road to hell is a 2008 action-fantasy film directed by albert pyun .

it was inspired by walter hill 's streets of fire and began shooting that same year in june at los angeles .

pyun states that the genesis of road to hell began when he and paré attended a film festival in spain .

road to hell ( film )

with the headline : film view ; today ' s yellow brick road leads straight to hell .
albert , thank you for the comment . i look forward to seeing road to hell .
you can always turn back or face the consequences of the road ahead . road to hell illustrates the effects of lung cancer .
there are no critic reviews yet for road to hell . keep checking rotten tomatoes for updates !
: 66 . 6 radio from purgatory , usa , highway 66 ; the road being described as the road between purgatory and hell . . .
road to hell is a fan sequel to streets of fire , directed by albert pyun and written by cynthia curnan .
here ' s the link to rent / stream road to hell . hope you like the film , my 50th film . and thank you for supporting not only road to hell but also , interstellar civil war . the rental price will count towards the blu - ray when it becomes available . - albert .
thanks again to albert pyun and cynthia curnan for talking to me about road to hell . the film is in post - production and the release date is still pending .
the in - film - documentary ,
the last road to hell
, which features several executions , consists of authentic footage supposedly from nigeria and south east asia .
“we discussed the road to hell movie with paré in 2007 , in spain” at a film festival , says pyun’s longtime collaborator , cynthia curnan . “albert and michael had wanted to work together for a long time . ”
that said , road to hell is not what you’d expect . if you’re a hill fan , keep in mind that it’s an homage , not an official sequel . if you’re a pyun fan , you’ll love it no matter what . one viewing tip : if you never saw streets of fire , watch that first and you’ll appreciate road to hell even more . ( rent it . it’s $ 3 on amazon . ) for fans of both streets of fire and pyun , road to hell is totally worth the interminable wait .
suffice it to say that road to hell didn’t win pollygrind’s best effects award for nothing . much like streets of fire , many scenes have mesmerizing other - worldly backdrops . every color - saturated shot is carefully framed , almost like a postcard — a picture postcard from hell .
a group of talented young film makers attended a prestigious award ceremony at the bafta headquarters an ultimate accolade for a film they made about lung cancer awareness and smoking . the thrilled harrow youths created a short film called , road to hell , they were presented with their award on thursday , july 3 by harry potter director , david yates .
best of all , road to hell has a twist ending you’ll never expect . i foresee it winning a lot more awards . and fans . go see it . you’re welcome .
the yellow fever indie film festival is run by film makers , for film makers . the no . 1 independent film festival in northern ireland , created by george clarke ( of yellow fever productions ) in 2009 , the festival has went from strength to strength pulling in a host of amazing world wide film makers and industry names such as the prolific albert pyun ( cyborg , captain america , road to hell ) and mike leeder ( rogue one , rush hour 3 , man of tai chi ) .
among road to hell ’s other visual treats are the spectacular nevada desert , subbing for purgatory here with enhancements recalling a bad acid trip ( and cleverly referencing streets of fire ‘s original artwork ) .
but the new road movies are more ambivalent . they often have forced happy endings , which suggest a nostalgic longing for the road to oz even while the film ' s surface depicts a broken - down society . and their humor offsets the characters ' fear of a journey into the metaphorical darkness of the open road and of their own hearts .
content of this blog except where otherwise noted copyright ©2014 sydney schuster – all rights reserved . road to hell material copyright ©2014 albert pyun movies and curnan pictures ★ images used with permission streets of fire photo of michael paré and film poster art © rko universal pictures
it is easy to imagine ' ' somewhere over the rainbow ' ' as a heavily ironic comment on mad max ' s adventures , easy to see how far film makers have come from the road to oz .
while driving to the reading of her father’s will , a woman is faced with an anomaly on the side of the road .
but that’s pyun’s forté . shocking visual effects , coupled with edgy dialogue by curnan that makes you believe ordinary people can triumph in extraordinary circumstances . like streets of fire , road to hell is way , way ahead of its time .
hell or high water brutal scene . . hick beats the sh * t out of deathcore posers ! !
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hi michael , you sound like the perfect audience for road to hell . i made the film to be a study of an iconic character 28 years after we last saw him . i think it has a lot of truth and pain in it . i was always struck when i saw streets of fire a an early studio screening , how original and different it was . i wanted road to hell to be the same . not a rehash or recreation of sof but something totally original and as daring as sof was . hope you get to see it on the big screen ! albert pyun facebook / albert pyun movies
 albert pyun ' s award winning film . the fantasy , thriller is centered on a mercenary soldier ( michael pare ' ) who is traveling home to find his sweetheart ellen ( anita leeman ) , believing she can save his soul . along the road , cody encounters two female strippers ( clare kramer ) who have turned spree killers . the road turns dark and into a literal road to hell . directed by albert pyun ( his 50th feature film spanning 4 decades of feature filmmaking ) . starring michael pare ' , clare kramer , deborah van valkenburgh , courtney peldon , roxy gunn , chris king , and joei fulco .
the film had its world premiere at the alamo drafthouse cinema in austin , texas in october 2008 . the chicago premiere of road to hell was at the patio theater on march 9 , 2013 . in november 2013 , additional shooting was done with singer joei fulco from abc ' s reality television show wife swap .
show begins at 7pm through midnight . patio theater , 6008 w . irving park road . 17 + event .
the tribe names in the film , yanomamo and shamatari , are actual native tribes in south america . neither tribe is accurately portrayed in the film .
hell valley , that is . that’s where we hook up with cody again , returning from his precious war with a bad case of post traumatic stress disorder . he still has too many weapons . hell , he is a weapon .
could turn out to be epic and oscar - worthy . some also say that making the film has been by far the worst experience of their careers —
a living hell ,
as one bluntly puts it .
it is a dream that wrestles with reality and with other kinds of road movies . in some films the road remains a simple convenience , as in ' ' rainman , ' ' where it allows tom cruise and dustin hoffman to be isolated together ; the road and the landscape are mere backdrops . but in the australian trilogy ' ' mad max , ' ' ' ' the road warrior ' ' and ' ' mad max : beyond thunderdome , ' ' the road is a post - apocalyptic battleground for survival ; civilization has virtually crumbled ; cars have become weapons for futuristic gladiators , and gasoline is a commodity worth killing for . it is a cartoonish version of the journey to self and society , but one that is in tune with the new , subversive road movie .
road hell is a movie starring jaclyn marfuggi , jim hazelton , and john link . when a horrific accident forces a deeply dysfunctional couple to check into a decrepit motel , a lecherous and deranged desk clerk arranges for them to witness three unholy visions of the . . . see full summary »
albert pyun’s ode to walter hill’s streets on fire explores its hero’s dark journey through hell as he seeks the only thing that still matters to him : his only daughter .
claims of this being a snuff film are still rampant . even as recently as 1993 , authorities at a birmingham comic fair seized the film on this belief .
i need to see this movie i have been searching for it everywhere possible in the internet and apparently it ' s not available on dvd or anywhere for me to see . does anybody know when the road to hell will be out for the public to see i cannot wait to see this movie . i am a true friend i really love streets of fire movie .
just as it taps into a dying corner of american society , hell or high water resurrects the power of western mayhem done right .
road to hell is a movie starring michael paré , clare kramer , and courtney peldon . a soldier who has been fighting a long war is driven mad because he no longer believes in any purpose or righteous truth behind the killing . he comes home to a surreal world looking for his . . . see full summary »
with pyun directing , curnan writing and producing , and the preternaturally handsome paré in nearly every scene , they started shooting road to hell in 2008 . the result is more a tribute to streets of fire than a followup : not so much singing and dancing , way more violence and blood , all of it set against staggeringly beautiful scenery .
in fact , the ending of ' ' wild at heart ' ' may be the best expression of how deeply oz has shaped the contemporary road movie . without revealing the film ' s ending , it is possible to say that it is more upbeat than the one in mr . gifford ' s novel and that it involves glinda , who tells sailor , ' ' if you ' re truly wild at heart you ' ll fight for your dreams . ' ' the creators of today ' s road movies recognize that the road leads to the nightmarish wilds of society and of their characters ' own hearts . but in their films ' happy endings , they fight for the persistent hope that the road still leads to a place where dreams come true .
hell or high water isn ' t just a great time at the movies , it ' s one of the year ' s best pictures .
cynthia mentioned that it was the result of an argument that she and albert had had about the ending of streets of fire . albert had thought it was one of the most romantic endings of all time . cynthia thought it was deeply tragic and showed that tom cody was doomed . she wrote
road to hell
to show what she thought would have happened to him .
a violent story of romance on the run , ' ' wild at heart ' ' both idolizes and undermines the most beloved of all road movies and points to a new twist in the genre . though few do so as blatantly as mr . lynch , some of today ' s most astute and talented directors have also created road movies that subvert the classic route to oz . their films reflect contemporary struggles against crime , violence and unemployment , yet they are unwilling to surrender the dreams of freedom and happiness the road has traditionally represented .
