Tom Priestley, the British film editor whose work assembling the dueling-banjos sequence and hellish “squeal like a pig” attack in John Boorman’s Deliverance landed him an Oscar nomination, has died. He was 91.
His death on Christmas Day was only recently revealed.
Priestley also cut two other movies helmed by Boorman: Leo the Last (1970), which won the best director award at the Cannes Film Festival, and Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977).
He also edited The Great Gatsby (1974); Blake Edwards’ The Return of the Pink Panther (1975); That Lucky Touch (1975), starring Roger Moore; Voyage of the Damned (1976), featuring an all-star cast; and Roman Polanski’s Tess (1979).
Priestley was the only son of renowned British novelist and playwright J.B. Priestley, who wrote the classic 1945 drama An Inspector Calls for the theater and served as a BBC Radio broadcaster during the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II.
Upon its release in 1972, Deliverance became the...
His death on Christmas Day was only recently revealed.
Priestley also cut two other movies helmed by Boorman: Leo the Last (1970), which won the best director award at the Cannes Film Festival, and Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977).
He also edited The Great Gatsby (1974); Blake Edwards’ The Return of the Pink Panther (1975); That Lucky Touch (1975), starring Roger Moore; Voyage of the Damned (1976), featuring an all-star cast; and Roman Polanski’s Tess (1979).
Priestley was the only son of renowned British novelist and playwright J.B. Priestley, who wrote the classic 1945 drama An Inspector Calls for the theater and served as a BBC Radio broadcaster during the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II.
Upon its release in 1972, Deliverance became the...
- 2/19/2024
- by Rhett Bartlett
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
One of cinema’s most distressing breakups is the dissolution of Joel and Ethan Coen, known to many as the Coen Brothers. The duo launched their legendary career with 1984’s Blood Simple, with hits like Raising Arizona (1987), Fargo (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and more considered modern classics among film buffs. When the brothers split in August 2021 to pursue other ventures, the event left cinephiles crying into their White Russians. I should know. I was one of them. However, it looks like the pair’s several-year pause is ending.
Speaking with Empire, Ethan Coen says he’s developing a new project with his brother, Joel. Ethan also mentions that the new project could precede what he’s cooked up with Tricia Cooke, his film partner, and wife of 33 years. Ethan wants fans to understand that he’s never “gone solo.” He co-wrote Drive-Away Dolls with Cooke and co-directed the upcoming comedic thriller.
Speaking with Empire, Ethan Coen says he’s developing a new project with his brother, Joel. Ethan also mentions that the new project could precede what he’s cooked up with Tricia Cooke, his film partner, and wife of 33 years. Ethan wants fans to understand that he’s never “gone solo.” He co-wrote Drive-Away Dolls with Cooke and co-directed the upcoming comedic thriller.
- 7/7/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
While Joel and Ethan Coen worked on two more features together after Inside Llewyn Davis, many (such as Mia Hansen-Løve) thought the story of an artist trying to find his way after the loss of his partner portended the eventual parting of ways for the brothers. Following Hail, Caesar! and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Joel Coen went solo directing The Tragedy of Macbeth while Ethan Coen helmed a Jerry Lee Lewis documentary and the forthcoming Drive-Away Dolls. Thankfully, it looks the brothers will now reunite for a new project.
As revealed in the current issue of Empire Magazine (via /Film), Ethan Coen said that he’s already working with Joel Coen on developing a new script. He also noted he very much hasn’t “gone solo” as his wife Tricia Cooke not only co-wrote the script for Drive-Away Dolls but also co-directed the film with him, though the Directors...
As revealed in the current issue of Empire Magazine (via /Film), Ethan Coen said that he’s already working with Joel Coen on developing a new script. He also noted he very much hasn’t “gone solo” as his wife Tricia Cooke not only co-wrote the script for Drive-Away Dolls but also co-directed the film with him, though the Directors...
- 7/7/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
(Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.)
Even the greatest filmmakers only get to have their names attached to something that will go down as one of the greatest movies of all time once, if they're very lucky. Only guys like Steven Spielberg and Alfred Hitchcock - the rarest of the rare - get to claim a few. For directors Joel and Ethan Coen, aka the Coen brothers, their moment came in 2007 with "No Country for Old Men" which, quite arguably, remains their best film to date in the eyes of the masses.
As the directors behind beloved classics such as "Fargo" and "The Big Lebowski," the duo had already put their stamp on cinema in a pretty significant way. But something very special happened when they teamed up...
Even the greatest filmmakers only get to have their names attached to something that will go down as one of the greatest movies of all time once, if they're very lucky. Only guys like Steven Spielberg and Alfred Hitchcock - the rarest of the rare - get to claim a few. For directors Joel and Ethan Coen, aka the Coen brothers, their moment came in 2007 with "No Country for Old Men" which, quite arguably, remains their best film to date in the eyes of the masses.
As the directors behind beloved classics such as "Fargo" and "The Big Lebowski," the duo had already put their stamp on cinema in a pretty significant way. But something very special happened when they teamed up...
- 11/12/2022
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
One thing that all the great, iconic, landmark Hollywood films of any era have in common is universality. As Clint Eastwood’s iconic serial killer thriller “Dirty Harry” turns 50 this week, the Don Siegel film’s rocky critical reception back in 1971 only temporarily obscured the pic’s primal pull and lasting (not “Sudden”) impact. Like “Casablanca” and “The Best Years of Our Lives,” both powerfully relevant to World War II survivors, or “Grapes of Wrath,” which spoke to Depression era audiences, or “In the Heat of the Night” with its relevance to the Civil Rights revolution, “Harry” was the man of the Nixon/Law and Order moment, which we now see was much a bigger harbinger of tumultuous social change than just Tricky Dick and the transitory winds blown up by a single political figure.
In the late 1960s and early ‘70s, a multitude of globally significant events and trends...
In the late 1960s and early ‘70s, a multitude of globally significant events and trends...
