great white ( aka the last shark ; italian : l'ultimo squalo ) is a 1981 italian horror film directed by enzo g. castellari , starring james franciscus and vic morrow .

it did well at the box office , grossing over $ 18 million in its first month in the united states ; however , its north american release was later blocked after accusations of plagiarism of jaws .

great white ( film )

great white , the great jaws rip - off | birth . movies . death .
indeed , great white shark 3d imax film will most likely be the closest thing to being in the water face to face with a great white shark .
witnessing a great white shark breach . . . terrifying , awesome or both ?
the film was distributed by twentieth century fox , which also distributed the earlier film .
great white sharks are powerful swimmers , capable of going 50 kph / 35 mph .
the play
the great white hope
won the pulitzer prize in drama in 1969 .
great wall of outrage : one blogger called the film ‘the latest in the grand cinematic tradition of the special white person’ . photograph : supplied
the film was briefly released theatrically in the united states by film ventures international in march 1982 .
the film ' s key mistake was portraying great white sharks as vengeful predators that could remember specific human beings and go after them to settle a grudge .
, great white shark 3d is luke cresswell and steve mcnicholas’ third film which concludes the oceanic trilogy and brings nature’s greatest predator to giant screen 3d as never before .
james franciscus tries to save hundreds of swimmers in a coastal resort after a great white shark starts terrorizing the area .
a filmmaker has had an adrenalin - pumping encounter with a large great white shark off a remote beach near esperance .
however , ironically , if one compares the death of the shark in the films
great white
and jaws 3 - d , they are virtually the same and one could say that the
jaws 3 - d
death was
inspired
by
great white
, since the jaws sequel was released two years after
great white
, in 1983 .
urltoken - great white ! ( a ' jaws ' rip - off ) . the last shark ! ultimo squalo , l !
it ' s loosely based on a real incident in 1916 when a great white attacked swimmers along the coast of new jersey .
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when pearson and his friend , eric mack , realized that what they were witnessing was a great white , they are clearly stunned .
a black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down .
correriar initially froze but then quickly got out of the kayak and tried swimming to shore , while keeping an eye on the great white .
glenn ford appears and narrates in this lesser known documentary / mondo style film about the search for the great white shark . contains some recreations of shark attacks that appear to be . . . see full summary »
glenn ford appears and narrates in this lesser known documentary / mondo style film about the search for the great white shark . contains some recreations of shark attacks that appear to be fakes similar to faces of death .
” ) will star in an upcoming film about a black nurse’s legal battle after she tried to save a white supremacist couple’s dying newborn child .
misrepresented , maligned and on the verge of extinction , the great white shark is an iconic predator : the creature we love to fear . great white shark will explore the great white ' s place in our imaginations , in our fears and in the reality of its role at the top of the oceanic food chain . the film will concentrate on key aggregation points around the world : mexico , south africa , los angeles and new zealand . key figures in the history of shark research , people whose lives have been changed by contact with the great white , will tell us of their experiences , culminating in a direct encounter between man and shark .
i want to continue on filming . i ' d love to see another great white . the bigger the better ,
he said .
this is the terrifying moment a kayaker was attacked by a great white shark in california - and the man miraculously lived to tell the tale .
the remarkable footage was captured by a robotic submersible that tracked a female great white shark as it swam at night around guadalupe island , near mexico’s baja california peninsula . it is believed that this is the first time a great white has ever been caught on camera in a sleep - like state .
this is the incredible moment a man is perilously close to a 14 - foot - long great white shark stranded in shallow waters outside his home .
there are no critic reviews yet for l ' ultimo squalo ( the last shark ) ( great white ) . keep checking rotten tomatoes for updates !
damon plays a soldier in ancient china in the great wall , an english - language film directed by zhang yimou and set for release in february 2017 .
before the teaser’s debut , yimou told entertainment weekly that the great wall is “first and foremost , an english - language film , and a hollywood blockbuster” .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
damon , meanwhile , remains a major draw in china : his last film , the martian , performed exceedingly well in the world’s second - largest film market .
the great white hype is a 1996 film directed by reginald hudlin . it stars samuel l jackson , peter berg , damon wayans , jeff goldblum , jon lovitz , cheech marin , john rhys davies , salli richardson and jamie foxx .
a perth fisherman has described his sense of awe after a close encounter with a massive great white shark was caught on video in wa waters on friday .
“hollywood is supposed to be about making great stories . so make them . ”
a mere 200 yards from shore , surfer nancy is attacked by a great white shark , with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills .
great white sharks have many more reasons to fear people than people have to fear them . thousands of sharks are killed every year especially for shark fin soup .
the great wall , which hits cinemas in 2017 , marks the most expensive film ever shot entirely in china , having a budget of $ 135 million . also at comic - con , a second trailer was released , showing more the film’s monsters .
however , the version of indian history created by attenborough’s film has become part of the way in which india knows gandhi and the film adds to the mythology of this extraordinary person . despite a mixed critical reception from historians and nationalists , the film’s epic and great qualities were recognised and reinforced by eight oscars , including best director and best picture .
on march 5 , 2013 , retrovision entertainment released the first official dvd release of the film in the united states since the film ' s banning . the film comes with restored colors , along with special features , including the short documentary great white : the legacy – 30 years later and rare theatrical trailers . the dvd is limited edition region 0 , and only 500 copies were manufactured . it is only able to be purchased online .
great white sharks are a global species – and saving them will take a global effort . some steps have already been taken . countries like south africa , namibia , australia , new zealand , israel , and malta have fully protected great white sharks in their national waters . in california , noaa is protecting the sharks that feed in the gulf of farallones national marine sanctuary off the coast of california . and the international organization cites has implemented a ban on all international trade of products that come from great white sharks .
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great white frontman jack russell is filming a documentary about the infamous fire that killed 100 people during a 2003 gig at a club in rhode island , the associated press reports .
mr gibb said he had booked in to do his open water diving ticket , and hoped to be back in the water and spending more time capturing vision of great white sharks .
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included great white’s tour manager , daniel michael biechele — who was operating the pyrotechnics without a permit — and jeffrey and michael derderian , the brothers who owned the station . all three struck
the title is a play on the title of the 1970 film the great white hope , but it is not based on an actual boxing contest . it was inspired by larry holmes ' s 1982 fight with gerry cooney and mike tyson ' s 1995 return fight vs . peter mcneeley .
a keen angler , mr miller , 21 , said he had seen several sharks in the past but never a great white and never anything remotely the size of what he observed on friday .
forty years ago jaws the movie hit the big screen . cinemas everywhere held audiences in thrall at the thought of an oversized great white shark with bad attitude coming to a beach near you .
the local shark expert in great white , peter benton ( james franciscus ) is a combination of two characters in jaws : the shark expert ( richard dreyfuss ) and the local police chief ( roy scheider ) . as the shark expert in jaws , richard dreyfuss tries to warn the town of the dangers of the shark ; in great white , the shark expert does the same thing . in jaws , the local police chief has a blond wife and a child injured by the shark ; in great white , james franciscus has a blond wife and a child injured by the shark .
this film isn ' t nearly as bad as the trailer makes it look . zhang yimou ' s actioner the great wall turns out to be pretty entertaining ( in a basic man - vs . - monster fashion ) , beautiful to look at and not a white - man - as - savior embarrassment .
the lawsuit from universal has been considered as one of the reasons for the demise of film ventures international .
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had moviegoers paralyzed by fear . the story , about a giant great white shark that terrorizes a seaside community , tapped into the most primal of human fears : what unseen creature lurks below the ocean surface ?
the first massive china - hollywood co - production starring worldwide star matt damon , the great wall has been a bit of a lightening rod for controversy . the main point of contention — a white star playing the hero of china — has been front and center leading up to the movie ' s american release , and in interview after interview , damon has defended the movie against accusations of whitewashing and of perpetuating a white savior narrative . there ' s very little credible defense there — the idea of a white man protecting the chinese is an extremely frustrating and offensive storyline . yet while the great wall ' s white savior narrative is undoubtedly problematic , the film actually succeeds in providing unprecedented visibility to an asian cast in hollywood .
none of this is to suggest that the film is exactly racist . sebastian romanticizes parker simply because he lived and died before jazz started to change for the first time . but it’s impossible to separate jazz from black history , and it’s downright foolish to do so in a film by , for and largely about white people . it’s especially dangerous right now . geoff nelson at paste magazine links the film’s traditionalism and the satisfaction derived from its nostalgia to the trump campaign’s backwards - looking ethos : “there lies a profound irony in liberal white folks heading to la la land to repair after a political season overflowing with the nostalgia of white supremacy . ”
he could beat any white man in the world . he just couldn ' t beat all of them .
the torpedo shape of the great white is built for speed : up to 35 miles per hour ( 50 kilometers per hour ) . and then there are the teeth - - 300 total in up to seven rows .
