Jenne Casarotto, who co-founded the London-based global talent agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates and represented the likes of Tennessee Williams, Stephen Frears, David Hare, Terry Gilliam, Steve McQueen, Neil Jordan and John Madden during her long career, has died. She was 77.
Casarotto died Thursday in the U.K. of complications from a short illness, her firm announced.
With a career spanning more than 50 years, Casarotto was “an award-winning agent who was highly regarded throughout the world for her impeccable taste in writers and directors, unwavering dedication to her clients and for her calm and creative leadership,” Casarotto Ramsay & Associates said in a statement.
She and her husband, Giorgio Romeo Casarotto, launched the company in 1989.
Her illustrious list of clients — several of whom worked alongside her since their feature film debuts — also included J.G. Ballard, John Crowley, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matteo Garrone, Christopher Hampton, Nick Hornby, Bob Hoskins, Neil Gaiman, Hilary Bevan Jones,...
Casarotto died Thursday in the U.K. of complications from a short illness, her firm announced.
With a career spanning more than 50 years, Casarotto was “an award-winning agent who was highly regarded throughout the world for her impeccable taste in writers and directors, unwavering dedication to her clients and for her calm and creative leadership,” Casarotto Ramsay & Associates said in a statement.
She and her husband, Giorgio Romeo Casarotto, launched the company in 1989.
Her illustrious list of clients — several of whom worked alongside her since their feature film debuts — also included J.G. Ballard, John Crowley, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matteo Garrone, Christopher Hampton, Nick Hornby, Bob Hoskins, Neil Gaiman, Hilary Bevan Jones,...
- 3/1/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jenne Casarotto, co-founder of the London agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates which represents some of the leading names working behind the camera, died on Feb. 29. She was 77.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Jenne Casarotto, co-founder of Casarotto Ramsay & Associates,” said the company in a statement.
With a career spanning more than 50 years, Casarotto co-founded Casarotto Ramsay & Associates alongside her husband Giorgio in 1989, helping re-shape the agency landscape. The company’s roster would grow to include many of the world’s best-known writers, directors, creatives, literary properties and heads of departments across film, theatre and television.
Among her list of clients over the years were J.G. Ballard, John Crowley, the Dahl Estate, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Stephen Frears, Matteo Garrone, Christopher Hampton, David Hare, Nick Hornby, Bob Hoskins, Neil Gaiman, Terry Gilliam, Hilary Bevan Jones, Neil Jordan, David Leland, John Madden, Steve McQueen, Cynthia Payne, Neal Purvis,...
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Jenne Casarotto, co-founder of Casarotto Ramsay & Associates,” said the company in a statement.
With a career spanning more than 50 years, Casarotto co-founded Casarotto Ramsay & Associates alongside her husband Giorgio in 1989, helping re-shape the agency landscape. The company’s roster would grow to include many of the world’s best-known writers, directors, creatives, literary properties and heads of departments across film, theatre and television.
Among her list of clients over the years were J.G. Ballard, John Crowley, the Dahl Estate, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Stephen Frears, Matteo Garrone, Christopher Hampton, David Hare, Nick Hornby, Bob Hoskins, Neil Gaiman, Terry Gilliam, Hilary Bevan Jones, Neil Jordan, David Leland, John Madden, Steve McQueen, Cynthia Payne, Neal Purvis,...
- 3/1/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Jenne Casarotto, who co-founded leading British talent agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates in 1989 and repped some of the nation’s greatest talents, died Thursday following complications from a short illness. She was 77.
Casarotto died “peacefully, according to a statement from the agency.
Th 35-year-old outfit described its founder as a “visionary leader and a giant within the global entertainment industry,” saying, “With a career spanning over 50 years, Jenne was an award winning agent who was highly regarded throughout the world for her impeccable taste in writers and directors, unwavering dedication to her clients, and for her calm and creative leadership.”
Casarotto co-founded the London shop in 1989 with husband Giorgio and went on to represent some of the best-known and most successful writers, directors, playwrights, creatives and HODs in the business at an agency that has been at the forefront of the UK sector for years.
