“Kids,” a gritty look at a group of skateboarding, drug-abusing, bed-hopping teenagers, became an unlikely box office hit when it premiered in the summer of 1995.
Shot on a shoestring budget with a cast comprised of unknowns and amateur actors, the film’s subject matter and frank sexuality was scandalous, prompting condemnation in some quarters, as well as fights with the ratings board. “Kids'” Nc-17 rating ultimately forced Bob and Harvey Weinstein, then at Miramax, to buy back the film from parent company Disney and create a one-off distribution shingle in order to release the movie in unrated form. It went on to gross an astounding $20.4 million, catapulted director Larry Clark and screenwriter Harmony Korine up Hollywood’s ladder, and launched the careers of stars Rosario Dawson and Chloë Sevigny.
But the film’s legacy is more complicated. Many of the young men and women that Clark tapped to play key...
Shot on a shoestring budget with a cast comprised of unknowns and amateur actors, the film’s subject matter and frank sexuality was scandalous, prompting condemnation in some quarters, as well as fights with the ratings board. “Kids'” Nc-17 rating ultimately forced Bob and Harvey Weinstein, then at Miramax, to buy back the film from parent company Disney and create a one-off distribution shingle in order to release the movie in unrated form. It went on to gross an astounding $20.4 million, catapulted director Larry Clark and screenwriter Harmony Korine up Hollywood’s ladder, and launched the careers of stars Rosario Dawson and Chloë Sevigny.
But the film’s legacy is more complicated. Many of the young men and women that Clark tapped to play key...
- 6/12/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: London-based sales outfit Dogwoof has picked up world rights excluding Australian and New Zealand on Eddie Martin’s feature documentary The Kids, which is the story of the young skateboarders picked from the streets of Manhattan by Larry Clark to star in his 1995 cult classic Kids.
Martin previously directed Have You Seen the Listers?, which Dogwoof handled rights on and sold to Netflix. He also helmed All This Mayhem, about the dark side of professional skateboarding.
His latest chronicles, in their own words, how the stars of Kids became overnight commodities, thrust into the mainstream spotlight. Left adrift under the bright lights, some discovered transcendent lives and careers – while others, abandoned and unequipped to handle fame, suffered fatal consequences.
The Kids is produced and edited by Shannon Swan, co-produced by Hamilton Chango Harris, Peter Bici, Caroline Rothstein, and Jessica Forsyth, with cinematography by Hugh Miller and additional camera by...
Martin previously directed Have You Seen the Listers?, which Dogwoof handled rights on and sold to Netflix. He also helmed All This Mayhem, about the dark side of professional skateboarding.
His latest chronicles, in their own words, how the stars of Kids became overnight commodities, thrust into the mainstream spotlight. Left adrift under the bright lights, some discovered transcendent lives and careers – while others, abandoned and unequipped to handle fame, suffered fatal consequences.
The Kids is produced and edited by Shannon Swan, co-produced by Hamilton Chango Harris, Peter Bici, Caroline Rothstein, and Jessica Forsyth, with cinematography by Hugh Miller and additional camera by...
- 4/21/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
'Have You Seen the Listers?'.
When director Eddie Martin showed a cut of his feature doc Have You Seen the Listers? to Anthony Lister, the renowned street artist started laughing at some of the early scenes..
By the end he wasn.t laughing, but he fully accepted Martin.s deeply personal and at times confronting portrait, which will have its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
.He was quite emotional but he was positive with the outcome and we were able to move forward with his blessing,. Martin told If.
.Essentially it is the story of a young father and his family set in the world of art. I hope it will connect with a broad audience..
Transmission Films will release the doc produced by Martin and Carver Films. Sarah Shaw in cinemas next year. The international sales agent Dogwoof Global plans to expose the film at...
When director Eddie Martin showed a cut of his feature doc Have You Seen the Listers? to Anthony Lister, the renowned street artist started laughing at some of the early scenes..
By the end he wasn.t laughing, but he fully accepted Martin.s deeply personal and at times confronting portrait, which will have its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
.He was quite emotional but he was positive with the outcome and we were able to move forward with his blessing,. Martin told If.
.Essentially it is the story of a young father and his family set in the world of art. I hope it will connect with a broad audience..
Transmission Films will release the doc produced by Martin and Carver Films. Sarah Shaw in cinemas next year. The international sales agent Dogwoof Global plans to expose the film at...
- 7/10/2017
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
eOne release The Girl on The Train in cinemas October 6.
Since its acquisition by eOne in 2011, Hopscotch-eOne Anz has become a global player. If speaks to three of the team — Jude Troy, eOne Anz.s Evp, TV Development and Acquisitions, Lucy Hill, eOne Anz.s Head of Acquisitions and Maeva Gatineau, Hopscotch Features. Senior Vice President of Production — about the restructure, the distribution game and the landscape in 2016. What are your roles at eOne?
Hill: I head up acquisitions for eOne Australia and New Zealand, which means that I coordinate for our team, which includes Jude as well as Troy Lum, Sandie Don, Jason Hernandez and Kata [Mandic]. We look at which films we want to buy, primarily for theatrical but also for our home entertainment platforms, the landscape for which is changing massively.
Troy: I joined in 2004 as a small partner at Hopscotch. Troy brought me in, [with] Sandie and Frank Cox at the time,...
