on beauty is a 2014 short documentary film , produced by kartemquin films .

it follows the story of rick guidotti , a fashion photographer who in 1998 decided to quit the fashion industry to found a nonprofit based on promoting diversity and acceptance .

on beauty premiered at the hot springs documentary film festival and won awards at a number of film festivals including the chicago international film festival and the cleveland international film festival .

it was funded in part by the sage foundation and the illinois humanities council .

the film was directed by joanna rudnick , the emmy-nominated director of in the family .

on beauty ( film )

on beauty premieres in los angeles on july 24 and in new york on july 31 .
an engaging documentary on filippina overseas workers ' self - empowerment through beauty pageants .
this article is about the live - action film . for the 1991 animated film , see beauty and the beast ( 1991 film ) .
. . . beauty is my least favourite type of film . an ' arthouse ' film with a repulsive protagonist , beauty is slow and , eventually , vile .
beauty and the beast ( musical ) • beauty and the beast jr . • disney renaissance • original screenplay
in the unflinching new film on beauty , director joanna rudnick ( in the family ) and chicago’s kartemquin films comes a story about challenging norms and redefining beauty . on beauty follows fashion photographer rick guidotti , who left the fashion world when he grew frustrated with having to work within the restrictive parameters of the industry’s standard of beauty . after a chance encounter with a young woman who had the genetic condition albinism , rick re - focused his lens on those too often relegated to the shadows to change the way we see and experience beauty .
life itself ,
based on roger ebert ' s memoir and directed by steve james , will open in theaters and be available on demand on july 4 , 2014 .
the disney wiki has a collection of images and media related to beauty and the beast ( 2017 film ) .
filming began on may 18 , 2015 and ended on august 21 , 2015 . six days later , it was announced that the film had officially wrapped up production .
revealing beauty to be more than just skin deep , babyruth villarama’s documentary “sunday beauty queen” shows filipino domestic helpers in hong kong finding fulfillment through beauty pageants . tracking the lives of five women over an on - off period of four years , the film begins with a generalized overview about foreign workers’ unfair conditions , but finds its [ … ]
collateral beauty comes from the writer of the film where kevin james became a cage - fighter , as well as the film where jason bateman gets drunk and artificially inseminates jennifer aniston with his sperm by mistake . but collateral beauty is different to those films . collateral beauty is , by some distance , stupider than those films . look , here’s the trailer .
the benefits of cosmic ordering . . . will smith in collateral beauty photograph : youtube
the film received generally positive reviews from critics and audiences and has grossed $ 1 . 2 billion worldwide on a $ 254 . 6 million production budget , surpassing the original film , making it the second highest - grossing film of 2017 .
los angeles is the capital of cookie - cutter beauty . but a new documentary film opening here friday is setting out to transform our perceptions .
“ [ i hope it makes people ] see beauty in difference and see beauty in themselves , ” he says . “this is to break down barriers . it really starts that dialogue about diversity , about inclusion , about beauty , and about self - acceptance . ”
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annoyed that he’s inadvertently made a film about the benefits of cosmic ordering , which basically makes collateral beauty a terrible sort of noel edmonds : the motion picture , will smith gets on his bike and rides around some more .
from emmy - nominated filmmaker joanna rudnick ( in the family ) and chicago’s kartemquin films comes a story about challenging norms and redefining beauty . on beauty follows fashion photographer rick guidotti , who left the fashion world when he grew frustrated with having to work within the restrictive parameters of the industry’s standard of beauty . after a chance encounter with a young woman who had the genetic condition albinism , rick re - focused his lens on those too often relegated to the shadows to change the way we see and experience beauty .
on review aggregator rotten tomatoes , the film has an approval rating of 70 % based on 301 reviews , with an average rating of 6 . 6 / 10 . the site ' s critical consensus reads ,
with an enchanting cast , beautifully crafted songs , and a painterly eye for detail , beauty and the beast offers a faithful yet fresh retelling that honors its beloved source material .
on metacritic , the film has a score of 65 out of 100 , based on 47 critics , indicating
generally favorable reviews
. in cinemascore polls , audiences gave the film an average grade of
a
on an a + to f scale .
on beauty
opens friday at laemmle ' s royal theatre , 11523 santa monica blvd . , los angeles . the film will screen daily at noon through thursday . rick guidotti will attend the premiere screening participate in a q & a . he and the film ' s director joanna rudnick will attend the screening on sunday and participate in a q & a .
ewan mcgregor and emma thompson previously worked on nanny mcphee and the big bang .
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…
roger ebert ' s speech on empathy for the
11th hour
series on april 9th , 1994 , being republished here in honor of his birthday june 18 .
“i was always told who was beautiful , and as an artist , i didn’t just see beauty on the covers of magazines , i saw it everywhere , ” guidotti tells people .
leeds grand theatre is situated on new briggate in the heart of leeds city centre .
kind of blue : will smith and helen mirren in collateral beauty . photograph : barry wetcher / ap
revealing beauty to be more than just skin deep , babyruth villarama ’s documentary “sunday beauty queen” shows filipino domestic helpers in hong kong finding fulfillment through beauty pageants . tracking the lives of five women over an on - off period of four years , the film begins with a generalized overview about foreign workers’ unfair conditions , but finds its own groove at the climactic event , which transforms them in a glamorous new light . hard - hitting exposé this isn’t , though the filmmaker’s solidarity with her subjects is obvious . the film is a welcome addition to the growing body of work on migrant labor with good prospects for documentary fest play .
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two of the people he has worked with through his project are jayne waithera , who has albinism , and sarah kanney , who has sturge - weber syndrome , which caused a large port - wine stain on her face . these women – along with guidotti – are now the subjects of the film on beauty , which documents the struggles they have faced .
development of the film began on april 2014 . by june 2014 , bill condon was signed to direct the film , with a script by evan spiliotopoulos . later in september 2014 , stephen chbosky was hired to re - write the script .
i ' ve never photographed a genetic disease in my life , i ' ve only photographed beauty ,
guidotti says .
it ' s not our beauty , it ' s your beauty . let ' s find it , let ' s get it , let ' s show it , let ' s explode that !
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the script was rewritten by stephen chbosky . the film stars emma watson as belle and dan stevens as the prince / beast . it was released on march 17 , 2017 .
when the bridge on which gaston was standing collapses , he falls to his death into the castle floor below , whereas in the animated film he falls into the castle moat .
collateral beauty is not good . it’s needlessly complicated , treats its audience like it’s dumber than a box full of unused fox network reality show pitches , and totally wastes will smith in a dull tearjerker that elicits absolutely zero tears , except the ones you will shed when you realized you wasted your hard - earned money on collateral beauty .
beauty and the beast is an american live - action musical romantic fantasy film directed by bill condon and distributed by walt disney pictures . it is a remake of the 1991 animated film of the same name , and was written by evan spiliotopoulos and produced by mandeville films .
