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Nine Movie Parties We'd Like to Crash

31 December 2009 1:16 PM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

Parties get a lousy rap in movies. Really, how often do you get to see characters having unfettered fun? More often, they're moping and feeling alienated (see "Garden State") or wasted out of their minds (see "Kids") or feeling let down (see "Swingers") or unearthing dark, long-kept family or friendship secrets (see "The Celebration").

Parties are cinematic shorthand for decadence and overindulgence -- and why does that always have to be so bad? In honor of tonight's celebrations of the year to come, here are a few film parties we'd actually like to attend.

"Dazed and Confused" (1993)

Directed by Richard Linklater

Like, I'm guessing, many of you, I had warm, fuzzy feelings toward Austin long before ever getting to go there (and in the dozen or so trips since, it has yet to disappoint), all thanks to Richard Linklater's landmark high school movie. "All I'm saying is that if »

- Alison Willmore

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Me and Orson Welles

12 December 2009 5:00 AM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »

Me and Orson Welles

Directed by: Richard Linklater

Cast: Zac Efron, Christian McKay, Claire Danes

Running Time: 1 hr 55 mins

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: December 11, 2009 (limited)

Plot: A young wannabe actor (Efron) is taken under the wing of directing genius Orson Welles (McKay) as he works with his Mercury Players theatre company to revolutionize Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” in 1937.

Who’S It For? Fans of Welles will likely cherish this wonderful impersonation even more so than 
squads of slightly grown up Efron fans who experiment with the High School Musical actor’s attempt at something a bit different. The film isn’t exclusive to either of these groups, as its comedy reaches past those who are aware of Welles’ quirks or Efron’s looks.

Expectations: How would the expected drama with Efron balance with the true story of Welles’ magnificence? Would the legend’s impersonator, McKay, be able to effectively duplicate »

- Nick Allen

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Red Carpet Video Interview: Zac Efron and Christian McKay (Me And Orson Welles)

4 December 2009 7:28 AM, PST | GordonandtheWhale | See recent GordonandtheWhale news »

From director Richard Linklater (School Of Rock, Dazed And Confused), Me And Orson Welles tells the semi-true story of the Mercury Theater’s unconventional production of William Shakespeare’s Caesar, directed by and starring a young Orson Welles – portrayed pitch-perfectly by regarded thespian turned actor Christian McKay. Enter young Richard – Zac Efron in his first grown-up role – a high school student that dreams of something bigger. Welles instantly takes a liking to the boy, casting him in the play. But Richard soon learns why Welles, even his younger years, has the notorious reputation and overbearing presence he does. Because he is Orson Welles, of course!

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- James Wallace

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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 ‘Me and Orson Welles’ Chicago Passes With Claire Danes, Zac Efron

3 December 2009 1:33 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – In our latest drama edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of “Me and Orson Welles” with Claire Danes and Zac Efron from director Richard Linklater of “School of Rock”!

“Me and Orson Welles” also stars Imogen Poots, Eddie Marsan, Christian McKay, Ben Chaplin, Zoe Kazan, Kelly Reilly, James Tupper, Leo Bill, Al Weaver, Iain McKee, Simon Lee Phillips, Simon Nehan and Patrick Kennedy from director Richard Linklater (who also directed “School of Rock,” “Fast Food Nation,” “Bad News Bears,” “Dazed and Confused,” “Before Sunset” and “Before Sunrise”).

The film opens on Dec. 11, 2009. To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “Me and Orson Welles” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This screening will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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'I'm not like Orson Welles. I'm a quiet director'

2 December 2009 6:58 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

The indie film-maker talks about his new film Me and Orson Welles, starring Zac Efron

In his later years Orson Welles made wine and beer commercials. He acted in The Muppet Movie and Magnum Pi and narrated a documentary about Bugs Bunny. Sometimes he gave lectures, too, shambling into the half-empty town-halls of middle America to breathlessly introduce himself as a film director, writer and actor; a magician, designer and painter. Then his eyes would flick across the rows of empty seats. "Isn't it strange," he said, "that there are so many of me and so few of you?"

It was Welles's fate to burn too brightly, too quickly. He was a man who could be everything except a cog in the Hollywood machine; an artist whose precocity would prove his undoing. He was a stage star in his teens and the creator of Citizen Kane at the age of 25. After that, »

- Xan Brooks

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Why did Orlando Bloom, Miranda Kerr do T-Day in Morocco? Not for couscous

29 November 2009 8:45 AM, PST | Zap2It - The Dish Rag | See recent Zap2It - The Dish Rag news »

Orlando Bloom, his sweet cheeks Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr, and other A-list celebs including Jennifer Aniston, Adrien Brody, Salma Hayek and Gwyneth Paltrow, spent their Thanksgiving in Morocco.

