beverly hills ninja is a 1997 american martial arts comedy film directed by dennis dugan , written by mark feldberg and mitch klebanoff .

the film stars chris farley , nicollette sheridan , robin shou , nathaniel parker and chris rock .

the main plot revolves around haru ( portrayed by farley ) , a white orphan boy who is found by a clan of ninjas as an infant in an abandoned treasure chest and is raised by them .

haru never quite conforms to their culture and never acquires the skills of a ninja , but is nonetheless good-natured and persevering in his personal ambitions .

his first mission brings him to beverly hills to investigate a murder mystery .

it was the last film featuring farley to be released in his lifetime .

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beverly hills ninja <EOT> why christian bale calls chris farley . s beverly hills ninja his favorite movie of all time

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beverly hills ninja is a 1997 comedy film starring chris farley and chris rock . it is a parody of the american ninja film series .

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out of respect for the memory of chris farley , a sequel to beverly hills ninja will begin shooting in october , starring david hasselhoff . from variety :

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beverly hills ninja : comedy . starring chris farley and nicollette sheridan . directed by dennis dugan . ( pg - 13 . 90 minutes . at bay area theaters . )

the film , " beverly hills ninja 2 , " was set to star david hasselhoff , lucas grabeel ( " high school musical " ) and taiwanese model - actress lin chilling .

" beverly hills ninja 2 , " a sequel to the 1997 action comedy , will lense in south korea starting next month , making it the first mainstream hollywood pic to do so .

1 . christian bale ' s favorite movie is beverly hills ninja . " chris farley was just phenomenal . beverly hills ninja will always remain one of my tops . one time i sat down and watched [ that movie ] two nights in a row , and cried with laughter both times . the guy just was a phenomenon , and is missed dearly in my household . " — esquire

film . meanwhile , there ' s a better option , " beverly hills ninja " - - not the kind of picture that gets respect from new york critics , but it ' s funny .

but in doing so , beverly hills ninja 2 will become the first mainstream hollywood movie to shoot entirely in south korea . it’ll be interesting to see if any others follow suit over the coming years .

there ' s more legal fallout from the doomed korean - produced sequel to beverly hills ninja , which was set to star david hasselhoff instead of the original 1997 comedy ' s lead actor , chris farley .

in fact , beverly hills ninja 2 will focus on an orphaned boy who wants to be a ninja . when he comes to hollywood to look for his real parents , he winds up involved in a crime and then has to stop the bad guys etc . etc .

beverly hills ninja received generally negative reviews . review aggregator rotten tomatoes gives it a 14 % rating , based on reviews from 28 critics . metacritic gives it a score of 27 / 100 based on reviews from 11 critics .

anyway , no point arguing about it now : klebanoff successfully sued last year and now so is doing the same , all but ensuring that beverly hills ninja 2 will never see the light of day . it will , however , live on in various courtrooms , where judges will actually have to sit and listen to two people argue over their respective visions for beverly hills ninja 2 , and all without just sentencing both to 20 years hard labor .

chris farley more one time make other silly comedy , but beverly hills ninja doesn ' t have one single not funny scene and entertaining , something rare in an american comedy movie from 90 ' s . beverly hills is not the best movie by farley , that was a unique and terrific comedian , but definitely isn ' t the worst and promise all the time great laughs . fresh .

, it ' s starting to look like this might be the year we have to stop allowing anyone to ever make anything in any way related to beverly hills .

beverly hills ninja 2 , a sequel written by mitch klebanoff and co - directed by klebanoff and kelly sandefur . the film would feature david hasselhoff and lucas grabeel , and began shooting scenes in south korea in october 2008 . during filming , the name was changed to dancing ninja and released in 2010 .

beverly hills ninja received generally negative reviews . review aggregator rotten tomatoes gives it a 14 % rating , based on reviews from 28 critics . metacritic gives it a score of 27 / 100 based on reviews from 11 critics . ( wikipedia )

mitchell klebanoff , the co - writer and co - producer of " beverly hills ninja , " has filed suit in los angeles superior court against a group of korean investors over the sequel to the 1997 chris farley martial - arts comedy .

when haru encounters alison in beverly hills , she asks him , " haru , what are you doing here ? " however , the audio clearly skips on the word " what " .

in beverly hills , haru meets joey washington ( rock ) a hotel employee who , realizing that haru is a ninja , begs him to be trained as one and helps him get around . eventually haru meets sally again and , after several madcap events , finally confronts the criminals . when he finds out gobei is in danger , he spontaneously develops full ninja powers and rescues him and defeats the bad guys . in the end , haru , now declared a full ninja by his clan , decides to stay in beverly hills ( with sally ) though he proves to still be an accidental threat to people around him .

" beverly hills ninja 2 " is a sequel to the 1997 action comedy starring chris farley . mitch klebanoff , a writer and co - producer of the original film , has scripted and will direct the sequel . the story involves an orphaned boy who wants to be a ninja but becomes involved in a crime in hollywood while looking for his real parents .

saturday night live veteran chris farley stars as an orphan who was raised from infancy by the head of a ninja institute . farley grows into an overweight young klutz who manages to become a ninja , albeit and inept one . his first assignment is not to screw up a murder investigation in beverly hills . © 1997 tristar pictures , inc . all rights reserved .

" beverly hills ninja " is a silly movie , with silly jokes and a silly story . but the talents at work in it are not silly . the picture has , at worst , a 10 - minute sag in the middle . but the rest of it is a pleasure .

did you catch that bit ? it means that somewhere , there’s a mysterious korean who thought beverly hills ninja 2 starring david hasselhoff was a good enough idea that he was willing to finance the entire project himself . i picture this guy as a cross between steven seagal and jackie treehorn .

urltoken all got our stock answers for when urltoken asked about our favorite film of all time . not just that , but you also have to be able to provide a sturdy reason for why you love the movie , all while trying not to sound pretentious . no one can accuse christian bale of being the latter though , because when he was asked what his favorite film of all time was the welsh actor rather surprisingly revealed that it is the chris farley - led 1997 comedy beverly hills ninja . despite currently having an imdb rating of 5 . 5 and just 14 % on rotten tomatoes , christian bale has been able to overlook the critical mauling of beverly hills ninja . in fact , bale insisted that he absolutely adores beverly hills ninja because it managed to make him weep with mirth two days in a row . the batman begins actor actually made this revelation to esquire , via yahoo ,

nearly four years ago , the unlikely sequel beverly hills ninja 2 was greenlit as the first mainstream hollywood film to shoot in south korea , symbolizing just how much america values that special relationship . unfortunately , the would - be continuation of a story even cable has forgotten hit a few significant snags along the way , not least of which is that it was a sequel to the commercially dismal , critically reviled beverly hills ninja —a project chris farley himself would refuse even if he weren’t dead , which forced the producers to find a replacement star in david hasselhoff , who would do it . . .

philippe dauman , left , then ceo of viacom , and paramount pictures chairman brad grey greet sumner redstone at a harvard law school reception in beverly hills in 2014 . ( alex j . berliner / ab images )

" you ' re a ninja ? . . . " – chris farley , chris rock

it ' s the story of an unlikely overweight man named haru who was an orphaned baby back then when he was raised by ninjas in japan . his physical challenges , still becomes a ninja , albeit a klutzy white one . his first mission brings him to beverly hills to investigate a murder mystery . ( imdb )

ah , the eternal middle - man dilemma . if your only job is to put people together , what’s to stop them from telling you to f * ck off once they’ve met ? anyway , two koreans arguing over money , i could see that anywhere . what of beverly hills ninja 2 , starring david hasselhoff ? !

for a guy who’s been dead for over a decade , chris farley has been dominating empire’s thoughts today . not just because his younger brother , kevin , has been involved in the creation of david spade’s new film , but because – somewhat incredibly – a sequel to his 1993 hit , beverly hills ninja has just been announced .

if you’re wondering how that justifies the use of the beverly hills ninja brand name ( and there’s a sentence we never thought we’d write ) , well , the movie will be written and directed by mitch klebanoff , a writer and co - producer on the original . it remains to be seen if there are any further links .

farley is at his best playing someone trying to contain an innate hysteria . that ' s why the ninja gimmick is an inspiration . when the young ninja acciden tally finds himself onstage in a beverly hills strip joint , the kick is not just in watching farley disintegrate into a wild man , it ' s in watching him struggle against his natural impulse . it ' s in knowing this character better than he knows himself .

did i say ninja ? i meant ' ninny ' , haru you are such a ninny .

the breakfast room . the exterior of lebowski ' s mansion is that of a different house , located in holmby hills .

astral projection : apparently a standard ninja power , though haru isn ' t very good at it .

mistaken for badass : almost the entire plot hinges on haru being consistently mistaken for a badass ninja .

