Harold Reid, whose bass voice, songwriting, and gift for humor distinguished his long career as a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame vocal group the Statler Brothers, died at his home in Staunton, Virginia, Friday evening after a lengthy battle with kidney failure, according to Reid’s bandmate Jimmy Fortune. He was 80.
Fortune posted a message on Facebook that read in part, “Our hearts are broken tonight. Our prayers and our thoughts are with [Reid’s wife] Brenda and his children and grandchildren and with my other brothers, Don and Phil.
Fortune posted a message on Facebook that read in part, “Our hearts are broken tonight. Our prayers and our thoughts are with [Reid’s wife] Brenda and his children and grandchildren and with my other brothers, Don and Phil.
- 4/25/2020
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Quentin Tarantino movies may be a nightmare for some in the scoring community — who’d be out of work if every other director adopted his approach of almost exclusively using existing songs and score — but they’re a dream for just about anyone else who loves music. From Steelers Wheel in “Reservoir Dogs” to the Paul Revere & the Raiders or the Royal Guardsmen in “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” he’s always had the right impulse for finding B or C-list tracks of yore and elevating them to grade-a memes via their unlikely marriage to unforgettable contemporary scenes.
His longstanding partner in this is Mary Ramos, who worked as a music coordinator on his first two features and then has been upped to music supervisor on every film since. Variety spoke with Ramos about her work on movies like “Pulp Fiction” and “Django Unchained” and, now, the joys of...
His longstanding partner in this is Mary Ramos, who worked as a music coordinator on his first two features and then has been upped to music supervisor on every film since. Variety spoke with Ramos about her work on movies like “Pulp Fiction” and “Django Unchained” and, now, the joys of...
- 7/26/2019
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Pras Michel of the Fugees has re-teamed with producer Karyn Rachtman (the duo last worked together on the award-winning feature documentary "Sweet Micky for President" which was released in 2015) on what will be an adaptation of a book by co-authors Hugh Wray McCann, David C. Smith, titled "The Search For Johnny Nicholas: The Secret of Nazi Prisoner No. 44451," which tells the relatively unknown story of Haitian-born Jean Marcel “Johnny” Nicholas, a downed black American pilot who parachuted into France on a secret intelligence mission during WWII. Born in 1918, Nicholas was a young Haitian dilettante and member of the French Resistance during the...
- 2/9/2016
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Exclusive: Fugees co-founder Pras Michel has teamed with Karyn Rachtman to land The Search For Johnny Nicholas: The Secret of Nazi Prisoner No. 44451, a book by Dave C. Smith and Hugh Wray McCann that tells an unbelievable story of a Haitian man imprisoned in a concentration camp in WWII. Jean Claude Lamarre will write the script. Haitian born Johnny Nicholas was a savant and con man who moved to Paris and lived the high life under the guise of being an American fighter…...
- 2/9/2016
- Deadline
Read More: Watch: 'Song of Lahore' Directors Reveal Why the Film Almost Unraveled (Exclusive)Producers Pras Michel and Karyn Rachtman recently joined Indiewire's Special Projects Editor Steve Greene to discuss their film, "Sweet Micky for President," at the International Documentary Association's continued screening series.The official synopsis reads: "'Sweet Micky for President' follows Pras Michel, Grammy award-winning rapper and founder of the hip-hop group The Fugees, as he returns to his homeland of Haiti post-earthquake and finds a corrupt government in paralysis. With no experience or money, Pras passionately mobilizes a presidential campaign for the unlikeliest of candidates: Michel Martelly, aka 'Sweet Micky,' Haiti’s most popular and most outlandish pop star. The idealistic and politically inexperienced pair set out against a corrupt government, civil unrest, and a fixed election system to change the course of Haitian history." In this first clip above,...
- 11/24/2015
- by Sonya Saepoff
- Indiewire
Films screen all day at the Orpheum Theatre, Scottish Rite, Central Library, Historical Museum, Garvey Center, Hotel at Old Town and the C.A.C. Theatre at Wsu. Click here for Friday’s schedule.
Be sure to check out these films with Special Guests:
I Declare War, 1:30 pm at the Orpheum with Director James Lapeyre Lost On Purpose, 4:00 pm at the Orpheum with co-Director Josh Barrett Blackfish, 4:45 pm at the Scottish Rite with Producer Manuel Oteyza Her Aim Is True, 11:15 am at the Garvey Forum with Director Karen Whitehead Zipper: Coney Island’S Last Wild Ride, 1:30 pm at the Garvey Forum with Director Amy Nicholson A Band Called Death, 4:00 pm at the Garvey Forum with Director Mark Covino The Last White Knight, 11:30 am at the Garvey Med. with Director Paul Saltzman Barzan, 2:00 pm at the Garvey Med. with Producer Sarah Stuteville and...