Casarotto’s enviable client list included J.G. Ballard,...
Casarotto died “peacefully, according to a statement from the agency.
Th 35-year-old outfit described its founder as a “visionary leader and a giant within the global entertainment industry,” saying, “With a career spanning over 50 years, Jenne was an award winning agent who was highly regarded throughout the world for her impeccable taste in writers and directors, unwavering dedication to her clients, and for her calm and creative leadership.”
Casarotto co-founded the London shop in 1989 with husband Giorgio and went on to represent some of the best-known and most successful writers, directors, playwrights, creatives and HODs in the business at an agency that has been at the forefront of the UK sector for years.
Casarotto’s enviable client list included J.G. Ballard,...
- 3/1/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
10 “The Whirligig,” by Hamish Linklater, at Off Broadway’s New Group. Who’s to blame for a young woman’s impending death from drug addiction? Bigger question: who talked such talented actors (Norbert Leo Butz, Zosia Mamet, Dolly Wells) into performing this script? 9 “Amelie,” by Craig Lucas, Daniel Messe and Nathan Tysen, on Broadway. The movie’s whimsical heroine turns into an insufferable annoyance on stage. 8 “Gently Down the Stream,” by Martin Sherman, at Off Broadway’s Public Theater. An old gay man (Harvey Fierstein) not only talks and talks about every atrocity suffered by the Lgbt community. He has somehow been witness.
- 12/18/2017
- by Robert Hofler
- The Wrap
Harvey Fierstein plays the Zelig of the gay world in Martin Sherman’s new play, “Gently Down the Stream,” which opened Wednesday at Off Broadway’s Public Theater. His character, a cabaret pianist named Beauregard, appears to have been at every significant Lgbtqa happening in the last 60 years. Along the way he bumped into (or drops the names of) Larry Kramer, Truman Capote, James Baldwin, Tennessee Williams, Mabel Mercer (he was her pianist for many years) and a few other gay icons whose tales he tells. These anecdotes don’t come easily. No, Beauregard refuses to reveal his tortured gay past at just.
- 4/6/2017
- by Robert Hofler
- The Wrap
The Public's world premiere of Gently Down the Stream, written by Martin Sherman and directed by Sean Mathias, recently extended through May 14, will celebrate its official press opening tomorrow, April 5. Tony winner Harvey Fierstein takes the stage in a ravishing world premiere by one of the most influential playwrights of our time. Click below to watch highlights from the show...
- 4/4/2017
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Public's world premiere of Gently Down the Stream, written by Martin Sherman and directed by Sean Mathias,has been extended to run through May 14, with an official press opening on Wednesday, April 5.Tony winner Harvey Fierstein takes the stage in a ravishing world premiere by one of the most influential playwrights of our time. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below...
- 3/28/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Martin Sherman's Bent, a groundbreaking drama about the rare power of love in the most inhumane conditions, will be directed by Moises Kaufman, beginning previews tomorrow, July 15, and opening July 26 for a run through August 23, 2015, at the Center Theatre GroupMark Taper Forum. Below, watch Jake Shears Scissor Sisters sing 'Streets of Berlin,' a song he wrote and performs in the play...
- 7/15/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Patrick Wolf will score a new Noel Coward biopic.
B Good Picture Company's film based on the early life of Coward was announced at this year's Cannes Film Festival, and has Glee's Chris Colfer attached to star as the playwright.
"I am so thrilled for my first film soundtrack composition to be about Noel Coward's early life. We both grew up in the same parts of south west London, and began our journeys onto the stage and into writing at the same precocious age," Wolf said.
"The script, director, Noel Coward Estate and the cast attached combined are already in perfect synergy to make this something magical. It's an honour to be the next piece of such a legendary puzzle."
Provisionally titled Noel, the screenplay has been written by Martin Sherman and will be directed by Joe Stephenson, his second feature following his debut Chicken.
Ian McKellen, Vanessa Redgrave...
