‘Super Bowl Greatest Commercials: Battle Of The Decades’ Interactive Special Set At CBS & Paramount+
Exclusive: It’s that time of year again. Super Bowl Greatest Commercials: Battle of the Decades, an annual interactive special where viewers vote for their favorite Super Bowl commercial of all time, will air Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 8 Pm Et/Pt on CBS and will stream live and on demand on Paramount+.
Hosted by Boomer Esiason, analyst for CBS Sports’ The NFL Today and Daniela Ruah, star of CBS’ NCIS: Los Angeles, the special airs from SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles and State Farm Stadium, site of Super Bowl Lvii in Arizona.
In the special, now in its 22nd year, Esiason and Ruah will spotlight their all-time favorite commercials in each decade before selecting their individual picks for the greatest Super Bowl commercial in the last four decades. Viewers will then crown the winner, chosen from the top two finalists in the live vote, which will be revealed at the end of the show.
Hosted by Boomer Esiason, analyst for CBS Sports’ The NFL Today and Daniela Ruah, star of CBS’ NCIS: Los Angeles, the special airs from SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles and State Farm Stadium, site of Super Bowl Lvii in Arizona.
In the special, now in its 22nd year, Esiason and Ruah will spotlight their all-time favorite commercials in each decade before selecting their individual picks for the greatest Super Bowl commercial in the last four decades. Viewers will then crown the winner, chosen from the top two finalists in the live vote, which will be revealed at the end of the show.
- 1/19/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s time once again for fans to weigh in on their all-time favorite Super Bowl commercial.
Super Bowl Greatest Commericals: All Time Classics, an interactive special where fans can vote live for their favorite Super Bowl commercial ever, will air Tuesday, Feb. 8 at 8 Pm on CBS and will be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. Boomer Esiason, analyst for CBS Sports’ The NFL Today, and Daniela Ruah, star of CBS’ NCIS: Los Angeles, will host the special from SoFi Stadium, site of Super Bowl Lvi in Los Angeles.
In the special, now in its 21st year, Ruah and Esiason will count down their top 10 all-time classic commercials, leaving it up to America to choose the ultimate winner between the top two spots in a live vote. The winner will be revealed at the end of the show.
The top 10 countdown will include some of the most...
Super Bowl Greatest Commericals: All Time Classics, an interactive special where fans can vote live for their favorite Super Bowl commercial ever, will air Tuesday, Feb. 8 at 8 Pm on CBS and will be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. Boomer Esiason, analyst for CBS Sports’ The NFL Today, and Daniela Ruah, star of CBS’ NCIS: Los Angeles, will host the special from SoFi Stadium, site of Super Bowl Lvi in Los Angeles.
In the special, now in its 21st year, Ruah and Esiason will count down their top 10 all-time classic commercials, leaving it up to America to choose the ultimate winner between the top two spots in a live vote. The winner will be revealed at the end of the show.
The top 10 countdown will include some of the most...
- 1/20/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
No one watches the Super Bowl just for the football. It’s about the whole spectacle of the show, which includes bombastic halftime performances and yes, those commercials, the latter which manage to linger in the public mind for years after their 30 seconds are over.
CBS is capitalizing on that special interest with its 20th annual Super Bowl Greatest Commercials 2021, an interactive countdown special where viewers will be able to vote live for the top ad from the past 20 years. The show will be broadcast Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 8 Pm Et/Pt, and will also be available to stream live and on-demand on CBS All Access.
And for those who might care: Super Bowl Lv will be played Feb. 7 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The game was moved from Los Angeles, which will now host the Big Game in 2022.
But back to the real reason to watch. The 20th...
CBS is capitalizing on that special interest with its 20th annual Super Bowl Greatest Commercials 2021, an interactive countdown special where viewers will be able to vote live for the top ad from the past 20 years. The show will be broadcast Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 8 Pm Et/Pt, and will also be available to stream live and on-demand on CBS All Access.
And for those who might care: Super Bowl Lv will be played Feb. 7 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The game was moved from Los Angeles, which will now host the Big Game in 2022.