“what i really want is to bring chinese color and cultural background to the worldwide audience through a film language that they are familiar with , ” he added . “we are using hollywood film - making to introduce chinese culture . ”
looking at the film through a hollywood lens , dismissing the great wall because it stars damon as a savior of china is not entirely beneficial , nor is it fair . the great wall ' s white savior tendencies are troubling , yes , but there ' s no denying the fact that the film is the most asian - filled potential hollywood blockbuster made in years . damon , pascal , and supporting star william dafoe , are the only non - chinese people seen onscreen . and in a movie that features hundreds of extras in any given shot , that means something .
that began to change when a deadly rampage by a rogue great white shark on swimmers along the new jersey shoreline and in a nearby creek during the summer of 1916 — attacks that helped inspire
jaws ,
burgess noted .
stupid yet somehow enjoyable mess that rips off not only jaws but it ' s sequel too ! universal pictures banned the film from being released in us theaters for being such a blatent pilferage but if they were smart or at least had a sense of humor they should have let it go since all it really does is make the spielberg film look even better . shark enthusiasts will find alot to laugh at also as the great white ' s stand - ins are stock footage of everything froma a mako to a white tip shark to even a shot of a bottle - nosed dolphin .
the great wall is also not the first chinese production fronted by a white star : christian bale led the 2011 war drama the flowers of war ; adrien brody and john cusack faced off alongside jackie chan in 2015’s dragon blade ; while joseph fiennes recently stopped by the cannes film festival to tout his performance in china’s unofficial sequel to chariots of fire .
yet while great white undoubtedly steals heavily from jaws , universal’s actions , however understandable , seem a bit extreme . bad artists copy , great artists steal , goes a line widely ( though inaccurately ) attributed to pablo picasso . there’s no mistaking great white for great art , nor does it pretend to be . at one point a tv producer tells a crew member , who’s despairing that his footage of an attack isn’t good enough , “use a little stock footage . nobody’ll know the difference . ” within a minute , the film itself cuts to not - so - convincing shark footage that doesn’t match the rest of the film . then there’s the shark itself , brought to life , sort of , via a combination of underwater shots of real sharks , barely mobile miniatures , and a life - sized model that seems capable of doing little but popping up alongside boats and making roaring noises as if trying to frighten his victims to death .
in reality , some large shark species certainly do attack humans - about 10 people a year are killed , usually by great white , bull and tiger sharks . rarely though are the victims actually eaten - often they die from trauma .
i was there to film . i got the opportunity . the chances of that actually happening are one in a million , so i took that opportunity and did my best to keep my hand steady , and capture it on film .
when
jaws
burst onto movie screens on june 20 , 1975 , the film shocked audiences with a terrifying monster .
a chorus of outrage followed the release on thursday of the first trailer for the great wall , a fantasy adventure set in china more than 1 , 000 years ago , which stars the white hollywood star matt damon in the lead role .
and research by biologist dr julia baum suggests that between 1986 and 2000 , in the northwest atlantic ocean , there was a population decline of 89 % in hammerhead sharks , 79 % in great white sharks and 65 % in tiger sharks .
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 .
the fire at the station club in west warwick , rhode island broke out when the band’s pyrotechnics display ignited flammable soundproofing foam installed in the venue . over 200 people were injured , with great white guitarist ty longley being among the 100 fatalities .
jaws was a turning point for great white sharks ,
says oliver crimmen , who ' s been the fish curator at the natural history museum in london for more than 40 years .
i actually saw a big change happen in the public and scientific perception of sharks when peter benchley ' s book jaws was published and then subsequently made into a film .
since the beginning of the film roper is clearly not in the physical shape an experienced professional heavyweight boxer has to be in .
( a . k . a . the last shark ; italian : l ' ultimo squalo ) is a 1981 italian horror film directed by enzo g . castellari and starring james franciscus and vic morrow . the film is extremely similar to steven spielberg ' s
the years have done little to make great white look less like a jaws rip - off . if anything , its inspiration’s longevity and iconic status has only underscored the similarities . great white opens with teens on a beach , one of whom becomes a great white shark’s first human meal , and it ends with an exploding shark . in between , we get : a self - serving politician ( joshua sinclair ) who insists a beach event must go on despite the dangers of shark attacks ; underwater footage from the shark’s point of view ; and—to add a dash of jaws 2 to the mix—some dumb teens recklessly putting their lives in danger . universal’s suit offers even more details , with point - by - point examples of similarities that include :
but the poster alone has sparked an outcry that the film’s creators should have seen coming from 5 , 500 miles away—especially given all the recent attention paid to the industry’s lack of diversity in front of and behind the camera . the great wall is now the most dramatic example of whitewashing : though it’s rooted in chinese history and culture , and is made by a chinese director and studio , the film is already relying solely on the face of a well - known white american actor to sell its story .
on march 5 , 1982 , film ventures international released a killer - shark movie called great white to 300 north american theaters in southern california , texas , louisiana , and michigan , with a plan to expand to hundreds more across north american . though audiences showed up to the tune of $ 3 million , that plan didn’t work out . one month prior to the film’s north american debut , universal studios filed a civil - action suit complaining of copyright infringement against the films jaws and jaws 2 . on april 22 , u . s . district judge david kenyon issued a preliminary injunction against the film , putting a halt to any expansion plans and prompting universal to demand it be pulled from theaters . universal’s efforts expanded around the globe , bringing similar suits in france , belgium , great britain , and australia , effectively making the film disappear from all but memory in most of the world .
video captures the moment that they slowly approach the shark in the shallow waters ( pictured , pearson in front of the great white shark ) . the two assumed it had been caught in a gill net before noticing two huge propeller wounds on its back
many scientists now believe that great white sharks are intelligent , highly inquisitive creatures . when great whites gather , they seem to show different behaviors , from open - mouthed gaping at one another to assertive body - slams . these sharks are top predators throughout the world ' s ocean , predominantly in temperate and subtropical waters . great whites migrate long distances . some make journeys from the hawaiian islands to california , and one shark that swam from south africa to australia made the longest recorded migration of any fish .
“remember , it’s not about blaming individuals . . . rather , it’s about pointing out the repeatedly implied racist notion that white people are superior to poc [ people of color ] and that poc need salvation from our own color via white strength . ”
another item from the suit could define understatement : “the salty skippers , both of whom have heavy english - type accents and are experienced shark hunters , are substantially similar . ” in great white , vic morrow essentially does a movie - length impression of robert shaw’s performance as quint in jaws . from the unkempt mustache and white turtleneck down , it’s an uncanny piece of imitation .
at first i was quite excited . i thought , great , this is what i came for ,
he said .
disney won an honorary academy award for his pioneering achievement , while the music for the film , featuring snow white’s famous ballad , “some day my prince will come” and other songs by frank churchill , larry morey , paul j . smith and leigh harline , was also nominated for an oscar . the studio re - released snow white for the first time in 1944 , during world war ii ; thereafter , it was released repeatedly every decade or so , a pattern that became a tradition for disney’s animated films . for its 50th anniversary in 1987 , snow white was restored , but cropped into a wide - screen format , a choice that irked some critics . disney released a more complete digital restoration of the film in 1993 . its power continues to endure : in june 2008 , more than 60 years after its u . s . release , the american film institute chose snow white and the seven dwarfs as the no . 1 animated film of all time in its listing of “america’s 10 greatest films in 10 classic genres . ”
walt disney’s decision to make snow white , which was the first animated feature to be produced in english and in technicolor , flew in the face of the popular wisdom at the time . naysayers , including his wife lillian , warned him that audiences , especially adults , wouldn’t sit through a feature - length cartoon fantasy about dwarfs . but disney put his future on the line , borrowing most of the $ 1 . 5 million that he used to make the film . snow white premiered in hollywood on december 21 , 1937 , earning a standing ovation from the star - studded crowd . when it was released to the public the following february , the film quickly grossed $ 8 million , a staggering sum during the great depression and the most made by any film up to that time .
