cbc presents the stratford festival is a canadian film and television series .

produced by the stratford festival in conjunction with cbc television , the series aims to film a stratford production of every william shakespeare play by 2025 .

in addition to airing on cbc television , the films will also be distributed theatrically both in and outside of canada .

the project received a $ 3 million grant from the federal economic development agency for southern ontario in july 2015 .

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presents the stratford festival production of shakespeare ' s the taming of the shrew .
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another ccoc alum , renowned actor ben carlson has appeared at major theatres throughout north america and won a canadian screen award for best actor in a television film or miniseries for his performance as petruchio in the cbc presents the stratford festival adaptation of the taming of the shrew .
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presents a condensation of the stratford festival production of shakespeare ' s the taming of the shrew . includes the key speeches and important scenes which are intended to allow the viewer to experience both the sense and language of the play .
no stranger to touring , alysha has played across canada and the united states under her own name and within various bands and ensembles . these opportunities have provided her with opening for juno award winner k - os and include performances at the montreal international jazz festival , the mariposa folk festival , the l . a . angel city music festival , the kitchener blues festival , stratford blues festival , oakville jazz festival , summerfolk festival , stewart park festival , cbc metro morning live , tedxyouth waterloo , the kw multi - cultural festival and dalhousie university .
the stratford festival confronts a host of new financial issues in a crowded theatre scene .
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those films have been featured on some 400 screens worldwide , and will be shown on cbc television this fall , festival artistic director antoni cimolino said .
canada’s prestigious stratford festival was founded on shakespeare productions in 1952 . it still presents 12 to 14 of his works every year , as well as musicals and modern plays attracting hundreds of thousands of people from canada and beyond .
oedipus rex directed by daniel brooks filled with cryptic prophesies , oedipus rex presents numerous moments of creative inspiration , all leading to tragic consequences .
it means the stratford festival can take innovative steps to engage with new audiences ,
schellenberger said in an address from the festival theatre lobby stage .
the taming of the shrew /  canadian broadcasting corporation in association with the stratford festival ; director , norman campbell .
the taming of the shrew / william shakespeare ; len cariou ; sharry flett ; stratford festival ( ont . ) ; beacon films . ; canadian broadcasting corporation . ; [ toronto ? ] : cbc international sales , 1982 .
tyrone guthrie attempts to stump the panel with his story as co - founder of the stratford festival in 1953 .
casting for the 2015 season of the stratford festival is under way with a number of key roles in place .
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the taming of the shrew [ videorecording ] / canadian broadcasting corporation in association with the stratford festival ; director , norman campbell .
the stratford festival comes to cbc - tv this september with spectacular performances of king lear , antony and cleopatra and king john , captured live in hd and presented uninterrupted . these productions are the first in the stratford festival hd initiative , which will see all of shakespeare’s plays filmed over the next 10 years , making them available to audiences nationwide and around the world .
the stratford festival comes to cbc - tv this september with spectacular performances of king lear , antony and cleopatra and king john , captured live in hd and presented uninterrupted . these productions are the first in the stratford festival hd initiative , which will see all of shakespeare ' s plays filmed over the next 10 years , making them available to audiences nationwide and around the world .
artistic director antoni cimolino says recording plays in hd serves to preserve them and to showcase the stratford festival around the world .
graham abbey , left , as philip the bastard and tom mccamus as the title character in the stratford festival ' s king john .
the stratford festival hd initiative is leading a traditional industry into the digital world ,
said seed co . ceo marlene coffey .
straford festival artistic director antoni cimolino announced the theme of “discovery” for stratford 2015 playbill . with 13 plays exploring eureka moments .
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the festival extends its gratitude to the wharton center of michigan state university and michigan member executive for their support in making this residency happen , as well as the donors who established the michigan educational outreach fund in the endowed holdings of the stratford festival .
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the stratford festival hd project got a big boost thursday in the form of a major financial contribution to its initial nine - film digital initiative .
it is a priority for cbc to create a website that is accessible to all canadians including people with visual , hearing , motor and cognitive challenges .
melbar entertainment group in association with the stratford festival artistic director antoni cimolino and executive director anita gaffney , present a barry avrich film .
acclaimed canadian actor colm feore ( centre ) plays king lear with other members of the stratford festival company . photo credit : david hou
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we hope that the stratford festival ' s hd project will move us to the forefront of presenting the very finest canadian theatre performances to a global audience .
last seen at stratford in 2008 as the director of the critically acclaimed the music man , susan h . schulman returns to the festival at the helm of the tony award - winning musical carousel .
jonathan goad , left , as hamlet and tim campbell as horatio in
hamlet
at the stratford festival . beginning in 2014 , the festival embarked on a mission to film all shakespeare plays over the course of a decade .
and is directed by the stratford festival’s acclaimed artistic director antoni cimolino . king lear is produced by melbar entertainment group in association with the stratford festival , artistic director antoni cimolino and executive producers barry avrich , anita gaffney and michael levine , and directed for film by joan tosoni .
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recently , three shakespearean plays were recorded in high definition and will be played in cinemas first in canada , then around the world and on canada’s public broadcaster , cbc . the festival intends to record and distribute all 38 of shakespeare’s plays over the next 10 years .
newmarket - native and ccoc alum alana bridgewater recently returned from a spectacular run with soulpepper theatre in new york . her numerous theatre and television credits include performances with the charlottetown festival , grand theatre , mirvish productions and cbc’s gemini - nominated gospel christmas .
by william shakespeare ; canadian broadcasting corporation in association with the stratford festival ; directed for the stage by peter dews ; produced and directed for television by norman campbell .
perth - wellington mp gary schellenberger announces up to $ 3 - million in federal funding thursday to support the stratford festival hd film project . scott wishart / the beacon herald
stephen ouimette will play the fool to colm feore ’s lear in antoni cimolino ’s production of king lear , which will officially open the 2014 stratford festival on may 26 .
in addition to preserving outstanding theatre performances for future generations , the hd project helps introduce the festival - - and the stratford experience - - to a whole new audience , cimolino noted .
we feel very strongly this new initiative of stratford hd will welcome even more people from around the world to stratford . people who perhaps have never been here before will find out about stratford through these films .