albert pyun has been working steadily as a director since his 1982 debut , the sword and the sorcerer . he’s got over forty credits under his belt , and has worked with actors such as dennis hopper , charlie sheen , burt reynolds , natasha henstridge and teri hatcher . now he’s putting the finishing touches to road to hell , a homage to one of my favorite films , streets of fire ( see my reminiscence about streets here ) . he was kind enough to speak to me about the project , and his memories of the original film .
official teaser for road to hell , starring michael pare ' , clare kramer , courtney peldon , roxy gunn and deborah van valkenburgh . an ex - soldier of fortune looking for a long lost love run into a pair of beautiful spree killers . written by cynthia curnan , edited by daniel ray gutierrez , and directed by albert pyun .
much to the relief of everyone except springsteen , there’s finally an actual song called “streets of fire , ” written for the movie by musical director tony riparetti and sung the hell out of by fulco . the whole score is quite good . two jim steinman songs from streets of fire were dusted off and performed again , this time by gunn , and arguably better : “ nowhere fast ” and “ tonight is what it means to be young . ” gunn is a guitarist and vocalist who wrote and performed many of the film’s excellent tunes . vegas rocks ! magazine called road to hell “one of the best music - driven films of the year . ”
writer taylor sheridan pens another impressive story in hell or high water . led by solid performances by jeff bridges , chris pine & ben foster , the film is an intimate and striking tale that can hit home easily and keep the audience engaged . 4 / 5
shanil said :
it was incredible to be in the presence of many creative film makers and receive an award presented by david yates and jack whitehall . making a film with a serious message was challenging but the results were great .
road to hell - chicago premiere of this follow up to walter hill ' s cult hit streets of fire , written and produced by cynthia curnan . michael paré stars in this stylized unofficial sequel , reprising his role as tom cody ! word is , this may be paré ' s best performance yet . besides , who hasn ' t been obsessed with him since eddie and the cruisers ?
brittany farrell ( with megaphone ) in “whose streets ? ” the film is due out aug . 11 .
want to be a partner in albert pyun’s latest feature film project ? donate to his gofundme for bad ass angels and demons . it’s easy , and every donation counts !
but the film’s biggest attraction is the thrilling action shots of the seven - ton bedford lorries racing through the buckinghamshire countryside , screeching round the corners and running family cars off the roads . the bfi’s newly remastered presentation allows audiences to once again savour the macho exploits of the hell drivers on the big screen .
catastrophic loss of picture due to a defective hi - def camera . the flagship camera created a ghost that corrupted virtually every frame of the film . it continues to be challenging to correct every single shot .
the film features original music by tony riparetti and the roxy gunn project , with roxy playing the role of ellen ; michael pare and deborah van valkenburgh reprise their roles from the original film as cody and his sister reva .
the cody in road to hell is disillusioned and surly , seeking some type of redemption while questioning whether he even deserves it . he’s so discombobulated , he even toys with the idea of badgirl caitlin as a viable alternative to ellen , i guess in case his childhood sweetheart who’s probably an altacocker now doesn’t work out . caitlin’s hot . she’s there . she gives mre new meaning . so what if she’s depraved ?
hell drivers anticipated the social realism that was to dominate british films over the next few years but endfield is not interested in analysing the psychology of the working - class man . the film is a study in male pack behaviour , portrayed as a petulant childishness that spills over into violence and pranks that escalate into lethal acts .
hell or high water is one of the great modern westerns , joining unforgiven , no country for old men , true grit , 3 : 10 to yuma , and the revenant on that list of the genre ' s finest iterations in the past 25 years . i urge you to see it - - travel if you must , in order to find a theater screening the film ; or tell your local theaters to screen the film . because it deserves to be seen , it needs to be seen by audiences who rarely have a chance to experience this sort of filmmaking during summer months dominated by blockbusters that take up all of the space at multiplexes . i love blockbusters and summer popcorn entertainment as much as anyone , but my soul needs to be fed more than that , and hell or high water is just the sort of substantive food for the soul we all need to experience .
ascent experience mount fuji — through a selection of 4 , 000 photographs snapped over 150 years . the dutch artist fiona tan has built this experimental film out of those stills . screenings at film forum in new york will be free .
a brilliant cast of british actors , including a young sean connery , star in the newly restored hell drivers , a tough and thrilling trucking movie shot on the b roads of buckinghamshire .
films like ' ' the wizard of oz ' ' ( 1939 ) and preston sturges ' s ' ' sullivan ' s travels ' ' ( 1941 ) defined the standard pattern for road movies : whether the hero was a scarecrow or a rich film director bumming cross - country during the depression , characters traveled through danger and disillusionment to healthy self - knowledge and back to the safety of home . they followed an optimistic course as old as the american west and as deeply entrenched in our culture as whitman ' s ' ' song of the open road . ' '
a small segment of music from non si sevizia un paperino ( 1972 ) was reused by riz ortolani in this film .
the road to hell is paved with good intentions… and the road to the oscars is paved with precursor awards ceremonies like this weekend ' s 2017 sag awards . these precursors — also including the golden globes , the baftas , and the various other guilds like the pga and dga — ultimately have but a tangential effect on the oscar winners , since those honorees will be decided only by members of the academy of motion picture arts and science . but they are also invaluable in terms of publicity , momentum , and prestige ; and so they occasionally have the ability to change the entire landscape of the awards season in one night . so how did the sag awards affect the 2017 oscar race ?
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 .
camera obscura suffering from post - traumatic stress disorder , a war photographer begins to see real premonitions of deaths in his pictures . it’s a horror film , naturally .
hell drivers was shot in the vistavision format , as was marlon brando’s one - eyed jacks ( also showing in this year’s lff ) . indeed , brando’s film was the last to be shot in vistavision before the format was used for special effect backgrounds . this method had been devised by paramount studios in order to create widescreen images in much higher quality than contemporary alternative systems , primarily the anamorphic cinemascope .
removal of dirt and scratches is probably the best - known aspect of film remastering . certainly , plenty of those have been removed from the new master of hell drivers , along with a reduction in the flicker caused by the printer’s lamp . in all cases , we’ve chosen to leave the texture of the original negative as it was produced . it’s for that reason , that we reluctantly recognised this fly as having been squashed in the printer between film negative and fine grain positive under pressure of a roller .
streets of fire fans will delight in the strategic reuse of signature lines throughout road to hell . there are slick cross references , too : a flat tire that changes everything ; ott bondage ; ellen suffers idiotic fan questions about her creative process . her band sports the same name as torchie’s band , the blasters . cody coldcocks chicks . he even mentions his “dark side , ” a sly wink at another paré cult musical , eddie and the cruisers .
churchill brian cox may sound like a more natural fit for winston churchill than john lithgow did in “the crown , ” but can you picture john slattery ( roger sterling from “mad men” ) as dwight d . eisenhower ? both mr . cox and mr . slattery , plus miranda richardson as clementine churchill , play the famous figures in a film about the road to d - day .
how did you get the inspiration for road to hell ? i watched many anti - smoking adverts online from around the world including uk , thailand , and australia . i researched many articles online and discovered new and interesting facts and figures . i found out most people start smoking under the age of 18 ! i was overwhelmed with information and decided to take a break and go to the park . i was sitting on a bench in the park observing what was going on around me . i saw a lady walking her dog approaching me . the dog stopped and licked a cigarette butt on the ground . i wondered to myself , how disgusting would it be if a human being licked the road ? and why would you do that ? it was the perfect metaphor for the advert .
and the rest of america seems just as cramped . when willie and his friend eddie - both small - time gamblers in slouchy hats - drive to visit eva , the road to cleveland evokes a slushy industrial landscape that seems especially stark in the film ' s black - and - white photography . finally eddie realizes , ' ' it ' s funny . you come someplace new and everything looks just the same . ' '
lucky lucky , played by the film’s writer and director , bari king , is an undocumented immigrant who gets enmeshed in a crime web and has to fight his way out .
wind river taylor sheridan , the screenwriter of “sicario” and “hell or high water , ” directs this murder mystery set on a remote , mountainous reservation in wyoming . jeremy renner is a game tracker who teams up with an ill - prepared ( yet consistently underestimated ) f . b . i . agent ( elizabeth olsen , in her second film of the week ) to find out whodunit .
back in the icy january of 1957 , the b roads between hillingdon and slough witnessed some hair - raising scenes of road rage as hgv drivers terrorised locals in their race to deliver truckloads of ballast . this rather un - british behaviour ( at least for that more genteel decade ) was staged for the filming of hell drivers , the tale of ex - con tom yately who tries to go straight but gets sucked into a world of corruption and violence when he takes a job at a haulage company .
