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Michael Winner: 'The only purpose of life is to avoid boredom'
2 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The notorious film director on cheating death, the awfulness of restaurants – and how he can't stand boring people
It is with a mixture of fear and exhilaration that I approach Michael Winner's large house – he likes to describe it as a mansion – in London's fashionable Holland Park. God knows how much it's worth – £25m maybe. Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin lives next door, in an even bigger house. An attractive, slightly forbidding young woman answers the door – I later discover she is a resting actress called Ruby – and she shows me into Winner's private cinema, filled with memorabilia from half a lifetime of movie-making and an entire lifetime of trouble-making.
There are seats for 30 people, a bar, a director's chair with Winner's name on it, the Winner puppet from Spitting Image, a signed photograph of Marilyn Monroe, pictures of some scantily clad starlets, and hundreds of photographs of stars »
- Stephen Moss
Liff 09: Review of Brit revenge thriller Harry Brown
6 hours ago | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
Year: 2009
Directors: Daniel Barber
Writers: Gary Young
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: projectcyclops
Rating: 7 out of 10
Michael Caine stars as the titular character in Daniel Barber’s fast paced and slick revenge flick, which is centered on the equally awesome and ridiculous premise of an old age pensioner who takes justice into his own hands on a rough London council estate. The film begins with a very brutal hand-held camera introduction of a gang initiation, in which a youth is forced to take crack and then shoot a young mother in a park, before crashing his scooter, and dying horribly – setting the scene for the deeply unpleasant and dangerous world we’re about to enter.
Harry lives on the estate, visiting his comatose wife daily, but having to detour around the dark underpass that leads to the hospital for fear of the gang of kids who hang around and cause trouble. »
Caine: 'I failed 28 auditions in row'
9 hours ago | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Sir Michael Caine has revealed that he failed to see that he was struggling as a young actor. The 76-year-old star, who has admitted that he doesn't think he'll win another Oscar, has insisted that he was too "thick" to realise his career wasn't going well, Stv reports. Caine said: "I had no talent for recognising bad times, I was that thick. I think I must (more) »
- By Marcell Minaya
Michael Caine's ignorant struggle
16 hours ago | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Sir Michael Caine was too "thick" to realise he was struggling to be a successful actor. The 'Harry Brown' actor said he was so clueless about seeing when he was struggling at the start of his career that he didn't even realise when he was having problems. He said: "I had no talent for recognising bad times, I was that thick. I think I must have been off my rocker. "I did 28 theatre auditions on the trot, and I never got a single one of them." Michael went on to movie stardom and along with Jack Nicholson is one of only two male stars to be nominated for an Academy Award in every decade of his career. »
Harry Brown | Film review
14 November 2009 4:07 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Michael Caine does his diamond-geezer, heart-of-gold cockney bit as Harry Brown, a recently widowed, former Royal Marine driven to despair by the young thugs terrorising the sink estate he lives on in south London.
The last straw comes when his elderly best mate is beaten to death by vicious, unemployed teenagers high on drugs. Before you can say Asbo or Bronson, Harry has acquired a little arsenal and proceeds to get medieval on the asses of the neighbourhood tearaways, whom he thinks worse than the terrorists he confronted in the services. This is a vigilante movie, impure and simple, with lip-licking bloodbaths and unconcealed contempt for law and order. It's better than any of the five Death Wish films, mainly because Caine is a very good actor and he pulls off some fine moments, especially when confronting earnest Detective Inspector Emily Mortimer.
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- Philip French
Samuel Goldwyn Acquires U.S. Rights To "Harry Brown"
14 November 2009 12:17 PM, PST | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
The Samuel Goldwyn Company has acquired the rights to the British crime thriller Harry Brown,which debuts this weekend in the UK. The Michael Caine-starrer has been generating major buzz with some comparing it to his landmark 1971 crime classic Get Carter. The film will be released in the Us next year, but no firm date has been announced. For more click here »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
Childhood Friends Ditched 'Broke' Caine
14 November 2009 6:06 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Sir Michael Caine was outcast by his childhood friends - because he was so broke he couldn't even buy his pals a drink in the pub.
The Get Carter star recently confessed he joined a gang in his youth, before finding fame in a string of acclaimed British films in the 1960s.
But the star lost touch with his boyhood friends as he struggled to make it in the movies - because he was too broke to socialise.
He says, "It also gives you a tremendous sense of guilt for those you've left behind, because you shouldn't have left them so far behind. Not everyone's going to be a multi-millionaire movie star, but at least they can get a decent job, and make a decent living and lead a happy life. That's the minimum.
"But some of them never got the chance... I was a broke, out-of-work actor, and I didn't have enough money to buy a round in the pub. So they stopped seeing me. Broke, out-of-work actors are very lonely people. It's the opposite of what you imagine: they blew me out first." »
Michael Caine Says Batman 3 Might Not Happen
13 November 2009 1:51 PM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
Batman's faithful butler, Alfred, has dropped bad news ... again.