" you ' re the big , fat ninja , aren ' t you ? . . . "

farley plays haru , who hopes someday to become the " great white ninja " prophesied in the sacred scrolls . hired by a mystery woman ( nicollette sheridan ) to spy on her boyfriend , he pursues the case all the way to beverly hills , where he leaves his shoes outside his posh hotel every day - - only to have the maintenance man dispose of them .

an average comedy from late comedian chris farley . stupid in every respect , but still lots of fun , chris farley delivers yet another silly performance . beverly hills ninja may not be chris farley ' s best effort , but it definitely has good enough moments to make you laugh . he does all his usual antics here , and he definitely knows how to make you laugh . beverly hills cop is not a perfect film , but it has enough good moments to make you laugh and enjoy yourself . chris farley was good comedian and he always managed to make me laugh . beverly hills cop isn ' t his greatest film , but it definitely isn ' t his worst . there ' s enough laughs in this film to make this a decent comedy , and despite the fact that it slows down somewhat , there ' s enough elements to enjoy in this wacky comedy to be entertained . sadly this would be one of chris farley ' s last film roles , as he would pass away the same year from a drug overdose . looking back at his short career , he has made quite a few memorable comedy films . never perfect , but funny enough to uplift your mood . beverly hills ninja is such a film , though not his best , this film has plenty of good , funny elements to deliver you a great time . what do you expect from an eccentric comedian such as chris farley ? he was unique and watching his films , you ' ll understand why . beverly hills ninja is a fun comedy with good laughs and has everything you ' d expect from a chris farley film , however my personal favorite of his , is tommy boy .

white orphan boy being found in a treasure chest by a clan of ninjas and then raised in their ways , before then traveling to beverly hills to investigate a murder mystery , is obviously the perfect tonic after a hard day’s work for christian bale . check out a clip from

: haru ' s ninja clan . the sensei is shocked when he hears reports of a ninja committing a murder . odd for a group that developed as spies and assassins for hire . their training techniques , temple layout , orange clothing , and aversion to murder seems to show they were not based off ninja , but instead shaolin monks .

i always choose… the default answer for me is beverly hills ninja . it’s an easy one to give because most people go , ' what ? oh , okay . ’ but chris farley’s fantastic . clearly i’ve got other films , but i just watched that two nights in a row and was crying with laughter both times , so i just went , ' yeah i’ll give that as my answer . ’ "

if you like chris farley , see tommy boy or black sheep . beverly hills ninja doesn ' t cut it . farley , himself , is his usual ; a blubbering idiot that runs into a lot of walls . it gets old after a couple movies . though the plot is fairly good , most of the movie is dumb , the jokes are stupid , and his sidekick ( chris rock ) is a moron .

more recently comes a lawsuit from jay so , who , in perhaps the saddest part of the lawsuit , was once a scholarship student and a best picture - winning graduate of afi , who says he was unlawfully terminated by investors and stiffed on his promised $ 100 , 000 producing fee . for trying to produce beverly hills ninja 2 . starring david hasselhoff . ( really , i can’t stress this part enough ) .

christian bale has a strong reputation as one of this generation ' s more serious actors . so when it was revealed a few years ago that beverly hills ninja is his favorite movie , it took some fans by surprise . though , it kind of makes sense . the actor is known for taking on mostly dramatic roles , as well as for playing the most brooding batman to ever hit the big screen in the dark knight trilogy . of course he ' d gravitate towards lighter fare while enjoying himself at the movies . some believe that this is just an interesting fun fact that holds no merit or weight . while the idea that christian bale loves beverly hills ninja has been the subject of many listicles , no one ever bothers to source the original link this info came from . until now . yahoo has tracked this bit of trivia back to an esquire interview from 2010 . the actor was

beverly hills ninja starring : chris farley , nicolette sheridan , chris rock and robin shou genre : action / comedy rated : pg - 13 this is one of the most funniest chris farley movies ever ! the movie is a where a child becomes the great white ninja but not really great because haru ( chris farley ) keeps making one mistake after another ! but when a beautiful stranger ( nicolette sheridan ) needs his help he goes to beverly hills and fight all the bad guys and doesn ' t know that his brother gobei ( robin shou ) is helping him and joey ( chris rock ) helps haru out later in this movie . i thought the movie was funny because chris farley ' s phyiscal comedy is hilarious ! i laughed til i cried ! this was one of chris farley ' s last movies before his death in late 1997 , i miss chris farley i wish he never died .

so david hasselhoff has signed on for a sequel to beverly hills ninja , one of those awful latter - day chris farley movies . this has serious potential to be the worst sequel ever made tm , but there ' s some heavy competition . here ' s a look at the worst of the worst . feel free to nominate your own candidates in the comments . ( or defend a personal favorite , like if you really love grease 2 . )

but what’s really interesting empire is the decision to shoot the film entirely in south korea ( we’re guessing that there might be some location in and around beverly hills , otherwise they might as well call it clapham junction ninja ) . atm , which is stumping up the cash ( sony , which produced the first movie , has us distribution rights to this sequel ) is a south korean company , and presumably it’s a lot cheaper to shoot over there , particularly in the current economic climate .

he [ so ] adds that he set up the production entitity , “beverly hills ninja 2 , llc , ” contacted and worked with visual effects and bonding companies to obtain estimates for the film , met with sony , negotiated waivers with the guilds to start casting , and so forth . then , in may 2008 , he says that klebanoff and han made a deal with each other without his knowledge to change the name of the production entity to “bhn2 , llc” and replace him with han .

one example : there ' s a running joke in which the spirit of the young ninja ( farley ) leaves his body to commune with his ninja master . each time his spirit returns , the impact sends farley blasting backward , through walls and windows . the bit gets funnier each time .

sometime later back in japan , haru informs his sensei he will be returning to beverly hills to live with his girlfriend alison . haru and alison leave together on a bus . a grappling hook tied to a rope has fallen from the bus and hooks into gobei ' s wheelchair , causing him to be thrown into the ocean . haru shouts an apology to gobei .

afterwards , so claims that he commenced substantial pre - production efforts and activities , including sourcing potential investors . he says that he was the one who lined up jungho han , the korean who agreed to provide 100 percent of the financing for the project . he adds that he set up the production entitity , " beverly hills ninja 2 , llc , " contacted and worked with visual effects and bonding companies to obtain estimates for the film , met with sony , negotiated waivers with the guilds to start casting , and so forth .

mighty whitey : parodied . haru is the most incompetent ninja in the entire movie , although this says less about his race than it does his character .

\ " beverly hills ninja 2 , \ " a sequel to the 1997 action comedy , will lense in south korea starting next month , making it the first mainstream hollywood pic to do so . \ n \ nmitch klebanoff , a writer and co - producer of the original film , has scripted and will helm the sequel . story involves an orphaned boy who wants to be a ninja but becomes involved in a crime in hollywood while looking for his real parents . \ n \ ndavid hasselhoff , lucas grabeel ( \ " high school musical \ " ) and taiwanese model - turned - actress lin chiling ( \ " red cliff \ " ) are set to star in the sequel .

instead it all boils down to soured relations between the movie ' s korean investors and producer jay so—a man described , in perhaps the story ' s saddest detail , as a former “prestigious scholarship recipient” at the american film institute who graduated with a best picture award , then suddenly found himself setting up a production entity titled “ beverly hills ninja 2 , llc” and spending much of a year working on that , as well as telling people that’s who he worked for . as a reward for his devotion , so soon found himself ousted from the production without explanation by original screenwriter mitchell klebanoff , who struck a secret deal to replace him with producer jungho han . and then—just as those two had finally completed some shoots with hasselhoff in l . a . and vancouver , and seemed ready to make totally unmerited movie magic—klebanoff too was fired , after he and han “argued over things like whether the film ' s lead actress should appear nude in the film . ” which , obviously she should , because otherwise it is a beverly hills ninja sequel with david hasselhoff and zero female nudity .

this formulaic tale of a ninja klutz trying to break a counterfeit ring can be recommended only to undemanding children , and even they may find it a drag .

naked women ? no no no . nothing should distract from david hasselhoff playing a ninja . jesus , man , it’s like you don’t even understand the appeal .

we don‘t know ninja monkey weddings ‘s story by heart , but we can assure you it‘s pretty awesome . message them to get to know more about their business .

one night , while the rest of the clan is away , their dojo is visited by a beautiful woman named sally ( nicolette sheridan ) who wants to hire a ninja to spy on her businessman boyfriend , whom she suspects is involved in shady deals . haru , taken in by her beauty , tells her he is a full ninja ( he hasn ' t actually graduated yet ) and goes on the mission . it turns out that her lover is indeed a criminal , involved with the yakuza in an international counterfeiting scheme - and a cold - blooded killer to boot . obsessed with protecting sally , he decides to go to beverly hills to find her . unknown to him , gobei is following him , and keeping him out of danger without his noticing .