Since its acquisition by eOne in 2011, Hopscotch-eOne Anz has become a global player. If speaks to three of the team — Jude Troy, eOne Anz.s Evp, TV Development and Acquisitions, Lucy Hill, eOne Anz.s Head of Acquisitions and Maeva Gatineau, Hopscotch Features. Senior Vice President of Production — about the restructure, the distribution game and the landscape in 2016. What are your roles at eOne?
Hill: I head up acquisitions for eOne Australia and New Zealand, which means that I coordinate for our team, which includes Jude as well as Troy Lum, Sandie Don, Jason Hernandez and Kata [Mandic]. We look at which films we want to buy, primarily for theatrical but also for our home entertainment platforms, the landscape for which is changing massively.
Troy: I joined in 2004 as a small partner at Hopscotch. Troy brought me in, [with] Sandie and Frank Cox at the time,...
- 9/12/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
eOne release The Girl on The Train in cinemas October 6.
Since its acquisition by eOne in 2011, Hopscotch-eOne Anz has become a global player. If speaks to three of the team — Jude Troy, eOne Anz.s Evp, TV Development and Acquisitions, Lucy Hill, eOne Anz.s Head of Acquisitions and Maeva Gatineau, Hopscotch Features. Senior Vice President of Production — about the restructure, the distribution game and the landscape in 2016. What are your roles at eOne?
Hill: I head up acquisitions for eOne Australia and New Zealand, which means that I coordinate for our team, which includes Jude as well as Troy Lum, Sandie Don, Jason Hernandez and Kata [Mandic]. We look at which films we want to buy, primarily for theatrical but also for our home entertainment platforms, the landscape for which is changing massively.
Troy: I joined in 2004 as a small partner at Hopscotch. Troy brought me in, [with] Sandie and Frank Cox at the time,...
Since its acquisition by eOne in 2011, Hopscotch-eOne Anz has become a global player. If speaks to three of the team — Jude Troy, eOne Anz.s Evp, TV Development and Acquisitions, Lucy Hill, eOne Anz.s Head of Acquisitions and Maeva Gatineau, Hopscotch Features. Senior Vice President of Production — about the restructure, the distribution game and the landscape in 2016. What are your roles at eOne?
Hill: I head up acquisitions for eOne Australia and New Zealand, which means that I coordinate for our team, which includes Jude as well as Troy Lum, Sandie Don, Jason Hernandez and Kata [Mandic]. We look at which films we want to buy, primarily for theatrical but also for our home entertainment platforms, the landscape for which is changing massively.
Troy: I joined in 2004 as a small partner at Hopscotch. Troy brought me in, [with] Sandie and Frank Cox at the time,...
- 9/12/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Jed Kurzel.
Mess Hall star turned film composer Jed Kurzel has signed a deal with Chester Music/G.Schirmer Australia, representing his publishing rights for all projects..
Kurzel broke out by doing the score for his brother Justin's debut feature Snowtown. He's since composed the music for Slow West, The Babadook, Son of A Gun, All This Mayhem, and Benedict Andrews' upcoming Una, starring Ben Mendelsohn and set to premiere at Tiff next month..
Andrews and the Kurzels go way back, with Justin designing some of the productions directed by Andrews when he was a resident director at the Sydney Theatre Company.
Jed Kurzel is currently based in London, where he worked on the score for his brother's Macbeth and is currently scoring his first studio film, Assassin's Creed: Time Out Of Mind, again directed by Justin and starring Michael Fassbender. .
.We first met Jed when he was...
Mess Hall star turned film composer Jed Kurzel has signed a deal with Chester Music/G.Schirmer Australia, representing his publishing rights for all projects..
Kurzel broke out by doing the score for his brother Justin's debut feature Snowtown. He's since composed the music for Slow West, The Babadook, Son of A Gun, All This Mayhem, and Benedict Andrews' upcoming Una, starring Ben Mendelsohn and set to premiere at Tiff next month..
Andrews and the Kurzels go way back, with Justin designing some of the productions directed by Andrews when he was a resident director at the Sydney Theatre Company.
Jed Kurzel is currently based in London, where he worked on the score for his brother's Macbeth and is currently scoring his first studio film, Assassin's Creed: Time Out Of Mind, again directed by Justin and starring Michael Fassbender. .
.We first met Jed when he was...
- 8/25/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Matt Saville has been nominated in two categories at the 2015 Australian Directors Guild Awards, for his feature Felony and an episode of Josh Thomas. ABC-tv comedy Please Like Me.
The other nominees in the feature film category are Sophie Hyde for 52 Tuesdays, Jennifer Kent for The Babadook and Robert Connolly for Paper Planes.
There are two nominees for Rake for TV drama series: Jessica Hobbs and Rowan Woods. Also in the running are Shawn Seet for The Code, Geoff Bennett for Love Child and Kevin Carlin for Wentworth.
Kate Dennis and Peter Salmon are both nominated for Secrets & Lies in the TV miniseries category, together with Tony Krawitz (Devil.s Playground). and Ian Watson (Anzac Girls).
The telemovie award is a toss-up between Samantha Lang for Carlotta and Jeffrey Walker for Jack Irish: Dead Point.
In the 30th year of Neighbours, Chris Langman has been nominated in the TV drama...
The other nominees in the feature film category are Sophie Hyde for 52 Tuesdays, Jennifer Kent for The Babadook and Robert Connolly for Paper Planes.
