Sentences with phrase «material by casting»

With her short debut, the longtime actress is beginning to realize her dream of becoming a filmmaker in her own right — which often means letting go of material by casting outside herself.

Gathering source materials by casting an inclusive and penetrating gaze on our nation, St. John layers newspaper clippings, found images, fragmented language and everyday objects into captivating collaged portraits of America at present.

Not exact matches

Justice Logan also needed to consider the fact that some contraventions occurred prior to the increase in civil penalties which came into force on 1 January 2007; however, procedural failures prevented higher penalties from being considered (at para 25) «Neither as originally cast nor by permitted amendment did the [ACCC's] statement of claim contain an allegation of any material fact necessary to engage a maximum penalty greater than $ 10 million in respect of any of the alleged contraventions.»

It was when he studied magnesium casts produced through a casting method called rheocasting that he discovered that the corrosion resistance of magnesium alloys produced this way, was up to four times better than the same material, when produced by conventional high pressure die casting.

«We're creating these furry samples from these rubbery materials by laser cutting molds and casting these hairy surfaces.

Disney's tried - and - true slapstick material (est. 1959) is here given a heinously unimaginative interpretation by five screenwriters and a director who manages to squander the gifts of an absurdly overqualified supporting cast.

The show is packed with potential: a talented cast augmented by a deep bench of guest stars, a creator — «Doonesbury» author Garry Trudeau — well versed in political satire, and no shortage of material begging to be plucked from the real world.

The director finds himself stymied by weak source material — Jean - Luc Lagarce's 1990 play about a young man who returns home to tell his family he's dying — and only intermittently well served by his starry French cast.

What a terrible waste of a talented cast and fantastic material to work from — NOT THE SCRIPT — But the novel by Shirely Jackson and the masterfull 1963 version of it by Robert Wise.

The idea is original enough to pique curiosity, and the small cast, led by Alba Rohrwacher and the up - and - coming Adam Driver of HBO's Girls fame, digs gamely into the material, but something is missing.

It was a fascinating production in which the weaker aspects of the source material — a significantly dumbed - down Cliff Notes - worthy version of the Victor Hugo novel and a high - fructose pop music score — were deftly camouflaged by Trevor Nunn's innovative theatrical direction and by the extraordinary energy of the ensemble cast.

Shockingly, the kind of cringe - inducing material upon which Mr. Mazer has built a career as a writer for Sacha Baron Cohen («Bruno,» «Borat,» «Da Ali G Show») doesn't work when rendered by types who could have been cast in «Notting Hill» (someone even makes a Hugh Grant joke).

Blu - ray and Digital Bonus Materials Include: — Gag Reel — «Jumanji, Jumanji» Music Video by Jack Black and Nick Jonas — Five Featurettes: o «Journey Through The Jungle: The Making of Jumanji» o «Meet the Players: A Heroic Cast» o «Attack of the Rhinos!»

DVD Bonus Materials Include: — Gag Reel — «Jumanji, Jumanji» Music Video by Jack Black and Nick Jonas — Three Featurettes: o «Journey Through The Jungle: The Making of Jumanji» o «Meet the Players: A Heroic Cast» o «Attack of the Rhinos!»

EXTRAS: The Criterion release features hours of new bonus material, including an audio commentary by writer / director Richard Linklater and various cast and crew, a making - of documentary, a Q&A with Linklater and actors Patricia Arquette and Ellar Coltrane, a video essay by film critic Michael Koresky and much more.

Blu - ray extras on Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines include three audio commentaries with cast & crew; an introduction by Schwarzenegger; plenty of behind - the - scenes material; and a gag reel.

The cast, including team captain Fox and long - suffering agent Pollak, exhibits sportsmanship by fighting gamely with this worn - out material to produce some amusing moments.

Although the material occasionally steers in the vicinity of a 1980s teen romance directed by Randall Kleiser (Summer Lovers fans, you know who you are), there's enough torment and joy generated to cast a real spell.