“as a fashion photographer , i was always told what was beautiful , but i saw beauty everywhere , ” he said .
sorrentino’s human species , with all their bizarre peculiarities and existential ennui , are true and real . in this sense , pier paolo pasolini’s insightful remarks on la dolce vita ’s characters can easily apply to those in the great beauty :
after belle and maurice break out of the carriage in the animated film , maurice comes with her back to the castle but she goes alone in the 2017 film .
today’s art appears deliberately – or forcibly – ephemeral , in tune with the times , market - valued and prey to bloated individual egos that have given up on meaning . in front of these two discordant depictions of art and beauty , viewers are forced to affirm that the great beauty no doubt resides in the ancient city and much less in the production of their contemporaries .
on beauty
showcases the work of new york fashion photographer - turned - activist rick guidotti , who traded shooting cindy crawford for shooting people with a range of visible genetic conditions such as albinism , marfan syndrome , down syndrome and dwarfism .
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lefou is disney ' s first canonical gay character in a feature - length film .
disney’s live - action beauty and the beast set for march 17 , 2017
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the padlock on the asylum carriage that maurice and belle are imprisoned in has a shape of a hidden mickey within its design .
and then the second trailer for the forthcoming will smith movie collateral beauty was released . and now things are much worse than anyone could have imagined .
charm , comedy , hit film after hit film – there was a point when the hollywood star seemed to have it all . and then he lost his way . can he recover it ?
cadenza is a new character added for the 2017 film . he is the husband of garderobe .
the latter plan is carried later on , although gaston offers maurice to release him from the asylum carriage if he allows him to marry belle , while in the animated film gaston offered belle to release maurice if she married him .
the teaser includes the opening music from the animated film and a piano sample of the title song .
this is kevin kline ' s first role for a disney film since he played phoebus in the hunchback of notre dame ( which was directed by the same two directors who previously directed the original beauty and the beast ) and the hunchback of notre dame ii .
what can i say , except that this film really knocked me on my keaster . i went in to the theater not knowing what to expect , but was pretty sure it would be worth the ticket price . boy was i happy when i left . not only was it worth the ticket , i paid to see this film two more times . this film is virtually perfect . the acting is superb , the story is magnificent , the narrative is brilliant , and the structure of the film is truly groundbreaking ( absolutely loved the last 20 minutes ) . what really surprised me about this film was how well the cinematography was done . in a small , character driven film such as this , it is very unusual to have such great cinematography . with this film , there is something interesting going on in every scene , not many films you can say that about . in a year where first time directors have made some of the best films , three kings , being john malkovich , etc . . . sam mendes seems to have out - done them all . though i have yet to see the green mile or magnolia , i find it hard to believe that either film will out - shine american beauty . this film should easily win a substantial amount of the oscars this year . what ' s up with all the cirtics awards snubbing it so far ?
he teamed with the national organization of albinism and hypopigmentation on a photo essay published in life magazine in 1998 featuring young women with albinism smiling out from under the headline ,
redefining beauty .
that groundbreaking project led other groups to seek him out , and he hasn ' t stopped working since .
the scene during the
gaston
song number , when gaston chases lefou while saying about sneaking up with his quiver in the tavern bears a similarity to the opening of the
let ' s get married
number from sunshine on leith ( 2013 ) . both are set in taverns and both involve a character chasing another character and then standing up on the bar itself . there ' s also similarities to the over and done with number from sunshine on leith and the
oom - pah - pah
number from oliver ! with characters dancing on tavern tables .
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…
beauty is a confronting work that succeeds as a study of a false life lived badly and as a reflection upon a society grasping at traditional views to its own detriment .
no great beauty , then , but just small fragments of it , like the ironic , whimsical touch that renders every character , from the protagonist to the least rounded ones , an irresistible conflation of surprises and nuances , so fake and so real . only inanimate things are still and muted . beauty , it seems , lies in both .
the coat rack is named chapeau in the 2017 film , and he has a bigger role as the valet .
beauty is youth , when you see beauty everywhere , the sense of wonder of the best years : in nature , in sensations , in the sharing of them . this is for me the meaning of the film , particularly at the end . today everything is made opaque by the lack of collective memory , by bad teachers who have obscured the past and live in the present without direction . there is no time left for contemplation . if the film can help us understand the world around us , we must hasten to take care of an ailing body . ( 8 )
in the animated film , the enchantress only made a brief appearance in the prologue but is never seen afterwards . in the remake , the enchantress appears to revive the beast and reverse the curse she planted on him , watching as belle tearfully confesses her true feelings .
directed by the emmy - nominated filmmaker joanna rudnick ,
on beauty
focuses on several of guidotti ' s photo subjects . sarah kanney left public school for home school in eighth grade because she was bullied so badly for the sturge - weber birthmark on her face .
people stare ,
she says , explaining how she looked down to avoid the never - ending gaze .
am i really that different that you have to stare ?
but in guidotti ' s images , she not only radiates humor and light , she sees herself as beautiful . where would kanney like to see her face next ? she holds up a cover of cosmopolitan magazine .
i started to really accept myself when i met rick ,
she says in the film .
mike ryan of uproxx praised the cast , production design and the new songs while noting the film doesn ' t try anything different , saying :
there ' s certainly nothing that new about this version of beauty and the beast ( well , except it isn ' t a cartoon anymore ) , but it ' s a good recreation of a classic animated film that should leave most die - hards satisfied .
director oliver hermanus values quiet , naturalistic scenes of domestic life to build considerable emotional tensions in this finely nuanced film .
reviewed at busan film festival ( wide angle ) , oct . 7 , 2016 . running time : 95 min .
none of the broadway songs were present , not even
human again
, which was present for the 2002 special edition of the animated film although the instrumental version of the broadway song
home
was featured in this film .
although in a way the bimbettes could have that role , as they are more malicious than in the animated film .
fifi is renamed plumette in the 2017 film . she also has a larger role in the 2017 film . also , instead of lumière and her simply flirting with one another , they are clearly devoted to each other in the new version .
unlike the animated film , maurice is an artist and a music box maker rather than an inventor . belle is an inventor instead . this change had been made at the request of belle ' s actress in the film , emma watson .
hermanus ' s cannes - feted feature serves as a bold statement on the stereotypical afrikaans male , now struggling to remain relevant in a post - apartheid south africa .
it is also the first movie of 2017 that grossed over $ 1 billion , and is the second highest - grossing film of the year in which star wars : the last jedi took over as the top highest - grossing film of 2017 .
“the mission of positive exposure is to use to the arts to celebrate the beauty and richness of human diversity , to see not a disease or diagnosis , but a person , ” he says .
carlotta fonzi kliemann is professor of film studies , dept . of humanities , social sciences & business , syracuse university in florence .
unlike the animated film , the bimbettes and the village women also participate in
the mob song
and the castle fight .
in both films , lefou inadvertently starts the battle with the servants . in the live - action film , it is because he mistakes mrs . potts for chip ' s grandmother , while in the animated film , it starts when he picks up lumière .
this is disney ' s second musical film to be released in 2017 within the same year next to pixar ' s coco .
in china , expectations were high for the film . the release date was announced on january 24 , giving disney and local distributor china film group corporation ample time – around two months – to market the film nationwide . the release date was strategically chosen to coincide with the white day . preliminary reports suggested that it could open to $ 40–60 million in its opening weekend . largely driven by young women , its opening day pre - sales outpaced that of the jungle book . the original film was however never widely popular in the country . although china has occasionally blocked gay - themed content from streaming video services , in this case , chinese censors decided to leave the gay scene intact . according to local box office tracker ent group , the film grossed an estimated $ 12 . 1 million on its opening day ( friday ) , representing 70 % of the total receipts . including previews , it made a total of $ 14 . 5 million from 100 , 000 screenings , which is 43 % of all screenings in the country . it climbed to $ 18 . 5 million on saturday ( 102 , 700 showings ) for a three day total of $ 42 . 6 million , securing 60 % of the total marketplace . disney on the other hand reported a different figure of $ 44 . 8 million . either ways , it recorded the second biggest opening for a disney live - action film , with $ 3 . 4 million coming from 386 imax screens .
belle ' s backstory is elaborated on in this film , where it is revealed that the reason why belle and maurice moved to the village in the first place was because they were trying to escape a plague in paris , said plague is also the reason why belle ' s mother wasn ' t with them in the village . originally , it was only mentioned once very briefly in the opening song that belle and maurice had moved to the village in the past with no elaboration on why or when they had moved there , and belle ' s mother was not mentioned at all in the original film .
rick guidotti , a fashion photographer from new york city , once defined beauty by supermodels , hairstylists , makeup artists and magazine covers , but a chance encounter at a manhattan bus stop changed his perspective .