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fortunately none of that applies to king lear , the first production from the new stratford festival hd series , intended to present all of shakespeare’s plays in versions created here in ontario .
cbc / radio - canada is canada’s national public broadcaster and one of its largest cultural institutions . the corporation is a leader in reaching canadians on new platforms and delivers a comprehensive range of radio , television , internet , and satellite - based services . deeply rooted in the regions , cbc / radio - canada is the only domestic broadcaster to offer diverse regional and cultural perspectives in english , french and eight aboriginal languages .
still , these first three presentations have shown that the stratford festival hd series is off on the right foot and is a more than worthy entry in the field of filmed shakespeare available on the world market today .
the production will also feature longtime festival favourites tom rooney as polonius and mike shara as laertes .
the federal funding is being matched by a combined $ 3 - million from the festival and melbar entertainment group .
the stratford festival grew from humble beginnings in a leaky tent into a revered institution . the drama festival has continued to attract actors , critics and theatre - goers from around the globe . paradoxically , this almost proved to be its undoing . with international directors at the helm in the early years , frustrated canadians sat on the sidelines . financial problems almost shut the festival down . but the curtain would rise again on a new golden era .
king john is in repertory through sept . 20 at the tom patterson theatre , stratford .
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the festival is already seeing tangible benefits at its box office from the three films screened this spring , she added .
beginning in 2014 , the festival embarked on a mission to film all shakespeare plays over the course of a decade .
the popular prime - time arts program adrienne clarkson presents profiles tomson highway , canada ' s first native playwright to achieve success in canadian mainstream theatre . the program includes a visit to highway ' s home in brochet , manitoba , and excerpts from his play dry lips oughta move to kapuskasing .
january 20 , 2014… in the past few months , canadian theatre has lost some champions , each of whom made a vital contribution to their discipline . the stratford festival will commemorate the lives of three of these people , who had close ties to stratford , through a series of dedications in the 2014 season .
, makes his stratford directorial debut with john mighton’s philosophical whodunit possible worlds at the studio theatre .
ben carlson and deborah hay will reunite on the festival stage as the sparring lovers petruchio and katherina in the taming of the shrew , directed by chris abraham . sparks last flew between the pair when they played benedick and beatrice in the festival’s 2012 production of much ado about nothing .
captured live in hd and presented uninterrupted . these productions are the first in the stratford festival hd initiative , which will see all of shakespeare’s plays filmed over the next 10 years , making them available to audiences nationwide and around the world .
the stratford festival has been setting the standard for classical theatre in north america for more than 60 years . with the works of shakespeare at its core , this acclaimed repertory theatre presents a seven - month season of about a dozen plays in four venues , along with a forum of events to enrich the play - going experience . since its revolutionary first season in 1953 , it has welcomed more than 26 million theatregoers from around the world , people who flock to this small canadian town for one reason : an unparalleled quality of performance . in 2014 , under the leadership of artistic director antoni cimolino and executive director anita gaffney , the stratford festival embarked upon a ten - year initiative to capture the entire shakespeare canon in spectacular hd , bringing the work of this renowned company to audiences around the globe .
we are currently seeking someone to assist the stratford festival digital media team with the production of behind - the - scenes content for our digital and online audience ( video , photo , graphics , animation , podcasts , etc ) .
he was a member of the stratford festival company for six seasons between 1956 and 2006 , playing orleans in the famous bilingual stratford festival - tnm co - production of henry v in 1956 and burgundy in the re - mount of that production in 1966 . in addition to playing the first roman senator in coriolanus in 2006 , he also played don louis in don juan , another stratford festival - tnm co - production , which was performed in both french and english . the previous year , he directed the measure of love , sharing a lifetime of theatre experience with then - new playwright nicolas billon , winner of the 2013 governor general’s award for drama .
the contentious story of a midlife affair that shook the foundations of the ancient world comes to life in the stratford festival’s production of antony and cleopatra , starring geraint wyn davies and yanna mcintosh as the powerful rulers whose insatiable love leads to the greatest of tragedies . director gary griffin paints an unforgettable landscape depicting the devastation wrought by the heart’s transgressions . antony and cleopatra is produced by melbar entertainment group in association with the stratford festival , artistic director antoni cimolino , and executive producers barry avrich , anita gaffney and michael a . levine .
over 63 years , the festival has welcomed more than 26 million people through our doors ,
he said .
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the contentious story of a midlife affair that shook the foundations of the ancient world comes to life in the stratford festival ' s production of antony and cleopatra , starring geraint wyn davies and yanna mcintosh as the powerful rulers whose insatiable love leads to the greatest of tragedies . director gary griffin paints an unforgettable landscape depicting the devastation wrought by the heart ' s transgressions . antony and cleopatra is produced by melbar entertainment group in association with the stratford festival , artistic director antoni cimolino , and executive producers barry avrich , anita gaffney and michael a . levine .
finally , director barry avrich has pulled off quite a coup in filming the first stratford show from the tom patterson theatre . conventional wisdom has favoured shows from the festival or avon theatres , but the converted curling rink that forms the patterson allows for some splendid camera work on avrich’s part .
the festival has already filmed three productions from its 2014 season : king lear , antony and cleopatra , and king john .