Be sure to check out these films with Special Guests:
I Declare War, 1:30 pm at the Orpheum with Director James Lapeyre Lost On Purpose, 4:00 pm at the Orpheum with co-Director Josh Barrett Blackfish, 4:45 pm at the Scottish Rite with Producer Manuel Oteyza Her Aim Is True, 11:15 am at the Garvey Forum with Director Karen Whitehead Zipper: Coney Island’S Last Wild Ride, 1:30 pm at the Garvey Forum with Director Amy Nicholson A Band Called Death, 4:00 pm at the Garvey Forum with Director Mark Covino The Last White Knight, 11:30 am at the Garvey Med. with Director Paul Saltzman Barzan, 2:00 pm at the Garvey Med. with Producer Sarah Stuteville and...
- 10/18/2013
- by Staff
- The Moving Arts Journal
After seven hit seasons on Nickelodeon, "The Rugrats" have finally crawled their way to the big screen in a full-length, action-filled adventure that will neither disappoint fans nor overwhelm the uninitiated.
Retaining the refreshingly non-pandering tone that has made the series an animated success story -- by drawing more than 23 million viewers each week it's TV's No. 1 kids show -- "The Rugrats Movie" packs a duo-generational appeal that should translate into a "diapie-ful" of dollars for Paramount, with even bigger dividends waiting just around the video corner.
Kicking off with a delightful "Indiana Jones" fantasy sequence, the picture wastes little time in getting to the crux of the story -- the impending arrival of a new addition to the Pickles family.
While toddler Tommy (voiced by E.G. Daily) is initially unsure of how to welcome has new baby brother Dylan (Dil, for short, of course; voiced by Tara Charendoff), his playmates Chuckie Finster (Christine Cavanaugh) and twins Phil and Lil DeVille (Kath Soucie) decide there's only one way to stop his incessant crying -- to take him back to the "hopsickle" and ask for a refund since he's obviously "broked."
Loading the little one in the Reptar Wagon, the latest of dad Stu Pickles' (Jack Riley) wacky inventions, the Rugrats take a couple of unexpected turns, ending up stuck in a scary forest where they battle a troupe of derailed circus monkeys and a hungry wolf, not to mention tyrannical cousin Angelica (Cheryl Chase), who makes like Shirley-Lock Holmes on the trail of her missing Cynthia doll.
In expanding from the usual 13-15-minute segments to the feature-length big time, screenwriters David N. Weiss and J. David Stem and directors Norton Virgien and Igor Kovalyov have generally succeeded in retaining the show's rambunctious flavor, although the pacing, like the kids, occasionally loses its way during the extended woods sequence.
But it's a minor quibble given all the bright, bold visuals, the rich voice work (joining the regulars are guest turns from Whoopi Goldberg, Tim Curry, Andrea Martin, David Spade, Busta Rhymes and Roger Clinton) and music supervisor Karyn Rachtman's whimsical selection of tunes that are far more happening than those of that big purple guy, ranging from the familiar ("One Way or Another" and "Witch Doctor") to the brand spanking new ("I Throw My Toys Around", performed by No Doubt and Elvis Costello).
The hands-down-highlight, however, has to be the irresistibly scatological "This World is Something New to Me" number, a delivery ward "We Are the World" penned by the film's composer and former Devo member Mark Mothersbaugh, featuring an inspired vocal ensemble including Beck, Iggy Pop, the B-52's, Lenny Kravitz, Patti Smith, Jakob Dylan, Lisa Loeb, Laurie Anderson and Lou Rawls.
As kidflicks go, they just don't get any hipper than that.
THE RUGRATS MOVIE
Paramount
Paramount Pictures and
Nickelodeon Movies present
a Klasky-Csupo production
Directors: Norton Virgien and Igor Kovalyov
Producers: Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo
Screenwriters: David N. Weiss & J. David Stem
Executive producers: Albie Hecht, Debby Beece
Art director: Dima Malanitchev
Music supervisor: Karyn Rachtman
Music: Mark Mothersbaugh
Color/stereo
Voices:
Tommy Pickles: E.G. Daily
Chuckie Finster: Christine Cavanaugh
Phil and Lil DeVille: Kath Soucie
Angelica Pickles: Cheryl Chase
Dylan Pickles: Tara Charendoff
Didi Pickles: Melanie Chartoff
Stu Pickles: Jack Riley
Grandpa Boris: Joe Alaskey
Running time -- 82 minutes
MPAA Rating: G...
Retaining the refreshingly non-pandering tone that has made the series an animated success story -- by drawing more than 23 million viewers each week it's TV's No. 1 kids show -- "The Rugrats Movie" packs a duo-generational appeal that should translate into a "diapie-ful" of dollars for Paramount, with even bigger dividends waiting just around the video corner.
