who am i ? ( traditional chinese : 我是誰 ; simplified chinese : 我是谁 , also known as jackie chan 's who am i ? ) is a 1998 hong kong action comedy film directed by benny chan and jackie chan , who also starred in the lead role .

the film was released in hong kong on january 17 , 1998 .

who am i ? ( 1998 film )

i watched who am i ? once before , probably back in the late 90 ' s , when this was originally released , since i forgot most of it . however , i was under impression that i didn ' t think much of who am i ? the first time i saw it , so i wasn ' t expecting much from this movie . hell , i was actually surprised when i saw this movie on couple of top 10 jackie chan movie lists !
: observe , lord burghley , i am married . . . to england .
“i don ' t believe in elitism . i don ' t think the audience is this dumb person lower than me . i am the audience . ”
“if i’d gone through something like that , i’m not sure i’d be able to talk about it . ”
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“iris” was written for the 1998 film city of angels starring nicolas cage . john rzeznik explained :
still , i must be clear : this is a good and powerful film . if i am dissatisfied , it is because it contains the promise of being more than it is .
michael fassbender : ‘i was a bit of a worrywart . i’ve tried to work on that’
norn ms . desiccation of the precorneal film . i . corneal wetting - time .
i thought this was fun . i don ' t know why people whine about it so much .
in spite of its extraordinary power , the film was denounced by cuban authorities as counterrevolutionary and — in a fit of revolutionary bitchiness — informally dubbed “i am not cuba” ! the kind of “pure art” approach represented by the film has always been problematic to the marxist mentality , but i am cuba is truly revolutionary in every sense .
creech jl , do lt , fatt i , radke cj . in vivo tear - film thickness determination and implications for tear - film stability .
i came here to chew bubblegum and kick ass . . . and i ' m all outta bubblegum !
the soundtrack of i am cuba features a female narrator who ties together the episodes with yevtushenko’s poetry , which plays on cuba’s split identity : “don’t avert your eyes . look ! i am cuba . for you , i am the casino , the bar , hotels and brothels . but the hands of these children and old people are also me . ” the music in the film continues this motif ; peasant folk tunes and african rhythms compete with raucous early ‘60s rock tunes , “exotic” jazz , and nightclub ballads ( “amor loca” ) .
tarantino worked on a world war ii script during this period . the screenplay
became big and sprawling . it was some of the best stuff i & apos ; ve ever written , but at a certain point , i thought , & apos ; am i writing a script or am i writing a novel ? & apos ; i basically ended up writing three world war ii scripts . none of them had an ending ,
he later explained to vanity fair .
but let me tell you this ! what a freaking surprise was this ! ! oh man ! i had so much fun with this one . . . so - much - fun ! ! ! who am i ? is classic jackie chan movie ! its full of funny…
“when i met her , and she was this very beautiful girl , i just had to go , ‘ok , ok . it’s film . deal with it’ . i’m still going to see gawky , geeky hermione in my mind . ”
radcliffe did a screen test which astounded rowling . “i found it incredibly moving , ” she said . “at that point , i didn’t have a son . and i phoned david up , and i said , ‘he’s great , he’s fantastic . ’ i did say to david , ‘it’s like watching my son on screen’ . because after all harry feels like this ghostly son that i’ve had . ”
ezra edelman’s epic o . j . : made in america leads the best documentary category and the film has also been nominated for best picture . joining edelman’s film for best documentary are two other race - centric films , 13 th and i am not your negro .
since the inaugural screen actors guild awards , 107 actors have told their stories , typically closing with their name and the signature line ,
i am an actor .
pk : in july , you screened the film for vietnamese audiences . what was their reaction to the film ?
action star jean claude van damme plays a fashion designer who must join forces with a c . i . a . agent to combat terrorism .
he said in an interview : “i got asked to do it with my back to them , and they still laughed . so i did it round the other side of the cathedral and shouted my lines , but they still laughed , so filmmakers said “we’ll do the voice with somebody else” . then i did a little filming and i went home and i got the money . ”
in his final presidential debate , donald trump said the supreme court would “automatically” overturn roe vs . wade once he became president , “because i am putting pro - life justices on the court . ”
doane mg , lee me . tear film interferometry as a diagnostic tool for evaluating normal and dry - eye tear film .
hich would be fitting , considering she always considered harry her fictional son , and didn’t look wholly unlike geraldine somerville , who briefly appeared as lily potter when harry stands in front of the mirror of erised in the film . however , rowling declined . she later said : “the filmmakers did ask me to play lily potter in the mirror of erised scene in the first film , but i really am not cut out to be an actress , even one who just has to stand there and wave . i would have messed it up somehow . ”
i , daniel blake is nominated for best british independent film and ken loach is up for best director . photograph : everett / rex / shutterstock
i happened to arrive at the idea . if i hadn & apos ; t done it , someone else would have ,
said shigetaka kurita , who now is a board member at dwango co . , a tokyo technology company .
a husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9 year - old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she claims to be .
a film of the early years of the reign of elizabeth i of england and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch .
when his secret bride is executed for assaulting an english soldier who tried to rape her , sir william wallace begins a revolt against king edward i of england .
“i was the perfect guy to do harry potter . i remember leaving the meeting , getting in my car , and driving for about two hours along mulholland drive just so angry . i mean , chris columbus ' versions are terrible . just dull . pedestrian . ”
a boy who communicates with spirits seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist .
film producer jon peters is an interesting character in schnepp’s film . peters had the rights for the superman franchise , and during his interviews ,
: well , considering i ' ve never seen anyone get it right , . . .
a seasoned fbi agent pursues frank abagnale jr . who , before his 19th birthday , successfully forged millions of dollars ' worth of checks while posing as a pan am pilot , a doctor , and a legal prosecutor .
a friendship is formed between an ex - gangster , and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him .
jackie chan ' s who am i ?
was written and directed by jackie chan himself , he also stars in the movie . he is a special forces agent who was accidentally dropped from a soaring helicopter and he plummeted to the earth so fast and hard that it gave him a shot of amnesia . now , jackie chan is wanted just about everywhere because he is a missing person , but he has to deal with the enemies who have a mysterious disk because they want to kill him . on top of that , he really doesn ' t remember anything because of the amnesia , he doesn ' t even know who he is .
jackie chan ' s who am i ?
is a great jackie chan action movie . parts of it such as when jackie is trying to help a man cure a snake bite and he chews up a plant that makes his mouth numb , are funny . other parts of the movie such as when jackie makes his first escape from his enemies from the top of a tall building , the fighting scenes , and the car escape sequence are nonstop and edge of the seat action .
jackie chan ' s who am i ?
has some of the best and most exciting action ever seen in any movie . the plot is understandable enough and the acting isn ' t bad either . but the action sequences are what you ' ll never forget about this movie . if you like great martial arts movies or action movies , i definitely recommend getting
jackie chan ' s who am i ?
note : that was a copy of my amazon review from the year 2000 . i need to see more jackie chan movies .
despite their ubiquity , they started in 1998 with one man : a 25 - year - old employee of mobile phone carrier ntt docomo who created the first set of 176 in one month as he rushed to meet a deadline .
a young f . b . i . cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer , a madman who skins his victims .
ken loach’s i , daniel blake is up for seven prizes at the british independent film awards , including nominations for best film and best director . american honey , adult life skills , notes on blindness and under the shadow received six bifanominations each .
3 . the real hallie and annie had cameo roles in the film . annie plays the towel girl who brings elizabeth the first - aid kit at the hotel , while hallie plays the girl at camp walden who asks where the navajo bunk is .
owling first encountered watson through the phone , when she spoke to her during a later stage of the audition process . the author recalled : “it was really lucky i spoke to emma first before i met her , because i fell absolutely in love with her . she spoke to me for about 60 seconds without taking a breath and i just said to her , ‘emma , you’re perfect’ . ”
i ' ve a personal bias for jackie chan film in that no matter how bad everything else is , jackie will stand out and make it worth the rest of it .
roger corman is a film director and producer who helmed b - movie classics and helped launch the careers of james cameron , john sayles , ron howard and others .
the first draft of i am cuba was a scene - by - scene re - creation of the cuban revolution . kalatozov and his screenwriter , the poet yevgeny yevtushenko , wisely scrapped this in favor of a more aesthetic approach . the finished film divides roughly into five episodes that chronicle the island’s recent colonialist and revolutionary periods .
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i make a journey . you make a journey . we make a journey together .
a chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get the video tape .