… artists from the stratford festival arrived in michigan this weekend as part of the eighth annual michigan residency . festival teaching artists will be in the area until november 1 , visiting michigan state university as well as schools in detroit and environs , east lansing , grand rapids and port huron , where they will lead student workshops based on bringing shakespeare’s plays to life .
after making her stratford debut as shylock’s daughter , jessica , sara farb will take on the role of cordelia , while stratford newcomers maev beaty and liisa repo - martell will play goneril and regan , respectively .
ben heppner is renowned worldwide for his portrayals in the dramatic tenor repertoire . his illustrious career has taken him to opera stages and concert halls around the world . heppner now brings his voice to the airwaves of cbc radio as host of saturday afternoon at the opera . ben also appeared in the 1988 ccoc - commissioned production of a midwinter night’s dream .
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digitizing live performances means that you can experience the stratford festival both at home and away . new york ' s metropolitan opera has enjoyed incredible success with a similar project aimed at diversifying its offerings and reaching new audiences .
to an audience of festival staff and city representatives , perth - wellington mp gary schellenberger announced funding of up to $ 3 - million for the hd project from the federal economic development agency for southern ontario through the stratford economic enterprise development corporation ( seed co . ) .
tickets for the 2014 season will go on sale to members of the stratford festival on november 11 , 2013 , and to the general public on january 4 , 2014 . to purchase tickets at that time , visit urltoken or call the box office at 1 . 800 . 567 . 1600 .
a library of festival films along with interactive study guides will be an asset treasured by students and teachers around the world .
scott wentworth is a longtime actor at the festival , and in 2015 he was the director of one of shakespeare ' s most difficult plays , pericles .
trish lindström , last seen at the festival as miranda to christopher plummer’s prospero , will return to stratford to play the title role in alice through the looking - glass . she will be joined by cynthia dale as the red queen , dion johnstone as the white king , tom mccamus as the march hare and brian tree as humpty dumpty .
the stratford 2015 playbill includes the classics : shakespeare’s hamlet , the taming of the shrew , love’s labour’s lost and the adventures of pericles ; oliver goldsmith’s she stoops to conquer ; ben jonson’s the alchemist ; and sophocles’ oedipus rex .
as always the stratford playbill includes contemporary canadian plays : john mighton’s possible worlds and the last wife , a new play written by kate hennig .
josh franklin will make his stratford debut as bobby child and chilina kennedy will return to stratford to play polly baker in donna feore ’s production of crazy for you . tom rooney will play bela zangler .
october 22 , 2013… colm feore will be returning to the stratford festival for the first time in five years , to play the title role in king lear . directed by artistic director antoni cimolino , it is the production that will open the 2014 season . mr . feore will also play archer in mr . cimolino’s production of the beaux’ stratagem .
a multi - talented theatre artist , ms turnbull was a beloved member of the festival’s coaching staff for many years . she was also the dramaturge for titus andronicus in 2011 and the two gentlemen of verona in 2010 , as well as the assistant director of the taming of the shrew in 2008 . her warmth , generosity and intelligence made her a great resource for the festival company .
ms hay , who this season lit up the stage as sally bowles in cabaret and dorothea in a lovely sundayfor creve coeur at the shaw festival , will return for her sixth stratford season . she was last seen at the festival in 2013 as milady de winter in the three musketeers and emilia in othello , a part for which she received great critical praise . her previous stratford credits include alice in henry v , bianca in the taming of the shrew , audrey in as you like it and katharine in love’s labour’s lost . ms hay’s highly acclaimed shaw festival roles also include eliza doolittle in the hit production of my fair lady , hesione hushabye in heartbreak house and an unforgettable billie dawn in born yesterday .
meantime , the initiative also offers partnership opportunities with students and staff at the university of waterloo stratford campus in creating complementary educational resources , she said .
mr . merigold was with the festival for 16 seasons between 1953 and 1976 , in a variety of roles . he was the production stage manager for the avon theatre and for opera , and later served as the purchasing agent . he was the assistant to the director on 1960’s hms pinafore and 1961’s the pirates of penzance , a production in which he also appeared as an actor . in 1974 he directed this is the rill speaking at the third stage ( now the tom patterson theatre ) . his acting career included a recurring role on cbc tv’s sunshine sketches of a little town and appearances on the wayne and shuster tv specials .
gordon s . miller will return for his ninth stratford season to play williams . maev beaty to play kate in the last wife
mr . wyn davies , featured this year as duke vincentio in measure for measure and the earl of leicester in mary stuart , as well as in the forum series geraint wyn davies presents… “wordplay , ” will return to the festival for his 11 th season . he began his stratford career in 1986 , playing the title role in pericles and antipholus of syracuse in the boys from syracuse , and quickly became a true festival favourite . his most recent triumphs include cymbeline , stephano in the tempest , bottom in a midsummer night’s dream , polonius in hamlet and dylan thomas in the one - man show do not go gentle . his stage career has taken him throughout canada , the u . s . and the u . k . and he has dozens of film and television credits , including key roles on regenesis , republic of doyle , 24 , slings and arrows , airwolf and forever knight .
in this episode , the directors of the four shakespeare productions talk about the art and craft of the stage director . it ' s a discussion from the 2015 stratford festival forum . what is it that a stage director does ? how important is that person anyway ? and what are the challenges in putting actors and a play on stage in our time ?
a kingdom divided , a family destroyed , the faithful banished and the hateful left to wreak inhuman havoc in the realm . four hundred years after it was written , king lear resonates as never before . this powerful production by north america ' s leading classical theatre company stars the incomparable colm feore and is directed by the stratford festival ' s acclaimed artistic director antoni cimolino . king lear is produced by melbar entertainment group in association with the stratford festival , artistic director antoni cimolino and executive producers barry avrich , anita gaffney and michael levine , and directed for film by joan tosoni .
mr . merigold was hired as an assistant stage manager by tyrone guthrie for the festival’s inaugural season in 1953 . he soon became dr . guthrie’s stage manager and their working relationship stretched beyond stratford to include 12 productions in new york and four in london .
