Drew Barrymore rang in her 42nd birthday on Wednesday (can you believe it?), and one of her famous friends helped her celebrate in a really cute way. That same day, Ellen DeGeneres shared a video of Drew's most delightful moments on the show, including dance-offs, funny jokes, and that time she revealed her massive crush on John Oliver. She captioned the clip, "Happy birthday, Drew Barrymore. You're a gift to the world. And my show. And me." How we'd love to be friends with both of them! Related:These Pictures of Drew Barrymore Will Remind You Why She's Always Been the BestGrab Some Tissues - Ellen's Tribute to the Obamas Is Going to Make You EmotionalDrew Barrymore's Secret Celebrity Crushes Are Unexpected (but Perfect)...
- 2/23/2017
- by Brittney Stephens
- Popsugar.com
Gene Saks has passed away, aged 93.
The actor and director, who starred in such films as A Thousands Clowns, died of pneumonia in his Long Island home yesterday (March 29).
A Tony Award-winning director, he famously staged Neil Simon's 'double-b' trilogy, which consisted of Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, and Broadway Bound, and also a revival of The Odd Couple in 1985.
He starred in 1994's Fool alongside Paul Newman, Bruce Willis and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The last Broadway play Saks directed was William Luce's Barrymore in 1997.
Saks is survived by his wife Keren.
The actor and director, who starred in such films as A Thousands Clowns, died of pneumonia in his Long Island home yesterday (March 29).
A Tony Award-winning director, he famously staged Neil Simon's 'double-b' trilogy, which consisted of Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, and Broadway Bound, and also a revival of The Odd Couple in 1985.
He starred in 1994's Fool alongside Paul Newman, Bruce Willis and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
The last Broadway play Saks directed was William Luce's Barrymore in 1997.
Saks is survived by his wife Keren.
- 3/30/2015
- Digital Spy
Press Release: PBS announced today its slate of Winter/Spring 2014 programs, including the long-awaited return of Masterpiece “Sherlock, Season 3” starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the legendary British sleuth, on Sunday, January 19 at 10 p.m. Et. The highly acclaimed “Sherlock” follows Season 4 of “Downton Abbey,” which debuts with eight new episodes January 5 on Masterpiece. The two shows bolster Sunday night as a hallmark of British drama on PBS, whose ratings that night have grown 26 percent (8-11 pm, 2011-12 season: 9/19/2011-9/23/2012 to 2012-13 season: 9/24/2012-9/22/2013) season over season. The schedule also reinforces PBS’ move into 10 p.m. programming on several key nights.
PBS also announced a number of new programs, including the real-life adventure series Chasing Shackleton, the broadcast premieres of biopics “Salinger” on American Masters (about the reclusive Catcher in the Rye author) and Hawking, an intimate portrait of physicist Stephen Hawking’s extraordinary life and career, along with a roster of...
PBS also announced a number of new programs, including the real-life adventure series Chasing Shackleton, the broadcast premieres of biopics “Salinger” on American Masters (about the reclusive Catcher in the Rye author) and Hawking, an intimate portrait of physicist Stephen Hawking’s extraordinary life and career, along with a roster of...
- 10/23/2013
- by theTVaddict
- The TV Addict
John Barrymore had a career filled with ups and downs after reaching his greatest heights as a Shakespearean film actor with few rivals. His turn to classical acting was an abrupt departure from a lucrative run in comedies and drama, and it also marked the beginning of the end as his struggle with alcoholism ultimately dragged him down to such depths that he'd be in the need of a comeback performance. The two-man play Barrymore, by William Luce, took us to that moment at the end of Barrymore's life in 1942, when he was preparing for an audition that could potentially catapult him back into the spotlight had his death not intervened. That play originally starred Christopher Plummer in the 90s and he's reprised that role here for a screen adaptation that manages to capture the fevered stream of consciousness of a man lost in reverie and nostalgia. Even if...