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wendy ide and peter bradshaw of the guardian also gave a mixed review of the film . ide wrote negatively , criticizing that the film was too ,
ornate to the point of desperation
, in trying to justify its existence and live up to the animated film . in contrast to her review , bradshaw gave a positive remark , writing ,
the whole movie is lit in that fascinatingly artificial honey - glow light , and it runs smoothly on rails – the kind of rails that bring in and out the stage sets for the lucrative broadway touring version .
it’s not even a real fantasy film ! it’s someone making will smith think he’s in a fantasy film . that extra layer of artifice is not necessary , and actually harmful to your ability to enjoy collateral beauty . as every negative review has pointed out about this movie , this might be the cruelest trick ever played on a grieving fictional character in the history of drama . but it gets worse ! big willie styles starts going to a grief support group and falls for the head of the group , played by naomie harris . this is going to completely ruin this movie if you have some sick notion of seeing it , so fair warning .
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sixteen days prior to the film ' s release , director bill condon suggested that lefou , portrayed by josh gad in the film , would be disney ' s first openly gay character . though this concept was widely praised , there was no confirmation of the character ' s sexuality in the film . despite this , a theater in henagar , alabama refused to screen the film due to lefou ' s supposed homosexuality . in russia , the country had initially decided to ban the film from every theater before declaring that it would have a theatrical run , however , no one under 16 years of age was allowed to see it . in malaysia , the film censorship board requested to disney that they cut the scene where lefou is dancing with another man named stanley , resulting in the studio moving the country ' s release date to march 30 to allow more time for the board to think things over . the board then decided to release the film with a pg - 13 rating , to which the company agreed . in kuwait , the film was banned from the country ' s theaters entirely .
during belle and beast ' s waltz , the letters wd can be seen in the coat of arms design on the floor of the ballroom . this is a nod to walt disney .
the film has received generally positive reviews , with critics mostly praising the faithfulness to the animated film and elements of the broadway musical version , performances , visuals , settings , costume design and songs , while the cgi look of the beast and household objects received some mixed reactions .
but the “social” in the original film’s mandate refers to social media ( facebook factored in heavily ) , not socially conscientious filmmaking , and so it’s hard to fault either it or this remake for their political shortcomings . bottom line , the beauty inside works for the fantastical , soft focus romance it is . it’s fortunate to have female lead in han who creates the ideal girlfriend without the insipid infantilism too often heaped on women in romance . she’s the more compelling character , and she injects some real emotional nuance into what could be an archetype .
beauty and the beast is the 300th digitally remastered release in imax company ' s history which began with the re - release of apollo 13 in 2002 . its robust global debut helped push the company past $ 6 billion for the first time , and led to analysts believing that the film has a shot of passing $ 1 billion worldwide from theatrical earnings .
roger ebert has attended international film festivals and events for almost half a century , from the kolkata international film festival to the academy awards . in addition to his coverage , our contributors report the latest from cannes , telluride , toronto , sundance and other movie showcases world - wide .
the curse also adds that the castle and forest is to be placed in eternal winter in this version , with the village itself under summer months . in the original film , it was subtly implied that the film took place from late fall to early spring regarding the changing seasons .
dan stevens is the fourth actor from the downton abbey drama series to have a featured role in disney . his co - stars , lily james and sophie mcshera previously appeared together in another disney film , kenneth branagh ' s cinderella as cinderella and drisella tremaine while ed speleers plays as james harcourt in 2016 disney film alice through the looking glass . coincidentally , lily james also worked with emma thompson in 2015 drama film burnt .
in the united states and canada , beauty and the beast topped fandango ' s pre - sales and became the fastest - selling family film in the company ' s history , topping the studio ' s own animated film finding dory released the previous year . early tracking had the film grossing around $ 100 million in its opening weekend , with some publications predicting it could reach $ 130 million . by the time the film ' s release was 10 days away , analysts raised projections to as high as $ 150 million . it earned $ 16 . 3 milion from thursday previews night , marking the biggest of 2017 ( breaking logan ' s record ) , the biggest ever for a disney live - action film ( breaking maleficent ' s record ) , the second biggest ever for both a g or pg - rated film ( behind the sixth harry potter film harry potter and the half - blood prince which also starred watson ) , and the third biggest ever in the month of march ( behind batman v superman : dawn of justice and the hunger games ) . an estimated 41 % of the gross came from imax , 3d and premium large format screenings which began at 6 pm , while the rest – 59 % – came from regular 2d shows which began at 7 pm . the numbers were considered more impressive given that the film played during a school week .
fashion photographer rick guidotti has always had an eye for beauty – after all , he’s worked with supermodel greats including claudia schiffer and cindy crawford . now he wants to shake up society’s perception of what we see as beautiful .
from los angeles , guidotti heads to salt lake city and orlando , fla . , for conferences , then to new york city , where the film opens july 31 , then washington , d . c . , where the film will screen at the u . s . state department .
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up to this point , beauty is a nearly shot - for - shot copy of doremus’ original . but after coming clean and having e - soo accept his odd condition , the film takes a turn for the melodramatic as the pair try to further their relationship nonetheless . baik and co - writers ganggeul . k and park jung - ye focus on the difficulties they face being in an unconventional relationship : friends and family want to meet the mystery man , e - soo herself can’t recognize her lover on any given day , and her boss questions the fact she “sees a different man every night . ” of course there are tears , a break - up , physical illness and miscommunication before a final reconciliation in prague ( korean romances often reconcile in medieval european capitals ) .
in a deleted scene , jep interviews a very old , celebrated italian director who says : “i would like to tell my viewers : what beauty , what great beauty . respect your curiosity , favour it , don’t restrain it . but they are lazy and skeptical . ignorant , too . ” and jep himself , finally grappling with his existential dissipation , tries to locate its cause : “i looked for the great beauty , but i could not find it” . during the last of his solitary walks through rome , when at dawn the city looks intact and silent , he comes to realize that “everything ends in the same way . with death . but before there was life , hidden beneath all the babbling and noise . silence and feelings . excitement and fear . the spare , unsteady splashes of beauty” . following those lines , a majestic tracking shot of the tiber’s banks , taken from a boat , concludes the picture .
sultan is renamed froufrou in the 2017 film . also , he is garderobe and cadenza ' s pet dog instead of just being the palace dog .
in both films , maurice attempts to go to the beast ' s castle once again to rescue belle but fails and is returned to the village . in the live - action film , it was because gaston punched him in the face and abandoned him to the wolves as revenge for disallowing him to marry belle and was rescued by the enchantress disguised as agathe , while in the animated film he passed out due to cold weather and was rescued by belle . in addition , he went with gaston and lefou in the live - action film , while in the animated film he went by himself .
