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Jim Caviezel Is A Team First Coach With ‘When The Game Stands Tall’

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Opening nationwide August 22nd, When The Game Stands Tall centers on Bob Ladouceur, a football coach (he’s known as Coach Lad) who guided the De La Salle High School Spartans to a 151-game winning streak. Although De La Salle’s recruiting has been top notch (past players include Oakland Raiders running back Maurice Jones-Drew and former Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Demetrius Williams), it is Ladouceur’s hard nosed, unglamorous, and team first approach that were the ingredients to De La Salle’s continued success.

Jim Caviezel and Kerri Browitt Caviezel at Tri Star Pictures' red carpet premiere of WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL at the Arclight Hollywood Theatre. (Screen Gems, SPE Inc., CR: Eric Charbonneau)
Jim Caviezel and Kerri Browitt Caviezel at Tri Star Pictures’ red carpet premiere of WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL at the Arclight Hollywood Theatre. (Screen Gems, SPE Inc., CR: Eric Charbonneau)

An athletic life is not lost on Jim Caviezel , as he played high school basketball and his father was coached by UCLA legend John Wooden.  In playing Coach Lad, Caviezel found a unique entryway to the role.

“Right from the get go, I was transfixed by those boys looking at him (and) how they were looking at him. I saw myself not as Coach Lad but as those boys,” said the Person of Interest star. “That was the journey on how to play this guy.”

Click on the audio bar below to hear Caviezel talk about the lessons he learned from his father, and he also talks about the similarities between Coach Ladouceur and the late great John Wooden.

When The Game Stands Tall, directed by Thomas Carter (Coach Carter, Save The Last Dance) also stars Michael Chiklis as assistant coach Terry Eidson.

‘Third Person’ With Mila Kunis Hits Blu-ray & DVD in September

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Third Person, a multi-layered drama that is one of this year’s most overlooked films (the drama doesn’t pull its punches), hits Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD September 30. The cast includes, Liam Neeson (playing a cold-hearted scribe with writer’s block), Mila Kunis (as a mother who’s lost custody of her child), Adrien Brody, Maria Bello, Kim Basinger, and Olivia Wilde.

Here’s the official boilerplate synopsis of the movie which was directed and penned by Paul Haggis (Crash, The Next Three Days):

“THIRD PERSON tells three stories of love, passion, trust and betrayal. The tales play out in New York, Paris and Rome through three couples who appear to have nothing related but share deep commonalities: lovers and estranged spouses, children lost and found. THIRD PERSON is a mystery, a puzzle in which truth is revealed in glimpses, and clues are caught by the corner of the eye—and nothing is truly what it seems.”

Bonus Features on the DVD & Blu-ray include:

  1. Commentary (w/ Haggis, actress Moran Atias, and producers Jo Francis, Laurence Bennett and Michael Nozik.
  2. Q&A with Paul Haggis
  3. A featurette on the making of Third Person.

The below audio has Mila Kunis talks about understanding her character’s “emotional roller coaster” ride in Third Person:


Cristin Milioti on ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Lessons & Journey

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Cristin Milioti, best known for her beloved recurring role on How I Met Your Mother and for her acclaimed turn as “Girl” on the stage version of Once, head back to television this fall with NBC’s A to Z. The story centers on a lawyer (Milioti) who meets her prospective soulmate (Mad Men’s Ben Feldman) at a dating agency.

Ben Feldman & Cristin Milioti in 'A to Z' - (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC)
Ben Feldman & Cristin Milioti in ‘A to Z’ – (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC)

Their mismatched relationship runs the gamut from “a to z” (hence the title), and the show will look at eight months, three weeks, five days, and one hour of their coupling. If the pair survive past that time period is anyone’s guess, but obviously if the show’s a hit we’ll get to examine many facets of their journey.

During the A to Z interviews, Cristin Milioti reflected on her time with How I Met Your Mother, calling the environment one of the warmest sets she’s ever encountered. Check out the video below and watch Milioti (and Ben Feldman) talk about How I Met Your Mother:

A to Z premieres on NBC October 2 (9:30 pm et/pt).

http://youtu.be/-FKlRDYy_7o

 

 

‘Calvary’ Director John Michael McDonagh Loves Digital Filmmaking

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Now playing in select theaters, Calvary centers on Father James (Brendan Gleeson), a devout man who is set to be killed by one of his parishioners. Father James has one week to get his house in order and decide if he will stop this impending tragedy or face this challenge head on. Director John Michael McDonagh, who previously worked with Gleeson in The Guard, was visually inspired by the paintings of Andrew Wyeth. The breathtaking and at times intimidating landscapes are courtesy of Easkey, a village located off the Irish West Coast.