B Good Picture Company's film based on the early life of Coward was announced at this year's Cannes Film Festival, and has Glee's Chris Colfer attached to star as the playwright.
"I am so thrilled for my first film soundtrack composition to be about Noel Coward's early life. We both grew up in the same parts of south west London, and began our journeys onto the stage and into writing at the same precocious age," Wolf said.
"The script, director, Noel Coward Estate and the cast attached combined are already in perfect synergy to make this something magical. It's an honour to be the next piece of such a legendary puzzle."
Provisionally titled Noel, the screenplay has been written by Martin Sherman and will be directed by Joe Stephenson, his second feature following his debut Chicken.
Ian McKellen, Vanessa Redgrave...
- 6/17/2014
- Digital Spy
“Glee” star Chris Colfer has been attached to the lead role in tentatively titled biopic “Noel”. The film is set to portray the early life of playwright Noel Coward, known for his wit and flamboyance, having written works including “Private Lives” and “Blithe Spirit”. Written by Martin Sherman (“Mrs. Henderson Presents”), the project is already attracting sales attention ahead of Cannes, with Joe Stephenson (“Chicken”) set to direct. An impressive cast of Sir Ian McKellen, Vanessa Redgrave and Jonathan Pryce are also in talks to join the production. Filming is currently scheduled for late summer. Colfer is best known for [...]
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- 5/14/2014
- by Layla Hedges
- UpandComers
It’s been a big spring for Chris Colfer. Last week saw the debut of the first Glee episode he wrote — and now, according to ScreenDaily, Colfer has reportedly signed on to star in a Noel Coward biopic, tentatively titled Noel.
The film, which focuses on the life and influences of the famous British playwright — best known for his classic works Private Lives and Blithe Spirit – will be produced by Joe Stephenson with a script by Martin Sherman (Bent, Mrs. Henderson Presents). Sir Ian McKellen, Vanessa Redgrave and Jonathan Pryce are also in are in talks to join the cast.
The film, which focuses on the life and influences of the famous British playwright — best known for his classic works Private Lives and Blithe Spirit – will be produced by Joe Stephenson with a script by Martin Sherman (Bent, Mrs. Henderson Presents). Sir Ian McKellen, Vanessa Redgrave and Jonathan Pryce are also in are in talks to join the cast.
- 5/14/2014
- by Andrea Towers
- EW - Inside Movies
Bill
Damian Lewis ("Homeland") will guest star in the upcoming Shakespeare comedy "Bill". Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond also star.
The story deals with what happened during Shakespeare's 'Lost Years' - how the hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare left his family and home to follow his dream. [Source: Screen]
The Brand New Testament
Catherine Deneuve has joined the cast of Jaco Van Dormael's surreal comedy "The Brand New Testament" which begins filming in July. Comedian Benoit Poelvoorde plays God while Yolande Moreau plays his wife.
In the story, God currently lives in Brussels where he's an odious man disliked by his family. When his daughter runs away from home, God takes to the streets to find her and discovers the horrors of a world he created himself. [Source: Screen]
Experimenter
Peter Sarsgaard and Winona Ryder are set to star in Michael Almereyda's...
Damian Lewis ("Homeland") will guest star in the upcoming Shakespeare comedy "Bill". Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond also star.
The story deals with what happened during Shakespeare's 'Lost Years' - how the hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare left his family and home to follow his dream. [Source: Screen]
The Brand New Testament
Catherine Deneuve has joined the cast of Jaco Van Dormael's surreal comedy "The Brand New Testament" which begins filming in July. Comedian Benoit Poelvoorde plays God while Yolande Moreau plays his wife.
In the story, God currently lives in Brussels where he's an odious man disliked by his family. When his daughter runs away from home, God takes to the streets to find her and discovers the horrors of a world he created himself. [Source: Screen]
Experimenter
Peter Sarsgaard and Winona Ryder are set to star in Michael Almereyda's...
- 5/14/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Sir Ian McKellen, Vanessa Redgrave in talks for biopic of UK playwright.