But back to the real reason to watch. The 20th...
- 1/15/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In case you were in the bathroom or refilling the onion dip, CBS Sports is giving you a second chance to see what you missed in-between the Super Bowl’s football action.
Super Bowl Greatest Commercials 2020 returns with another interactive countdown special where viewers will be able to vote live for their favorite Super Bowl commercial. The one-hour show will originate from the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, home of Super Bowl Liv, and air Mon. Jan. 27 at 9:00 Pm Et/Pt.
The special will be hosted by Boomer Esiason, analyst for CBS Sports’ NFL pregame show The NFL Today, and Daniela Ruah, star of NCIS: Los Angeles.
Beginning today, viewers can watch and vote for their favorite hilarious or heartfelt Super Bowl commercial at CBS.com/Sbgc. In the special, Ruah will present her top five favorite hilarious commercials, while Esiason will showcase his five favorite heartfelt Super Bowl spots.
Super Bowl Greatest Commercials 2020 returns with another interactive countdown special where viewers will be able to vote live for their favorite Super Bowl commercial. The one-hour show will originate from the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, home of Super Bowl Liv, and air Mon. Jan. 27 at 9:00 Pm Et/Pt.
The special will be hosted by Boomer Esiason, analyst for CBS Sports’ NFL pregame show The NFL Today, and Daniela Ruah, star of NCIS: Los Angeles.
Beginning today, viewers can watch and vote for their favorite hilarious or heartfelt Super Bowl commercial at CBS.com/Sbgc. In the special, Ruah will present her top five favorite hilarious commercials, while Esiason will showcase his five favorite heartfelt Super Bowl spots.
- 1/13/2020
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Viewers will have a chance to vote live for the all-time funniest Super Bowl commercial as part of Super Bowl Greatest Commercials 2019, an interactive countdown special.
The hour-long show will be broadcast Tuesday, Jan. 29 starting at 8 pm Et on CBS. The special will originate from Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, site of Super Bowl Liii, and will be hosted by Boomer Esiason, analyst for CBS Sports’ NFL pregame show The NFL Today, and Daniela Ruah, star of CBS’ NCIS Los Angeles.
Beginning today, viewers can vote for their favorite Super Bowl commercial using specific hashtags on Twitter for each of the 10 spots. Viewers can watch the top 10 commercials now here, with two commercials advancing to the live vote during the broadcast. Viewers will decide the outcome by tweeting the finalists’ hashtags, and the ultimate winner will be revealed at the end of the show.
The Top 10 All-Time Funniest Super Bowl...
The hour-long show will be broadcast Tuesday, Jan. 29 starting at 8 pm Et on CBS. The special will originate from Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, site of Super Bowl Liii, and will be hosted by Boomer Esiason, analyst for CBS Sports’ NFL pregame show The NFL Today, and Daniela Ruah, star of CBS’ NCIS Los Angeles.
Beginning today, viewers can vote for their favorite Super Bowl commercial using specific hashtags on Twitter for each of the 10 spots. Viewers can watch the top 10 commercials now here, with two commercials advancing to the live vote during the broadcast. Viewers will decide the outcome by tweeting the finalists’ hashtags, and the ultimate winner will be revealed at the end of the show.
The Top 10 All-Time Funniest Super Bowl...
- 1/11/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The Victorians really did invent the first vibrator to cure women of various 'afflictions', but the reality probably wasn't anything like as much fun as is depicted here
Hysteria (2011)
Director: Tanya Wexler
Entertainment grade: C
History grade: C+
The first mechanical vibrator designed for the massage of men and women was invented in the early 18th century. As the industrial revolution progressed, it was succeeded by devices powered by water, steam and electricity.
Medicine
Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy) is an idealistic doctor in Victorian London, trying to convince his sceptical colleagues of germ theory and the importance of hygiene. This annoys them so much that he keeps getting sacked, and he finally ends up at the upmarket practice of Robert Dalrymple (Jonathan Pryce), treating ladies suffering from hysteria. According to Dr Rachel P Maines of the Cornell University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, whose enthralling book The Technology of...