The filmmakers are clearly bored with this material, an attitude that isn't obscured by the good secondary cast (Charlotte Rampling, David Thewlis), the decision to set the shrink's office inside the phallic Swiss headquarters, or the mention of Jacques Lacan.

Robert Rossen adapted the Jack London story and provided juicy material for all these stars as well as a strong supporting cast, led by Barry Fitzgerald, Gene Lockhart, Stanley Ridges, and a young Howard Da Silva.

Heady material that deals with serious philosophical and spiritual matters, the Archers nevertheless navigate the film with down - to - earth wit and charm, helped tremendously by a likeable cast lead by Niven, Hunter and Roger Livesey.

Since the cast does not extend much further than the six prominently - billed actors, everyone gets some interesting material, even if all but two of them drift out of the picture by its end.

Director Brad Furman usually does a good job with B - movie thrillers like «The Lincoln Lawyer» and «Runner Runner,» and with a stellar cast that's anchored by the always thrilling Cranston, it's possible he's risen to the material and will deliver some good pulp fun.

The 1962 film, still chilling today, had all the ingredients for success: accomplished director J. Lee Thompson (who also made Peck's 1962 adventure classic, «The Guns of Navarone»), a near - perfect cast, top - notch material (James R. Webb's screenplay is based on John D. MacDonald's novel «The Executioners»), a Bernard Herrmann score, cinematography by Sam Leavitt, art direction by Robert Boyle and editing by George Tomasini.

Although well - acted by a name cast, the offbeat subject matter and idiosyncratic tone make it arthouse material... Full Review

It's left to a refreshingly diverse international cast of consummate professionals — led, once more, by an increasingly disconsolate - looking Tom Hanks — to breathe what conviction they can into this hoary material, but the result still gives the lie to the old industry maxim that great cinema can spring from trash literature.

With the breathing room afforded by a substantial but not excessive 155 - minute pre-credits runtime, this outing has time to give good material to all of the large cast, from the returning fixtures like Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) and Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman) to the new roles filled by three Inception cast members (including a fine Joseph Gordon - Levitt, whose prominence raises some well - founded suspicions).

The finished product, courtesy of director Tony Scott, somehow manages to improve upon its already incredible source material, thanks to its incredible cast, an era - defining Harold Faltermeyer / Giorgio Moroder score, kinetic cinematography and a star - making performance by young Thomas Cruise Mapother IV.

Once the debates about superhero - movie casting die down, the subject inevitably turns to how comic book costumes, unburdened by restrictions of material and physics, will be adapted for the big screen.

A lot of work is put into making Saginowski a very thought - out character and it pays off tremendously well, though you don't get the full appreciation until the film is over, but the rest of the cast isn't as fortunate in getting as memorable of material as Hardy is gifted by the script.

It's safe to say that Hoffman is by far and away the best thing about this low key story the squanders a great cast on material not assured of what it is.

• Limited Edition collection of the complete Blood Bath • High Definition Blu - ray (1080p) presentation of four versions of the film: Operation Titian, Portrait in Terror, Blood Bath and Track of the Vampire • Brand new 2K restorations of Portrait in Terror, Blood Bath and Track of the Vampire from original film materials • Brand new reconstruction of Operation Titian using original film materials and standard definition inserts • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing on all four versions • The Trouble with Titian Revisited — a brand new visual essay in which Tim Lucas returns to (and updates) his three - part Video Watchdog feature to examine the convoluted production history of Blood Bath and its multiple versions • Bathing in Blood with Sid Haig — a new interview with the actor, recorded exclusively for this release • Archive interview with producer - director Jack Hill • Stills gallery • Double - sided fold - out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artworks • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Dan Mumford • Limited edition booklet containing new writing on the film and its cast by Anthony Nield, Vic Pratt, Cullen Gallagher and Peter Beckman

It's a drawback that could be handily remedied on film by softening the acrid edges of Kirn's prose slightly, and refashioning the material as more of a screwball comedy with a romantic streak — which the casting of Clooney and female up - and - comer Vera Farmiga suggests (to me, at least) may be on the cards.