There are two nominees for Rake for TV drama series: Jessica Hobbs and Rowan Woods. Also in the running are Shawn Seet for The Code, Geoff Bennett for Love Child and Kevin Carlin for Wentworth.
Kate Dennis and Peter Salmon are both nominated for Secrets & Lies in the TV miniseries category, together with Tony Krawitz (Devil.s Playground). and Ian Watson (Anzac Girls).
The telemovie award is a toss-up between Samantha Lang for Carlotta and Jeffrey Walker for Jack Irish: Dead Point.
In the 30th year of Neighbours, Chris Langman has been nominated in the TV drama...
- 4/9/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
After tying for best film with The Water Diviner at the Aacta Awards, Jennifer Kent.s The Babadook has won the major prizes at the Australian Film Critics Association annual film and writing awards.
The horror movie took the awards for best film, director, lead actress Essie Davis and supporting actor Noah Wiseman.
Emulating his Aacta Award, David Gulpilil was named best actor for Charlie.s Country. Sarah Snook (who was recognised as best actress for Predestination at the AACTAs) was the surprise winner for best supporting actress for These Final Hours.
Gulpilil and Rolf de Heer collected the original screenplay award and Charlie.s Country.s Ian Jones was feted as best DoP. Gulpilil received his best actor statue on Friday evening from Aaron Pedersen (last year's Afca best actor winner for Mystery Road) during the BlakNite event at Treasury Gardens. He dedicated the award to .the spirit of the country and his family.
The horror movie took the awards for best film, director, lead actress Essie Davis and supporting actor Noah Wiseman.
Emulating his Aacta Award, David Gulpilil was named best actor for Charlie.s Country. Sarah Snook (who was recognised as best actress for Predestination at the AACTAs) was the surprise winner for best supporting actress for These Final Hours.
Gulpilil and Rolf de Heer collected the original screenplay award and Charlie.s Country.s Ian Jones was feted as best DoP. Gulpilil received his best actor statue on Friday evening from Aaron Pedersen (last year's Afca best actor winner for Mystery Road) during the BlakNite event at Treasury Gardens. He dedicated the award to .the spirit of the country and his family.
- 2/8/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The first round of Aacta Award winners have been announced today at the 4th Aacta Award Luncheon held at the Star Event Centre in Sydney.
Celebrating screen craft excellence in Australia, 22 awards were presented, recognising the work of screen practitioners working in television, documentary, short fiction film, short animation and feature film.
The Luncheon was hosted by writer/actor/producer/director Adam Zwar, who was also joined throughout the event by a list of distinguished presenters. including Aacta President Geoffrey Rush, David Stratton, Damian Walshe-Howling, Alexandra Schepisi, Charlotte Best and Diana Glenn.
In the feature film category, Predestination took home the most Awards; with Ben Nott Acs taking out the prize for Best Cinematography, Matt Villa Ase winning the award for Best Editing, and Matthew Putland scooping Best Production Design.
Tess Schofield was honoured with the Aacta Award for Best Costume Design for her work on The Water Diviner while...
Celebrating screen craft excellence in Australia, 22 awards were presented, recognising the work of screen practitioners working in television, documentary, short fiction film, short animation and feature film.
The Luncheon was hosted by writer/actor/producer/director Adam Zwar, who was also joined throughout the event by a list of distinguished presenters. including Aacta President Geoffrey Rush, David Stratton, Damian Walshe-Howling, Alexandra Schepisi, Charlotte Best and Diana Glenn.
In the feature film category, Predestination took home the most Awards; with Ben Nott Acs taking out the prize for Best Cinematography, Matt Villa Ase winning the award for Best Editing, and Matthew Putland scooping Best Production Design.
Tess Schofield was honoured with the Aacta Award for Best Costume Design for her work on The Water Diviner while...
- 1/27/2015
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Critics in the UK obviously aren't immune to the charms of "Boyhood," as the film did well with the London Film Critics Circle. Now the Dublin Film Critics Circle has named it the year's best across the channel. The group also revealed its long lists throughout the categories, giving you some insight into which films were in the running. (Personal shout-out to my friends who made the documentary "Showrunners," which got a little love on the documentary list.) Check out the full list of winners below and watch it all unfold at The Circuit. Top 10 Films 1. "Boyhood" 2. "Under the Skin" 3. "Ida" 4. "The Lego Movie" 5. "12 Years a Slave" 6. "The Grand Budapest Hotel" 7. "Two Days, One Night" 8. (Tie) "Her,""Leviathan" 9. "The Wolf of Wall Street" 10. (Tie) "Blue Ruin" and "The Lunch Box" Best Director 1. Richard Linklater, "Boyhood" 2. Jonathan Glazer, "Under the Skin" 3. Pawel Pawlikowski, "Ida" 4. Spike Jonze, "Her" 5. Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" 6. Andrey Zvyagintsev,...
- 12/17/2014
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
Partnership to finance, produce, acquire, market and distribute features.
20th Century Fox and Vice Media have entered into a partnership to finance, produce, acquire, market and distribute films under the Vice Films banner.
The label intends to produce at least two films internally a year.
As part of this joint venture Vice will have a first-look production deal with 20th Century Fox giving the brand the opportunity to develop larger budgeted films as well. In addition, Fox will have an opportunity to develop material based on Vice’s library of stories for potential feature films.