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this is a temporary seasonal position located in stratford beginning january 20 , 2014 and ending july 11 , 2014 .
yanna mcintosh and geraint wyn davies in their strong performances as cleopatra and mark antony in the 2014 stratford production , which can now be enjoyed on the screen .
in addition to playing king lear , colm feore will take a comic turn as archer in antoni cimolino ’s production of the beaux’ stratagem , the first restoration comedy presented at the festival since 1995 .
the stratford hd version of king john , at select cineplex theatres on thursday and sunday , is well worth a visit for several reasons .
mr . dilworth makes his festival directorial debut with the last wife . he is a past participant of the michael langham workshop for classical direction , serving as assistant director of elektra and the little years .
small scenes that were gems on the stage , such as daniel briere’s eros , struggling with how to help his beloved master antony leave this earth , acquire added value here and once again one must applaud the overall solidity of the stratford festival company as role after role , however fleeting , is played with distinction and clarity .
the taming of the shrew directed by chris abraham mr . abraham has quickly established himself as a director of note with stellar stratford productions of othello , the matchmaker , the little years and for the pleasure of seeing her again to his credit .
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“it’s an extraordinary group of actors , ” says the festival’s artistic director antoni cimolino about the king lear production . “that was another reason why i really wanted this initiative to happen . we are blessed with a company of 120 actors at stratford who are really equal or better to any in the world…and this company really demonstrates that . ”
the recordings are expensive to produce and distribute and were made possible with the help of donations . cimolino says although they will never turn a huge profit , they are valuable . “the reason for doing this was about preserving these extraordinary performances and getting word of the stratford festival abroad . so , in that sense , it will more than pay for itself . ”
for sheer , laugh - out - loud fun , look no further than the beaux’ stratagem ! the first restoration comedy produced by the festival since 1995’s the country wife , this deliciously hilarious romp will keep you laughing from beginning to end .
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together on the stratford stage for the first time since 2009’s the trespassers , lucy peacock and joseph ziegler will play mr . and mrs . hardcastle in the hilarious oliver goldsmith comedy she stoops to conquer , directed by martha henry .
fresh from her triumph with this season’s smash hit crazy for you , acclaimed director and choreographer donna feore returns for her 21st festival season .
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courtship or conquest ? the breaking down of a defiant spirit – or a breakthrough that liberates a heart deprived of love ? is there a battle of wills that’s fiercer or funnier – or more hotly controversial ? this stratford festival production of the shakespeare classic stars ben carlson and deborah hay and is directed by chris abraham .
there was much discussion both at stratford and in the press over who would play hamlet when the work was first announced . would it be an outsider , a new face to the company or someone from within…a known quantity . jonathan goad is home - grown and in his 13th season and presents us with a natural performance . his is not an iconic neurotic hamlet but simply a son caught up in the machinations and faults of those around him , tormented by his inability to make things right and yet feeling powerless to do more than agonize over his sorry state . it gives his character credibility and brings hamlet closer to feelings we would have were we in his position . the rest of the cast was simply the stratford company which means overall very good with the exception of adrienne gould playing ophelia whom i found mousy in voice and presence ; she gets totally rag - doll battered in the “nunnery” scene with hamlet .
we ' re starting to see people who have seen the films make their way to stratford and discover it for the first time and find out what the experience is all about ,
she said .
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the first two entries in the stratford hd series of stage productions making their way to the screen have brought us a great production preserved ( king lear ) and a good production made better ( king john ) .
since joining the company in 2009 , mr . shara has quickly become a festival favourite , with such memorable roles as roderigo in othello and aramis in the three musketeers this past season , as well as cornelius hackl in the matchmaker , christian in cyrano de bergerac and algernon in the importance of being earnest . mr . shara is a veteran of the shaw festival and has performed across the country . his television work includes murdoch mysteries , little mosque on the prairie and queer as folk .
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stephanie rothenberg , who recently played rosemary in the tony - nominated broadway revival of how to succeed in business without really trying , will make her stratford debut as maria in the sound of music . ben carlson will mark his eighth season with his first role in a stratford musical , playing captain von trapp . the production will be directed and choreographed by donna feore .
“riotous tom rooney had the audience howling as an especially silly polonius . mike shara’s laertes swaggers like a charming frat boy , while the festival’s reigning king of swagger , wyn davies , played the duplicitous claudius as a boisterous and conniving boor . è
mike shara , who in just six seasons has become one of the festival’s best - loved performers , will play berowne in shakespeare’s vivacious comedy love’s labour’s lost , directed by john caird .
mr . carlson will mark his seventh season at stratford in 2014 , after delighting audiences this season as lord burleigh in mary stuart and charles in blithe spirit . highlights of his time at the festival include benedick in much ado about nothing , fluellen in henry v , feste in twelfth night , touchstone in as you like it , brutus in julius caesar and the title role in hamlet . he has worked throughout canada and the united states , and spent 12 seasons at the shaw festival , where he is well remembered for his marathon man and superman , the return of the prodigal and all my sons , among many other performances .
support for the 2014 season of the avon theatre is generously provided by the birmingham family .
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three true festival favourites will team up in mr . cimolino’s production of ben jonson’s satirical comedy the alchemist : jonathan goad as face , stephen ouimette as subtle , and scott wentworth as epicure mammon .
jenny young will make her stratford debut as the androgynous , free - thinking monarch in michel marc bouchard’s christina , the girl king , translated by linda gaboriau and directed by vanessa porteous . the production also features graham abbey as count johan oxenstierna .