an interview with terry gilliam , director of
the man who killed don quixote .
, was a little punchy as he introduced the film . his delirium made sense when he told the audience that—in true indie film fashion—he had been up all night fixing the audio and rendering the film . the version of his film the audience was about to see , he explained , was “99 percent there . ”
, he was struck by her , and asked her to audition for the film which she did , and landed a co - starring role in the film .
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is uttered 23 times in the film .
lemp ma , hamill jr . factors affecting tear film breakup in normal eyes .
norn ms . semiquantitative interference study of fatty layer of pre - corneal film .
vanley gt , leopold ih , gregg th . interpretation of tear film breakup .
i saw it with no prejudice , meaning i ' d never heard off it before , seen no trailers or anything . i switched on the tv and saw rob schneider and jean - claude van damme in the same film . interesting . grant it there ' s not much in the storyline . but the cinematography especially and special effects were very good . there was comic relief from rob and action from jean - claude van damme . and it had the beautiful lela rochon thrown in on top . overall , i thouroughly enjoyed watching the film becasue of it ' s smooth and comical style !
] it seems the things i ' ve wanted in my life i ' ve never had . and so it ' s no surprise that living only leaves me sad . happiness , where are you ? i ' ve searched so long for you . happiness , what are you ? i haven ' t got a clue . happiness , why do you have to stay . . . so far away . . . from me ?
actor steven seagal makes popular action movies such as the 1998 hit under siege . he studied martial arts in asia and opened an academy in the u . s .
pk : you’ve translated the film into vietnamese and will screen it online , uncensored .
norn ms . desiccation of the precorneal film . ii . permanent discontinuity and dellen .
yokoi n , komuro a . non - invasive methods of assessing the tear film .
i can seemingly never get tired of watching jackie chan perform what he does ! what dedication to his craft .
danjo y . diagnostic usefulness and cutoff value of schirmer’s i test in the japanese diagnostic criteria of dry eye .
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film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter , who takes them along on his quest to capture the world ' s largest - and deadliest - snake .
martial - arts megastar jackie chan wrote , directed and stars in this action - comedy . secret agent jackie ( chan ) leads a commando group to africa to kidnap scientists who are working to unleash a powerful - - and lethal - - new energy source . when jackie develops amnesia after a plane crash , he fights to regain his memory and continue his assignment . who am i is packed with excitement and , of course , jackie ' s unique brand of gymnastic martial arts .
jackie chan , a top secret militant soldier , crashes into the south african jungle after his mission of kidnapping three scientists ( who were experimenting with a powerful mineral ) has gone awry . waking up in a village of local natives , chan has no memory of who he is , thus being addressed as
who am i
. his journey with aid from two female sidekicks to find out his identity leads him all the way to rotterdam where he coincidentally discovers the location of the organization that kidnapped the three scientists . with no memory , chan is thirsty for answers by any means necessary .
owling’s insistence on a british cast also ruled out robin williams , who was keen to play hagrid . the good morning vietnam star told the press at the time of the film’s release : “there were a couple of parts i would have wanted to play , but there was a ban on american actors . ”
a corrupt cop named sam handles negotiations between two triad leaders who plan to join forces . however , he meets a suspicious bald man named tony , who keeps following him around and disrupting his personal business .
some jackie chan films are better than others . some have good plots but lack the mind - boggling fights that others provide in droves . then there are those which have stories which are so bad that they make your head hurt , but enough balls - to - the - wall action to make up for their less than perfect plots . who am i ? is one of the latter .
this list is my memory chart of all the asian cinema films and short films i ' ve seen so far .
: i just put that up as a joke . that ' s probably the hardest geometry equation in the world .
digital messaging was just getting started , and so i was thinking about what was needed ,
said kurita .
well , being a longtime fan of the godzilla / gojira films as a youngster , i remember seeing this with great anticipation . i , unlike a lot of people , was not at all disappointed . this film was exactly what i was hoping it would be at the time . sure , it certainly wasn ' t as charming or as funny as the films i loved as a kid , but it was a lot of fun . i loved the action scenes , the look of the monster was crazy to me , and the plot was simple enough for a first time viewer to get right into . seeing it again 10 years later , i had the same reaction . my opinion of this film hasn ' t changed one bit . i guess everybody ' s complaints stem from how this has no charm or any kind of attempt at being cute or original . i guess that ' s understandable , but i still don ' t see what everybody ' s problem is . this was supposed to be a fun , exciting , and action packed thrill ride . that ' s all it is , no more , no less . i personally think that it succeeds at what it achieved to be perfectly . matthew broderick may not exactly be an action hero , but his character sure was quirky and funny . jean reno was as good as usual .
danjo y , hamano t . observation of precorneal tear film in patients with sjogren’s syndrome .
mathers wd , lane ja , zimmerman mb . tear film changes associated with normal aging .
mcculley jp , shine w . a compositional based model for the tear film lipid layer .
rieger g . the importance of the precorneal tear film for the quality of optical imaging .
norn and lemp also described a second phenomenon where dry spots were noticed in the precorneal tear film immediately after lid opening . this was referred to as a wetting time of zero ( norn 1969b , 1969c ; lemp 1973 ) . pflugfelder et al interpreted this second phenomenon as a deficiency in the mucin layer of the tear film ( pflugfelder et al 1998 ) .
jet li is a champion martial artist and chinese film actor . he starred in the once upon a time in china film series and in the critically - praised , international hit hero .
kurita shrugs that off . the dozen - member team designing i - mode was making something for japan long before smartphones .
patel s , wallace i . tear meniscus height , lower punctum lacrimale , and the tear lipid layer in normal aging .
xu kp , yagi y , toda i , et al . tear function index . a new measure of dry eye .
5 . joanna barnes plays the wicked girlfriend in the original 1961 the parent trap . she plays the wicked girlfriend ' s mother in the 1998 version . both characters are called vicky .
since the ocular surface sensitivity is reduced in advanced ocular surface disease ( adatia et al 2004 ) , and the tests currently used are far from being perfect , these are poorly associated with subjective symptoms ( bjerrum 1996 ; schein et al 1997 ; hai et al 1998 ; pflugfelder et al 1998 ; nichols , nichols , et al 2004 ; lin et al 2005 ) .
this is one of the best movies i ' ve ever seen , but i would hesitate to recommend it to people whom i don ' t know pretty well . it explores aspects of life and living ( and suffering ) that most films avoid or actively deny . and it does so brilliantly . the characters are vividly real , and there is such a strong sense of situations unfolding in real time that it ' s truly mesmerising . i felt like a fly on the wall , eavesdropping on conversations i could never hear otherwise . i think many people would absolutely hate this movie , partly because it doesn ' t pass judgement on behaviours that are repulsive to the bulk of humanity , and partly because it exposes us to them at all .
since tear interference color has been known to indicate lipid film thickness , several trials have been performed with the aim of quantifying interference images ( norn 1979 ; guillon 1982 ; korb and greiner 1994 ; doane 1998 ; king - smith et al 1999 ; khamene et al 2000 ) .
and we showed scenes of the anti - war movement , and one of the veterans , nguyen ngoc , said , “when i first watched the film , it gave me much greater respect for americans . i came to understand so much more about just how conflicted and how traumatized the united states is by this war . i used to ask myself , ‘how come the united states after 40 years still can’t get over the vietnam war ? ’ i considered it a weakness . actually now , having seen this film , i believe that the way in which the united states hasn’t ever really been able to leave the vietnam war behind is actually a great strength . it’s a nation that’s always asking itself about its own history , questioning its past and asking questions about what it’s done and why it did it . ”
the unforgettable images of the old man cutting what appears to be luminous sugar cane against a black sky point up another of i am cuba ’s breakthroughs — the use of infrared film to obtain jaw - dropping levels of black - and - white contrast . these shots , featuring ordinary people played by amateur actors , emphasize the dazzling primacy of the land over those who briefly inhabit it , and reflect the filmmakers’ idea that complex characterization must be subjugated to the struggle by “real people” to maintain the land against corrupt influences .
kollywood actor ajith kumar , popularly known as thala ajith made his first film debut in a minor role in the 1990 tamil film en veedu en kanavar . however , his professional career began in 1993 through the telugu film prema pusthakam . ajith made his major tamil cinema debut through amaravathi in which he played the lead role . the film turned as an average movie at the box office .
novick and burns arranged for the film’s translation into vietnamese , ensured web access via pbs , and held public screenings in hanoi and ho chi minh city over the summer . i spoke to novick about the process of making the film , and the reaction from an overseas audience with a very different public memory of the war .
