Sentences with phrase «film company man»
He would also direct Allen in a brief cameo in his own film Company Man (2000).
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Something Ventured, a new documentary film directed by husband - and - wife team Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine, explores the lives of the men who, in the early 1960s when the venture capital industry was just beginning to take shape, risked social status (and their money) to back the companies they truly believed in.
Fuller also demonstrated a knack for obtaining free advertising for his products and company, the1948 film The Fuller Brush Man being a prime example (little matter that the film satirized his salesmen).
Billionaire Wang Jianlin is poised to become the first Chinese person to control a Hollywood film company after Asia's richest man agreed to buy the co-producer of «Jurassic World» for as much as $ 3.5 billion in cash.
The two men were filmed as they offered to use their positions as politicians in return for payments of thousands of pounds from a fictitious Chinese company.
One by one, the members of Murphy's Company B are killed in the war, until only three men from the original company are left (the others appear at the finale as ghostly images, a standard visual cliché of 1950s war Company B are killed in the war, until only three men from the original company are left (the others appear at the finale as ghostly images, a standard visual cliché of 1950s war company are left (the others appear at the finale as ghostly images, a standard visual cliché of 1950s war films).
Silent - film leading man Creighton Hale was brought to America from his native Ireland via a theatrical touring company.
Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Cooper, and Ewan McGregor head an ensemble cast in a darkly comedic tale of a large Oklahoma family reunited by a funeral, the second directorial effort for noted TV and film producer Wells (The Company Men).
These, along with a grandstanding Senator (Garry Shandling), who thinks the Iron Man suit should be property of the government, his personal assistant Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), who becomes the next CEO of Stark's company while still going through their old love / hate relationship, and Lt. Col. Rhodes (Don Cheadle), who tries to stay Stark's friend while following his obligation to obtaining a model of the armor, are the main threads of the film.
The earlier Walker began his screen career with pioneering film companies such as Kalem and Thanhouser and reached stardom as Viola Dana's leading man in Blue Jeans (1917), a charming bit of Americana directed by the much - neglected John D. Collins.
The film has been criticized as an apology for the people behind the market crash, but I don't see Chandor's sympathy for the various individuals on display — notably Kevin Spacey as a career company man disgusted by the corporate behavior — as any kind of apology.
The film, which clearly shows David Cronenberg's love for body horror running through the family, revolves around a man (Caleb Landry - Jones) working for a company who inject paying customers with the same viruses as famous celebrities.
The reason for the excitement here is co-director Chris Sanders, the man behind «Lilo and Stitch» and the company's best film to date, «How To Train Your Dragon.»
Without this shock value, the film is still an infernal machine — designed, like LaBute's In the Company of Men, to goad us into dark reflection — but its meanings tend to contract rather than expand.
In late April, the Portuguese producer Paulo Branco and his company, Alfama Films Production, filed a lawsuit claiming that Branco had been wrongly cut out as a producer on «The Man Who Killed Don Quixote» and seeking to block the Cannes screening of the film.
Before taking up film directing, he exhibited his paintings in a number of one - man and group shows, made numerous music videos (for, amongst others, Zucchero, Stéphane Eicher, Princesse Erika) and worked for several record companies (Virgin, EMI, Sony, Polygram).
Prior to joining Sundance, Putnam was President of Production at Miramax films, a division of the Walt Disney Company, where she oversaw Acquisitions, Development, Production, Post-Production and Production Finance and made or acquired films including The Coen Brothers» No Country for Old Men, Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will be Blood, Ben Affleck's directorial debut Gone Baby Gone, Stephen Frears» The Queen, Greg Mottola's Adventureland and Julian Schnabel's Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
Neil LaBute came to fame with the Sundance premiere of his great first film, «In the Company of Men» (1997), and is back this year with «The Shape of Things.»
Among the standouts are the opening night film starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts, Jean - Marc Vallée's Demolition, a film about a man struggling with his wife's tragic death through an unlikely communication with the customer service department of a vending machine company.
Finally, the disc comes with an impressive trailer gallery including new films like 13 Going on 30 and Spider - Man 2, as well as soon - to - be-released DVDs like Robert Altman's superb The Company and the Oscar - nominated The Triplets of Belleville.
Long in development, the film once held the promise of standing alone, but with the passage of years and the success of Marvel's blockbuster formula, priorities changed and the decision was made to fit Ant - Man safely within the company's cinematic universe.
Also at the festival are under - the - radar pictures like the Clive Owen / Juliette Binoche film «Words And Pictures,» Andre 3000 - starring Jimi Hendrix biopic «All Is By My Side,» comedy - drama «You Are Here,» the feature debut of «Mad Men» creator Matthew Wiener, Biafra war film «Half Of A Yellow Sun» with Chiwetel Ejiofor, the James Corden - starring «One Chance» (which has the Weinstein Company «s backing, but seems more «Unfinished Song» than «Silver Linings Playbook «-RRB- and, perhaps most importantly, Stephen Frears ««Philomena,» which could see Judi Dench being in contention.
Three years later, he and I attended Spider - Man 3, and I remember so well, because the movie company for the second film had open concession for press, the reels were out of order so we had to wait a long time for the projectionist to reorder them, and when the villain, Venom, hit the screen, Case turned to me, took hold of my shirt and said «I am ready to go Meema» — his eyes wide.