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six more productions will be filmed over the next two seasons . the goal is to film all the works in the shakespearean canon over the next 10 years .
andrew haji , canadian tenor , is quickly becoming one of the most sought - after voices on both the operatic and concert stages . a graduate of the canadian opera company ensemble studio , andrew’s recent operatic roles include gabriel dumont in louis riel by harry somers ( coc and festival d’opéra de québec ) and tamino in mozart’s the magic flute , shring the stage with the three spirits of the ccoc !
mr . potter has worked at virtually every major venue in the country over the past 30 years , such as vancouver’s bard on the beach , soulpepper , theatre calgary , citadel theatre and the manitoba theatre centre . he has worked on many new scripts , including this summer’s world première of stag and doe at the blyth festival and the première production and national tour of michael healy’s the drawer boy .
mounting a theatrical production on the screen is the equivalent of putting a cardiac sufferer on the treadmill : the strengths and weaknesses of the patient will quickly become obvious .
canadians will not have to travel to the small town of stratford , ontario to see a brilliant production of william shakespeare’s king lear , but today will be able to see it in one of several cinemas across the country .
the event , one of the largest in the ccoc’s history , is generously supported by our partners .
you will oversee the design of all customized product , the purchasing of all retail offerings and determine the store layout and in - store displays . you will direct and oversee the festival’s online theatre store determining the product mix and implementing improvements that are in line with the best practices for online retail . where applicable , you will negotiate and manage royalty agreements for production - specific merchandise .
mr . buliung was last seen at stratford in 2011 as tom joad in the grapes of wrath and roger in the little years . in his eight stratford seasons , mr . buliung’s highlights include mac in king of thieves , petruchio in the taming of the shrew , mercutio in romeo and juliet and edgar in king lear , a role that he will return to in 2014 . his outstanding stage career includes originating the role of khashoggi in we will rock you in toronto and aragorn in the world première of lord of the rings , for which he earned a dora nomination . his other credits include hanks in farther west and jamie in long day’s journey into night at soulpepper theatre , macduff in macbeth at chicago shakespeare , as well as numerous leading roles at the shaw festival .
when : friday feb . 24th , 2017 where : 136 ontario street , stratford , on cost : $ 65 / per person contact : 519 - 271 - 1414
highlights include director john caird , who has won tony and olivier awards , making his stratford debut on love’s labour’s lost , and the directorial debut of mitchell cushman on canadian playwright john mighton’s possible worlds .
it really is a project that i hope will help canada . it ' s going to put our products out there and heighten awareness of the great nature of our work ,
said festival executive director anita gaffney .
“jean - louis roux was a pioneer , creating companies , leading institutions and promoting the critical importance of the arts in our society , ” says artistic director antoni cimolino , who will direct the production . “he was a valued member of the stratford company over many years as an actor as well as a director . i last worked with him at the festival theatre along with colm feore in coriolanus . therefore it is with affection that we dedicate this season’s production of king lear to jean - louis , who was ‘every inch a king . ’”
mr . shara had a remarkable season this year , giving three indelible performances on the festival stage : a vicious cornwall in king lear , a dreamy demetrius in a midsummer night’s dream and a scheming aimwell in the beaux’ stratagem , whom he played with marvellous comedic flair . since joining the company in 2009 , he has played such memorable roles as roderigo in othello , aramis in the three musketeers , cornelius hackl in the matchmaker , cloten in cymbeline and christian in cyrano de bergerac . mr . shara is also a veteran of the shaw festival and has performed across the country . his television work includes whatever , murdoch mysteries , little mosque on the prairie and queer as folk .
the filming was done with 10 cameras and a live audience . “we didn’t want to simply make a film . there are films out there , ” says cimolino . “what we wanted to do was to capture the live experience of being in the festival theatre…and being part of the audience . ” one difference in the viewing experience is that cinema goers get to see close - ups .
the beaux’ stratagem | by george farquhar | directed by antoni cimolino | festival theatre previews start july 31 | opens august 15 | closes october 11 production support : sylvia d . chrominska , dr . dennis & dorothea hacker and diana tremain
a story , actors , and an audience . that ' s all you really need for a theatre performance . it ' s nice to have lighting and costumes and sets too , but - a director ? what exactly does a director do ? the four shakespeare directors from last season ' s stratford festival - - antoni cimolino , john caird , chris abraham and scott wentworth - - get together to talk about the art and craft of interpreting a play and putting it on the stage .
one look at antoni cimolino’s track record and you’ll know that the beaux’ stratagem is in very capable hands . mr . cimolino has been at the helm of many of the festival’s most celebrated productions , including the merchant of venice and cymbeline , and , of course , last season’s smash hit , mary stuart , which was extended an unprecedented four times .
workshops will teach the festival’s philosophy of actively learning shakespeare as participants physically work through a variety of texts in shakespeare’s canon . a number of topics will be explored , including theatrical play analysis , voice , english language arts , monologue coaching , aspects of technical theatre and design for the theatre , the cultural relevance of shakespeare and the fundamentals of acting .
if you only need one reason to see this play , our brilliant cast speaks for itself . the charming leading men , colm feore and mike shara , team up to play the titular conniving beaux , archer and aimwell , with award - winning martha henry returning for her milestone 40th festival season as lady bountiful . joining them are many festival favourites who hardly need any introduction , including bethany jillard as dorinda , lucy peacock as mrs . sullen and scott wentworth as mr . sullen .