Hysteria (2011)
Director: Tanya Wexler
Entertainment grade: C
History grade: C+
The first mechanical vibrator designed for the massage of men and women was invented in the early 18th century. As the industrial revolution progressed, it was succeeded by devices powered by water, steam and electricity.
Medicine
Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy) is an idealistic doctor in Victorian London, trying to convince his sceptical colleagues of germ theory and the importance of hygiene. This annoys them so much that he keeps getting sacked, and he finally ends up at the upmarket practice of Robert Dalrymple (Jonathan Pryce), treating ladies suffering from hysteria. According to Dr Rachel P Maines of the Cornell University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, whose enthralling book The Technology of...
- 10/31/2013
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
Caught without an umbrella in a sudden downpour on my way to a movie at the IFC Center in New York City, I dashed into one of the many brightly lit shops along the Avenue of the Americas. Stunned and speechless, there before my eyes was a plethora of vibrators in all shapes, sizes and functions. The shop owner mistook my facial expression for discomfort, and offered her assistance in comforting words. I explained that I wasn't uncomfortable, but pleasantly amused. I had just seen the movie Hysteria and was titillated to encounter such an assortment, including items within a glass case that I can only describe as a futuristic concept in both name and design.
For centuries, doctors treated women for a variety of ailments collectively known as "female hysteria" through manual "pelvic massage" to cause "hysterical paroxysm," what is now recognized as an orgasm. Doctors suffered from fatigue...
For centuries, doctors treated women for a variety of ailments collectively known as "female hysteria" through manual "pelvic massage" to cause "hysterical paroxysm," what is now recognized as an orgasm. Doctors suffered from fatigue...
- 6/15/2012
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
Hysteria, a film that is ” based on true events “, takes several unrelated elements to create an unexpected cinema delight. It’s set in Victorian England, so we’ve got the look of a ” Masterpiece Theatre”-type prestige production. And because of that historical aspect, you may expect something very somber and serious. It’s about the creation of a new invention, but this is not a film for a high school history class. Its cast is full of well-respected British actors ( and a terrific American ) who seem to be having a grand ole’ time. A good way to describe this film is Merchant-Ivory by way of Judd Apatow.
Let’s see if I can relate the story without getting too…unseemly. In the medical waters of 1880′s London, young physician Mortimer Granville ( Hugh Dancy ) is swimming upstream to no avail. The establishment still believes in leaches and medicine show elixirs...
Let’s see if I can relate the story without getting too…unseemly. In the medical waters of 1880′s London, young physician Mortimer Granville ( Hugh Dancy ) is swimming upstream to no avail. The establishment still believes in leaches and medicine show elixirs...
- 6/8/2012
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Hysteria
Directed by Tanya Wexler
Written by Stephen Dyer and Jonah Lisa Dyer
England, 2011
People love historical pieces, especially those which directly or sometimes indirectly relate to a major events in which shape the story of mankind. Films about the word wars, films about Margaret Thatcher, films about the waring states in ancient China, a film about Apollo 13, a movie about Facebook (and they said it would never work!)…It is continuously fascinating to see, in as compelling a medium as film, what has been and how said events or people influenced the course of history. There are, however, incidents and epiphanies which on the surface appear trivial but in truth exercised impressive reverberations on the course of human behaviour. Take, for instance the inimitable vibrator, the single highest selling sex toy ever. Sex in of itself sells incredibly well, hence when once speaks of the vibrator, one is...
Directed by Tanya Wexler
Written by Stephen Dyer and Jonah Lisa Dyer
England, 2011
People love historical pieces, especially those which directly or sometimes indirectly relate to a major events in which shape the story of mankind. Films about the word wars, films about Margaret Thatcher, films about the waring states in ancient China, a film about Apollo 13, a movie about Facebook (and they said it would never work!)…It is continuously fascinating to see, in as compelling a medium as film, what has been and how said events or people influenced the course of history. There are, however, incidents and epiphanies which on the surface appear trivial but in truth exercised impressive reverberations on the course of human behaviour. Take, for instance the inimitable vibrator, the single highest selling sex toy ever. Sex in of itself sells incredibly well, hence when once speaks of the vibrator, one is...