Because nothing says Thanksgiving like lamb, couscous and kaab el ghazal (gazelles' horns).

Why were they really so far from home on a family-centered holiday?According to my sources, they were all very well-paid to attend the grand reopening of the luxury La Mamounia Hotel in Marrakesh.

And they all got dressed up for an international red carpet appearance. Aniston wore a Celine gown, Salma wowed the crowd in Gucc. 

Along with Aniston, they were all flying solo. Paltrow was sans husband Chris Martin and told People she left her kids in London and Salma left her daughter Valentina in Paris with husband Francois-Henri Pinault. 

In Hollywood, where even B-listers are routinely paid $10-$20 grand (and up) to attend grand openings, »

- editorial@zap2it.com

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Zac Efron on Me and Orson Welles

26 November 2009 11:00 PM, PST | movies.about.com | See recent movies.about.com news »

Feature film newcomer Christian McKay stars as a 22 year old Orson Welles in Me and Orson Welles, a fictionalized account of Welles' 1937 staging of Julius Caesar at the Mercury Theatre. High School Musical standout Zac Efron plays a 17 year old actor who is unexpectedly asked to join the play as Lucius just weeks before it opens. Directed by Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused, The School of Rock, A Scanner Darkly) and adapted for the screen by Holly Gent Palmo and Vincent Palmo Jr, Me and Orson Welles brings the fiery filmmaker's work to life on the big screen, introducing Welles to a new generation of moviegoers. Read On...

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Richard Linklater on Zac Efron, Child Actors, and His Mysterious 12-Year Drama

25 November 2009 9:40 AM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

Though Miramax scuttled his next project, Liars (A to E), it's not hard to imagine Richard Linklater will bounce back -- the tricky part is picturing just what he'll do next. Over his career, the Austin-based filmmaker has thrown his audience a few laid-back curveballs, moving from low-budget films like Slacker and Dazed and Confused to studio comedies like School of Rock and Bad News Bears. Linklater's newest film is Me and Orson Welles, and it may be his most unlikely yet: a period comedy starring Zac Efron, Claire Danes, and new find Christian McKay as Welles.

Still, despite Efron's star wattage, Linklater admits that getting the film into theaters was no easy task. In an interview Movieline conducted with the director last week, he opened up about those difficulties and talked extensively about an even more challenging project: the secretive drama he's been filming every year for the last eight years. »

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Richard Linklater Talks Me and Orson Welles and "Spiritual" Sequel to Dazed and Confused

25 November 2009 1:16 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

To call Richard Linklater an eclectic director would be an understatement. Starting with the low-budget indie Slacker, Linklater moved on to the stoner comedy Dazed and Confused before hitting it big with School of Rock and Bad News Bears.

Up next for the director is another independently financed project, Me and Orson Welles, based on the novel by Robert Kaplow about a teenager who lands a role in Orson Welles' production of Julius Ceasar. The movie stars teen heartthrob Zac Efron as the young actor and newcomer Christian McKay as Welles. The movie may seem a strange fit for someone like Linklater to direct, but in an interview with ComingSoon, Linklater says he doesn't find his resume odd at all. I think if there's a commonality [between movies] maybe it's sort of the tone or the acting or something, but I dunno. I'm lucky I get to work on different genres, »

- Ryan Gowland

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Theatrical Review: Me And Orson Welles

24 November 2009 10:00 PM, PST | GordonandtheWhale | See recent GordonandtheWhale news »

Rating: 8/10

Writer: Holly Gent Palmo & Vincent Palmo Jr. (screenplay), Robert Kaplow (novel)

Director: Richard Linklater

Cast: Zac Efron, Christian McKay, Claire Danes, Ben Chaplin

Studio: Freestyle

Richard Linklater’s directing resume includes the stoner coming of age comedy Dazed And Confused, a pointed attack at the practices of the fast food industry in Fast Food Nation, as well as Before Sunrise, a film about two people that spend a short but very romantic time together. You also get the based-on-a-true-story bank robber movie, The Newton Boys, and a pretty funny remake of Bad News Bears. These are not all of Linklater’s films, but I think you get the idea – the guy likes to jump genres and mood, and tends to have success at it. Of course, he has had few misfires in his career, but overall, a respectable resume.

