come what may ( original title : en mai , fais ce qu'il te plaît ; also titled darling buds of may ) is a 2015 french historical drama film directed by christian carion .

it stars august diehl and olivier gourmet in lead roles , and was released on 4 november 2015 .

the film score was composed by ennio morricone .

come what may ( 2015 film )

come what may ( 2015 film ) <EOT> there are no featured audience reviews yet . click the link below to see what others say about come what may !

for his original score to " come what may , " legendary composer ennio morricone was nominated for a césar award .

" come what may " is . . . too pretty of a movie . it is often sentimental and , worse , schematic .

come what may is a highly imperfect film . however , it is one which draws attention to an overlooked consequence of war without becoming too graphic . despite its’ flaws , the film is one i recommend .

come what may has its share of suspenseful and touching moments , while reminding viewers of the hardships faced by refugees of war , then and now .

if you ever wanted to see a wartime movie that feels directed by a kinder , gentler michael bay , come what may is right up your alley .

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" come what may " is a paint - by - numbers account of a real - life world war ii event , the displacement of eight million people from their homes in france .

the other focus of come what may is the exodus and journey of a small community hoping to survive in a time of great threat and uncertainty . each family must make the decision to stay or go , what to take and what to leave behind , knowing there may be nothing to return to . in essence , the villagers are a family albeit a much larger one .

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“come what may” takes place in 1940 . to escape the imminent german invasion , the inhabitants of a small village in northern france flee their homes , like so many millions of their . . .

a wartime drama that’s more about the retreat than the offensive , christian carion’s come what may ( en mai , fais ce qu’il te plait ) depicts a few of the many lives upended when germany attacked france in may 1940 , forcing 8 million citizens to flee the invading nazi army in what would become one of the greatest population exoduses in modern history .

come what may is not a typical , action - filled war movie . instead , writer / director christian carion presents the audience with a refreshing drama that intimately details characters ' lives at the start of the german invasion .

come what may does not dig deep enough into these sacrifices and losses . but it does touch on them enough to make the viewer aware of them . if the film doesn’t do enough to draw attention to this tragedy than the real - life photos at the beginning and end of it will . what this movie may lack in emotional connection is more than made up for when looking at pictures of actual people caught in personal moments of survival .

the movie was originally scheduled for release in december 2014 , with the third film arriving in december 2015 , which of course also didn ' t happen . after the fourth film was added to the plans , they were pushed back to december 2016 , 2017 and 2018 releases .

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a title card informs us that “the german offensive of may 10 , 1940 drove almost 8 million people from their homes [ in france ] , one of the largest displacements of people in the 20 th century . ” carion bookends the film with actual footage of these people leaving their homes . not once does the recreated footage in “come what may” come close to the power of these brief images ; mere seconds of the documentary footage have a compelling realism that lingers longer than anything in the 117 minutes i spent with the fictional characters .

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come what may is a unique film . there have been many movies made about war and wwii , but few if any tackle the subjects of voluntary evacuation . according to the opening credits , the displacement of eight million people in the early days of the war is one of the largest in history . it occurs in the days before the battle of dunkirk when the british abandoned france to germany .

france , may 1940 . millions abandon all they have . one father searches for all that matters .

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that being said , i am still glad i watched come what may . as i mentioned , the cinematography makes this film a pleasure to watch in spite of its’ somber topic . the score is gorgeous , haunting and fitting as composed by the great ennio morricone . ( side note : i squealed with joy over the composer when i remembered his name being mentioned by jack black’s character in the holiday ! )

come what may also highlights little moments not often seen in war films . there is the side story of a german propaganda film crew . the humanization of certain german soldiers who face death proves that in the moments between life and death the line between us and them dissolves . instead , we are no longer enemies . we are simply human beings with a mixture of both good and evil in us all .

closing - credits photographs of wwii french refugees fleeing nazi forces are the most poignant element of “come what may , ” whose fictional saga about townsfolk forced to abandon their homes , and two disparate men’s attempts to reunite with them , is a respectable but dully melodramatic affair . director christian carion’s first feature since 2009’s “farewell” is bolstered by [ … ]

while bloodied corpses and vile racism are a recurring presence throughout “come what may , ” the film is too schmaltzy to do more than feign putting its protagonists in real jeopardy , thereby neutering any true aura of danger . even a german aerial attack on the refugees ends only with anonymous background players meeting their maker — a development that leaves the story feeling as phony as the terrible cgi employed to create those machine - gunning aircrafts .

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though primarily concerned with a heightened style of french patriotism ( one character is so enamored of his french wine that he refuses to leave his home despite the enemy bearing down on him ) , “come what may” also gives a chunk of country pride of its scottish officer and , in the film’s most intriguing scene , a bit of sympathy for the enemy courtesy of an injured german soldier . large portions of the film are in english , which i suppose was meant to add a bit more universal appeal to the proceedings .

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most of “come what may” involves the characters walking for miles and miles in their caravan . occasionally , the film attempts to goose us with badly rendered scenes of cgi carnage raining down from above , courtesy of the sinister german planes that announce themselves on the soundtrack with effectively loud engine roars that shake the speakers . they sound great , but they’re not integrated into the scenes very well . additionally , they do far less carnage to the main characters than they should , keeping this film from slipping into the darkness it needs more of to dramatically succeed .

in fact , the most interesting character in “come what may” isn’t even a part of this group . he’s a scottish officer named percy ( matthew rhys ) , whose entire troop was wiped out by german gunfire moments before we meet him . rhys gives the film’s best performance , expertly working the one - dimensional nature the film gives all its characters . rhys brings the same type of charm errol flynn might have brought had this film been made on the warner brothers lot instead of in the gorgeous landscapes of france . his last scene even takes place inside a movie camera , a meta - style exit that’s a perfect end to his performance .

in come what may , the writer - director ( working with co - scribes laure irrmann and andrew bampfield ) attempts to tell a sprawling story on an intimate scale , following a handful of characters on the run from wehrmacht forces as they blaze through the ardennes en route to a quick victory ( france surrendered less than 45 days after the invasion , falling under nazi rule until december 1944 ) .

since 2004 , hollywood has been working to adapt the deborah moggach novel tulip fever , which has long been seen as a major prestige project with oscar potential . tom stoppard , the legendary british playwright , wrote the screenplay for the final iteration of the film . the movie stars three academy award winners ( alicia vikander , judi dench , and christoph waltz ) , along with up - and - coming stars like dane dehaan and cara delevingne . footage from the film was screened at the cannes film festival . . . in may 2015 . now , after untold delays , it’s coming out , packaged as “ the year’s sexiest thriller . ”

this is an utterly beautiful french film with a scenario in the northern french countryside as germany invades france in may 1940 . when the french make movies in this genre it is often spot - on because they lived it , it is in their blood . i found " come what may " to fall into the high ranks of " au revoir les enfants , " here is chronicled the villagers who fled their homes as the germans invaded . it is also the story of the bond of a father and his eight year old son . also a gorgeous palette of the french countryside . the story rang true from first frame till the last . thank you amazon for giving us this first - rate foreign film .

this is an utterly beautiful french film with a scenario in the northern french . . .

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come what may takes place during the early years of world war ii . in 1939 a german father and son escape to a little village in northern france . the father warns his young boy to speak only in french and never in their native tongue as they hide openly in the small village of pas - de - calais . unfortunately , hans is soon arrested and his son max is left in the care of the town’s school teacher suzanne .

with our modern news headlines always full of stories about war and the humanitarian crisis of millions of refugees , come what may is a film which helps us to consider their plight . the cost of war is not just in physical lives . the collateral damage is also enormous . communities and families are divided and devastated . a peoples’ sense of place is severed . their oral and cultural histories and memories are lost , sometimes forever . education and livelihoods are disrupted and the trauma is almost always passed on to the next generation . survival is a hollow victory .

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fleeing advancing nazi forces in may 1940 , a group of french villagers are trailed by a scottish soldier and a german dissenter searching for his son .

