Not exact matches
Well, a former SNL director — who also happens to be lead writer of the David Spade comedy «Joe Dirt» — was behind it, and Stewart was recruited only
after the
first actress suffered a «nervous breakdown»
right before
filming.
For all my Marvelous Mrs. Maisel fans, this is one of the many West and Greenwich Village locations where they
filmed parts of the
first season — this cafe being the diner where her and her then husband got lunch
right after their wedding.
Very rarely do you get a
film where you'd go
right back into the theatre and watch it again immediately
after the
first screening and have the same emotions.
Another
film series rebooted by its studio just in time to avoid losing the
rights to the property, Fantastic Four comes ten years
after Twentieth Century Fox's
first attempt at turning the Marvel comic - strip into a
film series.
Denis clearly adores Binoche, offering close up
after close up of the 54 - year - old actress's face and body
right from the
film's startling
first shot.
Shortly
after announcing that they've acquired
rights to Werner Herzog's 3 - D doc «Cave of Forgotten Dreams,» the distributor reveals that it has picked up Barry Avrich's «Unauthorized: The Harvey Weinstein Project,» a «powerful, uncensored, no - holds - barred»
film that traces Weinstein's early path from Buffalo concert promoter to his
first Oscar and
first $ 100 million
film.
Catching Fire picks up
right where the
first film left off with Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) are gearing up to go on the victor's tour
after winning the 74th Hunger Games.
Many of the rules that Jamie Kennedy jokes about in «Scream» came to being here — both Annie (Nancy Loomis, oxford and undies) and Lynda (P.J. Soles, «totally» topless, also in «Carrie») are sexually active and ultimately die, and Lynda's boyfriend Bob may be the
first on record to say «I'll be
right back» and not make it back — but there are also some classic hair raising quick - take shots of Michael Meyers across a street, in the backyard, and especially the one of him rising in the background
after Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis, in her feature
film debut) thinks she's killed him once and for all.
I hate when Carter's honorarium «Dotar Sojat» is translated as Jeddak Tars Tarkas's (Willem Dafoe) «
right arm» (another term for «bitch»
after spending the
first part of the
film being called a virgin queen) instead of «the surnames of the two warrior chieftains whose metal I had taken.»
The
film picks - up
right where the
first one left off:
After winning the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss thought she and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) were done fighting for their lives in the arena, a victory that cost gamemaker Seneca Crane his life.
But
rights complications (owing to both the title and the use of clips from «
First Blood «-RRB- held up the release for over a year, and while the
film was a hit in its native U.K. and elsewhere (taking $ 10 million worldwide), it made less than $ 2 million in the U.S
after opening head to head with «Iron Man.»
Aladdin came at the
right time for Disney, capitalizing on the worldwide popularity of Robin Williams and widespread enjoyment of hand - drawn animation months
after Beauty and the Beast became the
first such
film to get a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars.
Gaining a new appreciation for a
film after repeat viewings is one thing, but having to watch it a second time just to take in all you missed the
first time around doesn't seem
right.
It's hard to watch Magnum Force
right after seeing Dirty Harry without thinking that a good part of what made that
first film so cool is mostly missing here.
There's no single path that leads to directing a
film — some dive
right behind the camera as their
first job, others work up to it
after years of toiling as assistant directors, and then others get the gig because of their work in front of the camera coupled with the
right amount of curiosity.
«Alone in Berlin «The story of Hans Fallada «s novel, and how it became a phenomenon over 60 years
after it was
first published when its English translation became a bestseller, is almost good enough for a
film in its own
right.
That's my
first thing, but I hope to do a
film right after that which would be... we'll see which one it is, but if it's the one I want, it will be pretty crazy.
The story picks up
right after the events of the
first film, with Magento (Ian McKellan, The Two Towers, The Fellowship of the Ring) in a jail of plastic, and Professor X (Patrick Stewart, Star Trek: Nemesis, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius) still teaching young mutants at his school for «gifted» youngsters.
«As a director with over 100 credits in
film and TV,» said Magar in an interview with GoodEReader, «it's been a wild and crazy journey which the memoir details, including how my
first producer turned out to be a Mafia assassin, how I almost decapitated a young Drew Barrymore
right after ET, and how I came close to derailing James Cameron's illustrious career.
Only a few months
after becoming a major phenomenon with gamers, New Line Cinema paid for the
film rights, and commissioned screenwriter Stuart Beattie (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl) to write the
first draft.