“they’re these incredible , powerful women who have been held down in society because of stigma and discrimination and prejudice , who have now been seeing themselves and their beauty , ” says guidotti . “it’s how they’ve been empowered and transformed . ”
upon watching la grande bellezza ( the great beauty , 2013 ) by paolo sorrentino , the first two surfacing feelings are : what a stunning piece of work , and what a desperate country italy has become . the film is feast for the senses , a synaesthetic experience of visual images , words , and music that cannot shade , but rather highlights , the desolation of the world represented .
his work evolved into a not - for - profit organization , positive exposure , and is currently featured in a new documentary , “ on beauty . ” his aim : to transform perceptions of people living with genetic , physical and behavioral differences , both among the public and health care professionals . “we need to get rid of those black bars , ” he said . “it’s not about what you’re treating , it’s who you are treating . ”
while helping his latest client woo the fine lady of his dreams , a professional
date doctor
finds that his game doesn ' t quite work on the gossip columnist with whom he ' s smitten .
retreating from life after a tragedy , a man questions the universe by writing to love , time and death . receiving unexpected answers , he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty .
jep gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of rome for decades , but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past , jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd , exquisite beauty .
television : sing me a story with belle • belle ' s tales of friendship • a poem is . . . books : the beast within : a tale of beauty ' s prince • the new adventures of beauty and the beast • winter wonderland • time flies ! • sittin ' pretty ! • tale as old as time : the art and making of beauty and the beast • classic storybook • disney ' s wonderful world of reading • golden look - look book • golden sight ' n ' sound book • little golden book • disney princess beginnings • as old as time ( a twisted tale ) marvel comics : a chance for romance • wardrobe ' s big surprise • the wishful walk • almost amour ! • lyrical love part 1 and 2 • dove tales part 1 and 2 • a masterpiece for the master • deck the halls for belle with holly • belle , book and castle • bound to surprise • the dessert disaster video games : beauty and the beast ( video game ) • belle ' s quest • roar of the beast • a board game adventure • disney infinity • disney infinity : 2 . 0 edition • kingdom hearts ii • kingdom hearts 358 / 2 days • kingdom hearts χ • kingdom hearts unchained χ / union χ • disney enchanted tales • disney emoji blitz • disney crossy road • disney heroes : battle mode music : beauty and the beast ( soundtrack ) • beauty and the beast ( 2017 soundtrack )
in 1942 , a canadian intelligence officer in north africa encounters a female french resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines . when they reunite in london , their relationship is tested by the pressures of war .
in the 2017 film , gaston actively tries to murder maurice when he refuses to give gaston his blessing in order to marry belle . as a result , he ties maurice up to a tree , hoping for the wolves to devour him . in the animated film , he only tried to expose him as a lunatic .
the scene also notes that gaston ' s war days were 12 years ago , while the finished film implies that his time in the army was more recent .
the theatre is easily accessible by public transport . it is approximately 10 minutes walk from the main bus station and 15 minutes walk from the train station with many buses stopping in the immediate vicinity . for the most up to date information on local bus and train times , please check wymetro . there is also a taxi rank outside the theatre although we recommend booking a taxi in advance , particularly on a friday or saturday evening .
the film divides its time fairly equally among its five subjects , as chuck gutierrez’s subtle editing cuts back and forth between the subjects without actually interrupting the narration of each of their stories . the mover - and - shaker among them is leo , a sassy lesbian who has been organizing beauty pageants in hong kong since 2008 to raise money to help philippine foreign workers ( or pfws ) in need . “i also did ‘kabisig chick - boy’ pageants , ” she says with a twinkle in her eye , and one wishes those would be included in this film , too .
he travels the world presenting his images at medical conferences , in exhibitions and to student , parent and teacher groups , all while taking photos on the spot of thousands of willing subjects , with his characteristic infectious enthusiasm .
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when howard and madeleine are taking on the sidewalk of the street in manhattan , traffic is moving swiftly while the camera is in one direction , and traffic is completely stopped when the camera is in the opposite direction .
the same literary quality can be found in the film’s screenplay . sorrentino has stated , in a number of interviews , that “working with words” is much more complex than shooting a film . his fascination with literature has produced two novels : hanno tutti ragione ( 2010 ) and tony pagada e i suoi amici ( 2012 ) .
since lucasfilm was bought by disney in 2012 , this film makes ewan mcgregor his third role in a disney film after playing the title character in valiant followed by the star wars prequel trilogy ( episodes i to iii ) and episode vii ( as obi - wan kenobi ) and christopher robin ( as the titular character ) .
beauty and the beast received an academy award for best costume design and academy award for best production design nominations for both jacqueline durran and sarah greenwood ( who also received nominations simultaneously for the war drama film , darkest hour in the same categories ) at the 90th academy awards , losing its wins to phantom thread ( for the best costume design ) and the shape of water ( for the best production design ) .
actors stanley tucci , who played cadenza , and dan stevens , who played the beast , previously worked together in bill condon ' s thriller film the fifth estate .
additionally , both alan menken and danny elfman are the only composers to have scored several disney live - action adaptations of animated films in a recurring role : ( menken for beauty and the beast , aladdin , and the little mermaid ; elfman for dumbo ) .
during
something there
, belle and the beast actually sing , unlike in the animated film , where their singing voices are only through their thoughts during the scene .
many of the enchanted objects inside the castle are changed : mrs potts ' face is now on the right side of the teapot instead of on the spout ( they were originally going to have it at the spout , but the teapot ended up looking like a pig ) ; lumière somewhat appears to be a golden sculptured human figure candlestick but when he transforms , his figure of a candlestick with three branches still remains ; cogsworth ' s designs particularly the frontal base features a variety of weapon and object figures such as cannon , cannonballs , sword , spear , blunderbuss rifle , pistol , quill , amulets and a pocket watch that covers the frontal base instead of a glass cover though the pendulum remains intact but hidden and also has roman numerals on his face and when he transforms back into a human , they are on his coat buttons ; froufrou retains the figure of a footstool but somehow resembles the form of a piano bench and upon transforming in his normal self , he resembles as a yorkshire terrier breed ; garderobe ' s face is inside the wardrobe instead of on the top ; and plumette resembles a miniature swan / peacock rather than an ordinary feather duster .
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unlike the animated film , the enchantress gave the beast not only the enchanted rose and the mirror , but also a book that enables him to transport to a particular place .
this film marks bill condon ' s second collaboration with dan stevens and stanley tucci after the fifth estate , and with ian mckellen after gods and monsters and mr . holmes .
the line where belle suggests that the prince should grow his beard was originally an idea from paige o ' hara when recording for the animated film . it was eventually cut .
lefou is the first original disney villain redeemed in the live - action adaptation as he had more heroic qualities than his animated counterpart , such as turning on gaston for his constant mistreatment towards him , something the original lefou would never do .