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more on the bird later . as with “pearl harbor , " i can see “come what may” going over like gangbusters for its intended audience , while also earning intense “oh , come on now ! ” - style eye - rolling from everyone else . i curiously find myself between both factions here , as i’ve an admitted soft spot for the kind of old - school hollywood studio system schmaltz that thickly coats this movie . much like those old dramatic features of yore ( and bay ' s wwii disaster ) you get the sense that this film doesn’t want to be that much of a downer , despite the story’s propensity to travel that route . i admit i can be persuaded to succumb to the medicine going down with one too many spoonfuls of sugar in it .

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“film tax credits don’t pay for themselves , so states have to raise taxes or cut expenditures ( to make up the difference ) , tannenwald said . “those snuff out jobs as fast as film tax credits create them . ”

tulip fever was first slotted for a november 2015 release , capitalizing on vikander’s emergence as a star ( she won an oscar for the danish girl , which came out that fall ) . then it was moved to july 2016 . then february 2017 , seemingly acknowledging that the film had limited awards potential , coupled with rumors that the weinstein company , which produced the film , was lacking in funds to mount several major releases every year . just before its february release , the film was punted again , down to august , and in some strange final indignity , it was shoved to september 1 , where it will ( reportedly ) finally debut in semi - limited release .

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the effect they identified is “stronger than what current state - of - the - art climate models predict , ” said mann , likely due to the increasing influence from a melting greenland .

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it’s an impressive backdrop to what’s otherwise a polished period piece without much of a bite to it , hitting all the right notes but doing nothing that feels exciting or out of the ordinary . like last year’s similarly themed suite francaise , may stands to underperform in theaters , though its subject and setting should help push it across french borders into art houses and vod slots overseas .

louisiana residents may go gaga over mark wahlberg , kurt russell and kate hudson when they arrive in the state later this year to film a movie about the 2010 deepwater horizon oil rig explosion . but louisiana and some other states are starting to question whether they are giving up too much to attract such star power .

closing - credits photographs of wwii french refugees fleeing nazi forces are the most poignant element of “come what may , ” whose fictional saga about townsfolk forced to abandon their homes , and two disparate men’s attempts to reunite with them , is a respectable but dully melodramatic affair . director christian carion ’s first feature since 2009’s “farewell” is bolstered by a sweeping ennio morricone score , yet his narrative is too episodic , and his characters too one - dimensional , to carry the weight of grand historical tragedy , resulting in a picturesque , middle - of - the - road effort unlikely to entice anyone outside the art - house crowd .

in pennsylvania , democratic lt . gov . mike stack traded footlights for a footrace to raise awareness about what he says is too low a cap on the state’s film tax credit . the program is capped at $ 60 million a year , and democratic gov . tom wolf wants keep it at that amount . but stack , a film actor who still appears in local productions , wants to expand that as much as possible . he ran in the pittsburgh marathon to raise awareness of the credit issue .

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something better to come hanna polak’s russian - polish documentary about people who live in svalka , a garbage dump outside moscow , outdoes “boyhood” in one way : it’s said to have been filmed over a total of 14 years .

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but the story doesn ' t end there . this january , avatar 2 was delayed again , the wide assumption being that it ran scared after star wars episode 8 slipped from may to december 2017 .

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touching story of a father ' s love for his son and his search for him during the nazi invasion of france . beautifully filmed . superb acting . violence that elucidates the brutality of that time and what the french were facing as they left their homes for what they hoped would be a safer place . the danger and struggles they encountered should be reminders of how difficult it was for refugees then and to draw us to be compassionate for refugees & immigrants today .

“dheepan , ” meanwhile , is nominated for nine awards , including best film , director and original screenplay for noe debré , thomas bidegain and audiard .

and maine , which has limited film incentives , now is considering a 25 percent credit for wages paid to residents employed by film productions and a 15 percent credit on wages paid to non - maine residents . backers of the bill argue maine loses production to massachusetts , which has similar coastal settings .

though this film addresses a neglected topic , it , unfortunately , falls short in many ways . the opening scenes are disjointed and choppy . it quickly breezes through the back story of hans and max . it provides little explanation of why they fled germany or how they ended up in pas - de - calais . even hans’ arrest is a mystery explained only briefly later in the film . as a viewer , i felt as if i had been plopped into the middle of an ongoing story and had a hard time understanding what was happening .

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hey ! i’m actually some what in the same boat . i’m currently an australian living in la studying film . have you heard of the e3 visa ? it is only for aussies . all you need is a bachelors degree in the field and a letter from the company that is offering you a job . i heard that it is quite easy to obtain as the quota is never filled . some places may be a little hesitant because it is extra work on their end that they have to do . but as long as they like you and you have the right requirements , i don’t see a problem .

the film , based on a tom stoppard script and an acclaimed novel , is finally being released after three bizarre years of languishing in post - production .

jack gerbes , director of the maryland film office , dismissed the negative studies , while not disputing those that have concluded the credits don’t pay for themselves . “this was never about revenue , it was about stimulating the economy , creating jobs and attracting crew members ( to maryland ) . ” he said tourists still come to see the church in tiny berlin , where the movie “runaway bride” was filmed .

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maryland state sen . edward kasemeyer , a democrat and longtime backer of the tax credits , said the goal wasn’t to bring in more state revenue , but to create a film industry and“film culture” in maryland . he said the production companies have spent upwards of $ 300 million in the state since the credit began .

face of an angel michael winterbottom’s new drama is based on a book about the amanda knox case , but the names have been changed . daniel brühl stars as a director who may make a film of a book by an italy - based american journalist ( kate beckinsale ) about the trial . appalled by the news media frenzy in siena , he begins to rethink his plan .

california , worried about the incentives other states are using to lure hollywood productions , last year tripled to $ 330 million the amount available for film tax breaks .

the journey of tulip fever is a sort of hollywood eclipse , an occasional phenomenon that has no wider bearing on the industry but is the kind of unusual , fascinating spectacle that draws in some committed film fans . something similar happened with david o . russell’s nailed , a 2008 comedy starring jake gyllenhaal and jessica biel that was disowned by its director and eventually released as accidental love in 2015 , making only a few thousand dollars at the box office . there was also serena , an epic drama starring jennifer lawrence and bradley cooper , which took almost two years to make it to theaters and was barely noticed upon release .

aside from some bumpy early edits which leave its setup a bit rushed and muddled , “come way may” lucidly lays out its basic premise : having escaped their native germany in 1939 , anti - nazi activist hans ( august diehl ) and young son max ( joshio marlon ) take refuge in the northern french village of pas - de - calais , where hans is soon arrested and thrown in jail on suspicion of being a spy . max thus winds up in the care of local teacher suzanne ( alice isaaz ) , whose benevolent care is a godsend once mayor paul ( olivier gourmet ) — with the invading germans nearing their town by may 1940 — convinces the citizenry to uproot themselves and venture south to safer pastures .

güeros from mexico , a homage to the french new wave and the 1960s . alonso ruiz palacios directed this story of three young men in mexico city and a beautiful young woman who is a leader of the local student - protest movement . the film won two prizes , including best cinematography , at last year’s tribeca film festival .

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directed by : christian carion produced by : nord - ouest films genre : fiction - runtime : 1 h 54 min french release : 04 / 11 / 2015 production year : 2013 may 1940 . to escape the german invasion , the inhabitants of a small village in the north of france take to the road , like millions of other french people . on this exodus , the villagers take with them a german child , whose father opposed the nazi regime and who has been jailed in arras for lying about his nationality . during the chaos , the father is freed and sets out to find his son , accompanied by a scottish soldier who is trying to get back to england . more info : urltoken

before we meet percy , we’re introduced to hans ( august diehl ) , a german hiding from the nazis with his son , max ( jushio marlon ) in a town outside arras , france . “come what may” spends most of its time with these two , who are separated when hans is imprisoned after france declares war on the encroaching germans . hans eventually winds up on the road with percy , while max takes the displacement journey with the aforementioned miss suzanne , a french teacher who becomes extremely maternal toward him . if you’re thinking there’s an outside chance a makeshift family could result with max , hans and miss suzanne , you’re on the same wavelength as this movie . you just have no idea how absurdly far the narrative will twist to get to this possibility .

there ' s nothing excessively imaginative or distinguished about the film , but it has some of the solid narrative pleasures of a good , old - fashioned hollywood war epic .