but brazen might not be a strong enough word to describe great white , which has stuck around despite universal’s attempts to turn it into an un - movie . great white played to some success in italy—home to its prolific director , enzo g . castellari—and elsewhere , under titles like the last shark and , most flagrantly , the last jaws . it soon became available via bootlegs in the u . s . , though the injunction stood as late as 2008 , when los angeles’ new beverly theater attempted to screen it on a double bill with another of castellari’s films , the inglorious bastards , the italian world war ii movie that inspired the quentin tarantino film of the same name , though not quite the same spelling . more recently , great white has quietly surfaced legally via amazon , where viewers can stream it and buy it digitally , and less officially on youtube , where a user has uploaded the entire feature .
there’s something deeply perverse about seeing beyoncé’s groundbreaking work of black female historical reclamation appropriated by two white actresses in 1860s southern dress . but it’s perfectly in keeping with the attitude of the film , in which black people barely merit mention . while the film’s production design and costumes evince a commitment to authenticity , the movie itself has no interest in the people on whose backs that lavish lifestyle was built .
but many more were surprised and disappointed that the film , set about 1 , 000 years ago , starred white american actor matt damon . in a lengthy tweet posted one day after the trailer debut , fresh off the boat star constance wu criticized the project for “perpetuating the racist myth that only a white man can save the world” and wrote , “our heroes don’t look like matt damon . ”
although it ' s probably terrifying to imagine a mammoth great white shark swimming in shallow waters in the dark of night with its mouth wide open ( it ' s enough to make you think twice about that midnight skinny dip ! ) , this might actually be the safest time to swim with one of these apex predators . though the shark continued to swim , it seemed to be in a catatonic state , as if hypnotized . researchers believe that this is what a great white looks like when it ' s sleeping .
and the great wall director , zhang yimou ( house of flying daggers ) appears to share my attitude . in an interview with entertainment weekly , he described the film ' s american - china co - production style as
using hollywood filmmaking to introduce chinese culture
. on this point , it ' s fair to say that the great wall succeeds , and one can only hope that the film encourages hollywood to keep exploring asian stories . it may not be much , but it ' s something , and that counts with me .
the great wall - in theaters this february official trailer - urltoken starring global superstar matt damon and directed by one of the most breathtaking visual stylists of our time , zhang yimou ( hero , house of flying daggers ) , legendary’s the great wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world’s most iconic structure . the first english - language production for yimou is the largest film ever shot entirely in china . the great wall also stars jing tian , pedro pascal , willem dafoe and andy lau .
the screenplay for this film was featured in the 2014 blacklist , a list of the
most liked
unmade scripts of the year .
many earlier attempts to film the mahatma’s life had come to nought , from dw griffiths to david lean and emeric pressburger . attenborough’s gandhi epic took 20 years in the planning , as attenborough recounts in his book about the making of the film , which also appeared in 1982 .
the film follows a classic hollywood biopic structure and contributed to the british “raj revival” that was part of thatcherite britain’s reassessment of history in the 1980s , although attenborough film’s is critical of the imperial venture . as one would expect , the film was aimed squarely at a global audience rather than a specifically indian one , with much prominence given to several non - indian figures , including mountbatten , mirabehn ( madeleine slade ) and the photojournalist , margaret bourke - white . key protagonists such as annie besant , rabindranath tagore , aurobindo and ambedkar are absent .
after a profitable international run , montoro bought the u . s . distribution rights to l’ultimo squalo , rechristened it great white and sunk $ 4 million into advertising its march 1982 theatrical release . the film was an immediate hit , and was set to expand nationwide when universal pictures filed a lawsuit claiming castellari’s picture plagiarized jaws . though montoro had been through this before with beyond the door , and knew how difficult it was to prove copyright infringement , this time the similarities were too numerous to avoid an injunction . on april 22 , 1982 , a california district court decided in favor of universal , and all prints of great white were removed from u . s . theaters .
although pretending that you could be devoured by a great white shark at any moment was a hard task to accomplish ― especially when said shark was just a prop rock on set ― holt said she knew she wanted to be in the thriller immediately after reading the script .
kingsley’s portrayal of gandhi was extraordinary as he came across as human , warm and funny , even though his saintliness overcomes strange features of personality . kingsley’s superb performance made him the embodiment of the freedom movement , the indian nation , and in this western film , the idea of indianness , who dominates the entire film which despite its clear inaccuracies is a great biopic with magnificent set - pieces such as the salt march .
“the slaves left . ” in three words , sofia coppola’s new film the beguiled casually dispenses with one of the great shames of the american republic . coppola’s film is an elegant southern gothic tale of masculine charms and feminine vengeance , completely stripped of its historical and racial context . while not every period genre picture need grapple with the “ peculiar institution , ” this is a film set during the civil war , unfolding between southern women and a northern soldier , and it goes so far as to cut both black characters from the novel upon which it was based .
“why do you think it was so nice to see a nerdy white kid have a girl fall in love with him ? because you were that nerdy white kid who felt unloved . and seeing pictures of it in hollywood’s stories made it feel possible , ” she wrote .
the great wall may well represent the next step in hollywood economics : a film made by one of the country’s greatest directors ( zhang yimou ) , shot on location in china and telling a story about the northern song dynasty , while starring one of hollywood’s biggest names . the great wall , with a budget of $ 135 million , is the most expensive chinese film ever made . as china becomes a bigger and bigger part of the overall box - office market , it makes sense that hollywood would produce more films designed to appeal directly to the country’s audiences .
despite montoro’s highly questionable business practices , fvi was fast turning into one of the most successful film distribution companies in america . their brand was exploitation ( particularly horror and martial arts flicks ) , but if the company had a signature type of film , it was the animals - run - amok subgenre ; grizzly was the company’s biggest hit , and the goofy eco - horror throwdown day of the animals wasn’t far behind . but montoro was hunting bigger game . he wanted to hook the most feared / profitable cinematic beast of them all : the great white shark .
an enormous and angry 35 foot great white shark takes revenge on humans when they build a beach just for swimmers by a coastal town . after several shark attacks , and the mayor does nothing to stop it , james franisscus and vic morrow sail in pursuit to stop it .
most of these criticisms come with an admission that la la land is , on its surface , great entertainment . the snappy songs , brightly colored clothes and the virtuosic film - making are diverting enough that the film’s persistence in entertaining you is emotionally moving . for the millions of americans who are depressed and anxious about the state of the nation , la la land is a trifle that seems more substantial because of our desperate need for distraction .
very little was known about the predators . after the film ' s release , interest in sharks skyrocketed , resulting in increased funding for shark research .
in many ways the great wall is the opposite of what is being suggested . for the first time , a film deeply rooted in chinese culture , with one of the largest chinese casts ever assembled , is being made at tent pole scale for a world audience . i believe that is a trend that should be embraced by our industry . our film is not about the construction of the great wall . matt damon is not playing a role that was originally conceived for a chinese actor . the arrival of his character in our story is an important plot point . there are five major heroes in our story and he is one of them — the other four are all chinese . the collective struggle and sacrifice of these heroes are the emotional heart of our film . as the director of over 20 chinese language films and the beijing olympics , i have not and will not cast a film in a way that was untrue to my artistic vision . i hope when everyone sees the film and is armed with the facts they will agree .
the 2016 novel tells the story of a black nurse who is prosecuted after a white supremacist couple ' s infant dies from a heart attack .
it seems likely that the film is entitled
the great wall
because they couldn ' t have called the film
great
in reference to the acting . damon ' s occasionally - heard irish brogue leaves one with the occasional impression that his character is meant to be irish - - although that would be entirely unnecessary to the plot . then again , it is equally plausible that the character is meant to be an impostor of limited impersonation skills infiltrating the chinese army . whatever the reason may be ,
the great wall
is little more than a silly , two - dimensional diversion for teenage boys . the good cgi and frequent battle carnage should be enough to satisfy that target audience , even if it satisfies few others .