for most of the film haru is hopelessly inept at being a ninja . but during the final battle he suddenly becomes a badass , surprising the hell out of gobei .

haru is a white man raised by a ninja clan in japan , after he was found as a baby on a shipwreck . they believed he might be the " white ninja " prophesied by their legends , a foreigner who would grow up to become their greatest member . however , haru grows up to become both clumsy and clueless . although disappointed in him , his clan still loves him like one of their own . in turn haru idolizes gobei , his " older brother " and the best ninja of the clan .

haru : i may not be a great ninja ; i may not be one with the universe ; but i will say this : no one messes with my brother . see more »

there ' s more legal fallout from the doomed korean - produced sequel to beverly hills ninja , which was set to star david hasselhoff instead of the original 1997 comedy ' s lead actor , chris farley . last year , mitchell klebanoff , who co - wrote the original and was tapped to direct the follow - up , won a lawsuit against korean investors who bought rights to the franchise from sony . an arbitrator in the dispute determined that the investors hadn ' t properly terminated him as a director and awarded him nearly $ 262 , 000 . now comes a new lawsuit from jay so , who says he was contracted by klebanoff and read more

pimp duds : after haru arrives in america , he goes to a costume shop to swap his ninja attire for something that will blend in better . he walks out wearing a pimp costume .

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in 2007 , he says he was introduced to klebanoff and was hired as producer for an up - front fee of $ 100 , 000 , a credit , and backend participation in ninja 2 .

he has made recent moves to boost the studio . he brought bruckheimer on board from disney in 2013 to reboot franchises such as " beverly hills cop " and " top gun , " and abrams re - upped in 2015 . grey has also bolstered paramount ' s television business , which had been neglected after cbs was spun off from viacom 10 years ago . its " school of rock " nickelodeon show launched in march , and " grease live " was a big ratings hit for fox this year .

for the first few minutes of beverly hills ninja , it looks as if chris farley may have finally found a movie to match the size of his talents . as an orphan raised in japan by martial - arts masters , farley displays a hippo - ballet grace while bonking himself on the head with various instruments of death . this chop - shtick generates a few belly - laugh - inducing quips ( ”sensei is going to kill me ! ” farley panics after smashing a shelfful of ancient artifacts ) . but as soon as the action switches to l . a . , a yawner plot about farley busting up a yen - counterfeiting ring kicks in — and slowly starts to squeeze the life out of the movie .

james berardinelli panned the film , stating that " beverly hills ninja is essentially a one - joke film . that joke has to do with chris farley [ . . . ] , who plays one of the clumsiest men on earth , crashing into objects or having things fall on his head " and concluded that it " isn ' t just juvenile , it ' s lackluster and unfunny . " bruce fretts of entertainment weekly also criticized the film , complaining it had " . . . a yawner plot about farley busting up a yen - counterfeiting ring " and that " . . . when the writers run out of ideas , they simply have farley walk into a lamppost , or cop from old snl skits . "

the premise is as obvious as a 250 - pound guy in a ninja outfit . that ' s the movie ' s one joke - - contrasting the precision of the ninja with the out - of - control physicality of comedian chris farley - - and it doesn ' t sound like much . but that incongruity is enough for three big laughs before the opening credits are even finished , and the jokes keep coming .

farley stars as haru , an orphaned american who washes to shore in japan and is mistaken for the great white ninja of legend . raised among the finest ninjas , haru grows into a big , strong , slapstick disaster ! an embarrassment to his clan , haru has no hope of ever becoming a full ninja . but when a beautiful blonde pleads for help , haru is given one dangerously funny chance to prove himself .

today marks the 20th anniversary of chris farley ' s death . david spade , who starred alongside farley in the film tommy boy , commemorated the comedian ' s death on twitter . " 20 years ago today , " he tweeted along with a picture of farley and the years of his life ( 1964 to 1997 ) . a comedy legend , farley later played mike donnelly in black sheep and haru in beverly hills ninja . however , some of his most celebrated characters were those he played during his tenure at saturday night live . here ' s a look back at some of this best moments on the show : 1 . when he played the eccentric motivational speaker matt foley in this 1993 sketch , farley plays a boisterous . . .

now comes a new lawsuit from jay so , who says he was contracted by klebanoff and the koreans to act as a producer on the film but was stiffed on his own compensation during the development of ninja 2 .

this is my son ' s favorite movie . of course he is 10 . my husband and i watch it and find it entertaining as well . it is silly and the physical comedy can be over the top , but that is classic farley . we also like tommy boy , another farley classic , and dirty works also with farley , all though that flick is definitely not appropriate for children . beverly hills ninja , however is appropriate for most children 10 and over . pretty mild by today ' s standards . one of my favorite performances in this movie is the work of supporting actor robin shou . he is a great straight man and shows great martial arts skills as well as comedic timing . chris rock also has a small roll in this film .

the hollywood reporter today has one of those stories that sheds light on the scummy underbelly of hollywood , where shady producers and once wide - eyed rubes sue each other over bounced checks and broken promises , all because they couldn’t agree on who should control a project . and the real loser in all this ? you and i , the viewers , who’ll probably never get to see beverly hills ninja 2 now , starring david hasselhoff . no , really , that was the jumping off point . multiple people thought it would be a good idea to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars making a sequel to the worst movie from chris farley , a guy with the charisma to carry an entire film by himself , starring david hasselhoff , a guy who couldn’t even hold a hamburger .

following a ship wreck , a baby is rescued by a clan of ninja warriors and raised by them as one of their own . but haru , as he is called , never quite fits in , nor does he manage to make a worthy ninja . however , the good - natured and persevering haru , in his own bumbling way , and with some help from gobei , manages to prove himself to be a winner in the end . written by jeff hole

since the late 1940s , filmmakers have been transforming the magnificent greystone mansion into cinematic settings such as hospitals , funeral homes , government offices , hotel rooms , military schools and more , not to mention palatial estates . filming at greystone really took off in the mid - 1960s after the city of beverly hills purchased the property , but then dwindled in the ' 70s when the mansion became home to the american film institute . since the early ' 80s , though , when afi ' s lease expired , greystone has been home to an average of two films per year . from

this martial arts comedy from the producers of no - brainer classic dumb and dumber was a box - office number one in the states and features one of the last performances of chubby comic chris farley . he plays an american baby who washes up on the shores of japan and is brought up by a clan of martial arts masters . now haru ( farley ) , a willing but clumsy pupil , must journey with a skilled sidekick ( robin shou ) to the " hills of beverly " to rescue a beautiful american girl from yakuza counterfeiters . the slapstick may appeal to undemanding viewers .

in one scene hauru ' s " brother " is talking with the master ninja about hauru . the brother has a gold necklace around his neck , but in the story line he does not receive that necklace until later in the movie .

when haru is about to get arrested ( right before the ninja dude throws that little ball and takes his place ) , the stocky and balding cop all they way to the left ( or right ? ) is kevin farley , chris ' s brother .

mitch klebanoff , a writer and co - producer of the original film , has scripted and will helm the sequel . story involves an orphaned boy who wants to be a ninja but becomes involved in a crime in hollywood while looking for his real parents .

burger fiction is back with part 2 of their " improbable weapons used in movies " supercut series . to catch up on the first entry , click here . this second edition features some pretty ridiculous items used as weapons , including a razor scooter in kiss of the dragon , barstools in both the world ' s end and foxy brown , and many , many others . check out the full list below the video : daredevil - paper clips aliens - power loader an eye for an eye - telephone hellboy - payphone beverly hills ninja - fish austin powers - toothpaste hot shots ! part deux - chicken hot fuzz - wet floor sign kill bill : vol . 1 - frying pan tangled - frying pan walking tall - frying pan kiss of the dragon - chopsticks machete - meat thermometer nacho libre - corn sleepwalkers - corn project a - chili peppers hancock - candy bar law abiding citizen -

i grew up watching chris farley on saturday night live and in his various big screen roles . i liked everything he did even if the material wasn’t all there ( beverly hills ninja ) . he was an explosive force of comedy and now nearly 20 years after his death , it still stings to think about . a new documentary doesn’t look to make things easier with a look at farley’s life , character , and career through the recollections of those who knew him best . mike myers , adam sandler , bob odenkirk , bob saget , christina applegate and more join david spade , farley’s brother kevin farley , and lorne michaels to remember the late comedian . from the press release for network entertainment ’s documentary : before his untimely death at only 33 years of age , farley left an indelible mark on the entertainment industry through his groundbreaking work on television in both second city and saturday night live ,

