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The sincerity of that structure could easily be rendered trite or sappy, but no such charges can be made against the debut screenplay by, fittingly enough, the director's Vanity Fair - editing sister Evgenia Peretz and her husband, documentarian David Schisgall.
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Beginning his career as an author and responsible for the source material of Danny Boyle's The Beach in 2000, Alex Garland then directly ventured into the film industry by doing screenplay's - again with Boyle on 28 Days Later and Sunshine - before he eventually took the reigns himself by making his directorial debut with the magnificent science fiction film Ex Machina in 2014.
The crew being stalked by a bear - like creature, whose wails sound uncannily like those of a disappeared crew member, manages to exquisitely generate tension from its surrealistic conceit, while the climactic twenty minutes in the lighthouse sees Garland attempt to explore the theme of consciousness (a conceit he's tackled in everything from his screenplay for Never Let Me Go, to his directorial debut Ex Machina) from a different perspective.
The Blu - ray debut features all the supplements of that release: three commentary tracks (one by director Terry Gilliam, one by stars Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro, and one by producer Laila Nabulsi and author Hunter S. Thompson), deleted scenes with commentary by Gilliam, the 1978 BBC «Omnibus» documentary «Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood» (with Hunter S. Thompson and artist Ralph Steadman), the ten - minute featurette «Hunter Goes to Hollywood,» an audio documentary on the controversy over the screenplay credit, a survey of the marketing campaign, selections from the correspondence between Johnny Depp and Hunter S. Thompson (read on camera by Depp), an excerpt from the 1996 audio CD «Fear and Loathing» starring Maury Chaykin, Jim Jarmusch, Harry Dean Stanton, and Glenne Headly, background notes on Oscar Zeta Acosta (the real life activist and attorney who inspired the character of Dr. Gonzo), and galleries of storyboards, stills, and Ralph Steadman art.
Thoughtful and only somewhat let down by an episodic screenplay, Higher Ground is a fantastic debut for Farmiga.
Writer - director Quentin Tarantino's screenplay has been adapted into a comic book by Vertigo, and will debut December 19.
The debut screenplay of Rob Lieber feels as if it could have been written by paying special attention to secondary storylines of ABC sitcoms like «Modern Family» and «The Middle.»
Four years ago, writer Alex Garland made his directorial debut with Ex Machina, a critical smash that surprised with two Oscar nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Visual Effects and further surprised by winning the Visual Effects prize.
Screen Media Films has debuted the official trailer for the horror film titled Temple, directed by Michael Barrett, from a screenplay originally written by Simon Barrett (of You're Next, The Guest, Blair Witch) along with fellow horror filmmaker JT Petty.
Amy Heckerling's directorial debut (from the first screenplay written by Cameron Crowe) features an ensemble cast of then - unknown stars (including Nicolas Cage, Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Eric Stoltz, and...
Best Film: Manchester by the Sea Best Director: Barry Jenkins, Moonlight Best Actor: Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea Best Actress: Amy Adams, Arrival Best Supporting Actor: Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water Best Supporting Actress: Naomie Harris, Moonlight Best Original Screenplay: Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea Best Adapted Screenplay: Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese, Silence Best Animated Feature: Kubo and the Two Strings Breakthrough Performance (Male): Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea Breakthrough Performance (Female): Royalty Hightower, The Fits Best Directorial Debut: Trey Edward Shults, Krisha Best Foreign Language Film: The Salesman Best Documentary: O.J.: Made in America Best Ensemble: Hidden Figures Spotlight Award: Creative Collaboration of Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Cameraperson
Turner wrote the screenplays for The Longest Yard and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, and he is currently casting his directorial debut, By Virtue Fall, from his own original screenplay.