- 6/9/2013
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
Hot on the heels of Plummer’s Best Supporting Actor Oscar™ for Beginners last year, the octogenarian star of stage and screen delivers his most affecting performance yet. Barrymore was released theatrically by By Experience and Image Entertainment in New York and Los Angeles in November of 2012. The Los Angeles Times then enthused, “Christopher Plummer is a mischievous delight as the great John Barrymore, intent on a stage comeback.” Barrymore was also recently nominated for two Prism Awards including Performance in a Feature Film. The screen version of the William Luce play by the same name, Barrymore had its world premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. It was adapted by writer-director Érik Canuel from the 1996 Broadway production for which Plummer won a Tony™ Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in 1997. Plummer, 82, has long had a fascination with the title character, and it shows. The Village Voice exclaimed,...
- 3/19/2013
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
A new poster is in for Barrymore, starring Christopher Plummer, and we invite you to check out the trailer for the film which opens in Los Angeles and New York on November 15th 2012. Barrymore, set in 1942, follows acclaimed American actor John Barrymore, a member of one of Hollywood's most well known multi-generational theatrical dynasties. No longer a leading box office star, the film finds Barrymore reckoning with the ravages of his life of excess. He has rented a grand, old theatre to rehearse for a backer's audition to raise money for a revival of his 1920 Broadway triumph in Richard III. It leads him to look back on the highs and lows of his stunning career and remarkable life.
- 10/31/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
A new poster is in for Barrymore, starring Christopher Plummer, and we invite you to check out the trailer for the film which opens in Los Angeles and New York on November 15th 2012. Barrymore, set in 1942, follows acclaimed American actor John Barrymore, a member of one of Hollywood's most well known multi-generational theatrical dynasties. No longer a leading box office star, the film finds Barrymore reckoning with the ravages of his life of excess. He has rented a grand, old theatre to rehearse for a backer's audition to raise money for a revival of his 1920 Broadway triumph in Richard III. It leads him to look back on the highs and lows of his stunning career and remarkable life.
- 10/31/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Today we are concluding our two-part look at the life and career of legendary stage and screen icon Christopher Plummer by focusing on some of the finest films, television and filmed stage performances of his career thus far, as we anticipate the nationwide release of his newest stage and screen venture, the cinematic presentation of his recent turn as Prospero at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Des McAnuffs The Tempest, presented by Fathom-equipped movie theaters on June 13, followed by a QampA with Plummer. From his stage debut in the late-1940s through to his spectacular screen career begun with Sidney Lumets Stage Struck in 1958, in this career-spanning clip collection we will be sampling many of the most memorable and most notable projects from a rich resume ranging from almost every major male role in the canon of Shakespeare - As You Like It to The Winters Tale - to the work of Lilian Hellman,...
- 6/13/2012
- by Pat Cerasaro
- BroadwayWorld.com
Barrymore is a wonderful opportunity to see one of the world’s best actors still at the top of his game. It’s the award-winning film adaptation of Christopher Plummer’s award-winning portrayal of John Barrymore, a towering and tragic figure in stage and film in the first half of the twentieth century.
For a very long time, Christopher Plummer owned the dubious distinction of being regarded as the best actor never to win an Oscar. He gladly lost the title in 2012, finally winning for Best Supporting Actor in Mike Mills' Beginners.
For a very long time, Christopher Plummer owned the dubious distinction of being regarded as the best actor never to win an Oscar. He gladly lost the title in 2012, finally winning for Best Supporting Actor in Mike Mills' Beginners.
- 6/7/2012
- by Bruce Yaccato
- Cineplex
John Barrymore is not just Drew Barrymore’s grandfather. He was a popular actor who appeared in a dozen of films and theatre plays before he died in 1942. In William Luce’s Barrymore stage play, Christopher Plummer plays John Barrymore as an actor struggling to make a comeback and regain his lost fame. Director Érik Canuel combined theatre and cinema in his adaptation, which was presented last year at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) and premieres at select theatres May 23rd.
Cineplex spoke with Érik Canuel, the director behind La loi du cochon, Le dernier tunnel and the highly successful English and French-language cross-over Bon Cop, Bad Cop.
Discover what it takes to bring Barrymore to the big screen. Hit the jump to read the interview!
Cineplex spoke with Érik Canuel, the director behind La loi du cochon, Le dernier tunnel and the highly successful English and French-language cross-over Bon Cop, Bad Cop.
