Sentences with phrase «budget first feature film»

Nolan got that last week with Criterion's Blu - ray and DVD release of Following, his low - budget first feature film.

Not exact matches

Rian Johnson's first feature was the well received, low - budget indie titled «Brick» (2005), which told a high - school story in a film noir style, narrated by Gordon - Levitt.

He graduated to feature - film directing at the Columbia Pictures «B» unit, then turned out several low - budget thrillers at Monogram; he also helmed Marilyn Monroe's first starring picture, 1949's Ladies of the Chorus.

After making his name with three independent films in Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter and Mud, director Jeff Nichols approaches his fourth feature with a bigger budget, making it his first studio production and allowing him to operate on a slightly more ambitious and grander scale.

As the first big - budget feature from director Julius Onah, he acquits himself well, and almost every single problem the film has comes down to a script that, by Uziel's own admission, was re-written on - the - fly during production.

With Lionsgate's big screen reboot of Saban's Power Rangers hitting cinemas this Friday, THR is reporting that the film is set to make history by being the first big - budget superhero movie to feature a LGBT protagonist in Becky G's Trini, a.k.a. the Yellow Ranger, with the character revealed to be having «girlfiend problems» in what director -LSB-...]

In his first feature film, director Josh Forbes does give the film the appearance of a much higher budget than in actuality.

Two weeks ago, as part of his summer - long institute, Redford held a weekend conference of most of the major exhibitors and distributors of «specialized» films - a category that includes independent U.S. features, foreign films, «art films,» cult films, revivals and almost anything else that isn't a big - budget, first - run standard Hollywood production.

Writer - director Matthew Ross» first feature, Frank & Lola, is a low - budget film with big name stars.

The man who cobbled together a budget for his first film from loans and borrowed credit cards spent a fair amount of his second feature walking viewers through the myriad particulars of independent filmmaking.

The first film directed by Douglas Trumbull (Brainstorm), the special effects maestro that created memorable visions in such movies as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Blade Runner, features quite a bit of interesting effects of its own, perhaps a bit dated by today's standards (the spaceships look like obvious miniatures) but given the limited budget and schedule Trumbull had to work with, still impressive.

The extremely low - budget film features a stellar cast of British talent - Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, David Hemings, Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Ray Winstone - and is Schepisi's first real diversion from comedy in a while.

First time feature film director Tim Miller also deserves credit for his handling of the films action scenes and with a budget that would barely cover costs of catering on an Avengers film, Miller gives Deadpool a unique feel when it comes to dispatching of the cookie cutter bad guys.

From first draft to final completion it was the most ambitious low budget feature film ever attempted.

Having spent his hiatus directing his first feature film, «You Are Here,» a comedy with Owen Wilson, Amy Poehler and Zach Galifianakis, Weiner returned to his usual challenges on «Mad Men,» battling to keep the narrative fresh and the budget intact.

This box set from Eclipse, the budget - minded imprint from Criterion, features the three film that followed their first collaboration, Pygmalion (previously released on Criterion).

Filming a low - budget, independent film with a first - time feature writer and director can be taunting for many actors, but filmmaker Brian Savelson effortlessly found the perfect cast to create a realistic, emotional, character - driven movie with his new drama, «In Our Nature.»

Writer - director Matthew Ross discusses his first feature, Frank & Lola, a low - budget film with big name stars.

Thus, the director decided to take advantage of the presence of his crew and most of his cast and shot a full second feature, Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus on a shoestring budget while waiting to complete principal photography on the film he was supposed to make in the first place.

Since his first cinematic composition, a collaboration with then - newcomer Richard Band on the low - budget science fiction thriller, LASERBLAST (1978), Joel scored a number of feature and television films throughout the 1980s and «90s, including the sci - fi series SUPER FORCE (1990), Roland Emmerich's early sci - fi thriller MOON 44 (1990), and Jim Wynorski's gentle family comedy, LITTLE MISS MILLIONS (1993).

Having just made one smaller feature and independent shorts prior, how different of an experience was it for you to make your first big budget studio film?

First Big Budget Feature: «Rendition» was a critical and commercial disappointment, but by then Hood had already landed his next megabudget film: «X-Men Origins: Wolverine,» the first spin - off of 20th Century Fox's «X-Men» francFirst Big Budget Feature: «Rendition» was a critical and commercial disappointment, but by then Hood had already landed his next megabudget film: «X-Men Origins: Wolverine,» the first spin - off of 20th Century Fox's «X-Men» francfirst spin - off of 20th Century Fox's «X-Men» franchise.

«The process of making a first feature film, writing all the drafts and raising the budget, is really long and complicated,» said Talya Lavie, an Israeli filmmaker working on a project entitled «Zero Motivation,» and the Institute has already been helpful in letting her focus on the creative aspects of her project.

Unlike Sean Baker, who found great success in his 2015 street drama Tangerine, interestingly among the first few feature films to dabble in Apple, Soderbergh's implementation tends to draw attention to style and like the worst of found - footage (which this film mercifully isn't), ends up more as a gimmick than the product of creative budgeting.

The drawback is that - like so many Marvel origin films - the features of the heroes's powers are offered in careful (read: budgeted) measure, as if box office returns are required first, before more elaborate sequences will be paid for in sequels.

«The Overnight» director Patrick Brice's first feature film «Creep» didn't get much attention until after the former film was released this year, but luckily this quirky and creative low budget film is now available for streaming on Netflix.

Ernest Cline's popular ode to the 80s is getting a big budget feature film — directed by none other than Steven Spielberg — and Warner Bros. took some time to give fans the first look at the upcoming movie.