Brendan Gleeson on the set of CALVARY. Photo by Jonathon Hession.
Brendan Gleeson on the set of CALVARY. Photo by Jonathon Hession.

“We wanted the exteriors to be big, widescreen, cinematic – with all that nature. The mountains, the waves crashing in,” said McDonagh. “And then when we come inside, we go in really close and there’s lots of close-ups. It’s very claustrophobic inside . . . I didn’t want the film to be perceived as a small, parochial Irish film.”

In the audio clip below, McDonagh elaborates on the advantages of digital filmmaking (he shot The Guard on film and Calvary was shot on digital). McDonagh mentions Calvary actors Dylan Moran (he plays an obscenely rich man at odds with Father James) and David Wilmot (he plays a fellow priest), as well as cinematographer Larry Smith in the clip.

McDonagh, who is currently prepping on his next film War On Everyone, has grand designs on an ambitious project titled The Bonnot Gang. I asked him about the project, and here’s his response:

“It’s a true story about a group of anarchist bank robbers in Paris in 1911. And it is a Brian De Palma/Jean Pierre Melville type movie. It’d be the last film I’d made, I reckon. I think I would have need to have made six or seven before that because it would be like a Sam Peckinpah Western, but in modern garb. I’d say it’s The Wild Bunch crossed with Le Samouraï. In my head, my final film would be the greatest film, but I feel I need to know so much more about the techniques of filmmaking before I get to do it.

For that type of movie, it may only be $50-60 million. I’m not in that place yet to get that kind of money but I always feel like I’m not in that place yet to direct a script as it’s written. I don’t think I’m as accomplished as I should be to make that movie. Maybe it will be the last one.”

Below is the audio version of his answer:

 

‘Weaving The Past: Journey of Discovery’ Readies For Worldwide Premiere

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Thirteen years in the making, Weaving the Past: Journey of Discovery is a film/documentary hybrid from director Walter Dominguez. The project, financed by Dominguez and his actress-wife Shelley Morrison (TV’s Will & Grace, MacKenna’s Gold), has Dominguez investigating his grandfather Emilio’s enigmatic and profound life.

“We are not here alone,” says Dominguez, who executive produced the film. “We are really made by and certainly shaped by family and the past. (Although) my grandfather is the focus of the film, everyone can relate to it . . . we take people with us on the journey.”

Weaving The Past: Journey of Discovery’s aim, along with telling a compelling narrative, is to encourage viewers to dig into their own history and hopefully find an even deeper road to traverse. “It’s about connections,” said Morrison. “We have gotten so far away from connecting with each other. We’re on the cell phones, we’re on computers. We’ve had several screenings, and the young people want to interview their elders now. They want to find out answers. They’re connecting.”

In the audio clip below, Shelley Morrison and Walter Dominguez talk about the research, extensive interviews and reenacts that serves as important part of the film’s fabric.

Reverend Emilio N. Hernández, whose dramatic journey from an impoverished homeless boy in oppressed 19th century Mexico to becoming a courageous Mexican revolutionary to transforming into a Mexican-American social justice activist and Methodist minister is revealed in the new documentary, Weaving the Past: Journey of Discovery.
Reverend Emilio N. Hernández, whose dramatic journey from an impoverished homeless boy in oppressed 19th century Mexico to becoming a courageous Mexican revolutionary to transforming into a Mexican-American social justice activist and Methodist minister is revealed in the new documentary, Weaving the Past: Journey of Discovery.

The film has its worldwide premiere August 15 at the Laemmle Playhouse 7 Theaters in Pasadena, Ca. For more info and to buy tickets, go to the following link. Weaving The Past: Journey of Discovery’s will play at the theaters through Sunday, August 17 (following the 4 pm screening there will be a Q&A with Dominguez, Morrison, and the production team).

For more info on the film, please go to the project’s official site. I’ll be doing another post regarding the project in the coming days, as Dominguez and Morrison also talk about another film they have in the works. But for now, check out the trailer below:

 

Dane DeHaan Brings ‘Life’ To James Dean With Upcoming Film

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Greg Srisavasdi
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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (Photo Credit: Olivier Vigerie)

Today in Los Angeles,  Dane DeHaan sat down with reporters to talk about his latest film Life After Beth, a project that’s now available on DirecTV and opens in limited release August 15. A romantic comedy/zombie hybrid, Life After Beth centers on Zach (Dane DeHaan), a lovelorn young man who is heartbroken over the death of his girlfriend Beth (Aubrey Plaza). When Beth digs herself out of the grave and returns back to her parents (Molly Shannon, John C. Reilly), Zach is more than happy to see her – even if she’s a zombie.