( the great wall ) doesn ' t prove how much china can spend on a movie , it proves how much china can waste on one .
for those of you who are interested in actually seeing this
great white
flick , it was released on dvd not too long ago and i ' ve heard there ' s a blu - ray version on the way . it ' s also been on and off youtube for a while now :
but more than brawn , the great white shark has a tremendous brain that coordinates all the highly - developed senses of this efficient hunter . its prey , including seals and dolphins , are very clever animals , and the shark has to have enough brains to outsmart them . despite their reputation as lone hunters , great whites will cooperate with one another , hunting in groups and sharing the spoils . and some researchers have been surprised by how fast they learn .
this injunction wasn’t the coup de grâce that struck down montoro and fvi , but a costly divorce settlement combined with the failure of john “bud” cardos’s 1984 horror film mutant drove the company into bankruptcy . rather than fight to save fvi , montoro pocketed $ 1 million from his failing company and vanished ( possibly to mexico ) . it was a clichéd end to a boldly unoriginal career . neither he nor great white has officially been seen in the united states since .
attenborough was introduced to nehru in 1963 by their mutual friend earl mountbatten . nehru shared photographs and made further introductions . the last time attenborough saw him , nehru said : ‘whatever you do , do not deify him – that is what we have done in india – and he was too great a man to be deified . ’ indira gandhi gave her formal approval : ‘the film has captured the spirit of gandhiji’ , as well as enabling 400 , 000 indians to act as extras in the recreation of the funeral procession and authorising $ 6 . 5 million from the national film development corporation towards the $ 22 million production . not all politicians showed such support : morarji desai threatened to kill himself if the film went ahead and questions about the making of the film were asked in parliament .
yes . you should do more in - depth movie reviews like you used to , with dark night of the scarecrow and whatnot . those were great .
as indicated in the lawsuit , lucasfilm thought that consumers could be confused into thinking that lucasfilm sponsored or produced the x - rated film . right . heh .
he shine is coming off of la la land . the box - office smash and owner of a record - tying 14 oscar nominations premiered to rapturous reviews at film festivals last fall , but in the weeks that followed , and as the film screened for more and more critics , a backlash began to grow . representatives of various marginalized communities – women , african americans , and jazz lovers – emerged to take the film down a peg . what ensued was an all - out war ( albeit one waged mostly on twitter ) between the film’s fans and its detractors . while it might seem odd that a movie as guileless and nostalgic as
the popular blog angry asian man called the movie “the latest movie in the grand cinematic tradition of the special white person” , adding : “you can set a story anywhere in the world , in any era of history , and hollywood will still somehow find a way for the movie to star a white guy . ”
* update , july 5 , 2017 : edwina in both films is a composite of two characters from the source novel : edwina , a wealthy biracial teenager seduced and betrayed by mcburney , and harriet farnsworth , a white teacher and sister to martha , kidman ' s headmistress character in the coppola film . ( return . )
' that ' s a f * * * * * * white shark , ' pearson says in the video . ' holy s * * * ! '
a young black girl brutally attacked and her two white attackers killed by her father . who ' s right and who ' s wrong and should race matter ?
marine biologist alison kock has devoted her life to finding the facts and defusing the myths about great white sharks .
my dad and i used to go on regular diving expeditions together , which fostered a love for ocean creatures , especially sharks . i will never forget the first time i saw a white shark flying clean out of the water and into the air while chasing a seal . from that day onwards , i have spent thousands of hours at sea studying these vulnerable creatures and have been fortunate to get to know that the real white shark is not a mindless killer . they are complex and majestic animals that are completely misunderstood .
starring global superstar matt damon and directed by one of the most breathtaking visual stylists of our time , zhang yimou ( hero , house of flying daggers ) , legendary ' s the great wall tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world ' s most iconic structure . the first english - language production for yimou is the largest film ever shot entirely in china . the great wall also stars jing tian , pedro pascal , willem dafoe and andy lau .
intense emotion , great acting , and one of the deepest plots thought of . goes just beyond legal drama but of the inner feelings of human beings as well .
the great wall is ridiculously silly in the best way , mixing medieval battle movies , chinese culture and sci - fi into a nonstop , action - packed romp .
in the taut thriller , when nancy ( blake lively ) is surfing on a secluded beach , she finds herself on the feeding ground of a great white shark . though she is stranded only 200 yards from shore , survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills , requiring all of nancy’s ingenuity , resourcefulness , and fortitude .
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the poster for the great wall , an epic chinese - american co - production coming out next february , is remarkable simply for managing to say so much about the film industry today with so little detail . the frame is filled by matt damon’s sweaty face , backgrounded by the great wall of china , engulfed in battle . “1700 years to build ; 5550 miles long ; what were they trying to keep out ? ” the tagline asks . “matt damon , ” the billing beneath it seems to reply .
damon is by no means the first white actor to star in a role that might be expected to go to an asian or asian american actor , but the release of the great wall comes at a time of increasing anger with the lack of representation of asian characters in popular culture – and the lack of roles for asian actors .
if walt disney ' s “snow white and the seven dwarfs” had been primarily about snow white , it might have been forgotten soon after its 1937 premiere , and treasured today only for historical reasons , as the first full - length animated feature in color . snow white is , truth to tell , a bit of a bore , not a character who acts but one whose mere existence inspires others to act . the mistake of most of disney ' s countless imitators over the years has been to confuse the titles of his movies with their subjects . “snow white and the seven dwarfs” is not so much about snow white or prince charming as about the seven dwarfs and the evil queen - - and the countless creatures of the forest and the skies , from a bluebird that blushes to a turtle who takes forever to climb up a flight of stairs .
the great wall is the first english - language film directed by zhang yimou , who made house of flying daggers and hero , and the most expensive production completed in china , with a budget of $ 150m . a chinese / american co - production , its diverse cast includes willem dafoe , game of thrones’ pedro pascal , hong kong superstar andy lau and turkish actor numan acar . but it’s damon’s participation – as what appears to be the film’s lead in the first trailer , which debuted on thursday – that courted immediate criticism .
i dove down . i was in about five metres of water getting a great shot of this fish and i felt this massive thump from behind ,
he said .
in the taut thriller the shallows , when nancy ( blake lively ) is surfing on a secluded beach , she finds herself on the feeding ground of a great white shark . though she is stranded only 200 yards from shore , survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills , requiring all of nancy ' s ingenuity , resourcefulness , and fortitude .
i have a couple of issues with this film ( occasionally too much cgi , and a weird ending ) but for the majority of its brief , 86 - minutes - long run , this is a riveting film , exquisitely filmed in the gold coast of australia , about a survivor of a shark attack clinging to life , figuratively and literally , on the side of a rock 200 feet from shore , with the shark still circling the waters . normally watered down pg13 - rating gives way to some surprisingly grisly bursts of gore , as she tries to suture her wounds with makeshift surgical tools , and a couple of brutal attack scenes . the film makes the most of a small cast , and blake lively carries the film almost entirely herself , spending at least two thirds of the film completely isolated . well , she ' s not completely alone , she also has steven
sully
seagull , as himself .
italian rip - off of jaws is a decent flick with really nothing going for it . this is the type of film that can be seen as
so bad it ' s good
. italians are notorious with making cheap versions of american blockbusters , and the last shark is one of many films that try to do that . as a whole , the film is really tongue in cheek and has so - so effects . considering that the film is low budget , they ' re not that bad , but in many shot you can clearly see that the shark is fake , but it adds to the cheesy , good entertainment value that this film offers . i really liked the film , but it was just a decent picture overall and it was fun . if you take this film too seriously , you ' re surely not going to enjoy this , however keep an open mind about it and you may appreciate its sheer lack of originality . don ' t expect anything great with this film , except for a mindless good time . i enjoyed the sheer stupidity of this flick and some genre fans will probably enjoy that as well . enzo g castellari ' s direction is good and he ' s able to create an effectively fun and entertaining rip - off that actually does provide some dumb fun . the lost shark is exactly what makes a cheesy horror film worth seeing . despite its flaws , and it boasts more than its air share , it is a film to enjoy with friends . the special effects are so over the top bad , and pretty that you ' re just going to walk away from this one entertained and enjoying yourself . this is as good as b movies get , and as an italian flick as well it succeeds on many levels despite its imperfections . a decent killer creature flick that you cannot take seriously .
chris hemsworth kicks off filming for the star - studded men in black spin - off as he cuts a sharp figure in london . . . 21 years after the first film hit screens
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gws aims to reveal the strength and beauty of these animals by looking through the eyes of those who have been touched by their shark encounters : mike rutzen , south african shark operator , who swims with great whites in the aptly named shark alley , dr . chris lowe who has been tagging juvenile white sharks off the coast of los angeles , revealing more and more of their secret life , and two record breaking free - divers , frederic buyle and william winram , who tag great whites by simply holding their breath and free diving with the sharks…


the perfect age of rock 'n' roll is a music-themed drama film starring kevin zegers and jason ritter and directed by scott rosenbaum .