a stalwart of the festival stage , mr . mccamus has given audiences a string of powerful and memorable performances , most recently including antonio in the merchant of venice , friar laurence in romeo and juliet , iachimo in cymbeline , tim casey in the grapes of wrath and le vicomte de valmont in dangerous liaisons . his beautifully drawn comedic characters include horace vandergelder in the matchmaker , captain hook in peter pan and page in the merry wives of windsor . his career at stratford stretches back to 1994 , when he made his unforgettable debut as edmund tyrone in long day’s journey into night .
a graduate of studio 58 in vancouver , ms young was most recently seen in the critically acclaimed satire proud , at ottawa’s great canadian theatre company . her other stage credits include frieda in the clockmaker at the thousand islands playhouse , rhoda dunn in the age of arousal at the shaw festival , karen in and so it goes at the factory theatre and a maid in the world première of margaret atwood’s the penelopiad , a co - production between the royal shakespeare company and the canadian national arts centre . she also played ernestine in the anger in ernest & ernestine at theatre columbus , for which she earned a dora nomination for outstanding performance .
mr . goad has taken on the role of oberon before – in the festival’s 2004 production . needless to say he has not yet played titania . mr . goad’s 2013 season featured three major roles : mercutio in romeo and juliet , porthos in the three musketeers and gratiano in the merchant of venice . his previous stratford credits include harold hill in the music man , mark antony in julius caesar , hippolytus in phèdre , iago in othello and angelo in measure for measure . he also has numerous film and television credits , including nikita , heartland and rookie blue , as well as the recurring role of christian doyle on republic of doyle .
canadian actors discuss the joys and intricacies of playing the complex character of hamlet .
ms peacock is on a bit of a comic roll at the moment , having played the leads in two delightful productions this season – judith bliss in hay fever and mrs . sullen in the beaux’ stratagem . ms peacock has long been a shining star at stratford , with a career studded with remarkable performances , including , most recently , her stirring portrayals of mary stuart in the 2013 runaway hit , elora in the world première of judith thompson’s the thrill and nana in for the pleasure of seeing her again . her credits also include the colourful mrs . munsch in wanderlust , the leads in hello , dolly ! , the king and i , and my fair lady , and her tour - de - force performance as all of the characters in the blonde , the brunette and the vengeful redhead . she has played more than 65 key roles at stratford and has organized dozens of unforgettable cabarets , in particular the late night with lucy forum series , in which she performed and showcased the talents of her fellow company members .
only a hybrid like feore — who cut his teeth on shakespeare at stratford then went on to star as glenn gould and trudeau on television then on to countless roles in big - screen epics — could manage both the depth and the breadth of this role with such complexity .
m . roux turned to acting when he was three years into medical school . he worked and trained in france and on his return to montreal founded le théâtre du nouveau monde with a group including jean gascon , who would later become artistic director of the stratford festival . m . roux served as secretary general of tnm from 1952 to 1963 and then as artistic director from 1966 to 1982 . he was involved in the creation of the national theatre school , where he was director general from 1982 to 1987 . he was a member of the canadian senate , lieutenant - governor of quebec , chairman of the canada council and a companion of the order of canada .
second , king john shows that stratford has a superb acting company . the lead performances from graham abbey , tom mccamus and seana mckenna are as fine as you’d expect , but every supporting role is treated with class and distinction as well .
when the rule of a hedonistic and mercurial king is questioned , rebellion , assassination and excommunication ensue , culminating in the chilling attempt to commit an atrocity against a child , whose mother’s anguished grief cannot atone for her blinkered ambitions for her son . starring tom mccamus and seana mckenna with commanding performances by graham abbey and patricia collins , king john is directed by tim carroll . filmed under the direction of barry avrich , king john is produced by melbar entertainment group in association with the stratford festival , artistic director antoni cimolino , and executive producers barry avrich , anita gaffney and michael levine .
when the rule of a hedonistic and mercurial king is questioned , rebellion , assassination and excommunication ensue , culminating in the chilling attempt to commit an atrocity against a child , whose mother ' s anguished grief cannot atone for her blinkered ambitions for her son . starring tom mccamus and seana mckenna with commanding performances by graham abbey and patricia collins , king john is directed by tim carroll . filmed under the direction of barry avrich , king john is produced by melbar entertainment group in association with the stratford festival , artistic director antoni cimolino , and executive producers barry avrich , anita gaffney and michael levine .


the young warriors is a war film filmed in 1966 by universal pictures based on richard matheson 's 1960 novel the beardless warriors that was the working title of the film .

the novel was inspired by matheson 's own experiences as an 18-year-old infantryman with the 87th infantry division in germany in world war ii .

the film was directed by john peyser who had directed 27 episodes of combat ! and would later direct 10 episodes of the rat patrol .

it was filmed cheaply by universal on their backlot using many of its contract players , with matheson asked to do a rewrite of his screenplay in order to utilise the battle sequences from universal 's to hell and back .

when universal wished to " lighten " matheson 's screenplay , they had jonathan daly write a comedy relief scene of chasing a duck through a minefield .

the film was released as a double feature with rosalind russell 's rosie ! .