for tarantino , film is an all - consuming passion . although he had a long - term relationship with actress mira sorvino , he chose to focus on his career over his personal life—at least for the time being .
when i & apos ; m doing a movie , i & apos ; m not doing anything else . it & apos ; s all about the movie . i don & apos ; t have a wife . i don & apos ; t have a kid . nothing can get in my way . . . i & apos ; ve made a choice , so far , to go on this road alone . because this is my time . this is my time to make movies ,
he explained to gq .
a homicide detective and a fire marshal must stop a pair of murderers who commit videotaped crimes to become media darlings .
- all the world ' s a screen - shakespeare on film ( 2016 ) . . . himself
chen s , wang ij . effect of tear film stability on fluctuation of vision after photorefractive keratectomy .
craig jp , tomlinson a . importance of the lipid layer in human tear film stability and evaporation .
johnson me , murphy pj . changes in the tear film and ocular surface from dry eye syndrome .
sharma a , ruckenstein e . mechanism of tear film rupture and its implications for contact lens tolerance .
in addition , rb stains marx’s line ( i . e . , the mucocutaneous junction of the lid margin ) in most eyes (
toni erdmann , the handmaiden , elle , the salesman , and neruda have all been nominated in the best foreign language film category . neruda is jackie director pablo larraín’s second nominated film on this year’s list .
two detectives , a rookie and a veteran , hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives .
quentin tarantino was born on march 27 , 1963 , in knoxville , tennessee . he is the only child of connie mchugh , who is part cherokee and part irish , and actor tony tarantino , who left the family before quentin was born .
a woman who lives in a darkened old house with her two photosensitive children becomes convinced that her family home is haunted .
when i wrote it , i was thinking about the situation of the nicholas cage character in the movie . this guy is completely willing to give up his own immortality , just to be able to feel something very human . and i think , ‘wow ! what an amazing thing it must be like to love someone so much that you give up everything to be with them . ’ that’s a pretty heavy thought .
korb dr , greiner jv . increase in tear film lipid layer thickness following treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction .
shapiro a , merin s . schirmer test and break - up time of tear film in normal subjects .
tamer c , melek im , duman t , et al . tear film tests in parkinson’s disease patients .
the oversized gamekeeper was one of the characters for which rowling had a specific actor in mind : namely , robbie coltrane , who said yes ( namely on behalf of his offspring ) and became the first adult cast in the film .
this is the fifth time loach has been nominated as best director at the bifas , although he has not won since the inaugural edition of the awards in 1998 , when he won for my name is joe .
a look back at robert zemeckis ' half - animated classic , who framed roger rabbit , on its 30 - year anniversary .
some initially opposed making emoji a unicode standard , according to yasuo kida , a technology expert who was involved in their adoption .
also michelle ferre can ' t act even a bit , but she ' s incredibly charming and i wish she ' d done more films .
roger ebert was born on this day in 1942 , and died a little over five years ago . i owe a good part of my success…
there they were , something i & apos ; d been involved with , although i & apos ; m neither an artist nor a designer ,
he said .
the museum saw value in the design that had the power to change people & apos ; s lifestyles .
hello publicists , critics , loyal readers , and everyone else who can see this . at this time , the new governing committee are working with web designers to make a new , improved , better site for the online film critics society .
an interview with writer / director boots riley about his incendiary new film ,
sorry to bother you .
the online film critics society is one of only a few truly international film critics organisations . reflecting the global membership of the ofcs , 10 films not released in the us have been selected by the membership for special note .
hong kong international film festival , a three - week event , is held in late march to early april .
bron aj , tiffany jm . the meibomian glands and tear film lipids . structure , function , and control .
this unforgettable reconstruction of the life of the island , from the jazzy rhythms of the decadent batista era to the heroics of the revolution and its aftermath , recalls the work of leni riefenstahl and eisenstein in its transformation of agitprop into art . the eisenstein connection is no accident — the russian team that created i am cuba were attempting the same kind of aesthetic treatment of history as eisenstein , and they worked with some of his collaborators . but the filmmakers of i am cuba differed from their mentors in perhaps the most fundamental aspect — the visual . whereas eisenstein used cutting and dynamic composition in films like potemkin , kalatozov and his visual collaborators use a moving camera — a handheld eclair — to bring their story to scintillating life .
the nominations for best international independent film are all high - profile choices : maren ade’s comedy - drama toni erdmann was a palme d’or favourite ; moonlight and manchester by the sea are likely oscar contenders ; mustang was nominated for best foreign film at last year’s oscars ; and hunt for the wilderpeople has become new zealand’s highest - grossing film .
in 1996 ; plus burton’s batman—michael “birdman” keaton—was also initially criticized by diehard fans who worried about “mr . mom” playing the caped crusader .
the world is beset by the appearance of monstrous creatures , but one of them may be the only one who can save humanity .
the philosopher’s stone was known as the sorcerer’s stone to us audiences ever since september 1998 , when the american edition of jk rowling’s book was published . it was decided that the film versions would reflect the different titles , so every scene in which the words “philosopher’s stone” had to be re - shot with the cast saying “sorcerer’s stone” instead .
8 . a scene in which hallie meets the queen in london was cut from the final version of the film .
santodomingo - rubido j , wolffsohn g . comparison between graticule and image capture assessment of lower tear film meniscus height .
three recent views of cuba : the repressive , fragmented , poverty - stricken last gasp of modern communism offered by the u . s . media ; the wonderland of repudiated gay and “counter - revolutionary” culture in movies like strawberry and chocolate , a 1993 feature film set in pre - mariel 1979 ; and the glittering pleasures — social and spiritual — of the reclaimed island shown by what is surely the supreme masterpiece of the poetic documentary form , mikhail kalatozov’s 1964 russian - cuban coproduction i am cuba .
aviva is thirteen , awkward and sensitive . her mother joyce is warm and loving , as is her father , steve , a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time . the film revolves around her family , friends and neighbors .
buzzing comedies such as the spy who dumped me await you in our summer movie guide . check in for all the info you need .
in 1954 , a u . s . marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer , who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane .
a convicted rapist , released from prison after serving a fourteen - year sentence , stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him .
loach’s film , which won the palme d’or at cannes this year , is about a man trying to negotiate britain’s labyrinthine benefits system . as well as the nominations for best film and director , it has picked up nominations for actors dave johns and hayley squires , who are also competing for the most promising newcomer award . loach’s longtime collaborator paul laverty is nominated for best screenplay .
growing up , this was the one i always remembered liking more than his others , so i’m glad that’s still true . the last twenty minutes are the best and then at the end of the outtakes , they show jackie doing the macarena with a bunch of kids from south africa , so what’s not to like ?
goto t , zheng x , klyce sd , et al . a new method for tear film stability analysis using videokeratography .
korb dr , baron df , herman jp , et al . tear film lipid layer thickness as a function of blinking .
lee jh , kee cw . the significance of tear film break - up time in the diagnosis of dry eye syndrome .
mengher ls , bron aj , tonge sr , et al . effect of fluorescein instillation on the precorneal tear film stability .
rolando m , refojo mf . tear evaporimeter for measuring water evaporation rate from the tear film under controlled conditions in humans .
novick has been co - directing documentaries with burns since the duo’s 1998 film , frank lloyd wright . for the the vietnam war , she conducted interviews with 35 vietnamese citizens , the majority of them over the course of three production trips to the country . sarah botstein , who produced the series , says novick’s unique mixture of “empathy , kindness , and energy” helped her get these subjects to open up , as did her unerring focus on the human , rather than the political , component of the history .
i don ' t know how i missed this in theaters , but i watched it for the first time tonight . i almost gave it a 10 , because this is as good as the suspense / action drama gets . somebody on the dvd special features called it
. . . a combination of crimson tide , the french connection , and 3 days of the condor .
from my list of favorites i ' d also say it has aspects of marathon man , the fugitive , and the firm . will smith , whose work does not thrill me 100 % of the time , is terrific , and gene hackman could not have been better . they also receive support from some great character actors , many of them uncredited ( a fact which blew me away ) . my enjoyment was enhanced by being familiar with hackman ' s the conversation , in which he plays harry caul , one of the world ' s greatest audio surveillance men . his hideout / office in enemy is reminiscent of caul ' s digs , and the photograph which the bad guys have on file for him is of his character from the conversation . i sort of wish they ' d named the new character caul , giving long - term continuity to the story . i ' m running off at the fingers here , so i won ' t elaborate on the location , direction , etcetera , but will end with see this film !