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the name of the village , villeneuve , is a reference to gabrielle - suzanne barbot de villeneuve , who was the original author of the book beauty and the beast ( or
la belle et la bête
) , which was first published in the mid - 1700 ' s .
bill condon had actors sing the lion king ' s
hakuna matata
at the auditions to measure their singing voices . this was how he chose the final cast for this film .
gaston has a light mustache in this film . he is also known for being a former soldier , an army captain , who had once fought off portuguese marauders ( according to luke evans in an interview ) and saved the village during the war , rather than as just a local hero , hunter and tavern owner . unlike the animated film , his muscular figure is removed .
alignment is the cognitive process through which viewers are spatially and temporarily attached to characters and / or granted subjective access to their thoughts and feelings . allegiance , on the other hand , is an emotional process [ … ] that depends in part on the moral values and personality traits associated with a particular character and the extent to which these are compatible with those of the spectator . [ … ] allegiance is therefore something that the filmmaker deliberately elicits , or not , as the case may be . ( 5 )
the cannes international film festival is the most talked - about film festival of the year , where directors from around the world showcase their newest work , from the most challenging art cinema to the big blockbusters . for many years , roger ebert and a team of contributors have covered cannes , and we are continuing that tradition with start - to - finish coverage from around the festival .
on monday , its fourth day of release , the film fell precipitously by 72 % earning $ 13 . 5 million . the steep fall was due to a limited marketplace where only 11 % k - 12 and 15 % colleges were off per comscore . nevertheless , it is the second biggest march monday , behind batman v superman ( $ 15 million ) . this was followed by the biggest march and pre - summer tuesday with $ 17 . 8 million , a + 32 % increase from its previous day . the same day , the film passed $ 200 million in ticket sales . it earned $ 228 . 6 million in the first week of release , the sixth - biggest seven - day gross of all time . in its second weekend , the film continued to maintain the top positioning and fell gradually by 48 % earning another $ 90 . 4 million to register the fourth - biggest second weekend of all time , and the third - biggest for disney . in terms of percentage drop , its 48 % decline is the third - smallest drop for any film opening above $ 125 million ( behind finding dory and the force awakens ) . the hold was notable considering how the film was able to fend off three new wide release ; power rangers , life and chips . as a result , it passed the $ 300 million thresold becoming the first film of 2017 the pass the said mark .
when belle and maurice are trapped , chip is not present to free them since he did not tag along with belle ; rather , maurice uses a hair pin given by belle to pick the lock on the carriage rather than using a wood chopper to free themselves .
let’s start with the obvious . if the plot of a will smith movie sounds kind of like seven pounds , you know trouble is a - brewin’ . seven pounds is , of course , the movie where a grief - stricken will smith commits suicide by sharing a bathtub with a jellyfish . in that film , sad will smith spends the entire runtime atoning for killing someone while driving and texting . it’s po - faced , grim and dull . just like collateral beauty it has a needlessly convoluted plot .
as of june 16 , 2017 , beauty and the beast has grossed $ 504 million in the united states and canada and $ 759 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $ 1 . 263 billion . with a production budget of $ 160 million it is the most expensive musical ever made ; only hello , dolly ! ( 1969 ) with a budget of $ 25 million ( $ 165 million in 2016 dollars ) cost more . in just ten days , it became the highest - grossing live - action musical of all time , supplanting the nine - year old record held by universal pictures ' mamma mia ! ; it is currently the third biggest musical ever overall , behind frozen ( which also featured josh gad ) and the lion king ( also both owned by disney ) . worldwide , the film proved to be a global phenomenon as it earned a total of $ 357 million on its four day opening weekend from 56 markets . critics said the film was playing like superhero movies amongst women . that ' s the second biggest march global opening , behind only batman v superman , the thirteenth - biggest worldwide opening ever and the seventh - biggest for disney . this includes $ 21 million from imax plays on 1 , 026 screens , a new record for an imax pg title . it surpassed the entire lifetime total of the original film in just six days and made a quarter of a billion dollars in just nine days .
an especially poignant labor of love materialized in the form of “ flat chested , ” a tricky balancing act between raunchy comedy and sobering drama . the ever - lovely alicia witt stars as a young woman who bids adieu to her breasts after her test results for the brca gene mutation come back positive . encouraged by her sister ( rebekah ward ) to indulge in a one - night - stand prior to her double mastectomy , witt endures awkward encounters with various men , including luke perry and chicago comedian kevin bozeman ( whose improvisations could’ve reportedly filled an entire short film on their own ) . director kristyn benedyk revealed during the post - screening q & a that both of her sisters were undergoing cancer treatment while the film was in production , thus making the project far more personal than originally anticipated . “ a lot of people said to put [ the film ] off , ” benedyk said . “ my sisters were the film’s two biggest champions , and thought that this was all happening for a reason . ” both sisters underwent surgery and are currently cancer - free .


joe macbeth is a 1955 british – american crime drama , directed by ken hughes and starring paul douglas , ruth roman and bonar colleano .

it is a modern retelling of shakespeare 's macbeth , set in a 1930s american criminal underworld .

the film 's plot closely follows that of shakespeare 's original play .

a similar adaptation , men of respect , was released in 1990 , starring john turturro , rod steiger and dennis farina .

joe macbeth

ella macbeth is more eager for joe to take over the restaurant than joe is .
ella macbeth scrubs her hands repeatedly . the restaurant serves as the backdrop to a television cooking show starring joe macbeth .
chef joe macbeth shows his perfectionism in minding the smallest details of food preparation .
duncan eats a dessert prepared by joe macbeth . joe gives a signal to billy , and billy rushes out of the kitchen . duncan flirts with ella macbeth .
joe macbeth waits for the sanitation workers , the ones who foretold his future . from their predictions , joe and ella macbeth concocted the plan to kill duncan .
joe macbeth cuts his hand on broken glass . his wife pays off two thugs .
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duncan takes joe macbeth aside and asks about his son malcolm and his performance in the kitchen .
joe macbeth instructs his kitchen staff to make the best meal of the owner ' s life .
joe macbeth loses his cool at breakfast , and everyone stares at him . his behavior is not what they recognize . they appear suspicious of joe . joe thinks he sees billy staring at him .
joe macbeth tells his wife about the predictions made by the three strange men . they told him the restaurant would belong to joe , and not to malcolm . ella macbeth eggs her husband on .
billy reminds joe macbeth that respect is the first rule of the kitchen . joe apologizes . both men laugh , but the tension is thick between them .
after the restaurant closes , chef joe macbeth leaves , giving instructions to the rest of the staff to clean up . joe and a friend visit a pub .
duncan announces to macbeth and billy that the restaurant earned three stars from michelin . duncan praises joe macbeth and entrusts his son ' s training to him .
ella macbeth goads her husband into be discontented about duncan ' s fame . joe macbeth listens to his wife belittle him for being kind instead of aggressive .
police announce descriptions of two murder suspects . the police visit joe macbeth and treat him like a suspect .