the screenplay was written by scott rosenbaum and jasin cadic .

the film is set to be released on-demand & in limited theatrical release on august 5 , 2011 .

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an exhausted pileup of rock - movie clichés , “the perfect age of rock ’n’ roll” presents artistic self - destruction with the solemnity of a movie that has invented a spanking - new genre .
“the perfect age of rock ’n’ roll” is rated r ( under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian ) . ratty hair , rampant self - pity and rock - god dissipation .
the perfect age of rock ' n ' roll is a movie starring lukas haas , kevin zegers , and jason ritter . a rock star retreats to his hometown after his sophomore album flops .
' the perfect age of rock ' n ' roll ' is currently available to rent , purchase , or stream via subscription on itunes store , vudu , and urltoken .
an exhausted pileup of rock - movie clichés ,
the perfect age of rock ' n ' roll
presents artistic self - destruction with the solemnity of a movie that has invented a spanking - new genre .
released in 2009 and directed by scott d . rosenbaum ,
the perfect age of rock ' n ' roll
is a rock drama about an ex - rock star , spyder ( kevin zegers ) , being interviewed . . .
we ' ve listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental , purchase , and subscription options - along with the availability of ' the perfect age of rock ' n ' roll ' on each platform . now , before we get into the nitty - gritty of how you can watch ' the perfect age of rock ' n ' roll ' right now , here are some details about the drama flick .
performing with keith richards for chuck’s 60th birthday concert for the filming of hail ! hail ! rock’n’roll in the 1980s .
rock ' n ' roll high school is a prime example of a 1970s movie phenomenon : a . . .
below rookie feature filmmaker scott rosenbaum shares a scene for his passion project “the perfect age of rock ‘n roll , ” starring kevin zegers , jason rutter , taryn manning and peter fonda . the rock drama opens in select theaters and hits vod on august 5th .
somewhere in rock - and - roll heaven , a lot of eyes are rolling .
it ' s uneven , but at times it ' s only rock ' n roll catches fire . the songs and . . .
— according to rock n ' roll lore , age 27 is a fateful milestone . from robert johnson , brian jones , jimi hendrix , janis joplin , jim morrison to kurt cob
i love rock - n - roll , joan jett ' s first record with the blackhearts , was a tougher , louder album . . .
what do rock stars have when the music ' s over ? memories , rock ` n ' roll movies all seem to be told in flashback , like life is a remembered act .
the title “the perfect age of rock ‘n’ roll” refers to 27 , the age when kurt cobain , jimi hendrix , janis joplin and , most recently , amy winehouse prematurely shuffled off their mortal coils . it’s also the age of the two protagonists ( self - destructive kevin zegers and more - centered jason ritter ) , rockers and childhood pals uneasily reunited for a 1991 cross - country road trip after the former’s solo album founders .
helmer - scripter - producer scott rosenbaum’s debut , “the perfect age of rock ‘n’ roll , ” is an overblown tale of music , friendship and betrayal . pic boasts an authentic soundtrack of old and new tunes , including an extended jam session that taps the talents of blues legends pinetop perkins and hubert sulmin . unfortunately , the unconvincing fictional storyline rosenbaum weaves around [ … ]
disc # 1 - - perfect age of rock ' n ' roll play scenes extras trailer behind the scenes featurette promotional tv spots deleted scenes the lost soulz
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new york — the title of the perfect age of rock ' n ' roll refers toage 27 , a fateful milestone for robert johnson , brian jones , jimi hendrix , janis joplin , jim morrison and kurt cobain , all stars who died at this very age . it’s asad coincidence that this limp piece of fan fiction got a morbid pr bump from the recent death , at age 27 , of amy winehouse . but this is unlikely to help box office prospects for director / cowriter scott rosenbaum ' s feature debut .
alex steyermark ' s 2003 showbiz drama prey for rock & roll comes to dvd from lion ' s . . .
[ video ] . . . a knock - off of a knock - off movie that has the audacity to attempt to authenticate its rock ' n ' roll credibility by casting a giant like peter fonda in a supporting role . shame .
i love rock - n - roll , joan jett ' s first record with the blackhearts , was a tougher , louder album than bad reputation , primarily because her new backing band gave her a more coherent sound . that dynamic , hard rock crunch is what made the title . . .
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two of the world’s preeminent music journalists tackle the liveliest debate in rock history : which . . .
what i hope you’ll find when you view this clip and the film , as a whole is a truthful and sensitive portrayal of very real human experiences . we felt this was the only way to avoid the obvious pitfalls when setting out to make a film about rock ‘n’ roll .
davis hired evans for his next recording date , the session that became kind of blue , which would be the perfect expression of this new approach to playing .
scott rosenbaum’s “the perfect age of rock ‘n’ roll” reminds me of “hedwig and the angry inch” for a couple reasons . the plots of both films involve a rock star who screwed over a former collaborator to gain fame with stolen songs . appropriately , the new film seems to be biting off other music movies , as well , particularly “velvet goldmine” and “almost famous . ” but the biggest thing it shares with “hedwig” over others is the failure to convince us of its fictional artist’s plausibility for enormous success . the quality of music necessary for such iconic popularity among both critics and mainstream record buyers is just not there . and it’s a shame given that rosenbaum is clearly a fine scholar and appreciator of music history and seems to have intended for his movie to be the next great addition to vh1’s “movies that rock” programming .
it ' s uneven , but at times it ' s only rock ' n roll catches fire . the songs and performances are stronger than those on goats head soup ; the tossed - off numbers sound effortless , not careless . throughout , the stones wear their title as the world ' s . . .
rock ' n ' roll high school is a prime example of a 1970s movie phenomenon : a cult film that was deliberately designed to be a cult film . high - schooler riff randell ' s ( p . j . soles ) efforts to meet the ramones are continually thwarted by . . .
the unconvincing fictional storyline hits every meller cliche in the
self - destructive rock star
playbook .
at the age of twelve he was awarded the school trophy as junior all - rounder . he loved art , and was always sketching for friends or relatives .
the perfect age of rock ’n’ roll progresses exactly as one would expect , with the emotional turmoil between eric and spyder invariably forcing them to find a common ground and take one last stab at musical collaboration . their pivotal shared moment comes during an impromptu jam session with blues legends hubert sumlin , pinetop perkins , sugar blue , willie “big eyes” smith , and bob stroger at an all - black club in the heart of the countryside . flashes of life pop up during the energetic performance , but none of it comes from the conflicted relationship between the two lead characters . interestingly , a quick cutaway to the great actor michael k . williams , who plays a small but pivotal role in the scene , has more power and resonance than the entire rest of the film combined .