“he was infectious . and he was kind . and he was a puppy dog . ” that was what christina applegate had to say about the late comedian chris farley as part of a trailer for the documentary that will take a look at the life of the star of saturday night live , tommy boy , and beverly hills ninja . the documentary is directed by brent hodge and derik murray and features conversations about farley with david spade ( his co - star in many films ) , adam sandler , bob saget , lorne michaels , mike myers , molly shannon , and dan aykroyd among others . it is set to profile the comedian , who died in 1997 of a drug overdose , and speak with some of the people who spent the most time with him . the film is set to open in theaters on july 31 and will be available on vod and digital download on august 11 . chris farley lived his life full speed

my 10 / 10 rating assumes that you ' re the type who just watches these sorts of movies to get entertained , and you sure will with " beverly hills ninja " . chris farley makes the most of his " big , fat idiot " persona as a white man raised among ninjas , now trying to investigate a counterfeiter . of course , the plot is an excuse to have farley trash everything surrounding him . . . and you ' d better believe that he does ! it ' s nice , silly fun to the max ! all in all , if this movie is stupid , then it doesn ' t pretend to be anything else . it ' s just a shame that chris farley is no longer with us . but up in the van down by that great river in the sky , he can take comfort knowing that we remember him . also starring nicolette sheridan ( of " desperate housewives " ) and chris rock .

i am not so much reviewing this album as providing a guide for people to find copies of baltimora ' s tarzan boy . if you are lucky enough to find an original album or single of the song , you will probably have to shell out $ 100 + . so here are some alternatives on amazon : original one hit wonders $ 15 . 99 new ( all prices listed are current as of may 08 ) $ 8 . 67 used contains the original album version of the song with the " carribean steel band sound " time life modern rock : nightclubbing $ 39 used contains a 6 + minute extended version beverly hills ninja : original motion picture soundtrack $ 4 . 65 contains the version i heard in the clubs . 3 - 4 minutes in length . this is a dance mix , not the original album mix . 2013 update : europa ( part of the disco discharge series ) $ 12 . 41 contains the 12 " mix

wow ! so very happy we went with frank from ninja monkey to video our wedding ! my husband and i were so impressed by the amount of professionalism and creativity that frank showed ! you could really tell he knew what he was doing behind his ca . . .

frank and ninja monkey media was exceptional ! he came recommended from our photographer and we hired him to shoot our wedding . we were planning our wedding in miami from philly , so we had several skype / google chat calls with frank to get to kno . . .

remember 1997 ? sure you do . it was the year of princess diana ' s funeral , the year the front page of the new york times went to color , the year of the famous iowa septuplets and dolly the cloned sheep . it was also the year , of course , of a bunch of movies you may or may not remember , starting with beverly hills ninja in january and ending , of course , with titanic . this weekend ' s 3d re - release of titanic got us on a nostalgia trip , thinking about the movies we loved back in 1997 and have forgotten , and the movies we new nothing about at the time and loved today . so , of course , we made a yearbook of them , figuring out which senior superlatives these movies would have won back in 1997 , and how those reputations hold up today . are the kids most likely to succeed at the time still making good careers for themselves ? is

update : peter and bobby farrelly with fox will complete the casting on the three stooges by the end of next week . at this point , hank azaria has emerged as a frontrunner for the role of moe , the group ' s stern disciplinarian and the guy who dishes out the slaps and eye pokes . as for the simpleton larry , the name i am most often hearing is james marsden . marsden worked for fox as cyclops in the original x - men films , but he has played comedy in films like enchanted and next stars in the universal / illumination entertainment film hop . 7 : 31 pm : madtv alum and cbs’ $ # * ! my dad says star will sasso has been cast as curly in the three stooges movie being made at 20th century fox and directed by the farrelly brothers . sasso did the films life as we know it , best in show , drop dead gorgeous , beverly hills ninja , and happy gilmore ,

job description he’s the honcho of a department that edits hundreds of films each year for broadcast on tv and airlines , re - cutting films to address time constraints and standards & practices issues , all while preserving the asset as it travels through the many versions that are created in post - theatrical life . terman and his team write , edit and direct promo vids , tradeshow sizzle reels and industrials for sony corporate divisions in addition to editing dvd added - value material , docus , musicvids and screen tests . terman also works with actors to replace original dialogue with tv - safe alternatives — if actors are unavailable , he auditions sound - alikes to revoice lines — or convinces the original thesps to make it work . special challenges for “ beverly hills ninja ” replacement dialogue : “i went to the actor and shot him in the car while we were driving down pico boulevard . he just didn’t have time , and i was like , ‘dude i gotta get you ,

" anytime you get to talk about chris farley is a good day . " buzzfeed has debuted the first official trailer for the documentary i am chris farley , a profile about the life of the beloved comedian who died in 1997 . it ' s probably that many of you grew up watching chris farley , whether it was on " saturday night live " or in tommy boy , black sheep or beverly hills ninja . he died almost 20 years ago , if you can believe it was that long ago , and they ' ve finally made a documentary about him and it ' s out this summer . i am chris farley features all his friends and colleagues , from adam sandler to lorne micheals , david spade , molly shannon , christina applegate , and bob saget . i ' m looking forward to catching this doc sometime , looks pretty good . here ' s the trailer for brent hodge & derik murray ' s documentary i am chris farley , found via buzzfeed : chris farley lived his

highly visible ninja : played straight with haru , who at one point goes so far as to charge into enemy territory wearing black with a sword on his back through the front gate in broad daylight . averted with gobei , who ' s very good at staying hidden or blending in .

everyone at ninja monkey is heartbroken over this review . we all feel terrible things ended up this way , but we don ' t feel this review was deserving . - - there is no " money back guarantee " and half of the wedding was missing from the video ! - . . .

what is the song playing near the beginning of the movie when huru ( chris farley ) is trying to do the same thing his brother is doing ? i think its called " the great white ninja " but i can ' t find info on it anywhere . ( from j in nd )

we ' re just days away from the release of death race 2 ( blu - ray review here ) so we figured that we ' d take this opportunity to show off some of the film ' s female assets ! from the press release a deadly driving competition spawns a racing legend in death race 2 , an all - out action thrill ride , coming to blu - ray™ , dvd and digital download january 18 , 2011 from universal studios home entertainment dvd originals™ . danny trejo ( machete ) , ving rhames ( piranha 3d ) , sean bean ( the lord of the rings trilogy ) and luke goss ( hellboy 2 : the golden army ) star , along with returning cast members fred koehler ( “ lost ” ) and robin shou ( beverly hills ninja ) , in an all - new prequel to paul w . s . anderson ’s 2008 adrenaline - fueled action - thriller , death race . packed with more of the heart - stopping action , spectacular stunts and shocking twists that propelled the original to cult status , the 2 - disc death race 2 blu - ray™ combo pack and dvd will include unrated

blindfolded trip : parodied . haru is blindfolded when he is first taken to the tanley ' s warehouse . later , he blindfolds himself and tries to use his " ninja skills " to remember the route . he is completely clueless , of course . luckily , gobei knows the route well and takes the wheel without haru knowing .

haru ( chris farley ) is at first believed , when he is found as an infant orphaned from a shipwreck , to be the great white ninja of legend . as he grows up at the shinto temple it is obvious he is not ninja material , wrecking everything in sight . he meets a beautiful american stranger ( nicolette sheridan ) . she gives him the alias sally jones and asks him to spy on her boyfriend . the mission is a ruse to set him up as the killer when the criminal operation goes awry . haru must go to la to find " sally " and let her know that the boyfriend is a dangerous killer . haru ' s brother is dispatched to keep him out of trouble .


crash is a 1996 british-canadian psychological thriller film written and directed by david cronenberg based on j. g. ballard 's 1973 novel of the same name .

it tells the story of a group of people who take sexual pleasure from car crashes , a notable form of paraphilia .

the film stars james spader , deborah kara unger , elias koteas , holly hunter , and rosanna arquette .

the film generated considerable controversy upon its release and opened to mixed and highly divergent reactions from critics .

while some praised the film for its daring premise and originality , others criticized its combination of graphic sexuality and violence .

it premiered at the cannes film festival , where it won the special jury prize , considered the third-most prestigious prize of the festival .

it won six genie awards from the academy of canadian cinema and television , including awards for cronenberg as director and screenwriter ; the film was also nominated in two further categories , including producer .