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he was next seen in the epistolary kadhal kottai ( 1996 ) . the film was a blockbuster and won three national film awards including the award for the best tamil film in 1996 . his subsequent films ullasam ( 1997 ) and kaadhal mannan ( 1998 ) were moderately successful . during the period 2003 to 2005 , ajith had acted in a few films as he concentrated more on his racing career . he had his only success with attahasam ( 2004 ) around this time . in 2006 , he returned after a sabbatical through varalaru . he played three different roles , one of which includes a classical dancer . his performance was critically praised , and he went on to receive his third filmfare award . the film was his biggest blockbuster then .
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efore terry gilliam was even in the picture , steven spielberg was attached to the film , but he had very different plans . warner bros initially teamed up with dreamworks , which is co - owned by spielberg , on the film for financial reasons .
if you want a better sci - fi film go see dark city . a better levinson movie ? try wag the dog .
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escaped convict sam gillen single handedly takes on ruthless developers determined to evict clydie - a widow with two young children . nobody knows who sam is .
after jackie brown , tarantino took a break from filmmaking . he starred on broadway in 1998 in a revival of wait until dark with marisa tomei . it was a bold move for him , as he had never done professional stage work before . tarantino played a thug who terrorizes a blind woman ( played by tomei ) , and the critics were less than impressed . the reviews for the production were brutally harsh , and tarantino was devastated . he felt people on the street were recognizing him as
the one whose acting sucks . i tried not to take it personally , but it was personal . it was not about the play—it was about me , and at a certain point i started getting too thin a skin about the constant criticism .
10 . marva kulp sr and marva kulp jr are named after nancy kulp , who played one of the camp counselors in the original the parent trap .
a man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the dolphin hotel . soon after settling in , he confronts genuine terror .
the online film critics society’s governing committee said , “we’d like to congratulate all involved with moonlight for the power and humanity of this extraordinary film . topical and relevant , it is a timely reminder of that which unites us being greater than that which divides us . ”
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and dan gilroy ; producers jon peters and lorenzo dibonaventura ; costume designer colleen atwood ; and numerous artists who worked during the film’s pre - production . cage , however , declined to be interviewed . which is a shame , because cage is depicted as a serious comic book fan ( he named his son kal - el after all ) who wanted to work with burton to bring a new and interesting spin to the george reeves and christopher reeve models .
what we get , finally , is a series of well - drawn sketches and powerful scenes , in search of an organizing principle . the movie needs sweep where it only has plot . and norton , effective as he is , comes across more as a bright kid with bad ideas than as a racist burning with hate . ( i am reminded of tim roth ' s truly satanic skinhead in “made in britain , ” a 1982 film by alan clarke . ) kaye wanted to have his name removed as the film ' s director , arguing that the film needed more work and that norton re - edited some sequences . we will probably never know the truth behind the controversy . my guess is that the post - production repairs were inspired by a screenplay that attempted to cover too much ground in too little time and yet hastens to a conventional conclusion .
new territories has the hong kong heritage museum , which will appeal to those who have a serious interest in chinese culture , and the hong kong railway museum .
tarantino finally returned to work on his world war ii script . in 2009 , he released the long - awaited inglourious basterds , which focused on a group of jewish - american soldiers out to destroy as many nazis as possible . he had wooed brad pitt to play the leader of the
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some of the reviews were mixed , but tarantino seemed unfazed by any negative comments .
i respect criticism . but i know more about film than most of the people writing about me . not only that , i & apos ; m a better writer than most of the people writing about me ,
he explained to gq magazine . he clearly may have known best in this case , as the film was nominated for eight academy awards , including two for tarantino ( for best director and best original screenplay ) .
tarantino loathed school , choosing to spend his time watching movies or reading comics rather than studying . the only subject that appealed to him was history .
history was cool and i did well there , because it was kind of like the movies ,
he told entertainment weekly . after dropping out of high school , tarantino worked as an usher at a adult film theater for a time . he also took acting classes . tarantino eventually landed a job at video archives in manhattan beach , california . there he worked with roger avary , who shared his passion for film . the two even worked on some script ideas together .
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the online film critics society’s governing committee said , “this year’s nominations and films recognised represent the rich variety of films on the global stage in 2016 . over 150 titles were long listed for best picture , over 100 for best foreign language film and over 30 titles for best animated feature .
wes craven is a horror film director , screenwriter and producer known for projects like swamp thing , nightmare on elm street and the scream series .
modern cinema , co - presented by sfmoma and sffilm , is an ongoing film series exploring the dynamic forces interacting between cinema’s past and present .
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three weeks later mayall gets the call that his part had been cut out of the film , which he later derided as “crap” , but he was paid regardless , and received tickets to the premiere . he couldn’t go , so he sent his children instead - who came out convinced that he was playing hagrid .
after two less successful efforts , jackie chan & apos ; s first strike ( 1997 ) and mr . nice guy ( 1998 ) , chan scored another box - office hit with rush hour ( also 1998 ) , an american - produced action comedy . in rush hour , chan employed his english - language skills as a chinese police officer alongside a streetwise los angeles cop , played by the rising comedian chris tucker . in 2000 , chan starred in shanghai noon , another action comedy that was set in the old west and co - starred owen wilson and lucy liu .
east and west : china , power , and the future of asia ( macmillan ) , chris patten . the memoirs of chris patten , the last governor of hong kong . published in 1998 , patten provides his account of hong kong in the final years before the handover to china .
the lives of guards on death row are affected by one of their charges : a black man accused of child murder and rape , yet who has a mysterious gift .
a thief , who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream - sharing technology , is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a ceo .
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mobile internet service limited messages to 250 characters , which cried out for some kind of shorthand .
pulp fiction was both a commercial and critical success . in the united states , it earned over $ 108 million at the box office , becoming the first independent film to do so . pulp fiction won the prestigious palme d & apos ; or award at the cannes film festival in 1994 and received seven academy award nominations , including best picture and best director . for his work on the film , tarantino took home the award for best original screenplay , an honor he had to share with former collaborator roger avary . the two had a falling out over the writing credits for the film .
la la land and moonlight top the nominations for the 2016 online film critic society’s awards with 7 nods each , including best picture and best director .
actor / director / producer jackie chan ' s unique blend of impressive martial arts and screwball physical comedy has helped make him an international film star .
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i am really confused as to why
sphere
has the reputation it has . sure , it ' s narrative can get clunky but the film has some intriguing ideas . dustin hoffman , sharon stone , samuel l . jackson , liev schreiber and peter coyote are all good here and the visuals and atmosphere are essentially claustrophobic and creepy .
sphere
is no where near grade - a filmmaking but it ' s consistently interesting and gripping . if you are looking for science - fiction pulp of higher caliber you really can ' t go wrong with
sphere
. . . or maybe you can judging from the critics . . .
ln : it was really the same process in vietnam as it was here—i wouldn’t differentiate that much between people’s reluctance or enthusiasm about doing this . a lot of it is just connecting with someone and doing your homework , knowing a lot about them and their experience and whatever the environment that they were living in that you’re interesting in talking about . the people we talked to in vietnam were not reluctant . i guess that’s the best way to say it , or they wouldn’t have talked to us . they seemed extremely open to the idea . the only reason we were surprised was because we had no idea what to expect . we were surprised to find how open people were to talk about such a painful subject : just the scale of tragedy there , how many people were killed , how small of a country it is , how everybody was affected , the real horrors of the war . if i’d gone through something like that , i’m not sure i’d be able to talk about it .