the young warriors ( film )

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film rights to sol yurick ' s novel were bought in 1969 by american international pictures but no film resulted .
beijing — “harry potter” producer , david heyman is to produce “ warriors ” for china ’s alibaba pictures group . the live action film is based on a series of hit children’s / young adult novels about warring cats .
the warriors is a 1979 american cult action / thriller film directed by walter hill and based on sol yurick ' s 1965 novel of the same name . like the novel , the film borrows elements from the anabasis by xenophon .
in 2009 , dabel brothers productions began a five issue comic book adaption of the film . following that is a four issue mini series entitled the warriors : jailbreak which takes place several months after the film ' s events .
in recent years , the warriors has acquired the status of a cult film , along with a re - examination of its standing with some film critics . as of february 19 , 2015 , the film has garnered a 94 % approval rating at review aggregator website rotten tomatoes based on 33 reviews .
while the warriors was adapted from a novel ( itself adapted from the ancient greek text anabasis by xenophon ) , the film has been adapted into a number of other products as well . the film ' s soundtrack was released in the same year as the film . in 2005 , mezco toyz released warriors action figures , including swan , cleon , cochise , ajax , luther , and a baseball fury .
the dingos : the dingos , a homosexual gang and rivals of the warriors , did play a part in the original script when they captured one of the warriors , but the scene was ultimately cut .
james anderson is england cricket’s most successful bowler of all time , and executive producer warriors . here he chats about what made him get involved with the film .
one reason for the enthusiastic response compared to the first wolf warrior film is its improved action scenes .
the film premiered just ahead of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the chinese army , a hugely symbolic event for the country .
the soho - based hi - hats might be the best proof hill has got that he intended for the warriors to be a fantasy film . because clowns are scary , and mimes are not .
the new york times film critic a . o . scott reviews “beasts of no nation . ”
warriors star sonyanga ole ngais and director barney douglas chat live in the studio about the uk cinema release .
beijing — “harry potter” producer , david heyman is to produce “warriors” for china’s alibaba pictures group . the live action film is based on a series of hit children’s / young adult novels about warring cats . heyman’s involvement in the project was announced sunday at an event held at the british embassy in beijing , china . published by harper [ … ]
the film revolves around a covert rescue mission when rebels overrun a town in an unnamed african country .
the warriors video game , based on the movie , was released by rockstar games on october 17 , 2005 . levels 1 through 13 acts as a prequel to the film , creating backstory and elaborating on the characters from the film . levels 14 through 18 recreates much of the film ' s events . in addition , there are extra levels explaining how each main character joined the gang . several of the actors from the movie returned to perform the voices for their original characters .
in world war ii , a tough sergeant is put in charge of a squad of young recruits and assigned to lead them on a mission against the germans .
the film has raked in a record 1 . 6bn yuan ( $ 238m ; £181m ) in just one week . the massive response in china also made the film top the global box office worldwide last weekend , beating hollywood blockbuster dunkirk .
on their way to the subway , the warriors find another gang , the turnbull ac ' s , looking for them . they have no choice but to make a run to the train . the turnbull ac ' s almost reach them but the warriors make it to the train , just in time for the doors to close . however , on the ride back to coney island , the train is stopped by a fire on the tracks , dumping the warriors in tremont , in the bronx . in the bronx , they come across a gang called the orphans . parleying for safe passage , the warriors convince the orphans to let them through peacefully until they come across mercy , a feisty girl who convinces the orphans to try and put up a fight with the warriors when they refuse to give her one of their gang - vests . when she challenges the manhood of the orphans ' leader , he , to save face , tells the warriors to remove their gang colors for safe passage . the warriors refuse , resulting in a near fight quelled only by the warriors ' use of a molotov cocktail . mercy , impressed , follows the warriors on impulse .
there are many standouts in the huge cast , from the fierce traditionalist lin ching - tai in the leading role , to young lin yuan - jie as an unstoppable boy warrior . their tattoos , clothing and singing and dancing lend the film a stamp of authenticity . dialogue is in seediq and in japanese .
the boppers’ main rivals are the spanish harlem - based hurricanes , who make only a brief appearance in the film , at cyrus’ summit .
joe wilson of the bbc reports from the gala premiere of warriors at the soho curzon cinema in london . the screening coincided with the ashes cricket series in england , and was an opportunity for partners and supporters of the film to see their contributions on the big screen . watch the video via the bbc here .
have a watch of part one of our behind the scenes videos , featuring some fun moments during the filming of warriors .
when it comes to queens - based street gangs , the boyle avenue runners are it as far as the warriors goes .
i was thrilled to see that the blood warriors production crew had such an amazing response to advertising their auditions : there were upwards of twenty young women of all different looks and personalities from different backgrounds and with different skillsets . myself , ellie and rosa all remarked how surreal but brilliant it was that somewhere in this room blood warriors would find their three leading ladies .
warriors is a documentary following a group of young maasai who , in a remote region of kenya , have remarkably formed a cricket team . they relate the sport to their traditional hunting techniques – the ball is the spear , the bat is the shield – and their flowing red robes in full flight are an awesome sight . the film follows the team as they pursue their dream of reaching england , the home of cricket , and test themselves in the amateur last man stands world championship .
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 .
over the years , the warriors has developed a significant cult following . at seattle ' s grand illusion cinema , programmer zack carlson remembers ,
people were squeezed in , lying on the floor , cheering
. entertainment weekly named the warriors the 16th - greatest cult film on their
top 50 greatest cult films
list . the magazine also ranked it 14th in the list of the
25 most controversial movies ever
.
the turnbull ac’s are easy to recognize for two reasons : they’re all bald , and they ride around the city in an old bus . it’s that same bus that the gang uses to try and run down the warriors shortly after the summit breaks up ( the turnbull ac’s are the first group the warriors must face off against ) .
okay , so this one’s a gimme . the titular gang from coney island set the pace and plot of the film , as they attempt to make their way from the bronx to brooklyn after being framed for the murder of cyrus , the gramercy riffs’ leader . unfortunately for the warriors , they’re being pursued by the rest of the gangs on this list .
as the truck rams the car over the cliff and falls off in the final film , there is a low roar sound effect that the filmmaker included to emphasize the death of the truck . spielberg , who wanted the truck to seem
but there is a darker heart to the story . the maasai are male dominated , women have few rights – even to their own bodies – and girls as young as six have suffered female genital mutilation and early marriages . traditional practices such as these have also contributed to the spread of hiv / aids , and now many believe the future of the maasai is under serious threat . the warriors cricket team are using their new - found unity on the field as an inspiration to those off it , attempting to educate and give young people a sense of belonging , support , and hope .