The joint venture was the brainchild of 20th Century Fox chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos and Vice chief executive officer Shane Smith and chief creative officer Eddy Moretti.
Moretti will serve as the head of Vice Films. Vice executive creative director Danny Gabai will head up development and oversee creative on production and marketing.
Sanford Panitch, the president...
20th Century Fox and Vice Media have entered into a partnership to finance, produce, acquire, market and distribute films under the Vice Films banner.
The label intends to produce at least two films internally a year.
As part of this joint venture Vice will have a first-look production deal with 20th Century Fox giving the brand the opportunity to develop larger budgeted films as well. In addition, Fox will have an opportunity to develop material based on Vice’s library of stories for potential feature films.
The joint venture was the brainchild of 20th Century Fox chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos and Vice chief executive officer Shane Smith and chief creative officer Eddy Moretti.
Moretti will serve as the head of Vice Films. Vice executive creative director Danny Gabai will head up development and oversee creative on production and marketing.
Sanford Panitch, the president...
- 12/9/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Fox and Vice Media want to take some stories to the big screen. The network and media company have partnered to create a film-making venture called Vice Films. Fox will be responsible for production and distribution of all movies under the deal. Vice will provide creative content pulled from its own slate of ideas and initiatives (the media company already has experience producing documentaries and award-winning films like its recent Sundance-favorite Fishing Without Nets). Vice Films plans to release projects for both theatrical and digital release. “Vice Films is the beginning of an exciting new chapter for Vice,” said Vice’s Chief Creative Officer Eddy Moretti. “The success of Fishing Without Nets, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, and All This Mayhem showed us that we can play a vital role supporting exciting, bold, and visionary filmmaking… We will build a new global home for cinematic creativity, supporting filmmakers from development to distribution,...
- 12/8/2014
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
Russell Crowe-Directed Movie Up for Australian Film Award; Crowe Shortlisted Only in Acting Category
Director Russell Crowe Movie up for Best Film: Australian Academy Awards 2015 nominations (photo: Actor-director Russell Crowe in 'The Water Diviner') Aacta Awards: Feature Film Categories Best Film The Babadook Kristina Ceyton and Kristian Moliere Charlie's Country Nils Erik Nielsen, Peter Djigirr and Rolf de Heer Predestination Paddy McDonald, Tim McGahan, Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig The Railway Man Chris Brown, Andy Paterson and Bill Curbishley Tracks Emile Sherman and Iain Canning The Water Diviner Andrew Mason, Keith Rodger and Troy Lum Best Director The Babadook Jennifer Kent Charlie's Country Rolf de Heer Predestination Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig The Rover David Michôd Best Actress Kate Box The Little Death Essie Davis The Babadook Sarah Snook Predestination Mia Wasikowska Tracks Best Actor Russell Crowe The Water Diviner David Gulpilil Charlie's Country Damon Herriman The Little Death Guy Pearce The Rover Best Supporting Actor Patrick Brammall The Little Death Yilmaz Erdogan...
- 12/3/2014
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
The Spierig brothers. Predestination and Russell Crowe.s The Water Diviner lead the film nominees while The Code and Please Like Me head the contenders in the TV categories in the 4th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) Awards.
Predestination received nine nominations, followed by The Water Diviner with eight, seven for David Michôd.s The Rover and six apiece for Jennifer Kent.s The Babadook, Josh Lawson.s The Little Death and Jonathan Teplitzky.s The Railway Man.
Culled from 25 eligible titles, Predestination, The Water Diviner,. The Babadook, Rolf de Heer.s Charlie.s Country, The Railway Man and John Curran.s Tracks are vying for best feature.
Perhaps surprisingly, Crowe was overlooked for best director, which will be a battle between the Spierigs, Kent, de Heer and Michôd.
The contenders for best TV drama are Endemol.s Puberty Blues season 2, Playmaker Media.s The Code, Screentime...
Predestination received nine nominations, followed by The Water Diviner with eight, seven for David Michôd.s The Rover and six apiece for Jennifer Kent.s The Babadook, Josh Lawson.s The Little Death and Jonathan Teplitzky.s The Railway Man.
Culled from 25 eligible titles, Predestination, The Water Diviner,. The Babadook, Rolf de Heer.s Charlie.s Country, The Railway Man and John Curran.s Tracks are vying for best feature.
Perhaps surprisingly, Crowe was overlooked for best director, which will be a battle between the Spierigs, Kent, de Heer and Michôd.
The contenders for best TV drama are Endemol.s Puberty Blues season 2, Playmaker Media.s The Code, Screentime...
- 12/3/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
★★★☆☆"Everyone bonded with each other who could skate and we were complete pricks to people that couldn’t,” goes Tas Pappas; one half of the ill-famed skateboard duo the Pappas brothers. And as far as All This Mayhem (2014) is concerned, this puffed-up bluster of his is patently true. Reeling footage of short-tempered thrashings from the halfpipes to the suburban gullies of a socially reductive Australia make up almost the entirety of Eddie Martin’s documentary. In initiated circles, both Tas and his brother Ben were maniacal miscreants; hellbent on relieving their asphyxiation with chaos and shattering the vertical skateboard scene with the swipe of a fist.
