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Brando, Depp, the missing millions and Divine Rapture, the lost movie

26 November 2009 2:15 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

The first sign things were going wrong on the set of Divine Rapture was when Marlon Brando shaved his head. But that was the least of the film's troubles

If all the roads in Ireland were to converge at a final destination, you would probably find yourself in Ballycotton, Co Cork. A tiny village on a rocky headland, it is as removed and cosy as its name suggests. Its harbour is stocked with a colourful fishing fleet and traditional music seeps from the pubs on Main Street. Despite an annual running marathon that passes through the town, it is slow-paced, sleepy, and cocooned from the outside world. But although 200-ft cliffs keep the Atlantic at bay and an offshore lighthouse looks out for danger, nothing could protect Ballycotton from nature's cruellest force: Hollywood.

Back in 1995, Johnny Depp, Debra Winger, and Marlon Brando rolled into town to make a film called Divine Rapture. »

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Directors We Love: John Ford

16 September 2009 8:15 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

On the comprehensive movie list site, They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?, John Ford currently ranks #4 on the list of the all-time 100 greatest film directors (with Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock and Federico Fellini ahead of him), though he has placed more films than anyone else, 18, on the list of the all-time top 1000. I think the reason he doesn't rank higher is that he was one of the few great film directors to be fully appreciated in his own time. He won the Best Director Oscar four times -- still a record -- and took home an additional two Oscars for his wartime documentaries.

Welles was once asked whose films he studied when he made Citizen Kane in 1941, and he replied: "the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford and John Ford." Of course, even by the time he was an "old master," Ford would continue to make films like They Were Expendable, »

- Jeffrey M. Anderson

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The Tough Guy Romantic Comedy

23 July 2009 10:07 AM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

There's something a little strange about the poster for "The Ugly Truth," and the sight of the stubbly, gruff face of Gerard Butler, affecting a sly grin and brandishing a heart at groin-level. This is the guy who carried "300" on his back (and maybe his washboard stomach) and, through sheer badness of his assness, inspired as many teenage boy quotations as any movie since "Austin Powers." In the interim, he's starred in Guy Ritchie's crime caper "RocknRolla," and he'll next appear in "Gamer," a film about a super soldier who becomes part of a dystopic video game. But for the moment, here he is in a romantic comedy. King Leonidas probably would have stabbed this dude right through his heart-crotch.

Butler's a veteran of movie musicals ("The Phantom of the Opera") and romances ("P.S. I Love You") but he's at his best -- and certainly best known -- as a man of action, »

- Matt Singer

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Redmond Morris 'In Conversation' at Fleadh

9 July 2009 7:29 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »

Irish producer Redmond Morris (The Reader) will be attending the Galway Film Fleadh this Saturday, 11 July, to participate in an "In Conversation With…" special event organised by the Fleadh and the Irish Film & Television Academy (Ifta). Iftn catches up with Morris ahead of the event. Redmond Morris, who grew up in Spiddal, Co. Galway, has become one of Ireland's most successful producers working on a variety of high profile productions. In the very early days of the Irish film industry, Morris' father, Michael Killanin, worked closely with John Ford on films such as 'The Quiet Man' and this initial introduction fuelled his passion for filmmaking. »

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Shall we gather at the river?

11 June 2009 1:11 PM, PDT | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »

The first time I saw him, he was striding toward me out of the burning Georgia sun, as helicopters landed behind him. His face was tanned a deep brown. He was wearing a combat helmet, an ammo belt, carrying a rifle, had a canteen on his hip, stood six feet four inches. He stuck out his hand and said, "John Wayne." That was not necessary.

John Wayne died 30 years ago on June 11. Stomach cancer. "The Big C," he called it. He had lived for quite a while on one lung, and then the Big C came back. He was near death and he knew it when he walked out on stage at the 1979 Academy Awards to present Best Picture to "The Deer Hunter," a film he wouldn't have made. He looked frail, but he planted himself there and sounded like John Wayne.

John Wayne. When I was a kid, we »

- Roger Ebert

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Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with top Irish movie locations

17 March 2009 5:45 AM, PDT | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »

Happy St. Patrick’s Day Boxwishers! I hope you’re all wearing green and downing Guinness in celebration of the event. Of course, I jest – it’s maybe a little too early for the drinking to kick off in earnest – but today is the day to show our love for the Emerald Isle and in true Boxwish style we’re doing so through movies. We haven’t rounded up the best Irish films or best Irish actors and actresses, as these lists would simply take far too long, so instead we’re taking a leisurely tour to find three of the best Irish locations from the world of cinema. And to make it truly worthy of our best efforts – we’re not including Dublin.

County Cork in The Wind That Shakes the Barley

This Ken Loach directed, Palme d’Or winning drama from 2006 tells the story of two brothers (one »

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Quiet Man Tales Makes World Premiere at The Chicago Theatre Downstairs in March

14 January 2009 6:33 PM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

The Quiet Man Tales, a riveting new play presented by Smock Alley Theater Co., in conjunction with Mavin Productions II and Pullinsi & D'Angelo Productions, will make its world premiere at The Chicago Theatre Downstairs, 175 N. State Street, previewing March 6 and opening Sunday, March 22 at 3:00 p.m. Susan Felder will direct. Adapted for the stage by Frank Mahon and Milissa Pacelli, The Quiet Man Tales is based on Green Rushes, the classic book of short stories by Maurice Walsh. Published in 1935, the book was the inspiration for the legendary 1952 Academy Award-winning film The Quiet Man, which was directed by John Ford and starred Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne. Set in the sweeping Irish countryside in the midst of the country's battle for freedom from England in 1921 and the years that follow, The Quiet Man Tales is a humorous and poignant story of the interconnected lives of the men and women »

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2009 | 2001 | 2000

7 articles from 2009

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