I’ll be posting much more material on Life After Beth in the coming days, but for now I wanted to share DeHaan’s recent comments on Life, a movie which has him playing James Dean, with Robert Pattinson starring as photographer Dennis Stock. A Most Wanted Man filmmaker Anton Corbijn is the man behind the camera, and the project is slated for release next year.

Below is a full transcription of DeHaan’s comments on Life:

***plot summary

“Well, the movie’s called Life and Anton Corbijn is directing it. It’s about two weeks of James Dean’s life right before East of Eden comes out. And Dennis Stock played by Robert Pattinson gets permission from Life magazine to do the first ever photo essay of James Dean and they go back from L.A. to New York and then from New York back to James Dean’s hometown (Fairmount, Indiana). Some of the most iconic images of James Dean. Images of him from Times Square, the images of him with the cattle. Just a lot of the ones that make him look the most human – because in a lot of ways he was. He wasn’t famous yet.”

***on the themes of Life:

“It’s about a lot of things. The photographer’s journey and the influence James Dean has on him and what it means to be a professional but also to still have a place that you want to call home. It’s a pretty deep exploration of a movie.”

***on preparing for the film:

“I had tons of time for that. I had probably four months to prepare. I was about 20 pounds heavier at the time and it was great to have that much time. It was a real luxury to be able to prepare, to read as much as I could. He’s my favorite actor and I was really. . . I didn’t know if I wanted to do that movie at first but when I decided to do it, it was something I wanted to make sure I had a lot of time to prepare and honor as much as I could.”

To hear the edited audio comments from Dane DeHaan, click on the SoundCloud bar below (Aubrey Plaza is also heard in the clip):

The trailer for Life After Beth is below:

‘Satisfaction’ Explores Emotional Journey of Fractured Lovers

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Whether it’s an infidelity or a communication breakdown, reconnecting with lovers can be an arduous challenge. That’s the journey Neil Truman (Matt Passmore) and his wife Grace (Stephanie Szostak) encounter with the new USA Network series Satisfaction.

“I think Satisfaction, in this post modern era comes down to a contentment and being at ease with your own identity and your own skin,” said Passmore, who previously starred in TV’s The Glades. “Being satisfied at the place you are in life at any given and the people that you’re with. That’s the whole point, because that is incredibly elusive.”

Neil Truman (Passmore) chases that elusive dream of happines, and part of his journey deals with strengthening his union with Grace. Satisfaction’s strongest asset lies in the chemistry between Passmore and Szostak, as watching their characters experience their own personal struggles is compelling summer viewing. In the clip below, he talks about mining such emotional territory with his co-star.

Satisfaction airs tonight on USA Network (10 pm et/pt).

‘Rush’ Star Tom Ellis Brings A Musical Approach To Acting

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To play Doctor William Rush in the new USA Network series Rush, actor Tom Ellis uses music to set a tone for the character and his respective surroundings. Ellis grew up playing various instruments, including French horns, drums, and the guitar (his mother was a music teacher and his three sisters are also musically inclined).

“It’s all part of the same thing,” said Ellis on the interrelated disciplines. “Certainly for me (in) being instinctive about what I do. I don’t sit and think too much about stuff, but I just try and tap into something and it plays out musically in my head.”

Check out the video below as Tom Ellis explains how music is an important element to his acting process (he mentions Rush executive producer/writer Jonathan Levine in the clip):

Rush, co-starring Larenz Tate and Sarah Habel airs Thursday nights at 9 pm et/pt (USA Network).

‘Deadly Eyes’ Blu-Ray DVD Combo Pack Review

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Greg Srisavasdi
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Deadly Eyes (1982, 87 minutes, Shout! Factory), based on James Herbert’s novel The Rats, centers on a multitude of vermin that kills scores of people in Toronto. The cause of the rats’ violent behavior originates from their consumption of a dangerous corn grain, and it’s up to a health inspector (Sarah Botsford) and a basketball coach (Sam Groom) to save the day.

 

Directed by Robert Clouse, the filmmaker behind the Bruce Lee films Enter the Dragon and The Game of Death, the horror-thriller’s main attraction is watching dachshunds fit into rat suits and pretend to terrorize Toronto. One of the project’s screenwriters, Chic Eglee, is the showrunner for Hemlock Grove. Although Eglee lovingly describes Deadly Eyes as a “silly” film, it does have its merits.