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macbeth , it seems , was killed not by the macbeths , but by another man whom they hired . someone questions joe macbeth about duncan ' s murder .
with the headline : screen : ' joe macbeth ' ; title is reminiscent but it ' s not bard .
joe macbeth thinks he sees blood on his mouth and hands . he removes duncan ' s photograph from the kitchen .
when customers ask to see the chef , duncan goes to them instead of joe macbeth , the true chef . in the preparation of food , only perfection will satisfy macbeth .
the kitchen crew eyes joe macbeth suspiciously . he is not his usual , upbeat self . he sees blood boiling up in the pan in front of him . joe questions himself and his identity .
joe macbeth wants to know more about his future . he hears that he will not be harmed until pigs fly . joe is uneasy to learn that billy and his wife will have another baby .
in a breakfast meeting with his kitchen staff , joe macbeth resumes his old self as a good boss . people ask where billy is . joe tells them he is on the way to breakfast .
joe macbeth tells johnny to
take care of peter macduff .
ella macbeth begins to live in the past , remembering the untimely birth of her baby , who lived only 3 days .
joe and ella macbeth discuss the hard work he has put into the restaurant . he is responsible for the three - star rating .
macbeth sees his wife covered in blood as she showers . or did he ? joe verbally abuses malcolm , duncan ' s son .
malcolm is now in charge of the restaurant , operating in the same respectful , professional manner joe macbeth once did . malcolm uses joe ' s recipes on television and credits them to his father , duncan .
joe macbeth and billy talk about duncan ' s habit of taking all the credit for the restaurant ' s 3 - star rated cuisine .
ella macbeth cannot see the illusions joe sees . he is getting more and more rattled , while she appears to be sinking into despair .
joe learns where billy will be in the early morning . he kisses his hand , perhaps a judas kiss . joe contacts a killer for hire .
joe macbeth sends everyone home , and he puts on a pair of thick , rubber gloves . he pulls a large knife from the knife rack .
visibly upset , joe macbeth tells his wife what he did - - and did not do . she tells him what to do with the knife and gloves .
after killing duncan , the macbeths wash their hands thoroughly . joe cannot sleep . ella macbeth gets up in the night to wash her hands again and again .
a modernized retelling of
macbeth
set in 1970s suburban pennsylvania . joe mcbeth , an unambitious hamburger stand employee , is driven to success by his scheming wife .
mrs . macbeth inspects a table setting , measuring the distance between two knives .
james sees this adaptation of macbeth as
an examination of descent and psychosis
.
nearly 40 years ago my wife ( then my girlfriend ) watched joe macbeth on the late late show . we were both english majors with a love of shakespeare and this . . .
) takes advantage of joe and is quite happy to have him working all hours of the day .
joe macbeth believes he is immortal . a police helicopter lands on the building , making the prediction true that pigs will fly and land on his head . peter macduff rushes him and stabs him .
i ' ve seen many , many classic movies , but not joe macbeth , until today . i would rate this movie 3 . 25 stars , higher than maltin ' s rating . paul . . .
the kitchen staff works hard to feed the restaurant customers , yet they still play pranks on one another . chef joe macbeth is an exacting teacher and expects his staff to be perfect at what they do .
on the bike trail with his son , billy stops to answer his phone . when his son comes upon him , billy is dead . a hired killer reports to joe macbeth that the deed is done .
peter learns that his wife and two children have been murdered . malcolm tells joe that his wife is dead .
shakespeare ( more - or - less ) in modern gangster setting . lily macbeth pushes her husband joe to rub out the reigning crime boss and become the new
kingpin
himself . success is short - lived , however , as he confronts lennie , a mobster whose father and wife are joe ' s murder victims .
a policeman hears a discarded cell phone ring from inside a trash can . ella answers questions from the press , but makes the mistake of using the same words joe macbeth did when he talked to the police .
chef joe macbeth shows his staff how to cut up a pig ' s head . showing that there is no waste , he lays out ears , cheek , tongue , and brain of the pig ' s head .
a knife - wielding joe macbeth approaches duncan ' s hotel room door . from the street the noise of a crowd rises . a man screams . did it come from duncan ' s room or from the street ?
like the witches of shakespeare ' s
macbeth ,
three sanitation workers hatch a plot in this opening scene . shakespeare - told : macbeth is a modern adaptation of william shakespeare ' s classic tragedy .
cast : paul douglas ( joe macbeth ) , ruth roman ( lily macbeth ) , grégoire aslan ( the duke ) , sid james ( banky ) , bonar colleano ( lennie ) , minerva pious ( rosie ) , harry green ( big dutch ) , kay callard ( ruth ) , beresford egan ( sandwich board man ) .
in preparation for his role in macbeth , james spent a few days at le gavroche , in london .
at her vanity table , ella macbeth appears to be going mad . she smears lipstick over her face .
james describes his character , joe macbeth , as
very extreme . . . i think the thing that keeps a chef going is pride and ego , which is what i drew on a lot for joe – pride , ego and respect . a lot of it is respect and that was kind of what made him kill ,
he says .
duncan completely exploits joe . he ' s everything that could be wrong with tv chefs . he certainly isn ' t
chef macbeth ' s temper grows worse as dinner preparations continue . he has little patience with his kitchen crew .
after an enigmatic visit from the police , joe ends up laughing . the police don ' t confront him about the crime .
after seeing the finished version of macbeth , james is full of praise for his co - star , keeley hawes .
joe macbeth does not want to go back into duncan ' s room and to finish the job of killing him . ella takes the knife and goes into duncan ' s room . when she emerges , she disposes of the knife and gloves she wore .
in a modern retelling of william shakespeare ' s
scottish play ,
three strange garbage collectors make a glorious prediction for head chef joe macbeth ' s future . with his wife ella goading him on , macbeth makes plans to take ownership of the high - class glaswegian restaurant where they are both employed . the first step : murder owner and celebrity - chef duncan . . .
peter macduff arrives at the dark restaurant kitchen and grabs a knife from the rack . he finds joe with a knife in his hand .
top chef joe macbeth is passionate about food - it ' s almost a religion with him . his dedication to cooking has made duncan docherty ' s restaurant one of the best in britain . but when duncan gets all the credit , joe ' s jealousy - encouraged by the prophecies of three mysterious binmen , and by his ambitious wife ella - leads him to take a desperate step that ultimately destroys him .
ella macbeth makes several mysterious calls . she wipes a cell phone clean after a call and places it in the trash bin .
m . j . frankovich has labored the obvious in producing .
joe macbeth ,
a modern gangster film patterned after the shakespeare tragedy . it opened yesterday in loew ' s eighty - third street , 116th street and olympia theatres . view full article in timesmachine »
billy ( banquo character ) catches a kitchen worker doing something wrong . joe verbally attacks him for taking over his responsibilities . billy stomps out .
joe macbeth is far removed from the famous shakespearean character , but there is an analogy between this modern gangster story and the bard’s classic play . although made in britain , the film has an american setting . it is expensively mounted , expertly staged and directed with a keen sense of tension .
macbeth attacks a customer for complaining about the food . all the customers file out . after that , ella continues to wash her hands .
joe macbeth is far removed from the famous shakespearean character , but there is an analogy between this modern gangster story and the bard ' s classic play . although made in britain , the film has an american setting . it is expensively mounted , expertly staged and directed with a keen sense of tension .
ella macbeth walks a high wall at night , rubbing her hands together as if to get rid of stains . she falls to her death .
but this movie has been really blindsided by its own premise . a mafia
macbeth
probably couldn ' t work well , unless it went stylish and crazy enough to make us temporarily forget the source . this isn ' t the first time
macbeth
has been set in a gangland milieu : writer phillip yordan ' s gangland update
joe macbeth ,
with paul douglas and ruth roman , was filmed in 1955 by ken hughes . but there ' s a fatal flaw in the notion : shakespeare ' s play is about the dark usurpation of proper authority ; in this mobster milieu , nothing is legitimate .
joe macbeth is far removed from the famous shakespearean character , but there is an analogy between this modern gangster story and the bard’s classic play . although made in britain , the film has an american setting . it is expensively mounted , expertly staged and directed with a keen sense of tension . the plot is basically a battle [ … ]
comparisons to shakespeare ' s macbeth don ' t pull this one out of the gutter . production values were good and i admire paul douglas and ruth . . .
james is a fan of shakespeare , particularly of macbeth , romeo and juliet and anthony and cleopatra . he also likes the idea of modern adaptations of old classics .
duncan docherty , restaurant owner , invites a group to celebrate winning a 3 - star michelin rating . ella macbeth sends a bottle of wine to duncan ' s table .
the chef and billy ( banquo character ) come up against three workingmen in an alley . they predict that joe will become owner of the restaurant and that billy ' s sons will inherit after that .