the film caused some scandal in italy at the time of its release . ten days after premiering in milan , the film was seized by the courts , and the director , ruggero deodato , was arrested and charged with obscenity . he was later charged with murder and faced life in prison on the belief that several of the actors were murdered for the camera . deodato contacted luca barbareschi and told him to contact the three other actors who played the missing film team . he presented the actors , alive and well , to the courts , and thus , the murder charges were dropped . the film remained banned in italy for another three years .
all of the performers in this film , right down to the bit players , are quite good , but bridges demonstrates yet again that he is one of the finest actors in america .
diary of a wimpy kid : the long haul the wimpy kid grew up , so hollywood found a new one . in the fourth film based on jeff kinney’s popular books , greg ( now jason ian drucker ) goes on a family road trip . alicia silverstone and tom everett scott , also on their first outings in the wimpy - verse , play his parents .
score : a film music documentary going behind the scenes of how film scores are composed , this portrait of the craft features some of the most familiar “music by” credits in the business , including hans zimmer , john williams , danny elfman , quincy jones , rachel portman and thomas newman .
george & held have an indisputable shared eye for the minutiae of life that can ripple into major and even dominant facets of our emotional composition , and ' valencia road ' is a triumph of that kind of ambiguity .
a low - budget production , hell or high water will open in 32 theaters nationwide this weekend , where it hopes word of mouth and critical acclaim will translate into high per - theater averages that help boost its box office potential . with a perfect 100 % score on rotten tomatoes thus far , the film continues to gain momentum from positive word of mouth and its unique combination of compelling genre entertainment and social relevance .
the film features original music by nick cave and warren ellis , but also some popular songs recorded previously . that means the score won ' t be eligible for an oscar nod . which is a shame , because it ' s a remarkable soundtrack surpassing anything else i ' ve heard all year . indeed , this is the best film score i ' ve heard since . . . well , since jóhann jóhannsson ' s score for sicario last year , which i loved as much as i love hell or high water ' s score .
now , let ' s talk about why i want this film to succeed , why it ' s getting such rave reviews , and why i ' m actually going to encourage each and every one of you ( yes , even dcu fans who might be considering a second or third viewing of suicide squad - - that one ' s doing fine already , and you can go back to see it on the third or fourth weekend ) to find a theater nearby that ' s showing hell or high water and see it this weekend . read on for my full review !
rank licensed vistavision in the mid - 1950s but hell drivers seems a curious choice for the format , especially when compared to white christmas ( 1954 ) or the searchers ( 1956 ) . there are plenty of reasons to be grateful today , however , for geoffrey unsworth’s powerful combination of black - and - white and widescreen photography .
the animal slaughterings in the movie were real , which ultimately resulted in the movie ' s being banned in its native italy after the snuff film rumors were proved false . the killed animals were a coatimundi ( erroneously referred to as a muskrat in the film ) , a turtle , a snake , a tarantula , a spider monkey , and a pig .
but today ' s best road movies are bizarre , comic , one - way journeys to the dark side of self and society . ' ' wild at heart ' ' and jonathan demme ' s ' ' something wild ' ' portray the road as a lurid , chaotic , criminal place where characters discover their worst nightmares come true . in jim jarmusch ' s ' ' stranger than paradise ' ' and in the young finnish director aki kaurismaki ' s current ' ' ariel ' ' ( strongly influenced by american movies ) , the road is a bleak and grimy landscape where hapless , unimaginative heroes seek out small grains of luck or love . these roads are fraught with dangers more real than flying monkeys ; botched robberies , prison cells and even death are surprisingly common .
but mr . demme ' s sense of the road is at its most astute and vibrant in ' ' something wild . ' ' like lula in ' ' wild at heart , ' ' lulu in ' ' something wild ' ' is dorothy turned inside out , hellbent on leaving home and finding sexual adventure on the road . when lulu ( melanie griffith ) kidnaps charlie , the buttoned - down businessman played by jeff daniels , she takes him from new york to pennsylvania along the kitschy roads of small - town america . in a motel room , she handcuffs him to a bed and wildly distracts him while forcing him to talk to his boss on the phone .
prompted by yesterday’s suspected chemical attacks in syria , national geographic has released footage from the upcoming doc hell on earth : the fall of syria and the rise of isis . filmmaker sebastian junger and producing partner nick quested made the call to release the 13 - minute preview , natgeo says .
when you see the film , you will see the scale of it ,
promises inarritu .
and you will say , ' wow . '
cannibal holocaust ( 1980 ) was the second highest grossing film in japan in 1983 , behind only e . t . : the extra - terrestrial ( 1982 )
the complicated camaraderie and the love between the troubled brothers along with the action - thriller elements , has made this my favorite film of the year so far .
as they run from lula ' s disapproving mother , who has put a private detective and a hired killer on their trail , sailor and lula ( nicolas cage and laura dern ) experience an ominous sense of death on the road . the radio news is full of reports of necrophilia and crocodiles eating corpses in the ganges . they pull over to a roadside accident and see a young woman die before their eyes . yet when they run out of money in big tuna , sailor leaves their shabby motel room to take part in a robbery that he says will give them enough cash to go ' ' far down the yellow brick road . ' ' the road , yellow brick or otherwise , still represents a bright future , against all the harsh evidence . and the robbery , one of the most violent scenes in recent movies , only proves how misguided sailor ' s hopes have been .
the film is divided into two halves . the first half is the crazed , nightmarish portion that feels completely out of tune to what made streets of fire so interesting . it has cody meeting two blonde female thrill killers on the shoulder of a stretch of desert in the middle of what might very well be hell itself . cody exhibits some very out - of - character behavior such as punching women ( repeatedly ) in the face , tying them up , berating them and stripping them , and later resorts to startling and unexpected murder . if this is the same cody from streets of fire , i’d like to see the flashbacks that made him this way . the scenes within this first portion of the film are haphazardly presented , but still strangely compelling in their hot and fevered manic depravity . this is the half that fans of streets of fire are going to hate . luckily , i’m not a big fan of streets of fire so i was able to be objective and see the entire film as simply a movie of its own , but more importantly as an albert pyun film . i went with the strange flow , which led to the second half of the movie .
the film is divided into two halves . the first half is the crazed , nightmarish portion that feels completely out of tune to what made streets of fire so interesting . it has cody meeting two blonde female thrill killers on the shoulder of a stretch of desert in the middle of what might very well be hell itself . cody exhibits some very out - of - character behavior such as punching women ( repeatedly ) in the face , tying them up , berating them and stripping them , and later resorts to startling and unexpected murder . if this is the same cody from streets of fire , i’d like to see the flashbacks that made him this way . the scenes within this first portion of the film are haphazardly presented , but still strangely compelling in their hot and fevered manic depravity . this is the half that fans of streets of fire are going to hate . luckily , i’m not a big fan of streets of fire so i was able to be objective and see the entire film as simply a movie of its own , but more importantly as an albert pyun film . i went with the strange flow , which led to the second half of the movie .
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middle man we’ve seen plenty of movies about unfunny aspiring comedians ( “the king of comedy , ” “mickey one” ) , but in this case , the would - be comic ( jim o’heir ) , on the road to an audition in las vegas , picks up a hitchhiker , with murderous results .
while an unfinished version was screened in 2008 , the writers tweaked the script to add the character of ellen dream and roxy gunn ' s music , and additional scenes continued to be filmed . the final cut of the film has a late 2013 release date .
harmonium a prizewinner at cannes , koji fukada’s film captures the ripple effects on one family after the father ( kanji furutachi ) invites an acquaintance ( tadanobu asano ) , a recent ex - convict , to work with him in the garage next to his home .
cut films 2014 is the first film competition shanil kawol entered whilst he was at his first full time day job as a technical consultant for a major american it company . the theme of cut films was to produce an anti - smoking advert in 2 minutes or less targeted at youths 11 - 25 years old . as an aspiring film maker , shanil wanted to showcase his ability to deliver a powerful message about a challenging topic and express his view in a captivating style .
jesús after committing an assault , a teenager ( nicolás durán ) in santiago is forced to confront his father ( alejandro goic ) in a film inspired by a real - life hate crime in chile in 2012 .
she crashes her old green convertible into a flashing sign that reads : ' ' whoa ! you just passed the best scrapple in penna . ' ' they travel along a road filled with liquor stores , signs for real - estate companies , used - car dealers and gas stations with convenience stores that sell drinks , baseball caps and souvenir t - shirts that read ' ' virginia is for lovers . ' ' this witty , cluttered , tacky route redefines the idea of the romantic , wide - open road .
the film is a spin - off of
streets of fire
: michael pare returns in his role as tom cody and deborah van valkenburgh as his sister .