Dachshund or rat..or both? (Deadly Eyes, Shout! Factory)
Dachshund or rat..or both? (Deadly Eyes, Shout! Factory)

Lisa Langlois (Happy Birthday To Me) is particularly watchable as Trudy, a nubile teenager who overtly seduces the coach, who thankfully spurns her advances. Although Deadly Eyes is a rat film, the narrative’s middle section deals with the budding romance between the film’s adult leads (Groom, Botsford). All that lovemaking, however, takes a backseat during the film’s third act, as Coach Harris engages in a flame war with the terrifying rats. Scatman Crothers shot Deadly Eyes after The Shining, and he also has a pretty memorable encounter with the vermin.

Sam Groom and Sara Botsford in 'Deadly Eyes' (Shout! Factory)
Sam Groom and Sara Botsford in ‘Deadly Eyes’ (Shout! Factory)

During the Hemlock Grove press day, series showrunner Chic Eglee briefly reflected on his experience working on Deadly Eyes (he served as a writer/producer on the project).

Deadly Eyes Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)
Deadly Eyes Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)

The movie is a total guilty pleasure, and Shout! Factory has put a ton of extra trimmings into the Blu-ray DVD Combo Pack. Deadly Eyes Special Features include a TV Spot and the following segments:

  1. Deadly Eyes: Dogs in Rats’ Clothing (24:05) – A behind the scenes look at the making of the movie with interviews from members of the crew. Art director Ninkey Dalton, screenwriter/co-producer Chic Eglee discuss the challenge of placing dogs in rat suits. Eglee and Dalton bonded during the production of Deadly Eyes and are still married to this day.
  2. Interview with Actress Lisa Langlois (18:00) – Langlois admits that she hid Deadly Eyes from her work resume for years, but she’s warmed up to the film thanks to its cult status. The actress also talks about her early work with French filmmaker Claude Chabrol, collaborating with John Huston in Phobia, and auditioning for The Terminator. Langlois has a plethora of wonderful anecdotes in the feature, so it’s definitely worth watching.
  3. Interview with Actress Lesleh Donaldson (13:48) – Most of the discussion has her reminiscing about Deadly Eyes, and she also talks about her experiences shooting Curtains and Happy Birthday to Me. The best anecdotes comes from her memories of working with Happy Birthday to Me filmmaker J. Lee Thompson. Towards the end of the interview, Donaldson also added that she’s focusing her career these days as a writer. “It’s a mess, and I think that’s what the charm is,” added Donaldson. “People go and want to see this car crash of a movie, but they also want to get freaked out and scared and watch great kills.”
  4. Interview with Actor Joseph Kelly (13:22) – Most of the segment has Kelly discussing his memories of Deadly Eyes, but he also briefly reflects on his audition for Class of 1984 (the movie co-stars Michael J. Fox). Kelly ends the interview asking fans to check out his 2010 coming of age film Summer Eleven, a project he wrote and directed (it also stars Lisa Langlois).
  5. Interview with Special Effects Artist Allan Apone (14:08) – If you want to know the intricate details of fitting dachshunds into rat suits, this segment is for you!! Apone also talks about his affection for actors Lisa Langlois and Scatman Crothers.

Here’s one of the more terrifying scenes from Deadly Eyes:

The Deadly Eyes Blu-ray/DVD combo pack is now available on Shout! Factory’s site.

Ry Cooder Soundtracks Receive Rhino Treatment In September

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Ry Cooder Soundtracks

Grammy winning musician Ry Cooder has carved out a successful career as one of music’s most talented guitarists and composers. Cooder’s collaboration with some of film’s most revered directors (including Wim Wenders for The Buena Vista Social Club) has also garnered acclaim, and Rhino is releasing a retrospective boxed set spotlighting his film music work.

Ry Cooder: Soundtracks contains seven CDs from Cooder’s cinematic output from the 1980s and early 1990s. The set, available September 30 at retail outlets and as a digital download, will contain the soundtracks for The Long Riders, Alamo Bay, Paris Texas, Blue City, Crossroads, Johnny Handsome (which features a haunting Mickey Rourke performance), and Trespass.

Artwork for the boxed set was executed by Tornado Design, the outfit that has worked on several of Cooder’s recent studio albums, as well as the 2008 Rhino release The UFO Has Landed. Muscians featured on the collection include guitarist David Lindley, drummer Jim Keltner, and eclectic composer Van Dyke Parks.

Cooder’s moody, atmospheric, and ultimately evocative work is evident in these films (most of which were directed by Walter Hill). Paris, Texas was a collaboration with director Wim Wenders and yielded the sublime, Harry Dean Stanton performance of “Cancion Mixteca” (Stanton performed the tune at the 2013 LA Film Festival).

 

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