Kicking off with a delightful "Indiana Jones" fantasy sequence, the picture wastes little time in getting to the crux of the story -- the impending arrival of a new addition to the Pickles family.
While toddler Tommy (voiced by E.G. Daily) is initially unsure of how to welcome has new baby brother Dylan (Dil, for short, of course; voiced by Tara Charendoff), his playmates Chuckie Finster (Christine Cavanaugh) and twins Phil and Lil DeVille (Kath Soucie) decide there's only one way to stop his incessant crying -- to take him back to the "hopsickle" and ask for a refund since he's obviously "broked."
Loading the little one in the Reptar Wagon, the latest of dad Stu Pickles' (Jack Riley) wacky inventions, the Rugrats take a couple of unexpected turns, ending up stuck in a scary forest where they battle a troupe of derailed circus monkeys and a hungry wolf, not to mention tyrannical cousin Angelica (Cheryl Chase), who makes like Shirley-Lock Holmes on the trail of her missing Cynthia doll.
In expanding from the usual 13-15-minute segments to the feature-length big time, screenwriters David N. Weiss and J. David Stem and directors Norton Virgien and Igor Kovalyov have generally succeeded in retaining the show's rambunctious flavor, although the pacing, like the kids, occasionally loses its way during the extended woods sequence.
But it's a minor quibble given all the bright, bold visuals, the rich voice work (joining the regulars are guest turns from Whoopi Goldberg, Tim Curry, Andrea Martin, David Spade, Busta Rhymes and Roger Clinton) and music supervisor Karyn Rachtman's whimsical selection of tunes that are far more happening than those of that big purple guy, ranging from the familiar ("One Way or Another" and "Witch Doctor") to the brand spanking new ("I Throw My Toys Around", performed by No Doubt and Elvis Costello).
The hands-down-highlight, however, has to be the irresistibly scatological "This World is Something New to Me" number, a delivery ward "We Are the World" penned by the film's composer and former Devo member Mark Mothersbaugh, featuring an inspired vocal ensemble including Beck, Iggy Pop, the B-52's, Lenny Kravitz, Patti Smith, Jakob Dylan, Lisa Loeb, Laurie Anderson and Lou Rawls.
As kidflicks go, they just don't get any hipper than that.
THE RUGRATS MOVIE
Paramount
Paramount Pictures and
Nickelodeon Movies present
a Klasky-Csupo production
Directors: Norton Virgien and Igor Kovalyov
Producers: Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo
Screenwriters: David N. Weiss & J. David Stem
Executive producers: Albie Hecht, Debby Beece
Art director: Dima Malanitchev
Music supervisor: Karyn Rachtman
Music: Mark Mothersbaugh
Color/stereo
Voices:
Tommy Pickles: E.G. Daily
Chuckie Finster: Christine Cavanaugh
Phil and Lil DeVille: Kath Soucie
Angelica Pickles: Cheryl Chase
Dylan Pickles: Tara Charendoff
Didi Pickles: Melanie Chartoff
Stu Pickles: Jack Riley
Grandpa Boris: Joe Alaskey
Running time -- 82 minutes
MPAA Rating: G...
- 11/9/1998
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
PARK CITY, Utah -- The 1960s graduates in producer Michael Shamberg's ''The Big Chill'' found it was ''cold out there'' in the real world, while the 1990s graduates in ''Reality Bites'' (produced by Danny DeVito and Shamberg) find it's a void out there.
Centering on four twentysomething roommates suffering post-graduation uncertainty, 1994-style, ''Reality Bites'' should be a big commercial winner for Universal. The Jersey Films production premiered to an enthusiastic reception Friday night here at the Sundance Film Festival.
College valedictorian Lelaina (Winona Ryder) finds that being head of her class means going straight to the bottom of the heap in real life. Slogging away as an intern-level assistant on a dopey morning TV show, Lelaina finds her only personal outlet is in the videos she shoots of her closest friends -- ''reality bites, '' as she calls them.
The bites mirror their frustrations and uncertainties: For roommate Gap worker Vickie (Janeane Garofalo), it's romantic self-esteem problems exacerbated by the malaise of toiling for a chain store; for Troy (Ethan Hawke), it's the fear of committing to anything or anyone for fear of failure; and for Sammy (Steve Zahn), it's the trauma of admitting his sexuality. Like most 22-to-23-year-olds, they haven't got a toehold on anything and the only certainties they find are in the old, consoling TV shows of their youth -- namely, ''The Brady Bunch.'' Alas, small comfort -- the real-life head of that snug household died of AIDS.
Alternately downbeat and chipper, ''Reality Bites'' is an appealing narrative document of twentysomething fear. Helen Childress' screenplay smartly intertwines a representative set of generational impediments, professional and personal, that today's college grads face.