inspired by real events , revenant follows dicaprio ' s character through deep snow and ordeals including battles with native americans and a near - fatal mauling by a bear . inarritu , 51 , made the unusual choice to shoot the film in sequence , using only natural light . while the plan was to film dicaprio ' s trek entirely in canada , the weather did not cooperate , so the filmmakers now are headed to a location at the tip of argentina in quest of snow .
and just when lulu seems transformed into a girl with an all - american past , her criminal ex - husband appears . soon charlie is implicated in an armed robbery , is forced to confront his own uneasy attraction to lulu ' s disreputable life , and finally engages in a violent confrontation with the ex - husband . ' ' something wild ' ' suggests that being dragged onto the road frees charlie from his repressive , unnhappy past . but the upbeat ending is undermined by the film ' s dark and violent episodes .
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where was the advert shot ? ironically the advert was shot at beachy head , eastbourne , which is a known location for suicide . i was looking for a long empty road where we would not be disturbed when filming so we shot there at 5am during sunrise .
hearing is believing the star of this documentary is rachel flowers , who was born prematurely and went blind , but learned to play music and grew into a vibrant performer . the film follows two years in her family’s life .
deodato was inspired to make the movie after seeing his son watching the violent news on tv and noticed how the journalists focus on the violence . he also believed that some news angles were actually staged to capture more sensational footage , hence the similar angle seen in the film .
hell drivers was a very personal project for director cy endfield , who penned the script with john kruse , based on kruse’s own experiences driving lorries for a local authority . the film was a genuine departure for british cinema . endfield was american , a refugee from the communist witch - hunts , and created a raw masculinity rarely seen on british screens , an antidote to the typical english gentlemen seen in rank offerings like genevieve ( 1953 ) and doctor in the house ( 1954 ) . made independently but funded by rank , the film established endfield as an accomplished action director who went on to make films like sea fury ( 1958 ) , jet storm ( 1959 ) and , most famously , zulu ( 1964 ) .
a soldier who has been fighting a long war is driven mad because he no longer believes in any purpose or righteous truth behind the killing . he comes home to a surreal world looking for his first and only love from his youth , believing she will rescue him from his demons . on the road to edge city he encounters two seductive spree killers who oppose his efforts to find his love and the redemption he desperately seeks .
select cities august 12 urltoken # hohwmovie in hell or high water , two brothers , toby ( chris pine ) and tanner ( ben foster ) , go on a calculated bank robbery spree that puts them on a collision course with a west texas ranger ( academy award© - winner jeff bridges ) determined to take them down .
dawson city : frozen time in the silent era , the gold rush town of dawson city in the yukon was the last stop on the film - shipping circuit . the creative solutions used to dispose of flammable nitrate stock resulted in the inadvertent preservation of 500 films — forgotten reels were excavated in the 1970s . bill morrison ( the found - footage collage “decasia” ) uses those clips to tell a story that interweaves film history and a sociological history of dawson .
and when they land in dusty little big tuna , the lovers sense they can ' t outrun their bad luck anymore . ' ' i know it ain ' t exactly the emerald city , ' ' says sailor , and soon lula has to admit , ' ' seems we sort of broke down on the yellow brick road . ' '
but i don’t believe he would always be with her , except as the ‘one who got away’ . if he had stayed with her she would have wanted to go back to rock and roll . he had to let her go because he held an idealized version of her in his head that she could never live up to . the real ellen was too shallow and sour ; she couldn’t be bothered with the feelings of other people . she never thanked mccoy for saving her ; she exploited fish when she kissed him to hurt cody . cody was all about ellen and ellen was all about ellen . he let her go so she could fulfill herself . even when she said she’d leave it all for him , it was to get what she wanted then but she would eventually have thrown or driven him away . for someone like ellen , the unavailable is more attractive than the available . deborah van valkenburgh’s character wanted him to hook up with ellen in so she could stabilize him . his sister chose ellen for cody to keep him off the road to hell .
pop aye the first feature from the singaporean filmmaker kirsten tan is set in thailand , where an architect ( thaneth warakulnukroh ) reunites with an elephant he knew in his youth . and , of course , elephants never forget . he buys the animal and takes it on a road trip .
great festival , run by people who care . it was fantastic to have been given the opportunity for my first film
seize the night
to play on a large cinema screen so early in its festival run back in 2015 . met some wonderful fellow filmmakers , and had an incredible time .
a princess is on a quest to unite the five greatest warriors to save her kingdom from a demon sorceress .
this movie has gained the title of the most notorious movie of all - time , and is often claimed to be banned in over 50 countries worldwide . if true , it would easily hold the world record for the most heavily banned film .
like mr . lynch ' s films , especially ' ' blue velvet , ' ' jonathan demme ' s are also marked by a strong sense of the texture of american life . even more than mr . lynch , he finds america on the road . in ' ' melvin and howard , ' ' melvin dummar drives along in his pickup truck and stops for a straggly old man who claims to be howard hughes . this is the basis for the classic demme scene in which melvin and howard bump along the road in the pickup singing one of melvin ' s original songs , ' ' santa ' s souped - up sleigh . ' '
this low - key comic approach to life on the road - the road to limited possibilities - also informs mr . jarmusch ' s ' ' down by law , ' ' in which three men find themselves in a shared jail cell where they dance around and sing , ' ' i scream , you scream , we all scream for ice cream . ' ' they escape to become fugitive companions in the louisiana bayou . except for the trees , they might as well be in cleveland , too . and as the hero of mr . kaurismaki ' s ' ' ariel ' ' drives a cadillac convertible through the snowy landscape from lapland to helsinki , it looks like all roads lead to cleveland . ' ' ariel ' ' features a landscape as bleak as mr . jarmusch ' s and an unemployed hero named taisto , who is even more bereft of imagination than willie and eddie .
hell on earth : the fall of syria and the rise of isis directing jointly , the author and filmmaker sebastian junger and his frequent producing collaborator nick quested ( “restrepo” ) examine the origins of the islamic state , with a particular emphasis on the civil war in syria — an exceedingly timely topic .
though mr . kaurismaki has been compared to mr . jarmusch , his sense of the road is both more dangerous and more hopeful . almost at once , taisto is robbed of all his money at a hamburger stand . later , his luck changes when a meter maid who is about to write him a ticket falls in love with him instead . yet other twists of bad luck follow a pattern typical of the subversive road movie : prison , an escape , a bank robbery and eventually a murder in self - defense . along with the meter maid and her son , he escapes on a cargo ship called ariel , which will take them to mexico , while ' ' somewhere over the rainbow ' ' in finnish is sung in the background . as in ' ' wild at heart , ' ' this pointed reference suggests how far film makers have come from ' ' the wizard of oz , ' ' even while the song acknowledges the movie ' s tenacious hold on our imaginations .
scenic , well - paced and rich in dialogue and character , the film is coen brothers for the squares , and maybe the best middle - of - the - seat drama of the summer .
wonderful genre film fest . we severely regretted not attending , but everything we experienced with them was absolutely fantastic . lots of communication and they truly care about you as a filmmaker . highly recommended !
summer movie season is still in full swing , as we enter the second weekend of release for warner bros . ' dc comics movie suicide squad and disney ' s pete ' s dragon flies into theaters to offer family audiences something new . but amid all of the cgi spectacles of summer blockbuster season , there are always a few smaller pictures - - usually in the form of comedies or horror releases - - that serve as counter - programming . this year , we get one of the finest such films to hit theaters in a long time , as hell or high water enters limited release across the u . s . the only question is , will audiences pay attention to the arrival of the best film of the year to date ?
the iconic image for the film shows a
cannibal
girl impaled on a stick . upon being summoned to court in order to assert that no actors were harmed during production , deodato explained that the girl simply sat on a bicycle seat attached to the pole ' s base , while holding a small pointed balsa wood piece in her mouth . the fake blood was then added . deodato commented that the girl had an unusually calm temperament to be able to remain so still during the filming .
sailor and lula , the strangely sympathetic misfits in david lynch ' s ' ' wild at heart , ' ' drive a big old convertible from cape fear , n . c . , through new orleans and on to big tuna , tex . they are preoccupied with making love and steering clear of the law , but they always keep an eye on the yellow brick road .
great festival and wonderful people . good communication and very down to earth . would recommend mostly to anyone making genre films .
though uncaring towards the nature of his film during shooting , ruggero deodato now regrets everything he did , mostly the actual animal killings . he said once that he wishes now that he never made the movie .
in ten days after its release , the movie grossed approximately $ 1 . 9 million in february 1980 ( what would be about $ 5 million dollars today ) before the film was seized by the courts and deodato arrested . because of its infamy and several subsequent re - releases , it is claimed that the film has grossed $ 200 million worldwide ( inflation not adjusted ) , though this has never been verified .