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meet the patels a rom - com documentary about a young indian - american man , ravi patel , trying to find true love . his traditional parents may help or hurt . mr . patel directed , along with geeta patel , his sister .

jun 26 the gersh agency seeks an assistant to the head of film finance / packaging . at least one year of agency or management experience is required . daily duties include : rolling calls , tracking projects in development , making submissions , heavy scheduling , etc . ideal candidate is knowledgeable of independent film , a true people lover who can pitch , an avid reader , detail - oriented , and driven . must have a professional work ethic and ability to quickly learn complexities of international film finance . email resume to careers @ urltoken

jun 22 an established commercial director at an industry - leading production company is seeking an assistant . this job has two primary focuses : 1 ) managing treatments for commercial projects and managing the development of film and television projects , so strong writing skills are a must ; 2 ) occasional , and at times heavy , personal work assisting household and family needs . this job may involve travel . must have a car in los angeles and a laptop . applicants should have at least one year of industry experience , strong writing skills and a strong knowledge of film and television . please send resumés to directorasstac @ urltoken

in may 1940 , the german troops enter france . frightened by the progress of the enemy , the people of a small village of pas - de - calais decide on the recommendations of the prefecture , to give . . . see full summary »

i’m an indie filmmaker and would like to start work in the “hollywood” film industry . would you mind connecting with me as well ? following is my email : blvdstgermaindespres @ urltoken .

the result is a film that never feels as intense as it should , even if committed performances — especially from the non - frenchies diehl ( inglourious basterds ) and rhys ( co - star on the americans ) — take the characters farther than they may have appeared on the page . yet the overall effect is still too bland to cause a real stir , and carion concludes the long voyage pretty much in the way you expect .

digging for fire while a los angeles couple and their 3 - year - old are house - sitting for the weekend , they discover a gun and what seems to be a human bone . jake johnson , rosemarie dewitt , orlando bloom and anna kendrick star . directed by joe swanberg .

does anyone know a way to enter the entertainment industry with limited to no production experience ? i graduated with a ba in communication with a concentration in film i’ve been trying for over a year to get even the lowest paid positions in the industry . all the job posts i come across say entry - level , but require some much experience . i know there is non - paid internships , but i need a paying position . so can anyone help me out ?

another failing of the film is that it is scenery driven . the cinematography of the french countryside is gorgeous and the historical details are accurate enough to transport the viewer into mid - century france . but this is not enough to engage the viewer in a film which is inspired by real - life accounts . the lack of dialogue and a clear plot are a hindrance to creating an emotional connection with the viewer . for most of the film , there is also a noticeable lack of fear and tension which is sorely needed when portraying war time events .

goodnight mommy manohla dargis of the new york times called it “a discovery” and a “creepy austrian art - film shocker” when it was screened at the toronto international film festival last year . twin boys become very worried when their mother returns home after reconstructive facial surgery . she seems to have a new personality as unfamiliar as her new face . severin fiala and veronika franz directed .

my friends and i have applied to almost every job on this blog but we have never heard back from anyone . and we each have at least three years of film production experience .

self / less ryan reynolds and ben kingsley in a science - fiction thriller whose moral may be “immortality has side effects . ” a billionaire dying of cancer ( mr . kingsley ) has his mind transplanted into the body of a healthy young man ( mr . reynolds ) , giving him a new start . but hmmm , where did that young body come from ? tarsem singh directed . matthew goode looks evil as the go - between , and michelle dockery , as the billionaire’s estranged activist daughter , brings a lot of lady mary from “downton abbey . ”

the movie is being made in louisiana largely because the state offers unlimited tax credits to entice film companies to shoot on location there . louisiana was the first state to adopt the credits in 1992 . now , 39 states and puerto rico have tax incentives of one kind or another , all aimed at the film and television industries , according to the national conference of state legislatures .

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moggach isn’t some hollywood neophyte : she wrote the screenplay for the 2005 pride and prejudice and saw her novel these foolish things adapted into the film the best exotic marigold hotel . so there remained interest in tulip fever , which was finally resurrected as a film by the mega - producer harvey weinstein . though its budget was lower , at $ 25 million , weinstein still assembled a big cast and hired stoppard to work on the script ; many more tulips were planted , and the film was finally committed to celluloid in 2014 . that , usually , would have been the end of that .

i don’t know wants up your butt , but i was asking the commenters on this page who are experienced in getting jobs in the industry because no matter if you’re a college graduate or not you need to have some professional background in the industry and that’s what i’m looking for to move higher in the industry .

two years after tulip fever was first scheduled for release , audiences will finally be able to see it in theaters . but the film , out friday , isn’t being screened for critics , and the release strategy is reminiscent of someone being snuck out the back door in hopes of attracting as little attention as possible . it’s a fittingly strange ending to one of the most mysteriously drawn - out productions in recent film memory—but so many questions remain . what happened to tulip fever along the way , to transmogrify it from high - end awards contender to a studio’s secret shame ? and will the fuss around its delayed release actually help in drawing eyeballs to a movie that might otherwise have been dismissed as a staid costume drama ?

manglehorn al pacino turns down the bluster as an emotionally repressed loner , a small - town texas locksmith who has never gotten over the loss of the love of his life . holly hunter plays the bank teller who may be his last chance at love . david gordon green directed .

tannenwald said the competition among states puts them into “perpetual competitive purgatory . if one state backs out , and the other states keep doing it , the state loses an awful lot of film production . ”

and a big announcement was to come in october 2017 : kate winslet is teaming with james cameron for a titanic reunion , playing the role of ronal in the avatar universe . this marks their first collaboration since the 1997 blockbuster , with cameron admitting they were " looking for something to do together for 20 years " .

hi , just curious… where do these listings come from ? you don’t have to name specifically where but do you have inside info , like someone telling you about these or newsletter / job board , etc ? because you really don’t see them anywhere else on the internet ! thanks so much , this is really helpful .

phoenix from germany , a drama about a jewish concentration camp survivor in 1945 . nelly ( nina hoss ) returns to berlin to search for her gentile husband ( ronald zehrfeld ) , even though she suspects he may have been the one who turned her into the nazis . christian petzold directed .

listen to me marlon this documentary makes “mr . brando come searchingly alive , ” manohla dargis wrote in the times when it was screened at new films / new directors in march , describing it as “an intimate , impressionistic portrait . ” a lot of the story is told in mr . brando’s own words . stevan riley directed .

todd lewis , unit production manager for the film about the deepwater horizon disaster , said tax incentives are almost the first thing movie producers consider when deciding where to shoot . lewis said louisiana’s incentives are especially enticing .

the tribe no spoken dialogue and no subtitles in this ukrainian film about a deaf teenager ( grigoriy fesenko ) trying to prove himself at a new boarding school for the hearing - impaired where bullies rule . the writer and director , myroslav slaboshpytskiy , goes with nonverbal acting and sign language instead . the film — which depicts these students involved in gangs , robbery , bribery and prostitution — won the critics’ week grand prize at cannes last year . when it screened at the new director / new films series , manohla dargis , writing in the new york times , called it “tough , visually audacious” and “a slice of art - film miserablism . ”

the 100 year - old man who climbed out the window and disappeared from sweden , a comedy about a retirement - home resident who decides it’s time to escape and have a new adventure . it may be significant that he used to be a dynamite expert . robert gustafsson stars . felix herngren directed .

