Olive's new branded line reissues the Nicholas Ray classic with a full set of authoritative extras -- plus a never-before-seen widescreen transfer, in all of its Trucolor glory. Joan Crawford and Sterling Hayden never looked better -- we can all compare theories about la Crawford's color-coded costumes. Just how masculine is Vienna supposed to be? Johnny Guitar (Olive Signature widescreen edition) Blu-ray Olive Films 1954 / Color / 1:66 widescreen / 110 min. / Street Date September 20, 2016 / available through the Olive Films website / 39.95 but heavily discounted Starring Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Scott Brady, Ward Bond, Ben Cooper, Ernest Borgnine, John Carradine, Royal Dano, Frank Ferguson, Paul Fix, Rhys Williams. Cinematography Harry Stradling Film Editor Richard Van Enger Original Music Victor Young Written by Philip Yordan from the novel by Roy Chanslor Produced by Herbert J. Yates Directed by Nicholas Ray
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
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Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
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- 9/20/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
COLOGNE, Germany -- Danny DeVito, Famke Janssen and Edie Falco have signed on to star opposite Ray Liotta in "Family of the Year", the comedy from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" director Joel Zwick, said German media fund VIP, the film's backers. The $15 million project from Armada Pictures centers on a family that moves to a new town only to get along much better with their new neighbors than with each other. "Family" will be Zwick's next film after wrapping "Elvis Has Left the Building", currently shooting in New Mexico. Armada president Chris Sievernich will produce with vp production Matt Milich. Armada is also handling worldwide distribution. VIP executives Andreas Schmid and Andreas Grosch will receive executive producer credits on the project.
- 11/14/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ray Liotta is set to star in Family of the Year, to be directed by My Big Fat Greek Wedding helmer Joel Zwick, Armada Pictures said Sunday. Shooting is scheduled to begin in August. The $15 million project, supported and backed by German media fund VIP, centers on a family that moves to a new town, only to get along much better with their new neighbors than with themselves. Further casting will be announced soon. Armada president Chris Sievernich will produce with vp production Matt Milich. Executive producer credits will go to VIP's Andreas Schmid and Andreas Grosch as well as Marc Warren. Armada is handling worldwide distribution, with rights deals completed in Cannes with Tot Media in Spain and Portugal and with Eastern European Acquisition Pool in that region, Armada said. Negotiations for other territories are under way.
- 5/19/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When The Quiet American, Graham Greene's tale of political intrigue and waning colonialism in French Indochina, was made into a film in 1958 by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, much of the novel's political insights and "ugly Americanism" were eliminated. Before U.S. involvement in Vietnam, there was little point. A new version by director Phillip Noyce, more than a quarter-century after the fall of Saigon, restores the political context, but it's nearly as pointless. Years of movies, books, memoirs and TV shows about the war have made Greene's revelations about U.S. subterfuge in that country during the 1950s yesteryear's news.
Michael Caine delivers a tone-perfect performance as the story's narrator, a cynical and aloof British reporter grown accustomed to the privileges of a colonial lifestyle. Brendan Fraser achieves the creepy self-righteousness of the title character but not quite his stunning political naivete. Cinematographer Christopher Doyle and designer Roger Ford marvelously evoke the decadent pleasures of a decaying, sensual Saigon where boozing and whoring can obliterate the existence of jungle warfare. But the film feels dated both in its message and style.
Christopher Hampton and Robert Schenkkan's script follows Greene's story to the letter. Indeed, the book itself feels like a novelization of a screenplay with its swiftly delineated characters, set pieces and exotic milieu. Caine's Thomas Fowler is one of Greene's Englishmen gone soft in a dangerous tropical clime. His cozy life gets upset by the arrival of Fraser's idealistic and, initially, fawning American, an aid worker who wants to do good and save people in the Third World.
Trouble is, one of the people Alden Pyle most wants to save is Phuong (Hai Yen Do), an ethereal beauty who is Fowler's mistress. On top of this sexual rivalry, the Times wants to recall the indolent Fowler to London. This energizes his journalism, if only to stave off the recall and continue his opium-induced existence. But an investigation into corruption and massacres in the field leads him to the revelation that Pyle is not as "quiet" as he lets on.
Noyce paces the film well and makes good use of his Vietnam locations, but the script does not strengthen the thin narration nor deepen the superficial characterizations that plague the novel. This is essentially a three-character melodrama with a colorful wartime backdrop.
THE QUIET AMERICAN
Miramax Films
Intermedia Film Equities USA/Mirage Enterprises/Saga Pictures
Credits:
Director: Phillip Noyce
Screenwriters: Christopher Hampton, Robert Schenkkan
Based on the novel by: Graham Greene
Producers: Staffan Ahrenberg, William Horberg
Executive producers: Moritz Borman, Guy East, Sydney Pollack, Anthony Minghella, Chris Sievernich, Nigel Sinclair
Director of photography: Christopher Doyle
Production designer: Roger Ford
Music: Craig Armstrong
Editor: John Scott
Cast:
Thomas Fowler: Michael Caine
Alden Pyle: Brendan Fraser
Phuong: Hai Yen Do
Inspector: Rade Serbedzija
Hinh: Tzi Ma
Running time -- 101 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Michael Caine delivers a tone-perfect performance as the story's narrator, a cynical and aloof British reporter grown accustomed to the privileges of a colonial lifestyle. Brendan Fraser achieves the creepy self-righteousness of the title character but not quite his stunning political naivete. Cinematographer Christopher Doyle and designer Roger Ford marvelously evoke the decadent pleasures of a decaying, sensual Saigon where boozing and whoring can obliterate the existence of jungle warfare. But the film feels dated both in its message and style.
Christopher Hampton and Robert Schenkkan's script follows Greene's story to the letter. Indeed, the book itself feels like a novelization of a screenplay with its swiftly delineated characters, set pieces and exotic milieu. Caine's Thomas Fowler is one of Greene's Englishmen gone soft in a dangerous tropical clime. His cozy life gets upset by the arrival of Fraser's idealistic and, initially, fawning American, an aid worker who wants to do good and save people in the Third World.
Trouble is, one of the people Alden Pyle most wants to save is Phuong (Hai Yen Do), an ethereal beauty who is Fowler's mistress. On top of this sexual rivalry, the Times wants to recall the indolent Fowler to London. This energizes his journalism, if only to stave off the recall and continue his opium-induced existence. But an investigation into corruption and massacres in the field leads him to the revelation that Pyle is not as "quiet" as he lets on.
Noyce paces the film well and makes good use of his Vietnam locations, but the script does not strengthen the thin narration nor deepen the superficial characterizations that plague the novel. This is essentially a three-character melodrama with a colorful wartime backdrop.
THE QUIET AMERICAN
Miramax Films
Intermedia Film Equities USA/Mirage Enterprises/Saga Pictures
Credits:
Director: Phillip Noyce
Screenwriters: Christopher Hampton, Robert Schenkkan
Based on the novel by: Graham Greene
Producers: Staffan Ahrenberg, William Horberg
Executive producers: Moritz Borman, Guy East, Sydney Pollack, Anthony Minghella, Chris Sievernich, Nigel Sinclair
Director of photography: Christopher Doyle
Production designer: Roger Ford
Music: Craig Armstrong
Editor: John Scott
Cast:
Thomas Fowler: Michael Caine
Alden Pyle: Brendan Fraser
Phuong: Hai Yen Do
Inspector: Rade Serbedzija
Hinh: Tzi Ma
Running time -- 101 minutes
No MPAA rating...
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