- 5/21/2012
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
Dictators, hitmen, and navy officers – oh my! It’s a big weekend for the dudes, the professional advantages mentioned above notwithstanding, and we can expect screens clogged with manly men doing male things. Even the invention of a sex toy (by a man, duh) and male grooming get sweet turns in the theaters. If only the powerful sight of pregnant women was enough to combat the male-dominated market. Ah well, perhaps another weekend. Let’s jump into the testosterone-fueled fray, shall we?
Political satire, social comedy, and gross-out humor each take their turn in the Larry Charles-directed “The Dictator,” which opened Wednesday. Sacha Baron Cohen is Admiral General Aladeen, the universal and undisputed leader of the fictional North African nation of Wadiya. Running (or perhaps “scaring” is a better word choice here) a nation with a sexist, racist, iron fist, threatening nuclear warfare while hoarding oil reserves, Aladeen is...
Political satire, social comedy, and gross-out humor each take their turn in the Larry Charles-directed “The Dictator,” which opened Wednesday. Sacha Baron Cohen is Admiral General Aladeen, the universal and undisputed leader of the fictional North African nation of Wadiya. Running (or perhaps “scaring” is a better word choice here) a nation with a sexist, racist, iron fist, threatening nuclear warfare while hoarding oil reserves, Aladeen is...
- 5/18/2012
- by Emma Bernstein
- The Playlist
If you never thought you could watch a movie about vibrators with your whole family, the fun new period romp "Hysteria" will prove you wrong.
Starring some of Britain's finest (Hugh Dancy, Felicity Jones, Jonathan Pryce, Rupert Everett) and one Yank (Maggie Gyllenhaal), "Hysteria" is a romantic comedy based on the surprising true story behind how the first mechanical vibrator was invented. If that doesn't intrigue you, then we can't help you.
The dashing Dancy plays Mortimer Granville, an out-of-work doctor who finds a job working for Dr. Robert Dalrymple, a progressive gent who specializes in treating 'hysteria' in women by, um, using his hands (we'll let you use your imagination). As it turns out, Granville is ambidextrous, which helps his boss' business soar; but when his hands eventually give out, Granville enlists the aid of his friend (Everett) to come up with a solution.
Also Check Out: Top 5 Vibrator...
Starring some of Britain's finest (Hugh Dancy, Felicity Jones, Jonathan Pryce, Rupert Everett) and one Yank (Maggie Gyllenhaal), "Hysteria" is a romantic comedy based on the surprising true story behind how the first mechanical vibrator was invented. If that doesn't intrigue you, then we can't help you.
The dashing Dancy plays Mortimer Granville, an out-of-work doctor who finds a job working for Dr. Robert Dalrymple, a progressive gent who specializes in treating 'hysteria' in women by, um, using his hands (we'll let you use your imagination). As it turns out, Granville is ambidextrous, which helps his boss' business soar; but when his hands eventually give out, Granville enlists the aid of his friend (Everett) to come up with a solution.
Also Check Out: Top 5 Vibrator...
- 5/18/2012
- by Nigel Smith
- NextMovie
Don’t get too excited. Hysteria may be a film about the guy who invented the vibrator, but it’s probably the most demure movie you’ll ever see about the creation of a sex toy. Tanya Wexler’s film goes through the moves of irreverence — there’s lots of wink-wink innuendo and irony to spare — but it could just as well be about the guy who invented the cheese grater. The handsome production values will bring to mind Merchant-Ivory, but the real inspiration here might be Walt Disney.Okay, that’s maybe taking it a bit too far. There’s at least the promise of social heft in Wexler’s story line. Our hero is germ-obsessed and forward-looking Dr. Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy), who, finding that the 1880 medical establishment frowns on his progressive and scientific ideas, gets a job with women’s medicine specialist Dr. Robert Dalrymple (Jonathan Pryce...