Glee star Chris Colfer is attached to lead cast in Noel (working title), the Noel Coward biopic scripted by Bent and Mrs Henderson Presents writer Martin Sherman.
Sir Ian McKellen, Vanessa Redgrave and Jonathan Pryce are in talks to join the cast of the feature, which portrays the early life and influences of the famously flamboyant British playwright, producer and wit who penned classics including Private Lives and Blithe Spirit and who worked on films including Brief Encounter and In Which We Serve, for which he was Oscar-nominated.
The project, which has already attracted sales heat for Metro International ahead of Cannes, will mark the second feature from British director Joe Stephenson, who recently completed drama Chicken, starring Yasmin Paige, Scott Chambers and Morgan Watkins.
Producers are Stephenson with Julia Valentine (The Silent Storm). Executive producers are Colin Vaines, Jane Wright...
Glee star Chris Colfer is attached to lead cast in Noel (working title), the Noel Coward biopic scripted by Bent and Mrs Henderson Presents writer Martin Sherman.
Sir Ian McKellen, Vanessa Redgrave and Jonathan Pryce are in talks to join the cast of the feature, which portrays the early life and influences of the famously flamboyant British playwright, producer and wit who penned classics including Private Lives and Blithe Spirit and who worked on films including Brief Encounter and In Which We Serve, for which he was Oscar-nominated.
The project, which has already attracted sales heat for Metro International ahead of Cannes, will mark the second feature from British director Joe Stephenson, who recently completed drama Chicken, starring Yasmin Paige, Scott Chambers and Morgan Watkins.
Producers are Stephenson with Julia Valentine (The Silent Storm). Executive producers are Colin Vaines, Jane Wright...
- 5/14/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Sir Ian McKellen, Vanessa Redgrave in talks for biopic of UK playwright.
Glee star Chris Colfer is attached to lead cast in Noel (working title), the Noel Coward biopic scripted by Bent and Mrs Henderson Presents writer Martin Sherman.
Sir Ian McKellen, Vanessa Redgrave and Jonathan Pryce are in talks to join the cast of the feature, which portrays the early life and influences of the famously flamboyant British playwright, producer and wit who penned classics including Private Lives and Blithe Spirit and who worked on films including Brief Encounter and In Which We Serve, for which he was Oscar-nominated.
The project, which has already attracted sales heat for Metro International ahead of Cannes, will mark the second feature from British director Joe Stephenson, who recently completed drama Chicken, starring Yasmin Paige, Scott Chambers and Morgan Watkins.
Producers are Stephenson with Julia Valentine (The Silent Storm). Executive producers are Colin Vaines, Jane Wright...
Glee star Chris Colfer is attached to lead cast in Noel (working title), the Noel Coward biopic scripted by Bent and Mrs Henderson Presents writer Martin Sherman.
Sir Ian McKellen, Vanessa Redgrave and Jonathan Pryce are in talks to join the cast of the feature, which portrays the early life and influences of the famously flamboyant British playwright, producer and wit who penned classics including Private Lives and Blithe Spirit and who worked on films including Brief Encounter and In Which We Serve, for which he was Oscar-nominated.
The project, which has already attracted sales heat for Metro International ahead of Cannes, will mark the second feature from British director Joe Stephenson, who recently completed drama Chicken, starring Yasmin Paige, Scott Chambers and Morgan Watkins.
Producers are Stephenson with Julia Valentine (The Silent Storm). Executive producers are Colin Vaines, Jane Wright...
- 5/14/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
New York -- To play Macbeth is no mere task. Nor is portraying Lady Macbeth or Macduff or even Duncan. Undaunted, Alan Cumming is trying them all – at the same time.
The Tony-winning Scotsman is playing all the roles in Shakespeare's tragedy, an Olympic feat of both endurance and gender-bending. All three witches? Cumming. He's also Banquo and Lady Macduff, for good measure.
"It's truly the most difficult thing I've ever done," says Cumming, who has rather outrageously ended up doing his one-man "Macbeth" in New York while also filming the fourth season of CBS' "The Good Wife."