100 films and a funeral is both a memoir by michael kuhn and a 2007 documentary film adaptation by filmmaker michael mcnamara about the rise and fall of polygram filmed entertainment ( pfe ) , the company that produced four weddings and a funeral , the usual suspects , and trainspotting .

kuhn headed pfe from 1991 till 1999 , when philips sold it to the seagram conglomerate .

the selling of pfe also ended the prominent role of the company in the british film industry revival of the 1990s .

100 films and a funeral

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this documentary covers the life and death of london - based polygram filmed entertainment , responsible for such noted hit films of the 1990s as four weddings and a funeral ( 1994 ) and the . . . see full summary »
inspired by michael kuhn ' s memoir of the same title , this feature documentary by michael mcnamara chronicles the rise and fall of the company that brought us four weddings and a funeral , the usual suspects and trainspotting . in 1991 , kuhn headed the british - based polygram filmed entertainment , and quickly changed how hollywood looked at films from across the pond . pfe won 14 oscars , had numerous blockbusters and even more niche hits .
what an extraordinary high - risk business the film world is ! this book gives a remarkably detailed insider ' s view . michael kuhn took his music - industry experience into the film world , and was very successful - he made happen films like four weddings and a funeral - but that proved no guarantee of long - term existence in an industry where personal likes and dislikes and mere misfortune can play such a large part . the film business comes out of this entertaining book as controlled gambling - controlled as much as possible , certainly , but still very high - risk . it takes a certain sort of person and organisation to play with such high stakes , and this is one of the best books around at providing an insight into this lesser - known aspect of the apparently glamorous film world . indeed , it may be the only one to provide such clear actual examples . most informative about the financial nitty - gritty , but also strong on anecdotes , and well written - without any rancour , although the author might be entitled to feel a bit hard - done - by . recommended .
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this is one of the better books about professional filmmaking as a business . the perspective is that of a hollywood outsider ( former european music powerhouse polygram ) trying to break into the domain of the major studios in north america and around the globe . it is a cautionary tale of the successes , setbacks and ultimate failure to sustain a european - based major studio . the book is a fun read as kuhn describes his many encounters with hollywood celebrities both performers and moguls . behind all of the tales , however , lies a great blueprint for any newcomers looking to gain entry into the business .
i found this a fascinating peek into the world of movie making but also a disturbing confirmation of the sometimes flippant decisions taken at the top of gigantic corporations . very clearly and concisely written with some interesting vigenettes of key players in the film world .
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a must read for anyone interested in the brutally sharp end of the business of film .
- - sir alan parker
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but in 1999 the powers that be sold the company ( its library later went to universal ) , ending an era in british filmmaking and kuhn ' s wild ride .
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the count of monte cristo is a 1913 silent film adventure directed by joseph a. golden and edwin s. porter .

it starred james o'neill , a stage actor and father of playwright eugene o'neill .

james o'neill had been playing edmond dantès most of his adult life and was famous in the role .

daniel frohman and adolph zukor produced together .

edwin s. porter co-directed with joseph golden , though this was probably necessary as porter also served as the film 's cinematographer .

a previous film by selig starring hobart bosworth in 1912 had to be pulled from circulation as zukor brought lawsuit against selig for copyright infringement .

the count of monte cristo ( 1913 film )