- 5/18/2012
- by Bilge Ebiri
- Vulture
Director: Tanya Wexler Writers: Stephen Dyer, Jonah Lisa Dyer Starring: Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Felicity Jones, Rupert Everett, Jonathan Pryce One of history’s greatest anti-feminist myths has to do with hysteria, the catch all medical term once used to describe “erratic” female behavior such as anxiety, depression, anger, frustration, enthusiasm, and sexual dissatisfaction. Tanya Wexler’s film Hysteria tackles the subject with a study of the invention that allegedly helped treat the disorder: the vibrator. Set in the Victorian era, Hysteria follows the journey of Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy), an aspiring young doctor who finds himself employed in a lucrative hysteria treatment office run by Dr. Robert Dalrymple (Jonathan Pryce). Granville discovers that the popular office supplies a unique service: treatment of the disorder through sexual stimulation. As he struggles to succeed in his new position, he juggles interactions with Dr. Dalrymple’s two daughters: the proper Emily (Felicity Jones...
- 5/18/2012
- by Jessica Delfanti
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Despite being trapped in the constricted 1880′s, Dr. Joseph Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy) is a forward-thinker, a believer in germ theory (can you imagine a time when doctors chalked the existence of germs up to a theory?), meaning that he doesn’t fit in with his counterparts at London’s many hospitals, which is why he’s been fired from just about all of them. Desperate for a position – any kind of position – the good doctor lands an assistant job at Dr. Robert Dalrymple’s (Jonathan Pryce) clinic, working for the rich and popular doctor who specializes in something very, very unique: the treatment of female hysteria. Traditionally speaking, “hysteria” was used as a blanket term of any kind of lady trouble for centuries, with the term originating in 4th century Bce. Hysteria was seen as a particular scourge on ladies in the Victorian era – “the plague of our time” – and was believed to effect half of...
- 5/16/2012
- by Kate Erbland
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Your Mind’s in Disturbia: Tanya Wexler Gives Us a Lobotomized History of the Vibrator
Another example of boring, banal people ruining potentially great ideas has been birthed in the form of director Tanya Wexler’s latest film project with Hysteria. Based on the 1880’s invention of the vibrator, producer Tracey Becker apparently had the brilliant concept to butcher a landmine idea. Taking a subject that has the potential to explore the still volatile subject of female sexual pleasure, sexual repression, heteronormative sexual expression, and not to mention the uncomfortable censorship still dictating how representations of this still filter what films get made and what we see in them, Ms. Becker had the audacity to find a director and two screenwriters to craft the invention of the vibrator into a simpering romantic comedy, one that focuses on “the spirit of change,” and isn’t “another dusty biopic.” In a perfect world,...
Another example of boring, banal people ruining potentially great ideas has been birthed in the form of director Tanya Wexler’s latest film project with Hysteria. Based on the 1880’s invention of the vibrator, producer Tracey Becker apparently had the brilliant concept to butcher a landmine idea. Taking a subject that has the potential to explore the still volatile subject of female sexual pleasure, sexual repression, heteronormative sexual expression, and not to mention the uncomfortable censorship still dictating how representations of this still filter what films get made and what we see in them, Ms. Becker had the audacity to find a director and two screenwriters to craft the invention of the vibrator into a simpering romantic comedy, one that focuses on “the spirit of change,” and isn’t “another dusty biopic.” In a perfect world,...
- 5/16/2012
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Hugh Dancy and Jonathan Pryce represent two generations of British actors who come together in Tanya Wexler's Hysteria , a very different type of biopic that tells the story of the invention of a device that 50% of the population are likely to know quite intimately even if it's not something that's normally talked about in polite company. That's because Wexler decided to base her period romantic comedy around the origins of the vibrator with Dancy playing Mortimer Granville, a physician in late 19th Century London who takes a job working for Pryce's Dr. Robert Dalrymple, a man who uses unconventional techniques to cure women suffering from an affliction known as "hysteria," but what we know today to be common horniness. The side effects of pleasuring women to cure them of...
