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Incidentally, Martin Scorsese was the original director of this film but was fired for working too slowly.

Not exact matches

StarTalk airs on Monday nights at 11 p.m. ET, and features the scientist interviewing cultural and political figures like George Takei of the original «Star Trek» series, film director Christopher Nolan and former President Jimmy Carter.

The truly amazing part of the play's history is that it was originally conceived for the husband - wife film - star team of Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester 50 years ago, with the great director James Whale (the original Frankenstein) attached to helm the production.

Though director George Sluizer (The Vanishing) originally ceased production of Dark Blood when the film's young star Phoenix died tragically at 23, the film arrived onscreen nearly 20 years after its original scheduled release date.

The original director of A Prayer for the Dying, Franc Roddam, left the production midway through shooting due to disputes with the producers, and star Mickey Rourke later attempted to disassociate himself from the film.

Harvey and his staff also programmed original and uncut versions of films which had only played American theaters in altered form (including Heaven's Gate, Once Upon a Time in America, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and The Leopard) long before the concept of the «director's cut» had currency beyond the most hardcore of film fans.

The unanimously - praised film with a modest budget of $ 23 million deservedly won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (the first for Spielberg), Best Cinematography (Janusz Kaminski), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score (John Williams), Best Editing (Michael Kahn), and Best Art Direction.

In addition to rumors of a bloated budget and unrest on the set between director Mark Forster and star Brad Pitt, the film's original release date was pushed back six months to accommodate major rewrites and additional shooting.

While the choreography is generally fairly minimal (at least for this sort of mega-production), first time film director Phyllida Lloyd (who helmed the original stage version) has woven together a tightly edited and exceedingly well shot film that capitalizes on the music wonderfully while never worrying too much about such nettlesome items as character or motivation, providing enough other movement that one ultimately doesn't miss huge dance numbers a la Robbins or Fosse that much in the long run.

Audrey Wells («Under the Tuscan Sun»), who adapted the screenplay from the 1997 Japanese film on which it is based, has missed the point of the original, and director Chelsom doesn't have a clue, either.

Take a Pulitzer Prize - winning author's first original screenplay, attach a respected director whose last film was considered a disappointment by many, and add a cast that includes Michael Fassbender (one of the highlights of that disappointing film), Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, and Cameron Diaz, and you have a solid formula for one of the most anticipated films of the year.

So far so gripping, but despite the promise of the original tale, this filmed adaptation from director Rupert Goold feels oddly underwhelming.

Original director Wes Craven and original screenwriter Kevin Williamson come back for more, and do so with the willingness of an entirely new cast and the old one, an unprecedented feat seeing as how the last film was made eleven yearOriginal director Wes Craven and original screenwriter Kevin Williamson come back for more, and do so with the willingness of an entirely new cast and the old one, an unprecedented feat seeing as how the last film was made eleven yearoriginal screenwriter Kevin Williamson come back for more, and do so with the willingness of an entirely new cast and the old one, an unprecedented feat seeing as how the last film was made eleven years prior.

Sandbox was nominated for a Juno Award, East Coast Music Awards, and a Casby Award.Smith has mixed sound for such films as The Weight of Water and Serendipity.He had been a long - time friend of Trailer Park Boys director Mike Clattenburg, and met Robb Wells (Ricky), and John Paul Tremblay (Julian) while sound mixing on the original TPB feature.

Really interesting documentary about director James Cameron and his crew exploring the remains of the Titanic with their adorable filming robots, comparing the wreck to original footage and telling the stories of the people involved in the tragic catastrophe.

The original film celebrated the diverse inclinations of the horror genre, while also poking fun at it thanks to veteran director Craven helming the vehicle.

Steven Spielberg's film is a paean to the essential role of a free press, one the director felt he had to make in 2017 (he first read Liz Hannah's original script earlier this year and rushed it into production).

Anyone who pays even the faintest bit of attention to the behind - the - scenes goings - on in Hollywood must be aware that its original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller — the guys behind The LEGO Movie and 21 Jump Street — had a creative disagreement with Lucasfilm, leaving the film in the safe - as - cotton - wool - padded - houses hands of Ron Howard (a close chum of one George Lucas).