justin and the knights of valour ( spanish : justin y la espada del valor ) is a 2013 english-language spanish 3d computer animated fantasy film whose working title was goleor : the scales and the sword .

it is the story of a boy named justin , who wants to become a knight like his grandfather sir roland .

it was produced , created , developed and animated by kandor graphics , the second of their two animated films ( the first was the 2008 film , the missing lynx ) .

it was produced by antonio banderas , marcelino almansa , kerry fulton and ralph kamp .

it was written by matthew jacobs and manuel sicilia with music by ilan eshkeri .

it was edited by claudio hernández and directed by manuel sicilia .

sony pictures entertainment distributed it in spain , and entertainment one in the united kingdom .

the film premiered on 13 september 2013 and was released theatrically in september 2013 in spain and the united kingdom .

justin and the knights of valour was released on dvd and blu-ray by paramount home media distribution in 2014 .

justin and the knights of valour

justin is the main protagonist of the animated film justin and the knights of valour .
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justin and the knights of valour : freddie highmore provides the voice for the young boy .
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justin and the knights of valour has its own web page and is on facebook and on imdb .
if antonio banderas thinks that justin and the knights of valour is another shrek he’s sadly mistaken .
a fuzzy plot and zero charm make justin and the knights of valour a lousy animation , writes robbie collin .
sony has set a spanish release date of august 23 , 2013 for animated feature justin and the knights of valour .
have a look below to see the official soundtrack list for the 2013 animation film , justin and the knights of valour .
justin and the knights of valour is a fantasy animated feature about justin , a young man who dreams of being a knight like his grandfather .
original music composed by ilan eshkeri below you can view the complete justin and the knights of valour soundtrack list , album tracklist : 1 . justin
the ace : sir roland , justin ' s late grandfather . he is widely celebrated as the greatest of the knights of valour .
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justin and the knights of valour ( pg ) ( manuel sicilia , 2013 , spa ) freddie highmore , saoirse ronan , antonio banderas . 96 mins
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at the abbey , the monks have finished creating a statue of justin in the hall of knights . a wall is then torn down , revealing another hall for future knights .
seeking to match the comic pizzazz of shrek , puss in boots and brave , spanish - made animated adventure justin and the knights of valour falls disappointingly short , despite the best efforts of a very game , mostly british voice cast .
entertainment one has recently acquired the uk licensing rights to the new 3d animated feature justin and the knights of valour , and is planning to distribute it on uk cinemas in august 2013 using their theatrical division .
at present , aliwood is immersed in the production of manuel sicilia’s justin and the knights of valour , while at the same time preparing the production of spree , an international co - production on which shooting is expected to start in 2014 .
i was impressed with how the spanish mistika technology which we have embraced at kandor graphics enhanced justin and the knights of valour in stereo 3d . it is great to see passionate companies like sgo contribute to innovation in our industry in such a significant way .
affirms manuel sicilia , company partner & chief creative officer of kandor graphics & director & author of justin and the knights of valour .
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justin and the knights of valour is a heart - warming tale about friendship , honour and courage , which sees a young boy become a man as he embarks on a quest to become a knight .
fallen hero : hiraclio was also once counted amongst the knights of valour . then , the law abolishing and disbanding the knighthood from gabylonia was passed , and he was never quite the same since .
justin and the knights of valour tells the story of a young boy who embarks on a quest to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a real knight . the cg movie is reportedly made on a budget of $ 30 million , and is produced by the oscar - nominated studio kandor graphics .
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justin and the knights of valour was conceived as a stereoscopic 3d film at the outset as it was not an option to adapt it to 3d later on . the team felt strongly that the storytelling should take advantage of the stereo 3d qualities in order to support the story and not the other way around .
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justin arrives at the abbey and receives training from the monks , braulio ( barry humphries ) , an inventor who receives nervous attacks when something goes wrong with his machinery and inventions , legantir ( charles dance ) , the head monk of the abbey and blucher ( james cosmo ) , a knight and an old friend of sir roland . they train him using the ways of the knights of valour .
the storyline limps turgidly onwards as justin learns to become a knight under the tutelage of three aged knights ( charles dance , barry humphries and james cosmo ) and overcomes the villain of the piece — mark strong , never worse .
james cosmo as blucher , who was once justin ' s grandfather ' s best friend and helps justin .
hailey baldwin and justin bieber passionately kiss in the bahamas . . . as news of engagement spreads
take brave , shrek and how to train your dragon , combine in a cement mixer and fish out every last milligram of charm and fun , and you are left with justin and the knights of valour . the film is set in a fantasy kingdom ruled by health and safety jobsworths , a scenario you suspect will make sense to zero members of its target audience .
justin and the knights of valour has already been sold to over 120 territories , including uk , china or russia . the film is currently on post production in andalusia . allwood meditearráneo producciones is involved in the production and has finance from green moon , junta de andalucia and banco mare nostrum .
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big bad : sir heraclio , who wants to usurp the queen for signing the decree that banned the existence of knights .
animation / action adventure . a young boy , justin , is expected to become a lawyer , but he longs to be a knight as his gradfather was . he sets off to learn the ways of the old order of the knights of valour , and gets involved in defending the kingdom against an attack by the exiled sir heraclio .
) . they create a ye - olde - medieval - dayes kingdom where the glorious traditions of knights and chivalry have been abolished and replaced with a hideous nightmare of big government and nitpicking bureaucracy . valiant young justin (
lawyers have replaced knights . one of few western movies that actually feels intellectually fresh .
justin and the knights of valour tells the story of a young man who dreams about being a knight in the middle age . he lives in a country dominated by bureaucrats and wants to restore the glory of his grandfather , a distinguished knight who was killed by the evil sir heraclio . its marketed as an adventure “full of joy , action and emotion in a story that crosses friendship , honour and courage . ”
justin and the knights of valour is distributed by timeless films ( uk ) as an adventure “full of joy , action and emotion in a story that crosses friendship , honour and courage” and has already been sold to over 120 territories , including uk , china or russia . spanish distribution is managed by sony pictures releasing .
charles dance as legantir , the head monk of the abbey who is very severe , wise , and trains justin .
the monks then receive news that a banished former knight sir heraclio ( mark strong ) and his accomplice sota ( rupert everett ) , have returned from exile and have started gathering an army to seek revenge on the queen for outlawing knights . the monks later reveal to justin the hall of knights , where all the statues of the finest knights were kept . justin finds his grandfather ' s statue and notices that his grandfather ' s sword is not in the chest below it . sir heraclio ' s space is empty . the monks tell him that heraclio betrayed the knights , thus removing him from the hall . blucher then tells justin what really happened to his grandfather and how the queen outlawed knights : the king was killed in a battle and all the ruling was left to the queen . the queen started depending on lawyers and justin ' s father chose law over knights , thus making a contract that outlawed knights , which the queen signed . heraclio was furious . he tried to attack the queen , but justin ' s grandfather defended the queen and was killed by heraclio with his own sword . justin then realizes that his grandfather ' s sword is with heraclio .
] welcome to the kingdom of gabilonia , once home to the bravest knights of all - but not anymore . ever since knights were forced to leave the kingdom and justice officers took their place , we get a new law every day .
justin lives in a kingdom where bureaucrats rule and knights have been ousted . his dream is to be become one of the knights of valour , like his grandfather was , but his father reginald , the chief counsel to the queen , wants his son to follow in his footsteps and become a lawyer . after an inspiring visit to his beloved grandmother and bidding farewell to his supposed lady - love lara , justin leaves home and embarks on a quest to become a knight . along the way he meets the beautiful , feisty talia , a quirky wizard called melquiades , and the handsome sir clorex and is mentored by three monks ; blucher , legantir and braulio , who teach and test him in the ancient ways of the knights of valour . whilst an unlikely candidate for knighthood , justin must rise to the challenge quickly when banished former knight sir heraclio and his army , lead by sota , return and threaten to destroy the kingdom .
not long after , justin arrives at the abbey and receives training from the monks : braulio , an inventor who receives nervous attacks when something goes wrong with his machinery and inventions , legantir , the head monk of the abbey . and blucher , a knight and an old friend of sir roland . they train him using the ways of the knights of valour so that he may defeat the traitorous and resentful sir hiraclio , who even now plots his revenge on the kingdom he feels had spurned him .
