When he's not busy scripting Hollywood blockbusters for the likes of Alex Proyas and Scott Derrickson, UK based screenwriter Stuart Hazeldine is wringing his hands menacingly and plotting his own directorial career. Allusions to cartoonish super-villainy aside, Hazeldine has crafted a diabolical debut in Exam, which sees a DVD release in the Us on Tuesday, November 16th through IFC. It is a taut meditation on survival and ambition that takes place entirely in one room in real time. I recently spoke with Stuart about once and future projects, the industry, and how a British filmmaker became one of Hollywood's most sought-after script doctors.
Joshua Chaplinsky: I know Exam was released On Demand back in July. Did it have a theatrical run stateside as well?
Stuart Hazeldine: No, not in the states. It's funny, because IFC picked it up before some good things happened- I got BAFTA nominated, we...
Joshua Chaplinsky: I know Exam was released On Demand back in July. Did it have a theatrical run stateside as well?
Stuart Hazeldine: No, not in the states. It's funny, because IFC picked it up before some good things happened- I got BAFTA nominated, we...
- 11/16/2010
- Screen Anarchy
In cinema it is oftentimes the simplest of concepts that yields the most rewarding results. While the splashy - and usually braindead - antics of filmmakers such as Michael Bay or Jerry Bruckheimer may garner a lion’s share of the media’s admittedly short attention span, there are dozens of other more quiet and intelligent films that are also deserving of our collective interest.
Case in point: Exam (review here) (available on Video on Demand from IFC starting July 23rd, 2010). Directed by veteran screenwriter Stuart Hazeldine and budgeted at approximately six hundred thousand dollars, this “job interview from Hell” story offers the discerning and patient viewer a compelling platform from which it addresses a myriad of issues - ambition, drive, morality, ethics, and the lengths that some people will go to get ahead - as well as an eye-catching and inventive storytelling paradigm.
Dread Central recently spoke with the...
Case in point: Exam (review here) (available on Video on Demand from IFC starting July 23rd, 2010). Directed by veteran screenwriter Stuart Hazeldine and budgeted at approximately six hundred thousand dollars, this “job interview from Hell” story offers the discerning and patient viewer a compelling platform from which it addresses a myriad of issues - ambition, drive, morality, ethics, and the lengths that some people will go to get ahead - as well as an eye-catching and inventive storytelling paradigm.
Dread Central recently spoke with the...
- 7/29/2010
- by Carnell
- DreadCentral.com
Year: 2009
Directors: Stuart Hazeldine
Writers: Simon Garrity / Stuart Hazeldine
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: agentorange
Rating: 7.2 out of 10
[Editor's note: Thanks to IFC for this early look at Exam. Watch for it Stateside on July 23]
Nobody likes job interviews, but if you’re someone who particularly hates being put on the spot, or forced to answer ambiguous Hr questions you’ll probably love Exam. Not because you’ll empathize with its characters mind you. You'll love the film because whatever your experience with the dreaded job interview has been up 'till now, these people get it way worse than you ever have. And, well, that's just fun to watch.
In Stuart Hazeldine’s gripping directorial debut, eight job candidates assemble in a cold, sterile room. They are given a desk, a chair, a pencil, a piece of paper and a set of seemingly simple instructions (which, of course, will Not be repeated). All they have to do is answer one question and they could walk away...
Directors: Stuart Hazeldine
Writers: Simon Garrity / Stuart Hazeldine
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: agentorange
Rating: 7.2 out of 10
[Editor's note: Thanks to IFC for this early look at Exam. Watch for it Stateside on July 23]
Nobody likes job interviews, but if you’re someone who particularly hates being put on the spot, or forced to answer ambiguous Hr questions you’ll probably love Exam. Not because you’ll empathize with its characters mind you. You'll love the film because whatever your experience with the dreaded job interview has been up 'till now, these people get it way worse than you ever have. And, well, that's just fun to watch.
In Stuart Hazeldine’s gripping directorial debut, eight job candidates assemble in a cold, sterile room. They are given a desk, a chair, a pencil, a piece of paper and a set of seemingly simple instructions (which, of course, will Not be repeated). All they have to do is answer one question and they could walk away...
- 6/8/2010
- QuietEarth.us
You may not have heard of Exam, but it's the new British thriller from director Stuart Hazeldine, a sort of nightmare version of The Apprentice wherein young high fliers go for the ultimate job and find something of a mystery instead.This poster gives you some idea what you're in for: an ethnically and demographically diverse* group are locked in a room as the final stage in a competitive job interview. Once there, they discover that the exam sheets are blank and face a test very different from the one they expected.Starring the likes of Colin Salmon, Jimi Mistry and Luke Mably, and written by Hazeldine from a story by Simon Garrity, Exam is out on January 8, 2010.*Empire's Kat objects to the omission of a token redhead in favour of two brunettes, but otherwise, y'know, it's quite a wide mix.
- 12/3/2009
- EmpireOnline
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