- 11/4/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Mark Hartley.s account of the rise and fall of the maverick founders of Cannon Films is getting rave reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Meanwhile Eddie Martin.s documentary on the rise and fall of star skateboarders Tas and Ben Pappas has been hailed by one leading Us critic.
Umbrella Entertainment is planning event screenings of Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films, with Q&As hosted by Hartley, at the Dendy Newtown and Cinema Nova Melbourne in October.
Martin.s All This Mayhem, which has just been nominated for best feature doc at the Aacta Awards, has grossed $136,000 since its launch on limited screens in July via eOne.
Variety.s Scott Foundas rated Hartley.s film as .faster, sleeker and more out-of-control (in a good way). than Israeli director Hila Medalia.s The Go-Go Boys, which premiered in Cannes.
Electric Boogaloo .ambles anecdotally through the...
Meanwhile Eddie Martin.s documentary on the rise and fall of star skateboarders Tas and Ben Pappas has been hailed by one leading Us critic.
Umbrella Entertainment is planning event screenings of Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films, with Q&As hosted by Hartley, at the Dendy Newtown and Cinema Nova Melbourne in October.
Martin.s All This Mayhem, which has just been nominated for best feature doc at the Aacta Awards, has grossed $136,000 since its launch on limited screens in July via eOne.
Variety.s Scott Foundas rated Hartley.s film as .faster, sleeker and more out-of-control (in a good way). than Israeli director Hila Medalia.s The Go-Go Boys, which premiered in Cannes.
Electric Boogaloo .ambles anecdotally through the...
- 9/10/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
All This Mayhem, Deepsea Challenge 3D, The Last Impresario and Ukraine Is Not A Brothel will compete for the feature length documentary prize at the 4th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) awards.
In collaboration with the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (Agsc) , a new award for best original music score in a documentary will be presented in January. Previously composition was judged together with sound for best sound in a documentary.
All This Mayhem profiles former champion pro skaters, brothers Tas and Ben Pappas, whose lives spiralled into a world of drugs, jail, murder, depression and death.
Directed by Eddie Martin and produced by James Gay-Rees and George Pank, the doc had its world premiere at the 2013 Adelaide Film Festival and screened in competition at this year.s Sydney Film Festival and at the Sheffield Doc/Fest in June.
Deepsea Challenge 3D follows James Cameron.s record-setting...
In collaboration with the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (Agsc) , a new award for best original music score in a documentary will be presented in January. Previously composition was judged together with sound for best sound in a documentary.
All This Mayhem profiles former champion pro skaters, brothers Tas and Ben Pappas, whose lives spiralled into a world of drugs, jail, murder, depression and death.
Directed by Eddie Martin and produced by James Gay-Rees and George Pank, the doc had its world premiere at the 2013 Adelaide Film Festival and screened in competition at this year.s Sydney Film Festival and at the Sheffield Doc/Fest in June.
Deepsea Challenge 3D follows James Cameron.s record-setting...
- 9/9/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
In the 1990s, Australian brothers Tas and Ben Pappas tore through the world of professional skateboarding like twin tornadoes.
They were self-professed "maniacs," a pair of take-no-prisoners pariahs who invaded the U.S. and a sport they viewed as soft. Their revolutionary styles, go-for-broke(n bones) attitudes and high-profile feuds with stars like Tony Hawk made them the most famous outlaws in an era when skating was starting to go mainstream, but their brash attitudes also earned them plenty of enemies, and foreshadowed their precipitous fall.
Now, the Pappas' remarkable...
They were self-professed "maniacs," a pair of take-no-prisoners pariahs who invaded the U.S. and a sport they viewed as soft. Their revolutionary styles, go-for-broke(n bones) attitudes and high-profile feuds with stars like Tony Hawk made them the most famous outlaws in an era when skating was starting to go mainstream, but their brash attitudes also earned them plenty of enemies, and foreshadowed their precipitous fall.
Now, the Pappas' remarkable...
- 8/28/2014
- Rollingstone.com
If the story of skateboarding siblings Tas and Ben Pappas were an attempted trick jump, it would feature a remarkable ascent and a horrible, deadly landing.
In the mid-’90s, the Australian brothers were ranked the best skateboarders in the world. But drug use caused the pair’s lives to unravel in 2007, and Ben Pappas committed suicide after killing his ex-girlfriend. The Pappas brothers are now the subject of a new documentary, All This Mayhem. Produced by Vice Films and distributed by FilmBuff, the movie will be available for digital download on Sept. 9. You can exclusively see the film’s new poster above.
In the mid-’90s, the Australian brothers were ranked the best skateboarders in the world. But drug use caused the pair’s lives to unravel in 2007, and Ben Pappas committed suicide after killing his ex-girlfriend. The Pappas brothers are now the subject of a new documentary, All This Mayhem. Produced by Vice Films and distributed by FilmBuff, the movie will be available for digital download on Sept. 9. You can exclusively see the film’s new poster above.
