Cult movie classic ‘Pretty Poison’ filmmaker Noel Black dead at 77 (photo: Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins in ‘Pretty Poison’) Noel Black, best remembered for the 1968 cult movie classic Pretty Poison, died of pneumonia at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital on July 5, 2014. Black (born on June 30, 1937, in Chicago) was 77. Prior to Pretty Poison, Noel Black earned praise for the 18-minute short film Skaterdater (1965), the tale of a boy skateboarder who falls for a girl bike rider. Shot on the beaches of Los Angeles County, the dialogue-less Skaterdater went on to win the Palme d’Or for Best Short Film and tied with Orson Welles’ Falstaff - Chimes at Midnight for the Technical Grand Prize at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival. Besides, Skaterdater received an Academy Award nomination in the Best Short Subject, Live Action category. (The Oscar winner that year was Claude Berri’s Le Poulet.) ‘Pretty Poison’: Fun and games and...
- 8/10/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Noir
Steven Lightfoot has been replaced by "Suits" Ep Sean Jablonski as executive producer/showrunner on Starz’s upcoming action drama series "Noir".
A live-action adaptation of the 2001 Japanese anime series, the story follows two female assassins who vow to fight a secret society and also try to work together to determine why and how they're mysteriously linked.
Sam Raimi, Bob Tapert, Joshua Donen and Bill Hamm are also serving as executive producer. [Source: Deadline]
Swamplandia
HBO has picked up a half-hour comedy series pilot adaptation of Karen Russell's novel "Swamplandia".
The story revolves around Ava Bigtree, a 12-year-old alligator wrestler who embarks on an improbable journey through the mangrove wilderness of southwest Florida as she searches for her lost sister.
Scott Rudin will executive produce and a writer is currently being sought. [Source: The Hollywood Reporter]
A Fan’s Notes
Producer Gary Pearl is putting together a cable TV series based on Frederick Exley,...
Steven Lightfoot has been replaced by "Suits" Ep Sean Jablonski as executive producer/showrunner on Starz’s upcoming action drama series "Noir".
A live-action adaptation of the 2001 Japanese anime series, the story follows two female assassins who vow to fight a secret society and also try to work together to determine why and how they're mysteriously linked.
Sam Raimi, Bob Tapert, Joshua Donen and Bill Hamm are also serving as executive producer. [Source: Deadline]
Swamplandia
HBO has picked up a half-hour comedy series pilot adaptation of Karen Russell's novel "Swamplandia".
The story revolves around Ava Bigtree, a 12-year-old alligator wrestler who embarks on an improbable journey through the mangrove wilderness of southwest Florida as she searches for her lost sister.
Scott Rudin will executive produce and a writer is currently being sought. [Source: The Hollywood Reporter]
A Fan’s Notes
Producer Gary Pearl is putting together a cable TV series based on Frederick Exley,...
- 10/20/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Producer Gary Pearl is putting together a TV series project based on Frederick Exley Jr’s semi-autobiographical novel A Fan’s Notes. The 1968 book deals with alcoholism, shock therapy and sports fandom and chronicles a man’s life lived in abject failure while seeking fame and driving himself and all those around him down a path of destruction. “It’s a brilliantly written parable, a diary for our time about self-destruction in pursuit of personal celebrity and ultimate fame, the kind that lasts beyond one’s lifetime,” said Pearl, who is producing with Jeffrey Shane and David Burton Morris. It took Pearl several years to track down and secure the rights to the book, and the he spent time trying to make it into a feature film before deciding that a series adaptation would work better, something to which Exley’s twin sister Francis Brown agreed. (A Fan’s Notes...
- 10/20/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Immigration Tango
Directed By: David Burton Morris
Written By: David Burton Morris, Martin L. Kelley
Starring: Elika Portnoy, McCaleb Burnett, Carlos Leon, Ashley Wolfe
Roadside Attractions
Release Date: February 18th, 2011 (limited)
Immigration is a major hot button topic in this country, which of course makes it the perfect situation to base a romantic comedy around!