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crash ( 1996 film ) <EOT> holly hunter crash 1996 image : the movie network / telefilm canada , via ballroom marfa .

paul haggis ' ' crash ' vs . david cronenberg ' s ' crash '

trailer 2 for david cronenberg ' s crash ( 1996 ) . music : lush - undertow ( spooky remix )

looking for movie tickets ? enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing crash ( 1996 ) near you .

not the oscar bait film , but the good - very good cronenberg film about sex and car crash fetishists .

one of the film ' s creatures on the cover of the july 8 , 1996 issue of time .

between 1996 and 1997 , crash ( canada , 1996 , d . david cronenberg ) , based on j . g . ballard ' s celebrated novel , became the focal point of one of the most hysterical furores that british film censorship had seen to date .

james spader as james ballard and elias koteas as vaughan . crash , 1996 photographer : michael gibson " crash " appears courtesy of entertainment one . licensed by : warner bros . entertainment inc . all rights reserved .

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gabrielle james ballard’s leg brace worn in the film by james spader ( prop ) . stephan dupuis , special effects makeup john jackson , fabricator crash , 1996 aluminum , metal bolts courtesy david cronenberg

gabrielle’s leg brace , worn in the film by rosanna arquette ( costume ) . stephan dupuis , special effects makeup and prosthetics designer crash , 1996 moulded plastic , fiberglass 70 x 12 x 15cm david cronenberg collection , tiff film reference library

gabrielle ( rosanna arquette ) in steel - reinforced leg and hip braces . crash , 1996 photographer : jonathan wenk " crash " appears courtesy of entertainment one . licensed by : warner bros . entertainment inc . all rights reserved .

revisit the shock of symphorophilia with will self and chris beckett , editor of a new edition of crash . their discussion is followed by a rare chance to see the uncut version of david cronenberg’s 1996 film adaptation on the big screen . cronenberg’s film of crash ( 1996 ) , which ballard greatly admired , was awarded a special jury prize at its premiere at the cannes film festival . the film introduced a second generation to ballard’s unsettling vision , and sparked a censorship controversy that led to the film being banned by westminster city council . the film will be introduced by its producer , jeremy thomas . full details

not long after the release of kids in 1996 , there were calls for the banning of david cronenberg ' s film , crash . once again , the bbfc considered the film very carefully - including screening the film for lawyers and for a group of disabled people - but found that there was no case to answer . the film was rated 18 uncut .

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this crash is a fascinating film , rather than a good one . i think is difference is important . the other crash is a fine film , in a very different way . i wasn ' t at all unhappy when it won the oscar .

director david cronenberg and james spader ( james ballard ) inspect the hip and leg braces worn by rosanna arquette as gabrielle . crash , 1996 photographer : jonathan wenk " crash " appears courtesy of entertainment one . licensed by : warner bros . entertainment inc . all rights reserved .

- i’m watching a david cronenberg film . - i don’t know what that is . - he is a director known for his body horror and themes of sex and death . he made the fly , videodrome , crash , and scanners . - oh , crash is good . - nope , you’re thinking of the crash that came out in 2004 and was about racial tension and how our lives intersect , cronenberg’s crash from 1996 is about people who get sexually aroused by car crashes . - weird - yep

crash is a mutant work of art - - a bracing splash of ice water .

never has a film turned me on as much as crash . yes , that was a shitty car joke . i will not apologize .

david cronenberg said during his promotional run for the film crash : " i see technology as being an extension of the human body . "

crash is difficult to watch because of the moral chaos it portrays , but it is best film i have seen in a long time .

whitty , stephen ( july 2 , 1996 ) . template : citation / make link . mercury news : p . 1e .

" independence day ( 1996 ) also known as : " id4 " . " rotten tomatoes . retrieved on october 16 , 2007 .

for the record , based on j . g . ballard ' s novel , writer - director david cronenberg ' s 1996 crash stars james spader , holly hunter , elias koteas , deborah kara unger , rosanna arquette , and peter macneill .

a top quality film that follows the lives of varied people over 24 hours and how they " crash " into each other . quite original idea as well .

although it had generated some controversy when premiered at the cannes film festival in may 1996 , it was not until the first british screening at the london film festival in november that the film became a tabloid cause celebre , with the daily mail and evening standard in particular attacking it on a regular basis , often on the front page .

aberly , rachel and volker engel . the making of independence day . new york : harperpaperbacks , 1996 . isbn 0 - 06 - 105359 - 7 .

bobenko said the lancaster desert area is highly recommended to film companies because of its remote site . employees of a company making a rap music video nearby witnessed the crash .

when " crash ' ' premiered in may , 1996 , at the cannes film festival , some people fled the theater . the movie has played in canada and europe to widespread controversy , inspiring polemics both pro and con . ted turner , whose studio , fine line , is distributing the film in the united states , has said he hates it . certainly it will repel and disgust many viewers .

the film had its official premiere held at the now - defunct mann plaza theater in los angeles on june 25 , 1996 . [ 37 ] it was then screened privately at the white house for president bill clinton and his family [ 38 ] before receiving a nationwide release in the united states on july 2 , 1996 , a day earlier than its previously scheduled opening . [ 39 ]

the city’s famous babelsberg film studios , now a theme park dedicated to film ( and a good one ) , was once a powerhouse of european film production . this was where fritz lang shot ‘ metropolis ’ . this was where marlene dietrich began her film career .

toronto has long been a favourite for filmmakers who opt to head north in an effort to slash budgets . while some films made here feature the city like scott pilgrim vs the world ( 2010 ) , and crash ( 1996 ) , others use toronto to double for us settings .

this ain ' t your grandma ' s crash movie . it ' s fabulous ! james spader at his best .

the film was scheduled for release on july 3 , 1996 , but due to the high level of anticipation for the movie , many theaters began showing it on the evening of july 2 , 1996 , the same day the film begins . the movie ' s combined domestic and international box office gross is $ 816 , 969 , 268 , which at one point was the second - highest worldwide gross of all - time . it holds the 25th highest worldwide gross of a movie all - time .

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as for the controversy surrounding paul haggis ' generally well - received crash , that ' s a direct result of the fact that the ensemble drama shares the same title – but not the same plot – as the 1996 david cronenberg movie about car crashes , mutilations , and kinky sex . according to the toronto star , those behind cronenberg ' s work are now threatening to take legal action against the producers of the new crash .

the crash controversy was significant for the way it publicly revealed the often conflicting structures of british film regulation , and the supremacy of local government over the bbfc and national government , neither of whom had any real powers when it came to preventing the release of a film .

by the way , crash director and co - screenwriter paul haggis also wrote clint eastwood ' s million dollar baby , starring eastwood , hilary swank , and morgan freeman , and which opens later this year . haggis ' crash screenplay collaborator was bobby moresco .

naked lunch ( 1991 ) , based on william burroughs ' s novel of the same name , was thought by many to be unfilmable . a long - cherished project of cronenberg ' s , it was a cinematic success . m . butterfly ( 1993 ) was based on the play by david henry hwang , and cronenberg ' s most controversial film , crash ( 1996 ) , was based on the novel by j . g . ballard . crash , which won a special jury prize at the cannes film festival for " originality , daring and audacity , " ran into censorship problems in some countries .

woody allen’s midnight in paris ( 2011 ) was not his first film about the city and followed his 1996 movie everyone says i love you . richard linklater’s before sunset ( 2004 ) was possibly more of a love story about paris than it was about the characters .

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new york is also the home of some of the world’s leading film festivals like tribeca and the new york film festival . it’s also the home of some of the world’s leading film schools at columbia , nyu and new york film academy . with so much creativity in the city , it’s no surprise that new york remains one of the most important cities for film production in the world .

for a movie obsessed with the connection between sexual intercourse and car accidents , david cronenberg ' s crash could hardly be more stationary .

propaganda films had no permit from the federal aviation administration or the film office to use a helicopter in the scene , said officials from the two agencies . the faa is also investigating the crash , a spokesman said .

in creating the prosthetics and scars for the injured characters in crash , the production team turned to real - world inspirations . hear from stephan dupuis as he discusses constructing the braces , body armour , and scars for the film .

katherine dieckmann’s film is beholden to a studiously weird narrative that’s governed by formula screenwriting .

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this is a great film and much better than the one of the . . .

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while promoting stargate in europe , emmerich came up with the idea for the film when fielding a question about his own belief in the existence of alien life . he and devlin decided to incorporate a large - scale attack when noticing that aliens in most invasion films travel long distances in space only to remain hidden when reaching earth . principal photography for the film began in july 1995 in new york city , and the film was officially completed on june 20 , 1996 .

truly a one of a kind film that can never , and will never be replicated .