Gerwig easily holds attention as the star of the film, supported ably by the rest of the cast, which includes Adam Driver, Michael Zegen, and Michael Esper as some of the men in her life, and Charlotte d'Ambroise and Grace Gummer as the dance company chief and a fellow dancer, respectively.
With so many Marvel films in the pipeline (2017 will see three Marvel films: Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Spider - Man: Homecoming, and Thor: Ragnarok), the comic book company will no doubt be working harder than ever to meet ever - expanding goals when it comes to their wildly successful cinematic universe.
Considering Ant - Man and his crew destroyed the company, if Burch has the same role in the films, the fact that he is now jobless would give him plenty of motivation to hunt down this same team.
His previous film, «In the Company of Men,» was about two men who play a cruel trick on a womMen,» was about two men who play a cruel trick on a wommen who play a cruel trick on a woman.
Among the four major dramas to center on working class Boston types at the end of 2010 and into 2011, I'd rank The Company Men alongside the Hilary Swank lawyer film Conviction, both a far cry from the appealing heights of The Fighter and Affleck's acclaimed hit The Town.
In its third release of a Weinstein Company film, Anchor Bay treats The Company Men to a solid DVD transfer.
The film also weaves in lots of scenes that are meant to make us think that Barnum was the first 21st century - style «woke» white straight man in America — a goodhearted fellow who gave circus jobs to outcasts of one kind or another (talk about a big tent: the repertory company includes African - Americans, little people, giants, conjoined twins and a bearded lady), not just because they happened to possess certain talents or physical characteristics that Barnum could exploit (often by appealing to the majority's prurient interests or bigotries) but because the onetime poor boy Barnum sees himself in their striving, and wants to build a theatrical - carnival arts utopia in America's largest city with help from his new partner, rich kid turned playwright Philip Carlyle (Zac Efron).
Bailey's co-producer Amanda Marshall told V.F. that the company actively tried to court a younger audience for the film, sending Swiss Army Man bongs and Daniel Radcliffe beach towels to members of the press.
Five bouncers, believed to comprise cinema security and film company minders duly grabbed the man and escorted him out of the building.
The first images from The Company Men have come online in advance of the film's premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
IFC Films nabbed U.S. rights to «Mad Men» star John Slattery's directorial debut film, «God's Pocket,» the company said Wednesday.
We have eight film reviews, including The Company Men, The Tourist, The Fighter, The Warrior's Way, and The Tempest, making this «The» week.
Upcoming films include Derek Cianfrance's Blue Valentine, starring Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling, and John Wells» feature directorial debut Company Men, starring Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner, Rosemary DeWitt, Maria Bello and Chris Cooper.
He brings that success to his writing / directing film debut, The Company Men, a recession relevant drama that has stunning cast of four Oscar winners — Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner, and Chris Cooper.
If you have ever seen Neil LaBute «s first few films (In the Company of Men, Yours Friends and Neighbors, Nurse Betty and The Shape of Things), you will have learned Read More →
The question mark here is director John Wells, a TV veteran (who ran «E.R.» and «The West Wing,» among others) who made his film debut a few years back with «The Company Men,» a decent, but hardly transcendent piece of work.
«Your Friends & Neighbors,» Neil LaBute's follow - up to his stunning Sundance film Fest debut, «In the Company of Men» (1997), continues his darkly comic exploration of misogyny as it defines the relationships of endlessly loquacious urbanites.
From the very beginning, Doctor Strange felt like an outlier in the interconnected men - in - capes world of Marvel Comics, though the character's debut in the equally dense Marvel Cinematic Universe follows the company's film - studio formula closely: Doctor Strange is an origin story, a love story, a framework for vintage pop songs and huge action set - pieces.
After the production company announced the December 18 release of the film, they also uploaded a new photo showing Tony in his role of Yip Man alongside his disciples.
I thought Mara would be one of this season's front - runners for playing the title role in the biblical drama Mary Magdalene, but the Weinstein Company pushed that film to Easter and now Mara's only horse in the race is Una, a stage adaptation in which she confronts the man who took sexual advantage of her as a child.
A slew of solo films introducing Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and The Hulk all lead to one moment in 2012, when director Joss Whedon unleashed Earth's Mightiest Heroes into cinemas to complete Phase 1 of the company's plan, a feat that would result in the third biggest box office worldwide.
Honing its craft the company largely focused on crime thrillers and films noir such as Man Bait, Bad Blonde, and Terror Street.
It has been a while Neil Labute stormed onto the arthouse film scene with the one - two punch of In The Company of Men and Your Friends and Neighbors in the mid 1990s.
83 % In Good Company (2004) This witty and intelligent film offers laughs at the expense of corporate culture, and Johansson is charming as the beloved daughter of a man in the midst of a career tailspin.
She runs her father's aviation company and it's rare to see such strong women existing as equals amongst men in film, especially in this genre.
With films like In The Company of Men and The Shape of Things already in his filmography, Neil LaBute has developed a reputation for creating provocative, occasionally inflammatory material.
He's got the dazzling good looks and the killer charisma required, but after several first - rate performances in little films (THE COMPANY OF MEN, YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS), fine journeyman's work playing second - fiddle to powerhouse female leads (Julia Roberts» boyfriend in... Read More»