the count of monte cristo ( 1913 ) directed by joseph a . golden , edwin s . porter • film + cast • letterboxd
jim caviezel and guy pierce head up a version which has few faults in my eyes and dagmara domińczyk is flawless in everyway . urltoken i recently caught the richard chamberlain version which had some fine thematic differences but tony curtis . . . oi ! i ' m always on the lookout for the version i saw with my father . . . i don ' t even know if i will recognize it , though the escape from chateau d ' if has always stayed with me . many remakes over the years . . . the count of monte cristo ( 1908 film ) , a 1908 silent film starring hobart bosworth the count of monte cristo ( 1913 film ) , a 1913 silent film starring james o ' neill the count of monte cristo ( 1918 series ) , a 1918 silent - film serial starring léon mathot the count of monte cristo ( 1929 film ) , a 1929 silent film starring jean angelo the count of monte cristo ( 1934 film ) , a 1934 film starring robert donat el conde de monte cristo ( 1941 film ) , 3 - hour film version starring arturo de córdova the count of monte cristo ( 1943 film ) , a 1943 film starring pierre richard - willm the count of monte cristo ( 1954 film ) , a 1954 film starring jean marais the count of monte cristo ( 1961 film ) , a 1961 film starring louis jourdan the count of monte cristo ( 1975 film ) , a 1975 film starring richard chamberlain the count of monte cristo ( 2002 film ) , a 2002 film starring jim caviezel
the count of monte cristo ( 1913 ) , black & white , 60 minutes , not rated , with monte - cristo ( 1929 ) , black & white , 40 minutes , not rated , and the wife of monte cristo [ monte cristo , the avenger ] ( 1946 ) , black & white , 20 minutes , not rated .
have not seen a count of monte cristo film , which one would you recommend ? mein gott ! which one ? really ? ! ! the count of monte cristo ( 2002 film ) , a 2002 film starring ( jim caviezel ) , dagmara domińczyk ! watch it now ! i can ' t say enough about it . . . . . . but i will try . : d
famous players film company production ; distributed on state rights basis . / produced by adolph zukor . scenario by hampton del ruth , from the play adaptation le comte de monte cristo ( the count of monte cristo ) by charles fechter of the novel le comte de monte cristo ( the count of monte cristo ) by alexandre dumas ( père ) . cinematography by edwin s . porter . presented by daniel frohman . / © 10 december 1912 by famous players film company [ lp188 ] . released 1 november 1913 . / standard 35mm spherical 1 . 33 : 1 format . / the production was shot in the crystal studios in new york in 1912 , and was the actual first film production of famous players . the film was shelved for later release when selig beat this film to release with their version the count of monte cristo ( 1912 ) . subsequently , famous players brought suit against selig and won .
based on the famous novel by alexandre dumas , the count of monte cristo tells the story of a man who is unjustly imprisoned with an old man who , before dying , reveals the place where a treasure is buried .
this adaptation , shot in the crystal studios in new york late in 1912 , was the actual first film production of adolph zukor’s famous players film company . when selig polyscope company beat it to nationwide release with their own version of the count of monte cristo ( 1912 ) , the film was shelved for later release ( which did happen in november 1913 ) . subsequently , famous players brought suit against selig and won . — carl bennett
…of the first storytelling movies , the count of monte cristo , was completed in hollywood after its filming had begun in chicago . in 1911 a site on sunset boulevard was turned into hollywood’s first studio , and soon about 20 companies were producing films in the area . in 1913 cecil b . demille , …
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treasure of monte cristo
, a 1949 film set in san francisco , about an american merchant marine officer searching for a treasure . imdb ( internet movie data base ) entry : urltoken more of a 1940 ' s crime film than an adventure film . : )
a complete performance of the count of monte cristo filmed as a stage play with curtains between the five acts : act i .
the sailor ' s return ,
act ii .
twenty years later ,
act iii .
dantes . . . see full summary »
zukor also formed a partnership with edwin s . porter , a screen director who agreed to furnish his experience , talent , and prestige , but no money . with him , in their manhattan studio , the famous players film company made their first feature - length film , the prisoner of zenda , which opened successfully in 1913 , with james k . hackett starring . this was followed by the count of monte cristo starring james o ' neill in 1913 , father of the famous playwright eugene o ' neill , and tess of the d ' urbervilles starring minnie maddern fiske ( 1916 ) .
louis feuillade’s fantômas ( 1913 ) fantômas is a french silent crime film serial directed by louis feuillade , based on the novel of the same name . t… | pinteres…
there is also
treasure of monte cristo
, a 1949 film set in san francisco , about an american merchant marine officer searching for a treasure . imdb ( internet movie data base ) entry : urltoken more of a 1940 ' s crime film than an adventure film . : ) did you see it . . . or this one ?
as the best . it was also the only film the distinguished british actor robert donat ever shot in hollywood .
he was known as the
father of the feature film in america .
from running penny arcades to creating paramount pictures corporation , zukor had a hand in the development of every aspect of the film industry . one of the very first studio magnates , zukor realized that the three elements of the film business—production , distribution , and exhibition—were financially dependent on each other , and could be increased by opportunistic mergers . [ 1 ]
o’neill’s film acting , obviously borne of years of large theatre performances , is big and sweepingly theatrical . porter and golden’s direction , borne of the early film techniques of a decade before , is itself theatrical and old - fashioned , while film direction was already maturing in leaps and bounds at biograph and elsewhere . shot when the american feature film was just emerging late in 1912 , the production managed some requisite pacing and tension to make the film effective . much of the novel’s plot is rapidly but cohesively played out in the production .
↑ pamela melnikoff , the history of jewish film , somethingjewish . co . uk . retrieved september 4 , 2008 .
the film is accompanied by a pipe organ music score with a few synchronized sound effects .
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a handsome profit from the film ' s tour helped the partners launch their own production company , the famous players film company , in 1912 , which shot plays for the screen . the following year zukor obtained the financial backing of the frohman brothers , the powerful new york city theater impresarios . their primary goal was to bring noted stage actors to the screen .
a film adaptation of the classic alexandre dumas novel . edmond dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune , and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the . . . see full summary »
in 1948 , zukor was awarded a special oscar for his trailblazing contributions to the film industry .
is one of the sights of ricse . it was given to the village by native - born adolph zukor .
dumas thoroughly researched his tale on a visit to marseilles in 1844 . the writer hired a boatman to guide him around nearby islands , inspecting elba , site of napoleon ' s first exile , and the mosquito - infested malarial island of monte cristo itself , long rumored to harbor decades - old buried pirate treasure . the novel was published a year later , further adding to dumas ' s laurels and financial success , which arrived fast on the heels of his most famous work ,
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was filmed several times in the silent era , including a 1913 production featuring stage star james o ' neill , father of playwright eugene o ' neill , and a 1922 version with john gilbert . this 1934 production spawned a sequel ,
cartoon adaptation of the classic of world literature by alexandre dumas , which tells the dramatic odyssey of edmond dantes since he ' s unjustly accused and sentenced for life .
tcm celebrates the 100th anniversary of a musical legend with three nights of programming devoted to some of leonard bernstein ' s . . . more
by 1931 , paramount ' s publix theater circuit had become the largest in the world , double the size of its nearest competitor . paramount pictures produced many of the most popular films of the silent film era , including the covered wagon , the ten commandments , beau geste , and wings . zukor ' s star system continued to produce stars for the talkie era with the likes of marlene dietrich , mae west , gary cooper , claudette colbert , the marx brothers , dorothy lamour , carole lombard , and bing crosby .
original plans called for the film to be shot in bermuda , but the idea was abandoned , and it was filmed in and around new york city .
one of zukor ' s shrewdest decisions was to offer an up - and - coming vaudeville actress , mary pickford , a contract . the combination of her popularity and his business acumen increased their collective influence . she instantly attracted a devoted following , appearing in such comedy - dramas as in the bishop ' s carriage ( 1913 ) and hearts adrift ( 1914 ) . her appearance in 1914 ' s tess of the storm country , a film shown on four continents , brought her international recognition .
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survival status : prints exist in the library of congress film archive ( paper print collection ) [ 35mm paper positive , 16mm preservation reduction negative , 16mm preservation reduction positive ] .
this early feature - film adaptation of the venerated novel by alexandre dumas and auguste maquet was directed by edwin s . porter and joseph a . golden , and stars james o’neill ( father of playwright eugene o’neill ) .
zukor worked at paramount every day until his 100th birthday , and held the title of chairman emeritus until his death at the age of 103 .
jim caviezel and guy pierce head up a version which has few faults in my eyes . . . it ' s highly entertaining despite being truncated . the movie version focuses almost exclusively on physical revenge , which is perfectly understandable given the medium . in fact , i would go so far as to say that the swordplay is some of the best committed to film in recent memory . forgotten : 1998 ' s le comte de monte cristo starring gerard depardieu . it ' s probably the only film version that ' s come close to encapsulating the actual book . sure , you can do movies but a series - length production is the only way to get a proper adaptation . < iframe width =
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adolf cukor ( adolph zukor ) ( january 7 , 1873 – june 10 , 1976 ) was a pioneering film mogul and founder of paramount pictures .
