national lampoon 's thanksgiving family reunion is a 2003 television film about a thanksgiving family reunion of the sniders , starring bryan cranston as woodrow snider , judge reinhold as dr. mitch snider and penelope ann miller as jill snider .

the film was released as national lampoon 's holiday reunion in some regions .

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it turns out that i was wrong . national lampoon’s holiday reunion is no proud , official member of the vacation family of hateful movies about the terrible things that befall respectable white people when they are forced to interact with people unlike themselves . national lampoon’s holiday reunion wishes that its lineage could be traced back to the likes of vegas vacation and national lampoon’s christmas vacation 2 : uncle eddie’s island adventures . it aches to have that pedigree , that prestige .
national lampoon’s holiday reunion is not a vacation movie so much as it is an off - brand , insanely derivative knock - off of the franchise kicked off by the harold ramis - directed , john hughes - written smash of the reagan era . the insane thievery begins with a title that’s more or less a clumsy synonym for vacation . naming a self - cannibalizing national lampoon vacation rip - off holiday reunion would be like national lampoon following up animal house with a wholly unrelated sex comedy called national lampoon’s beast fraternity building .
this movie was very different than other national lampoon ' s vacation movies . it was ok but not that funny .
national lampoon’s holiday reunion’ s plot calls for the wealthy anesthesiologist to receive a missive from his long - lost cousin woody , who wants to reunite with his more successful relative for a good old fashioned family thanksgiving . the doctor’s family is unenthused about leaving their comfort zone and interacting with strange people but the highly paid medical professional seizes upon this as an opportunity to finally experience a norman rockwell - style traditional holiday .
if national lampoon’s holiday reunion isn’t an official part of the vacation canon it is more or less a shot - by - shot knockoff of the sequences from vacation involving chevy chase’s clark griswold and his uptight upper - middle - class family being traumatized by screaming vulgarity of randy quaid’s instantly and unfortunately iconic cousin eddie .
ugh , i am sick of this whole
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movie thing . the only truly funny laugh out loud , and hillarious national lampoon movies are the vacation series , other than that . . .
i know what you’re thinking : yes , i subjected myself to another national lampoon film . despite the similarity in titles , holiday reunion is not a sequel to previous movie of the day class reunion , instead taking its inspiration from the brand’s signature vacation series ( the film’s tagline acknowledges this , stating “this family trip is no vacation” ) .
i would like to know why they took thanksgiving out of this movie ? this movie came on tv today , i was looking for thanksgiving movies as there are not many at all .
the tbs “original” movie’s word - salad of a title would be shameless and borderline unforgivable even if a movie entitled national lampoon’s class reunion ( also written by a young and hungry john hughes ) didn’t already exist , and if lindsay buckingham’s wonderfully catchy theme song to vacation wasn’t called “holiday road . ”
like the vacation movies , national lampoon’s holiday reunion reserves much of its derision , judgment and sour mockery for the poor and uneducated , but it really hates everybody . it’s primarily classist , but it’s just as misanthropic . yet after an endless parade of limply executed fart jokes and sex jokes and dumb redneck jokes , the film inexplicably attempts to eke some emotion and pathos out its characters .
the dvd box for holiday reunion quips , “this family trip is no vacation” , which is both true and untrue . holiday reunion desperately wants to be a vacation movie but can’t measure up to their low , low standards . thirteen years later , holiday reunion is notable mainly for being cranston’s professional rock bottom . its existence serves as a stark and brutally unfunny reminder that even the very best of us can do egregiously awful work .
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all mitch snider wants for his family is a traditional holiday feast with the relatives . the problem is that he doesn ' t have any . that is until he gets an invitation in the mail from his long - lost cousin woodrow . what follows is a full - course meal of nonstop laughs when the neurotic suburbanites clash with the hippy hicks from hell in national lampoon ' s most outrageous family misadventure yet .
holiday reunion even has woody and his cousin shower together for the sake of gay - panic jokes that announce themselves clumsily , then linger for far too long . national lampoon’s holiday reunion intermittently aspires to the comedy of awkwardness and discomfort . but in scenes like the one where woody and pauline practically dry - hump in front of the doctor and his wife’s disapproving eyes there is no comedy to be found , only profound awkwardness and discomfort . that extends to the audience and the filmmakers .
this movie was really , really , really bad . i can ' t believe it was even made . i thought national lampoon would have written a better movie . avoid this movie .
a famous hollywood anesthetist yearns for a more simple , authentic reality , so when his long lost cousin invites him over for thanksgiving , he drags his snotty spoiled family along to meet what of course turn out to be a bunch of rednecks with a heart of gold .
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review : veteran comedy writer / director neal israel ' s tasteless turkey of a made - for - tv thanksgiving picture , originally broadcast on tbs , is an unpleasant feast of scatological humor and dumb and dumber shtick . beverly hills anesthesiologist mitch snyder ( judge re… ( more )
verdict : one to miss . holiday reunion currently holds a 3 . 5 / 10 on imdb and a 0 % on rotten tomatoes .
i guess the acting is decent considering the material these poor guys and girls were given to work with , as the script is an absurd mess of annoying clichés you’ve seen better handled elsewhere , full of clunky dialogue and bad characterization . overall a very poorly - made film , even considering the fact it’s a national lampoon production that was made for tv .
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unsurprisingly the film is nowhere near as good as the vacation movies , though to its credit it has a few more laughs than class reunion ( which is however much better made ) . the film’s two recurring gags , one which has a dog named yoko coming up from behind to lick judge reinhold’s balls while a background singer croons “yo - ko ! ” and the other having an old dude farting loudly , should give you an idea of the picture’s sense of humor . yes , it’s that bad and both happen at least five or six times throughout the movie .
veteran comedy writer / director neal israel ' s tasteless turkey of a made - for - tv thanksgiving picture , originally broadcast on tbs , is an unpleasant feast of scatological humor and dumb and dumber shtick . beverly hills anesthesiologist mitch snyder ( judge reinhold ) wishes his pampered wife , jill ( hallie todd ) , would just once prepare a traditional holiday . . . read more
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cranston really throws himself into the vulgar low comedy of the role . he’s the antithesis of walter white . where walter white is famously bald and clean - shaven , woody is almost preternaturally hirsute . where walter white is a genius , woody is dim - witted almost to the point of being mentally challenged . where walter white is a control freak , woody is a shambling mess . most importantly , where walter white was a brilliant character and performance in a television show people adore , woody is a terrible character and performance in a movie that’s an abomination even by late - period national lampoon standards .
[ a ] s crass and disgusting as a movie can get and still be aired on basic cable . . .
yep , that’s right . before he shaved his head to play a glowering psychotic the world fell in love with , and became one of our most beloved , respected and acclaimed thespians , bryan cranston thoroughly embarrassed himself as a misbegotten cross between cousin eddie , woody harrelson in full - on hippie dippy stoner moon child mode ( cranston’s character is even named woody , for christ’s sake ) , and harry and lloyd from dumb & dumber . in white , cranston created one of pop culture’s true originals , but cranston’s spaced - out goofball is as shamelessly derivative in conception and execution as everything else in the movie .
when the doctor and his family show up at woody’s house they are mortified to discover that their cousin is a shaggy - haired , muttonchops - sporting space cadet hippie caricature with an unfortunate predilection for invading people’s personal spaces , often while unclothed . like all good proper americans , mitch and his uptight wife understandably see sex as something gross and sick and wrong , that should be done privately , and shamefully , and only for the purpose of procreation .
in a cynical attempt to be something more than bottom - feeding schlock , holiday reunion forces unconvincing epiphanies and redemptive emotional arcs on its lead characters . the doctor learns to be less uptight and more sexual ( leading to a film - closing bestiality gag that sadly ends the movie on an characteristically gross note ) while woody learns to stand up and be a hero and be the man his family needs and other assorted crap .
this made - for - tv mess seems to be cast by the
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i thought it was going to be funny with the previews on tbs , but when i saw the real thing , it was pathetic . somehow the film was serious than actually funny . its about a depressed man for which his family doesn ' t give a damn about him . bryan cranston plays the long lost cousin of judge reinhold for which he is a putz on the nervous breakdown and wants a real relationship with his family . bryan was the reason i watched this movie .
all mitch snider wants for his family is a traditional holiday feast with the relatives . the problem is that he doesn ' t have any . that is until he gets an invitation in the mail from his . . . see full summary »
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i rented this movie ( thankfully , a free rental ) because i love hallie todd as an actress . she ' s the only saving grace in the movie .
being poor , uneducated hillbilly - stoner - hippie - rednecks , however , woody and his equally spacey wife pauline ( penelope anne miller ) flaunt their sexuality in ways guaranteed to horrify both the squares in their family and the squares in the audience . woody and pauline think nothing of making out hardcore for a seeming eternity in front of their cousins , or ambiguously trying to rope them into a semi - incestuous swinger - type scenario despite mitch being , you know , woody’s cousin .
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actually , i give no stars . this movie is so bad the viewer should be paid to watch it . terrible script , acting not even at high school level . the story is inane , enough with the stoner movies . the days of the vacation movies over .
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in the cousin eddie role , the filmmakers ( including director neal israel , whose resume includes co - writing credits on real genius and police academy ) cast a veteran sitcom actor apparently just itching for an opportunity to show the world his genius for rancid sex comedy : bryan cranston .
i would love to be able to report that cranston elevates the proceedings , that he is able to smuggle some measure of emotion or subversion or cleverness into this dispiriting aggregation of jokes about gross people fucking and old people fucking and dogs fucking people . but this is one of those strange instances where a talented actor committing wholeheartedly to a role somehow works against the project .
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puthiya vaanam ( new sky ) is a 1988 tamil crime film directed by r. v. udayakumar .