- 12/21/2021
- by Steven Gaydos
- Variety Film + TV
From his breakthrough in Deliverance to a memorable turn in Toy Story 3, the authenticity of Beatty’s middleman gone bad made him the perfect co-star – and often stole the show
Ned Beatty dies aged 83
If ever a character actor personified the “good ol’ boy” archetype of Hollywood’s new cinema of the 1970s it was Ned Beatty from Louisville, Kentucky, whose broad, open, good-natured face seemed so often to be covered with a sheen of sweat – either from suppressed guilt, or tension, from discomfort in whatever sweltering southern clime he happened to find himself. His was a smiley face bounded by its prosperous double-chin and nascent combover, a face that lent reality and approachability to the movies: an authentic and worldly presence.
Ned Beatty had the hardest role to play: the middle-ranking ordinary guy: lawyer, cop, official, politician and maybe, effectively, the wingman to the conventionally better-looking male leads,...
Ned Beatty dies aged 83
If ever a character actor personified the “good ol’ boy” archetype of Hollywood’s new cinema of the 1970s it was Ned Beatty from Louisville, Kentucky, whose broad, open, good-natured face seemed so often to be covered with a sheen of sweat – either from suppressed guilt, or tension, from discomfort in whatever sweltering southern clime he happened to find himself. His was a smiley face bounded by its prosperous double-chin and nascent combover, a face that lent reality and approachability to the movies: an authentic and worldly presence.
Ned Beatty had the hardest role to play: the middle-ranking ordinary guy: lawyer, cop, official, politician and maybe, effectively, the wingman to the conventionally better-looking male leads,...
- 6/14/2021
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Tarence Ray and Tom Sexton from the Trillbilly Worker’s Party take Joe and Josh on a cinematic journey through the South.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (2009)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Deliverance (1972)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Boogie Nights (1997)
In Bruges (2008)
The Birds (1963)
Cleopatra (1963)
The Blind Side (2009)
Moneyball (2011)
Next of Kin (1989)
Speed (1994)
Gravity (2013)
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
Hustle and Flow (2005)
Black Snake Moan (2007)
Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Black Snake (1973)
Mandy (2018)
Sling Blade (1996)
One False Move (1992)
The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
George Washington (2000)
Prince Avalanche (2013)
Halloween (1978)
Halloween (2018)
Halloween: H20 (1998)
Halloween (2007)
Joe (2014)
All The Real Girls (2003)
Chrystal (2005)
The Accountant (2001)
O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000)
Wild River (1960)
The Ladykillers (2004)
The Ladykillers (1956)
Baywatch (2017)
Tin Men (1987)
52 Pick-Up (1986)
Gremlins (1984)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Mad Max (1978)
Mad Max 2 – The Road Warrior (1980)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Fire Down Below (1997)
Coal Miner’s Daughter...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (2009)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Deliverance (1972)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Boogie Nights (1997)
In Bruges (2008)
The Birds (1963)
Cleopatra (1963)
The Blind Side (2009)
Moneyball (2011)
Next of Kin (1989)
Speed (1994)
Gravity (2013)
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
Hustle and Flow (2005)
Black Snake Moan (2007)
Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Black Snake (1973)
Mandy (2018)
Sling Blade (1996)
One False Move (1992)
The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
George Washington (2000)
Prince Avalanche (2013)
Halloween (1978)
Halloween (2018)
Halloween: H20 (1998)
Halloween (2007)
Joe (2014)
All The Real Girls (2003)
Chrystal (2005)
The Accountant (2001)
O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000)
Wild River (1960)
The Ladykillers (2004)
The Ladykillers (1956)
Baywatch (2017)
Tin Men (1987)
52 Pick-Up (1986)
Gremlins (1984)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Mad Max (1978)
Mad Max 2 – The Road Warrior (1980)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Fire Down Below (1997)
Coal Miner’s Daughter...
- 5/5/2020
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Netflix has built up such an extensive library that it’s not too hard to find a movie to suit your mood. Want to watch a raunchy comedy like “Caddyshack” or sci-fi thriller like “Snowpierecer”? It’s got those. If you’re in the mood for a best picture-winner, you can stream “Schindler’s List” and “No Country for Old Men.” There’s films for kids with “Hercules” and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” and films that are definitely not for kids like “Taxi Driver” and “A Clockwork Orange.”
Great directors made the cut, such as Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Joel and Ethan Coen, Alfonso Cuaron, Stanley Kubrick, Charlie Kaufman and Bong Joon-Ho. There’s also adaptations of great authors, such as Anthony Burgess, James Dickey, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein and Cormac McCarthy.
With summer coming to a close, the streaming platform affords you the opportunity from the comfort of...
Great directors made the cut, such as Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Joel and Ethan Coen, Alfonso Cuaron, Stanley Kubrick, Charlie Kaufman and Bong Joon-Ho. There’s also adaptations of great authors, such as Anthony Burgess, James Dickey, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein and Cormac McCarthy.
With summer coming to a close, the streaming platform affords you the opportunity from the comfort of...
- 8/9/2019
- by Dano Nissen
- Variety Film + TV
Chicago – The Bandit. Gator. The Man Who Loved Women. Jack Horner. Burt Reynolds played all these roles, in a roller coaster career that encompassed three eras of film and television. Reynolds died last month at age 82, taking with him a different breed of movie star, one that stole a scene with a self assured wink, mischievous smile and high pitched laugh.
Burt’s on-screen career began in 1958, and he had the distinction of being a regular on a hit TV show (“Gunsmoke”) in the 1960s, a movie star in the 1970s (“Smokey and the Bandit”) and ‘80s, and then back to TV (winning an Emmy for “Evening Shade), before getting his only Oscar nomination for “Boogie Nights.” His later career was notable for essentially being Burt Reynolds, as his second generation fans went on to produce shows like “Archer,” where Burt voices himself as Burt, and despite being named a...
Burt’s on-screen career began in 1958, and he had the distinction of being a regular on a hit TV show (“Gunsmoke”) in the 1960s, a movie star in the 1970s (“Smokey and the Bandit”) and ‘80s, and then back to TV (winning an Emmy for “Evening Shade), before getting his only Oscar nomination for “Boogie Nights.” His later career was notable for essentially being Burt Reynolds, as his second generation fans went on to produce shows like “Archer,” where Burt voices himself as Burt, and despite being named a...