this last aspect was greatly aided by dumas père ' s book , ready - made for a film scenario with the major change being a happy ending to the thwarted central romance . the plot involves the arrest and imprisonment of an innocent sailor for alleged bonapartist scheming . languishing in the infamous island prison of chateau d ' if , edmond dantes barely clings to life but holds on to hope , driven by his thirst to get even with those who set him up . one day , hearing a tapping on his cell wall , he begins to dig with a spoon until he breaks through and discovers another prisoner , a saintly cleric who imparts to dantes information about a hidden treasure on the island of monte cristo . the two begin to dig a tunnel together , and when the other prisoner dies , dantes takes his place in the body bag . struggling free after being thrown into the sea , he makes his escape and sets about to find the treasure and execute his elaborate revenge plot .
alexandre dumas ' s 1845 novel about the betrayal , imprisonment , and eventual triumph of edmond dantes is one of world literature ' s most famous stories of dogged revenge . there have been many productions over the years , in the u . s . and other countries , but most critics cite the 1934 version of
. the picture was a critical and commercial success , named one of the ten best of the year , and big offers quickly came to the 29 - year - old actor . yet donat ' s distaste for the hollywood scene and the debilitating asthma that plagued him all his life led him to turn down the highly touted lead in the seafaring adventure story
other early feature - length films of the silent era available on home video .
edmond dantes , a young sailor in the service of the pharaoh , prior to a long voyage , takes leave of his invalid father and his sweetheart , mercedes . the tender farewell with mercedes arouses the jealous hatred of fernand , a catalan fisherman , secretly in love with mercedes . dantes gives mercedes a brooch ( which later again figures in the story ) and sails away . in mid - sea the captain of the pharaoh suddenly dies and entrusts dantes with a private letter from general murat to the exiled emperor , napoleon bonaparte , at elba . danglars , the supercargo , overhears the captain ' s dying request , and keeps the knowledge in the event of future need . when the vessel reaches elba , dantes delivers the letter to the deposed emperor , and promises to deliver napoleon ' s reply to noirtier , of the bonaparte committee . in dantes ' absence fernand urges his hopeless suit of mercedes . on the return of the pharaoh , morell , its owner , makes dantes captain of the vessel , a post which danglars had hoped to secure . . .
during the great depression , the company fell on hard times and many failed attempts were made to get rid of zukor . paramount - publix went bankrupt in 1933 , and was reorganized as paramount pictures , inc . he was then forced out as part of the reorganization , but after barney balaban became paramount president in 1936 , he appointed zukor chairman of the board . they served together 28 years , until balaban was forced out of paramount in 1964 , after the failure of the big - budgeted the fall of the roman empire ( 1964 ) . [ 8 ]
soon afterward , zukor learned of a french producer , louis mercanton , who wanted to make a four - reel movie starring the famous french actress sarah bernhardt , in her successful play queen elizabeth . mercanton ' s project was being delayed for lack of funds . zukor advanced mercanton $ 40 , 000 to secure the north american rights to the movie . it was the first test of his theory that american audiences sit through a film of this length .
perhaps no weapon in america’s media arsenal has proven as lasting as the hollywood movie . what began as a low - grade form of entertainment , a somewhat disreputable venture at the turn of the nineteenth century became the most powerful international tool of american cultural power . zukor was a pioneer in creating one of america ' s most enduring cultural legacies .
part one . the first reel opens with the departure of the ship pharaon from marseilles , with dantes and danglars , the man who later incomes his deadly rival , as supercargo . during the voyage . . . see full summary »
zukor orchestrated another major change in movie industry practice . it was not enough that the hollywood companies simply control all the movie stars and studios . their long - run economic security depended on the construction and maintenance of networks for national and international distribution . once a feature film was made , the majority of its cost had been accumulated . it then cost relatively little to market it throughout the world . if somehow the producer could expand the territory to include greater and greater world markets , the additional revenues overwhelmed any extra costs .
by the mid - point of 1921 , he owned 300 theaters . four years later , he merged his theaters with balaban and katz , the most innovative theater chain in the united states . in 1927 , they dropped the name famous players - lasky and renamed the enterprise paramount , which up to then had been the name of his distribution arm . the theaters were called the paramount - publix theater chain .
( 2005 ) , the title character claims it as his favorite movie , proving the enduring appeal not only of dumas ' s story but of the revenge motive as a driving force in literature . . . and life .
this late french silent tells the famous alexandre dumas tale . filmed at many of the actual locations mentioned in the novel it also includes captivating french impressionist techniques . 40 minutes
this early example of
famous players in famous plays
- - the best known is bernhardt in queen elizabeth - - is interesting on several counts , and fails on other counts . james o ' neill , now barely remembered for being eugene o ' neill ' s father , was a well - known actor , famous for playing the count on stage for many years . he comes off as a fairly florid young man , within the realm of believability . however , other actors are clearly playing for the balcony . another problem is the short length of the movie : an hour in 1912 was an enormously long production , but it leaves out so much of dumas ' book that it can only hit the highlights if it is to maintain continuity . fortunately , by and large , it does , thanks in large part to edison veterans edwin s . porter and joseph a . golden . doubtless this must have been an exciting production in 1913 and an important step towards legitimizing films as an artistic medium . today it largely is of historic interest .
the early stars of their films were drawn from the stage , but soon zukor realized that he would have to create his own stars .
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they did give it a happy ending , but i still like the 2002 film . it ' s classy , the acting is good , and the important themes are present . i think the only thing that put me off was guy pearce ' s wig . ( at least i * hope * it was a wig ) .
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in 1914 , w . w . hodkinson had merged eleven regional distributors to create the paramount distribution network . when hodkinson sold out to zukor he quickly took over other national distributors and soon had a stranglehold on the marketplace for film distribution throughout the united states . zukor then turned his attentions to world distribution . world war i had curtailed distribution powers of rival european movie makers so zukor stepped into the gap .
zukor , adolph . 1953 . the public is never wrong ; the autobiography of adolph zukor . with dale kramer . new york : putnam . oclc 1210129 .
on july 12 , 1912 , the movie premiered and their investment paid off when new york society elites attended the premiere at the lyceum theater .
pulling my shoulders back and trying to look handsome .
it must have worked - after seeing this film , the young judy garland wrote him a fan letter and confessed he was her favorite actor throughout her life . he was also a favorite of and an influence on peter sellers , who said he thought of donat as
a god .
while it doesn ' t look great and can be tough viewing , compared to the old ep - speed vhs videotape edition from the 1980s that we previously held ( transferred from this same source print ) this dvd edition looks better . at least we have the opportunity to enjoy this important early american feature film production .
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in the spring of 1927 , second - year harvard business school students were required to attend a lecture series featuring zukor , william fox , marcus loew , harry warner , cecil b . demille , and other powerful heads of film studios such as paramount , fox , and mgm . the studio chiefs were men from immigrant , working - class roots who were making millions on 25 - cent picture shows , and harvard , brokered by joseph kennedy , began a lecture series that was the first university - sponsored event of its kind .
edmond dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune , and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison , chateau d ' if . while imprisoned , he . . . see full summary »
edmund dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune , and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison , chateau d ' if . while imprisoned , he . . . see full summary »
this dvd - r edition has been mastered from an old analog - video - based master of a video transfer from what appears to be an 8mm reduction print . while the source print is quite soft in image detail , and contrasty with indistinct greyed highlights , plugged - up shadows and exposure fluctuations , the print holds a reasonable range of middle greytones . some videotape master glitches momentarily appear at the bottom and , elsewhere , in the middle of the picture .
↑ brian gallagher , some historical reflections on the paradoxes of stardom , imagesjournal . com . retrieved september 4 , 2008 .
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a perceived obstacle to his ambitions was the fact that movies , or
flickers
as they were called , were very short , usually no more than 12 minutes . others in the industry felt that american audiences would not want to see anything longer . zukor felt that audiences would sit through a movie for an hour or more , if it had a good story . zukor tested his theory by buying the rights to a three - reel european religious movie , passion play . zukor described the audience ' s reaction in his autobiography :
the scene was one of the most remarkable i have ever witnessed . many women viewed the picture with religious awe . some fell to their knees . i was struck by the moral potentialities of the screen .
the film had a good run and proved to zukor that americans would sit through longer pictures . [ 4 ]
zukor seized the momentum from profit - bearing mergers and proposed to paramount ' s board that famous players - lasky join paramount to form an even stronger entity . his idea fell on receptive ears , and he became the new president of the conglomeration , which was now a subsidiary of famous players - lasky .
a french sailor , imprisoned for years on false charges of conpiring against the king , escapes and exacts revenge on his accusers .
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some lengths of footage are repeated in the print , giving rise to our extrapolation that the original source for this reduction print was a loosely - edited 35mm print submitted for copyright registration ( similar evidence of loose editing — actors frozen in still starts and stops to shots , out - of - sequence shots , repeated shots , etc . — are seen in other prints submitted for copyright ) . the duplicated footage could have been edited from the video transfer .