Discover what it takes to bring Barrymore to the big screen. Hit the jump to read the interview!
- 5/23/2012
- by Martin Gignac
- Cineplex
John Barrymore is not just Drew Barrymore’s grandfather. He was a popular actor who appeared in a dozen of films and theatre plays before he died in 1942. In William Luce’s Barrymore stage play, Christopher Plummer plays John Barrymore as an actor struggling to make a comeback and regain his lost fame. Director Érik Canuel combined theatre and cinema in his adaptation, which was presented last year at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) and premieres at select theatres May 23rd.
Cineplex spoke with Érik Canuel, the director behind La loi du cochon, Le dernier tunnel and the highly successful English and French-language cross-over Bon Cop, Bad Cop.
Discover what it takes to bring Barrymore to the big screen. Hit the jump to read the interview!
Cineplex spoke with Érik Canuel, the director behind La loi du cochon, Le dernier tunnel and the highly successful English and French-language cross-over Bon Cop, Bad Cop.
Discover what it takes to bring Barrymore to the big screen. Hit the jump to read the interview!
- 5/23/2012
- by Martin Gignac
- Cineplex
John Barrymore is not just Drew Barrymore’s grandfather. He was a popular actor who appeared in a dozen of films and theatre plays before he died in 1942. In William Luce’s Barrymore stage play, Christopher Plummer plays John Barrymore as an actor struggling to make a comeback and regain his lost fame. Director Érik Canuel combined theatre and cinema in his adaptation, which was presented last year at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) and premieres at select theatres May 23rd.
Cineplex spoke with Érik Canuel, the director behind La loi du cochon, Le dernier tunnel and the highly successful English and French-language cross-over Bon Cop, Bad Cop.
Discover what it takes to bring Barrymore to the big screen. Hit the jump to read the interview!
Cineplex spoke with Érik Canuel, the director behind La loi du cochon, Le dernier tunnel and the highly successful English and French-language cross-over Bon Cop, Bad Cop.
Discover what it takes to bring Barrymore to the big screen. Hit the jump to read the interview!
- 5/23/2012
- by Martin Gignac
- Cineplex
Christopher Plummer could replace himself as the oldest person to win an Oscar: "You’d think so, by the thunderous palm-smacking that met the conclusion of 'Barrymore' at a recent screening in New York ... Plummer had a Broadway triumph with 'Barrymore' in 1997, winning a Tony Award as a tender boy of 68 -- and long before, at 82, he snagged the Academy Award for 'Beginners.' ('Where have you been all my life?') In May, a motion picture version of 'Barrymore' will premiere in theaters in Plummer’s native Canada; U.S. audiences will see it in October." NBC Celebrating the 50th anniversary of "To Kill a Mockingbird": "For the 50th Anniversary of 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' the Motion Picture Academy, AFI and the White House have all rolled out special tributes ... The slowness of the telling is some of what sets 'Mockingbird' apart from films that are made today.
- 4/9/2012
- Gold Derby
Christopher Plummer's haunting portrayal of John Barrymore is being given a new audience.
Producers said Tuesday that the film Barrymore will be shown at cinemas in Canada beginning in May and throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and other countries in October.
Barrymore - a two-person play exploring the life of famed actor John Barrymore - earned Plummer a Tony in 1997. Last year, the actor recreated his performance for multiple high-definition cameras.
It was filmed over seven days on location and on the stage at the Elgin Theater in Toronto. Based on the play by William Luce, the film is directed and adapted for the screen by Erik Canuel.
Find out more about the production in the video after the cut Then be sure to buy your tickets!
Producers said Tuesday that the film Barrymore will be shown at cinemas in Canada beginning in May and throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and other countries in October.
Barrymore - a two-person play exploring the life of famed actor John Barrymore - earned Plummer a Tony in 1997. Last year, the actor recreated his performance for multiple high-definition cameras.
It was filmed over seven days on location and on the stage at the Elgin Theater in Toronto. Based on the play by William Luce, the film is directed and adapted for the screen by Erik Canuel.
Find out more about the production in the video after the cut Then be sure to buy your tickets!
- 3/28/2012
- by Cineplex.com and contributors
- Cineplex
Stale Popcorn awww. our friend Glenn held a Titanic Oscar.
