Edward Norton to not one,...
- 1/6/2016
- by Tony Hinds
- The Film Stage
Tim Blake Nelson’s last film, Leaves of Grass, was released five years ago. Since then, the award-winning actor, writer and director has been busy acting in indies such as James Franco’s take on As I Lay Dying, big-budget films such as Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln and on Netflix with an ongoing role in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Anesthesia, Blake Nelson’s latest film as writer-director, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year and was later picked up by IFC Films. The drama, starring Kristen Stewart and Sam Waterston, alongside Blake Nelson, Glenn Close, Gretchen Mol, Corey Stoll and Michael K. Williams, will hit theaters and on demand on January […]...
- 12/14/2015
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Tim Blake Nelson’s last film, Leaves of Grass, was released five years ago. Since then, the award-winning actor, writer and director has been busy acting in indies such as James Franco’s take on As I Lay Dying, big-budget films such as Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln and on Netflix with an ongoing role in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Anesthesia, Blake Nelson’s latest film as writer-director, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year and was later picked up by IFC Films. The drama, starring Kristen Stewart and Sam Waterston, alongside Blake Nelson, Glenn Close, Gretchen Mol, Corey Stoll and Michael K. Williams, will hit theaters and on demand on January […]...
- 12/14/2015
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
While he has quite a career in front of the camera working for the Coens, Terrence Malick, Steven Spielberg, and many more, Tim Blake Nelson has also carved out a unique directing resume. Following up the entertaining drama Leaves of Grass earlier this decade, he’s now back with Anesthesia, and today brings the first trailer.
Premiering back at Tribeca Film Festival, the story follows New Yorkers who are all positively affected by the same philosophy professor, with an ensemble including Kristen Stewart, Sam Waterston, Glenn Close, Michael K. Williams., and Gretchen Mol. While reviews weren’t overly enthusiastic following its premiere, the trailer sells an engaging drama, and it’ll arrive fairly soon. Check it out below, along with the poster.
A snowy New York City night, a beloved teacher, a shocking crime: this provocative drama pieces together the puzzle of a man’s life just before it changes forever.
Premiering back at Tribeca Film Festival, the story follows New Yorkers who are all positively affected by the same philosophy professor, with an ensemble including Kristen Stewart, Sam Waterston, Glenn Close, Michael K. Williams., and Gretchen Mol. While reviews weren’t overly enthusiastic following its premiere, the trailer sells an engaging drama, and it’ll arrive fairly soon. Check it out below, along with the poster.
A snowy New York City night, a beloved teacher, a shocking crime: this provocative drama pieces together the puzzle of a man’s life just before it changes forever.
- 12/11/2015
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The ghosts did not take long to present themselves. Oliveira's seventh feature, Visita ou Memórias e Confissões, conveys a bevy of autobiographical musings on his family house and himself. Filmed in 1981 when he was 73, yet shelved voluntarily until after his death, Memories and Confessions has since become a kind of talisman for the director, an n+1 variable where the n is his 31-item back catalogue cut short last year. The first character introduced in the movie is a magnolia that blooms twice a year—first in "a rapid blossoming," then in the shape of "a rare star of maturity." Conveniently, the film's structure comprises just what the original title enumerates: a visit, some memories, a handful of confessions. The visitors in question are a man and a woman whom we do not get to see but whose voices we keep hearing off-screen. As they drop in at an empty house...