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in 1958 , five friends at st peter ' s - freddie bulsara , derrick branche , bruce murray , farang irani and victory rana - formed the school ' s rock ' n roll band , the hectics , where freddie was the piano player . they would play at school parties , at annual fetes and school dances , but little else is known about them .
disc # 1 - - perfect age of rock ' n ' roll 1 . scene 1 [ 4 : 02 ] 2 . scene 2 [ 10 : 00 ] 3 . scene 3 [ 9 : 54 ] 4 . scene 4 [ 8 : 15 ] 5 . scene 5 [ 7 : 29 ] 6 . scene 6 [ 6 : 52 ] 7 . scene 7 [ 7 : 43 ] 8 . scene 8 [ 11 : 16 ] 9 . scene 9 [ 4 : 07 ] 10 . scene 10 [ 10 : 13 ] 11 . scene 11 [ 4 : 50 ] 12 . scene 12 [ 6 : 36 ]
the album ' s legacy is mixed , precisely for this reason . it opened up a whole new path of freedom to jazz musicians : those who had something to say thrived ; those who didn ' t , noodled . that ' s the dark side of what miles davis and george russell ( and , a few months later , ornette coleman , in his own even - freer style of jazz ) wrought : a lot of noodling—new age noodling , jazz - rock - fusion noodling , blaring - and - squealing noodling—all of it baleful , boring , and deadly ( literally deadly , given the rise of tight and riveting rock ' n ' roll ) . some of their successors confused freedom with just blowing whatever came into their heads , and it turned out there wasn ' t much there .
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two of the world’s preeminent music journalists tackle the liveliest debate in rock history : which band is the greatest ever—the beatles or the rolling stones ? more than two dozen topics of debate are addressed , with cases being made both for . . .
the “interview” scene presented here occurs at the end of the film and is the last in a series of similar sequences .
you ' d be better off renting
eddie and the cruisers
( 1983 ) than slogging through this latest , far more dire recycling of the same rock clichés .
click here to see the best and worse uses of kind of blue in the movies .
director / cowriter scott rosenbaum ' s feature debut is a limp piece of fan fiction about a fictional rock band ' s heyday and decline .
unfortunately , the unconvincing fictional storyline rosenbaum weaves around this solid musical base hits every meller cliche in the
self - destructive rock star
playbook .
alex steyermark ' s 2003 showbiz drama prey for rock & roll comes to dvd from lion ' s gate . presented with a widescreen transfer and dolby digital stereo soundtrack in english . special features include audio commentary , extended concert footage , and behind - the - scenes featurettes .
co - writer jasin cadic and i established this part of the story as spyder’s ( kevin zegers ) confessional as much as it was clifton’s ( lukas haas ) interview with the reclusive rock star . from the picture’s title to the end of the movie , a major plot point focuses on the odd coincidence that has seen many great , iconic music figures die at age 27 ( hendrix , janis , kurt , brian jones , morrison et al . ) .
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) . freddie has always been considered the front - man of the band .
while eric scribbles masterpieces for a new album , spyder snorts and struts and generally behaves like the caricature he is . dismal photography and directionless conversations fill the script’s many potholes , and snatches of classic - rock ear candy perk up the soundtrack .
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but at the height of one d–mania , styles took a step back . for many , 2016 was a year of lost musical heroes and a toxic new world order . for styles , it was a search for a new identity that began on that bench overlooking london . what would a solo harry styles sound like ? a plan came into focus . a song cycle about women and relationships . ten songs . more of a rock sound . a bold single - color cover to match the working title : pink . ( he quotes the clash’s paul simonon : “pink is the only true rock & roll colour . ” ) many of the details would change over the coming year – including the title , which would end up as harry styles – but one word stuck in his head .
when miles davis came to new york in 1945 , at the age of 19 , he replaced gillespie as parker ' s trumpeter for a few years and played very much in their style . a decade later , he , too , was wondering what to do next .
“i wish the album could be called sign of the times , ” styles declares .
great fake bands don’t necessarily make great films ( or tv shows ) , or vice versa , and i recognize that it’s quite hard to pull it off ( i’ve never fully accepted the fame of the wonders , stillwater or drive shaft ) . most recently it was a problem for some of the intended comedy of “get him to the greek , ” as even parody tunes are best when actually worth listening to ( see spinal tap , dewey cox and the rutles ) . the makers of “the perfect age” are hopeful enough for the music’s merits that the lost souls tunes are available on itunes and elsewhere , but i don’t see them being big sellers . and for us to believe their context in the film , they’d have to be monster hits . even if the film itself was otherwise decent and a hit on its own , i wouldn’t bet on that happening now or at the time the film is set .
on april 20th , 1992 a tribute concert in freddie ' s memory was held at wembley stadium , and many famous rock stars took part in it . but the best tribute to freddie was the album
the answer came from a friend of his named george russell ( who died just last month at the age of 86 ) . a brilliant composer and scholar in his own right , russell spent the better part of the ' 50s devising a new theory of jazz improvisation based not on chord changes but on scales or
modes .
the kind of music that resulted was often called
modal
jazz . ( a scale consists of the eight notes from one octave to the next . * a chord consists of three or four specific notes in that scale , played together or in sequence : for instance , a c chord is c - e - g . )
spyder ( kevin zegers ) , a world famous musician whose debut album is a huge hit , retreats to his hometown after his sophomore effort flops . there he reconnects with his former friend and collaborator , eric genson ( jason ritter ) , now a middle school music teacher . it’s a reunion that forces the two to recall their youthful ambitions and re - examine the choices they’ve made . accompanied by legendary rock ’n’ roll impresario august west ( peter fonda ) , spyder’s raucous crew of musicians , the lost soulz , and their fiery manager , rose atropos ( taryn manning ) , set off on a journey along historic route 66 in hopes of salvaging a long lost dream and rekindling the mojo that made spyder’s debut album a huge success .
the director manages to instill every moment on the road with a sense of shrill conventionality .
at the end of may the island of ibiza staged a huge festival at the outrageous ku club . freddie agreed to be a guest of honour and closed the event with montserrat caballé singing the song he had written for her and her home city ,
you probably already know what the movie ' s about , but just in case . . . here ' s the plot :
a rock star moves back to his hometown after his second album flops .
the clearest example of its novelty is a piece , composed ( without credit ) by evans , called
flamenco sketches .
at most jazz sessions , the sheet music that the leader passes around to the band consists of
heads
—the first 12 or so bars of a tune , with the chords notated above . the band plays the head , then each player improvises on the chords . but for
flamenco sketches ,
evans had jotted down the notes of five scales , each of which expressed a slightly different mood . at the top of the sheet , he wrote ,
play in the sound of these scales .
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as st peter ' s was an english school , the sports played there were typically english . freddie loathed cricket and long - distance running , but he liked hockey , sprint and boxing . at the age of 10 he became a school champion in table tennis . freddie was not only a good sportsman , his artistic skills were incomparable .
review : an egocentric rock star retreats to his hometown to recover from the humiliation of a major career misstep , and begins to reassess his priorities after reconnecting with the childhood friend who helped launch him to stardom . spyder ' s ( kevin zeger ) first al… ( more )
you’d be hard - pressed to find a more exhausting cinematic archetype than the self - destructive rock star . such high - flying hedonists seek salvation and fulfillment in the extremes of an overindulgent lifestyle , where drugs , women , and the limelight are all equally powerful narcotics . labeled “unpredictable” by their slightly more responsible peers , the rock - star diva actually follows a strikingly familiar path of emotional combustion , inevitably becoming isolated after betraying those who care most . their broken - record memories are supposed to warn against excess , even though the slimy details are often projected through overly glamorous lenses .
styles wanders into the country store next door . it’s a store he knows well . inspecting the shelves , he asks if i’ve had british rice pudding . he finds a can that looks ancient . he collects a roll of rowntrees fruit pastilles ( “since 1881” ) , lindor swiss chocolates ( “irresistibly smooth” ) and a jar of branston pickles . “there’s only two shops in l . a . that stock all the british snacks . this area’s kind of potluck , ” he says , spreading the collection on the counter .
after his sophomore album flops , spyder , a decadent rock star , returns to his long island hometown to convince his estranged partner to help write songs for his comeback . mpaa rating : notrated
kind of blue is a one - shot deal , so dreamily perfect you can hardly believe someone created it . which is why it remains so deeply satisfying , on whatever level you experience it , as moody background music or as the center of your existence . listen to it 100 times or so , and you still marvel at its spontaneous inventions ; now and then , you ' ll even hear something new .
you’d be better off renting “eddie and the cruisers” ( 1983 ) than slogging through this latest , far more dire recycling of the same rock clichés . at least the earlier film has tom berenger , joe pantoliano , ellen barkin and a springsteen - sound - alike score by beaver brown that made it a huge hit on vhs .
they debate for a bit . nasci plays more tracks . the songs range from full - on rock ( “kiwi” ) to intricate psychedelic pop ( “meet me in the hallway” ) to the outright confessional ( “ever since new york , ” a desperate meditation on loss and longing ) . the lyrics are full of details and references – secrets whispered between friends , doomed declarations of love , empty swimming pools – sure to set fans scrambling for the facts behind the mystery .
the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 32 min , and received a score of 31 ( out of 100 ) on metacritic , which collated reviews from 9 respected critics .