The production, which started in Scotland in mid-June before coming to New York for the next few days as part of the Lincoln Center Festival, is being undertaken under the watchful eyes of directors John Tiffany and Andrew Goldberg. That's right: There are more directors than lead actors.
Tiffany, the associate director...
The Tony-winning Scotsman is playing all the roles in Shakespeare's tragedy, an Olympic feat of both endurance and gender-bending. All three witches? Cumming. He's also Banquo and Lady Macduff, for good measure.
"It's truly the most difficult thing I've ever done," says Cumming, who has rather outrageously ended up doing his one-man "Macbeth" in New York while also filming the fourth season of CBS' "The Good Wife."
The production, which started in Scotland in mid-June before coming to New York for the next few days as part of the Lincoln Center Festival, is being undertaken under the watchful eyes of directors John Tiffany and Andrew Goldberg. That's right: There are more directors than lead actors.
Tiffany, the associate director...
- 7/6/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Actors' union Equity enlists famous names, including Antony Sher, to support gay actors who choose to be open
When Antony Sher started acting with the pioneering Gay Sweatshop theatre company in the 70s, he managed to stay in the closet. "I look back and blush," he said. "We all agreed to do it on the basis that it was stated that not all the performers were gay so you didn't know who was and who wasn't.
"Then, in the mid-80s, when I did the British premiere of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy, I still wasn't out. I was doing press interviews about this great gay play that I felt so strongly about for a specific reason and I wasn't saying it – it was an astonishing waste of energy. But that's the kind of tangle you get into if you're not out."
Sher finally came out in 1990, inspired by...
When Antony Sher started acting with the pioneering Gay Sweatshop theatre company in the 70s, he managed to stay in the closet. "I look back and blush," he said. "We all agreed to do it on the basis that it was stated that not all the performers were gay so you didn't know who was and who wasn't.
"Then, in the mid-80s, when I did the British premiere of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy, I still wasn't out. I was doing press interviews about this great gay play that I felt so strongly about for a specific reason and I wasn't saying it – it was an astonishing waste of energy. But that's the kind of tangle you get into if you're not out."
Sher finally came out in 1990, inspired by...
- 4/6/2012
- by Alex Needham
- The Guardian - Film News
The actor talks about her latest role, the importance of her Greek ancestry and having a sideline as a gay icon
That was a long phone number. Where on earth are you?
I'm in Cyprus. I came here to do a play called Mama Pou Pas? with Mimi Denisi but unfortunately she had a car accident and the play got cancelled, so I'm doing a concert reading of Rose (1) instead, ahead of taking the production to Israel. So yeah, I'm in a hotel in Greek Cyprus.
How important is your Greek ancestry (2)?
It's important in that it's who I am. But it's also made me feel like I was an outsider and that I never quite fit in – both in relation to Greek culture and mainstream Us culture. Growing up, I was always kind of torn between those two worlds, never quite according enough respect to either one. But that's Ok.
That was a long phone number. Where on earth are you?
I'm in Cyprus. I came here to do a play called Mama Pou Pas? with Mimi Denisi but unfortunately she had a car accident and the play got cancelled, so I'm doing a concert reading of Rose (1) instead, ahead of taking the production to Israel. So yeah, I'm in a hotel in Greek Cyprus.
How important is your Greek ancestry (2)?
It's important in that it's who I am. But it's also made me feel like I was an outsider and that I never quite fit in – both in relation to Greek culture and mainstream Us culture. Growing up, I was always kind of torn between those two worlds, never quite according enough respect to either one. But that's Ok.
- 3/23/2012
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Witty and perceptive Romanian film critic
Alex Leo Serban, who has died of lymphatic cancer aged 51, was best known as a witty and perceptive film critic in Romania. He was also a skilled translator, photographer and visual artist and an admired teacher. Leo – as his friends called him – had a gift for languages. He spoke impeccable English and French, and could communicate easily in Italian, Spanish and German. He translated Paul Bowles's novels The Sheltering Sky and Up Above the World into Romanian. His other translations included Martin Sherman's play Bent, as well as poems, stories and essays by Wh Auden, Samuel Beckett, Don DeLillo, Vladimir Nabokov and Susan Sontag.