- 6/3/2015
- by Boris Nelepo
- MUBI
It’s not everyday that Darth Vader can get into some poetry. In honor of what would have been American poetry icon Walt Whitman’s 196th birthday yesterday, we bring you this dramatic reading of his work for New York community center 92Y. Actor and national treasure James Earl Jones reads selections from Whitman’s seminal work Leaves of Grass. For […]
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- 6/1/2015
- by Ross Perkel
- Uinterview
Read More: The 2015 Indiewire Tribeca Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During Run of Festival The binary experiences of feeling pain and being numb permeate Tim Blake Nelson's "Anesthesia." Through the actor-turned-filmmaker's previous directorial efforts -- which include 2001's "O," a teen adaptation of Shakespeare's "Othello," and 2009's "Leaves of Grass," which utilizes Plato's Socratic dialogues while swiping its title from a Walt Whitman poem -- we know that Nelson is a student of varying high-brow styles of literature. In the ensemble drama "Anesthesia," he tries to implement not only his idols' eloquent use of words, but also grand philosophical ideas of Schopenhauer, Montaigne and others, focusing on what it means to connect with others. Despite a few stylistic inconsistencies, the conceit mostly works, but it helps that this time Nelson has rounded up a talented group of actors to play his troubled...
- 4/23/2015
- by Casey Cipriani
- Indiewire
When we think about some of the more underrated actors in the industry today, Edward Norton is at the top of the list. The actor has stacked up a number of incredible performances in movies such as American History X, Leaves of Grass, Primal Fear, Fight Club and now, the recent Golden Globe nominated Birdman. And what makes Norton so unique is that each performance is strong, but each performance is incredibly different too. So it.s no wonder that Edward Norton.s performance in Birdman has been nominated for a 2015 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. This isn.t Norton.s first time at the Golden Globes. You may have forgotten his win in 1997 for Best Supporting Actor, for his performance in Primal Fear. It was Norton.s film debut and he played an altar boy charged with the murder of an archbishop. Norton.s performance stole the show,...
- 12/11/2014
- cinemablend.com
I’m not sure what exact moment in Birdman it occurred to me that we were in the midst of a great Edward Norton Renaissance. Maybe it was when the walls of self-professed artistic integrity that his character Mike Shiner wears came crashing down in the face of Sam (Emma Stone), revealing the tragedy and isolation in his existence. Maybe it was when Mike was so in the moment as an actor, he wanted to have live sex on stage. Or maybe it was just the sight of Norton in a speedo wrestling with Michael Keaton. Either way, I finished that movie with the realization that we are in the midst of a rebirth of Edward Norton.
There was a time when Edward Norton was arguably the best actor on the planet. Just look at his filmography from 1996-2006, and count the number of classics he’s a part of.
There was a time when Edward Norton was arguably the best actor on the planet. Just look at his filmography from 1996-2006, and count the number of classics he’s a part of.
- 12/10/2014
- by Dylan Griffin
- SoundOnSight
Walk into the Strand Book Store, at East 12th and Broadway, and the retail experience you’ll have is unexpectedly contemporary. The walls are white, the lighting bright; crisp red signage is visible at every turn. The main floor is bustling, and the store now employs merchandising experts to refine its traffic flow and make sure that prime display space goes to stuff that’s selling. Whereas you can leave a Barnes & Noble feeling numbed, particularly if a clerk directs you to Gardening when you ask for Leaves of Grass, the Strand is simply a warmer place for readers. In the middle of the room, though, is a big concrete column holding up the building, and it looks … wrong. It’s painted gray, and not a soft designer gray but some dead color like you’d see on a basement floor. Crudely stenciled signs reading Books Shipped Anywhere are tacked to it.
- 11/24/2014
- by Christopher Bonanos
- Vulture
While Tiff has become film premiere terrain for his last director outings (the horribly timed post 9/11 released The Grey Zone and 2009′s Leaves of Grass), Tim Blake Nelson could be deemed as a return customer in Sundance folklore. His stacked resume at Sundance includes his first three premiered and/or workshopped outings (includes his short Kansas), and he is rooted at the Institute, being a Creative Advisor in the Directors Lab on four separate occasions. Employing the mapped out ensemble narrative strategy for his fifth feature film, the multi-tasker called upon a team of fellow thesps in Gretchen Mol, Corey Stoll, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jessica Hecht, Hannah Marks, Glenn Close, Scott Cohen, Sam Waterston and team captain Kristen Stewart (see pap pic above) for Anesthesia. Production on the New York City set drama began late last year, so despite turning into James Franco’s muse (five straight feature films) he...