trainwreck amy schumer in judd apatow’s latest grown - up comedy . she stars as a magazine writer who disdains love , scoffs at monogamy , eagerly sleeps around and doesn’t know what to do after going out with somebody she really likes ( bill hader ) . with colin quinn , brie larson and tilda swinton . ms . schumer wrote the screenplay .

the film critic ( “el critico” ) from argentina , a romantic comedy about a jaded buenos aires movie reviewer who considers romantic comedies the lowest form of cinematic art . then his life turns into one . hernán guerschuny directed .

in emails to slate , both box and mann agreed monday’s paper was one of the most important of their careers . “this is yet another example of where observations suggest that climate model predictions may be too conservative when it comes to the pace at which certain aspects of climate change are proceeding , ” said mann .

in massachusetts , republican gov . charlie baker called for scrapping the state’s $ 80 million film tax credit program and using the funds to partially pay for increasing the earned income tax credit for the working poor . a massachusetts department of revenue report showed that in 2012 only about $ 50 million of the $ 304 million in spending by the film industry went to massachusetts vendors . the house has voted to keep the credit ; the senate has yet to act .

jun 29 global road entertainment is seeking a smart , professional assistant to join an extremely active feature film development team . candidates must be passionate about making big , theatrical movies . the desk will require a strong degree of multi - tasking , a sharp attention to detail , and the ability to work in a fast - paced environment . other responsibilities include covering phones , taking notes , logging submissions , tracking , research , script coverage , and travel . one year of industry desk experience is preferred . interested candidates may send their resumes to greassistant @ urltoken

underdogs tiny mechanical foosball players come to life for a good cause in this animated adventure . a nasty bully has grown up to become a soccer star and has bought his hometown , which he plans to demolish . the good guys fight back in a match to reclaim the town . directed by juan josé campanella , with the voices of matthew morrison and ariana grande .

" at the centre of each of our four movies will be the sully family . each sequel will play as a standalone movie . each movie ' s story will come to its own conclusion . . . however , when looked at as a whole , the journey across all four movies will create an even larger connected epic saga for audiences around the world . "

there are scattered moments that resonate , such as when the caravan runs into a battalion of panzers , the tanks ripping through fields and leaving jagged treads in their wake . but other scenes come across as bloated or phony , including a subplot about a pretentious german filmmaker ( thomas schmauser ) documenting the french retreat , the man depicted as a pure caricature of evil nazi artistry .

earlier this month , the louisiana house voted 102 - 2 to limit film tax credits to $ 200 million annually . the bill was one of several that sought to put a cap on the credit . with the state facing a $ 1 . 6 billion budget shortfall , louisiana legislators are considering a slew of bills that would reduce or eliminate many tax credits which are draining the treasury . lawmakers rejected one bill that would have eliminated the incentives . republican gov . bobby jindal didn’t recommend scaling back the tax credit in his budget , but he may be amenable to doing so .

when marnie was there from japan , an animated version of a 1960s british novel by joan g . robinson . the loneliest little girl in the world goes away to a seaside town and finally makes a friend , but there may be something otherworldly about the two girls’ connection . the english voice cast is led by hailee steinfeld and kiernan shipka .

what happened , miss simone ? nina simone , that is . liz garbus directed this documentary about the artist , who grew up in north carolina , studied classical piano at juilliard , sang jazz and folk , became a voice of the civil rights movement and attracted an almost religious following . ms . garbus’s former subjects have included bobby fischer and marilyn monroe . simone died in france in 2003 .

do i sound gay ? david thorpe wondered just that about himself and made a documentary on the subject , including the history of the “gay voice” in film and on television . commenters include david sedaris , george takei , margaret cho and tim gunn .

added to watchlist ! ☑ war dramas are always good when it’s not all action and violence , but more personal like this one . since you mentioned the evacuation , another film which shows this , which the picture reminded me of , is suite française .

george clooney plans a shot during the filming of a movie in cincinnati . ohio is one of 39 states that offer tax incentives to the film and television industries , but some states are beginning to reconsider whether they are worth the cost . ( ap )

the alaska legislature on april 19 approved a bill to kill the state ' s film tax credit program , which was scheduled to expire at the end of 2018 , in 2016 . independent gov . bill walker also called for a halt to new credits .

hello ! i was wondering what the chances are of being hired if you live in another state , for example , michigan . if you send these companies your resume , will they automatically reject you or will they even slightly consider you ? i am committed to moving out to la should i land a job ; however , i don’t want to move out there and end up jobless for multiple months .

an entry in the film listings in last sunday’s summer movies special section , using information from a publicist , misstated the release date for “mad women , ” a dark satire about women who want to change the world . it’s july 10 , not july 24 .

in the 2004 blockbuster the day after tomorrow , abrupt climate change plunges the world into chaos . according to new research published monday , the idea that underpins the film’s plot—that rapid arctic ice melt could cause dramatic changes to the global climate system—just got one step closer to reality .

court this drama about india’s judicial system was named best debut at the venice film festival . various court cases reveal the influences of caste , feudalism , patriarchy , apathy and bureaucracy . written and directed by chaitanya tamhane . the cast includes pradeep joshi , usha bane and vivek gomber .

jurassic world all these years later , that lush island off the coast of costa rica has a functioning dinosaur theme park that looks as wholesome as disneyland . but attendance is down , so the owners decide to introduce a new attraction . what could possibly go wrong ? and should chris pratt’s character really be doing behavioral research on velociraptors ? with bryce dallas howard , judy greer , vincent d’onofrio and b . d . wong . colin trevorrow directed .

at the heart of this film is the unbreakable bond between father and son . though separated , hans and max never give up hope of reuniting in a world where it seems impossible . it is rare to see this type of relationship onscreen and therefore i appreciate it all the more .


heaven is a playground is a 1991 film based on rick telander 's book of the same name .

it was written and directed by randall fried , and stars michael warren , d.b. sweeney , victor love , bo kimble , richard jordan and janet julian .

telander himself has a cameo appearance in the movie .

the film was released on october 4 , 1991 , by new line cinema .

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heaven is a playground ( film ) <EOT> heaven is a playground ( film ) | warner bros . entertainment wiki | fandom powered by wikia

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parker , a legendary new york city college basketball scout was featured in a bestselling basketball book , heaven is a playground , by chicago sun - times sports columnist rick telander .

" is this heaven ? " ray ' s father , john , asks ray . ray replies , " it ' s iowa . " " iowa ? " john says . " i could have sworn this was heaven . " " is there a heaven ? " ray asks . " oh , yeah , " john replies . " it ' s the place where dreams come true . " ray , watching his wife play with their daughter on the front porch , says , " maybe this is heaven . " paradise regained : heaven is a playground .

jordan walked out with a $ 50 , 000 award in compensatory damages , the amount the jury found jordan was owed in a contract dispute with heaven corp . , the makers of " heaven is a playground , " a basketball movie that had been intended to be jordan ' s movie debut .

set in chicago , heaven is a playground is about an inner - city basketball coach and a young lawyer who set out to save a group of teen - aged boys from crime and drugs by giving them athletic scholarships and teaching them basketball .

five years before michael jordan made his acting debut opposite bugs bunny , in that exercise in synergy called ' ' space jam , ' ' a small and serious film about inner - city basketball entitled ' ' heaven is a playground ' ' quietly opened . it had no stars , no cartoons and no merchandising campaign . rather , ' ' heaven is a playground ' ' represented the decade - long effort of a first - time director to bring to the screen a classic book about one summer on the courts of brooklyn .

heaven corp . was the brainchild of randall fried , a university of southern california film school graduate , who wrote the lockhart part expressly for jordan .

jordan sought more than $ 12 million in a broad counterclaim , alleging that heaven corp . falsely informed him that it had sufficient financing for the movie . jordan ' s suit alleged the heaven contract prevent him from working on other film projects .