the film features sathyaraj , sivaji ganesan , rupini and gouthami in lead roles .

the film , produced by g. thyagarajan and v. thamilazhagan , had musical score by hamsalekha and was released on 10 december 1988 .

it was also 275th film of sivaji ganeshan .

the film was named after a song from the film anbe vaa ( 1966 ) .

the film was a remake of hindi film hukumat .

sathyaraj character name in this film is mgrajarathnam by which he plays tribute to legendary mgr .

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one of the major plus points was its melodious music ( composer m . s . viswanathan working on his own after separating from his erstwhile partner t . k . ramamurthi ) . many songs became hits . the opening song , ‘puthiya vaanam puthiya bhoomi’ ( lyrics : vaali and voice : t . m . soundararajan ) filmed on mgr sporting a red and black striped coat in simla and other areas , had a political touch . it was brilliantly photographed by master lens man s . maruthi rao . ‘rajavin paarvai’ ( tms and p . suseela ) is another hit number .
( the life of power paandi ) vaanam song lyrics from power paandi tamil ( 2017 ) . vaanam sung by ananthu . this song is composed by sean roldan with lyrics penned by selvaraghavan . power paandi ( tamil ) ( 2017 ) movie stars rajkiran , prasanna , nadhiya , chaya singh , delhi ganesh , robo shankar , vidyu raman and the songs were released in 2017 . the music is released under wunderbar studios .
movie title - - - puthiya vaanam unbelievable - - - director r . v . udayakumar directs actor sathyaraj for 1st time . director r . v . udayakumar directs actor sathyaraj for 1st time . director r . v . udayakumar and music director hamsalekha joins for 1st time . cast - - jaiganesh as jeevadurai guest appearance janagaraj as pattabi k . natraj kuyili below actors passed away - - ennatha kannaiya died on 07 - aug - 2012 oru viral krishna rao died on 16 - aug - 2002 lic narasimhan died on 27 - oct - 2011 sivaji ganesan died on 21 - jul - 2001 movie details - - directed by - r . v . udayakumar music by - hamsalekha produced by - g . thyagarajan produced by - v . thamilazhagan running time - 150 mins
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in the past , the honest military officer jeevadurai ( jaiganesh ) was killed by govindan ( vijayakumar ( actor ) ) . thereafter , rajaratnam ( sathyaraj ) , jeevadurai ' s son , was brought up by d . i . g pandidurai ( sivaji ganesan ) . a few years later , rajaratnam gets married to devaki ( rupini ( actress ) ) and they then have a son . like his father , rajaratnam becomes a police officer . in shanthi nagar , govindan , who is now known as kocha , controls the city and the people are afraid of him and his henchmen . his adopted father pandidurai transfers rajaratnam to shanthi nagar .
the film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer hamsalekha . the soundtrack , released in 1988 , features 5 tracks with lyrics written by muthulingam , gangai amaran , ilandevan and r . v . udayakumar .
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m . g . ramachandran , b . saroja devi , t . r . ramachandran , s . a . asokan , nagesh , manorama , p . d . sambandam , m . s . s . bhagyam , s . v . ramadas , t . p . muthulakshmi and madhavi
come september is a popular hollywood movie of 1963 featuring rock hudson and gina lollobrigida . this movie , directed by the noted filmmaker robert mulligan , was a hit around the world , including india where it had a successful run in places like madras .
one of the contributing factors for its success was the popular title music , ‘come september , ’ and the long - playing record , rendered by the famous american musician billy vaughn , was a bestseller even in madras city .
the movie narrated the tale of robert ( rock hudson ) , an american millionaire , who arrives early for his annual vacation at his luxurious italian villa . his long - time girlfriend lisa ( gina lollobrigida ) has given up waiting for him to “pop the question , ” and has decided to marry another man . meanwhile , his sneaky villa manager maurice secretly converts the villa into a hotel when the boss is away . the current guests of the “hotel” are a group of young american girls trying to fend off a gang of oversexed boys , led by tony ( famed singer bobby darin in his movie debut ) .
this interesting storyline was brilliantly adapted into a tamil film by the multifaceted writer - director - producer a . c . thirulokachandar , who was then working for the house of avm writing screenplays and also making movies . ‘act’ hails from an upper middle - class family of madras and after qualifying himself with an ma degree he worked hard to appear for the indian administrative service without thinking of a job .
even as a student he wrote stories and articles and was a voracious reader . his close friend and classmate p . balasubramaniam , son of the south indian movie pioneer r . padmanabhan , introduced him to his father and soon he joined rp as his assistant and learnt the ropes of moviemaking , especially screenplay writing . then he moved to the avm unit where he made his debut as a filmmaker…
anbe vaa was all about jb ( mgr ) , a wealthy industrialist , who decides to take a break at his simla home away from business concerns . he lands there to find that his caretaker ( sambandam ) has rented his house to geetha’s ( saroja devi ) family , taken the rent and left for kasi with his wife . his daughter manorama and brother - in - law nagesh are left in charge of the house and the guests . jb decides not to reveal his identity and pretends to be a wealthy man , balu , willing to pay rent for a place in the house . nagesh takes the money and gives him jb’s room .