, which some critics described as ' child pornography ' . the bbfc considered the film very

advertising executive james ballard and his wife catherine lead complex , if hollow , sexual lives . following a near fatal crash with dr . helen remingto . . .

robert altman’s fascinating and divisive psychological horror film receives a top - notch transfer from arrow academy .

powell , anna . deleuze and the horror film . edinburgh : edinburgh university press , 2007 .

propaganda films , a subsidiary of polygram filmed entertainment , got its start 10 years ago producing music videos and at one time produced 40 % of the videos aired on mtv . the company also is very active in commercial production and has in recent years moved into feature films . the firm produced the 1996 film " barb wire " with pamela lee , the horror film " candy man " and the madonna documentary " truth or dare . "

based on the novel by j . g . ballard , crash tells the story of a group of people who take sexual pleasure from car accidents . highly controversial when first released ( banned in britain ) this psychological thriller won the special jury prize at cannes for its “originality , daring and audacity” and was voted one of the top ten films of the year for 1996 by the prestigious french cinema journal cahiers du cinema .

marks , laura u . the skin of the film . durham : duke university press , 1999 .

and forest gump is an amazing film ? i ' m not a huge fan of avatar but it ' s the highest grossing film of all time ! this writer doesn ' t have a clue .

finally saw this film . so beautifully executed . the rips on cronenberg that this film is too cold is off to me . it ' s just insanely focused . i love the attention to physical details .

) . upon its very first screening , the film became instantly controversial because of one specific scene towards the end of the film , when sevigny performs unsimulated fellatio on gallo and swallows his semen . sevigny’s agency

despite this , the movie won the academy award for visual effects , [ 69 ] beating twister and dragonheart . it was also nominated for an academy award for best sound but lost to the english patient . [ 70 ] composer david arnold won a grammy award for his work on the film . [ 71 ] the movie also won an amanda award for best foreign feature film . [ 69 ] viewers voted for independence day to receive an mtv movie award for best kiss , [ 72 ] a people ' s choice award for favorite dramatic motion picture , [ 73 ] and a kids ' choice award for favorite movie . it received saturn awards for saturn award for best director , best science fiction film , and best special effects . [ 74 ] the film was awarded best film editing and best visual effects at the inaugural golden satellite award ceremony . the film received a golden raspberry nomination in 1996 for worst written film grossing over $ 100 million but lost to twister . [ 69 ]

if anything , cronenberg ' s films have revealed more about their audience than their director . look at the way britain lost its head over crash , back in 1996 : the reaction of the press in this country to the film ' s vehicular eroticism was so disproportionately hysterical , it looks comical in retrospect . " ban this car crash sex film , " frothed the daily mail , until the matter was taken up by politicians and councillors . " crash surprised me totally , the reception , " cronenberg says now . " it was a 20 - year - old novel , well accepted as part of jg ballard ' s canon . i really didn ' t think this movie that was fairly faithful to the tone of the novel would be so shocking to people here . " ballard described the furore as " little england at its worst " , symptomatic of a " strange , nervous nation " . there was no crash controversy in france or canada , cronenberg points out . " different countries have different reactions . some films are successful in some places ; some not . i think shivers played in glasgow for three years non - stop . why was that ? i have no idea . "

" crash " doesn ' t extend beyond its most immediate sensationalism . when the movie does attempt to find a theme , it slams into a brick wall of mumbo - jumbo .

[ crash ] is familiar enough that it slips easily into our film - watching faculty without any fuss , yet [ haggis ' ] handling of it - - his muscular belief in what he is doing - - makes us hope that his next screenplay will be a bit less safe .

in my opinion , this film is a masterpiece by cronenberg . features a frightening performance from elias koteas .

top ten : most shameless uses of product placement in film urltoken . retrieved on july 8 , 2008 .

eastern promises a review of david cronenberg ' s masterful film " eastern promises " from rogerebert . com .

loved it . the scene with holly hunter early in the film is one of the sexiest things in movies .

kingsley said the production company was not trying to avoid faa or film office approval review of the helicopter shots .

i definitely liked cronenberg ' s version of crash better . classic creepy movie with a stellar cast . roles like this were made for james spader . i thought holly hunter was terrific too .

" crash " was directed by paul haggis , whose screenplay for " million dollar baby " led to academy awards . it connects stories based on coincidence , serendipity , and luck , as the lives of the characters crash against one another other like pinballs . the movie presumes that most people feel prejudice and resentment against members of other groups , and observes the consequences of those feelings .

the philistinism of ted turner in initially refusing to release ' ' crash ' ' thus becomes a lot less surprising than it ought to be . this film ' s graphic , macabre sex scenes are staged as literally as ordinary pornography , without enough of a directorial viewpoint to expand their meaning . and after the film has achieved its initial shock value , it simply lingers on a plateau , with new sexual permutations among the characters doing little to enhance what has already been seen . yet ' ' crash ' ' is so fastidious and schematic that it clearly intends a more complex vision than the one it reveals .

so the creepy rituals and joyless couplings of ' ' crash ' ' do amount to a form of daring . or they would have , if the film had had more passion of its own . but mr . cronenberg , for once oddly inhibited by brazen subject matter , has made a meticulously stylized and controlled film that leaves many of its characters ' ideas muffled and lacks the true audacity its material demands . a film that shows its characters in such a debased and disturbing light had better also show the courage of its convictions .

david cronenberg lives and works in toronto , where he was born and where he began making films in 1966 . " something of a dream " ( pevere 138 ) for critics because he writes as well as directs many of his films , 1 cronenberg’s thirteen feature films have won over forty international and national critical awards ( including four canadian genies as " best director " ) . in 1990 , he was honored with france’s prestigious chevalier de l’ordre des arts et des lettres . the cannes film festival and the berlin film festival each awarded him a special jury prize : in 1996 to crash for its " audacity , daring , and originality " and in 1999 to existenz for " outstanding artistic achievement . "

crash remains the penultimate example of this parallel genre . it is extraordinarily beautiful and everything , including the road , seems to come alive . cronenberg has discussed the set of crash as one that was highly sexualized , where even the city itself had a sexual quality , but perhaps we can replace sexual with vibrant or , to use another bennett term , evanescent . bennett asks where evanescence lies , as property of stuff or of people ? in crash it oscillates between the two entities , and the elaborate braces facilitate the sexualized agency of these strange hybrids , bridging the relationship between humans and machines .

but just give us ' electric boogaloo ' . us fellow kinky film - lovers need to be given another bone .

1 . of his thirteen feature - length films , five are adapted from his own stories ( for which he also wrote the screenplays ) : shivers ( 1975 ) , rabid ( 1976 ) , the brood ( 1979 ) , scanners ( 1980 ) , and videodrome ( 1982 ) . he wrote the screenplays for naked lunch ( 1991 ) and crash ( 1996 ) , and co - wrote for fast company ( 1979 ) , the fly ( 1986 ) , and dead ringers ( 1988 )

a psycho - sexual journey into oblivion in this controversial film from acclaimed director david cronenberg . james spader is a bored film director who explores new realms after a near - fatal car accident introduces him to a world of sexually obsessed car cra

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since a road accident left him with serious facial and bodily scarring , a former tv scientist has become obsessed by the marriage of motor - car technology with what he sees as the raw sexuality of car - crash victims . the scientist , along with a crash victim he has recently befriended , sets about performing a series of sexual acts in a variety of motor vehicles , either with other crash victims or with prostitutes whom they contort into the shape of trapped corpses . ultimately , the scientist craves a suicidal union of blood , semen , and engine coolant , a union with which he becomes dangerously obsessed . written by matt a . knapp

the scenes and settings of crash are stunning ; industrial landscapes , metallic and concrete country sides . the script is the real gem . it is a monstrous concept that possibly only cronenberg could have handled so well .

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in the uk the daily mail newspaper led the calls for the film to be banned with a front page headline reading " ban this car crash sex film " . to cover themselves against possible prosecution the bbfc consulted a qc to determine whether the film contravened the obscene publications act , a psychologist to see if it could potentially incite copycat behavior , and a group of disabled people to see if the character played by rosanna arquette would be considered offensive to them . after all 3 consultations proved to be successful and the bbfc were able to pass the full unrated version completely uncut . see more »

after getting into a serious car accident , a tv director discovers an underground sub - culture of scarred , omnisexual car - crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they . . . see more »

4 . " sonic details that supply information about the concrete materiality of sound production in the film space " ( 188 ) .

berlin’s artistic side was shown on film in berlin : symphony of a city ( 1927 ) and in rainer werner fassbinder’s epic berlin alexanderplatz ( 1980 ) , but the city’s film scene struggled through two wars and recovery was slow . the berlinale was set up in 1951 and is now one of the leading film events in the world , but it took decades to build its reputation .

in order to figure out what about car wrecks so excites them , james and remington make their way to a secret exhibition run by vaughan ( elias koteas ) , whom we met earlier posing as a medical photographer taking loving pictures of james ' leg brace . vaughn restages " classic " car crashes such as james dean ' s death for a small but dedicated crowd of crash enthusiasts sitting in bleachers hollering as if nascar fans got turned on by all the wrecks they hope to see . james and remington immerse themselves fully into this sub - section of society , and soon they peruse photographs of crash sites and view crash test footage as if viewing pornography .