in a market either dominated by the glossy high - profile cartoons by pixar and dreamworks or the dreamy works of japan’s studio ghibli , it’s heartening to see a european company get in on the animated action . despite its very british cast , justin and the knights of valour is the work of spanish company kandoor graphics – the granada - based animation outfit behind 2008’s noah’s ark - style effort the missing lynx .
granada , spain - - kandor graphics , in partnership with antonio banderas , has invested in sgo ' s technology to support its growing production demands , and chose mistika to color grade and finish its very first cg - animated children ' s feature film justin and the knights of valour in 2d and stereoscopic 3d .
his kidnapping of lara and presenting her to hiraclio as a means of getting a cut of the ransom .
[ first lines ] justin : [ voiceover ] welcome to the kingdom of gabilonia , once home to the bravest knights of all - but not anymore . ever since knights were forced to leave the kingdom and justice officers took their place , we get a new law every day . see more »
justin lives in a kingdom where bureaucrats rule and knights have been ousted . his dream is to be become one of the knights of valour , like his grandfather was , but his father reginald , the chief counsel to the queen , wants his son to follow in his footsteps and become a lawyer . after an inspiring visit to his beloved grandmother and bidding farewell to his supposed lady - love lara , justin leaves home and embarks on a quest to become a knight . along the way he meets the beautiful , feisty talia , a quirky wizard called melquiades , and the handsome sir clorex and is mentored by three monks ; blucher , legantir and braulio , who teach and test him in the ancient ways of the knights of valour . whilst an unlikely candidate for knighthood , justin must rise to the challenge quickly when banished former knight sir heraclio and his army , lead by sota , return and threaten to destroy the kingdom . written by kandor graphics
is credited as a producer on this spanish - made animation with english - language vocal talent . the knights of valour is a moderate fairytale fantasy , heavily influenced by hollywood – specifically , the shrek films .
not so different : hiraclio tries invoking this trope on blucher once and justin twice , saying that they all want the same thing of returning the order of the knights to the kingdom of gabylonia . this doesn ' t work whatsoever , as neither of them are fooled into believing hiraclio seeks anything more than selfish glory and revenge .
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barry humphries as braulio , one of the three wise monks who is highly intelligent and his faith and nerves are tested when justin arrives .
olivia williams as the queen , whose noble spirit was dampened after the king died and has outlawed knights to prevent further tragedy .
honor before reason : subverted in the sense that the truly honorable characters like justin and his grandfather , sir roland , are both honorable and very reasonable . rather , they simply embody the spirit of being a knight of justice and valour , and so are above fighting dirty and the like . in this case , they are shown to be in the right , in more ways than one .
“we’re extremely excited to be presenting licensing opportunities for justin and the knights of valour which will form part of our slate at ble this year , ” says hannah mungo , head of u . k . licensing at entertainment one . “the property already benefits from a comprehensive style guide to inspire potential licensees and we’re looking forward to developing some solid licensing and promotional partnerships that will build a strong foundation for the licensing programme . ”
clorex decides to
become
a knight after overhearing the romantization of being one and what it can possibly get him ( girls , fame , and fortune ) , which happens as justin is undergoing his actual knights training .
justin and the knights of valour is a 2013 spanish 3d animated adventure fantasy film co - produced by antonio banderas , co - written ( with matthew jacobs ) and directed by manuel sicilia , with an all star cast including freddie highmore , saoirse ronan , alfred molina , mark strong , barry humphries , rupert everett , and antonio banderas .
sir heraclio is around the same age as justin ' s late grandfather , and is arguably the best swordsman in the whole movie .
justin lives in a kingdom where bureaucrats rule and knights have been ousted . his dream is to be become one of the knights of valor , like his grandfather was , but his father wants his son to follow in his footsteps and become a lawyer . after an inspiring visit to his beloved grandmother , justin leaves home and embarks on a quest to become a knight . whilst an unlikely candidate for knighthood , justin must rise to the challenge quickly when banished former knight sir heraclio and his army , lead by sota , return and threaten to destroy the kingdom
julie walters as gran , reginald ' s mother , sir roland ' s widow and justin ' s grandmother who is caring and believes in justin and convinces him to follow his heart .
freddie highmore as justin , the hero of the story and a curious young man who dreams of becoming a knight like his grandfather . he is talia ' s love interest .
number of refugees accepted into the u . s . falls below the rest of the world combined for the first time since 1980
: clorex and hircalio , both to justin . the former is a more subtle and passing dichotomy , as compared to the latter who is more obvious and overt .
knight in shining armor : the legendary sir roland was this in the past as a renowned knight of valour . this is specifically what justin aspires to throughout the film . in the end , he is this , very much literally , after he has been knighted .
the writers understand the natural comedy of rob’s attempts to seal the deal , and provide a steady amount of laughs with sharp dialogue from the supporting characters .
justin is in the bedroom of one of the female characters , lara ( his crush ) , as she changes clothes behind a screen . in a scene that is meant to be funny , justin . . . continue reading
justin is voiced by freddie highmore , who also played charlie bucket in the tim burton film charlie and the chocolate factory .
number of refugees accepted into the u . s . falls below the rest of the world combined for the first time . . .
in a kingdom undergoing a transition from the golden age of knights , dragons and magician to more modern , less exciting times plagued by bureaucracy , young goleor dreams of becoming a knight .
alfred molina as reginald , justin ' s father and chief lawyer of the kingdom , who firmly believes in law and order and forbids his son to become a knight , due to his rule of outlawed knights , his father ' s death and not wanting his son to die in a similar way his father did .
award bait song : the song
heroes
, sung by rebecca furguson , the first verse of which plays as justin readies himself to leave on his quest and part of the rest of it plays early in the credits , has many of the similarities of an award bait song , though its lyrics are a lot more directly relevant to the movie and justin ' s ongoing theme throughout it than is typically standard for such songs .
it is an excellent movie that my grand children watch over and over . the characters have depth and humor and the message of the movie is good .
at the end of the movie , before a well - deserving justin can be legally knighted , the law banning knights must be overturned , requiring two signatures , that of the queen ' s and reginald ' s . upon seeing his father ' s fearful hesitation , justin was completely willing to turn down the offer of knighthood , the entire reason he left home for his quest and fought with his dad , all for his father ' s sake of well - being . it was this up - close show of integrity and maturity that allowed reginald to get past his fears and worries and sign the rescinding .
justin and the knights of valour is a 2013 spanish 3d animated adventure fantasy film co - written ( with matthew jacobs ) and directed by manuel sicilia . the film features voice acting from freddie highmore , antonio banderas , james cosmo , charles dance , tamsin egerton , rupert everett , barry humphries , alfred molina , mark strong , david walliams , julie walters , olivia williams and saoirse ronan .
and spanning multiple generations , is almost accidentally undone when justin mistakenly pulls the chandelier ' s rope instead of the bell , though blucher stops it in time , so the only damage done is braulio having one of his fits . at the end of justin ' s training , the events of the
dragon test
causes a tower to knock against the game room . all seems well though . . . before the chandelier falls on top of and utterly destroys the display anyway . braulio preceeds to
tamsin egerton as lara , the spoiled , fashion - loving daughter of the richest man in the land . she was originally justin ' s love interest .
mark strong as heraclio , the villain of the piece and a fallen knight who plots to seize the throne .
justin ( freddie highmore ) wants nothing more than to become a knight with the courage and wisdom of sir roland , his deceased grandfather . however , in justin and the knights of valor , times have changed in the kingdom . justin ' s lawyer - dad ( alfred molina ) has enacted so many laws and rules that all the kingdom ' s subjects have given up on the spirit and altruism that defined their old way of life . knights are long gone ; the land is unprotected . on the verge of being forced to follow in his father ' s footsteps , justin takes matters into his own hands . with his caring gran ( julie walters ) encouraging him , he defies his father and sets off a quest : the boy will bring home sir roland ' s missing sword and earn his knighthood despite his dad . justin’s journey is fraught with danger and features a dizzying array of friends and foes . joined by feisty sidekick talia ( saoirse ronan ) , justin trains , struggles to reach his potential , and ultimately becomes an unlikely hero , charged with saving his kingdom from a long - standing and treacherous enemy .
