Joshua Logan’s Paint Your Wagon can be viewed as one of the last gasps of a dwindling Hollywood studio system, as well as a precursor to the New Hollywood. The film, with its expansive anamorphic vistas of the American Northwest, bears some superficial similarities to Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate, which is often historicized as the end of the New Hollywood, given how it bankrupted United Artists. But in contrast to the profound sadness with which Cimino regards America’s history of violence, Logan’s musical romp takes a lighthearted approach to the process of resettlement, and it’s propelled by the contrasting personalities of Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood as bickering and tussling gold prospectors.
Paint Your Wagon straddles multiple genres at once, suggesting something like a western-inflected musical riff on Ernst Lubitsch’s Design for Living. The crux of the story concerns Ben Rumson (Marvin), a ne...
Paint Your Wagon straddles multiple genres at once, suggesting something like a western-inflected musical riff on Ernst Lubitsch’s Design for Living. The crux of the story concerns Ben Rumson (Marvin), a ne...
- 3/25/2024
- by Clayton Dillard
- Slant Magazine
Where did Prince Harry take Cressida Bonas for dinner? Was Jenny McCarthy rejected by The Bachelorette? Would Kenneth Branagh ever play Gilderoy Lockhart again?
Tom Hiddleston isn’t going to apologize for his internet fame. In a recent interview he explained, “I can’t say no. I’m basically a circus bear.” [Telegraph] Prince Harry was spotted out on a date with his lady love, Cressida Bonas, on Monday night. The prince took his posh girlfriend out for burgers. [People] Years ago, Jenny McCarthy wanted to be The Bachelorette after her divorce from John Mallory, but ABC rejected her. The network told her they were not using celebrities. [Us Magazine] Kenneth Branagh is playing the baddie in the new film Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, but he would consider playing Harry Potter foe Gilderoy Lockhart in the upcoming prequel? Branagh said yes, “If they could use really interesting techniques to make me look a little younger,...
Tom Hiddleston isn’t going to apologize for his internet fame. In a recent interview he explained, “I can’t say no. I’m basically a circus bear.” [Telegraph] Prince Harry was spotted out on a date with his lady love, Cressida Bonas, on Monday night. The prince took his posh girlfriend out for burgers. [People] Years ago, Jenny McCarthy wanted to be The Bachelorette after her divorce from John Mallory, but ABC rejected her. The network told her they were not using celebrities. [Us Magazine] Kenneth Branagh is playing the baddie in the new film Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, but he would consider playing Harry Potter foe Gilderoy Lockhart in the upcoming prequel? Branagh said yes, “If they could use really interesting techniques to make me look a little younger,...
- 1/15/2014
- by Meghan O'Keefe
- TheFabLife - Movies
Washington, January 15: Jenny McCarthy has revealed that she wanted to be a part of ABC show 'The Bachelorette' after her divorce, but was rejected.
McCarthy, who broke the news on her show with Barbara Walters, said that she never told anyone about the show, and that she felt really lonely and yearned to be loved again after her divorce from John Mallory , Us Magazine reported.
She said that she was single and loved TV, and putting those two together, she really thought that the show was a brilliant idea for her.
McCarthy added that her agent made a call to ABC network, but was told that the producers weren't.
McCarthy, who broke the news on her show with Barbara Walters, said that she never told anyone about the show, and that she felt really lonely and yearned to be loved again after her divorce from John Mallory , Us Magazine reported.
She said that she was single and loved TV, and putting those two together, she really thought that the show was a brilliant idea for her.
McCarthy added that her agent made a call to ABC network, but was told that the producers weren't.
- 1/15/2014
- by Smith Cox
- RealBollywood.com
Julie Walters has been cast in Peter Morgan's new ITV1 drama series The Jury. Walters will play Emma Watts, a defence barrister who is fighting for Alan Lane (John Lynch), a man convicted of murdering three women he met on the internet. The Thick of It star Roger Allam will play the prosecution barrister John Mallory. The show's focus is on the everyday people in the jury, who are caught up in a high profile trial which forces them to face up to the problems in their own lives. Aqib Khan, Natalie Press, Steven Mackintosh, Jodhi May and Ronald Pickup will appear as the jurors. ITV's Drama's Laura Mackie said: "Peter Morgan's (more)...
- 3/16/2011
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
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