its fiftieth anniversary offers an occasion to challenge some of the commonplaces about the film and to show that there remains much to be clarified about its character . an attention to location in the film and a focus on its little - discussed coda can resituate battle as a film that , going beyond its well - recognized revolutionary narrative , deals with the end of the french empire and represents the first in a line of banlieue cinema—that is , as a film that presciently anticipates postcolonial conditions on the territory of france itself .

a month after the film ' s release , jewelry designers and marketing consultants reported an increased interest in dolphin - themed jewelry , since the character of jasmine in the film wears dolphin earrings and is presented with a wedding ring featuring a gold dolphin . [ 55 ]

if you ' re aged 16 to 25 , you can get £3 cinema tickets at bfi southbank to any film , any time .

the winnipeg film group is an artist - run education , production , exhibition and distribution centre committed to promoting the art of cinema .

an inconsistent but nonetheless beautiful restoration makes for the best - looking home - video release yet of alfred hitchcock ' s most underrated film .

in reply to accusations that zev asher ' s documentary glorifies the killers , toronto film festival co - director noah cowan defended the film ' s screening , stating : “people who have viewed the film – and that includes several toronto journalists and our curators – indicate that it certainly does not allow room to sympathize with the actions of the convicted criminals portrayed in the documentary and shows them to be morally bankrupt . ”

if there ' s anything worse than a film with no point , it ' s one that ' s all point and nothing but .

' ' crash ' ' has the nc - 17 rating ( no one under 17 admitted ) that it fully deserves . it includes frontal nudity , many sexual encounters and coolly grotesque situations linking sex and violence in graphic , sickening ways .

some film historians presume that robert bresson ’s final film , l’argent , was booed because audiences had simply had enough of bresson’s decisively understated style . me ? i’ll never grow tired of bresson’s minimalist charm , but to each his own . shame , though , that l’argent — a rather remarkable film concerned with the ways in which forged money can ruin a man’s life — proved to be bresson’s final film . maybe he had run out of creative steam , maybe it’s because his age caught up with him , or maybe he’d simply had enough with the critical jeers .

' ' crash , ' ' which is disturbing in both its initial recklessness and ultimate timidity , still deserves to be taken seriously as part of mr . cronenberg ' s bravely idiosyncratic career . at the very least , it is quite literally a striking oddity . when not orchestrating strangely impersonal human couplings , the film maker stages scenes in traffic , which called for the wrecking of 25 automobiles . according to elinor galbraith , the film ' s set director , ' ' we discovered why everyone should drive a volvo . ' '

] i myself shall play the role of dean ' s racing mechanic rolf voudrich , sent over from the porsche factory in zuffenhausen , germany . now , this mechanic was himself fated to die in a car crash in germany 26 years later .

cronenberg ' s films have won many genie awards . dead ringers ( 10 genies ) and naked lunch ( 8 genies ) were both named best picture and earned cronenberg best director awards . he also received best director awards for videodrome , crash and spider . a history of violence received numerous accolades and awards , including oscar nominations for best adapted screenplay and supporting actor ( william hurt ) , a bafta ( britain ) nomination for best adapted screenplay , a césar ( france ) nomination for best foreign film , 5 directors guild of canada ( dgc ) awards , 2 golden globe nominations , and best director and canadian film from the toronto film critics association . eastern promises received an oscar nomination for best actor ( viggo mortensen ) , 2 bafta nominations , a césar nominaton for best foreign film , 5 dgc awards and 8 genie awards . it was nominated for 3 golden globe awards and won the prestigious people ' s choice award at the toronto international film festival .

berlin is just a cool location for a film . probably the coolest city in europe , it inhales creatives . among them , young and exciting filmmakers , writers , performers and artists focus on creating rather than on the commercial elements of filmmaking . it’s a haven for low budget and indie film production . dreams of filmmakers are made even more attainable when you look at the many financing options available for visual media and film production .

the film should have been nominated for best picture , but was robbed by doctor doolitle , probably the worst best picture nominee of all time .

independence day ( also known by its promotional abbreviation id4 ) is a 1996 science fiction film about a hostile alien invasion of earth , focusing on a disparate group of individuals and families as they coincidentally converge in the nevada desert and , along with the rest of the human population , participate in a last - chance retaliation on july 4 – the same date as the independence day holiday in the united states . it was directed by roland emmerich , who co - wrote the script with producer dean devlin .

crash doesn ' t represent the zenith of cronenberg as far as great films go , i believe his ultimate tome is eastern promises , but it does i believe represent his zenith when it comes to tackling the idea of sexuality and the various triggers that our sexuality has that we try and deny . because of this i understand why so many didn ' t like crash or couldn ' t stand it , but i also think a great majority of them are simply being short sighted and allowing their prudish nature to stop them from seeing the truths that cronenberg seeks . maybe i ' m wrong , i often am , but all i know is that crash spoke to me like the best cronenberg works do and i ' m happy for that .

after getting into a serious car accident , a tv director discovers an underground sub - culture of scarred , omnisexual car - crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife .

1967 - thoroughly modern millie over in cold blood - quincy jones ' music embodied the film and should have won best music score . in fact ,

but crash isn’t about urban alienation . after smashing up his car driving home from work , ballard quickly discovers an underground community of crash addicts . he begins with dr . helen remington ( holly hunter ) , who collided with him while they were both on their way home from work . their crash was like ferocious quickie sex : a moment of impact , all shattered glass and busted fenders , followed by a long , slow breath and a reveal of her scarred breast when she tears off her seatbelt . the perversity is made more sinister when her husband is hurled through ballard’s windshield and immediately killed—something neither the shell - shocked survivors nor cronenberg call attention to afterwards . it’s the cold survival logic of darwin , where libertarians leave their past behind as if it were dead .

while the film was still in post - production , 20th century fox began a massive marketing campaign to help promote the film , beginning with the airing of a dramatic commercial during super bowl xxx , for which fox paid $ 1 . 3 million . [ 30 ] the subsequent success of the film at the box office resulted in the trend of using super bowl air time to kick off the advertising campaign for potential blockbusters . [ 31 ] [ 32 ]

" the ballad of narayama " is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…

dennis fischer . science fiction film directors , 1895 - 1998 . jefferson , nc : mcfarland , 2000 . viii + 759 pp . $ 175 hc .

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james spader plays a character called james ballard , a sexual adventurer who explores new realms after a car crash introduces him to dr . helen remington ( holly hunter ) . mr . spader plays this role as if he fervently believed in the film ' s ideas , and as if he were game for anything ; that is the best that can be expected . left unsatisfied by marriage to the equally kinky and unabashed catherine ( deborah kara unger , a canadian actress with a haunting intensity ) , james pursues an erotic connection linking cars , sex and injury . eventually he meets vaughan ( elias koteas ) , who savors crash data and presides over a cult of like - minded fetishists .

" crash " is about the strange lure of the auto collision , provoking as it does the human fascination with death and the tendency to eroticize danger . most motorists will slow down to stare at the scene of a collision ; they may feel their pulses quickening and become aware of the fragility of their own bodies . the characters of " crash " carry this awareness a step further , cherishing and nurturing it . for them , a car collision is a sexual turn - on , and a jolting life force they come to crave .

besides matt dillon , ryan phillippe , don cheadle , sandra bullock , and brendan fraser , crash also features jennifer esposito , terrence howard , thandie newton , michael peña , loretta devine , tony danza , chris ' ludacris ' bridges , william fichtner , and shaun toub .

ultimately , crash succeeds in spite of itself . its color war starts to feel obvious and schematic . its coincidences and cliches become like a pileup on the 405 freeway , but there it is - - you find yourself rubbernecking and can ' t manage to look away .

i seem to have been the only person who hadn ' t seen this movie so i decided to give it a watch and at the end of it , i kinda wish i had remained a crash virgin for the rest of my life . don ' t get me wrong , i love gratuitous sex on many levels but this film just didn ' t deliver any real plot to me . so they were in a car crash , then they became nymphs ? if there is any poetry in this movie it was lost on me . half a star for the idea , which was original , half a star for the cronenberg name and then one massive star for the tattoo sucking scene between spader and koteas .