Immigration Tango follows two couples -- Elana (Elika Portnoy) and Carlos (Carlos Leon) and Mike (McCaleb Burnett) and Betty (Ashley Wolfe) -- and best friends in Miami. Elana is Russian and Carlos is Columbian -- both in the country on a visa. But when a job interview goes horribly wrong for Elana, immigration is called and she faces deportation.
Pondering any options the group of friends might have, it's decided that there's only one way: American citizens Mike and Betty will play couple swap and marry their foreign best friends so they can both stay in the country.
Directed By: David Burton Morris
Written By: David Burton Morris, Martin L. Kelley
Starring: Elika Portnoy, McCaleb Burnett, Carlos Leon, Ashley Wolfe
Roadside Attractions
Release Date: February 18th, 2011 (limited)
Immigration is a major hot button topic in this country, which of course makes it the perfect situation to base a romantic comedy around!
Immigration Tango follows two couples -- Elana (Elika Portnoy) and Carlos (Carlos Leon) and Mike (McCaleb Burnett) and Betty (Ashley Wolfe) -- and best friends in Miami. Elana is Russian and Carlos is Columbian -- both in the country on a visa. But when a job interview goes horribly wrong for Elana, immigration is called and she faces deportation.
Pondering any options the group of friends might have, it's decided that there's only one way: American citizens Mike and Betty will play couple swap and marry their foreign best friends so they can both stay in the country.
- 2/25/2011
- by The Movie God
- Geeks of Doom
Reviewed by Lila Nordstrom
(February 2011)
Directed by: David Burton Morris
Written by: Martin L. Kelley, David Burton Morris and Todd Norwood
Starring: Elika Portnoy, McCaleb Burnett and Carlos Leon
The plight of illegal immigrants is tremendously complicated, but the bureaucratic difficulties faced by legal immigrants is rarely much of a news story. Still, the concerns that accompany having your life revolve around a country that intends to kick you out still hover in the lives of many residents with green cards. “Immigration Tango” takes on this topic, giving us a look at the complexities of trying to beat the immigration system semi-legally.
In the movie, Elena (Elika Portnoy) and boyfriend Carlos (Carlos Sanchez) are both legal immigrants looking for a way to stay in Miami beyond their visas’ respective expiration dates. Elena is desperate to find a job that will sponsor her, since her visa runs out in just weeks,...
(February 2011)
Directed by: David Burton Morris
Written by: Martin L. Kelley, David Burton Morris and Todd Norwood
Starring: Elika Portnoy, McCaleb Burnett and Carlos Leon
The plight of illegal immigrants is tremendously complicated, but the bureaucratic difficulties faced by legal immigrants is rarely much of a news story. Still, the concerns that accompany having your life revolve around a country that intends to kick you out still hover in the lives of many residents with green cards. “Immigration Tango” takes on this topic, giving us a look at the complexities of trying to beat the immigration system semi-legally.
In the movie, Elena (Elika Portnoy) and boyfriend Carlos (Carlos Sanchez) are both legal immigrants looking for a way to stay in Miami beyond their visas’ respective expiration dates. Elena is desperate to find a job that will sponsor her, since her visa runs out in just weeks,...
- 2/15/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Lila Nordstrom
(February 2011)
Directed by: David Burton Morris
Written by: Martin L. Kelley, David Burton Morris and Todd Norwood
Starring: Elika Portnoy, McCaleb Burnett and Carlos Leon
The plight of illegal immigrants is tremendously complicated, but the bureaucratic difficulties faced by legal immigrants is rarely much of a news story. Still, the concerns that accompany having your life revolve around a country that intends to kick you out still hover in the lives of many residents with green cards. “Immigration Tango” takes on this topic, giving us a look at the complexities of trying to beat the immigration system semi-legally.
In the movie, Elena (Elika Portnoy) and boyfriend Carlos (Carlos Sanchez) are both legal immigrants looking for a way to stay in Miami beyond their visas’ respective expiration dates. Elena is desperate to find a job that will sponsor her, since her visa runs out in just weeks,...