the resulting book , ' ' heaven is a playground , ' ' fused acute sports journalism with urban - affairs reportage , setting its playground dreamers in a landscape ravaged by crime , drug abuse and gang violence . if anything , mr . telander suffered for being too prophetic . published nearly 20 years before the 1994 documentary ' ' hoop dreams ' ' became a national hit by similarly chronicling the fleeting promise of deliverance offered by inner - city basketball , ' ' heaven is a playground ' ' sold fewer than 5 , 000 copies in hard - cover and has tumbled in and out of print ever since .

dean dickie , an attorney for d ' ancona & pflaum who represented heaven corp . , disagreed .

despite some weaknesses as both a film and a parable , " in a better world " is a potent provocation .

bank is one of the producers of ` ` heaven is a playground , ` ` a ` ` low - budget ` ` ( i . e . , $ 2 . 6 million ) motion picture socked by financial and casting vicissitudes that , in a way , was 10 years in the making .

rugrats : saving the playground is a 2019 american animated direct - to - video film based on the nickelodeon animated television series , rugrats , and it is to be put on dvd and blu - ray on june 15 , 2019 .

what is strange about " heaven is a playground " is how this dynamite material is defused - how the movie meanders and loses its way , drags to a halt when it should be most exciting , and goes through strange shifts in tone and style . it ' s pretty clear that the filmmakers never sat down and took a cold , hard look at their script - asked themselves which way they wanted to go , and why .

regardless of how the legal matter is resolved , the story of mr . jordan ' s two movies presents a parable of art and commerce and the choice one gifted athlete made between them . put another way , ' ' heaven is a playground ' ' strove toward a complex , almost literary understanding of basketball while ' ' space jam ' ' has giddily reduced it to entertainment product .

andrew wasserstrom , jury foreman and a scientist at northwestern university , said jurors were sympathetic to heaven corp . and chose not to award jordan punitive damages .

this film  the only comic book film on ebert ' s official list  earned the worst picture of 2004 golden raspberry award .

and ' ' heaven is a playground , ' ' antithetical in so many ways to ' ' space jam , ' ' was a film that michael jordan was supposed to have made . for several years in the late 1980 ' s , he was contracted to play a featured role in the drama , but financial problems delayed the production . then in early 1990 , with the money apparently in place , mr . jordan withdrew from the project .

the jury ' s $ 50 , 000 award to jordan on his counterclaim represented the amount of an advance heaven corp . had given jordan . later , at heaven corp . ' s request , jordan returned the money so the fledgling company could use it to raise funds for the movie .

" 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…

“it was crazy to see people walking in that building , and we had been all over , ” west recalled to pucks and recreation . “it was our playground . ”

although this being a film by susanne bier , there is unfortunately a good measure of unneeded melodrama stirred in to trivialize the very important thematic concerns .

ominated for best director and original screenplay oscars and won best foreign film oscar .

due to this film being a massive box - office success , ebert chose this over spice world for the worst film of 1998 even though it has one - half of a star more than spice world . for the record , gene siskel actually liked the film and gave it a thumbs up .

the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .

" chaos is ugly , nihilistic , and cruel — a film i regret having seen . i urge you to avoid it . don ' t make the mistake of thinking it ' s ' only ' a horror film , or a slasher film . it is an exercise in heartless cruelty and it ends with careless brutality . the movie denies not only the value of life , but the possibility of hope . "

jurors said they sifted through hundreds of exhibits , including bank records . they concluded that heaven corp . did not have the necessary financing for the movie by the june 30 , 1989 , deadline called for in the contract , a key issue that would have obligated jordan to act in the film .

for that , west had the physical maturity and the positional proficiency white and company needed . that , in turn , earned him the privilege of making his self - proclaimed “playground” out of the pond .

in mulholland drive , the 2001 film that made watts’ name . photograph : allstar / universal

a locally made feature by randall fried , adapted from rick telander ' s book , about inner - city playground basketball , starring d . b . sweeney , michael warren , richard jordan , victor love , and janet julian .

the lights switch on . naomi enters the room and congratulates castiel on killing dean quickly and brutally , with no hesitation . telling him he is ready . it is then revealed that the entire floor of the warehouse is littered with multiple deans , all dead . they are in heaven or inside castiel ' s mind and this was a training exercise devised by naomi .

contact briefly mentioned the heaven ' s gate incident in relation to the extreme reactions of some groups to the discovery of the eti . the producers were apparently trying to make contact as timely as possible .

when grandpa lou is telling tommy , dil , chuckie , kimi , phil , lil , angelica and susie the story about how the playground in yucaipah park came to be , look around for 2 pictures of ranger frank and ranger margaret on the living room wall .

another jane austen fan realizing a dream by participating in the film is tamzin merchant . she was cast as georgiana , darcy ' s sister , after writing a letter to the casting director and

the self - imposed degradation of bobby sands is the film’s climactic conclusion , and in it mcqueen puts forth his most uninhibited barrage of visual synesthesia .

a finished film after going through several others who dropped the project along the way . among the droppers was george miller of

he has a point . the speculation may never stop as to a potential d4 film . that is unless it actually happens , in which case it could pursue a two - time disney veteran with ample rink knowledge .

back to one podcast : keith poulson on developing as an actor in the ny indie film scene .

a decade after the pond , a smaller arena in vancouver posed as the lake placid rink and served as a whole new playground for the twentysomething west and company . for the u . s . - russia game that spawned the movie’s title , the canadian crowd was more out of its element than anyone .

i know it seems i have spent most of my time griping about contact the film , but i have not hesitated for a second to recommend seeing it to anyone . my complaints stem from my wish for the even better film that contact could have been . contact is more than just an above average film about finding extraterrestrial intelligence . it is a mirror on our society and our need to grow up and take personal responsibility as we emerge from the cradle called earth .

bosbok ses films is a production company based in south africa which strives to produce world class films with universal appeal as well as commercial viability . d street media pictures holds a first - look deal with bosbok ses films and served as executive producer on the film ‘background music’ and the upcoming film ‘lone hill . ’

and yet nearly every sports movie tends to elide the big moment . weirdly , it often seems to just slide by . in part , this is because the structure of the movie is usually based on the rhythm of a season and so the climax of the film is making it to the world series ; there ' s no time for the seven games of the world series . so , too , the world series is a kind of heaven on earth , and the movie can ' t show heaven on earth , so it shows the ascension . the movie got you there : the viewer can imagine the rest ( it ' s better that way ) . watching " field of dreams , " we really want to know what ' s on the other side of the cornfield , but we never quite get there .

did it portray the detection of a transmission from an alien civilization with as much realism as can be done in a 2 . 5 - hour film ?

that version of the project , like all its predecessors , failed to find studio support . then , in 1986 , mr . fried acquired the rights to ' ' heaven , ' ' enabling him to direct the film . and early the next year , he began pursuing michael jordan to play a leading role as matthew lockhart , a splendid and reclusive athlete who inexplicably had walked away from a college scholarship .

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as for palmer ' s last name , if joss is a form of joshua , then the hebrew word meaning god is my salvation certainly applies to the palmer of both the novel and the film . for god is palmer joss ' vision of the ultimate truth . and the truth will set ye free - - or at least it is supposed to .

ominated for 10 oscars and won eight ( film , director , adapted screenplay , editing , cinematography , original score , original song , sound mixing ) . won four golden globes ( film , director , screenplay , score ) and seven baftas ( film , director , adapted screenplay , music , cinematography , editing , sound ) .

these are strong story elements : a white kid from downstate illinois comes to chicago because he wants to compete against the tough black basketball players in the playground leagues . he meets a coach who has dedicated his life to coaching these athletes - helping them toward their dream of college and professional careers .

" in taking his name off the film , arthur hiller has wisely distanced himself from the disaster , but on the basis of what ' s on the screen i cannot , frankly , imagine any version of this film that i would want to see . the only way to save this film would be to trim 86 minutes . "

there ' s trouble in yucaipah . an evil business man named peter claw , is planning to tear down the playground in the park to put up a fancy clothing store , and it ' s up to tommy , dil , chuckie , kimi , phil , lil , angelica and susie to save it before it ' s too late .