Batman fans everywhere have been furiously blogging and discussing the twists and turns in the will-they-or-won't-they debate over a third installment of Christopher Nolan's revamped Batman franchise. Early on it was announced that, although lead actor Christian Bale was contractually obligated to appear in Batman 3, Nolan had no such obligation and might decide not to direct another one.
Screenwriter David S. Goyer gave fans some hope when he said that he believed Nolan would return if he could "find the story that he's happy with." Then, Gary Oldman got everyone excited when he announced that filming would begin in 2010, only to recant his statement a couple days later.
Actor Cillian Murphy, who played The Scarecrow in the first two films, is hopeful that another film will be made, and Aaron Eckhart, said that he "would do anything" Nolan asked of him, »
- BrentJS Sprecher
Rare Photos Of '60S Stars Go On Display
13 November 2009 11:06 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
A series of never-before-seen photographs of '60s icons including Sir Michael Caine, John Lennon and Charlton Heston has gone on display in London.
The black-and-white shots were saved from a bonfire in the mid-1970s when celebrity photographer Brian Duffy tried to destroy his archive of work after an argument with his staff.
They have remained hidden away in cardboard boxes ever since - but now form part of an exhibition of Duffy's images at a gallery in the U.K. capital.
The pictures, which also include shots of Arnold Schwarzenegger and notorious London gangster Reggie Kray, survived the blaze when fellow photographer David Bailey intervened and convinced Duffy not to throw them on the pyre.
Duffy says, "I went out into the garden and started burning things. You would think celluloid would burn easily but it didn't... David Bailey turned up and he said he would have helped me (with the pressure of my work) if he'd known. I stopped burning stuff and the rest of the negatives just sat in shoe boxes in my house until my old lady (wife) asked me what I was going to do with them." »
New Gus Van Sant Project Becomes World Series of Hollywood Nepotism
13 November 2009 5:45 AM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
· The Gus Van Sant drama formerly known as Restless began shooting this week in Portland, where Bryce Dallas Howard (daughter of Ron, who's co-producing) has joined Henry Hopper (son of Dennis) and Schuyler Fisk (daughter of Sissy Spacek) for the tale of two teens with a possibly unhealthy preoccupation with mortality. (We checked out the script a few months ago.) Watch your back, Mia Wasikowska! It's still early yet, and don't think Rumer Willis isn't ready to go if you aren't pulling your weight as the lead. [THR]
Greenpeace gets a biopic, Michael Caine's vigilante valedictory gets a U.S. buyer, and more Hollywood Ink after the jump. »
Michael Caine Stirs Pot Again Over 'Dark Knight' Sequel
12 November 2009 9:25 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Michael Caine has a history of talking about a potential sequel to The Dark Knight. He's not shy with his opinions, or revealing what he's heard, but we wonder sometimes if it's a mix of hearsay or random ideas to which he's made privy, combined with a penchant for being mischievous. Case in point: In a recent interview with the British magazine Shortlist (reported online by IGN), Caine alleges that a sequel to The Dark Knight may never happen.
"If they ever make another 'Batman' I will be in it, I will be the butler," the actor told the magazine. "But I don't know if they are ever going to make another 'Batman.' If they do, it won't be for quite a while."
This would seem to fly in the face of what we already know...and frankly, of common sense. It's been widely reported that Warner Bros funded »
'Batman 3' May Never Happen
12 November 2009 6:52 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
Despite a good reception for "The Dark Knight", it appears that Warner Bros. Pictures has not had any plan about making the sequel. Recently, one of the "Batman" stars, Michael Caine, told British magazine Shortlist that he doubted the studio will ever make "Batman 3".
"I don't know if they are ever going to make another 'Batman'," Caine said. Even if there will be the third film, the depicter of butler Alfred Pennyworth claimed it will not be happening soon, as he stated, "If they do it won't be for quite a while." However, he added, "As for the future... if they ever make another 'Batman' I will be in, I will be the butler..."
Talks of a follow-up to "The Dark Knight" have been circulating around since the movie blew up in the box office and collected awards. Recently, it was reported that the next installment of the "Batman" film »
- AceShowbiz.com
Samuel Goldwyn Films Grabs Harry Brown
12 November 2009 4:59 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Samuel Goldwyn Films has nabbed all the U.S. rights to the Michael Caine thriller Harry Brown. The film is directed by Daniel Barber.
In the film, an elderly ex-serviceman (Caine) and widower look to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions is going to handle home-video rights on the property.
Emily Mortimer also stars in this film. It is slated to come out in the U.K. this weekend.
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Film review: Harry Brown
12 November 2009 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Michael Caine gets his tastiest, nastiest role since Get Carter in this vigilante-revenge thriller, says Peter Bradshaw
Michael Caine gets his tastiest, nastiest role since Get Carter in this vigilante-revenge thriller set in the badlands of south-east London. His Harry Brown is a widower in his 70s, living in a council flat on a rough estate, on medication for his emphysema.