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blucher arrives with gustav to aid justin and defeat heraclio . gustav scares the army away , while heraclio and blucher engage in a duel . heraclio takes the underarm and stabs blucher . justin then duels with heraclio . the two then get stuck on a water mill above a waterfall where they fight over sir roland ' s sword . heraclio slips and falls to his death in the water and justin retrieves the sword . blucher is on the brink of death due to the wound and justin , talia and lara attempt to save him . justin then uses some cool leaves to sooth the wound . just as it seems as though it was too late to save blucher , it turns out that the leaves worked on him and he recovers .
with the color grading phase of the project , kandor graphics used mistika to carry out color , brightness and contrast corrections of the shots so that the appearance of each sequence corresponded to its dramatic intention .
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shot on location over the course of three years , the movie follows the lives of four individuals whom are caught in the web created by the avoiding eye of government and the collapse of villages into treacherous slums . vandenberg and beck introduce the role of village unity early on with the first spoken words of “i massage you to give you strength . ” a woman is looked after by the village elders during childbirth and a new child of kenya appears in a deceptive but tasteful scene . the intimacy of the opening is only a prelude to the social disconnect that is to follow .
justin lives in the kingdom of gabylonia , where bureaucrats rule and knights have been ousted . his dream is to become one of the knights of valour , like his grandfather , sir roland . but his father reginald , a widower and the chief counsel to the queen , wants his son to follow in his footsteps and become a lawyer . after an argument with his father , justin seeks comfort from his grandmother who encourages him to follow his dreams . justin notices that his grandfather ' s sword is missing , so he decides to go and find his grandfather ' s sword as his quest . his grandmother gives him a key which originally belonged to his grandfather and tells him to go to an abbey where three wise monks would train him . before justin leaves on his quest , he visits his crush , lara , who is a spoiled brat . he went to say farewell to her , though she wasn ' t really listening . justin then slips out of home and embarks on a quest to become a knight .
the three abbey monks are all rather reasonable , all things considered , but it ' s made clear that sir blucher is the most hopeful and receptive of justin from the get - go .
, until he notices justin ' s unconscious , breathless form moments later . he ' s very quick to hug justin once he comes to .
sweet - natured justin dreams of becoming a knight just like his legendary grandfather , sir roland . however knights have been banished from the kingdom by the queen and replaced by lawyers and their strict rules . but after an inspiring visit to his beloved gran , justin ' s mission becomes clear . he bids farewell to his sweetheart lara and embarks on the ultimate quest : to train to become a knight . along the way he meets the beautiful , but feisty , talia a quirky wizard called melquiades ; the handsome , but misguided , sir clorex and upon reaching the tower of wisdom is mentored by the three wise monks ; blucher , legantir and braulio . however justin soon learns that banished knight sir heraclio is putting together an army , with his faithful sidekick sota , to overthrow the queen and take the kingdom . justin must quickly rise to the challenge and find the courage to become the knight he truly wishes to be . join the unlikeliest of heroes and his friends on the journey of a lifetime that promises nail biting adventure , oodles of magic , heaps of fun , oh and a flame throwing toothless crocodile . . .
: justin doesn ' t have this problem , but braulio is quick to point this out upon first meeting justin , and even checks his biceps while shaking his hand .
: one of the primary reasons justin undergoes his knight ' s training . needless to say , it works like a charm .
sir roland was the noblest knight in the kingdom and protector of the king until they were both betrayed and killed by the evil sir heraclio ( mark strong ) . against his father’s wishes , justin runs away in search of his dream and begins his quest to become a knight . at the broken eagle inn he meets talia ( saoirse ronan ) , a beautiful , feisty and independently - minded girl , who shares his aspirations and whom he eventually falls for . he also meets a quirky wizard called melquiades ( david walliams ) who tells him where he can find the magical abbey where the knights of valour once trained . at the abbey , he is mentored by three ancient monks .
kandor graphics was founded in 1992 by a group of talented young engineers and innovative technical experts with the vision of bringing that magic into the animation world . the uniqueness of this company and the team can be felt in their films . kandor graphics’ work environment is a perfect combination of incredible creative and aesthetic animation talent who utilise state of the art technology and software developed in house .
justin , an ordinary young man , learns that he is capable of greatness . his good intentions and ultimate belief in himself enable him to be brave and resourceful . lawyers and
the law
are particularly targeted in this movie , blamed for ruining the preferred
old
way of life - - of knights and valor and chivalry and beauty - - because they instituted rules and laws . of course , the key lawyer who initiated the changes finally learns the error of his ways . lots of stereotypes are included : a very effeminate ( but still lethal ) accomplice of the primary villain prances around eyeing
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and
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a vain , self - absorbed rich girl dismisses a worthy suitor ; and a preening knight believes he is a supreme gift to humankind .
justin , though an unlikely candidate for knighthood , is determined to pursue his ideals . called upon to prove himself when heraclio and his minions , lead by sota ( rupert everett ) , return and threaten the kingdom , justin saves the day .
tsundere : talia . justin ' s strict code of chivalry doesn ' t help him any better , either .
is expected to be completed by the end of the year and will be released in theaters in 2013 .
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a boy’s dream is important even if it is not what his father wants . justin’s father wants him to be a lawyer like himself but only justin’s grandmother knows the real truth and what needs to be done . so an adventure begins as the young boy leaves on a quest to return the knights to the kingdom . the first thing he must do is learn to be a knight and the second is to find his grandfather’s sword .
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justin ( freddie highmore ) lives in a kingdom where bureaucrats rule and knights have been ousted . he wants to be a knight but his father , reginald ( alfred molina ) , the chief counsel to the queen ( olivia williams ) , wants his son to follow in his footsteps and become a lawyer . in need of guidance , justin visits his grandmother ( julie walters ) , who tells him the story of his grandfather , sir roland .
. he ' s fine with lying and bumbling his way to fame with schemes , as opposed to honesty and hardwork like justin .
justin is a wonderful young boy and remembers all the stories that his grandfather told about being a knight for the royal kingdom . it also is his wish to become a knight but there is one thing keeping him from it , the law that the queen and his father signed . knights are outlawed and that is just not right because who will keep the kingdom safe ?
justin bieber is the perfect gentleman as he handles the bags . . . while crop top - clad hailey baldwin struts alongside
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hiraclio ' s entire life is so completely wrapped around being a knight , that when knights were outlawed in gabylonia , hiraclio , losing his sense of worth and being , loses his mind in the process . his obsession at reclaiming that glory is shown in contrast to justin ' s earnest want of becoming a knight and bringing back the knighthood to gabylonia .
kandor graphics ' director juan molina states ,
thanks to mistika’s power and versatility , we were able to work independently in order to post produce this feature film . this is exactly what we needed in order to succeed in a high level project such as justin and the knights of valour , especially due to the complexity of simultaneous and international versions required in so many territories . in addition , mistika ' s stunning color grading and stereo 3d toolsets made it possible for us to meet the tight deadlines that a production like this demands without jeopardizing the creative process in any way .
devil’s knot is roughly the cliff notes version of the case for those not familiar with the nuts and bolts of it . in 1993 , three young boys disappeared in west memphis , arkansas and were subsequently found hog - tied and submerged in a creek . the shocked community quickly pointed their fingers at three teenagers whom appeared to be the perfect suspects . suspicions of satanism captured the interest of the police force and the trio of damien echols , jessie misskelley , jr . and jason baldwin were taken into custody .
banderas helped produce this dreary animated feature and voices conceited lounge - lizard sir clorex . plucky justin ( freddie highmore ) would rather revive his kingdom’s tradition of noble knights than follow in dad’s footsteps as a stuffy lawyer . his quest needs dedicated training at the hands of three monks and the courage to cross swords with exiled knight sir heraclio ( mark strong ) .
: braulio suffers from nervous twitchie fits ever sense an experiment of his failed in the past . though he sweared a vow of patience , he constantly comes close to losing it throughout justin ' s training , until justin ' s
dragon test
inadvertently causes the destruction of the live display of the generations long wargame that theirs and a far - east order have been playing for over 450 years . when this happens , he
saoirse ronan as talia , the film ' s heroine and a feisty woman who works at the broken eagle inn . justin eventually falls in love with her in the end .
the woman wearing the queenly mask : an interesting and subdued deconstruction . after losing her husband , the queen of gabylonia fell into a state of depression . she relied heavily on reginald to handle the day - to - day affairs of the kingdom . not long after this , and likely around the same time as losing justin ' s mother , reginald proposes the abolishment of knighthood in the kingdom . the queen signs this proposition into law in the hopes that no other may suffer the same fate as her king did ( who fell in battle ) . the events of the present day show that she has deep and serious regrets on doing this .