DICK DINMAN & EDDIE MULLER DISPENSE A DOUBLE DOSE OF DANA: The Warner Archive has just released on Blu - ray legendary director Fritz Lang's last two American - made edge - of - your - seat thrillers WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS and BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT in their original wide screen SuperScope incarnations and popular film noir author and TCM host Eddie Muller rejoins producer / host Dick Dinman as they both salute the unjustly underrated star of both films, Dana AndrewOF DANA: The Warner Archive has just released on Blu - ray legendary director Fritz Lang's last two American - made edge - of - your - seat thrillers WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS and BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT in their original wide screen SuperScope incarnations and popular film noir author and TCM host Eddie Muller rejoins producer / host Dick Dinman as they both salute the unjustly underrated star of both films, Dana Andrewof - your - seat thrillers WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS and BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT in their original wide screen SuperScope incarnations and popular film noir author and TCM host Eddie Muller rejoins producer / host Dick Dinman as they both salute the unjustly underrated star of both films, Dana Andrewof both films, Dana Andrews.

Nashville (1975) is maverick director / producer Robert Altman's classic, multi-level, original, two and a half - hour epic study of American culture, show - business, leadership and politics - and one of the great American films of the 1970s.

Screenwriter Ray Bradbury masterfully captures the allegorical elements in the Herman Melville original without sacrificing any of the film's entertainment value (Bradbury suffered his own «great white whale» in the form of director Huston, who sadistically ran roughshod over the sensitive author throughout the film).

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Special features include audio commentary with director Michael Ritchie and actress Jean Louisa Kelly, as well as an isolated score track and original cut of the film in standard def.

Said Focus World touting the feature:» Focus World acquired writer / director Julia Ducournau's Raw out of Cannes where we fell in love with her bold and original voice and the genre - bending style; Raw is a film that both hard - core genre fans and art - house audiences will absolutely love.»

Thankfully the film, although not as good as the original trilogy, delivers pretty much all you'd expect from both star & director in the fourth part of the series.

Director J.J. Abrams is clearly a fan of the original films; this shines through in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve reveals which version of the original film he believes to be canon for the sequel.

Having an Academy Award nominated director, Hampton Fancher (screenwriter from the original film) and Ridley Scott (director of Blade Runner) as executive producer would ordinarily be a winning combination.

A smaller film like Before Midnight was never going to be in with a shot for any of the main categories but its witty and intelligent script, co-written by director Richard Linklater and stars Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, should have scored an original screenplay nod.

Special Features High - definition digital transfer from the 2004 Film Foundation restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Archival introduction to the film by director Jean Renoir «Around the River,» a 60 - minute 2008 documentary by Arnaud Mandagaran about the making of the film Interview with filmmaker Martin Scorsese from 2004 Audio interview with producer Ken McEldowney from 2000 «Jean Renoir: A Passage Through India,» a new video essay by film writer Paul Ryan Trailer Plus: An essay by film scholar Ian Christie and original production notes by Renoir

Director: Colin Trevorrow Project: «Jurassic World,» i.e. «Jurassic Park 4,» which after years of rumors and suppositions is now set for June 12, 2015, the 22nd anniversary of the original film's release.

We could be getting a Director's Cut according to Scream Factory: «We are working on putting together a version that will be close to Blatty's original script using a mixture of various film and video tape sources that we have been provided with.

Robert Totten / Don Siegel — «Death Of A Gunfighter «(1969) A flawed, but nevertheless interesting, minor Western that fits neatly into the revisionist movement in the genre at the end of the 1960s / beginning of the 1970s, «Death Of A Gunfighter» is best remembered as the film that birthed the name «Alan Smithee» (or here in its original spelling, «Allen Smithee»), which became the standard DGA pseudonym when a director took their name off a movie for the next thirty yearOf A Gunfighter «(1969) A flawed, but nevertheless interesting, minor Western that fits neatly into the revisionist movement in the genre at the end of the 1960s / beginning of the 1970s, «Death Of A Gunfighter» is best remembered as the film that birthed the name «Alan Smithee» (or here in its original spelling, «Allen Smithee»), which became the standard DGA pseudonym when a director took their name off a movie for the next thirty yearof the 1960s / beginning of the 1970s, «Death Of A Gunfighter» is best remembered as the film that birthed the name «Alan Smithee» (or here in its original spelling, «Allen Smithee»), which became the standard DGA pseudonym when a director took their name off a movie for the next thirty yearof the 1970s, «Death Of A Gunfighter» is best remembered as the film that birthed the name «Alan Smithee» (or here in its original spelling, «Allen Smithee»), which became the standard DGA pseudonym when a director took their name off a movie for the next thirty yearOf A Gunfighter» is best remembered as the film that birthed the name «Alan Smithee» (or here in its original spelling, «Allen Smithee»), which became the standard DGA pseudonym when a director took their name off a movie for the next thirty years.