But it was his film criticism that marked him out as a singular voice. His articles appeared in Cahiers du Cinéma, in France, and Carte di Cinema, in Italy, and were syndicated in American magazines. He wrote a...
Alex Leo Serban, who has died of lymphatic cancer aged 51, was best known as a witty and perceptive film critic in Romania. He was also a skilled translator, photographer and visual artist and an admired teacher. Leo – as his friends called him – had a gift for languages. He spoke impeccable English and French, and could communicate easily in Italian, Spanish and German. He translated Paul Bowles's novels The Sheltering Sky and Up Above the World into Romanian. His other translations included Martin Sherman's play Bent, as well as poems, stories and essays by Wh Auden, Samuel Beckett, Don DeLillo, Vladimir Nabokov and Susan Sontag.
But it was his film criticism that marked him out as a singular voice. His articles appeared in Cahiers du Cinéma, in France, and Carte di Cinema, in Italy, and were syndicated in American magazines. He wrote a...
- 6/6/2011
- by Paul Bailey
- The Guardian - Film News
In 2009, Danish director Lone Scherfig transformed the memoir of British journalist Lynn Barber into the Oscar-nominated indie drama An Education. Now with her follow-up, the romance-fueled One Day set to hit theaters this August, Screen Daily has revealed Scherfig’s next move. And just as she stepped from indie stars to A-listers, Scherfig is upping the ante once more with a historical epic titled Music And Silence.
Based on the novel by Rose Tremain, the story is set in the court of 17th-century King Christian IVOf Denmark. Here the King Christian struggles to save his marriage to Kirsten Munk,while love blossoms between two servants on the King’s court. The book, which parallels the two romace-fueled plotlines, was heralded for its lushly developed tale of love, loss and regret that was likewise imbrued with a bawdy sensibility. Notably, these are descriptors that could easily be applied to Scherfig’s breakout Education.
Based on the novel by Rose Tremain, the story is set in the court of 17th-century King Christian IVOf Denmark. Here the King Christian struggles to save his marriage to Kirsten Munk,while love blossoms between two servants on the King’s court. The book, which parallels the two romace-fueled plotlines, was heralded for its lushly developed tale of love, loss and regret that was likewise imbrued with a bawdy sensibility. Notably, these are descriptors that could easily be applied to Scherfig’s breakout Education.
- 5/19/2011
- by Kristy Puchko
- The Film Stage
Danish director Lone Scherfig has made good films in the past; see her 2002 suicide comedy Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself for a dark, delicious treat. But the success of her latest, An Education earned her the unprecedented ability to call her own creative shots for the moment, and she.s using it to move some personal projects through the pipeline. Scherfig will direct a Danish historical epic titled Music And Silence. Based on a script by Martin Sherman (Mrs. Henderson Presents), Music adapts Rose Tremain.s award-winning book about the scandalous happenings in Danish King Christian IV.s royal court in the years 1629 and 1630. Screen Daily reports that Scherfig will shoot her production in the early half of 2012, and plans to release the picture in 2013. .This is a unique project,. said Christine Langan of BBC Films, which is co-developing and will co-finance the picture. .Rose.s book is symphonic in...
- 5/17/2011
- cinemablend.com
Lone Scherfig ("An Education," "One Day") has signed to direct Danish historical epic "Music And Silence" for BBC Films says Screen Daily.
Set in the court of Danish King Christian IV, this tells the story of the king’s fight to save his kingdom and his marriage. At the same time two young servants who are falling in love find themselves torn apart when the king’s wife is banished from the court.
Martin Sherman ("Mrs Henderson Presents," "Bent") has adapted the script based on the award-winning novel by Rose Tremain. Dan Lupovitz and Alexandra Stone are producing and shooting begins early next year for release in 2013.
Set in the court of Danish King Christian IV, this tells the story of the king’s fight to save his kingdom and his marriage. At the same time two young servants who are falling in love find themselves torn apart when the king’s wife is banished from the court.