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- Rusty Gordon

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Recreating "New Moon": What I Watched Instead

24 November 2009 11:38 AM, PST | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

So New Moon made over $140 million this past weekend. I wish I can say that I'm surprised, but really, who would be? It's Twilight. Everybody should've expected it to do gangbusters.

You might have noticed that we don't have a review for it... yet. There's a reason for that. I went to a screening of it last Wednesday, but never made it into the theater, after my stubborn self encountered a problem passing the security check. Nothing too scandalous, I didn't bite anybody—that night, anyway—but I scuttled on home skipping out on my date with the hot new reel on the block. So what did I do instead?

I could have seen the movie during the weekend, of course. But hey, it was busy breaking three different box office records: opening day (beating The Dark Knight), midnight showing (beating Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) and November opening »

- Arya Ponto

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'The Princess And The Frog,' 'Me And Orson Welles' And 'The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee' In This Week's unLimited

24 November 2009 11:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

It's another big holiday weekend with plenty of new releases to consider following your Thanksgiving feast this Thursday (and following your subsequent leftovers feasts through Sunday). In the same way that many Americans prefer alternatives to the traditional turkey and stuffing dinner on the day of gratitude, many moviegoers want something other than a studio tentpole release the day after Thanksgiving. Really, why would you want a popcorn movie when you're still full from the night before?

There are a couple of limited release options this week, including an important studio film getting a surprisingly soft opening, to appease such a film diet. Check these films out if you want something different as or additional to your main course this weekend:

"Me and Orson Welles"

What is is: Richard Linklater, director of "Dazed and Confused" and "School of Rock," returns with a fictionalized coming-of-age drama set during production of Orson Welles »

- Christopher Campbell

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Me and Orson Welles | Review

24 November 2009 10:00 AM, PST | SmellsLikeScreenSpirit | See recent SmellsLikeScreenSpirit news »

Director: Richard Linklater Writer(s): Robert Kaplow (novel), Holly Gent Palmo, Vincent Palmo Jr. (screenplay) Starring: Zac Efron, Christian McKay, Claire Danes, Ben Chaplin November 1937 – Orson Welles, producer John Houseman and their theater company at the Mercury Theatre began working on their much fabled production of Julius Caesar (the first Shakespearian play to be presented on Broadway). The Mercury Theatre was founded by Welles and Houseman earlier in the same year after the duo resigned from the Federal Theatre. In 1938, the Mercury Theatre evolved into The Mercury Theatre on the Air – a radio series that included the most infamous and influential radio broadcasts of all time: The War of the Worlds (broadcast on October 30, 1938). Welles and Houseman then moved to Hollywood and made Citizen Kane. Director Richard Linklater shows us a fictionalized perspective of the Welles (Christian McKay) and Houseman (Eddie Marsan) 1937 production of Julius Caesar. We are introduced »

- Don Simpson

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Zac Efron Says Stage Fright Is 'Addicting'

24 November 2009 9:57 AM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »

'Me and Orson Welles' star walks film's red carpet with Claire Danes, Richard Linklater.

By Eric Ditzian

Zac Efron at the New York premiere of "Me and Orson Welles" on Monday

Photo: MTV News

New York — "Me and Orson Welles," the story of a young man's Broadway debut, is both familiar territory and completely foreign for Zac Efron. The "High School Musical" films have seen the 22-year-old star take to the stage for theatrical performances, but "Orson Welles" is an entirely different beast, as Efron's character joins a 1930s-era production of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" being directed by a future titan of American cinema.

On Monday at the film's red carpet premiere in New York's Chelsea neighborhood, Efron told MTV News that no matter what type of role he finds himself in, he always suffers through nervous energy — and that's part of the appeal of his profession.

"I definitely get stage fright, »

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Zac Efron's Co-Stars Compare Him To Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck

23 November 2009 11:24 PM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »

'He's going to be around a long time,' Claire Danes says of the actor.

By Eric Ditzian

Claire Danes and Zac Efron attend the premiere of "Me and Orson Welles"

Photo: Mark Von Holden/ WireImage

Over a decade ago, Claire Danes co-starred with one of the biggest young stars in Hollywood: Leonardo DiCaprio in "Romeo + Juliet." Her latest onscreen love interest is, once again, one of the biggest young stars in Hollywood: Zac Efron, with whom Danes stars in the upcoming period piece, "Me and Orson Welles."