- 11/11/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
"Pink Cupcakes" continues the show's grand tradition of mixing sex and blood and showbiz, with some added "gotcha" moments that had me questioning the future of the season. It also gives some good screen time to one of the biggest stars on the show, Angela Bassett, and her character Desiree Dupree, and it introduces two new characters that are already very interesting.
Let's start the show. Spoilers from here on out.
"We Toil In The Dark"
The very first scenes of the episode are a fantasy of Stanley's that takes place at the medical oddity museum, where there's a "Night of Discovery" gala and unveiling of their latest specimen. Stanley (Denis O'Hare) and Maggie (Emma Roberts) are in the audience, and there's someone awfully familiar floating in the tank. It's a fantasy that we'll return to again and again, wherein Stanley finally gets his day in the sun (and gets...
Let's start the show. Spoilers from here on out.
"We Toil In The Dark"
The very first scenes of the episode are a fantasy of Stanley's that takes place at the medical oddity museum, where there's a "Night of Discovery" gala and unveiling of their latest specimen. Stanley (Denis O'Hare) and Maggie (Emma Roberts) are in the audience, and there's someone awfully familiar floating in the tank. It's a fantasy that we'll return to again and again, wherein Stanley finally gets his day in the sun (and gets...
- 11/6/2014
- by Jenni Miller
- Moviefone
The Sixth Sense‘s Cole Sear isn’t the only character with the ability to see dead people. Kevin Pacalioglu, the main character of Hulu’s supernatural comedy series Deadbeat, not only chats with ghosts, but also attempts to fulfill their final wishes on earth, resulting in some hilarious and bizarre encounters with both the living and the dead. Starring Tucker & Dale vs. Evil‘s Tyler Labine, season one of Deadbeat is coming soon to DVD and digital from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
You can laugh your way through Kevin’s paranormal predicaments from the comfort of your couch starting on August 26th, when Deadbeat hits the shelves on DVD and digital. In April, Hulu renewed Deadbeat for a second season. We have the DVD’s special features and Hulu’s official Deadbeat trailer for you to check out:
Press Release - “The supernatural comedy series Deadbeat arrives on DVD (plus...
You can laugh your way through Kevin’s paranormal predicaments from the comfort of your couch starting on August 26th, when Deadbeat hits the shelves on DVD and digital. In April, Hulu renewed Deadbeat for a second season. We have the DVD’s special features and Hulu’s official Deadbeat trailer for you to check out:
Press Release - “The supernatural comedy series Deadbeat arrives on DVD (plus...
- 6/16/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
When we last left our new "Ravenswood" friends, they had all driven off a bridge into a river -- who survived? Read on to find out.
As we predicted, Miranda does not survive the car crash and is now a ghost haunting the town. That's about the only big revelation of the episode -- that and the eerie spectre that Miranda saw on the bridge is out there and Miranda is afraid of it.
The rest of the episode was spent establishing that something is terrorizing the kids -- someone or some thing goes after Luke while he's lifting weights, lets the dog out of the minivan at the junk yard to go after Remy, etc. Presumably it's the spectre, the thing that meant to kill all five of them and only got Miranda, though the show does a nice job of establishing other people who might want to hurt the kids,...
As we predicted, Miranda does not survive the car crash and is now a ghost haunting the town. That's about the only big revelation of the episode -- that and the eerie spectre that Miranda saw on the bridge is out there and Miranda is afraid of it.
The rest of the episode was spent establishing that something is terrorizing the kids -- someone or some thing goes after Luke while he's lifting weights, lets the dog out of the minivan at the junk yard to go after Remy, etc. Presumably it's the spectre, the thing that meant to kill all five of them and only got Miranda, though the show does a nice job of establishing other people who might want to hurt the kids,...