- 8/27/2014
- by Clark Collis
- EW - Inside Movies
Andrew Pulver and our special guest, Hollywood Reporter writer Leslie Felperin, join Henry Barnes for our weekly round-up of the big cinema releases. This week our team are peering through their fingers at a naked Gérard Depardieu in Abel Ferrera's 'Dsk-inspired' drama Welcome to New York; digging in the lint with the late Philip Seymour Hoffman in bleak blue collar comedy God's Pocket; mooning over lost love with Ben Whishaw in Lilting; and watching director Eddie Martin pull a sweet narrative flip with his skateboarding documentary / murder mystery All This Mayhem
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- 8/8/2014
- by Henry Barnes, Leslie Felperin, Andrew Pulver, Richard Sprenger, Tom Silverstone, Phil Maynard and Leah Green
- The Guardian - Film News
★★★★☆The pursuit of freedom is a learned rite of passage handed down to youthful exuberance. These freedoms often take the shape of kinetic apparatus given to children, whether they be skateboards or bicycles. In The Armstrong Lie (2013), Lance Armstrong talks about a bike being a child's first grasp on the idea of independence. The skateboard takes that and moves it within a different paradigm. Outside the culture while evolving it's own organically grown counter-culture, skateboarding is now part of the mainstream. All This Mayhem (2014) examines at pair of young Australian 'bogans' from a poor suburb of Melbourne who completely shook up the hegemony of the American-dominated boarding culture.
- 8/6/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This […]
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- 8/2/2014
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
All This Mayhem tells the story of Tas and Ben Pappas, world skateboarding champion brothers whose lives fell apart after both got involved with drugs. Ben allegedly killed himself in 2012 after a coroner had ruled that he had caused his ex-girlfriend's death. Tas, now clean, was jailed for importing cocaine into Australia in 2008. In this clip, from a happier time in their lives, Tas takes on the pair's great rival, Tony Hawk. All This Mayhem is released in the UK on Friday 8 August Continue reading...
- 8/1/2014
- by Guardian Staff
- The Guardian - Film News
All This Mayhem follows the strange tale of two skateboarding brothers, Tas and Ben Pappas, whose debauched lifestyle on the road, infamous feud with Tony Hawk and sense-defying feats in the skate part made them a legend in the sport.
Eddie Martin’s film however tells the story through to the end – the falling out, the shunning by the sport which took them in, the self-destruction which flipped their legend into a cautionary tale. All This Mayhem is a fine documentary, playing lately at Sheffield Doc/Fest and soon to be soon in UK cinemas.
Here’s an exclusive look at the trailer and poster – read our review here.
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Eddie Martin’s film however tells the story through to the end – the falling out, the shunning by the sport which took them in, the self-destruction which flipped their legend into a cautionary tale. All This Mayhem is a fine documentary, playing lately at Sheffield Doc/Fest and soon to be soon in UK cinemas.
Here’s an exclusive look at the trailer and poster – read our review here.
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- 7/17/2014
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The latest Planet of the Apes ruled the Australian B.O. last weekend while Aussie documentary All This Mayhem had an impressive debut at just two cinemas.
The Matt Reeves-directed Dawn of the Planet of the Apes grabbed $6.1 million from Thursday to Sunday and $7.1 million including its opening day last Wednesday.
That eclipsed Rupert Wyatt.s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which clocked up $4.7 million in its first four days in 2011, and finished with $14.7 million.
Fox's action drama starring Aussie Jason Clarke, Keri Russell, Gary Oldman and Andy Serkis as Caesar, king of the forest, raked in $US72.6 million in the Us, and looks capable of surpassing $200 million.
In Australia, the apes propelled weekend takings by 8% to $20.3 million as six titles each earned more than $1 million, according to Rentrak.s estimates.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 and Transformers: Age of Extinction both grossed about $2.7 million, boosting...
The Matt Reeves-directed Dawn of the Planet of the Apes grabbed $6.1 million from Thursday to Sunday and $7.1 million including its opening day last Wednesday.
That eclipsed Rupert Wyatt.s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which clocked up $4.7 million in its first four days in 2011, and finished with $14.7 million.
Fox's action drama starring Aussie Jason Clarke, Keri Russell, Gary Oldman and Andy Serkis as Caesar, king of the forest, raked in $US72.6 million in the Us, and looks capable of surpassing $200 million.
In Australia, the apes propelled weekend takings by 8% to $20.3 million as six titles each earned more than $1 million, according to Rentrak.s estimates.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 and Transformers: Age of Extinction both grossed about $2.7 million, boosting...
- 7/14/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
It was at the local skate park filmmaker Eddie Martin met brothers Tas and Ben Pappas; the talented Australian teens who would end up as skateboarding professionals who took the world by storm.
However after their rise to international fame comes a story of a spectacular downfall. In later years, one of the brothers would end up murdering his ex-girlfriend before taking his own life, while the other would also serve jail time for a disastrous attempt to smuggle drugs from South America. The story of the Pappas brothers and their rise to ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the world on the vertical ramp (Tas and Ben respectively) before their remarkable and drug-fuelled demise is documented in Martin.s searing feature documentary, All This Mayhem. .I got to know the brothers, obviously in my teenage years, from sharing the local skate park together,. recalls Martin. .They are a bit younger than me,...
However after their rise to international fame comes a story of a spectacular downfall. In later years, one of the brothers would end up murdering his ex-girlfriend before taking his own life, while the other would also serve jail time for a disastrous attempt to smuggle drugs from South America. The story of the Pappas brothers and their rise to ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the world on the vertical ramp (Tas and Ben respectively) before their remarkable and drug-fuelled demise is documented in Martin.s searing feature documentary, All This Mayhem. .I got to know the brothers, obviously in my teenage years, from sharing the local skate park together,. recalls Martin. .They are a bit younger than me,...