the movie originally depicted russell casse being rejected as a volunteer for the july 4 aerial counteroffensive because of his alcoholism . he then uses a stolen missile tied to his red biplane to carry out his suicide mission . according to dean devlin , test audiences responded well to the scene ' s irony and comedic value . [ 7 ] however , the scene was re - shot to include russell ' s acceptance as a volunteer , his crash course in modern fighter aircraft , and him flying an f - 18 instead of the biplane . devlin preferred the alteration because the viewer now witnesses russell ultimately making the decision to sacrifice his life , [ 7 ] and seeing the biplane keeping pace and flying amongst f - 18s was " just not believable " . [ 29 ] the film was officially completed on june 20 , 1996 . [ 10 ]

rented it years ago and loved it . i found it extremely disturbing and erotic at the same time . it was the audition tape that made me cast holly hunter in some fantasies , as well . i also liked the 2004 crash , for what it ' s worth .

author stephen molstad wrote a tie - in novel to help promote the film shortly before its release . the novel goes into further detail on the characters , situations , and overall concept not explored in the film . the novel presents the finale of the film as originally scripted , with the character played by randy quaid stealing a missile and roping it to his crop duster biplane . following the success of the film , a prequel novel entitled independence day : silent zone was written by molstad in february 1998 . [ 40 ] the novel is set in the late 1960s and early 1970s , and details the early career of dr . brackish okun . [ 41 ] molstad wrote a third novel , independence day : war in the desert in july 1999 . the novel is both a midquel and sequel to the film . set in saudi arabia on july 3 , it centers around captain cummins and colonel thompson , the two royal air force officers seen receiving the morse code message in the film .

on its scandalizing surface , david cronenberg ' s ' ' crash ' ' suggests exploitation at its most disturbingly sick . adapting the cult novel by j . g . ballard ( the ' ' empire of the sun ' ' author who will never again be thought of as that nice little boy growing up near steven spielberg ' s shanghai ) , mr . cronenberg explores a newly pornographic realm of screen sex . the characters in ' ' crash ' ' are aroused by violent car crashes , and their fetishism extends up to and even beyond the point of death .

purwin , a pilot and tamburro ' s partner in west coast helicopters , a company based at van nuys airport , was in the rear seat of the aircraft . he suffered a broken left wrist in the crash . it was not known whether he was wearing a harness or helmet .

fletcher , a woodland hills stuntman who was standing on the ground near the crash site , was hit by flying debris . both men were released wednesday afternoon from the antelope valley medical center hospital . reached by telephone , fletcher said he had cuts on his legs but was feeling better .

" crash ' ' is about characters entranced by a sexual fetish that , in fact , no one has . cronenberg has made a movie that is pornographic in form , but not in result . take out the cars , the scars , the crutches and scabs and wounds , and substitute the usual props of sex films , and you ' d have a porno movie . but " crash ' ' is anything but pornographic : it ' s about the human mind , about the way we grow enslaved by the particular things that turn us on , and forgive ourselves our trespasses .

this friday david cronenberg and robert pattinson are coming on the 5 live show to talk about their new film cosmopolis . here i reveal my favourite cronenberg films . . .

the film ' s plot deliberately and closely follows the plots of classic alien invasion fiction , most notably the war of the worlds by h . g . wells and its 1953 film adaptation . whereas the premise of the film bears little resemblance , there are many elements from war of the worlds , including the aliens ' resistance against nuclear weapons ( on a related note , the same scene shows , in the wreckage , a lamp post twisted into the shape of the heat ray from the 1953 film ) , and the aliens defeat via a virus ( however , wells ' aliens were killed by a biological virus ) . independence day has also been an influence on later fiction .

winnipeg free press pop culture and film writer alison gillmor returns to host our book to film discussion and screening series . following each screening , alison will moderate a discussion of how the book compares to its screen adaptation . participants who sign up for the discussion are encouraged to read the book in advance ( available at mcnally robinson ) . please register in advance ( 204 - 925 - 3456 , ext 106 ) . please note there is no fee for the discussion group , only for admission to the film .

oh dear , who wrote this . it is pretty obvious that the oscars don ' t often don ' t reflect what are the best films and performances , however there are some strong contenders on this list . the ' sounds of music ' is a beautiful directed film and ' forest gump ' is an incredibly witty and powerful film .

20 . a comparison could usefully be made of the coda of battle and the exuberant crowd scenes that close the italian empire film bengasi ( augusto genina , 1942 ) .

strip away the abstract concept of love and what’s left is primal desire fueled by need . but human beings don’t like being told they’re animals , so they allow their imaginations to construct fantasies to help them justify those needs . j . g . ballard’s novel crash was pornography for philosophs , with technology as the illusion of choice . a secret society indulges in car sex , leading to accidents as erotic set pieces . the novel and david cronenberg’s film adaptation implicitly state that crashing cars during intercourse allows us to feel genuine sensations as opposed to the numbness of society , jobs , and conversation . it’s a far out , all or nothing premise . what’s disturbing to audiences isn’t that crash condemns such amorality , but that its characters are stretching their battered and scarred bodies into something new . very little is discovered about these people besides their extreme proclivities . to give you an idea : the character named ballard ( james spader ) winds up sticking his dick into the serrated leg wound of a crash survivor ( rosanna arquette ) and walks away happier for it .

bill pullman as president thomas j . whitmore : a former persian gulf war fighter pilot and current president of the united states whose approval ratings early in the film indicate the nation ' s dissatisfaction with his performance . to prepare for the role , pullman read the commanders by bob woodward and watched the documentary film the war room . [ 4 ]

43 . homi k . bhabha , the location of culture ( london : routledge , 1994 ) ; jonathan rutherford , “the third space : interview with homi bhabha , ” in identity : community , culture , difference , ed . jonathan rutherford ( london : lawrence and wishart , 1990 ) , 207–21 ; edward soja , thirdspace : journeys to los angeles and other real - and - imagined places ( oxford : blackwell , 1996 ) .

also . gone with the wind is the only film from that era that almost anyone could name - which means it has stood the test of time and deserved the oscar .

the aftermath : the film was released in a post - columbine climate during which films that depicted extreme violence were taken to task by moral watchdogs in a way that just doesn ' t happen anymore . american psycho might even be considered tame by today ' s standards , but thanks to the controversy generated by the bret easton ellis novel on which the film was based , the filmmakers were threatened with lawsuits before it was even released , while the news of the world deemed it " the most disgusting film of the year . "

the atlanta film industry generated $ 6b in the city’s economy last year . the state of georgia has the 3rd largest film production industry in the us and it looks like things are set to continue . the state easily offers the best tax incentives in the us to attract productions and the film industry in atlanta is known for having more of a ‘can do’ attitude than its glitzy , glossy rival cities . it also helps that a lot of georgia locations are permit - free , cutting through red - tape for producers and locations teams .

but mr . cronenberg , who will now rattle audiences even more powerfully than he did with ' ' dead ringers ' ' or ' ' naked lunch , ' ' cannot be dismissed as a twisted panderer despite the clear leanings of ' ' crash ' ' in that direction . as mr . ballard did , he envisions a work of sexually charged science fiction . the ' ' crash ' ' characters sleepwalk through this story in a state of futuristic numbness , seeking extreme forms of sensation because familiar feelings have long since failed them . it ' s a chilling , ghastly possibility that manages to exert a grim fascination .

while the director remains firmly behind the wheel for the first hour or so , he cracks up toward the end with sequences that send the film and the audience into a ditch .

that this bloated , tedious and wildly overpriced historical epic took any awards at all is disgraceful , but the one which really sticks in the craw is cinematography . not only does the film look like it’s been shot through a veneer of blancmange , but it triumphed over arguably the most visually sumptuous film ever made , ‘ the leopard ’ , which wasn’t even nominated .

in the real city you… you walk . you know ? you brush past people . people bump into you . in l . a . nobody touches you . we’re always behind this metal and glass . i think we miss that touch so much that we crash into each other just so we can feel something .

in hindsight , it’s actually kind of easy to see why carl theodor dreyer ’s final film , gertrud , was met with an immediate negative vocal reaction . the film is a painfully ( and purposefully ) slow meditation on love found and love lost , and , apparently , the cannes audiences weren’t having it . either way , despite the film’s undesirable response ( or is it because of it… ? ) , the 75 - year - old dreyer reportedly had the stones to flip the audience off as they were booing . might as well go down swinging .

" it was essentially illegal , " said michael bobenko , vice president of operations for a quasi - governmental office that issues location shooting permits for the film industry in los angeles county .

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not many films have the possibility of making their audiences better people . i don ' t expect " crash " to work any miracles , but i believe anyone seeing it is likely to be moved to have a little more sympathy for people not like themselves . the movie contains hurt , coldness and cruelty , but is it without hope ? not at all . stand back and consider . all of these people , superficially so different , share the city and learn that they share similar fears and hopes . until several hundred years ago , most people everywhere on earth never saw anybody who didn ' t look like them . they were not racist because , as far as they knew , there was only one race . you may have to look hard to see it , but " crash " is a film about progress .