- 10/9/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
John Boorman: ‘Wherever poor Ned Beatty went, people would say: Squeal like a pig! It went on for years’
Warner Bros had acquired the rights to James Dickey’s novel, and, after making Hell in the Pacific in very difficult circumstances, they felt I was the man to take it on. I’d never been to the south before, but the first thing I did was go to meet Dickey. We drafted the screenplay together. Always by correspondence, because whenever we met we never got much done. It was the drinking, really. On one occasion, he came to La to work, but locked himself in a hotel room with a ballerina called Amy Burke.
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Warner Bros had acquired the rights to James Dickey’s novel, and, after making Hell in the Pacific in very difficult circumstances, they felt I was the man to take it on. I’d never been to the south before, but the first thing I did was go to meet Dickey. We drafted the screenplay together. Always by correspondence, because whenever we met we never got much done. It was the drinking, really. On one occasion, he came to La to work, but locked himself in a hotel room with a ballerina called Amy Burke.
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- 5/29/2017
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
John Boorman’s 1972 film ”Deliverance” still shocks viewers today. The classic story of man pitting himself against nature (and man, kid and banjo) is a story that stands the test of time. The documentary ”The Dangerous World of Deliverance” was released the same year as the film and explores the great risks that went into the making of the feature.
Read More: Watch: ‘The Magnificent Seven’ Documentary Details Showdown For Rights To The Classic American Western
The tumultuous production encountered almost as many issues as the central characters in the film (though in slightly less terrifying fashion). From the unpredictable landscape to their lack of insurance, the filming was truly arduous process. The doc features narration from Boorman and James Dickey, the author of the novel that was adapted into the film. With exclusive behind the scenes footage, seamlessly combined with Boorman and Dickey’s unique insight into the process,...
Read More: Watch: ‘The Magnificent Seven’ Documentary Details Showdown For Rights To The Classic American Western
The tumultuous production encountered almost as many issues as the central characters in the film (though in slightly less terrifying fashion). From the unpredictable landscape to their lack of insurance, the filming was truly arduous process. The doc features narration from Boorman and James Dickey, the author of the novel that was adapted into the film. With exclusive behind the scenes footage, seamlessly combined with Boorman and Dickey’s unique insight into the process,...
- 9/27/2016
- by Casey Coit
- Indiewire
The writing was on the wall years ago when Ethan Coen, during press rounds for "True Grit," made it clear that the Coen Brothers' long brewing adaptation of James Dickey's "To The White Sea" was likely off the table. “I don’t think anything will happen with it. I mean we came just short of being able to get money for it and did come up short even with Brad Pitt basically doing it for free,” he said. The WWII adventure movie follows an air gunner shot down over Tokyo, unable to communicate due to unfamiliarity with the language, embarking on a dangerous and demanding journey back to Alaska. Essentially, it sounds like budget reasons (perhaps coupled with the fact that proposed star Brad Pitt didn't have much in the way of actual dialogue in the finished script) kiboshed the project. “Don’t set a movie in Tokyo during...
- 8/25/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Back in the early 2000s, before their one major career downturn, the Coen Brothers were planning to direct an adaptation of the novel To the White Sea, with Brad Pitt in the lead role. The story, based on the novel by James Dickey, follows an American gunner who parachutes into Tokyo from his burning plane […]
The post ‘To the White’ Sea Back in Development, Without the Coen Brothers appeared first on /Film.
The post ‘To the White’ Sea Back in Development, Without the Coen Brothers appeared first on /Film.
- 8/24/2015
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Warner Bros. has picked up the film rights to the long in the works film adaptation of "Deliverance" author James Dickey's World War II survival tale "To the White Sea".
Dealing with survival and masculinity, the story follows a WW2 air gunner shot down over Tokyo while on a bombing raid.
He embarks on an intense and violent journey, physically and mentally, across hostile territory to return home alive by trekking to Alaska.
Roy Lee and his Vertigo Entertainment banner will produce the project which was last setup at Fox five years ago. Most famously the Coen brothers and Brad Pitt were planning to star in a version which hung around for years.
This one won't use that script though, and will start afresh.
Source: THR...
Dealing with survival and masculinity, the story follows a WW2 air gunner shot down over Tokyo while on a bombing raid.
He embarks on an intense and violent journey, physically and mentally, across hostile territory to return home alive by trekking to Alaska.
Roy Lee and his Vertigo Entertainment banner will produce the project which was last setup at Fox five years ago. Most famously the Coen brothers and Brad Pitt were planning to star in a version which hung around for years.
This one won't use that script though, and will start afresh.
Source: THR...
- 8/24/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
To the White Sea, the searing World War II survival tale by James Dickey, also the author of Deliverance, is getting another shot at the big screen. Warner Bros. has picked up the movie rights for an adaptation to be produced by Roy Lee and his Vertigo Entertainment banner. The move re-energizes a project that has been dormant since at least 2010 when Fox last had the movie rights. The gutsy story tells of an air gunner during World War II who is shot down over Tokyo while on a bombing raid. The man embarks on an intense and violent
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- 8/24/2015
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Corner Show #1 discovered and curated by Drew McWeeny The following is the first installment in a new regular feature here at HitFix. People are fascinated by stories of films that were almost made, and we've certainly dug into that subject in the past. This is a new way of doing that in an ongoing format, and we hope you enjoy what is meant to be a game, a fun way of looking at an alternate movie history. It is safe to say that I had a very challenging 2014. So maybe what happened was a complete break with reality. Who could blame me? There's only so much anyone can take, and I've certainly had my own limits tested recently. So trust me.. at first, I considered forgetting all about what happened this past weekend and never writing a word about it. But it was so strange and so special that...
- 1/6/2015
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
10. Deliverance (1972)
Scene: Squeal Like a Piggy
Video: http://youtu.be/WqNMjZpSbnU
Word to the wise: just because someone plays a mighty fine banjo, it doesn’t mean he or any of his kin should be invited to your family picnic. Based on the James Dickey novel of the same name, Deliverance follows four businessmen as they decide to spend a weekend canoeing down a fictional river before it needs to be flooded. Lewis (Burt Reynolds) leads the crew as the most experienced, followed closely by Ed (Jon Voight). The two novices Bobby and Drew (Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox) also join them. So, in remote Georgia, the four men set out to take in the beauty of nature. Before setting off, they come across a group of mountain men, all of which appear to be inbred. Drew engages in a banjo duet with one of the teenagers, but he doesn’t...