Our studio had its first ever $ 1 billion worldwide grossing film in Michael Bay's hit «Transformers: Dark of the Moon;» we successfully re-launched our «Mission Impossible» franchise with Tom Cruise, JJ Abrams and Brad Bird; our latest installment in the «Paranormal Activity» franchise had another $ 100 million dollar success; our first original animated film «Rango,» from director Gore Verbinski, earned rave reviews and more than $ 100 million at the domestic box office; and we released global phenomenon «Super 8,» directed by JJ Abrams, who will now direct the newest «Star Trek» for 2013.

Ray's film owes a large debt of gratitude to director Juan José Campanella's original, as most of the strong thematic elements have carried over.

The release will be a 3 - disc unrated director's cut with the film coming on DVD and Blu - ray along with a CD of the soundtrack's original score by the extremely talented Bruno Nicolai.

Capturing the magic of Spielberg's original film and, to a lesser extent, his underrated follow - up is no easy task, but while director Colin Trevorrow («Safety Not Guaranteed») is unable to reproduce the sense of awe and terror found in the first movie, he does deliver an entertaining summer blockbuster with «Jurassic World.»

Previous conversations with 10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan Trachtenberg have taught us the events of that movie don't take place on the same exact timeline as the events of the original film, but there seem to be some aspects that do cross over into the separate films» alternate timelines.

Not even the original cast and director could replicate the magic of the original film just a few years later when the disappointing Ghostbusters 2 had been released, so what chance could an entire remake of the series with different actors playing different characters have?

Produced by Peter Jackson through WingNut Films, director Neill Blomkamp manages to convey a film that adds elements of films like Children of Men, Cloverfield, and even E.T., to bring an original and thought inducing story to an audience who is ready to welcome the substance.

Jordan Peele, who scored two personal nominations for best director and original screenplay, as well as two more nominations for «Get Out,» seemed almost stunned, reacting with a gif of Kaluuya in one of the film's iconic scenes and asking «What's the opposite of the sunken place?»

«The Shape of Water» leads all films this year with 14 nominations including Best Picture, Sally Hawkins for Best Actress, Richard Jenkins for Best Supporting Actor, Octavia Spencer for Best Supporting Actress, Guillermo del Toro for both Best Director and Best Original Screenplay alongside Vanessa Taylor, Dan Laustsen for Best Cinematography, Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau, and Jeff Melvin for Best Production Design, Sidney Wolinsky for Best Editing, Luis Sequeira for Best Costume Design, Best Hair and Makeup, Best Visual Effects, Best Sci - Fi or Horror Movie, and Alexandre Desplat for Best Score.

To Ron Hutchinson, co-founder and director of The Vitaphone Project, which since 1991 has collected and restored countless original soundtrack discs for early sound short films and features, including the recent Warner Bros. restoration of William A. Seiter's 1929 «Why Be Good?»

Wonder of wonders, we get another film that recalls the fun of the first, with original director Sharon Maguire again at the helm (she sat out the second one).

The writer - director's unique focus on responsibility — and its limits — led to the creation of the year's most haunting and original film.

Jordan Peele, who scored two personal nominations for best director and original screenplay, as well as two more nominations for «Get Out,» seemed almost stunned, reacting with a gif of Kaluuya in one of the film's iconic scenes and asking...

Included are video interviews with director Mike Leigh (whose film Topsy Turvy dealt with the original genesis of «The Mikado») and with Gilbert & Sullivan scholars Josephine Lee and Ralph MacPhail Jr..

In addition to offering the film in its original or extended cut, disc one includes a commentary track for each with director Ridley Scott and actor Russell Crowe, and a 79 - minute documentary about the historical basis of elements of the film, entitled The Scrolls of Knowledge, which can be watched in whole or by topic.

The unusual nature of this year's Oscar season is that all five of the films named today are by writers and directors who wrote original screenplays.

Director Paul Thomas Anderson, who helmed two of the most original films of the last five years, has fashioned a nearly flawless hat trick: a unique treatise on love and anguish centered on a truly unlikely star.