Ben Stiller's direction, while respectful of the gnawing dilemmas each character encounters, is nevertheless appropriately spunky, reflective of the resilient energies of the characters' age group.
As the prickly and talented Lelaina, Ryder embodies the energetic but conflicted exuberance of a young woman who frantically seeks to define herself.
Hawke is terrific as the gifted poet-singer whose own abilities frighten him, wallowing in a constant state of avoidance. Garofalo is well-cast as the 1970s clinging roomie, while Stiller nicely reeks of unexamined conformity in his role as aspiring Yuppie.
Tech credits are tops, with a particular nod to music supervisor Karyn Rachtman for the telling soundtrack selections, best represented by the Talking Heads' ''Road to Nowhere.''
REALITY BITES
Universal Pictures
A Jersey Films Prod.
Producers Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg
Director Ben Stiller
Screenwriter Helen Childress
Executive producers Stacey Sher, Wm. Barclay Malcolm
Director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki
Supervising producers William Finnegan, Sheldon Pinchuk
Production designer Sharon Seymour
Editor Lisa Churgin
Costume designer Eugenie Bafaloukos
Music supervisor Karyn Rachtman
Music Karl Wallinger
Casting Francine Maisler
Sound mixer Stephen Halbert
Color/Stereo
Lelaina Pierce Winona Ryder
Troy Dyer Ethan Hawke
Vickie Miner Janeane Garofalo
Sammy Gray Steve Zahn
Michael Grates Ben Stiller
Charlane McGregor Swoosie Kurtz
Wes McGregor Harry O'Reilly
Helen Ann Pierce Susan Norfleet
Tom Pierce Joe Don Baker
Running time -- 99 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
Centering on four twentysomething roommates suffering post-graduation uncertainty, 1994-style, ''Reality Bites'' should be a big commercial winner for Universal. The Jersey Films production premiered to an enthusiastic reception Friday night here at the Sundance Film Festival.
College valedictorian Lelaina (Winona Ryder) finds that being head of her class means going straight to the bottom of the heap in real life. Slogging away as an intern-level assistant on a dopey morning TV show, Lelaina finds her only personal outlet is in the videos she shoots of her closest friends -- ''reality bites, '' as she calls them.
The bites mirror their frustrations and uncertainties: For roommate Gap worker Vickie (Janeane Garofalo), it's romantic self-esteem problems exacerbated by the malaise of toiling for a chain store; for Troy (Ethan Hawke), it's the fear of committing to anything or anyone for fear of failure; and for Sammy (Steve Zahn), it's the trauma of admitting his sexuality. Like most 22-to-23-year-olds, they haven't got a toehold on anything and the only certainties they find are in the old, consoling TV shows of their youth -- namely, ''The Brady Bunch.'' Alas, small comfort -- the real-life head of that snug household died of AIDS.
Alternately downbeat and chipper, ''Reality Bites'' is an appealing narrative document of twentysomething fear. Helen Childress' screenplay smartly intertwines a representative set of generational impediments, professional and personal, that today's college grads face.
Ben Stiller's direction, while respectful of the gnawing dilemmas each character encounters, is nevertheless appropriately spunky, reflective of the resilient energies of the characters' age group.
As the prickly and talented Lelaina, Ryder embodies the energetic but conflicted exuberance of a young woman who frantically seeks to define herself.
Hawke is terrific as the gifted poet-singer whose own abilities frighten him, wallowing in a constant state of avoidance. Garofalo is well-cast as the 1970s clinging roomie, while Stiller nicely reeks of unexamined conformity in his role as aspiring Yuppie.
Tech credits are tops, with a particular nod to music supervisor Karyn Rachtman for the telling soundtrack selections, best represented by the Talking Heads' ''Road to Nowhere.''
REALITY BITES
Universal Pictures
A Jersey Films Prod.
Producers Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg
Director Ben Stiller
Screenwriter Helen Childress
Executive producers Stacey Sher, Wm. Barclay Malcolm
Director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki
Supervising producers William Finnegan, Sheldon Pinchuk
Production designer Sharon Seymour
Editor Lisa Churgin
Costume designer Eugenie Bafaloukos
Music supervisor Karyn Rachtman
Music Karl Wallinger
Casting Francine Maisler
Sound mixer Stephen Halbert
Color/Stereo
Lelaina Pierce Winona Ryder
Troy Dyer Ethan Hawke
Vickie Miner Janeane Garofalo
Sammy Gray Steve Zahn
Michael Grates Ben Stiller
Charlane McGregor Swoosie Kurtz
Wes McGregor Harry O'Reilly
Helen Ann Pierce Susan Norfleet
Tom Pierce Joe Don Baker
Running time -- 99 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
- 1/31/1994
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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