Scene: Squeal Like a Piggy
Video: http://youtu.be/WqNMjZpSbnU
Word to the wise: just because someone plays a mighty fine banjo, it doesn’t mean he or any of his kin should be invited to your family picnic. Based on the James Dickey novel of the same name, Deliverance follows four businessmen as they decide to spend a weekend canoeing down a fictional river before it needs to be flooded. Lewis (Burt Reynolds) leads the crew as the most experienced, followed closely by Ed (Jon Voight). The two novices Bobby and Drew (Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox) also join them. So, in remote Georgia, the four men set out to take in the beauty of nature. Before setting off, they come across a group of mountain men, all of which appear to be inbred. Drew engages in a banjo duet with one of the teenagers, but he doesn’t...
- 10/31/2014
- by Joshua Gaul
- SoundOnSight
We were all hoping that the London production of Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour would mark Keira Knightley's Broadway debut (she got great reviews in 2011 starring opposite Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss), but we'll take her however we can get her. Next fall, she will make her Broadway debut in Roundabout Theatre Company's adaptation of the tragic novel Thérèse Raquin, continuing with Knightley's affinity for period dramas. In other news, Big Brother standout Frankie J. Grande (the bro of another famous Grande, Ariana) will take on a supporting role in Rock of Ages for two months beginning Nov.
- 10/25/2014
- by Jason Clark
- EW.com - PopWatch
It was back in the early 2000's, shortly after the release of O Brother, Where Art Thou, that word began to circulate that the Coen Brothers intended to shoot a film adaptation of James Dickey's novel To The White Sea. It caught the eye, not just for the fact that Brad Pitt was slated to star, but also due to the story playing out almost entirely without dialogue, with Pitt playing a WWII pilot struggling to get back to safety after his plane crashes behind enemy lines. The hefty 80 million dollar proposed budget killed To The White Sea dead but now -- a decade later and with a far, far smaller budget -- first time Australian filmmaker Aaron Wilson has essentially made that movie...
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- 8/28/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Outside of Martin Scorsese, there are very few clean slates in Hollywood – and even He has Bringing Out The Dead blotting his copybook (discuss…). The Coen brothers though, have created an unbroken conga-line of stunningly original movies, mixing and mastering genres, and even creating new ones.
If there was a bump in the road in 1994 time, it seems, has since been kind to The Hudsucker Proxy. A bigger budget (courtesy of ’80s alpha-producer Joel Silver) and an initially unresponsive family audience had it labelled as the Coen’s first flop, but watched now its pleasures are myriad and unmistakably Coenesque (including a great, late-vintage performance from Paul Newman).
The Coens announced themselves to the world in 1984 with the instant neo-noir classic, Blood Simple. Now, just mull the following subsequent film titles over in your mind like a mouthful of Chateau Petrus. Raising Arizona, Miller’s Crossing, Barton Fink, The Hudsucker Proxy,...
If there was a bump in the road in 1994 time, it seems, has since been kind to The Hudsucker Proxy. A bigger budget (courtesy of ’80s alpha-producer Joel Silver) and an initially unresponsive family audience had it labelled as the Coen’s first flop, but watched now its pleasures are myriad and unmistakably Coenesque (including a great, late-vintage performance from Paul Newman).
The Coens announced themselves to the world in 1984 with the instant neo-noir classic, Blood Simple. Now, just mull the following subsequent film titles over in your mind like a mouthful of Chateau Petrus. Raising Arizona, Miller’s Crossing, Barton Fink, The Hudsucker Proxy,...
- 1/22/2014
- by Cai Ross
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Yippee-ki-yay! It's action-movie time! From Die Hard to Deliverance, here's what the Guardian and Observer's critics think are the 10 best ever made. Let us know what you think in the comments below
• Top 10 romantic movies
Peter Bradshaw on action movies
In some ways, it should be the quintessential cinema genre. After all, what does the director shout at the beginning of a take? Action – at times a euphemism for violence and machismo – evolved into a recognisable genre in the 80s. Gunplay and athleticism resurfaced in a sweatier and more explicitly violent form, with movies such as Sylvester Stallone's First Blood. The hardware was all-important, and the metallic sheen of the guns was something to be savoured alongside the musculature of the heroes. The genre spawned the action hero. These were not pretty-boys there to melt female hearts: they were there to get a roar of approval from the guys.
• Top 10 romantic movies
Peter Bradshaw on action movies
In some ways, it should be the quintessential cinema genre. After all, what does the director shout at the beginning of a take? Action – at times a euphemism for violence and machismo – evolved into a recognisable genre in the 80s. Gunplay and athleticism resurfaced in a sweatier and more explicitly violent form, with movies such as Sylvester Stallone's First Blood. The hardware was all-important, and the metallic sheen of the guns was something to be savoured alongside the musculature of the heroes. The genre spawned the action hero. These were not pretty-boys there to melt female hearts: they were there to get a roar of approval from the guys.
- 10/10/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
It was back in the early 2000's, shortly after the release of O Brother, Where Art Thou, that word began to circulate that the Coen Brothers intended to shoot a film adaptation of James Dickey's novel To The White Sea. It caught the eye not just for the fact that Brad Pitt was slated to star but also due to the story playing out almost entirely without dialogue, with Pitt playing a WWII pilot struggling to get back to safety after his plane crashes behind enemy lines. They hefty eighty million dollar proposed budget killed To The White Sea dead but now - a decade later and with a far, far smaller budget - first time Australian filmmaker Aaron Wilson has essentially made that movie...
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- 9/9/2013
- Screen Anarchy
One of the best things about being editor of EW is getting free stuff — like the scary doll from The Conjuring that’s sitting on my desk; it looks like Lindsay Lohan and freaks me the hell out every day. The other great thing is working with an incredibly fun, talented staff. Speaking of which, I want to share some exciting news with you. Today I announced three new critics: Jeff Jensen (TV), Melissa Maerz (TV), and Chris Nashawaty (Movies). Please wish them well and tweet them your best wishes. Here’s the announcement that went out to the staff:
Ladies and gentlemen,...
Ladies and gentlemen,...