balu keeps playing practical jokes on geetha and they keep clashing . she brings her friends who are on a trip to simla and tries to drive jb from the house . after he gets the friends on his side , she gets angry and tells her parents to get her married to asokan , a relative and an air force pilot .
by the time balu confesses his love for her , geetha’s engagement is already fixed . asokan turns out to be a school friend of jb , but he also agrees to play along with the trick . asokan discovers that balu and geetha are actually in love with each other and steps aside . when balu’s true identity is known , geetha thinks that the wedding plans are yet another of his practical jokes and tries to run away . he finds her and all misunderstandings are cleared . the two get married .
the screenplay was brilliantly written by act . mgr’s performance as the rich man posing as a tenant was impressive . nagesh was inimitable . saroja devi looked glamorous in her glossy make - up and costume .
the film was produced by the sons of av . meiyappan — murugan , saravanan and balasubramaniam .
with so many plus points , anbe vaa turned out to be a box office hit… .
remembered for the impressive performances by mgr , nagesh and saroja devi , melodious music , interesting storyline and screenplay , picturesque cinematography which captured the beautiful landscape of the himalayan region , and the fabulous sets in true avm style .
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kizhakku vasal ( east gate ) is an r . v . udayakumar - directed tamil film starring karthik , revathy and kushboo in the lead roles . the film was a mega hit and completed 150 days in chennai and 100 days in other parts of tamil nadu . it was a turning point in the actor ' s career . [ 1 ] it was later dubbed in telugu as thoorupu sindhuram .
the film takes place in a village after which the movie is titled . thaayamma ( revathy ) leads a cloistered life and does not visit anyone . she is worshipped as a holy lad upon whom the god comes down to give them orders periodically . thaayamma was an orphan and is found by janagaraj , who is a street performer . they go from house to house begging for food . one day a lonely woman , sulakshana , ( a secret prostitute of the village high man - vijayakumar ) accepts thaayamma as her own daughter and janagaraj as her brother , and makes them stay in her own house . after 10 years , thaayamma attains age and some days later finds sulakshana ' s occupation . she and janagaraj attempt to leave her house , but sulakshana suddenly falls ill and this stops their exit . after sulakshana ' s death , vijaykakumar , the head of the village , tries to take advantage of thaayamma . but thaayamma keeps dodging him and keeps herself chaste .
ponnurangam ( karthik muthuraman ) , the village hero , is a folk singer who performs with his mini troop in nearby village occasionally for festivals . he works as a part - time labour work for vijayakumar . he has a strong crush for selvi , ( kushboo ) , daughter of valliyuran ( shanmuga sundaram ) , rich head of neighboring village and brother - in - law of vijayakumar . selvi pranks ponnurangam by asking his mother to meet her father with the wedding proposal . but ponnurangam ' s mother ( manorama ) is beaten by valliyuran ' s men while she visits his house with the marriage proposal and manorama dies in her sleep due to shame . now selvi falls in love with ponnurangam , but he is so dejected with life . meanwhile , vijayakumar arranges marriage of his spoilt son ( thiyagu ) with selvi to end their feud of 20 years and to incorporate all of their properties under his son . ponnurangam is asked to perform at valliyuran ' s house the night before marriage . during the end of the song , selvi apologises to ponnurangam for his mother ' s death and gives him money which he coldly rejects . thiyagu sees the sequence and there is a fight between the families and marriage is stopped . next day , thiyagu and his men fight with ponnurangam and stab him in the back with a poisoned knife . thaayamma takes care of ponnurangam and love blossoms between them . ponnurangam plans to marry thaayamma . vijayakumar tries to thwart them , by abducting and raping thaayamma . he kills ponnurangam ' s friend maakan ( chinni jayanth ) , but he is mobbed by the villagers and is beaten up . the last scene shows ponnurangam and thaayamma walking away from the camera on a road , together .
the film marked the second collaboration between rv udayakumar and karthik after urimai geetham , duo went on to collaborate again with two films ; ponnumani ( 1993 ) and nandhavana theru ( 1995 ) . dharani ( director of dhill , dhool and ghilli ) was one of the assistant directors in this film .
the shooting of this film was plagued with various problems . the set which was built for the film was burnt , ms madhu , storywriter of this film suffered from fits after witnessing the fire . actress sulakshana was admitted to hospital due to nose bleeding . rv udayakumar was hospitalised due to car accident and he went into coma for one month . after recovery , udayakumar completed the climax of the film . [ 2 ]
ilaiyaraaja has set to music many songs which are based on carnatic ragas . the song in which revathy appears from a parrot cage—
vanthathe oo kungumam
—is set in the mohanam raga . popular singer k . s . chitra was awarded the tamil nadu state film award for best female playback for her rendition of this song .
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bandits is a 1997 german road movie directed by katja von garnier .

the film stars katja riemann , jasmin tabatabai , nicolette krebitz and jutta hoffmann .

both the film and soundtrack album were commercially successful in germany , but bandits grossed less than $ 25,000 in the united states .

much of the soundtrack was written and performed by the actresses themselves .

one track from the soundtrack reached number one in the german charts .