Efron recently said that the actor whose career he most admires is in fact DiCaprio's, so when MTV News had a chance to speak with Danes on the "Orson Welles" red carpet Monday night, we wanted to know if she saw any similarities between the two leading men.

"They're obviously both very gifted," she told us. "They're both charismatic and gorgeous."

But »

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Celebrity Biography: Adam Lambert

22 November 2009 9:51 AM, PST | PopStar | See recent PopStar news »

Adam Mitchel Lambert, singer and theatrical performer, was born on January 29, 1982 in Indianapolis, Indiana. His parents, Eber and Leila Lambert, moved the family to San Diego, California one year after Adam was born. The liberal couple who met at the University of Vermont during the late 1970's, added son Neil to the Lambert clan a few years later. Neil is a writer who currently lives in York and writes a blog called negativeneil.com. Don't let the name fool you, however. Neil is a gifted humorist, who is immensely supportive of his brother's musical endeavors. Adam never met his grandfather, since he passed away shortly after Adam's birth. Eber gave Adam his grandfather's ring, that Adam now wears as a good luck charm. He cites his grandfather as the "person he'd most like to meet." Adam credits his parents, however, for his love of music and his current success. His »

- jmaurer@corp.popstar.com (Jennifer Maurer)

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Free Flick of the Day: The Doom Generation

20 November 2009 3:45 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

The '90s were a good time to be a teen -- especially if you were itching for more than just the mainstream. Nestled between the John Hughes '80s and the bubbly Disney '00s, the '90s were a time when teen films thrived in tunes-led rebellion. It wasn't all about spunky mainstream music marketing and bubbly personalities. Scores and strangeness got to go a little wild, and Gregg Araki ran with that idea when he made The Doom Generation.

Dubbed Araki's "heterosexual movie," the film starred then-newcomer Rose McGowan as Amy Blue, a tough-as-nails, filthy-mouthed, self-proclaimed virgin in love with one Jordan White (James Duval). Their rather mundane lives are thrown through the ringer when they help out a strange boy named Xavier (Johnathan Schaech), who leads them through an insane road trip of unintended violence. A trip, mind you, that showcases a slew of names from »

- Monika Bartyzel

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'House' Star Olivia Wilde Says Filming 'Fix' Was 'Labor Of Love'

20 November 2009 9:25 AM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »

Pulling off TV role while shooting film with director husband required 'herculean effort,' actress says.

By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Josh Horowitz

Olivia Wilde

Photo: MTV News

It was 2007 and Olivia Wilde had just been cast as a bisexual doc on "House," a juicy role on a hit show following a run on the short-lived NBC series "The Black Donnellys" and another bisexual turn on "The O.C." The job was a huge break for the actress — it would lead to a vastly raised public profile and the top spot in the Maxim Hot 100 — but the new work also came at a tricky time: She was about to start filming "Fix," a movie she couldn't exactly bail on considering her husband, Tao Ruspoli, was the director.

"I would do 'House' five days a week and we would do 'Fix' on the weekend and any random day off I might get, »

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Exclusive: Richard Linklater on his 13 Year Film Project Starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette

19 November 2009 8:09 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

While director Richard Linklater is having problems getting his “spiritual sequel” to Dazed and Confused off the ground, that doesn’t mean he isn’t working.  In fact, last week he was filming some of his secret 13 year project with Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as a divorced couple.  Haven’t heard of the film yet? According to Linklater, good.

The reason I say that is when I spoke to Linklater during a roundtable interview a few days ago, he said he wished IMDb hadn’t listed the project.  Because now that it’s on the site, everyone is asking about a project that’s still being written and worked on.

But when I sat down to speak to him during my exclusive interview, when we finally got to talking about the project, he opened up a lot more than I expected him to.  Saying that, since I knew he »

- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub

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Olivia Wilde gets her indie 'Fix'

19 November 2009 5:30 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

How did Tao Ruspoli land Olivia Wilde, best known as Thirteen on House, for his debut feature film? Easy, they’re married. Ruspoli is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who stays close to reality with his first fictional project – the story is inspired by his brother’s struggle with drug addiction. Wilde and Ruspoli play a documentary filmmaking couple who must race across Los Angeles to get his brother Leo into a rehab program by 8 pm, or else the brother faces three years of jail. Shawn Andrews (Dazed and Confused) plays Leo, and Megalyn Echikunwoke (CSI: Miami, 24) also co-stars. Ruspoli said »

- Wendy Mitchell

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