- 8/12/2013
- by Jess Cagle
- EW.com - PopWatch
The 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival recently wrapped and we're still catching up on a number of great events that we got to sit in on. One of them was a screening of the '70s classic “Deliverance,” hosted by TCM host Ben Mankiewicz. Organizers managed to wrangle director John Boorman and three-quarters of the cast's leads – Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight and Ned Beatty (Ronny Cox was off somewhere playing folk music,) to introduce the film. Although we have seen the movie many times and delved into it deeply (read our “5 Things You Might Not Know About "Deliverance" feature,) we still learned a few more things about the landmark film … Warning -- massive spoilers ahead, if you've managed never to see the film. There's no need to get nervous, it was only a movie, although we could swear we hear some “Dueling Banjos” in the distance... 1. Sam Peckinpah Was Author James Dickey...
- 5/13/2013
- by Diana Drumm
- The Playlist
What Angelina Jolie wants, Angelina Jolie gets.
Purportedly the star-turned-director had her pick of the litter when it came to finding screenwriters for her latest directorial outing "Unbroken," and according to The Hollywood Reporter the former "Tomb Raider" has dug herself up a pair of aces: The Coen Brothers.
This is remarkable for a number of reasons, not least of which is they're both multiple Academy Award-winners for screenplay ("Fargo," "No Country For Old Men"), but also because they tend to take care of their own, i.e. directing the stuff they scribble.
That's not to say Joel and Ethan haven't lent a hand before. Ever heard the phrase "Minnesota nice?" The two did an uncredited rewrite on the Jim Carrey vehicle "Fun With Dick and Jane" back when their pal Barry Sonnenfeld was still attached to direct, and recently wrote Michael Hoffman's remake of "Gambit" starring Colin Firth.
Purportedly the star-turned-director had her pick of the litter when it came to finding screenwriters for her latest directorial outing "Unbroken," and according to The Hollywood Reporter the former "Tomb Raider" has dug herself up a pair of aces: The Coen Brothers.
This is remarkable for a number of reasons, not least of which is they're both multiple Academy Award-winners for screenplay ("Fargo," "No Country For Old Men"), but also because they tend to take care of their own, i.e. directing the stuff they scribble.
That's not to say Joel and Ethan haven't lent a hand before. Ever heard the phrase "Minnesota nice?" The two did an uncredited rewrite on the Jim Carrey vehicle "Fun With Dick and Jane" back when their pal Barry Sonnenfeld was still attached to direct, and recently wrote Michael Hoffman's remake of "Gambit" starring Colin Firth.
- 2/26/2013
- by Max Evry
- NextMovie
Highlights Of Issue #24:
Major celebration of The Poseidon Adventure's 40th anniversary with articles by David Savage, Tom Lisanti, James Radford and Chris Poggiali. Includes many rare photos, international movie posters and interviews with Carol Lynley and Mort Kunstler, the legendary artist who created the movie poster. Kunstler also provides his original sketches for the ad campaign, reproduced in this issue for the first time. 40th anniversary tribute to Deliverance. John Exshaw visits director John Boorman at his home in Ireland for exclusive interview about working with author James Dickey on the landmark film. Gary Giblin takes an in-depth look at another classic film celebrating its 40th anniversary: Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy, complete with rare stills from sequences that the Master cut from the final version of the movie. Matthew R. Bradley looks at one of the screen's legendary baddies, James Bond nemesis Blofeld in both literature and cinema.
Major celebration of The Poseidon Adventure's 40th anniversary with articles by David Savage, Tom Lisanti, James Radford and Chris Poggiali. Includes many rare photos, international movie posters and interviews with Carol Lynley and Mort Kunstler, the legendary artist who created the movie poster. Kunstler also provides his original sketches for the ad campaign, reproduced in this issue for the first time. 40th anniversary tribute to Deliverance. John Exshaw visits director John Boorman at his home in Ireland for exclusive interview about working with author James Dickey on the landmark film. Gary Giblin takes an in-depth look at another classic film celebrating its 40th anniversary: Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy, complete with rare stills from sequences that the Master cut from the final version of the movie. Matthew R. Bradley looks at one of the screen's legendary baddies, James Bond nemesis Blofeld in both literature and cinema.
- 1/14/2013
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
At the start of 2007, the Coen Brothers were not in a good place in their careers. Even after the major success of "O Brother Where Art Thou" and the critical acclaim of "The Man Who Wasn't There," they weren't able to get their Brad Pitt-starring adaptation of James Dickey's WWII novel "To the White Sea" financed, and two commercially-aimed star-laden pictures, "Intolerable Cruelty" and "The Ladykillers," had disappointed financially and seen them pick up the worst reviews of their careers. But that was all about to change, because at the Cannes Film Festival that year, the Coens premiered their adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's brutal neo-Western "No Country For Old Men," the tale of an ordinary man (Josh Brolin) who comes across the spoils of a drug deal gone bad, only to be hunted by a remorseless killer (Javier Bardem), while a local sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones) follows the trail of blood and.
- 11/9/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Issue #24 of Cinema Retro is being hailed by many readers as the very best in the eight years we've been publishing. What makes it so special? Consider the wide range of great films covered in this one, diverse issue:
Major celebration of The Poseidon Adventure's 40th anniversary with articles by David Savage, Tom Listanti, James Radford and Chris Poggiali. Includes many rare photos, international movie posters and interviews with Carol Lynley and Mort Kunstler, the legendary artist who created the movie poster. Kunstler also provides his original sketches for the ad campaign, reproduced in this issue for the first time. 40th anniversary tribute to Deliverance. John Exshaw visits director John Boorman at his home in Ireland for exclusive interview about working with author James Dickey on the landmark film. Gary Giblin takes an in-depth look at another classic film celebrating its 40th anniversary: Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy, complete with...
Major celebration of The Poseidon Adventure's 40th anniversary with articles by David Savage, Tom Listanti, James Radford and Chris Poggiali. Includes many rare photos, international movie posters and interviews with Carol Lynley and Mort Kunstler, the legendary artist who created the movie poster. Kunstler also provides his original sketches for the ad campaign, reproduced in this issue for the first time. 40th anniversary tribute to Deliverance. John Exshaw visits director John Boorman at his home in Ireland for exclusive interview about working with author James Dickey on the landmark film. Gary Giblin takes an in-depth look at another classic film celebrating its 40th anniversary: Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy, complete with...