the queen then gives justin the title of sir justin and praises him for his bravery . she decides to abolish the outlawed knights by signing a contract . reginald is hesitant at first , as he fears that his son would follow the same fate as what had happened to his father . seeing this , justin attempts to not make change to appease his father , but reginald signs the contract . when it seemed as though justin still has feelings for lara , he turns her down much to her disappointment and surprise , as she was starting to like him . he then turns to talia and tells her that he wants her to continue accompanying him on quests , as he has realized that she is the girl whom he truly loves . talia happily accepts and shares a romantic kiss with justin .
the script gets off to a poor start by positing a medieval kingdom where knights have been banished in favour of the rule of law , which the film says is a bad thing — a view parents may consider strange to be teaching young children .
tough bond is essential viewing , but not so the viewer can be temporarily moved . one should not be distressed by the content matter , but rather attempt to understand the psychology of the kenyan youth . the absence of a community bond and stress of street life is the complex of the “survivors . ” intimacy is only a fairy tale .
justin ( freddie highmore ) lives in a kingdom where bureaucrats rule and knights have been ousted . his dream is to become one of the knights of valour , like his grandfather , sir roland . but his father reginald ( alfred molina ) , the chief counsel to the queen ( olivia williams ) , wants his son to follow in his footsteps and become a lawyer . after an argument with his father , justin seeks comfort from his grandmother ( julie walters ) who encourages him to follow his dreams . justin notices that his grandfather ' s sword is missing . he decides to go and find his grandfather ' s sword as his quest . his grandmother gives him a key which originally belonged to his grandfather and tells him to go to an abbey where three wise monks would train him . before justin leaves on his quest , he visits his crush , lara ( tamsin egerton ) , who is a spoilt brat to say farewell to her , though she wasn ' t really listening . justin then slips out of home and embarks on a quest to become a knight .
it doesn ' t look bad , but the spark of originality and interest is lacking .
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also , i felt so fortunate to have mistika for justin and the knights of valour . with dual - roles as dop and colorist , i had complete control of the process , which made my job so much easier . the “all in one system” philosophy of mistika resulted in us using its unrivalled toolsets and capabilities for many more tasks than we initially intended to from the start . we also utilized mistika as a display tool as well as for “checks , ” including dcp outputs as well as a compositing tool . the learning curve has been so fast that i was able to proceed from the first week of production . furthermore , it’s been a pleasure to work with the sgo team throughout the production and post production phases and they were always available to meet our needs .
there appears to be four distinct types of animation movies being made en masse at the moment . first , there are the visually dazzling but essentially hollow animated movies that hope to coast by on the star power involved , see : shark ' s tale , madagascar , megamind . secondly , there are the visually dazzling but hugely funny and / or smart and / or involving animated movies that are instant classics of the genre , see : 90 % of pixar ' s output , how to train your dragon . thirdly , there are the movies that manage to mix the star power of the first and the entertaining nature of the second , see : despicable me 2 , kung fu panda 2 . and finally , there ' s the kind of animated movie that fails in almost every department , no real mega - star names attached , no real visual inventiveness , no real humour or intelligence or heart . unfortunately , justin & the knights of valour falls ass - first into this category .
the spanish animators are uninspired and haven’t a clue how to make the most of 3d . it is easily the year’s dreariest animated film .
important haircut : an inversion . as a subtle showcasing of his development , justin leaves the abbey with the sides and back of his humble , page - boy style haircut having grown out . in fact , we see him pass through the first throes of his development when his neatly trimmed bangs grow out between the point he leaves the broken eagle inn and when he first arrives at the abbey .
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the monks then attempt to challenge justin by battling a dragon , which turns out to be a crocodile named gustav , in mechanical gears . justin gets injured after he succeeds in hitting the target . the monks fear for his safety and decide to end the training . just before he leaves , blucher gives justin his sword and tells him that he ' ll need it . on his way back home , justin saves talia when she gets intimidated by thugs . talia joins in and helps justin defeat the thugs , resulting her getting fired , which she happily interprets it as quitting . justin is amazed that talia is able to fight like a man , which she had learned to do from her brothers . she gets slightly disheartened when she learns that justin already has feelings for lara . meanwhile , justin ' s grandmother tells her son reginald to understand justin ' s desire of becoming a knight , just like his father allowed him to become a lawyer . she persuades reginald to bond with his son at lara ' s party , an event that justin won ' t miss .
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justin and the knights of valour is a heart - warming story about a young boy who becomes a man as he embarks on a quest to become a knight . directed and written by kandor graphics ' chief creative officer , manuel sicilia , the animated adventure fantasy film boasts a famous cast of european voices including freddie highmore , charles dance , rupert everett , barry humphries , david walliams , julie walters and saoirse ronan . antonio banderas is also the voice of character sir clorex , as well as producer of the film along with marcelino almansa , kerry fulton and ralph kamp . in his new role as a producer , banderas is respected for supporting a new generation of spanish film directors , having already produced four successful films and plays a prominent role in kandor graphics ' ongoing success .
there was a reference to the safe and how it was opened . in the unlikeliest of possibilities , in the time it took the girl to bathe , he lucked out randomly spinning the dial to the safe combination .
from the poster and the quality of its voice - over stars , i was hoping this would be good family entertainment .
for a darker spin , it is both shown and implied that hiraclio ' s bitterness and resentment about knighthood being outlawed in gabylonia stems from this trope . with all of his self - worth tied up into the glory of being a knight , knights being outlawed came as a rude new status quo for him , causing him to lash out ( which ironically further justified the act of outlawing knights ) . in addition to revenge , hiraclio ' s goal of becoming king is primarily a bid to satisfy his ego and sense of self - worth that he felt he ' d lost .
split personality merge : the two decide to work together to call for help for justin and talia . the viewer is left to decide on whether blucher and gustav showing up was a coincidence or not .
with the design of backgrounds and characters kandor graphics started the library work , carrying out color studies and obtaining basic volumes or proxy’s for the animatics , when the film was viewed for the first time in stereo 3d using mistika . the perception of space at this stage allowed the team to define timings , framing and camera movements . “given the story’s complexity , number of characters and the different locations where it occurs , previsualisation became a key process in defining the film - making . ” confirms joaquín catala . a revision of the right and left cameras also took place for the first time in order to check the stereoscopic 3d . the animatics were then approved by the director following a review with everyone involved , which the team calls “the point of no return , ” then the production department registered the 43 final breakdown of sequences , shots and assets . with the final scenes , props , characters and cameras the layout process commenced . the scenes were optimized to speed - up the animation process and they prepared the shots where the action took place , ready to start the animation phase . with the animated sequence they carried out a second “no return” revision with the supervisors of subsequent departments . when the animation was concluded , the cloth and hair departments added dynamics and effects which brought authenticity to the characters’ acting . at this point , the cameras had to be checked once again in case the animated shot needed re - framing , for example .
a boy dreams of becoming a knight in defiance of his father ' s wishes , and runs away from home to realise his dream . a dashing knight and three wise monks tutor him in the ways of chivalry , and help him gain the skills he will need to defend the kingdom from an invading army . animated adventure , with the voices of freddie highmore , antonio banderas and saoirse ronan .
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parents need to know tha t justin and the knights of valor is a full - length animated film with some original songs . it takes place in medieval times with knights , ladies , wizards , and great villains , but in terms of jokes , characters , and some story elements , there is a modern sensibility ( such as the inclusion of a stereotypically effeminate villain with a love of fashion ; the young hero is torn between becoming a knight to save his kingdom or
going to law school
) . there’s lots of comedy and plenty of cartoon action , including swordplay , stabbings , and a threatening fire ; a villain falls to his death . a spanish production with prominent english - speaking actors , this theatrical film was released internationally in 2013 but is making its american debut as direct - to - dvd .