bandits ( 1997 film )

this article is about the 2001 american film . for the 1997 german film , see bandits ( 1997 film ) .
in memory of brian keith : actor , marine , raconteur 1921 - 1997
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not to be confused with the other film called bandits , starring bruce willis and billy bob thornton .
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one of the many film events that are hosted on area campuses is the german film series , presented by the amherst college department of german on irregular thursdays in the school’s stirn auditorium . the series , which brings in a half dozen or so subtitled films each spring and fall season , is starting up again this week , and will screen katja von garnier’s 1997 film bandits on the 14th at 4 and 7 : 30 p . m .
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1984 - 2006 australian film institute awards also nominated for sound awards for unfolding florence : the many lives of florence broadhurst ( in 2006 ) , praise ( 1999 ) , the well ( 1997 ) , children of the revolution ( 1996 ) , map of the human heart ( 1993 ) , the coca - cola kid ( 1985 ) , strikebound and bmx bandits ( both in 1984 ) .
bandits : thursday , sept . 14 , 4 and 7 : 30 p . m . amherst college stirn auditorium , off south pleasant street , amherst .
a hit in germany — where the soundtrack , much of it written and performed by the film’s actresses , was a success in its own right — bandits was little seen here in the states ( although it did have a short run in northampton , at the pleasant street theater where i projected it many years ago ) . for a hit of pop sugar mixed with a bit of escapist fantasy , bandits makes for a fun fable .
filmhouse opened at its current location of 88 lothian road in 1978 and has acted as the hub of the festival ever since . the current front entrance and cinema 1 opened in 1982 before its formal opening in 1985 , with a third screen opening in 1997 .
edinburgh international film festival turns 70 years old in 2017 , and in celebration we are delighted to present some of the many highlights from the world ' s longest continually running film festival .
on the review aggregator website rotten tomatoes , bandits has an approval rating of 64 % based on 140 reviews , with an average rating of 6 . 1 / 10 . the site ' s critical consensus reads ,
the story may not warrant its lengthy running time , but the cast of bandits makes it an enjoyable ride .
[ 2 ] metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 60 out of 100 , based on 32 critics , indicating
mixed or average reviews
. [ 3 ] audiences polled by cinemascore gave the film an average grade of
b
on an a + to f scale . [ 4 ]
all the music in the film , incidentally , was written and performed by the actresses themselves .
a crazy film that makes the audience part of the experience . [ full review in spanish ]
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set in a post apocalyptic year of 1997 , this retro - futuristic and nostalgic tribute to 80 ' s action - adventure films follows an orphaned teenager who goes on an adventure to save his female - robot companion from the hands of an evil warlord who controls the only water supply .
' time ' bandits : timberlake , seyfried clock some sci - fi a dystopian thriller imagines a world where the rich can buy immortality , and the poor perish if they can ' t find a way to put more minutes on their life clocks .
the midnight screening of alien at the new victoria cinema was attended by director ridley scott , who said of the film ,
i ' ve never been an enthusiast for horror or science fiction , but this was a great script . alien is much more than a horror film . it is a film about terror .
in its opening weekend , the film opened at # 2 , earning $ 13 million . [ 6 ] the film grossed $ 67 . 6 million worldwide , against a budget of $ 75 million . [ 7 ]
early one day , thompson called depp on the phone and asked him if he would consider playing raoul duke if a film was ever made of fear and loathing .
without hesitation , i said , ' you bet ! '
depp recalls . by the spring of 1997 , depp had moved into the basement of owl farm , thompson ' s home in aspen in order to do proper research for the role .
for a few to be immortal , many must die ,
mutters will ' s benefactor before leaping from a bridge , and so it is with movies . but niccol , whose excellent 1997 film gattaca revealed a similar obsession with human genetics , is an above - average filmmaker who may simply lack the daredevil recklessness a project like this requires . are you willing to spend nearly two hours of your life to find out ?
eiff began life as the
international festival of documentary films
in 1947 , founded by the edinburgh film guild , the world ' s oldest film society . and opened by john grierson , founder of the british documentary movement .
however , in 1997 , when gilliam got the call from laila nabulsi , one of the film ' s producers , to direct , the time seemed to be right . gilliam said in an interview ,
she sent me a script , and it reminded me of how funny and good the book was . i didn ' t really care for the script , but it inspired me to go back and read the book again .
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the festival screened george lucas ' short film , which he made while studying at the university of california ' s film school , as part of its experimental ' 67 strand . it was subsequently developed to become the classic feature thx 1138 .
after the film ' s dismal critical and commercial reception , no other adaptations were completed . many attempts to get a fear and loathing las vegas film going were launched by the likes of martin scorsese and jack nicholson but nothing ever materialized .
when september hits , the kids head back to school — and for film fans , that can be a great thing .
filmmaker alex cox was hired to direct the film on january 1997 . judging by his past efforts , films like repo man ( 1983 ) and straight to hell ( 1987 ) , cox was no stranger to the same kind of gonzo sensibilities evident in thompson ' s books . however , cox ' s idea of the film seemed to differ from everyone else involved . johnny depp remembers that
alex had some dream that he could make thompson ' s work better . he was wrong . he had this idea about animation in the film .
cox and his writing partner , tod davies , met thompson at his home and it was at this point that cox expressed his desire to incorporate animation in the film . thompson took offense to his book being reduced to a cartoon and promptly kicked cox and davies out of his home .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
in 2007 in new york , individuals were prosecuted and convicted for crimes imitative of this film ' s plot . [ 5 ]
bandits is a 2001 american criminal comedy - drama film directed by barry levinson . it stars bruce willis , billy bob thornton , and cate blanchett . filming began in october 2000 and ended in february 2001 . it helped thornton earn a national board of review best actor award for 2001 . thornton and blanchett ' s performances earned praise , as each was nominated for best actor and best actress golden globe awards for their performances in this film , while blanchett was nominated for best supporting actress at the screen actors guild awards . it first opened in theaters on october 12 , 2001 .
i would like a public and i would like a film in which it is possible to exchange and communicate ideas and information .
and so , gilliam scrapped cox and tod davies ' screenplay and had only ten days to write another . gilliam enlisted the help of tony grisoni ( queen of hearts ) and together they hammered out a screenplay at gilliam ' s home in london , england in may of 1997 . as grisoni remembers ,
i ' d sit at the keyboard , and we ' d talk and talk and i ' d keep typing .
gilliam felt that the structure of the film should be organized much in the same way as the book :
eiff screened the premiere of fear and loathing in las vegas with director terry gilliam in attendance . the festival also presented cinema under the stars at the city chambers , closing off the high street to vehicles , turning the area into a traffic - free piazza and screening three of gilliam ' s classics : time bandits , 12 monkeys and brazil .
other important moments in the history of the festival include the women ' s film festival , exclusively for female directors and part of eiff in 1972 . lynda myles , festival director from 1973 - 1980 , was the first woman to occupy such a role at any film festival in the world .