- 10/1/2012
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
For a film just entering its fifth decade, "Deliverance" still maintains a real power to horrify. Based on James Dickey's poetic novel, and adapted by the writer himself, it follows four friends (Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox) who go for a canoeing trip together in the Georgia wilderness, only to come into terrifying conflict with some inbred locals. And that plotline taps into very primal fears -- man vs. nature, town vs. country -- and perhaps most memorably, it preys on masculinity, thanks to film's unforgetabble rape sequence. It's remains shocking stuff today, so we can only image how it must've marked moviegoers when it theaters forty years ago on July 30, 1972. But despite the grim nature of the drama, the film was a huge hit, winning three Oscar nominations (including Best Picture and Directing), making Burt Reynolds a star, rescuing Voight's career, introducing theater actors Beatty and Cox,...
- 7/30/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Though many films have made their mark on modern culture, few have risen to the iconic status of Deliverance inasmuch as the movie practically has its own persona that ought to have its own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The 1972 classic about four businessmen trying to take on the wilderness (including Ned Beatty, of all the “weekend warrior” possibilities) and finding themselves in way over their heads, is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a special Blu-Ray Book release.
It probably serves little purpose to sing the film’s praises at this point, but it remains a primer on building tension, and delivering well-constructed characters as the central force in pulling audiences into a situation.
The Blu-Ray Book format is becoming more popular, and as a general rule, I don’t get much out of them. In this case, I’m somewhat torn. The Book itself is a pretty solid treat for fans.
It probably serves little purpose to sing the film’s praises at this point, but it remains a primer on building tension, and delivering well-constructed characters as the central force in pulling audiences into a situation.
The Blu-Ray Book format is becoming more popular, and as a general rule, I don’t get much out of them. In this case, I’m somewhat torn. The Book itself is a pretty solid treat for fans.
- 7/6/2012
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
Chicago – The new digibook Blu-ray for John Boorman’s incredibly influential and timeless “Deliverance” features one of the best special features of the year as stars Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ronny Cox, and Ned Beatty sit for half an hour at the Burt Reynolds Museum in Florida and just reminisce about the movie that changed their lives. It alone makes this a great purchase for true movie historians. The stellar HD transfer and imported special features don’t hurt.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
It’s amazing to think that it’s been four decades since “Deliverance,” a film that really works best when one considers when it came out. I think modern audiences look at the film and see something a bit dated, nowhere near as shocking as modern viewers raised on “Saw” might consider it to be. At the time, “Deliverance” was a punch to the gut. Made for only $2 million, the...
Rating: 4.5/5.0
It’s amazing to think that it’s been four decades since “Deliverance,” a film that really works best when one considers when it came out. I think modern audiences look at the film and see something a bit dated, nowhere near as shocking as modern viewers raised on “Saw” might consider it to be. At the time, “Deliverance” was a punch to the gut. Made for only $2 million, the...
- 7/5/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Deliverance 40th Anniversary Edition Director John Boorman's landmark 1972 man-vs.-nature thriller stars Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox as four buddies who take a canoe trip down a remote river and sail into a struggle for survival after they encounter a handful of rapist, gun-toting hillbillies. The Oscar-nominated film based on the novel of the same name by James Dickey was first released on Blu-ray in September 2007. What's New?: This 40th anniversary edition is repackaged in a Digibook with color photos and info on the production. The Bd has all the extras found on the 2007 original, plus a new retrospective featuring the four lead actors. Skip or Double Dip?: Although this new 40th anniversary edition is unquestionably the one for first-time...
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- 6/27/2012
- by Robert B. DeSalvo
- Movies.com
It has been four decades since Ed (Jon Voight), Lewis (Burt Reynolds), Bobby (Ned Beatty) and Drew (Ronny Cox) sailed down a remote Georgia river on canoes and experienced a horrifying fight for survival that has become cinematic legend in Deliverance. Director John Boorman's 1972 Oscar-nominated movie based on James Dickey's novel is more than just another man-vs.-nature thriller—it is about confronting who you really are and what you are capable of doing when you are stripped down to your basic instincts. The movie has many memorable moments—the hillbillies, the banjo boy, the disturbing "squeal" scene—and its fish-out-of-water formula of pitting city folks against lawless rednecks has been copied countless times in lesser movies to this...
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- 6/25/2012
- by Robert B. DeSalvo
- Movies.com
This week: "The Artist" -- the French silent movie that won five Oscars this year, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Costume Design and Best Original Score -- arrives on DVD and Blu-ray at last.
Also new this week are Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill in the hilarious action comedy "21 Jump Street," Sam Worthington going Greek again in "Wrath of the Titans," the Snow White interpretation "Mirror Mirror," and an anniversary Blu-ray edition of "Deliverance."
'The Artist'
Box Office: $45 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 98% Fresh
Storyline: Set 1920s Hollywood, this silent romantic dramedy by director Michel Hazanavicius stars Jean Dujardin as George Valentin, a silent-movie star whose career is threatened by the arrival of sound. He sparks with an extra, Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo), who is on the verge of getting her big break while George clings to his hope that "talkies" are just a passing fad.
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Also new this week are Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill in the hilarious action comedy "21 Jump Street," Sam Worthington going Greek again in "Wrath of the Titans," the Snow White interpretation "Mirror Mirror," and an anniversary Blu-ray edition of "Deliverance."
'The Artist'
Box Office: $45 million
Rotten Tomatoes: 98% Fresh
Storyline: Set 1920s Hollywood, this silent romantic dramedy by director Michel Hazanavicius stars Jean Dujardin as George Valentin, a silent-movie star whose career is threatened by the arrival of sound. He sparks with an extra, Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo), who is on the verge of getting her big break while George clings to his hope that "talkies" are just a passing fad.
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- 6/25/2012
- by Robert DeSalvo
- NextMovie
Despite negative portrayal of locals, Oscar-nominated movie has been boosting regional tourism industry for 40 years
Four decades ago, the movie Deliverance introduced the lush north Georgia mountains to the world.