- 5/16/2012
- Comingsoon.net
It turns out that all Sabina Spielrein needed to get over her hysteria was not Freud or Jung or the talking cure, but just a really good fingering. Indeed, the course of sexuality and/or psychoanalysis might have been irrevocably altered had Sabina taken a trip to London to visit Dr. Robert Dalrymple (Jonathan Pryce), in "Hysteria," a "based on true events" comedy about the invention of the vibrator. But like any bad lover, the film is heavy on foreplay but when it finally takes its pants off, the resulting encounter is less than satisfying.
When we first meet Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy), he's been fired from yet another hospital for adapting his medical procedure to align with the relatively new germ theory that runs counter to the leeches and dubious pills approach that London doctors have been using thus far. Defeated and pretty close to giving up on the profession altogether,...
When we first meet Mortimer Granville (Hugh Dancy), he's been fired from yet another hospital for adapting his medical procedure to align with the relatively new germ theory that runs counter to the leeches and dubious pills approach that London doctors have been using thus far. Defeated and pretty close to giving up on the profession altogether,...
- 4/25/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method dealt with the 19th century phenomenon that was hysteria, via Freud, Jung and a healthy dose of spanking. Meanwhile, in Victorian England, Tanya Wexler is less interested in talking cures, and more enamoured of mechanical ones. Her invention-of-the-vibrator comedy Hysteria is amost upon us, and a new trailer has just arrived at Yahoo!Seemingly a jollier affair than Cronenberg's, Hysteria is about the more-or-less accidental discovery of the device that would, a century later, be mass-produced, painted pink and given bunny ears.Jonathan Pryce and Hugh Dancy are Drs Robert Dalrymple and Mortimer Granville, specialists in ghastly women's nervous emotional disorders. Rupert Everett, on typically louche form, is Granville's scientist pal Lord Edmund St John-Smythe, who first comes up with the prototype "feather duster".And Felicity Jones and Maggie Gyllenhaal are the Dalrymple sisters, daughters of Dr Robert. The spirited "Chinese firecracker" (Everett's words...
- 4/16/2012
- EmpireOnline
Did you know the vibrator was the fifth domestic appliance to be electrified, after the sewing machine, fan, tea kettle and toaster? It also was invented about a decade before the vacuum cleaner and electric iron. Interesting right? And while Tanya Wexler's Hysteria isn't half as inventive as the story at its core it is still a sweet enough diversion to make for an appealing night at home with a movie. As it turns out, instead of being about the invention at its core, the first electronic vibrator, and the result of its stimulation, serves as more of a metaphor for a story of sexual repression and woman's liberation.
Dr. Joseph Mortimer Granville is credited with the first patent for the electric vibrator. Here he is played by Hugh Dancy with a stiff bit of professionalism and not much of a personality to speak of. His approach to most...
Dr. Joseph Mortimer Granville is credited with the first patent for the electric vibrator. Here he is played by Hugh Dancy with a stiff bit of professionalism and not much of a personality to speak of. His approach to most...
- 9/23/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Hysteria
Directed by Tanya Wexler
Written by Stephen Dyer
2011, USA/UK/Luxembourg/France
Considering that this is a romantic comedy about the invention of the vibrator, there are a few things you should know. During the nineteenth century, “female hysteria” was a common catchall diagnosis for women suffering from a wide variety of ailments including mental health issues, irritability, and even lust. Treatment typically consisted of a doctor performing a “pelvic massage” on the woman in question, where “pelvic massage” was simply a euphemism for genital stimulation. The treatment was considered successful when the patient experienced a “hysterical paroxysm,” which we would now call an orgasm. This is the world Hysteria operates in.
Hysteria is, at heart, a romantic comedy. It follows noble but befuddled young doctor Mortimer Grenville (Hugh Dancy), assistant to London’s foremost specialist on women’s medicine, Dr. Robert Dalrymple (Jonathan Pryce). Grenville finds himself trapped...