Guardian fun old interview with Helena Bonham Carter from her first film The Lady Jane (1986)
The Mary Sue new Dr. Horrible Sing-Along films this summer? Maybe.
Prometheus the full second trailer. Not doing a "yes no maybe so" because we already covered this one.
Tom Shone is not looking forward to Prometheus and here's why.
ioncinema Laurence Anyways trailer (in French) and posters. I love Xavier Dolan so I'm excited for this on principle if not quite in actuality.
Telegraph Tim Robey on George Clooney's arrest.
Movie|Line takes a different approach with the 9 most handsomely stoic photos of Clooney from the Sudan event.
In Contention Christopher Plummer in Barrymore... his stage triumph is going big screen this fall.
Antagony & Ecstacy is doing a 1930s week with fine pieces on Leo McCarey (Make Way For Tomorrow) and early horror...
Guardian fun old interview with Helena Bonham Carter from her first film The Lady Jane (1986)
The Mary Sue new Dr. Horrible Sing-Along films this summer? Maybe.
Prometheus the full second trailer. Not doing a "yes no maybe so" because we already covered this one.
Tom Shone is not looking forward to Prometheus and here's why.
ioncinema Laurence Anyways trailer (in French) and posters. I love Xavier Dolan so I'm excited for this on principle if not quite in actuality.
Telegraph Tim Robey on George Clooney's arrest.
Movie|Line takes a different approach with the 9 most handsomely stoic photos of Clooney from the Sudan event.
In Contention Christopher Plummer in Barrymore... his stage triumph is going big screen this fall.
Antagony & Ecstacy is doing a 1930s week with fine pieces on Leo McCarey (Make Way For Tomorrow) and early horror...
- 3/18/2012
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Christopher Plummer's "Barrymore" will hit theaters in the fall: "The 90-minute movie, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2011, is set in 1942 when Barrymore finds himself no longer a going concern at the U.S. box office ... In addition to U.S. theaters, producers said Tuesday that the movie will be shown at cinemas in Canada beginning in May and in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and other countries in October." Los Angeles Times HBO's "Game Change" scores record ratings: "The premiere of HBO’s controversial movie 'Game Change' on Saturday ranked as the pay net’s most-watched original film in nearly eight years. An average audience of 2.1 million viewers tuned into the Julianne Moore starrer. Across four weekend plays, the movie that also featured Woody Harrelson and Ed Harris lured 3.6 million ... The last time an original film did so well for HBO was...
- 3/14/2012
- Gold Derby
Some big purchases were recently made – first, Anchor Bay acquired the rights to the SXSW 2012 Midnight selection Girls Against Boys, which resulted in one of the first film distribution deals at the festival. Directed by Austin Chick (Xx/Xy) and produced by Aimee Shieh and Clay Floren, the thriller follows Shea, a 21-year old student who, after a brutal sexual assault, teams up with fellow nightclub bartender Lu for a weekend of “one beautifully staged execution after another.” Danielle Panabaker (Friday the 13th, The Crazies) and Nicole Laliberte (Dinner for Schmucks, Kaboom) play the murderous duo in the rape revenge film that has already been described as “controversial.” [Deadline]
And we won’t have to wait long to see their killing spree – it was confirmed by Kevin Kasha, executive vice president of acquisitions and co-productions for Anchor Bay, that the film will be released this year as part of their “2012 line-up.
And we won’t have to wait long to see their killing spree – it was confirmed by Kevin Kasha, executive vice president of acquisitions and co-productions for Anchor Bay, that the film will be released this year as part of their “2012 line-up.
- 3/14/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
The play Barrymore, which in 1997 earned Christopher Plummer a Tony Award for his portrayal of legendary stage and screen star John Barrymore, will be shown at movie houses in Canada in May. Screenings in the United States and elsewhere will follow in October. Could that possibly mean a third Oscar nomination for Plummer, this year's Best Supporting Actor winner for Mike Mills' Beginners? Unless Academy rules have changed in that regard — and Barrymore gets shown for a week in the Los Angeles area — that's certainly a possibility. Filmed plays — Barrymore was filmed with multiple high-definition cameras last year — have earned Academy recognition in the past. For instance, a 1965 filmed version of Britain's National Theatre presentation of Othello earned acting nods for Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Maggie Smith, and Joyce Redman. In 1975, James Whitmore was shortlisted in the Best Actor category for the Theatrovision production of his one-man show Give 'em Hell,...