“might do . then there are other times when you’re certain that a film’s got all the elements . and that film can actually be really good . but it can be about audiences not being open to receive an idea at that point in time . ”

flynn’s robin is a revelation in how the choice of casting the lead star can alter the entire film’s production . his athleticism , the quips and brilliant jests the script gives him , and the subtle but beautiful and emotive ways he romances de havilland’s maid marian let him quite easily own the film . and the sets , both on the studio lot in hollywood and in the forested canopy of chico , california ( a better sherwood forest than sherwood forest could ever look like ) are his playground . he romps , rides , skips , swings and dashes through it with all the masculine grace that only a bonafide star could achieve .

i think carl sagan would have been pleased . after all , the film was for him . like most truly great gifts , it is one we can all revel in .

for a film about space with carl sagan as its creative source and consultant , one would expect the astronomical aspects of it to be quite accurate . happily , this is the case in the majority of instances where celestial objects and events are presented . the following are some selected examples from the film . back to top

there ' s little flash or surprise in bier ' s latest well - shot film , but plenty of substance .

the official warner brothers contact web site . contains useful seti and exobiology information in addition to promotion of the film .

inner of alexander korda award for best british film at the baftas , and anthony asquith award for film music . nominated for six other baftas , and five oscars , of which it won two ( for original song and sound editing ) .

. here the role they play is almost exclusively window dressing , but it is still nice to see a real radio observatory on the big screen .

to prepare , cunningham moved into fassbender’s belfast flat , and the two actors practiced their lines 15 - 20 times a day for five days . the scene in totality is around 23 minutes long – the only time that cunningham is in the film – and after doing four takes in those five days , mcqueen took the fourth as the choice for the film , a scene the director apparently seriously considered axing several times .

" a case can be made for the movie , but it would involve transforming the experience of viewing the film ( which is excruciatingly boring ) into something more interesting , a fable about life and death . just as a bad novel can be made into a good movie , so can a boring movie be made into a fascinating movie review . "

` when a friend of mine saw a trailer of our film , he told me , ` it looks like a real movie ! ` ` ` keith bank is saying . ` ` i mean , i think he expected it to be like a home camcorder with static and all . ` `

the preview makers tried hard to have these films seem suspenseful and exciting , but for me they were mostly numbing and only enhanced my desire to get to the main event . and this is coming from someone who loves a good film preview , if it is done just right .

" you don ' t even realize anymore that that is a basketball star ; you don ' t even look at that , " said arcille phillips , a juror who is a student at chicago state university .

actor john hurt is no stranger to aliens . as inquisitive astronaut kane , hurt had a close encounter of the most unpleasant kind with the main exobiological life form in the 1979 science fiction film , alien . fellow contact actor tom skerritt ( david drumlin ) also starred with hurt in this film , playing captain dallas of the mining starship nostromo .

the story of a man who is wrongfully executed , only to return to life as the savior of a dying world seems somewhat familiar to christians . only we’re not talking about jesus—we ' re talking about the hero of the 1987 action film robocop .

during the song “summer nights , ” danny and sandy recount how they first met and started a summer fling . the line , “i saved her life , she nearly drowned , ” suggests that sandy actually did drown and the whole movie is an elaborate musical fantasy due to the lack of oxygen getting to her brain . the flying red convertible also suggests that sandy is happily being whisked away to heaven at the end of the movie .

“looking back , i know why people weren’t hiring me . i went into auditions thinking , ‘what version of me do they want ? how should i shape myself in order to win them over ? ’” watts was in the playground , again , only this time the chameleon act wasn’t working .

the team is , needless to say , losing . some of this is simple narrative typology : a romantic comedy can ' t begin with the lovers in a happy embrace . but this goes beyond that . in film after film , it ' s a sort of plague of losing streaks . we ' re losing . we ' re losers . we ' re bums . we ' re in a state of infinite regress , of existential failure . in the land of opportunity , we are anti - matter .

back on earth . . . dean tells cas to fight it . cas strikes him again , and again dean blocks with the tablet . cas backhands dean , grabs his forearm and breaks it . we hear the bone snap , dean drops the stone revealing the tablet within , lightning flashes and thunder rumbles . cas continues to beat him . dean ' s face is bruised and bloodied . dean pleads with cas telling him they ' re family , that sam and him need cas , that dean himself needs cas . in heaven naomi tells cas to choose : them or heaven . cas makes his choice and stops beating dean .

the low - budget film ultimately was made in 1991 with loyola marymount basketball star and nba player bo kimble in the lockhart part . the movie was a box office bomb . the film cost about $ 3 million to produce , about how much it has made , primarily from video distribution .

two boys attempt to define masculinity in response to their respective family dramas . this danish film is oddly both ambitious and contained . its plot centers around only two families , one wracked by divorce , the other by death , but as the two male children of these families mature , we see that they ' re struggling with deep and difficult questions . what constitutes " being a man ? " what examples do fathers and mothers provide their kids ? where is the line between being a disciplinarian and being a child ' s friend ? what are parents ' roles in preventing violence ? these are ambitious ethical questions the plot brings up , but as a result of the film ' s reach philosophically , the plot starts to suffer when each of the film ' s conflicts resolve too conveniently . overall , this is a fine , ambitious , and interesting film until its pat conclusion .

is like waiting for the bus in a city where you ' re not sure they have a bus line . . . .

prior to the trial , circuit judge richard neville dismissed heaven corp . ' s complaint against jordan ' s agent , david falk , and falk ' s firm at the time , proserv , saying under illinois law they were shielded from personal liability for actions taken on behalf of jordan .

the beguiling final film of late japanese animation hero satoshi kon , which has a comparable plot about “dream therapy” and does more vivid justice to how dreams actually work .

as the truck rams the car over the cliff and falls off in the final film , there is a low roar sound effect that the filmmaker included to emphasize the death of the truck . spielberg , who wanted the truck to seem

joss is a token character when he should be almost as strong as ellie . i know that contact is not exactly in religion ' s court , but when you discover the depth of palmer joss in the novel , you will find how he and religious faith should have been portrayed in the film .

` ` i tried to keep the spirit of the book , ` ` says fried , ` ` and contemporize it with issues that have since become much more prominent , like drugs and the addiction to stardom in the playground culture , and i weaved in the persona of the ruthless sports agent . ` `

" here is a movie where the most amazing thing in the history of mankind occurs : their girlfriend is inside a man ' s body . incredible ! and so what is the first thing these ditzy airheads ask ? they wanna look at his family jewels . these characters are too stupid to be in a movie . about half an hour into the screening the film got trapped in the projector and it caught fire ; that was the good news ! the bad news was the screening continued , and hardly any of the film was destroyed . " ebert & roeper review .

the golden briefcase is the driving narrative force in pulp fiction . while it’s not important to know what’s inside of the briefcase to fully enjoy the film , there have been numerous theories out there relating to the case’s contents since the movie’s initial release in 1994 . although quentin tarantino has flat out said that nothing is in the briefcase and it’s merely a mcguffin , the popular belief is that crime boss marsellus wallace’s soul is inside of the briefcase .

my issue with the suicide pill is that they made the statement about it being a top secret standard issue item for astronauts since the beginning of the space program . not only is there no validity to this , but my main concern is that now viewers will come to believe that such a thing is carried onboard all manned space missions .