, who is brilliant ,
says james .
he really takes the mick . he ' s happy for joe to do all the work while he takes all the credit for it . he ' s a charlatan .
renowned restaurateur duncan docherty has built a gastronomic empire , but his sous chef and maître d’ are cooking up treachery . in this modern retelling of shakespeare’s tragedy , screenwriter peter moffat sets the action in a 3 - star london restaurant with a kitchen full of flashing blades and bloody business . james mcavoy plays joe macbeth , revered by his staff and relied on by duncan—even to groom his son , malcolm , to take over the operation . keeley hawes plays macbeth’s wife , ella , the charming , scheming hostess . vincent regan is duncan and richard armitage is peter macduff , the avenging headwaiter . produced by bbc northern ireland and horsebridge productions . a part of the series shakespeare - told . ( 87 minutes )
she becomes really harmful and ambitious and she can ' t bear to see joe being overlooked . he can ' t back down . he ' s got such an ego and can ' t bear to have his balls chopped off by her .
paradoxically , it ' s the fidelity of
men of respect
( rated r for language , sex , violence ) to
macbeth ' s
plot that finally makes it somewhat sterile , uninvolving and definitely predictable . macbeth / mikey battaglia ' s fate begins to seem not psychological or even cosmic , but simply literary . not a victim of blood , witchery , madness or the convulsions of history , he simply had the misfortune to stumble into the wrong rewrite .
it ' s also the first time , i think , that macbeth has been set in a kitchen . i don ' t know what shakespeare would have made of it . though i think he might have found it interesting !
, he announced that real - life married couple john ireland and joanne dru would be his lord and lady macbeth but when cameras began turning on the soundstages of shepperton studios in the united kingdom the names above the title were paul douglas and ruth roman .
joe ' s relationship with ella is a really harmful and dysfunctional one . but at the same time , as james says ,
it ' s very loving .
it ' s quite sexy , kinky and quite self - perpetuating as well , because they spur each other on a lot ,
he explains .
here , writer - director william reilly retells
macbeth
in exactly the sort of background coppola created for
godfather i and ii
: the discreet , glowering , quietly menacing world of top - ranking mafiosi caught in a maze of betrayal , their souls and faces swallowed in darkness .
as the macbeth surrogate , mikey battaglia , john turturro seizes the screen with his usual full - bore intensity , and katherine borowitz is an appropriately sleek and hard - shell lady macbeth , a . k . a . ruthie battaglia . there are bits of the other performances - - lilia skala ' s weird sister , rod steiger ' s duncan / d ' amico , peter boyle ' s macduff / duffy - - that seem just on the verge of igniting . if you walked in on any individual scene of
men of respect
and watched five minutes , you might think it an accomplished or promising film . in a way , you ' d be right ; it works in small pieces .
i think it ' s more a study of how evil we can become . it ' s not about being caught or evading the police , or about how they [ joe and ella ] got away with it . it ' s more to do with how they don ' t get away with it psychologically or morally , in their own heads ; that ' s what ' s interesting about it .
der film zeigt eine männerdomäne , die sich selbst zugrunde richtet , und die verschwendung von weiblichem potenzial , ansonsten bleibt er aber recht oberflächlich , ohne überzeugende atmosphäre und banalisiert die geschichte sogar . er zollt dem originaltext in schönen details tribut (
the knife knows where to go , joe . just follow it .
) , hätte aber insgesamt ein wesentlich abgründigerer film noir sein können ( welles ' version ist mehr film noir als diese ) , zum beispiel über paranoia . das hätte doch in die zeit gepasst .
the entire conceit falls apart early on , almost as soon , in fact , as the film really gets into the machinery of
macbeth ' s
plot . when steiger ' s duncan / d ' amico shows up at the battaglia digs and the thunder starts crashing , mikey battaglia pulls in his lip and pulls out his knife , and lady ruthie begins to flip out ; it ' s the first of many moments where
men of respect ' s
shadow - drenched pastiche begins to veer head on into the deadpan , uncontrollably comic .
in brian de palma and oliver stone ' s 1983
scarface
- - an update of the 1932 hawks - hecht gangster classic - - a lot of ingenuity seemed to be wasted simply in updating scenes from the old movie . there , as here , writer and director might better have used the old story as a springboard , gone in new directions , invented freely outside the original plot as kurosawa did with
macbeth
in
throne of blood
or
king lear
in
ran
- - or even as laurents , bernstein and sondheim did with
romeo and juliet
in
west side story .
the second in the series of b . b . c . ' s
shakespeare re - told
this version of
macbeth
is a huge disappointment after
much ado about nothing
last week . the writers succeeded in complicating this most straight forward of shakespearian tragedies . the dark mood of the original is preserved but the pace is slow and the plot tedious . decent performances from the leading characters do little to lift this dull production out of the dramatic mire . transferring shakespeare ' s great portrayal of power and ambition to a twenty - first century restaurant was always going to be problematical , but to be honest , this is a botched effort that should have been aborted half way through the project . interesting updating of the witches to bin men on a dump though .
joe mcbeth is a hard - working but unambitious doofus who toils at a hamburger stand alongside his wife pat , who has a significant edge in the brains department . pat is convinced she could do a lot better with the place than their boss norm duncan is doing , so she works up a plan to usurp norm , convincing mac to rob the restaurant ' s safe and then murder norm , using the robbery as a way of throwing the police off their trail . though two stoners and a would - be fortune teller warn mac that bad luck awaits him , he gathers his courage and goes through with his wife ' s scheme . at first , things seem to have gone just as pat hoped , and after norm ' s sons sell the restaurant to the mcbeths ( they pay for it with the money they stole from norm ) , business takes off . but vegetarian police detective mcduff is convinced there ' s foul play at the new center of the fast food universe , and when the mcbeths fear that fry cook banco knows more than he ' s letting on , mac takes charge in the plotting department . . .
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what ' s my line ? - jim piersall ; paul douglas ; sen . george a . smathers [ panel ] ( apr 28 , 1957 )
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unimaginativly directed but expertly acted update of the shakespeare tragedy . douglas is fine as always as the tormented and henpecked central character but it is really ruth roman who stands out from the rest of the cast . she literally oozes malevolence from every pore in a great study of a remorseless , to a point , rapacious viper . this is a hard to find item that is worth a view . grab the chance if you can .