james o’neill , who was already famous for playing edmond dantes on the stage , adapted his play to bring the alexandre dumas novel to the screen . tinted - 69 minutes
loew ' s and zukor ' s company , loew ' s enterprises , adapted ordinary shops to serve as film exhibition halls . the makeshift theaters attracted audiences , but zukor faced innumerable challenges in getting the exhibition rights to films . his frustrations led him to a single conclusion : he would have to produce films himself .
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gabler , neal . 1988 . an empire of their own : how the jews invented hollywood . new york : crown publishers . isbn 051756808x .
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while most theater owners consolidated their holdings by creating theater chains zukor kept a hand in both sides of the business . his company invested in the chains , which empowered him to present his own films in the theaters , and he purchased stock in paramount to protect his interests .
adolph zukor was born to a jewish family in the rural village of risce , hungary . his parents ran a small store and grew crops . zukor did not remember his father , who died when the boy was one year old and his brother arthur was three . their mother was the daughter of a rabbi . she remarried , but died when zukor was eight .
because his illness and preference for stage work led him to make a relatively small number of films , and due in part to his refusal to work in america , donat is not as famous today as he might have been , considering his talent and appeal . he was also not the typical star and was genuinely modest , even lacking in self - confidence ( which was most likely the result or cause of a terrible stammer in his youth ) ; he once confessed his long feeling of insecurity and the slight boost he received from what he called
the false security of stardom .
he was known to be critical of his own work , particularly as a young actor , and later remarked that he thought he spent a great deal of time trying to appear dashing :
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when i entered this business 20 years ago , men from college despised motion pictures ,
adolph zukor said to start his address .
to work for such a company was far beneath them . but within the last few years , they have seen the tremendous future [ in ] motion pictures … the future of the motion picture industry will depend on college men .
[ 7 ]
he retired from paramount pictures in 1959 , and thereafter assumed chairman emeritus status , a position he held up until his death at the age of 103 , in los angeles .
as
lean , intelligent and quietly overwhelming . . . unmarked by hysteria or the grand ham manner which the part invites .
the production , guided by director rowland v . lee and producer edward small , was also given raves for being
passionate and grand
and called
a walloping melodrama of revenge .
famed theater architects rapp & rapp designed a skyscraper in 1926 , at a cost of $ 13 . 5m as offices for paramount pictures , as a home for the paramount theater ( since demolished ) and as an advertisement for the paramount corporation . the paramount building was designated a landmark by the new york landmarks preservation commission in 1982 , and its interior was designated separately in 1987 . [ 9 ]
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with his wife ' s uncle , morris kohn , as a business partner they moved their company to new york city in 1900 . they got involved in running a penny arcade that featured phonographs and short movies as well as peep machines , a shooting gallery , punching bags , stationary bicycles , and candy . he built his penny arcade business , the nucleus of his cinema empire , with the money he had made from inventing a patent snap for furs . [ 3 ] the business did very well , bringing in $ 500 to $ 700 a day . zukor decided to get out of the fur business and devote all his time to the arcade . he also invested in a nickelodeon theater ,
hales ' tours of kansas city .
initially , the idea was extremely popular , but the novelty wore off , and zukor lost money on the venture . but the loss was only a slight setback and he continued to open nickelodeon theaters with a fellow fur merchant , marcus loew . [ 1 ]
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over the years , he saved several thousand dollars . around age 21 , he returned to hungary for a visit and saw some of europe . he married lottie kaufman , also a hungarian immigrant , in 1897 . the couple had two children , mildred and eugene .
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in 1889 , at the age of 16 , he emigrated to america . in new york city , zukor found work as an apprentice in a fur shop for $ 4 a week . zukor stayed there for two years . when he left to become a
contract
worker , sewing fur pieces and selling them himself , he was nineteen years old and an accomplished designer . but he was young and adventuresome , and the 1892 columbian exposition in chicago , commemorating christopher columbus ' discovery of america , drew him to the midwest . once there , he started a fur business . in the second season of operation , zukor ' s novelty fur company expanded to twenty - five men and opened a branch .
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w . w . hodkinson established the paramount pictures corporation in 1914 to act as a distributor for multiple film producers . paramount advanced frohman and zukor production funding in exchange for a steady stream of films for distribution . famous players fell under paramount ' s jurisdiction , along with another major producer , jesse lasky ' s feature play company . in 1916 famous players merged with lasky ' s business to become famous players - lasky corporation with zukor president , lasky vice president , samuel goldwyn chairman and cecil b . demille director - general .
he became involved in the motion picture industry in 1903 when his cousin , max goldstein approached him for a loan . mitchell mark needed investors in order to expand his chain of theaters that began in buffalo , new york with edisonia hall . the arcade salon was to feature thomas edison ' s marvels : phonographs , electric lights , and moving pictures . zukor not only gave goldstein the money but insisted on forming a partnership to open another one . another partner in the venture was marcus loew .
the two brothers went to live with an uncle . they were sent to live with their uncle , kalman liebermann , a rabbi who hoped adolph would follow in his footsteps .
i had the devil of a time persuading my uncle … that i wasn ' t cut out for the theological calling ,
zukor would later recall . his brother , arthur , did become a rabbi . [ 2 ]
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theater owners eventually caught on and formed their own
booking cooperatives .
zukor ' s response was to purchase theaters . he could not finance such a large set of takeovers so he became the first movie company to approach wall street bankers . famous players - lasky borrowed $ 10 million through wall street ' s kuhn , loeb & co . and became the first motion picture company listed on the new york stock exchange . [ 6 ]
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he is buried at the temple israel cemetery , hastings - on - hudson , westchester county , new york .
irwin , will . 1970 . the house that shadows built . new york : arno press . isbn 0405016182 .
zukor was an unexceptional student . at the age of 12 , he was apprenticed to a store owner for whom he swept , ran errands , and did chores . he attended night school twice a week . zukor got paid nothing for his work , but received clothes and shoes from an orphans ' fund . learning of america from letters sent by immigrants , zukor decided that he wanted to travel there . in 1888 , he asked the orphans ' fund for money to travel to america . he received enough for a steamship ticket and $ 40 .
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( 1946 ) , with hayward again , but as dantes sr . this time ( a situation that must have been slightly confusing for audiences ) . the original story was also filmed in mexico ( 1942 ) and france ( 1943 and 1954 , the latter starring jean marais ) , a number of times on television ( including a 1975 version starring richard chamberlain ) , and most recently ( 2002 ) starring james caviezel as dantes , guy pearce as his nemesis mondego , and richard harris as the aged fellow prisoner abbè faria . in
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because he alone could deliver the biggest stars in hollywood zukor learned to exploit theater owners by
block booking .
if a theater owner wanted to show the films of pickford , he or she had to take motion pictures with less well known , up - and - coming famous players - lasky stars . in turn , famous players - lasky used these guaranteed bookings to test and develop new stars . [ 5 ]
in 1928 , the first all - talking movie was released . paramount began using a sound system called photophone for some of its films . since it took a while for movie theaters to acquire and install sound systems , paramount continued to make silent pictures , which were often made into talkies later .
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just watched the 2002 version on youtube . enjoyable . there you have it . . . it ' s on youtube ! not much excuse if you ' re on the fence . another movie i have only minor cosmetic quibbles about . . . i guess a one word review is enough for a youtube
screening
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the classic tale from alexandre dumas . edmond dantes is unjustly sent to prison for 18 years . he escapes to reclaim his fiancée mercedes and revenge against his nemesis , mondego .
insignificant but nonetheless necessary for completists ' sake : ' miscellaneous silents ' listed in ' the motion picture guide ' ( robert b . connelly , cinebooks , inc . ; 1910 - 1936 ; 1986 ) - - part i
well , i could expand it to full screen without too much fuzziness happening . and then there is the 10 minute episodes to deal with . . . . not ideal , but i don ' t yet own a tv to hook my dvd player up to .
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after greedy men have edmound dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him , he escapes to get his revenge on them .
a young officer , falsely imprisoned by his jealous
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escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge .
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( 1935 ) - a lucky break for minor warner brothers contract player errol flynn , who became a star in that role . donat returned to england immediately after
( 1958 ) , opposite ingrid bergman , but he required they all be filmed on his native soil .
cast : robert donat ( edmond dantes ) , elissa landi ( mercedes ) , louis calhern ( de villefort ) , sidney blackmer ( mondego ) , o . p . heggie ( abbè faria ) .
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stars : james o ' neill , jean angelo , nance o ' neil , lil dagover , murdock macquarrie and gaston modot director : joseph a . golden & edwin s . porter / henri fescourt runtime : 109 minutes language : english subtitles - music score color : tinted / black and white format : dvd - r rating : nr price : $ 14 . 95
cast james o ' neill . . . edmond dantes nance o ' neil . . . mercedes murdock macquarrie . . . danglars
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