- 7/9/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Lucy Walker reintroduced audiences to the perils of board sports last year in The Crash Reel, documenting the successes and traumas of snowboarder Kevin Pearce. While Walker’s film showed literal recovery from Pearce’s disastrous injury, Eddie Martin’s new film All This Mayhem tells of a completely different type of healing. In the late 80s/early 90s, Martin used to skate with Tas and Ben Pappas – at the time complete newbies on the vert skating scene in Melbourne – but who would go on to compete against Tony Hawk in the Us and ultimately strip him of his World No.1 titles. However, to call this a documentary about skateboarding is a misstep: instead this is an explosively compelling story of two lives at full-tilt.
From the splintered skate-parks of Australia to the Espn-branded ramps of California, Martin travels equally so from the heartlands of Tas and Ben’s upbringing,...
From the splintered skate-parks of Australia to the Espn-branded ramps of California, Martin travels equally so from the heartlands of Tas and Ben’s upbringing,...
- 6/17/2014
- by Andrew Latimer
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: UK distributor’s Cannes haul includes crime-drama Son of a Gun.
Koch Media has concluded UK deals on a number of Cannes marche titles, including Altitude’s crime-drama Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander and Brenton Thwaites.
Writer-director Julius Avery’s debut, snapped up by A24 for Us distribution during the market, charts the relationship between Australia’s highest-profile criminal and his young protege.
Also acquired during Cannes were gangster comedy Redirected and buzzed-about horror sequel VHS Viral.
They join recently signed documentary All This Mayhem, slated for an August 8 release, and ‘anti rom-com’ Obvious Child, which is pegged for theatrical release on August 29.
The additions were negotiated by new head of acquisitions Martina Ternstrom and head of distribution Ben Luxford.
Vice Films production All This Mayhem follows Australian skateboarding legends Tas and Ben Pappas and will get its UK premiere at London’s BFI Southbank ahead of a Special Jury Award slot at...
Koch Media has concluded UK deals on a number of Cannes marche titles, including Altitude’s crime-drama Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander and Brenton Thwaites.
Writer-director Julius Avery’s debut, snapped up by A24 for Us distribution during the market, charts the relationship between Australia’s highest-profile criminal and his young protege.
Also acquired during Cannes were gangster comedy Redirected and buzzed-about horror sequel VHS Viral.
They join recently signed documentary All This Mayhem, slated for an August 8 release, and ‘anti rom-com’ Obvious Child, which is pegged for theatrical release on August 29.
The additions were negotiated by new head of acquisitions Martina Ternstrom and head of distribution Ben Luxford.
Vice Films production All This Mayhem follows Australian skateboarding legends Tas and Ben Pappas and will get its UK premiere at London’s BFI Southbank ahead of a Special Jury Award slot at...
- 6/2/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK distributor’s Cannes haul includes crime-drama Son of a Gun.
Koch Media has concluded UK deals on a number of Cannes marche titles, including Altitude’s crime-drama Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander and Brenton Thwaites.
Writer-director Julius Avery’s debut, snapped up by A24 for Us distribution during the market, charts the relationship between Australia’s highest-profile criminal and his young protege.
Also acquired during Cannes were gangster comedy Redirected and buzzed-about horror sequel VHS Viral.
They join recently signed documentary All This Mayhem, slated for an August 8 release, and ‘anti rom-com’ Obvious Child, which is pegged for theatrical release on August 29.
The additions were negotiated by new head of acquisitions Martina Ternstrom and head of distribution Ben Luxford.
Vice Films production All This Mayhem follows Australian skateboarding legends Tas and Ben Pappas and will get its UK premiere at London’s BFI Southbank ahead of a Special Jury Award slot at...
Koch Media has concluded UK deals on a number of Cannes marche titles, including Altitude’s crime-drama Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander and Brenton Thwaites.
Writer-director Julius Avery’s debut, snapped up by A24 for Us distribution during the market, charts the relationship between Australia’s highest-profile criminal and his young protege.
Also acquired during Cannes were gangster comedy Redirected and buzzed-about horror sequel VHS Viral.
They join recently signed documentary All This Mayhem, slated for an August 8 release, and ‘anti rom-com’ Obvious Child, which is pegged for theatrical release on August 29.
The additions were negotiated by new head of acquisitions Martina Ternstrom and head of distribution Ben Luxford.
Vice Films production All This Mayhem follows Australian skateboarding legends Tas and Ben Pappas and will get its UK premiere at London’s BFI Southbank ahead of a Special Jury Award slot at...
- 6/2/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK distributor’s Cannes haul includes crime-drama Son of a Gun.
Koch Media has concluded UK deals on a number of Cannes marche titles, including Altitude’s crime-drama Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander and Brenton Thwaites.
Writer-director Julius Avery’s debut, snapped up by A24 for Us distribution during the market, charts the relationship between Australia’s highest-profile criminal and his young protege.
Also acquired during Cannes were gangster comedy Redirected and buzzed-about horror sequel VHS Viral.
They join recently signed documentary All This Mayhem, slated for an August 8 release, and ‘anti rom-com’ Obvious Child, which is pegged for theatrical release on August 29.
The additions were negotiated by new head of acquisitions Martina Ternstrom and head of distribution Ben Luxford.