Best Film: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Director: Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) Best Actress: Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Best Actor: Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins (Blade Runner 2049) Best Supporting Actress: Allison Janney (I, Tonya) Best Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Best Adapted Screenplay: James Ivory (Call Me By Your Name) Best Original Screenplay: Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer: I Am Not a Witch Best Sound: Dunkirk Best Production Design: The Shape of Water Best Special Visual Effects: Blade Runner 2049 Best Film Not in the English Language: The Handmaiden Best Documentary: I Am Not Your Negro Best Editing: Baby Driver Best Animated Film: Coco Best Makeup and Hair: Darkest Hour Best Original Music: Alexander Desplat (The Shape of Water) Best British Film: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best British Short Film: Cowboy Dave EE Rising Star Award: Daniel KaluuBy Your Name) Best Original Screenplay: Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer: I Am Not a Witch Best Sound: Dunkirk Best Production Design: The Shape of Water Best Special Visual Effects: Blade Runner 2049 Best Film Not in the English Language: The Handmaiden Best Documentary: I Am Not Your Negro Best Editing: Baby Driver Best Animated Film: Coco Best Makeup and Hair: Darkest Hour Best Original Music: Alexander Desplat (The Shape of Water) Best British Film: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best British Short Film: Cowboy Dave EE Rising Star Award: Daniel Kaluuby a British Writer, Director or Producer: I Am Not a Witch Best Sound: Dunkirk Best Production Design: The Shape of Water Best Special Visual Effects: Blade Runner 2049 Best Film Not in the English Language: The Handmaiden Best Documentary: I Am Not Your Negro Best Editing: Baby Driver Best Animated Film: Coco Best Makeup and Hair: Darkest Hour Best Original Music: Alexander Desplat (The Shape of Water) Best British Film: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best British Short Film: Cowboy Dave EE Rising Star Award: Daniel Kaluuya
The debut feature by husband - and - wife team Erdstein and Foulcher — who met while students at Melbourne's esteemed Victorian College of the Arts — wrote the screenplay together, with Erdstein taking on directorial duties while Foulcher played not one but both of the starring roles.
Soon his whole world turns upside down... Life After Beth is both written & directed by American filmmaker Jeff Baena, making his feature directing debut after co-writing the I Heart Huckabees screenplay in 2004 with David O. Russell.
This year's nominees are lead by Jordan Peele's «Get Out,» which pulled in four nominations (including Best Feature, Breakthrough Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor), but the breakout debut is trailed by four other hot contenders, each with three nominations to their name.
Co-written and co-directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash — making their directorial debut, in fact — who, along with Alexander Payne, won the Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award in 2012 for The Descendants, The Way Way Back has definite charms.
Originally titled Animal Rescue, The Drop was crafted from a screenplay written by highly acclaimed author Dennis Lehane and was directed by Michael R. Roskam, marking the Belgian director's Hollywood debut.
The first trailer has debuted for a murder mystery thriller set in London titled In Darkness, with a screenplay co-written by husband and wife team Natalie Dormer and Anthony Byrne.
Final Victory was written by Wong Kar - wai, one of the last screenplays he wrote before his 1988 directorial debut As Tears Go By, and in this intersection of genre film and full - blown romance, it is consistent with his later works, where the primal DNA of films like Days of Being Wild, Fallen Angels and even Chungking Express can be found in Hong Kong cop / gangster sagas (As Tears Go By is explicitly a Triad filmby Wong Kar - wai, one of the last screenplays he wrote before his 1988 directorial debut As Tears Go By, and in this intersection of genre film and full - blown romance, it is consistent with his later works, where the primal DNA of films like Days of Being Wild, Fallen Angels and even Chungking Express can be found in Hong Kong cop / gangster sagas (As Tears Go By is explicitly a Triad filmBy, and in this intersection of genre film and full - blown romance, it is consistent with his later works, where the primal DNA of films like Days of Being Wild, Fallen Angels and even Chungking Express can be found in Hong Kong cop / gangster sagas (As Tears Go By is explicitly a Triad filmBy is explicitly a Triad film).
With two big BAFTA wins on Sunday for screenplay and lead actor Casey Affleck, a very good shot at taking a WGA Original Screenplay award this coming Sunday, a domestic box office gross nearing $ 50 million, and six Academy Award nominations Manchester By The Sea is riding higher than even anyone expected after its smash Sundance debut over ascreenplay and lead actor Casey Affleck, a very good shot at taking a WGA Original Screenplay award this coming Sunday, a domestic box office gross nearing $ 50 million, and six Academy Award nominations Manchester By The Sea is riding higher than even anyone expected after its smash Sundance debut over aScreenplay award this coming Sunday, a domestic box office gross nearing $ 50 million, and six Academy Award nominations Manchester By The Sea is riding higher than even anyone expected after its smash Sundance debut over a year ago.
This relentlessly - offensive horror film is based on a screenplay by Diablo Cody, the stripper - turned - scriptwriter who won an Oscar last year ago for her debut offering, Juno.
The screenplay by Theodore Melfi, which represents another step back following his directorial debut St. Vincent and crowd - pleasing Oscar - nominated follow - up Hidden Figures, does indeed include some age jokes.