- 10/30/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
He refused to be shackled by the odds, and wanted to leave his family with money, and with a legacy. Now Walter White's most recent posthumous transaction has done just that. The star character of the AMC hit series "Breaking Bad" just sold his underwear at auction for $9,900.
According to "Variety," the undergarments for White, worn by actor Bryan Cranston, were sold for $9,900 as part of ScreenBid's auction of used items from the AMC series, which ended on September 29th. Cranston donned the iconic pair of tighty-whities the series' pilot.
Bidding for items from the popular drama series came to a close on Wednesday, October 9th, and nearly $1 million was made. The highest-paid item was reportedly an inscribed copy of Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass," which sold for $65,500.
Currently, the underwear is on display at the "Breaking Bad" exhibit at the Museum of Moving Image in Queens, New York.
According to "Variety," the undergarments for White, worn by actor Bryan Cranston, were sold for $9,900 as part of ScreenBid's auction of used items from the AMC series, which ended on September 29th. Cranston donned the iconic pair of tighty-whities the series' pilot.
Bidding for items from the popular drama series came to a close on Wednesday, October 9th, and nearly $1 million was made. The highest-paid item was reportedly an inscribed copy of Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass," which sold for $65,500.
Currently, the underwear is on display at the "Breaking Bad" exhibit at the Museum of Moving Image in Queens, New York.
- 10/12/2013
- GossipCenter
Would you ever pay $10,000 for a pair of tighty-whities? Apparently, a hard-core Breaking Bad fan would. The underwear that Bryan Cranston's character Walter White wore in the pilot of the AMC series was sold for a tremendous $9,900, as part of an auction for the show's props and items. Sony Pictures partnered with Screenbid in an effort to allow fans to own a prized piece from their favorite show. These items come at a price, though; the starting bid for the underwear was $250, which catapulted to $9,990 at the end of the 10-day auction. Think that's hefty? Walter's iconic, inscribed copy of Leaves of Grass went for a whopping $65,500! The piece, which was bought by someone with the...
- 10/10/2013
- E! Online
Although some of us are content to hold on to Breaking Bad through the daily mementos of our articles, each post like another wreath laid at its gravesite, others needed something a little more tangible. And expensive: The auction that was recently held to find new, hopefully not broken-by-meth homes for some of the series’ most iconic props ended up raising nearly $1 million for Sony, which now no longer has to resort to selling drugs to provide for its motion picture family. The highest-priced draw was, of course, the inscribed copy of Walt Whitman’s Leaves Of Grass that ...
- 10/10/2013
- avclub.com
One million dollars might not please Walter White, but it’s no small feat for Breaking Bad’s online auction.Hosted by ScreenBid and Sony Pictures Television, the auction sold off 337 items, including props, costumes, and vehicles for nearly $1 million, according to Variety. After going live immediately following the finale, the auction attracted 5,800 users, with 2,000 who entered the bidding and shelled out five-figure final bids for props including Tio’s bell and Tuco’s grill.The highest winning bid went to Walt’s copy of Leaves of Grass, for $65,500, while the lowest winning bid was a tie between Hank’s boots and Hank’s pajamas,...
- 10/10/2013
- by Shirley Li
- EW.com - PopWatch
Review Paul Martinovic 1 Oct 2013 - 06:58
Paul salutes the passing of Breaking Bad; brilliant, all-consuming storytelling that will never be forgotten by its audience...
This review contains spoilers.
5.16 Felina
“The chemistry must be respected.” - Walter White
It’s been a source of tension worthy of the show itself: would Breaking Bad manage to tie-up the unmitigated tension and nigh-on flawless action-drama of the past five series in a way that would stay true to the characters and overall ‘vision’ of the show, while also not feeling like a terrible anti-climax in the wake of the insanity that preceded it?