the festival opened with bert haanstra ' s first feature film fanfare on which he had received the help and guidance of one alexander mackendrick after meeting in edinburgh at the 1951 festival . this archive footage shows british pathé winning a prize at the new victoria cinema during the 14th edinburgh film festival .
imagine a hard day’s night crossed with hedwig and the angry inch and you’ll get a bit of the feel of bandits . in it , four inmates at a women’s prison form a band as part of the prison’s professional development program . when they are offered the chance to play a gig outside of the prison walls , they seize their chance at escape . on the run , but suddenly enjoying a kind of bonnie - and - clyde popular following — an opportunistic record producer , looking to cash in on the news of the escape , releases one of the band’s demo recordings to radio stations — the bandits knock around the country on an improvised tour as they plot to escape via a cruise ship gig .
his acting performance in the film was nearly as acclaimed as the screenplay , which opened him up to major hollywood roles , including oliver stone & apos ; s u - turn ( 1997 ) and the sci - fi blockbuster armageddon ( 1998 ) . also in 1998 , he gave a compelling performance in primary colors as richard jemmons , a character based on lively bill clinton adviser james carville . in 1999 , thornton received a best supporting actor oscar nomination for his portrayal of jacob mitchell , the tragic foil in sam raimi & apos ; s a simple plan . the following year , he directed matt damon and penelope cruz in a film adaptation of cormac mccarthy & apos ; s novel all the pretty horses .
a german film , a bit like thelma and louise with music ! four female convicts form a band as part of a criminal rehabilitation program their prison is testing out . the band  the bandits  get a chance to perform at a police event outside the prison , but after one member impulsively attacks the jerk ass cop who rides with them to the ball , they stage an escape . broke and on the run , they ship their demo out to a record company and soon find themselves cult idols .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
wild strawberries by ingmar bergman opened the 12th festival at its new premises at randolph crescent . the most talked about film at the festival however was roman polanski ' s two men and a wardrobe which prompted discussions about the re - birth of polish cinema and the work of the state film school at lodz .
the 2002 festival opened with the premiere of lynne ramsey ' s morvern callar at the odeon cinema , with the film ' s star samantha morton in attendance . the actress won a british independent film award for her performance as the title character in the acclaimed adaptation of scottish writer alan warner ' s debut novel .
chloe sevigny attended the festival in support of whit stillman ' s early 1980s - set comedy of manners the last days of disco , the director ' s last film before a 13 year hiatus . a print of the last days of disco resides in the permanent film library of the museum of modern art in new york .
it ' s a good story made by germans . one of my favorite film , good songs a nice chicks . the dvd was ok for a low price .
a then - unknown bill forsyth screened his anti - narrative experimental film waterloo in 1969 . at a party he met samuel fuller , the subject of that year’s retrospective . when forsyth described his film , fuller took a swing at him , shouting ‘what an insult to your audience ! ’ according to forsyth , fuller ‘nudged’ him into narrative cinema .
strap yourself in for one hilarious
action - comedy with great chemistry great one - liners [ and ] expert direction
( new york post ) ! bruce willis
makes all the right moves
( san francisco examiner ) as the man with the perfect bank - robbing planand two imperfect partnersin this
terrific [ film that ' s ] as much fun as you ' ll have at the movies all year ( fox - tv ) ! busting out of prison , joe ( willis ) and terry ( billy bob thornton ) are on the run and out of money . that changes when they devise a scheme to place bank managers under house arrest the night before they rob their banks . but success as the infamous
sleepover bandits
isn ' t the only change in store for them . as they cross state lines and federal laws , they meet kate ( cate blanchett ) , a sexy , eccentrichousewife whose indecision as to which of the two bandits she wants could spoil their partnership for good !
thornton is known for his many marriages . after breaking off his engagement with actress laura dern , in may 2000 he married fellow oscar winner angelina jolie , his onscreen wife in 1999 & apos ; s pushing tin . it was the fifth marriage for thornton , who was sued for spousal abuse by his fourth wife , pietra cherniak , in 1997 . after divorcing jolie in 2003 , thornton began a long - term relationship with special effects artist connie angland . they were secretly married in october 2014 .
frances ha premiered at the 2013 festival with director noah baumbach and star greta gerwig in attendance . baumbach and gerwig wrote the film together , after their collaboration on 2010 ' s greenberg .
after cox was fired , the film ' s producers approached terry gilliam ' s agent . there was an air of desperation because , as patrick cassavetti , one of the film ' s producers , put it ,
the option on the book was about to expire . johnny depp had been waiting around overlong and we had another project going that we had to launch in 1998 .
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sam raimi attended the 36th festival for the premiere of evil dead and brought with him a suitcase full of props used in the film , including the notorious foot with a pencil stuck in it .
the 2nd festival opened with robert j . flaherty ' s louisiana story . often mistaken for a documentary , it was in fact an early example of docu - fiction filmed in a hyper - realist style which misleads the viewer . in 1949 , virgil thomson won the pulitzer prize for music for his score to the film , which is still the only film score to be bestowed such an honour .
i first saw this film late at night on showtime , and thought noa another subtilted flick , but after about 15 min . i feel into it . it grabed me like a lonly cell mate .
it ' s gloriously gory at times - the film takes pride in its beautifully brutal practical effects - but at heart , turbo kid is a charming little oddity that makes an asset of its low budget .
jane campion ' s palme d ' or winner the piano was the opening gala at the 47th festival . her short film passionless moments screened at the festival in 1984 , discovered amongst hundreds of films submitted that year .
joel edgerton and chiwetel ejiofor attended eiff for the premiere of julian jarrold ' s kinky boots in 2005 . the film was later adapted into the broadway musical of the same name , winning 6 tony awards in 2013 .
curt jürgens and gia scala came to edinburgh for the opening gala of i aim at the stars in which they both starred . they are seen here standing in front of ' film house ' at randolph crescent in 1960 .
the festival premiered the 30th anniversary 4k restoration of russell mulcahy ' s classic highlander , with the film ' s star and michael powell juror clancy brown participating in an extended q & a with a capacity audience at cineworld .
given the inherent intrigue of this so - called
darwinian capitalism
— one can easily imagine spending decades paying off a lamborghini — it ' s astonishing how dreary this all is . even the minutemen , a wandering cadre of time bandits , are so prettily effete they would have been kicked out of alex ' s gang of droogs in a clockwork orange . and poor cillian murphy , playing a cop - like character known as a timekeeper who suspects will of murder , is given little to do but drive . and collect his per diem .
problem is , the movie doesn ' t commit to any of the several directions in which it meanders . is the romantic triangle poignant , or a gimmick ? do the guys joke and make small talk during robberies because this is a comedy , or because they are pathological narcissists ? the flashback structure is an annoyance , and by the time it is justified , it ' s too late : we ' ve already been annoyed . one of the joys of barry levinson ' s “wag the dog” ( 1997 ) was the way he juggled tones , moving from satire to suspense to politics . this time it ' s the audience who feels juggled .