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the early part of 1987 was very quiet for queen , so freddie took the opportunity to go into townhouse studios to do some solo work . it resulted in a remake of the classic platters ' song
“i always said , at the very beginning , all i wanted was to be the granddad with the best stories … and the best shelf of artifacts and bits and trinkets . ”
styles drives to a quiet dinner spot in laurel canyon , at the foot of lookout mountain avenue , onetime home to many of his seventies songwriting heroes . he used to have a place around the corner . as the later tours of one direction grew larger , longer and more frenetic , he offers with irony , “it was very rock & roll . ” he’s not a heavy drinker , he says , maybe some tequila on ice or wine with friends after a show , but by the band’s last tour there wasn’t much time even for that . john lennon once told rolling stone that behind the curtain , the beatles’ tours were like fellini’s satyricon . styles counters that the one d tours were more like “a wes anderson movie . cut . cut . new location . quick cut . new location . cut . cut . show . shower . hard cut . sleep . ”
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the clerk rings up the snacks . in the most careful , deferential way , the young worker asks the question . “would you … happen to be … harry styles ? ”
harry edward styles was born in worcestershire , england , in true classic - rock form , on a tuesday afternoon . the family moved to cheshire , a quiet spot in northern england , when he was a baby . his older sister , gemma , was the studious one . ( “she was always smarter than me , and i was always jealous of that . ” )
freddie mercury was born farrokh bulsara on thursday september 5th 1946 on the small spice island of zanzibar . his parents , bomi and jer bulsara , were both parsee ( persian ) . his father , bomi , was a civil servant , working as a high court cashier for the british government . freddie ' s sister , kashmira , was born in 1952 . in 1954 , at the age of eight , freddie was shipped to st peter ' s english boarding school in panchgani , about fifty miles outside bombay . it was there his friends began to call him freddie , a name the family also adopted .
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he’s well aware that at least two of swift’s songs – “out of the woods” and “style” – are considered to be about their romance . ( “you’ve got that long hair slicked back , white t - shirt , ” she sang in “style . ” ) “i mean , i don’t know if they’re about me or not …” he says , attempting gallant discretion , “but the issue is , she’s so good , they’re bloody everywhere . ” he smiles . “i write from my experiences ; everyone does that . i’m lucky if everything [ we went through ] helped create those songs . that’s what hits your heart . that’s the stuff that’s hardest to say , and it’s the stuff i talk least about . that’s the part that’s about the two people . i’m never going to tell anybody everything . ” ( fans wondered whether “perfect , ” a song styles co - wrote for one direction , might have been about swift : “and if you like cameras flashing every time we go out / and if you’re looking for someone to write your breakup songs about / baby , i’m perfect . ” )
an egocentric rock star retreats to his hometown to recover from the humiliation of a major career misstep , and begins to reassess his priorities after reconnecting with the childhood friend who helped launch him to stardom . spyder ' s ( kevin zeger ) first album was an unqualified hit . but when his follow - up bombs with fans and critics alike , he decides to . . . read more
in 1975 queen toured japan . a crowd of screaming fans followed them everywhere . they were taken by surprise at the strength of their reception . freddie fell in love with japan and soon became a fanatical collector of japanese art and antiquities .
there’s nothing inherently flawed about this nomadic and potentially life - affirming narrative , but rosenbaum manages to instill every moment on the road with a sense of shrill conventionality . when the characters aren’t arguing about rock history or artistic license , eric , spyder , and the band’s sexy manager , rosie ( taryn manning ) , float through scenes like zoned - out ghosts . none of the relationships have a shred of organic feeling to them , and each betrayal is horribly transparent miles away on the horizon . “i was on this dysfunctional family road trip down a road that didn’t even exist , ” spyder flippantly says during one his many inane bits of voiceover narration . passages like these further confound the thematic point behind his selfish and repetitive walk down memory lane .
, released on november 6th , 1995 by the three remaining members of queen . we can hear the last songs that freddie composed and recorded .
the name - change went hand - in - hand with the departure of drummer mike ' miffer ' smith . he was replaced by richard thompson , the former drummer in brian may ' s 1984 . despite flashes of true potential , the end of the 1960s also marked the end of wreckage . gigs were few and far between , and while john taylor , richard thompson and freddie remained in london , mike bersin was committed to his college course in liverpool , as he promised to his parents . inevitably , the band petered out .
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styles turns , expecting more of the same , but this particular night denizen is on a different track .
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for the next 20 months , one of the most desired stars on the planet slept on a small mattress in an attic . the only other bit of house - dressing was the acoustic guitar that would rattle into the winstons’ bedroom . while fans gathered at the empty house where he didn’t live , styles lived incognito with a couple 12 years his senior . the winstons’ orthodox jewish lifestyle , with a strong family emphasis , helped keep him sane .
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at the royal opera house sometime in may . it was the first time when he saw spanish opera diva montserrat caballé , and the sheer power and beauty of her voice mesmerized him .
january 2016 . there’s a bench at the top of primrose hill , in london , that looks out over the skyline of the city . if you’d passed by it one winter night , you might have seen him sitting there . a lanky guy in a wool hat , overcoat and jogging pants , hands thrust deep into his pockets . harry styles had a lot on his mind . he had spent five years as the buoyant fan favorite in one direction ; now , an uncertain future stretched out in front of him . the band had announced an indefinite hiatus . the white noise of adulation was gone , replaced by the hushed sound of the city below .
after jimi hendrix exploded onto the scene in 1967 , and freddie became an ardent fan , he spent time sketching and drawing his hero ; drawings he would frame and use to decorate the walls of his flat in kensington , rented by his friend chris smith , where freddie had moved from the family home in feltham . at that time kensington was an important place to be for the art crowd - it was the base of the famous biba boutique and the home of kensington market , frequented by the then ' in ' crowd .
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it has the same feel as the other blues tunes ,  but listen closely : the horns , blowing harmony in the background , are playing the same notes in each bar ; they ' re not shifting them to follow the chord changes ; there are no chord changes . it sounds ( hence the album ' s title ) kind of blue .
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from here we leap back to 1991 , with zegers playing spyder , a rocker whose hedonistic stardom is lazily signaled by indoor sunglasses , an unbuttoned shirt and bad manners . spyder , stung by the poor sales of his second record , has returned home to woo the one - time band mate whose songs made the first one a massive hit : eric genson ( jason ritter ) , a likeable nobody whose father was a crash - and - burn rock star too .
“mind if i play it loud ? ” asks bhasker . it’s a rhetorical question . nasci cranks “sign of the times , ” the first single , to a seismic level . the song began as a seven - minute voice note on styles’ phone , and ended up as a sweeping piano ballad , as well as a kind of call to arms . “most of the stuff that hurts me about what’s going on at the moment is not politics , it’s fundamentals , ” styles says . “equal rights . for everyone , all races , sexes , everything . … ’sign of the times’ came from ‘this isn’t the first time we’ve been in a hard time , and it’s not going to be the last time . ’ the song is written from a point of view as if a mother was giving birth to a child and there’s a complication . the mother is told , ‘the child is fine , but you’re not going to make it . ’ the mother has five minutes to tell the child , ‘go forth and conquer . ' ” the track was a breakthrough for both the artist and the band . “harry really led the charge with that one , and the rest of the album , ” says bhasker .