Well, I can only envisage two types of reactions to Felina, the Breaking Bad finale: 1) that was perfect, or 2) that was a little too perfect.
In terms of closure, this finale was staggeringly eager to please: there’s not a plot point of note (sorry Huell and Ted Beneke) that...
Paul salutes the passing of Breaking Bad; brilliant, all-consuming storytelling that will never be forgotten by its audience...
This review contains spoilers.
5.16 Felina
“The chemistry must be respected.” - Walter White
It’s been a source of tension worthy of the show itself: would Breaking Bad manage to tie-up the unmitigated tension and nigh-on flawless action-drama of the past five series in a way that would stay true to the characters and overall ‘vision’ of the show, while also not feeling like a terrible anti-climax in the wake of the insanity that preceded it?
Well, I can only envisage two types of reactions to Felina, the Breaking Bad finale: 1) that was perfect, or 2) that was a little too perfect.
In terms of closure, this finale was staggeringly eager to please: there’s not a plot point of note (sorry Huell and Ted Beneke) that...
- 10/1/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Cheaters never prosper, or so they say. And if they do, they’re probably biblical moralists or writers of film noir, the kind where desperate saps with immoral get-rich schemes get punished for their transgressive ambition one way or another, sooner or later. Double Indemnity. No Country for Old Men. And Breaking Bad, the extraordinary, many-things-at-once, neo-noir, desert-western, dark-comedy serial created by Vince Gilligan, which came to an end Sunday night. For five seasons, this bold and cold AMC series chronicled the downfall of a dying, dead-on-the-inside Everyman who sold out his principles (such as they were) to feel alive...
- 9/30/2013
- by Jeff Jensen
- EW.com - PopWatch
By Alex Zalben
After last night's blockbuster finale, it's clear that not only did "Breaking Bad" end the right way, there's almost no other way the show Could have ended.... Except, as it turns out, creators Vince Gilligan had a few other outs up his sleeve, according to a post-game interview with EW. Here's a rundown of how Heisenberg might have met his ultimate fate, if things hadn't turned out quite as perfectly:
The Walt Stands Alone
In this first alternate universe scenario, Walter White survives, and everyone else dies (or is completely destroyed in some unknown fashion). "That would be a very powerful ending but very much a kick-in-the-teeth kind of ending for the viewers," Gilligan siad. And we agree. In fact, we kind of thought this would have been the obvious ending since the beginning of the season. That is, until Walt had his game changing realization while...
After last night's blockbuster finale, it's clear that not only did "Breaking Bad" end the right way, there's almost no other way the show Could have ended.... Except, as it turns out, creators Vince Gilligan had a few other outs up his sleeve, according to a post-game interview with EW. Here's a rundown of how Heisenberg might have met his ultimate fate, if things hadn't turned out quite as perfectly:
The Walt Stands Alone
In this first alternate universe scenario, Walter White survives, and everyone else dies (or is completely destroyed in some unknown fashion). "That would be a very powerful ending but very much a kick-in-the-teeth kind of ending for the viewers," Gilligan siad. And we agree. In fact, we kind of thought this would have been the obvious ending since the beginning of the season. That is, until Walt had his game changing realization while...
- 9/30/2013
- by MTV Movies Team
- MTV Movies Blog
If you leave this Sunday’s Breaking Bad series finale wishing for more, here’s a solution: Buy a piece of the show.
ScreenBid has a series of props from the set of Breaking Bad (not including meth) up for auction, ranging from the characters’ pajamas to iconic items like Tio Salamanca’s bell. The auction even has three copies of Leaves of Grass, by the other W.W., all used for different scenes in the show.
But be prepared to shell out some serious money if you’re going after these pieces — one Los Pollos Hermanos paper bag alone...
ScreenBid has a series of props from the set of Breaking Bad (not including meth) up for auction, ranging from the characters’ pajamas to iconic items like Tio Salamanca’s bell. The auction even has three copies of Leaves of Grass, by the other W.W., all used for different scenes in the show.