born in 1955 in hot springs , arkansas , billy bob thornton eventually moved to los angeles , determined to make his living as an actor . in 1996 his career took off when he wrote , starred in and directed sling blade , which was awarded an oscar for best adapted screenplay . also earning an acting oscar nod for his role in a simple plan , he later directed all the pretty horses and has co - starred in numerous films , including monster & apos ; s ball , bandits and bad news bears , as well as the tv series fargo .
the 20th festival opened with the uk premiere of david lean ' s dr zhivago starring julie christie and omar sharif at the abc cinema . the film went on to become one of the highest grossing of all time and won five academy awards .
sean penn attended edinburgh in 2001 with his then - wife robin wright to promote his latest film the pledge , an ensemble drama starring jack nicholson , aaron eckhart , helen mirren and mickey rourke , and participate in a reel life onstage interview .
keira knightley and sienna miller attended the opening gala premiere of the edge of love , john maybury ' s film about the complicated love life of the poet dylan thomas . maybury won the michael powell award in 1998 for love is the devil .
i have always been a confirmed believer in the
film festival
as an incentive to higher standards of creative work , and anyone who has been to edinburgh will tell you that every visitor leaves with the resolve to do better things .
the festival ' s theme of the film and the drama in 1963 explored the relationship between the dramatic arts and cinema with a special gala screening of an evening with the royal ballet including filmed performances from sleeping beauty with margot fonteyn and rudolph nureyev .
susannah york attended the festival for the gala screening of country dance , starring york and peter o ' toole , at the playhouse . the screenplay was written by scottish novelist james kennaway , and much of the film was shot in his native perthshire .
thornton starred in a string of movies in 2001 , including the comedy bandits , co - starring bruce willis and cate blanchett ; the offbeat the man who wasn & apos ; t there , made by filmmaking brothers joel and ethan coen and co - starring frances mcdormand and james gandolfini ; and the dark drama monster & apos ; s ball , co - starring halle berry , with thornton playing a hate - filled prison guard who ventures down a more humane path . the latter two films earned thornton twin golden globe nods , for best actor in a comedy and best actor in a drama , respectively .
maurice hatton’s long shot , featuring charles gormley as a producer trying to find sam fuller to direct his next film , was filmed during the 1977 festival and was first screened in 1978 , and again in 2010 as part of the after the wave retrospective .
actor johnny depp first met hunter s . thompson in aspen , colorado just before new year ' s eve , 1995 . depp left that initial meeting wondering why fear and loathing had not been made into a film . the actor subsequently invited thompson to do a one - night gig at the depp ' s nightclub , the viper room on september 29 , 1996 with the intention of asking the writer about doing a film version of his book . the opportunity never materialized but the two began corresponding via faxes .
even so , the film might have earned a grudging pass had seyfried and timberlake possessed one iota of chemistry . instead seyfried , whose enormous wig and abbreviated wardrobe transform her into a goggle - eyed bratz doll , seems as unappealing to her costar as she is to us . wobbling ridiculously on six - inch heels throughout — despite making several pit stops to change clothes and draw breath , sylvia inexplicably never grabs a pair of sneakers — this usually appealing actress is dragged through the film like so much luggage .
after attending the festival in 1954 as honorary president , on his return with fat city in 1972 john huston said , “ i rarely go to film festivals . the only one as such that’s worth a damn is edinburgh . my god , it’s unique . ”
sylvain chomet ' s the illusionist was the opening gala of the 64th festival , celebrating a unique hand - drawn animation set in edinburgh . the film is based on an unproduced script written by jacques tati in 1956 , between mon oncle a nd play time .
depp was given complete access to every memento the writer saved from his 1971 trip to las vegas . the actor read through the writer ' s notebooks ( which included an unpublished chapter entitled ,
the coconut scene ,
which gilliam placed in the film ) only to realize that
the freakiest thing was that it was all real , that the reality was as insane as the book .
he rummaged through thompson ' s wardrobe at the time : hawaiian shirts , a patchwork jacket , a safari hat , and a silver medallion given to him by acosta . thompson graciously allowed depp to wear it all in the film . thompson even let depp borrow the red shark : the giant fire engine red convertible that the author took to vegas , which was also used in the film .
the movie , directed by barry levinson and written by harley peyton ( “twin peaks” ) , is told in a flashback and actually begins with the news that the two men have been shot dead after a failed hostage situation . cut to a tabloid tv show whose host got an exclusive interview shortly before the final shootout ; joe and terry narrate their career , try to justify themselves , and say kate was an innocent hostage and not a fellow criminal . eventually the film works its way back to the fatal robbery it began with , and to the classic line , “the suspects are in a shootout with themselves . ” the film has laughs sprinkled here and there . i liked the way the confused terry asks joe , “what ' s on our mind ? ” and the way kate ' s preoccupied husband , a self - involved hotshot , goes on tv to tell the kidnapped woman : “i ' m going to spain next week . if the kidnappers want to reach me , they can get in touch with my people . ” and i liked the jolly little fireplug of a bank manager who is delighted to meet the “sleepover bandits” in person , but cannot take them seriously .
many filmmakers over the years had tried to make films out of hunter s . thompson ' s books but the first completed effort didn ' t surface until 1980 with where the buffalo roam . art linson ' s film liberally mixed thompson ' s real life with his books and starred bill murray and peter boyle as thompson and oscar acosta ( a . k . a . dr . gonzo ) , respectively . thompson even served as a consultant on the film but this did little to translate the author ' s warped vision to the big screen . while watching buffalo roam , it becomes readily apparent that , despite murray ' s inspired performance , director linson had no idea what thompson ' s books were trying to say . the film seems more like a collection of rather tame highlights from the man ' s work .
edinburgh international film festival was founded in 1947 as the
first international festival of documentary films
. opened with a ceremony at the playhouse cinema , speeches of welcome were made before the very first films : the cumberland story , the seventh age and the festival of youth .
for the opening gala screening of betty blue at the playhouse in 1986 , the festival paid for a new screen to be installed to ensure a flawless image . director jean - jacques beineix , whose groundbreaking diva premiered at eiff in 1981 , was present to support the film .
gilliam also felt that the more surreal parts of the book could be transferred onto film if done right . for example , the imaginary bats that duke sees on the highway at the beginning of the book was one such passage the director felt could be translated into visual terms .
the theme of the festival in 1962 was the film and the literature , in celebration of the inspiration cinema has found in books , featuring screenings of such classic literary adaptations as a streetcar named desire , the innocents , last year at marienbad , wuthering heights and the quiet american .
if you like world cinema or musicals , you might like this . it ' s full of girl power and feminism . the story is unrealistic but if you look at it as a musical you could consider it a fantasy film . i enjoyed it , very different from hollywood films .
in the future ,
this one begins ,
1997
. . . and its off to the excess races after that sublime proclamation in this postcard homage to those popcorn eaters of glorious youth when everything , even eating popcorn , was played bigger , larger than life , especially if it wasn ' t that at all . you ' ll need a raincoat for the buckets of corn syrupy blood splattered everywhere , and there ' s more android love here as a child of the wasteland fighting the corrupt powers that be , discovers a babe robot ( enough with the advertising , i ' m ready for my babe robot right now ! ) in the process . echoes of mad max thunderdome just everywhere , too , especially the souped up hotrods everybody be riding . what ' s not to enjoy ?