Martin Sherman ("Mrs Henderson Presents," "Bent") has adapted the script based on the award-winning novel by Rose Tremain. Dan Lupovitz and Alexandra Stone are producing and shooting begins early next year for release in 2013.
- 5/16/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
An Education director Lone Scherfig has signed on to direct Music And Silence, an adaptation of Rose Tremain's historical novel.
Screenwriter Martin Sherman (Mrs Henderson Presents) has been hired to adapt the material, which centers on a king fighting to save his marriage and kingdom, while a couple of servants fall in love only to be separated when the king’s wife is forced to leave court.
Read more on Lone Scherfig signs on to direct Music And Silence...
Screenwriter Martin Sherman (Mrs Henderson Presents) has been hired to adapt the material, which centers on a king fighting to save his marriage and kingdom, while a couple of servants fall in love only to be separated when the king’s wife is forced to leave court.
Read more on Lone Scherfig signs on to direct Music And Silence...
- 5/16/2011
- by Jamie Neish
- GordonandtheWhale
Following up An Education and the upcoming romantic adaptation One Day, starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess (Focus, August 19), director Lone Scherfig is developing another book, Music and Silence, with BBC Films. Big Bad Wolf Productions' Dan Lupovitz (Hunky Dory, Death Defying Acts) started to develop the Whitbread Award-winning Rose Tremain novel--about upstairs/downstairs romantic intrigue in a Medieval Danish court--with Scherfig during post-production on An Education. They and British producing partner, Alexandra Stone (Young Adam, Kidulthood) brought the package to the BBC, and hired playwright/screenwriter Martin Sherman (Bent, Mrs. Henderson Presents) to adapt the book. One of the most popular of the prolific Tremain's novels, Music and Silence is set in the 17-century court of Danish King Christian IV at a time when the ...
- 5/15/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005) Direction: Stephen Frears Cast: Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Kelly Reilly, Christopher Guest, Will Young Screenplay: Martin Sherman Oscar Movies Recommended with Reservations Bob Hoskins, Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents Directed by Stephen Frears from a screenplay by Martin Sherman, Mrs. Henderson Presents is an unabashedly old-fashioned star vehicle for Judi Dench, even if in a role made to order for Maggie Smith. Once I got past the fact that I was watching Dame Judi instead of Dame Maggie, Mrs. Henderson Presents actually became enjoyable in a fluffy, fluttery kind of way. As the Mrs. of the title, Dench is an eccentric, self-centered rich widow who decides she wants to renovate London's decrepit Windmill Theatre, turning it into a art nude revue during World War II. Bob Hoskins plays the theater's director and Mrs. Henderson's ambivalent antagonist. Although Dench and Hoskins don't have quite the same chemistry as,...
- 3/9/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Alan Cumming has performed a wide variety of roles on stage, screen, and television which have earned him numerous awards for his acting and also for his support of glbtq causes. His roles in productions have ranged from the plays of Shakespeare to the animated adventures of Garfield the cat but the actor is most known for playing Emcee in Cabaret, Boris Grishenko in GoldenEye, Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United, and Fegan Floop in the Spy Kids trilogy. He has also appeared in independent films like The Anniversary Party, which he co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred in; and Ali Selim’s Sweet Land, for which he won an Independent Spirit award as producer. His London stage appearances include Hamlet, the Maniac in Dario Fo’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist, for which he received an Olivier award, the lead in Martin Sherman’s Bent, and as Dionysus in The...
- 11/28/2010
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
French actor famed for his long-running role as Simenon's Maigret
Georges Simenon described his creation Jules Maigret, the gruff, pipe-smoking, Parisian police inspector, thus: "His build was plebeian. He was enormous and bony. Hard muscles stood out beneath his jacket… Above all, he had his very own way of planting himself in a spot… He was a solid block and everything had to break against it." Simenon could have been describing the French actor Bruno Crémer, who has died of cancer aged 80. Crémer, who played Maigret on French television in 54 episodes over 14 years (from 1991 to 2005), had hard acts to follow in Pierre Renoir, Jean Gabin and Jean Richard in France, but the role fitted him as perfectly as the hat and heavy overcoat he wore most of the time.