Vice Films production All This Mayhem follows Australian skateboarding legends Tas and Ben Pappas and will get its UK premiere at London’s BFI Southbank ahead of a Special Jury Award slot at...
Koch Media has concluded UK deals on a number of Cannes marche titles, including Altitude’s crime-drama Son of a Gun, starring Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander and Brenton Thwaites.
Writer-director Julius Avery’s debut, snapped up by A24 for Us distribution during the market, charts the relationship between Australia’s highest-profile criminal and his young protege.
Also acquired during Cannes were gangster comedy Redirected and buzzed-about horror sequel VHS Viral.
They join recently signed documentary All This Mayhem, slated for an August 8 release, and ‘anti rom-com’ Obvious Child, which is pegged for theatrical release on August 29.
The additions were negotiated by new head of acquisitions Martina Ternstrom and head of distribution Ben Luxford.
Vice Films production All This Mayhem follows Australian skateboarding legends Tas and Ben Pappas and will get its UK premiere at London’s BFI Southbank ahead of a Special Jury Award slot at...
- 6/2/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Nick Cave documentary 20,000 Days on Earth and titles set for Cannes among Sydney Film Festival competiton contenders.
In an unusual move the Sydney Film Festival has included among its official competition contenders, the June 4 opening night film 20,000 Days on Earth, which digs deep into the life of Australian-born musician and artist Nick Cave and won the top prize for documentary at the Sundance Film Festival.
This year will also see the biggest number of Australian films in the competition. David Michôd’s The Rover will come fresh from Cannes and the other two are Ruin, which writer/directors Amiel Courtin-Wilson and Michael Cody filmed in Cambodia, and Fell, a debut film from Kasimir Burge that will have its world premiere at the annual event. Burge won a Crystal Bear at Berlin for his short Lily.
See below for the full list of the finalists in the seventh year of the A$60,000 ($56,000) competition.
Finishing off the...
In an unusual move the Sydney Film Festival has included among its official competition contenders, the June 4 opening night film 20,000 Days on Earth, which digs deep into the life of Australian-born musician and artist Nick Cave and won the top prize for documentary at the Sundance Film Festival.
This year will also see the biggest number of Australian films in the competition. David Michôd’s The Rover will come fresh from Cannes and the other two are Ruin, which writer/directors Amiel Courtin-Wilson and Michael Cody filmed in Cambodia, and Fell, a debut film from Kasimir Burge that will have its world premiere at the annual event. Burge won a Crystal Bear at Berlin for his short Lily.
See below for the full list of the finalists in the seventh year of the A$60,000 ($56,000) competition.
Finishing off the...
- 5/10/2014
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
2014 is now in full swing, the Sundance Film Festival has closed its doors, and film festivals like South by Southwest and Tribeca are generating more buzz for the year’s noteworthy indie narratives and documentaries. In recent years, documentaries such as Restrepo, Gasland, and Searching For Sugarman went on to become heavyweights. This year’s contenders include topics taken from popular memoirs and biographies, along with subject matter pertaining to youths and youth culture. Below, you’ll find a comprehensive list of Sundance and non-Sundance documentaries to keep an eye out for this year, equipped with official synopsis and trailer when available. 2014 is shaping out to a versatile year in the documentary world, ranging from heavy-handed family dramas such as Tracy Droz Tragos’ and Andrew Droz Palermo’s Rich Hill, to baseball biographies such as Chapman and Maclain Way’s The Battered Bastards of Baseball and Jeff Radice’s No No A Dockumentary,...
- 3/9/2014
- by Christopher Clemente
- SoundOnSight
Rolf de Heer on location for.Charlie's Country with David Gulpilil
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Rolf de Heer's Charlie's Country, Warwick Thornton.s The Darkside and Rowan Woods' The Broken Shore will have their world premieres at the 2013 Adelaide Film Festival, which runs October 10-20. Among the other world premieres unveiled today by the Aff.s new CEO/ Director Amanda Duthie are the Adelaide-shot features One-Eyed Girl and 52 Tuesdays and the documentaries All This Mayhem, Muriel Matters and Sons and Mothers. Duthie ticked off an impressive list of 166 titles from 48 countries, including 28 world premieres, 47 Australian premieres and 34 South Australian projects. The line-up features 14 works including seven features which were supported by the Aff.s investment fund. As announced, the fest will open with John Curran.s South Australian-shot Tracks, the true story of Robyn Davidson.s solo 2,700 km trek via camels across the Australian desert in 1977, accompanied by her dog Diggity. Curran,...
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Rolf de Heer's Charlie's Country, Warwick Thornton.s The Darkside and Rowan Woods' The Broken Shore will have their world premieres at the 2013 Adelaide Film Festival, which runs October 10-20. Among the other world premieres unveiled today by the Aff.s new CEO/ Director Amanda Duthie are the Adelaide-shot features One-Eyed Girl and 52 Tuesdays and the documentaries All This Mayhem, Muriel Matters and Sons and Mothers. Duthie ticked off an impressive list of 166 titles from 48 countries, including 28 world premieres, 47 Australian premieres and 34 South Australian projects. The line-up features 14 works including seven features which were supported by the Aff.s investment fund. As announced, the fest will open with John Curran.s South Australian-shot Tracks, the true story of Robyn Davidson.s solo 2,700 km trek via camels across the Australian desert in 1977, accompanied by her dog Diggity. Curran,...
- 8/28/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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