when georges franju attended eiff in 1959 with les yeux sans visage ( eyes without a face ) he left intending to make a film in scotland , taking with him copies of confessions of a justified sinner and the house with the green shutters - something which sadly did not come to pass .
the documentary 50 event was hosted during the festival celebrating the founding of the british documentary film movement in 1929 with john grierson ' s the drifters , and with many of the key players in attendance including forsyth hardy , harry watt , edgar anstey , charles oakley and d . a . pennebaker .
david mackenzie ' s young adam screened as the festival ' s opening gala , and won the audience award , in 2003 . based on alexander trocchi ' s novel , the film was a veritable showcase of british talent : it starred ewan mcgregor , emily mortimer , peter mullan and tilda swinton .
fear and loathing contains many funny moments , bits of dialogue , and visual zingers as duke and dr . gonzo make their way through the surreal landscape that is las vegas . the humour in this film is simultaneously disturbing and hilarious - - a pitch - black satire of american culture and excess .
to bad i was not well informed in my youth ! ! ! this movie was phenominal ! not only was the plot very well paced but the music was incredible ( i bought the soundtrack too ! ) . what i found interesting that the movie was done in german and was subtitled in english but all of the songs were done in english . what i also found surprising is that all the songs were done by the actresses and they were not and never were a group ! they could have been a very , very good all girl rock band ! do an imbd search of bandits to get a synopsis of the plot and all i can say is get the movie and find the soundtrack if you can !
newly appointed eiff patron karen gillan attended the 69th festival as a member of the michael powell jury , joining kenny turan and ian hart , and in support of her short film coward . karen was returning to edinburgh after her visit to the festival in 2013 for the closing gala not another happy ending .
this is the kind of film that people will either really love or hate - - there is no middle ground . gilliam ' s film is going to be one of those movies that ' s destined to become an instant cult item . as hunter s . thompson puts it in the book ,
there he goes , one of god ' s own prototypes . a high - powered mutant of some kind , never even considered for mass production . too weird to live , too rare to die .
fear and loathing in las vegas is pure gonzo filmmaking for people who like weird , challenging films .
kelly macdonald attended the rainy european premiere of disney pixar ' s brave , the 2012 closing gala . kelly provided the voice of merida , the film ' s lead . eiff has hosted premieres of many pixar films over the years including wall - e , toy story 3 , inside out and finding dory .
in 1972 lynda myles , laura mulvey and claire johnston programmed a season of films dedicated to women directors that was truly groundbreaking and the first of its kind in europe . the following year , myles was appointed as artistic director of the festival , the first ever female director of a film festival anywhere in the world .
the festival screened hellmuth costard’s football as never before in which several 16mm cameras followed george best in close - up for the whole match between manchester united and coventry city . rarely seen since and thought to be a ‘lost’ film , it was recently unearthed for a screening in dublin on the 10th anniversary of george’s death .
i think that this is indeed some kind of genius film , but in a really demented way that i would have a hard time verbalizing to someone who didn ' t tap into what gilliam is trying to do . i can see why fear and loathing received a critical shellacking from all the usual pundits ( ebert et al . ) . it ' s a very odd film - - a 128 - minute acid trip from beginning to end with no respite , no rest stops , and no objective distance from which to view the whole insane picture safely . you are plunged headlong into this weird , wild world along with the characters .
william friedkin ' s controversial killer joe , starring matthew mcconaughey , juno temple and gina gershon , was the festival ' s opening gala in chris fujiwara ' s first year as artistic director . the exorcist and the french connection director friedkin came to edinburgh with gina gershon to present the film to audiences at the festival theatre .
abel gance ' s 5 hour epic napoleon closed festival director jim hickey ' s first eiff with carl davis ' live score performed to a capacity audience in the playhouse - the largest audience to see the film in britain since it was made in 1927 . the screening was promoted with a parade through the grassmarket in august 1981 .
sigourney weaver was in edinburgh for the festival ' s 60th edition , receiving an eiff diamond award for outstanding contribution to world cinema and attending the premiere of her latest film , snow cake , which also starred alan rickman . tilda swinton , d . a . pennebaker , mike leigh and ken loach were also presented with awards .
the golden thistle award was presented by george singleton to carol reed marking him as one of the most distinguished figures of the british film scene . the festival included a season of his work ; odd man out , the fallen idol , the third man , an outcast of the islands , the man between and our man in havana .
depp ' s research culminated after a week when thompson shaved almost all of the actor ' s hair for the film and entrusted him with the very car he used in the trip . the actor soon became thompson ' s roadie and in charge of security for the proud highway ( a collection of thompson ' s letters ) book tour .
annie hall opened the 31st festival at the abc cinema , beginning a longstanding association with the work of woody allen who , impressed by the faith shown in the film , specifically requested that the festival host the uk premiere of manhattan in 1979 . eiff also premiered broadway danny rose ( 1984 ) and the purple rose of cairo ( 1985 ) .
mark cousins ' first festival as artistic director presented the premiere of the usual suspects , a film that went on to become one of the most iconic of the decade , with kevin spacey winning an oscar for his performance . also screening in 1995 were the basketball diaries , desperado , small faces and eiff audience award winner muriel ' s wedding .
terry gilliam seemed like the perfect choice to direct this film . the theme of insanity had always figured into his films but has since taken a more prominent role with his last couple of projects . as a result , fear and loathing completes an informal trilogy based on madness that includes the fisher king ( 1991 ) and twelve monkeys ( 1995 ) .
as a throwback to a retro 1980s style , it is a pity that it looks so cheap and goofy as if made by someone who had just left film school without a dime in his pocket , but despite its flaws , it is an entertaining pastiche full of energy , with leboeuf and ironside stealing the show and obviously having a lot of fun .
continuing his high - profile work , thornton headlined the 2003 comedy bad santa , and the following year he played davy crockett opposite dennis quaid & apos ; s sam houston in the big - budget feature the alamo . he also starred in the 2005 remake of bad news bears , drawing favorable reviews amid the film & apos ; s otherwise mixed reception .
columbia planned to quietly release the controversial easy rider and were concerned that the 1969 eiff premiere would take place in the 3 , 000 seat playhouse , with peter fonda in attendance . they threatened never to premiere another film at edinburgh . and then they saw the queue - hell’s angels from fife lined the pavement all the way up to the balmoral hotel .
eiff began the tradition of surprise movies in 1989 with peter greenaway’s controversial the cook , the thief , his wife and her lover , revealing the identity of the film only once the audience were in their seats . pulp fiction , la confidential , spirited away , my name is joe and the bourne identity were all screened as surprise movies at the festival .
billy connolly and judi dench both attended eiff in lizzie francke ' s first year as artistic director for the premiere of mrs brown at the dominion cinema . the film was an unexpected smash , transforming the career of hitherto unknown director john madden , who went on to helm shakespeare in love , captain corelli ' s mandolin and the best exotic marigold hotel .