Though many in the region still bristle at the movie's portrayal of locals as uneducated hillbillies, the film helped create the $20m rafting and outdoor sports industry along the Chattooga River, which splits Georgia and South Carolina. Several movies have filmed in the area this year because of the natural beauty showcased in Deliverance, including next year's Killing Season with Robert DeNiro and John Travolta.
This weekend, communities along the Chattooga are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the movie's release with the first-ever Chattooga River Festival, even though some locals are unhappy with the idea of reminding the world of the area's connection to the movie.
"It's one of those cases where some good comes out of most everything," said Stan Darnell,...
Four decades ago, the movie Deliverance introduced the lush north Georgia mountains to the world.
Though many in the region still bristle at the movie's portrayal of locals as uneducated hillbillies, the film helped create the $20m rafting and outdoor sports industry along the Chattooga River, which splits Georgia and South Carolina. Several movies have filmed in the area this year because of the natural beauty showcased in Deliverance, including next year's Killing Season with Robert DeNiro and John Travolta.
This weekend, communities along the Chattooga are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the movie's release with the first-ever Chattooga River Festival, even though some locals are unhappy with the idea of reminding the world of the area's connection to the movie.
"It's one of those cases where some good comes out of most everything," said Stan Darnell,...
- 6/22/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Few films were as atmospheric and downright scary as Deliverance when it was released in 1972. Director John Boorman made an indelible mark on film history with this film which features amazing performances by Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, and James Dickey. Four city men on a weekend canoe trip pit their nerve and muscle against the churning waters of a wild Georgia river — where only three are “delivered” from the heart-pounding experience. These days, most remember the terrific music but forget just how tension-filled the rest of the film was.
A new Blu-ray edition of this seminal film is being released by Warner Home Video on June 26. We have partnered with Whv to host a contest with one copy of the disc to be given away. Please note, we are not able to ship to Po Box addresses and winners must be within the United States.
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A new Blu-ray edition of this seminal film is being released by Warner Home Video on June 26. We have partnered with Whv to host a contest with one copy of the disc to be given away. Please note, we are not able to ship to Po Box addresses and winners must be within the United States.
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- 6/22/2012
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
John Boorman, 1972
Warner Brothers originally fancied Roman Polanski for director. The novel's famously macho author, James Dickey, wanted Sam Peckinpah. And originally under consideration for the leads (later taken by Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight) were Lee Marvin and Marlon Brando. But Deliverance as it was finally made is so indelible, even after 38 years, and its impact has been so lasting, that even those mouthwatering possibilities are obliterated by what John Boorman finally wrought.
Depending on your viewpoint, Deliverance is the first eco-thriller (Dickey's novel was published in 1970, the year of the first Earth Day celebration, and remained a bestseller throughout the 70s), or a meditation on American machismo in its suburban, postwar variant. The thoughtful, sedentary adman Ed (Voight) must find it in himself to embrace the hunter-warrior ethic of his tougher friend Lewis (Reynolds) when the latter is crippled by his injuries, and Ed both loves and hates...
Warner Brothers originally fancied Roman Polanski for director. The novel's famously macho author, James Dickey, wanted Sam Peckinpah. And originally under consideration for the leads (later taken by Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight) were Lee Marvin and Marlon Brando. But Deliverance as it was finally made is so indelible, even after 38 years, and its impact has been so lasting, that even those mouthwatering possibilities are obliterated by what John Boorman finally wrought.
Depending on your viewpoint, Deliverance is the first eco-thriller (Dickey's novel was published in 1970, the year of the first Earth Day celebration, and remained a bestseller throughout the 70s), or a meditation on American machismo in its suburban, postwar variant. The thoughtful, sedentary adman Ed (Voight) must find it in himself to embrace the hunter-warrior ethic of his tougher friend Lewis (Reynolds) when the latter is crippled by his injuries, and Ed both loves and hates...
- 10/19/2010
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
Wake in Fright (aka Outback) is widely acknowledged as one of the most important films in the development of modern Australian cinema. Although the film was prominently featured in the documentary Not Quite Hollywood, opportunities to actually see it have been scarce. A new eidtion of Wake in Fright on Region 4 DVD and all-region Blu-Ray from Australian distributor Madman fills in the gap left by a decades-long absence of a quality video release.
A brief background discussion is useful in understanding the importance of this new release. Evan Jones wrote the screenplay based on Kenneth Cook's 1961 novel of the same. Ted Kotcheff, who is Canadian, sat in the director's chair. The film was completed in 1970, but the its brutal depiction of life in the Australian outback received a chilly public reception upon its 1971 theatrical release. Critics, however, embraced the Wake in Fright with Garry Maddox of the Sydney Morning...
A brief background discussion is useful in understanding the importance of this new release. Evan Jones wrote the screenplay based on Kenneth Cook's 1961 novel of the same. Ted Kotcheff, who is Canadian, sat in the director's chair. The film was completed in 1970, but the its brutal depiction of life in the Australian outback received a chilly public reception upon its 1971 theatrical release. Critics, however, embraced the Wake in Fright with Garry Maddox of the Sydney Morning...
- 12/10/2009
- Screen Anarchy
A Fan's Notes
by Frederick Exley (Vintage)
Ken Krimstein recommended this book for my holiday reading and I don't know whether to buy him a beer or punch him in the face. I can't remember the last time I read a book that caused me such emotional discomfort, yet it both moved and disgusted me. This fictional memoir from the pen of Frederick Exley (March 29, 1929 - June 17, 1992) was heralded an American classic by the likes of Kurt Vonnegut and James Dickey.
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by Frederick Exley (Vintage)
Ken Krimstein recommended this book for my holiday reading and I don't know whether to buy him a beer or punch him in the face. I can't remember the last time I read a book that caused me such emotional discomfort, yet it both moved and disgusted me. This fictional memoir from the pen of Frederick Exley (March 29, 1929 - June 17, 1992) was heralded an American classic by the likes of Kurt Vonnegut and James Dickey.
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- 8/25/2009
- by Dusty Wright
- www.culturecatch.com
Every year, the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry names 25 films for historic preservation. This year’s list was announced yesterday and we applaud the inclusion of several genre offerings including The Invisible Man and the first Terminator film. The Perils of Pauline, the first movie serial, makes the list and is seminal for the way it influenced moviemakers and storytellers, notably comic book writers, ever since.