(February 2011)
Directed by: David Burton Morris
Written by: Martin L. Kelley, David Burton Morris and Todd Norwood
Starring: Elika Portnoy, McCaleb Burnett and Carlos Leon
The plight of illegal immigrants is tremendously complicated, but the bureaucratic difficulties faced by legal immigrants is rarely much of a news story. Still, the concerns that accompany having your life revolve around a country that intends to kick you out still hover in the lives of many residents with green cards. “Immigration Tango” takes on this topic, giving us a look at the complexities of trying to beat the immigration system semi-legally.
In the movie, Elena (Elika Portnoy) and boyfriend Carlos (Carlos Sanchez) are both legal immigrants looking for a way to stay in Miami beyond their visas’ respective expiration dates. Elena is desperate to find a job that will sponsor her, since her visa runs out in just weeks,...
- 2/15/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Watch the trailer and clips from Immigration Tango starring McCaleb Burnett, Carlos Leon, Elika Portnoy, Ashley Wolfe, Avery Sommers, Beth Glover and Steve DuMouchel. The romantic comedy opens On February 18th via Roadside Attractions and is directed by David Burton Morris, who writes alongside Todd Norwood, Martin L. Kelley, Elika Portnoy and Robert J. Lee. Elena (Elika Portnoy) is a Russian immigrant studying in Miami for her business degree with hopes of staying in America and working. She and her Columbian boyfriend Carlos (Carlos Leon) are best friends with an American couple: Betty (Ashley Wolfe), a strong-willed law student, and Mike (McCaleb Burnett), a seemingly underachieving doctoral candidate in literature. When Elena and Carlos run out of legal options for staying in the Us...
- 2/15/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Watch the trailer and clips from Immigration Tango starring McCaleb Burnett, Carlos Leon, Elika Portnoy, Ashley Wolfe, Avery Sommers, Beth Glover and Steve DuMouchel. The romantic comedy opens On February 18th via Roadside Attractions and is directed by David Burton Morris, who writes alongside Todd Norwood, Martin L. Kelley, Elika Portnoy and Robert J. Lee. Elena (Elika Portnoy) is a Russian immigrant studying in Miami for her business degree with hopes of staying in America and working. She and her Columbian boyfriend Carlos (Carlos Leon) are best friends with an American couple: Betty (Ashley Wolfe), a strong-willed law student, and Mike (McCaleb Burnett), a seemingly underachieving doctoral candidate in literature. When Elena and Carlos run out of legal options for staying in the Us...
- 2/15/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Immigration Tango images are in for the Roadside Attractions comedy opens starring Elika Portnoy, McCaleb Burnett, Carlos Leon, Ashley Wolfe, Avery Summers and Beth Glover. David Burton Morris (Ice Dreams, The Governer's Wife) directs as well as co-writing alongside Martin L. Kelley, Robert J. Lee, Todd Norwood and Elika Portnoy. Immigration Tango follows Elena (Portnoy) who is a Russian immigrant studying in Miami for her business degree with hopes of staying in America and working. She and her Columbian boyfriend Carlos (Carlos Leon) are best friends with an American couple: Betty (Wolfe), a strong-willed law student, and Mike (Burnett), a seemingly underachieving doctoral candidate in literature. When Elena and Carlos run out of legal options for staying in the Us, the two couples switch partners and get married, with the understanding they will divorce once they have satisfied the two year probationary period...
- 2/9/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Immigration Tango images are in for the Roadside Attractions comedy opens starring Elika Portnoy, McCaleb Burnett, Carlos Leon, Ashley Wolfe, Avery Summers and Beth Glover. David Burton Morris (Ice Dreams, The Governer's Wife) directs as well as co-writing alongside Martin L. Kelley, Robert J. Lee, Todd Norwood and Elika Portnoy. Immigration Tango follows Elena (Portnoy) who is a Russian immigrant studying in Miami for her business degree with hopes of staying in America and working. She and her Columbian boyfriend Carlos (Carlos Leon) are best friends with an American couple: Betty (Wolfe), a strong-willed law student, and Mike (Burnett), a seemingly underachieving doctoral candidate in literature. When Elena and Carlos run out of legal options for staying in the Us, the two couples switch partners and get married, with the understanding they will divorce once they have satisfied the two year probationary period...
- 2/9/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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