Szifrón has been hired to make his English language writing debut: a screenplay for The Weinstein Company's Six Billion Dollar Man, an update of the 1970s Lee Majors TV series «The Six Million Dollar Man» that will star Mark Wahlberg and be directed by Lone Survivor's Peter Berg.
Dwayne Johnson is making his starring debut, Steven Brand (as Memnon) comes straight from a crop of failed TV shows, director Chuck Russell is just coming off of one of the worst movies in 2000 (Bless the Child), and a script that had been rewritten numerous times by hacks that haven't made very much in terms of great screenplays.
The film, which is directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, marks the feature debut for the helmer, with Robinson also penning the screenplay.
It has been directed by Jaume Collet - Serra («Non-Stop», «The Shallows»), and the screenplay was written by Byron Willinger and Philip de Blasi in their filmmaking debut, with a little help from «Non-Stop» writer Ryan Engle.
Paxton's directorial debut is backed by a fantastic screenplay and a variety of strong performances.
Based on a slow, episodic novel by Ian McEwan, who ill - advisedly adapted his own screenplay, and directed as a debut film by stage director Dominic Cooke, who has a lot to learn about camera movement and how to frame a scene, the literary roots are inescapable.
Kazan's debut screenplay is unmistakably inspired by the works of Charlie Kaufman, whose heady comedies like Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind are recalled here.
John Carroll Lynch makes his directorial debut with Lucky from a screenplay written by Logan Sparks and Drago Sumonja.
The screenplay for «Elvis & Nixon» was written by Joey Sagal, Hanala Sagal and «Saw» actor Cary Elwes, who made his feature film writing debut on the comedy.
Directed by painter David Salle in his cinematic debut; unfortunately, he lacks the filmmaking savvy to unify the screenplay's inconsistent events and atmospheres.
«We woke up 90 years too soon...» Sony Pictures has debuted a new 30 - second TV spot for the sci - fi movie Passengers, from a screenplay by Jon Spaihts, directed by Morten Tyldum.
This time, Demme is working from a screenplay by Diablo Cody, and those who still remember (fondly or otherwise) the mix of comedy and drama she managed in her Oscar - winning debut script Juno will have an idea how this one plays compared to the more serious bent of Jenny Lumet's screenplay for Rachel Getting Married.
BAFTA nominations list Best film Birdman Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game The Theory of Everything Leading Actor Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler Michael Keaton - Birdman Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel Leading Actress Amy Adams - Big Eyes Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything Julianne Moore - Still Alice Reese Witherspoon - Wild Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl Supporting Actor Edward Norton - Birdman Ethan Hawke - Boyhood J.K. Simmons - Whiplash Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher Steve Carell - Foxcatcher Supporting Actress Emma Stone - Birdman Imelda Staunton - Pride Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game Patricia Arquette - Boyhood Rene Russo - Nightcrawler Outstanding British Film»71 The Imitation Game Paddington Pride The Theory of Everything Under the Skin Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Elaine Constantine (writer / director)- Northern Soul Gregory Burke (writer), Yann Demange (director)-»71 Hong Khaou (writer / director)- Lilting Paul Katis (director / producer), Andrew de Lotbiniere (producer)- Kajaki: The True Story Stephen Beresford (writer), David Livingstone (producer)- Pride Film Not in the English Language Ida Leviathan The Lunchbox Trash Two Days, One Night Documentary 20 Feet from Stardom 20,000 Days on Earth Citizenfour Finding Vivian Maier Virunga Animated Film Big Hero 6 The Boxtrolls The Lego Movie Whiplash Adapted Screenplay American Sniper Gone Girl The Imitation Game Paddington The Theory of Everything EE Rising Star Jack O'Connell Gugu Mbatha - Raw Miles Teller Margot Robbie Shailene Woodley
Take a look at this new comic book series, debuting December 19, as well as the forward by Quentin Tarantino, where he rattles off some of his influences, and explains why he wanted to make a graphic novel out of the original, uncut screenplay.
Oldman won BAFTAs for best British film and best screenplay for his directorial debut «Nil by Mouth.»
A story is only as good as its telling, and under the direction of Dylan Baker (the great character actor's far - from - great directorial debut) and through the screenplay by the mother - son team of Toni and Bram Hoover, the telling of this story is just flat - out inept.
The film itself is based on the 2007 short Baruchel and Rogen made called Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse, from a screenplay by Rogen and his writing partner Evan Goldberg, who are also making their directorial debuts here and taking some pretty big chances.