Here’s a look at this year’s list:
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
John Huston’s brilliant crime drama contains the recipe for a meticulously planned robbery, but the cast of criminal characters features one too many bad apples. Sam Jaffe, as the twisted mastermind, uses cash from corrupt attorney Emmerich (Louis Calhern) to assemble a group of skilled thugs to pull off a jewel heist. All goes as planned — until an alert night watchman and a corrupt cop enter the picture. Marilyn Monroe...
Here’s a look at this year’s list:
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
John Huston’s brilliant crime drama contains the recipe for a meticulously planned robbery, but the cast of criminal characters features one too many bad apples. Sam Jaffe, as the twisted mastermind, uses cash from corrupt attorney Emmerich (Louis Calhern) to assemble a group of skilled thugs to pull off a jewel heist. All goes as planned — until an alert night watchman and a corrupt cop enter the picture. Marilyn Monroe...
- 1/1/2009
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Even in ideal conditions, over time, the nitrate in film stock degrades until movies stored on it become unwatchable. So in order to preserve important films the Us film registry digitizes them for posterity.
The low-budget film directed by James Cameron set a new standard for science-fiction and made Schwarzenegger, now California’s governor, a star. The Library of Congress announced Tuesday morning that it’s one of 25 films being added to the National Film Registry. The formal unveiling was scheduled for 8 a.m.
The move will guard Schwarzenegger’s deadpan, “I’ll be back,” against deterioration, along with the sounds and images of the other culturally significant picks. Other titles being added to the registry include the groundbreaking all-black-cast film “Hallelujah” from 1929; Richard Brooks’ 1967 film adaptation of Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood”; and the 1972 film “Deliverance,” based on James Dickey’s novel about four businessmen on a nightmarish...
The low-budget film directed by James Cameron set a new standard for science-fiction and made Schwarzenegger, now California’s governor, a star. The Library of Congress announced Tuesday morning that it’s one of 25 films being added to the National Film Registry. The formal unveiling was scheduled for 8 a.m.
The move will guard Schwarzenegger’s deadpan, “I’ll be back,” against deterioration, along with the sounds and images of the other culturally significant picks. Other titles being added to the registry include the groundbreaking all-black-cast film “Hallelujah” from 1929; Richard Brooks’ 1967 film adaptation of Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood”; and the 1972 film “Deliverance,” based on James Dickey’s novel about four businessmen on a nightmarish...
- 12/31/2008
- by Dom Duncombe
- Movie-moron.com
One of Arnold Schwarzenegger's most famous one-liners will be back for generations to come, now that 1984's "The Terminator" has been selected for preservation in the nation's film archive.
{sidebar id=1}The low-budget film directed by James Cameron set a new standard for science-fiction and made Schwarzenegger, now California's governor, a star. The Library of Congress announced Tuesday morning that it's one of 25 films being added to the National Film Registry. The formal unveiling was scheduled for 8 a.m.
The move will guard Schwarzenegger's deadpan, "I'll be back," against deterioration, along with the sounds and images of the other culturally significant picks. Other titles being added to the registry include the groundbreaking all-black-cast film "Hallelujah" from 1929; Richard Brooks' 1967 film adaptation of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood"; and the 1972 film "Deliverance," based on James Dickey's novel about four businessmen on a nightmarish canoe trip in the remote Georgia wildnerness.
{sidebar id=1}The low-budget film directed by James Cameron set a new standard for science-fiction and made Schwarzenegger, now California's governor, a star. The Library of Congress announced Tuesday morning that it's one of 25 films being added to the National Film Registry. The formal unveiling was scheduled for 8 a.m.
The move will guard Schwarzenegger's deadpan, "I'll be back," against deterioration, along with the sounds and images of the other culturally significant picks. Other titles being added to the registry include the groundbreaking all-black-cast film "Hallelujah" from 1929; Richard Brooks' 1967 film adaptation of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood"; and the 1972 film "Deliverance," based on James Dickey's novel about four businessmen on a nightmarish canoe trip in the remote Georgia wildnerness.
- 12/30/2008
- by IESB Staff <alyson@iesb.net>
- IESB.net
Arnold Schwarzenegger has earned a spot in the halls of Washington, but not because of his political career.
Instead, the former actor's turn as a robot from the future was enshrined in the Library of Congress as the National Film Registry announced Tuesday that "The Terminator" is among the 25 films that have been selected for preservation in the Registry in 2008.
Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, each year the Librarian of Congress names 25 films to the Registry that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant. The choices aren't necessarily considered the best American films; they are chosen by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington on the advice of the Film Preservation Board and the library's motion picture staff because the selections possess "enduring significance to American culture."
James Cameron's 1984 "Terminator," in which the future governor of California's cyborg utters the classic line, "I'll be back," was cited for "blending an ingenious,...
Instead, the former actor's turn as a robot from the future was enshrined in the Library of Congress as the National Film Registry announced Tuesday that "The Terminator" is among the 25 films that have been selected for preservation in the Registry in 2008.
Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, each year the Librarian of Congress names 25 films to the Registry that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant. The choices aren't necessarily considered the best American films; they are chosen by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington on the advice of the Film Preservation Board and the library's motion picture staff because the selections possess "enduring significance to American culture."
James Cameron's 1984 "Terminator," in which the future governor of California's cyborg utters the classic line, "I'll be back," was cited for "blending an ingenious,...
- 12/30/2008
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hearing about Jennifer Montgomery’s Deliver, an all-female remake of John Boorman’s 1972 Deliverance, having its world premiere at BAMcinématek this evening, I got the same feeling I had when my friend Rose told me about her sister’s all-female, Motley Crue tribute band Girls Girls Girls. How exciting! Upending and giving the finger to notions of gender and sexuality always gets me all hot and bothered. As did watching Burt Reynolds strut his sexy stuff in Boorman’s original (with its screenplay and book by that ornery southern, man’s man James Dickey). So who would take on the Burt Reynolds role of Lewis – the dude who stands apart from the rest of his male bonding, canoe trip comrades? Yes, Jon Voight as family man Ed, Ned Beatty ...
- 10/22/2008
- by Lauren Wissot
- Spout
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