" i sat there and i thought : life is precious , life is short , and the idiots who made this film are taking two hours of my life and robbing it from me in order to give me less than nothing ! i mean , a movie like this is a crime because what it does is it robs life from people by requiring them to spend two hours having such a terrible experience happen to them . . . . go stand in the lobby and talk ! " siskel & ebert review

, about a young man who overcomes obstacles to become a football hero . basically a guy version of a chick flick .

susanne bier is one of the greatest directors ever . simple as that . her films deal with issues , but always with a fresh perspective . in a better world has a young boy called christian who has just lost his mother , return to denmark . he joins a new school where he soon makes friends with a boy who is being bullied . christian allows his anger to take hold , and events soon spiral out of control . the theme of bullying may seem like something best saved for after school specials , but bier shows bullying in all its forms , from the playground , to grown ups , to african warlords . questioning anger , revenge , and human rights , makes this a multi - layered film which is just begging for discussion . the performances are magnificent across the board and each character has a very well structured arc . with so much going on it would be easy for the film to trip over itself , but it never does . touching , inspirational , and quite possibly life changing . in a better world could honestly make the world a better place .

released towards the end of the wave of so - called " social problem films " that spanned the late 1940s to the early 1960s , violent playground was directed by one of the genre ' s most prolific practitioners , basil dearden . although the film initially comes across as a british response to the alarmist , hugely successful teen melodrama the blackboard jungle ( us , 1955 ) , james kennaway ' s script was inspired by an actual experiment that was carried out in liverpool in 1949 .

i guess in a film with such a heavy influence by carl sagan and with its theme of alien contact and heavenly wonder , i did expect something more like the music i heard in cosmos . instead i was left listening to a soundtrack that for me did not necessarily distinguish itself from the many other film soundtracks i have heard over the years . and i do like a good film soundtrack . in fact it does not have to contain such elements as singles that wind up on the top 40 radio stations for the next six weeks .

i was also struck by how the soundtrack did not contain any dialog or sound effects from contact , not even the throbbing vega signal . by contrast , the soundtrack of the 1995 film apollo 13 has loads of dialog which greatly heightens the listening experience for me . i do not have to guess what was going on in that film or what feelings i am supposed to possess when i listen to that soundtrack . nor did contact ' s liner notes contain anything special in terms of interesting messages , news , or other tidbits on the film . if this is a place in the film where sagan and druyan did not have much influence , it certainly shows .

rated ? yes , videodrome is very highly rated indeed by david cronenberg’s fans , who point to it as one of his most sophisticated early works , representing an evolutionary leap in his imagery and ideas . i yield to no one in my admiration for cronenberg . crash is an astonishing piece of work . this , though , is half - formed . it has brilliantly icky sequences and an outstanding james woods performance . but it’s a sketch for a film , a storyboard . it doesn’t get anywhere . roger ebert called it “one of the least entertaining films ever made” , and though he had yet to see ridley scott ' s kingdom of heaven when making this assessment , he had half a point . it’s a series of state - of - the - future concepts and squirmy images in serious need of urgent momentum , a destination that works .

when ellie first visited megabillionaire s . r . hadden aboard his flying home after the discovery of the message , he impressed her with his knowledge on ellie ' s life . the following is a transcript of what hadden said in the film :

i have two problems with the machine and the scenario : i doubt this is what will happen when we do receive a message from space . i am also disappointed that the filmmakers copped out again when it came to crowing about contact being a " realistic " science film .

to go one step even farther , their union symbolizes the film ' s desire to unite faith ( joss ) and science ( ellie ) . this is yet another forced marriage that i feel is both unrealistic and unnecessary . i discuss this issue further in the section science and faith .

susanne bier ' s latest meditation on grief and the boundaries of family - - which won this year ' s foreign - film oscar - - is a tough piece of work , subtle in some ways , obvious in others , viscerally affecting throughout .

" goodbye stranger " is a reference to the song of the same name by british rock band supertramp .

he told mtv in 2010 . " it is about a guy who gets crucified in the first 50 minutes , and then is resurrected in the next 50 minutes , and then is like the supercop of the world , but is also a jesus figure as he walks over water at the end . " verhoeven also refers to robocop as “the american jesus . "

ebert would have called this the worst film of 1996 , but when gene siskel also chose it for that title , they did a coin flip to determine who would actually get to denounce it . ebert lost , and went with the little indian , big city film seen in the " other hated films " list below .

the popular theory is that childs is the thing at the end of the movie . there are a few clues that point to this conclusion . one , you can’t see childs’ breath in sub - arctic weather ; two , childs takes a swig from a molotov cocktail that is believed to be made by macready as a test ; and three , john carpenter cues the audience with ennio morricone’s theme for the thing before the film cuts to black and the credits roll . macready smirks and quietly laughs , acknowledging that childs is the thing because he didn’t react to drinking gasoline .

in 1986 fried met keith bank , who had received an mba from northwestern and was working in real estate . ` ` the only thing i knew then about the movie business is that i went to one about every two weeks , ` ` bank says . ` ` but randy ` s project piqued my interest , and i decided to go after it and quit my job . we formed a company called heaven corporation .

" this is it — located at last and with only six weeks to spare — the worst film of 1988 . last rites qualifies because it passes both acid tests : it is not only bad filmmaking , but it is offensive as well — offensive to my intelligence . many films are bad . only a few declare themselves the work of people deficient in taste , judgment , reason , tact , morality and common sense . was there no one connected with this project who read the screenplay , considered the story , evaluated the proposed film and vomited ? "

" the skulls is one of the great howlers , a film that bears comparison , yes , with the greek tycoon or even the scarlet letter . it ' s so ludicrous in so many different ways it achieves a kind of forlorn grandeur . it ' s in a category by itself . " chicago sun - times review

this is one of the issues i had with contact : is the film really about searching for eti , or a woman ' s quest to regain her father and lost childhood ? granted this event makes ellie a more three - dimensional character than most of the other roles in the film , but i can equally see the general audience thinking that seti is not so much about finding what is out there than what is in the human psyche . of course one of the search goals is to learn where we stand in the larger cosmos ( refer to the earlier sagan quote on this subject ) . however , if we make every human endeavor - - especially this one - - as nothing more than yet another way to make us seem like the center of the universe again , then we have lost a very major point in searching for life beyond earth .

to answer the first question , yes , i probably would have been less disappointed with certain places in the film had i never encountered carl sagan ' s novel , or most of his other works , for that matter . the novel was so rich in so many ways that the film could not be , due to its time constraints . jodie foster commented in an interview that had they followed the novel more faithfully , contact would have become a twenty - hour miniseries instead of a 2 . 5 - hour film .

" how to account for the fact that larry david is one of the creators of seinfeld ? maybe he works well with others . i can ' t easily remember a film i ' ve enjoyed less . north , a comedy i hated , was at least able to inflame me with dislike . sour grapes is a movie that deserves its title : it ' s puckered , deflated and vinegary . it ' s a dead zone . "

it’s a critical truism that ikiru , whose english translation is “to live” , is kurosawa’s “real” masterpiece , an impeccable work of contemporary humanism and rare compassion , from a director more regularly associated with blood and thunder , samurai intrigue , shakespeare interpretations and period garb . it gets praised for its philosophical grace and subtlety . let’s examine this last claim . it’s about an underappreciated middle - aged tokyo bureaucrat dying of stomach cancer , who decides to accomplish one last feat to give his life meaning , and breaks through red tape to get a children’s playground built where there was once a cesspool . he sings “life is short” while crying into the camera . the famous last shot has his ghost on a swing , gazing raptly upon what he has created .

several independent companies and charities from ireland both northern and southern picked up the film as a possible risk , but mcqueen would prove to be as talented and astonishing a debut filmmaker as an artist . his visual styling and stunning – bordering between strange beauty and vivid horror – imagery create and maintain the film , but the knowledge he applies in both his co - penned script and pieced - together situations with subtle but haunting dialogue make the subtext as engrossing as the subject . hunger is peerless in the historical drama genre , and is simply not only the most unique but best film to depict the effects of the conflicts of northern ireland since 1991’s in the name of the father .