Maigret was the hero of 75 novels, 28 short stories, many films and endless TV series in numerous languages, including Japanese. In the two British series,...
Georges Simenon described his creation Jules Maigret, the gruff, pipe-smoking, Parisian police inspector, thus: "His build was plebeian. He was enormous and bony. Hard muscles stood out beneath his jacket… Above all, he had his very own way of planting himself in a spot… He was a solid block and everything had to break against it." Simenon could have been describing the French actor Bruno Crémer, who has died of cancer aged 80. Crémer, who played Maigret on French television in 54 episodes over 14 years (from 1991 to 2005), had hard acts to follow in Pierre Renoir, Jean Gabin and Jean Richard in France, but the role fitted him as perfectly as the hat and heavy overcoat he wore most of the time.
Maigret was the hero of 75 novels, 28 short stories, many films and endless TV series in numerous languages, including Japanese. In the two British series,...
- 8/25/2010
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
When studios put out themed DVD collections for whatever occasion, the final result rarely does the subject in question justice. When they seek to honor independent flicks they typically just go for the most popular ones and not the best. For foreign films they’ll select the few that actually made ripples and not the underdog that had to fight for every theater screen. However, when MGM compiled its Cinema Pride Collection in honor of June being Gay Pride month they hit the nail on the head – and they hit it dead on. The collection not only features some of the favorites within the gay community but it features a few highly acclaimed heavy hitters as well. This may just be one of the best box sets a studio has ever released that isn’t based on one actor or director’s filmography. It has variety and it has quality in spades.
- 6/13/2010
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
The play opened on Broadway with Richard Gere in the lead role which the New York Times deemed "powerful and provocative." When I saw that magnificent production co-starring David Dukes, I thought that Bent was certainly one of the greatest plays I had ever seen. Prior to Broadway, it premiered in London starring Ian McKellan. Audiences have been mesmerized and moved by its scathing depiction of the persecution and encampment of gay men and Jews in Third Reich Germany. This powerful play was subsequently turned into a film with Clive Owen and Mick Jagger in 1997.
- 5/16/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Diversionary Theatre's 2009-2010 season of two gender-bending musicals and four provocative plays includes two West Coast Premieres, dynamic local actors and directors, and a reading of a new queer opera. The six-show mainstage season includes: the new musical Twist by Gila Sand and Paul Leschen, based on Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, directed by James Vasquez; Bent, the seminal play by Martin Sherman, in a co-production with ion theatre company; Paul Rudnick's big gay comedy The New Century, directed by Igor Goldin; same-sex marriage gets a comic nod with The Marriage Bed by Nona Shepphard, directed by Rosina Reynolds; laugh out loud with teenage angst in Speech and Debate by Steven Karam, directed by Jason Southerland; and filled with melancholy and lust, the musical play Moscow, by Nick Salamone and Maury R. McIntyre, rounds out the season.
- 5/2/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
New Stage Collective proudly presents Martin Sherman's landmark 1970 drama Bent. Forty years following its London premiere, Bent appears for the first time on a professional Cincinnati Stage. Nsc Producing Artistic Director Alan Patrick Kenny directs this provocative story following one man's journey from the hedonistic cabarets and clubs of 1930s Berlin to the inhuman excess of the Nazi regime.
- 3/10/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Miramax Films has acquired the North American, Latin American and German distribution rights to Mrs. Henderson Presents, Stephen Frears' period film about an eccentric widow, played by Judi Dench, who buys a theater in London on the eve of World War II and turns it into the Windmill, famous for its nude revues. A Pathe Pictures-BBC Films production, the film also stars Bob Hoskins. It was written by Martin Sherman (Bent) and produced through Heyman-Hoskins Prods. by Norma Heyman and executive produced by Hoskins and David Aukin. Miramax paid about $10 million for the acquisition, which was sought by several bidders since a preview reel began circulating in November at the American Film Market.
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