all of these items only enhance depp ' s performance . in the film , he has literally transformed into duke / thompson , complete with the man ' s unusual bow - legged walk , sweeping arm movements , mumbling speech pattern , and the trademark dunhill cigarettes in a holder between clenched teeth . it ' s an incredible performance that transcends simple mimicry .
gilliam found that the american press refused to
even talk about fear and loathing . they won ' t say , ' ban the film ' - - they ' re too liberal for that - - so instead they seem to have adopted this attitude of , oh , maybe if we don ' t talk about it , it ' ll go away . that ' s modern america all over .
and judging by fear and loathing ' s quick demise at the box office and subsequent disappearance from theatres , this strategy worked . while most critics praised depp and del toro ' s performance , most found gilliam ' s film to be a muddled mess with no coherent structure : just one long debauched road trip .
two friends and convicts , joe ( bruce willis ) and terry ( billy bob thornton ) , break out of oregon state penitentiary in a concrete mixing truck and start a bank robbing spree , hoping to fund a dream they share . they become known as the
sleepover bandits
because of their modus operandi : they kidnap the manager of a target bank the night before a planned robbery , then spend the night with the manager ' s family ; early the next morning , they accompany the manager to the bank to get their money . using dim - witted would - be stunt man harvey pollard ( troy garity ) as their getaway driver and lookout , the three successfully pull off a series of robberies that gets them recognition on the fbi ' s ten most wanted list , and ultimately the reward for information leading to their capture is increased to $ 1 million .
lars von trier ' s controversial dancer in the dark opened the festival in 2000 , after winning the palme d ' or at cannes . björk , in her only role to date , won best actress at both cannes and the european film awards . the 54th festival also saw premieres of beautiful creatures , amores perros , audition and eiff audience award winner billy elliot .
while watching movies about music or musicians , i often sympathize with these poor bastards of actors : the script requires them to play - say - a guitar , but they obviously have no clue as to how to even hold this instrument . and then the singing voice sounds so suspiciously different from the one they talk with . . . in this respect , ' bandits ' is a welcome surprise : obviously , these actresses know far more than just the pure basics of their instruments and deliver a convincing performance as a rock band . and sitting through to the end of the credits reveals that they not only did their own singing , but wrote the major part of the music and lyrics by themselves , most notably
luna
jasmin tabatabai . for me , the great music more than compensates for the rather fantastic , sometimes clichéd plot with some minor holes . all in all , a remarkable movie !
bill forsyth , having first attended the festival in 1969 , returned with that sinking feeling in 1979 , and 1984 ' s opening gala , comfort and joy , which screened to a capacity audience at the playhouse . he was back in edinburgh in 1987 for a special screening of his recently completed film housekeeping - so recently that it missed the deadline for eiff ' s printed programme .
ralph steadman , who illustrated the book , was a good friend of gilliam and began to bug him over the years to do a film version of fear and loathing . in 1989 , gilliam remembers a
script turned up which briefly got me excited about the book again , but i was busy with another project and i ultimately decided that the script didn ' t capture the story properly .
the festival , in hannah mcgill ' s first year as artistic director , premiered the feature film debut of acclaimed photographer and music video director anton corbijn , who has photographed bob dylan , r . e . m . , bruce springsteen , björk and u2 . control , a biopic on the life of the late ian curtis , lead singer of joy division , went on to win the michael powell award .
from there , the pace never slackened as gilliam and company shot fear and loathing on location in a fast 56 days on a lean budget ( by hollywood standards ) of $ 18 . 5 million .
one of the reasons i made this film ,
gilliam remembers ,
was to push myself and see if i could still work the way i used to : fast , furiously and cheaply .
around the 3 / 4 - way mark , fear and loathing veers off into some really dark territory as the horror that accompanies chemical dependency rears its ugly head . i was worried that this element would be lost in the transfer from book to film and that it was going to be simply a
straight
comedy . thankfully , the darker edge of the book has been retained and reinforced in spades .
john huston was honorary president of the festival in 1953 , and returned in 1972 when he proclaimed eiff to be “the only film festival as such that’s worth a damn” . gene kelly came to edinburgh in 1956 for the premiere of invitation to the dance at the new victoria cinema , stating ,
i have always been a confirmed believer in the
film festival
as an incentive to higher standards of creative work , and anyone who has been to edinburgh will tell you that every visitor leaves with the resolve to do better things .
clint eastwood , nick nolte , kathryn bigelow , sean connery , ewan mcgregor , chloe sevigny , richard e . grant , sigourney weaver , jennifer lawrence and robert carlyle - – just a few of the many amazing guests to have graced the festival with their presence over the years .
beyond gags about pools tables , behavioural patterns and material possessions , the castle reminds us of the value of small gestures , assuming the best in people , picking your fights and being fiercely loyal to those you love . when offered a tidy packet to sell his home , darryl responds with a line that distills the film ' s emotional essence :
you can ' t buy what i ' ve got .
with the festival ' s title expanded to include ' realist , documentary , experimental ' , the opening gala of jack lee ' s adaptation of eric williams ' book the wooden horse represented another subtle move away from documentary - though based on real experience , the film was a studio picture albeit a low - budget one . sunday times journalist dilys powell described it as having
the poetry of unrehearsed adventure
.
set in an unspecified future where people are genetically programmed to time out at the age of 25 , the film echoes michael anderson ' s 1976 hoot logan ' s run , whose characters were catapulted into the sky at 30 unless they did a runner . but while anderson never lost sight of his film ' s primary pleasures — miniskirts , monorails and a lithe jenny agutter — niccol refuses to lighten up . in his us - versus - them dystopia , time can only be traded , earned or stolen , so the wealthy live forever while the rest of us survive on a minimum wage of 24 hours . credits and debits are transmitted by means of a glowing green bar code on your forearm , and since a bus ride can set you back 2 hours of your life ( and a car around 20 years ) , the poor do a lot of walking .
1994 saw the premiere of shallow grave , with danny boyle , ewan mcgregor , christopher eccleston and kerry fox in attendance . the film was a breakthrough for boyle and mcgregor in particular , both of whom have maintained a close relationship with eiff . clerks , dazed & confused , killing zoe , muriel ' s wedding and the last of england also screened at the 48th festival , the latter in tribute to the recently departed derek jarman .
this was likely achieved intuitively rather than engineered – sitch has spoken about how his father inspired darryl ' s character – and the secret can be found in the proverbial pool room . it is not the gaudy mugs and tacky souvenirs it contains that are in important , but the sentimental value they hold . likewise , it is not the characters ' plebeian behaviour that holds the film ' s focus but the sincere place from which it emerges .
what was it about the castle that connected so strongly with critics and audiences ? the wonderful thing about rob sitch ' s magnum opus ( he also directed the dish , a pleasantly fluffy soufflé of historical recreation , and working dog ' s shamelessly american - brand romcom any questions for ben ? ) aren ' t the jokes , which flow thick and fast , but the way in which the film manages to balance deprecation with tenderness and warmth .