Directed by Tanya Wexler
Written by Stephen Dyer
2011, USA/UK/Luxembourg/France
Considering that this is a romantic comedy about the invention of the vibrator, there are a few things you should know. During the nineteenth century, “female hysteria” was a common catchall diagnosis for women suffering from a wide variety of ailments including mental health issues, irritability, and even lust. Treatment typically consisted of a doctor performing a “pelvic massage” on the woman in question, where “pelvic massage” was simply a euphemism for genital stimulation. The treatment was considered successful when the patient experienced a “hysterical paroxysm,” which we would now call an orgasm. This is the world Hysteria operates in.
Hysteria is, at heart, a romantic comedy. It follows noble but befuddled young doctor Mortimer Grenville (Hugh Dancy), assistant to London’s foremost specialist on women’s medicine, Dr. Robert Dalrymple (Jonathan Pryce). Grenville finds himself trapped...
- 9/20/2011
- by Dave Robson
- SoundOnSight
It turns out all Sabina Spielrein needed to get over her hysteria was not Freud or Jung or the talking cure, but just a really good fingering. Indeed, the course of sexuality and/or psychoanalysis might have been irrevocably altered had Sabina taken a trip to London to visit Dr. Robert Dalrymple (Jonathan Pryce), in "Hysteria," a "based on true events" comedy about the invention of the vibrator. But like any bad lover, the film is heavy on foreplay but when it finally takes its pants off, the resulting encounter is less than satisfying. When we first meet Mortimer Granville (Hugh…...
- 9/14/2011
- The Playlist
Maggie Gyllenhaal will star in a movie that takes a humorous look at the invention of sex aids as a mechanical cure for presumed 'hysteria'
Location shooting in London is under way on Hysteria, and the jokes are flying thick and fast. In fact, the film industry is "buzzing" with the news that rival claims to the invention of the first vibrator are to be settled in its screenplay.
The film, in which the Oscar-nominated Maggie Gyllenhaal will appear alongside a British cast including Jonathan Pryce, Sheridan Smith, Ashley Jensen, Rupert Everett and Gemma Jones, is to tell the story of the accidental discovery of motorised sex aids in Victorian England. The film will support the contentious claim that, around 1880, a Dr Joseph Mortimer Granville, played by Hugh Dancy, was the first to create an electromechanical vibrator and that his invention was followed in 1902 by the patenting of a device...
Location shooting in London is under way on Hysteria, and the jokes are flying thick and fast. In fact, the film industry is "buzzing" with the news that rival claims to the invention of the first vibrator are to be settled in its screenplay.
The film, in which the Oscar-nominated Maggie Gyllenhaal will appear alongside a British cast including Jonathan Pryce, Sheridan Smith, Ashley Jensen, Rupert Everett and Gemma Jones, is to tell the story of the accidental discovery of motorised sex aids in Victorian England. The film will support the contentious claim that, around 1880, a Dr Joseph Mortimer Granville, played by Hugh Dancy, was the first to create an electromechanical vibrator and that his invention was followed in 1902 by the patenting of a device...
- 11/7/2010
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
Calling the honor a "humbling, humiliating experience," Denzel Washington was graced with the 17th annual American Cinematheque Award Friday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Presented annually to "an extraordinary artist in the entertainment industry currently making a significant contribution to the art of the moving picture," the award is given to a filmmaker in midcareer. But in the case of Washington -- who this year captured the best actor Oscar for his work in Training Day and who is making his directorial debut with Fox Searchlight's Antwone Fisher, to be released Dec. 20 -- the lavish tributes that rained down on him at the fund-raising dinner that benefits the American Cinematheque made it clear that in his case no midcareer course correction is necessary. "There is only one actor in the course of his career thus far who can be appropriately and righteously compared to Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable -- as well as Sidney Poitier," Tom Hanks, Washington's Philadelphia co-star, said in presenting him with the award. Washington had to submit to some good-natured joshing from the evening's master of ceremonies Jamie Foxx, who made sport of Washington's "leading-man teeth" and said of his Oscar win: "Not since O.J. have black people celebrated so much as when you won the Oscar." Then Foxx ventured into some other riffs that he admitted will most likely be cut when AMC airs the show, produced by Robert Dalrymple, Paul Flattery and Nancy McKenna, in March.
- 12/9/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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