" caligula is sickening , utterly worthless , shameful trash . if it is not the worst film i have ever seen , that makes it all the more shameful : people with talent allowed themselves to participate in this travesty . disgusted and unspeakably depressed , i walked out of the film after two hours of its 170 - minute length . that was on saturday night , as a line of hundreds of people stretched down lincoln ave . , waiting to pay $ 7 . 50 apiece to become eyewitnesses to shame . . . . caligula is not good art , it is not good cinema , and it is not good porn . . . . ' this movie , ' said the lady in front of me at the drinking fountain , ' is the worst piece of shit i have ever seen . ' "

i doubt that either david drumlin or michael kitz were meant to have symbolic names , unless a sense of irony was implied . david is hebrew for beloved one ( and drumlin was hardly loved by the others , especially ellie ) and michael is another hebrew word for like god . judeo - christian religion is in for quite a tumble if kitz is an accurate representation of god .

much has been made about the characters in contact , both as what they stand for and the actors who portrayed them . certainly a film starring a strong , intelligent , and independent woman is just as uncommon in hollywood as a science fiction film about aliens who are not trying to take over earth . but did contact have realistic characters , or just stereotypes to make its various points ? i would have to say the answer is both . some characters are discussed primarily in the section the meaning of the names . and now to analyze . . . back to top

relatively few viewers , though , ever saw it . ' ' heaven ' ' opened in chicago , the home city of mr . telander and mr . fried and the site of its shoot . it generated neither the critical nor commercial support to gain national distribution and soon went onto home video . still , variety lauded the film as a ' ' gritty , poetic and humanistic portrait , ' ' and encore and home box office ultimately showed it . in a happy conjunction with the nba playoffs next spring , tnt will broadcast the film on april 22 , on april 26 and on april 27 and those who see it can ponder the very different path michael jordan ' s cinematic career might have taken .

" you know , there is one area , though , gene [ siskel ] , where this movie breaks important new ground , and this is something that movie trivia experts are going to . . . . yes , i am , i ' m going to be funny . this is the first horror movie in which a chainsaw is used against a tree ! " siskel & ebert review

patrick warburton is to voice stu pickles , replacing the late jack riley respectively .

so in the early 1980 ' s mr . telander began writing the film with randall fried , a partner in pickup basketball games and the winner of a student academy award for his thesis film at the university of southern california . together the men created fictional equivalents to the book ' s major characters while preserving its grit and underlying tragedy . their plot largely turned on the rise and fall of truth harrison , a mercurial college star who slips into cocaine addiction just when he is on the verge of signing a lucrative pro contract .

or you could roll with it . “if you could tell a customer was kind of down , you could keep going and see what happens , ” baker said . “that happened with many customers . we would simply approach them afterwards and say , ‘we’re shooting an independent film , there’s a camera , will you kindly sign this release for us ? ’ a few customers in tangerine actually made it into the final film .

hunger is not a straight - laced film , and follows no distinctly formulaic plot line until the last thirty minutes , in which the literal meaning of the title comes into play . it opens with the introduction of prison officer lohan , who gets ready in the morning before going out to start his vehicle – a moment watched with close anxiety from the parlor window by his wife – before making his way to the film’s main setting – maze prison and its inmates .

dean : okay , bottom - line it for me , bill nye . is it lethal ? bill nye is a science educator best know for his tv show : bill nye the science guy .

according to the lawsuit , which was filed in 1993 by heaven corp . and sought between $ 14 . 5 million and $ 16 . 3 million , jordan had agreed to play the role of matthew lockhart in the movie . the movie , set in chicago , was based on a book of the same name written by chicago sun - times sports columnist rick telander , then a writer for sports illustrated .

" watching the today show in a hotel room in los angeles , i saw jerry lewis being interviewed by gene shalit . jerry was convinced that the critics had it in for him . he hinted , none too subtly , that the chances were shalit would dislike the film when he saw it ( shalit claimed not to have seen it already , which was an excellent ploy ) . in variety , id read that the critics were barred from the miami premiere of the film because , and i paraphrase , jerry lewis makes films for the masses and critics are unequipped to understand his appeal . horse manure . hardly working is one of the worst movies ever to achieve commercial release in this country , and it is no wonder it was on the shelf for two years before it saw the light of day . it is not just a bad film , it is incompetent filmmaking . "

" the movie is an utterly meaningless waste of time . there was no reason to produce it , except to make money , and there is no reason to see it , except to spend money . it is a dead zone , a film without interest , wit , imagination or even entertaining violence and special effects . . . . parents : if you encounter teenagers who say they liked this movie , do not let them date your children . " chicago sun - times review

the final moments of john carpenter’s the thing are one of the most ambiguous endings to a major hollywood movie . after a violent melee with the shape - shifting alien invader , the film’s hero macready ( kurt russell ) is exhausted as he re - unites with childs ( keith david ) and the pair wait to “see what happens . ” the question remains : is childs or macready the monster ?

to instill interest among the indifferent - to - hockey majority of the american populace , disney unquestionably needed a flare of compelling intensity in its miracle trailer . the film’s reenactment of brooks’ confrontation with the injured mcclanahan was a natural fit .

the most clearly seen character in the film is the coach , byron harper ( played by michael warren of " hill street blues " ) . he coaches out of love of the game and the players , and otherwise supports himself by a variety of hustles , including ticket scalping .

if you’re a filmmaker , it may seem like the city is your playground . it’s not . everything costs money . every public space you want to shoot in requires permits and insurance . it all requires planning , hard work , negotiations , or simply lots of pleading . one issue that’s cropped up in multiple talks during ifp week has been this : what do you do when you want to shoot in a place of business ? how do you get a bodega owner or a restauranteur or the owners of a giant mall in flushing to let you run around with cast and crew , even though they might remain open for business ?

the issue i have here is that sagan ' s novel went beyond being just another action - adventure work of the genre . in many respects , until ellie and her companions ( there were four additional star voyagers in the novel version ) are whisked off to meet the eti who signaled from vega , the story is a fairly realistic portrayal of how humanity would deal with a message from alien beings as seen through the scientific , religious , political , cultural , and social realms . sagan got in many good points he has made about humanity and the cosmos over the years through the story . it is apparent that he wants them to be taken seriously by his readers . therefore , when we come to the realization that the milky way is not just a happenstance event , the reader could conceivably end up believing that the universe is one big testing laboratory and playground for the more advanced eti .

natural or not , the moviegoing public never got to decide . mr . jordan extended his contract without cost for two more years while mr . fried tried and failed to arrange financing for ' ' heaven . ' ' finally , in january 1990 , as plans were taking shape for shooting to begin that summer , mr . jordan left the project .

" the green berets simply will not do as a film about the war in vietnam . it is offensive not only to those who oppose american policy but even to those who support it . at this moment in our history , locked in the longest and one of the most controversial wars we have ever fought , what we certainly do not need is a movie depicting vietnam in terms of cowboys and indians . that is cruel and dishonest and unworthy of the thousands who have died there . "

corey burton is to voice dr . lipschitz , replacing the late tony jay respectively .

kevin michael richardson is to voice randy carmichael , replacing the late ron glass respectively .

julia duffy is to voice grandma lulu pickles , replacing the late debbie reynolds respectively .

is aggressively bad , as if it wants to cause suffering to the audience . the best thing about it is that it runs for only 75 minutes . . . . speaking in my official capacity as a

and there is a venal , racist sports agent who wants to call all of the shots for the athletes he represents .

all this begs me to ask my original question : could a man have played ellie ' s role just as well ? i say yes . i know many would respond that there are more than enough white males heroes on the big screen and women need the chance to be shown a strong role model and that a career in the sciences is not the remote possibility it used to be in past decades . i agree with all this . however , this is really carl sagan ' s story with all his philosophies and goals deeply entrenched in both the novel and film . remove some of the sexism comments and change the romantic partner ( or get rid of the role completely ) and eleanor arroway could easily become edward arroway ( sagan ' s middle name is edward ) . after all , even this deepest of the contact characters is overall a symbol of the pure scientist in search of truth . perhaps what i am hoping for is a film about sagan himself . contact was a good start , but it just scratched the surface that is carl sagan and his cosmos .

" columbus encounters friendly indians , of which one — the chief ' s daughter — is positioned , bare - breasted , in the center of every composition . ( i believe the chief ' s daughter is chosen by cup size . ) columbus sails back to europe and the story is over . another columbus movie is promised us this fall .