- 3/14/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The afterlife comedy "Up There" and the Christopher Plummer showcase "Barrymore" are among the films that have won awards at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which concluded its 11-day run on Sunday by handing out 10 jury and one audience award. Ken Scott's "Starbuck," about a sperm donor sued by some of the 500-plus children he fathered, won the festival's Audience Choice Award. "Up There," Zam Salim's comedy about a newly-deceased man who's given a job welcoming newcomers to the afterlife, was given the jury's Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema,...
- 2/6/2012
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The 27th Santa Barbara Film Festival will showcase nearly 200 films, including more than 50 world or U.S. premieres, along with revival screenings of "A Clockwork Orange" and "Ben Hur" and tributes to Rooney Mara, Melissa McCarthy, Demian Bichir and Andy Serkis (below), Sbiff announced on Thursday. Films will include the U.S. premiere of director Ron Fricke's wordless "Samsara," which was shot in more than 20 countries around the world; the first U.S. screening of Christopher Plummer's one-man show "Barrymore," which won raves at the Toronto Film Festival; and the world...
- 1/5/2012
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
One week removed from his 82nd birthday, Christopher Plummer is winding up what one could arguably call a career year. And it's been a long career -- more than half a century's worth of stage and screen roles comprising such milestones as The Sound of Music, The Man Who Would Be King, The Insider and The Last Station, the latter of which earned the Canadian legend his first-ever Academy Award nomination. But as the curtain closes on a memorable 2011 -- most notably his acclaimed stage adaptation Barrymore, his awards-worthy performance in Beginners and this week's blockbuster hopeful The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo -- you'd be hard-pressed to find a time when Plummer wasn't more beloved.
- 12/21/2011
- Movieline
Christopher Plummer is easily one of the most well-known and respected actors of our time. He is also an incredibly active 82-year-old man with a schedule to rival that of Clint Eastwood’s: He's completing press rounds for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” can be seen in the film version of his one-man show “Barrymore,” is developing another one-man show, "A Word or Two," and has settled in as the frontrunner for the Best Support Actor Oscar for his portrayal of a widower who comes out of the closet in the later part of his life in Mike Mills’s “Beginners.” Plumber...
- 12/16/2011
- by Roth Cornet
- Hitfix
Getty Christopher Plummer
Christopher Plummer turned 82 this week, after having enjoyed a year filled with some of the most interesting film roles he’s had in his career. But for him, the stage is as treasured a medium as the screen.
Though he is well-known for film roles such as Captain von Trapp in “The Sound of Music,” or Rudyard Kipling in “The Man Who Would Be King,” Plummer got his start in the theater. His very first acting gig...
Christopher Plummer turned 82 this week, after having enjoyed a year filled with some of the most interesting film roles he’s had in his career. But for him, the stage is as treasured a medium as the screen.
Though he is well-known for film roles such as Captain von Trapp in “The Sound of Music,” or Rudyard Kipling in “The Man Who Would Be King,” Plummer got his start in the theater. His very first acting gig...
- 12/15/2011
- by Barbara Chai
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: The legendary Christopher Plummer, who has been earning raves for his performance in Mike Mills’ “Beginners” as a widower embracing his homosexuality, will receive the “Hollywood Supporting Actor Award” at this year’s 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards, presented by Starz Entertainment. The event is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 24, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
Plummer, an Academy Award nominee for his recent performance in “The Last Station,” has been enjoying even more awards chatter as of late for his turn as Hal, a closeted gay man who didn’t choose to come out until his wife passed away … much to the surprise of his son (Ewan McGregor).
Plummer, who can be seen in “Barrymore” and “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” later this year, will be on hand to accept the award.
His bio is below:
Christopher Plummer...