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adaptations of the plays of william shakespeare were often discussed by the major studios after the advent of sound but rarely carried out . max reinhardt ' s all - star mounting of
( 1935 ) was a failure for warner brothers ( an academy award nomination for best picture notwithstanding ) and soured producers on the bard ' s cinematic potential . it took a visionary such as orson welles to attempt the challenge but his quickie
( 1965 ) , a condensation of five historical shakespeare plays , neither of which found a receptive audience . lauded over three hundred years after his lifetime as one of the greatest english language writers of all time , shakespeare could not get arrested in hollywood .
( 1955 ) , which laid the events of shakespeare ' s infamous tragedy within the context of the american underworld and recast its protagonist as a chicago mobster , was an attempt to soften the culture shock by updating the material and allowing the principals to speak in unembroidered , modern day speech . in 1947 , independent producer eugene frenke bought the property as a potential united artists release , to star robert cummings . two years later , the property passed to theater owner - turned - film backer james nasser , who touted lew ayres and shelley winters as its stars . by the time producer mike frankovich seized control of
pushing fifty , burly paul douglas was an awkward fit for shakespeare ' s ambitious young scottish general . douglas had originated the role of gangster harry brock in the original broadway production of garson kanin ' s
but allowed the part to pass to broderick crawford for columbia ' s big screen adaptation . douglas ' size and working man mien vaguely channeled the ghost of chicago ' s most famous racketeer , al capone , but in fact the pennsylvania - born actor played more cops than crooks . backing douglas ' play was ruth roman , who had risen from uncredited bits in
( 1954 ) . career gains to one side , the dark - eyed beauty made more of an impression with the public when she and her four year - old son survived the sinking of the italian ocean liner andrea doria , which had collided with the swedish ship ms stockholm in a fog bank off of nantucket in july 1956 .
was jobbing british director ken hughes . known as a reliable craftsman , able to squeeze the maximum yield out of the most miserly budget , hughes specialized in crime films and mysteries early in his career but his enduring legacy rests on the strength of the discomfiting kiddie classic
' s supporting cast is proud in such local talent as sid james , grégoire aslan , and kay callard but buried on the call sheet in the role of the first murderer is canadian actor al mulock . at one time a theatrical impresario in his native ontario , mulock emigrated to england and later italy and spain , where he earned pop culture immortality with his iconic appearances in sergio leone ' s
( 1968 ) prior to his death , a presumed suicide , in 1968 .
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the classic shakespearean tale is set inside a gangster ' ' ' ' s story .
interviewed about the part , the 26 - year - old - glaswegian admits ,
i like cooking but i don ' t think i could be a chef . everyone from the ground up does terrible hours , whether you ' ve just walked in off the street and you ' ve got no experience , to whether you ' re the head chef . you can work 14 or 15 - hour days . it ' s really , really intense .
it was so fantastic and the food tasted so good . i ' m dying to have a proper meal there . i only picked bits while i was in the kitchen . it was fantastic , though . michel roux jr . put me through my paces and his head chef sorted me out ,
he says .
i think they do work ,
he says .
shakespeare ' s stories are still very strong . he structured fantastic stories about things that were fundamental to the human being and psyche .
it ' s not a thriller , or a murder mystery , even though all these people die ,
he explains .
none of it is overly realistic .
you don ' t see a lot of this , though . you see them after everything has changed . you see them develop and they become very different and end up being very bad for each other . ella becomes an absolute maniac !
he laughs .
james has played shakespeare before , having been romeo in a stage version of romeo and juliet . he explains why he prefers the stage ,
whether they like it or not , the audience you ' re telling the story to are there in front of you and when you make a film , the audience are not even present ; and , secondly , the world will have changed by the time they see it .
and also the reason i prefer the theatre is because you tell a story from beginning to end and never stop . there ' s none of this ' let ' s take three months to tell the story ' that really in the end gets told in an hour or two hours . but i love filming as well .
i thought keeley was absolutely great . there were a lot of good performances in it - i really liked it ,
he says .
it ' s weird because it ' s all murders , but it ' s not a film and it ' s not a murder mystery .
i loved filming all the scenes in the kitchen - that was the best - because we all got to be quite butch !
he laughs .
the plot is basically a battle for supremacy , waged by paul douglas , in the title role , and egged on by his determined bride ( ruth roman ) .
the lead role makes substantial demands on douglas , but he emerges with honorable distinction . his characterization changes naturally from the confident henchman to the domineering and frightened bully . roman has the looks and talent to give a genuine veneer to her performance as his wife .
crew : ( b & w ) extract of a review from 1955 . running time : 90 min .
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a chef and his restaurant - hostess wife resort to murder to take ownership of a high - class glaswegian restaurant .
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' pigs will fly ' is sung by the bin men to the tune of ' colonel bogey ' .
: the name . nobody knows where it came from . it just appeared one day in the 17th century . it ' s like . . .
: it ' s like god . . . parted the heavens , reached down to us and went :
there you are , people . squid
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men of respect
( amc century 14 ) - - in which a mad mafia triggerman starts a murderous climb to power - - seems an attempt to crossbreed the literary themes and plots of shakespeare with the cinematic forms of coppola ' s
godfather
series , part of what coppola himself was trying to do in
the godfather part iii .
if that ' s so , it suggests that such attempts work in inverse proportion to their self - consciousness . talent abounds in
men of respect ,
but it seems misdirected , defused , wasted .
it ' s an ambitious film , sometimes quite well - acted - - especially by dennis farina as the banquo surrogate ,
bankie como
- - and interestingly shot , in a scraped , dingy palette of dark colors by cinematographer bobby bukowski . writer - director william reilly has talent : his language has vitality and he gets a little of that tight - lipped , dangerous elegance coppola infused into his upper - ranking mafiosi - - the stylized profanity , the bemused cynicism , the masks of deportment .
a central city films / arthur goldblatt productions presentation released by columbia pictures . director - screenplay william reilly . producer ephraim horowitz . executive producers arthur goldblatt , eric kitain . cinematographer bobby bukowski . editor elizabeth kling . costumes susan lyall . music misha segal . production design william barclay . art director caty maxey . sound wendy hedin . with rod steiger , lilia skala , steven wright , stanley tucci . running time : 1 hour , 53 minutes .
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a gangster ' s wife drives him to kill as she pushes him to the top .
ken hughes ' film takes shakespeare as a starting point and sets it in new york , with imported american actors paul douglas and ruth roman as the pair overcome by greed and ambition .
despite a low budget and a shepoertob setting , the leads are good , there is a tense noir feel and although a few liberties have been taken with the source ( the duncan figure is stabbed while having a late night swim , the macduff figure becomes the son of banquo aka banky , the witches are depleted to one crank clairvoyant ) , the reworking is done well .
the macbeths experience changes in their thinking and behavior after the murder . ella cannot sleep with the lights off , and she continues to wash her hands .
peter macduff tells duncan ' s son malcolm that he suspects his father ' s murder was planned .
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jermaine fowler and omari hardwick of sorry to bother you take us back in time to the worst jobs of their careers .
when pat mcbeth chops her hand off , she falls left of her position directly in front of her severed hand . later she is shown lying on the floor . her body is facing the correct position , but she is far to the right of the point of view of the previous scene .
] i ' m so embarassed in front of you . . . i know you ' re the only one who really cared about me .
: i was just thinking how . . . i ' ve never heard anyone say something so . . . wrong . if i were you . . .
: let me get that for you . . . i would take pride in the fact that i could actually dress myself on a daily basis .
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