But be prepared to shell out some serious money if you’re going after these pieces — one Los Pollos Hermanos paper bag alone...
- 9/25/2013
- by Shirley Li
- EW.com - PopWatch
If you’re depressed at the coming end of “Breaking Bad,” now you can re-enact the show in your own home. A slew of items ranging from the Haz-Mat suits to Walter White’s tighty-whiteys are going up for auction through the new site ScreenBid. ‘Breaking Bad’ Mexican Restaurant Reports Surge in Tableside Guacamole Orders Also up for sale are Jesse Pinkman’s Hello Kitty phone; Walter White’s tighty-whiteys (now on display at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image), Walt’s Pontiac Aztec, the inscribed copy of Leaves of Grass, Skyler White’s 1991 Jeep Grand Wagoneer, Hector “Tio” Salmanaca’s explosion-damaged wheelchair,...
- 9/20/2013
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
With only two more episodes left, it's time we come to terms with the end of "Breaking Bad." It will be hard to leave behind Walter, Jesse, Saul, and the rest of the gang, but a new prop auction is getting us a chance to own pieces of the show's history.
Sony Pictures Entertainment has teamed up with the website ScreenBid.com to sell of many of the props from the show, from the smallest test tube all the way up to the Whites' cars. The auction begins on September 29, the day of the finale, and will include items from that episode once it has aired.
Check out our top ten favorite items from the auction after the jump!
Walter White's Aztek
This was the Heisenbergmobile for years before Walter upgraded, but it will always be the car we identify with the character most.
Lily of the Valley
You could...
Sony Pictures Entertainment has teamed up with the website ScreenBid.com to sell of many of the props from the show, from the smallest test tube all the way up to the Whites' cars. The auction begins on September 29, the day of the finale, and will include items from that episode once it has aired.
Check out our top ten favorite items from the auction after the jump!
Walter White's Aztek
This was the Heisenbergmobile for years before Walter upgraded, but it will always be the car we identify with the character most.
Lily of the Valley
You could...
- 9/20/2013
- by Kevin P. Sullivan
- MTV Movies Blog
“Ozymandias” has got to be some kind of epic meta-dare. Vince Gilligan evokes Percy Shelly’s famous poem, in which the titular “king of kings” commands future generations, “Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” In Shelly’s telling, though, Ozymandias was an accomplished fool. By his haughty, fearsome decree, “Nothing beside remains. Round the decay/Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare/The lone and level sands stretch far away.” In creating and crafting such an astounding episode of television (not to mention series), though, Gilligan has thrown down the gauntlet to TV critics, historians, audiences, and his peers: Breaking Bad is TV’s version of the Sistine Chapel. “Ozymandias” will likely be the scene in which God reaches out to Adam. Forget this at your own peril. (Between “Ozymandias” and Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass,” Gilligan sure is rewarding all his viewers with English degrees.) So many of the events that we’ve...
- 9/16/2013
- by Inkoo Kang
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The article below contains spoilers for "Rabid Dog," the September 1, 2013 episode of "Breaking Bad." Of the leaps in understanding "Breaking Bad" has asked us to buy so far in season 5.5 -- Walt (Bryan Cranston) seeing that "Leaves of Grass" is missing and figuring out from it that Hank (Dean Norris) is on to him, Jesse (Aaron Paul) getting his weed stolen and because of it realizing that Walt poisoned Brock -- the one in "Rabid Dog" may be the toughest to contend with. Having intercepted Jesse in the process of setting Walt's house on fire, Hank brings him home and listened to his whole story, accompanied by Steven Gomez (Steven Michael Quezada), who's finally been brought in on the Heisenberg revelation. And Hank apparently quickly spots something that Jesse doesn't really understand and that Walt would be hard pressed to articulate himself, which is that Walt has always needed Jesse...
- 9/2/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
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