When his only friend, Len (David Bradley), is killed by drug dealers, Harry rediscovers a forgotten part of himself; he was once in the Royal Marines, and now embarks on a revenge campaign against the gang. Caine's face visibly changes from an open, gentle expression – into one of hooded-eyed, heavy-set menace: the face he once had confronting big men who didn't realise they were in bad shape.
Daniel Barber's film occupies an interesting position on a certain type of Britfilm continuum with Ken Loach at one end and »
- Peter Bradshaw
Caine Joined Gang For Protection
12 November 2009 11:16 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Veteran actor Michael Caine has revealed the truth about his gang past - he only joined a group of teenage thugs for protection.
The Get Carter star is set to wow cinema-goers with his role as a vigilante in violent revenge movie Harry Brown, which is released this month.
He recently confessed he joined a gang in his youth, before finding fame in a string of acclaimed British movies in the 1960s.
But he insists there was a good reason for it - he needed protection while growing up in a tough area of south London.
Caine says, "I was in a gang. But you don't join a gang to go out and smash the daylights out of someone, you join a gang so that no one smashes the daylights out of you. Because if you're walking around on your own, you are a target. That's why you join a gang.
"Admittedly there are criminal psychopaths out there who you can't deal with and you should lock up, but I'm on about the innocent ones." »
Goldwyn Gets “Harry” in America
12 November 2009 9:54 AM, PST | IndieWIRE | See recent indieWIRE news »
U.S. rights to first time director Daniel Barber’s “Harry Brown” starring two-time Academy Award winner Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer have been picked up by Samuel Goldwyn Films, which will release the film theatrically, while Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group will take on home entertainment rights. Peter Goldwyn, Vice President of Acquisitions for Samuel Goldwyn Films, negotiated the deal with Tim Haslam at Hanway. “Harry Brown” is described as a “character … »
Samuel Goldwyn Brings Justice to 'Harry Brown'
12 November 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
- Is there such a thing as Kitchen Sink films featuring old men? The young men from the 60's now belong to a different age bracket, so I guess we can point to this post-tiff and now, post-afm film deal as one of them. According to the trades, this year's Gran Torino in the shape of Daniel Barber’s Harry Brown has been smoked out by Samuel Goldwyn Films. The pic which was considered a must see film by many buyers in Toronto just opened in theaters in the U.K.. Scripted by Gary Young, set in modern-day Britain, follows one man’s (Sir Michael Caine) journey through a chaotic world where drugs are the currency of the day and guns run the streets. A modest law-abiding citizen, Harry Brown is a retired Marine and a widower who lives alone on a depressed housing estate. His only company is his »
Caine Refuses To Watch His Movies
12 November 2009 4:11 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Veteran actor Sir Michael Caine refuses to watch any of his old movies because he would hate to see himself "crumbling" with age.
The Get Carter star has appeared in more than 100 films after rising to fame in the 1960s with lead roles in pictures including 1964's Zulu.
But the Oscar-winner, currently starring as a vigilante in revenge movie Harry Brown, hopes he'll never be honoured with a lifetime achievement award, because he doesn't want scores of people to see how he has aged.
He says, "I never look at (my movies). I never look at them, because you know what happens is sometimes they give you a lifetime achievement award, you know, and you sit there and they play all your films. And what it is, you're sitting there watching and you're actually watching you start on Zulu and wind up as Harry Brown, you watch this guy sort of crumble and turn into this old man.
"But they're very kind now, they change it. They do bits from here, there and everywhere, you know. So you don't get that sort of crumbling effect." »
Film Weekly on Harry Brown and the Coen brothers
12 November 2009 2:57 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
In this week's edition, the Coen brothers chat about bringing their childhood into their new masterpiece A Serious Man, while newcomer Daniel Barber reveals what it was like to direct Michael Caine in revenge thriller Harry Brown. Plus, reviews of Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon and Roland Emmerich's disaster movie 2012.
Joel and Ethan Coen's new film, the suburban comedy A Serious Man, moves away from the menace of No Country for Old Man and Fargo to examine one ordinary, middle-class, middle-American Jewish man's quest to understand why his life has started unravelling. They tell Jason Solomons why it took so long for them to get around to mining their own upbringing for a film.
Next up is director Daniel Barber, whose feature film debut Harry Brown centres on a retired Marine who decides to dispense some vigilante-style justice to the young thugs who killed his friend. He »
- Jason Solomons, Xan Brooks, Jason Phipps, Observer
Caine: 'I won't win another Oscar'
12 November 2009 12:49 AM, PST | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Sir Michael Caine has revealed that he doesn't think he'll win another Oscar for his acting. The 76-year-old star, who has previously won Academy Awards for Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules, said that he only stands a chance of winning this year if all the films are of a lower standard. At the premiere of his new movie Harry Brown, Caine said: "I've got a couple of Oscars and I've been nominated nine times but I've (more) »
- By Rebecca Davies
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