Hollywoodnews.com: The legendary Christopher Plummer, who has been earning raves for his performance in Mike Mills’ “Beginners” as a widower embracing his homosexuality, will receive the “Hollywood Supporting Actor Award” at this year’s 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards, presented by Starz Entertainment. The event is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 24, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
Plummer, an Academy Award nominee for his recent performance in “The Last Station,” has been enjoying even more awards chatter as of late for his turn as Hal, a closeted gay man who didn’t choose to come out until his wife passed away … much to the surprise of his son (Ewan McGregor).
Plummer, who can be seen in “Barrymore” and “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” later this year, will be on hand to accept the award.
His bio is below:
Christopher Plummer...
- 9/26/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
It's (almost) all over but the buying. There's not much time left, but the consensus out of the Toronto International Film Festival is that the final weekend is apt to see a spate of deals. Buyers are reportedly circling offerings as disparate as Oren Moverman's grim cop drama "Rampart," Christopher Plummer's acting tour de force "Barrymore" and Ron Fricke's wordless and plotless "Samsara" – and deals that aren't announced on Saturday or Sunday may well be coming in the days immediately after the fest's Sunday conclusion. On Friday, the Tiff press office...
- 9/17/2011
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
In Contention's Kris Tapley and I had plenty to discuss this week as we compared notes on how various awards hopefuls fared at the Toronto Film Festival, which wraps up this weekend. We agree that The Artist and The Descendants came out way ahead. Other movies and contenders we discussed include: Anonymous, Shame, A Dangerous Method, Jean Dujardin, Michael Fassbender, Rachel Weisz, Christopher Plummer, Barrymore, The Lady, 50/50, Rampart, W.E., The Deep Blue Sea, and more. Here's the podcast.
- 9/16/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
With the Toronto International Film Festival wrapping up, we've officially entered Awards Season. For the rest of 2011, a good chunk of new releases will be vying for Oscar gold, be it for their direction, writing, performances, or all of the above. One film most definitely aiming for Best Actor is the Erik Canuel-directed Barrymore, starring Christopher Plummer. Earlier this week we saw the first clip from the film and today Tiff has released a full trailer. Check it out below: Based on the play by William Luce, Plummer stars as John Barrymore as he is rehearsing for a revival of his greatest work: Richard III. The movie is largely a one-man show, with Barrymore struggling to remember his part. When Luce's play was being performed on Broadway, Plummer won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. The film premiered this week at Tiff, but doesn't yet have...
- 9/16/2011
- cinemablend.com
The one-man show is not something that we get all too often in the cinematic medium, which is unfortunate; they can be an absolute thrill to watch. Actors are not only forced to give it their all, but great dialogue is allowed to take center stage. The best example of a one-man film that I can think of is Secret Honor, Robert Altman‘s fascinating stage adaptation that stars Philip Baker Hall as a shamed Nixon recording his memoirs. (It’s a Criterion title, too.)
Another one should be hitting theaters this year, Barrymore. Starring Christopher Plummer as the late John Barrymore, it focuses on the actor as he attempted to bring back his portrayal of Richard III, which he earned much acclaim for when he starred in the play in 1920. This never actually happened — it’s only used as a way of exploring the man. This may not actually a true one-man show,...
Another one should be hitting theaters this year, Barrymore. Starring Christopher Plummer as the late John Barrymore, it focuses on the actor as he attempted to bring back his portrayal of Richard III, which he earned much acclaim for when he starred in the play in 1920. This never actually happened — it’s only used as a way of exploring the man. This may not actually a true one-man show,...
- 9/16/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Eighty-three minutes of a one-man stage production adapted into a feature film doesn't exactly sound like exciting stuff, but when it's Christopher Plummer playing the late, great John Barrymore in a Tony-winning role? Count us in. Plummer first played Barrymore 15 years ago at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival with the actor scoring one of his six Tony Awards a year later in the William Luce play. It depicts John Barrymore a few months before his death in 1942 rehearsing a revival of his 1920 Broadway triumph as Richard III--a production and plotline that is entirely fictional. The Erik Canuel-scripted and…...
- 9/15/2011
- The Playlist
Getty Actors Juno Temple and Emile Hirsch of ‘Killer Joe’ poses during the 2011 Toronto Film Festival at Guess Portrait Studio on September 12, 2011 in Toronto, Canada.