Even so, and despite Black's bland presence, the third Fast and the Furious film offers the first glimpse of something truly engaging with this material, allowing Lin's friend and collaborator Sung Kang to walk away with the film without much effort and hammering home the franchise's broader themes of noble outlaw codes by transplanting them to an entirely separate group of people from the previous casts.

While we can't say we're particularly intrigued by the source material (the log - lines are almost hilariously vague, referring to Others and Supernaturals), it's shaping up to be a more promising cast than most of these teen franchises carry, and while we can't say we love LaGravanese's directorial work, let's not forget that he was the writer behind «The Fisher King» and «The Ref,» and hopefully he can turn out something a little more interesting.

While «Prisoners» satisfies as completely as any dense, literary crime novel, it's elevated by top notch performances from across the entire ensemble cast, and a richness of material, aided by some first rate filmmaking (Roger Deakins» cinematography in particular does much in adding to the damp gloom of the movie).

We made up for it by casting a wide net globally to bring in rarely seen or heard audio - visual material.

The script, cowritten by Simon Beaufoy (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen) and Michael deBruyn (Oblivion), is an able adaptation of complex source material, hitting all of the right story points and effectively sketching in the larger cast of characters, brought to life by the likes of Jeffrey Wright (Broken City), Jena Malone (Sucker Punch) and Sam Claflin (Snow White & The Huntsman).

A fine cast, beautiful cinematography and stellar writing and directing by Darabont turns what might have been an overly ambitious dud at the hands of lesser talent into Academy Award - worthy material.

The cast — Weisz and Spall are joined by Tom Wilkinson and Andrew Scott as the leaders of her legal team — bring spark and energy to the material, not an easy task.

As the story softly takes McQueen back to Radiator Springs to find himself after a devastating crash, and then to Thomasville to find the car who trained the car who trained him, the voice cast, led confidently by Wilson, consistently elevates the material.

Headed up by Paul Rudd (Scott Lang / Ant Man) the cast clicks and looks like they are having fun with the material.

It's very heartening, too, that the DVD features such a robust slate of bonus material, anchored by 50 minutes» worth of behind - the - scenes footage that includes interviews with all the cast and crew, and charts the movie from inception (producer Ian Birkett was a film school classmate of Andrews, and his older brother Paul worked up the script) through pre-production work, shooting up in Canada, and post-production.

Some audiences will be turned off by the blatant melodrama but the honest approach works for me and the strong performances from the cast clearly enlivened by the material elevates it beyond processed cheese.

The cast delivers, of course, by injecting an effortless charisma and natural camaraderie into threadbare material that doesn't deserve their participation.

Bonus materials on the widescreen Blu - ray release include the featurette «Snapshots of Italy: The Making of Call Me By Your Name;» a conversation with cast and director; commentary with Timothy Chalamet and Michael Stuhlbarg; and the music video «Mystery of Love.»

Film Details: Title: The 5th Wave Director: J Blakeson Release Date: January 22, 2016 Running Time: 112 minutes Language: English, English Shooting Location (s): Georgia, USA Principal Cast: Chloe Graze Moretz, Maria Bello Screenwriters: Susannah Grant, Akiva Goldsman & Jeff Pinkner from the novel by Rick Yancey Production Company: Columbia Pictures, GK Films, LStar Capital, Living Films, Material Pictures Distributor: Columbia Pictures Official Facebook Trailer

I'm beyond excited by the prospect of this cast, director, and material, and The Counselor would mark a reunion of sorts for Pitt and his Thelma and Louise director Scott.

The cast, which is led by Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, and an amusingly foul - mouthed Betty White, is game enough, but they can not elevate the weak material beyond the watchable junk level.

Firestarter boasts a solid cast and some decent (for its era) special effects, but the adaptation by Stanley Mann (Circle of Iron, Conan the Destroyer), while relatively faithful to the source material, is barely passable, further made inept by the unimaginative direction by Mark L. Lester (Roller Boogie, Commando).