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love this movie ! it had a very good story line and the acting was great . i also thought it was wonderful that the actor kevin zegers sang all the songs himself instead of lip syncing .
the fame visited upon harry styles in his years with one d was a special kind of mania . with a self - effacing smile , a hint of darkness and the hair invariably described as “tousled , ” he became a canvas onto which millions of fans pitched their hopes and dreams . hell , when he pulled over to the side of the 101 freeway in l . a . and discreetly threw up , the spot became a fan shrine . it’s said the puke was even sold on ebay like pieces of the berlin wall . paul mccartney has interviewed him . then there was the unauthorized fan - fiction series featuring a punky , sexed - up version of “harry styles . ” a billion readers followed his virtual exploits . ( “didn’t read it , ” comments the nonfiction styles , “but i hope he gets more than me . ” )
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“it’s different from what you’d expect , ” bhasker says . “it made me realize the harry [ in one d ] was kind of the digitized harry . almost like a character . i don’t think people know a lot of the sides of him that are on this album . you put it on and people are like , ‘this is harry styles ? ’ ”
life in jamaica was 10 percent beach party and 90 percent musical expedition . it was the perfect rite of passage for a musician looking to explode the past and launch a future . the anxiety of what’s next slipped away . layers of feeling emerged that had never made it past one direction’s group songwriting sessions , often with pop craftsmen who polished the songs after styles had left . he didn’t feel stifled in one d , he says , as much as interrupted . “we were touring all the time , ” he recalls . “i wrote more as we went , especially on the last two albums . ” there are songs from that period he loves , he says , like “olivia” and “stockholm syndrome , ” along with the earlier song “happily . ” “but i think it was tough to really delve in and find out who you are as a writer when you’re just kind of dipping your toe each time . we didn’t get the six months to see what kind of shit you can work with . to have time to live with a song , see what you love as a fan , chip at it , hone it and go for that … it’s heaven . ”
i had seen some of the negative reviews by critics so was prepared to be disappointed . the critics are wrong ! this is a great movie , good actors and storyline and a great soundtrack . i loved the scene with the blues musicians ( 3 of whom are now no longer with us ) . its well worth buying .
once the stage was set , it was really all about the performances . in the clip we are discussing , all the elements listed above had to come together to let this scene provide both the conclusion to our story and a much - needed release or catharsis for an otherwise heavy film . i hope when you view this clip , you witness the realization of the aforementioned aspirations .
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“i was alone , ” notes styles . “i was scared of meri . ”
freddie and chris , who was about seventeen at the time , became close friends and chris moved into the house that freddie shared with smile in ferry road , barnes . the other members of sour milk sea were more than a little peeved chris and freddie spent so much time together , and felt rather insecure about the future of the band . after just two months jeremy , who owned nearly all the equipment , derided to take it back and break up the band .
in creating the old house’s character , i had compiled many books and images of medieval churches , crypts , tombs and any other spaces that is subject to or causes sepulchral lighting . this , i saw as critical to old spyder’s world and kevin’s ability to convey the tortured nature of his character . it was essential that kevin be able to elicit even a modicum of sympathy for an otherwise loathsome antihero . for me , it was critical that we achieved the vision of the house . tom and the crew did a great job lighting and shooting this scene and in realizing the desired effect .
he studied hard , although he preferred the aesthetic side of school life to the more mundane academic side , and easily achieved his art a level , leaving isleworth in the spring of 1966 . his grade a pass and his natural skill ensured that he was readily accepted by ealing college of art and , in september 1966 , freddie began a graphic illustrating course at that college .
no moment is perkier , however , than a jam session with a passel of blues legends , including pinetop perkins and willie ( big eyes ) smith , an interlude so authentically sizzling it puts the rest of the movie — and spyder’s puerile behavior—to shame .
styles didn’t advance in the competition , but simon cowell , the show’s creator , sensed a crowd favorite . he put styles together with four others who’d failed to advance in the same category , and united the members of one d in a musical shotgun marriage . the marriage worked . and worked . and worked .
it was his mother who suggested he try out for the u . k . singing competition the x factor to compete in the solo “boy” category . styles sang stevie wonder’s “isn’t she lovely . ” the unforgiving reaction from one of the judges , louis walsh , is now infamous . watching the video today is to watch young harry’s cheery disposition take a hot bullet .
at no point during this trip - - certainly not in the band ' s few performance scenes - - does rosenbaum justify the reverence shown for eric genson in the movie ' s framing sequence . it isn ' t until the final minutes , in fact , that the movie ' s title is explained , in a monologue putting the young songwriter in the company of kurt cobain , jimi hendrix , et al .
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“honest , ” he says , a year later , driving through midcity los angeles in a dusty black range rover . he’s lived here off and on for the past few years , always returning to london . styles’ car stereo pumps a mix of country and obscure classic rock . “i didn’t want to write ‘stories , ’ ” he says . “i wanted to write my stories , things that happened to me . the number - one thing was i wanted to be honest . i hadn’t done that before . ” there isn’t a yellow light he doesn’t run as he speaks excitedly about the band he’s put together under the tutelage of producer jeff bhasker ( the rolling stones , kanye west , “uptown funk” ) . he’s full of stories about the two - month recording session last fall at geejam , a studio and compound built into a mountainside near port antonio , a remote section of jamaica . drake and rihanna have recorded there , and it’s where styles produced the bulk of his new lp , which is due out may 12th . as we weave through traffic today , the album no one has heard is burning a hole in his iphone .
spyder’s indulgent confessional centers around his tattered relationship with eric ( jason ritter ) , a childhood friend and guitar whiz primarily responsible for the hit songs on lost soulz’s debut album . after ditching eric for fame and fortune years prior , spyder now faces financial failure , hitting a creative brick wall on the band’s third record . spyder returns home to reconcile his differences with eric , hoping to strike lyrical gold again . as a form of payback , eric counters with the road trip he always wanted to take with spyder , a route 66 - inspired jaunt across the united states . their mode of transportation is a classic caravan driven by an aging rock manager ( peter fonda ) , and the close proximity invariably forces these characters to consider emotional reconnection .
he returns a couple of minutes later . “thought i’d let you stew for a while , ” he says , laughing , then takes a gulp of green juice . he was surprised , he says , when photos from central park rocketed around the world . “when i see photos from that day , ” he says , “i think : relationships are hard , at any age . and adding in that you don’t really understand exactly how it works when you’re 18 , trying to navigate all that stuff didn’t make it easier . i mean , you’re a little bit awkward to begin with . you’re on a date with someone you really like . it should be that simple , right ? it was a learning experience for sure . but at the heart of it – i just wanted it to be a normal date . ”
“yes , he was , ” agrees styles , who is in many ways the generational opposite of phoenix . “yes , he was . ”
their friendship was forged in the early stages of one d’s success , when the band debuted on the x factor . winston , then a filmmaker and production partner with corden , asked for a meeting , and instantly hit it off with the group . he became a friendly mentor to styles , though the friendship was soon tested . styles had just moved out of his family home in cheshire , an inconvenient three hours north of london . he found a home he liked near the winstons in hampstead heath . the new house needed two weeks of work . styles asked if he could briefly move in with winston and his wife , meredith . “she agreed , ” winston says , “but only for two weeks . ”
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in 1971 john deacon joined the band and queen were complete . freddie designed the band ' s logo using their birth signs : two fairies for him ( virgo ) , two lions for roger and john ( leo ) and a crab for brian ( cancer ) . freddie was the author of the first queen song that entered the british charts (
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christmas 2016 . harry styles was parked outside his childhood home , sitting next to his father . they were listening to his album . after lunch at a pub , they had driven down their old street and landed in front of the family home . staring out at the house where styles grew up listening to his father’s copy of the dark side of the moon , there was much to consider . it was a long way he’d traveled in those fast few years since “isn’t she lovely . ” he’d previously played the new album for his mother , on a stool , in the living room , on cheap speakers . she’d cried hearing “sign of the times . ” now he sat with his father – who liked the new song “carolina” best – both having come full circle .
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the departure from bebop is clear from the album ' s opening tune ,
so what ,
which would emerge as this new sound ' s anthem . evans describes it on the album ' s liner notes as
a simple figure based on 16 measures of one scale , 8 of another and 8 more of the first … in free rhythmic style .
( loose as it is , this was more structured than some of the pieces . evans writes that , for
flamenco sketches ,
the improvisations on each scale can last
as long as the soloist wishes .
) in this 30 - second clip from
so what ,
davis improvises on a single scale for all but the last few seconds , when evans signals a shift to a different scale :