The Toronto International Film Festival is packed with play adaptations this year, with stage-to-screen versions of Beau Willimon’s “Farragut North” (now “The Ides of March”), Terence Rattigan’s “The Deep Blue Sea,” William Luce’s “Barrymore, Christopher Hampton’s “The Talking Cure” (now “A Dangerous Method”) and even Shakespeare’s “Coriolanus.”
Also included in...
The Toronto International Film Festival is packed with play adaptations this year, with stage-to-screen versions of Beau Willimon’s “Farragut North” (now “The Ides of March”), Terence Rattigan’s “The Deep Blue Sea,” William Luce’s “Barrymore, Christopher Hampton’s “The Talking Cure” (now “A Dangerous Method”) and even Shakespeare’s “Coriolanus.”
Also included in...
- 9/13/2011
- by Michelle Kung
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
This week's Oscar predictions will bring the last of my early batch of predictions and if you've been paying attention to my Oscar prediction homepage you would have already noticed updates to my Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress predictions since posting them last week. As I've said all along, they will be updating far more frequently than they have in the past years so be sure to check back every so often.
As for today, I am going with Best Supporting Actor first since I am seeing Coriolanus here in Toronto in about 90 minutes and I wanted to see Vanessa Redgrave's much talked about performance before posting those predictions. Of course, Coriolanus includes two other potential Best Supporting Actor nominees in Brian Cox and Gerard Butler, but Redgrave's is the only one currently getting nomination buzz so I had to make a decision.
As for the Supporting Actor category,...
As for today, I am going with Best Supporting Actor first since I am seeing Coriolanus here in Toronto in about 90 minutes and I wanted to see Vanessa Redgrave's much talked about performance before posting those predictions. Of course, Coriolanus includes two other potential Best Supporting Actor nominees in Brian Cox and Gerard Butler, but Redgrave's is the only one currently getting nomination buzz so I had to make a decision.
As for the Supporting Actor category,...
- 9/12/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: The big story at Tiff this year – or the buzziest buzz film, at the very least – has been “The Raid,” a Midnight Madness film that wasn’t on very many radars heading into the fest but now has become the hot ticket and the topic of conversation in most lines.
The problem, for most of us, is that if you didn’t make the P&I screening (which was up against such titles as Cronenberg’s “A Dangerous Method” or Almodovar’s “The Skin I Live In,” you didn’t see the film. Tiff could use a system where titles that are scoring solid buzz can be reprogrammed later in the fest, but with so many options in the festival’s various venues, it’s hard to find much to complain about here.
The other major story is Fox Searchlight picking up the controversial Steve McQueen drama “Shame,...
Hollywoodnews.com: The big story at Tiff this year – or the buzziest buzz film, at the very least – has been “The Raid,” a Midnight Madness film that wasn’t on very many radars heading into the fest but now has become the hot ticket and the topic of conversation in most lines.
The problem, for most of us, is that if you didn’t make the P&I screening (which was up against such titles as Cronenberg’s “A Dangerous Method” or Almodovar’s “The Skin I Live In,” you didn’t see the film. Tiff could use a system where titles that are scoring solid buzz can be reprogrammed later in the fest, but with so many options in the festival’s various venues, it’s hard to find much to complain about here.
The other major story is Fox Searchlight picking up the controversial Steve McQueen drama “Shame,...
- 9/11/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
With the release of Steven Soderbergh's Contagion this week, earlier today we wrote a feature entitled "Strength In Numbers: The 7 Best Uses Of An Ensemble Cast In Film." In the article, each one of us took one of our favorite ensemble films and explained why they worked so well. Now we're posting a clip from a movie that is the exact opposite of an ensemble film: a one-man show. Based on the play by William Luce, Barrymore stars Christopher Plummer as actor John Barrymore rehearsing for a revival of his Richard III Broadway production. Plummer actually played the role on Broadway and at the Stratford Festival of Canada back in the mid-1990s and in 1997 won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Check out the clip below, courtesy of THR. The film was written and directed by Erik Canuel and according to the trade it could...
- 9/9/2011
- cinemablend.com
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