the pounding ferocity of some taut battle scenes and some crisp photography render
the young warriors
bearable . in
rosie !
a tasteless brew of comedy , pathos and grim drama , the vultures almost get
auntie mame ,
as rosalind russell gamely backtracks in the kind of role she originated . this one is downright embarrassing . view full article in timesmachine »
bbc world radio – maasai cricket captain sonyanga ole ngais talks about the social messages in warriors ( 16 . 45 slot ) – july 2015
warner bros . entertainment released a downloadable title for the xbox 360 titled the warriors : street brawl . the game plays differently from the rockstar games version , being a side - scrolling brawler .
the jones street boys also hail from bensonhurst , so they aren’t fans of the saracens . their only appearance in the film is at the summit ( they’re the bumblebee - looking dudes in yellow and black stripes ) .
regrouping in woodlawn cemetery , the warriors begin their long journey from the bronx back to coney island . the second - in - command , swan , takes charge , though the hot - headed ajax openly voices
his
desire to be acting gang warlord . the warriors slowly cross the dangerous bronx and manhattan territories , narrowly escaping police and other gangs every step of the way .
talksport radio – warriors director barney douglas chats to the paul hawksbee & andy jacobs ( 14 . 30 - 15 . 00 slot ) – july 2015
the eloquent and intelligent cyrus tells the assembled crowd that a permanent citywide truce would allow the gangs to control the city , pointing out there are 60 , 000 of them and only 20 , 000 officers in the nypd . most of the gangs laud his idea , but members of the rogues gang , who have smuggled a gun in , pass it to their leader , luther , who then kills cyrus . panic ensues . luther is seen in the act by one of the warriors , fox . immediately after , the nypd rushes in from all sides . during the chaos , luther screams that the warriors are responsible for killing cyrus . while the riffs beat and kill the warriors ' leader cleon , the other eight warriors escape the melee and debate their next move , knowing they are deep in enemy territory .
five teenage boys , members of a band of maroons ( runaway slaves in jamaica during the 19th to early 20th century ) living in the maroon community of mountain top , pass their village ' s initiation tests for them to be recognized as young maroon warriors . however , when they go out into the woods for a celebratory hunt as per their custom , they inadvertently discover that the british redcoat soldiers , nemeses of the maroons , are patrolling within the area .
what were the main issues you found in the community ? everything . the situation there is so difficult and complicated that when i started working there i didn’t even know what to focus on because everything was stimulating as a photographer . little by little i figured out the group that had the toughest conditions were the kids and young people .
eagle - eyed viewers will catch the word “flammable” scrawled across the back of the truck , yet when it careens off the cliff at the end of the movie it doesn’t go boom . the studio wanted a big explosion , but the director wanted a slower demise for his film’s villain .
in a stern speech , which in parts was not dissimilar to lines from the film , president xi jinping vowed to fight anyone who tried to split china .
a young woman is gang raped and murdered in a california college town , sparking her brother kevin to take up arms by night with a gang of like - minded vigilantes from his fraternity , . . . see full summary »
many in china have praised the film for its combat scenes and stunts - such as tanks skidding around like the cars in the fast and furious franchise - saying they are of
hollywood quality
.
this prompted paramount to remove advertisements from radio and television completely and display ads in the press were reduced to the film ' s title , rating and participating theaters . in reaction , 200 theaters across the country added security personnel . due to safety concerns , theater owners were relieved of their contractual obligations if they did not want to show the film , and paramount offered to pay costs for additional security and damages due to vandalism . after two weeks free of incidents , the studio expanded the display ads to take advantage of reviews from reputable critics including pauline kael of the new yorker . she wrote ,
the warriors is a real moviemaker ' s movie : it has in visual terms the kind of impact that ' rock around the clock ' did behind the titles of blackboard jungle . the warriors is like visual rock
. in its sixth week , the warriors had grossed $ 16 . 4 million , well above its estimated $ 6–7 million budget .
reimagining the five boroughs as a graffiti - coated war zone , walter hill’s 1979 cult classic the warriors made stars out of a group of unknowns and minted a confirmed midnight - movie hit . decades later , diehard fans still congregate to quote dialogue and celebrate this punk artifact on coney island – and in a new exclusive video , rolling stone sat down with original warriors cleon , swan , vermin , cochise , and more to look back on the film’s legacy as it nears the 40 - year mark .
the following weekend the film was linked to sporadic outbreaks of vandalism and three killings - two in southern california and one in boston - involving moviegoers on their way to or from showings .
stunt coordinator craig r . baxley put the cast through stunt school because hill wanted realistic fights depicted in the film . in preparation for his role , james remar hung out at coney island to find a model for his character . the entire film was shot on the streets in new york city with some interior scenes done at astoria studios . they would shoot from sundown to sunrise . the film quickly fell behind schedule and went over budget . while they shot in the bronx , bricks were tossed at the crew . actor joel weiss remembers that filming of his scene at avenue a being canceled because there was a double homicide nearby . for the big meeting at the beginning of the film , hill wanted real gang members in the scene with off duty police officers also in the crowd so that there would be no trouble .
a mild commercial success on its initial release , the film was panned by many critics as exploitative and superficial . in his review for the chicago sun - times , roger ebert gave it two out of fours stars and said that , despite hill ' s cinematic skill , the film is implausible in a mannerist style that deprives the characters of depth and spontaneity :
no matter what impression the ads give , this isn ' t even remotely intended as an action film . it ' s a set piece . it ' s a ballet of stylized male violence .
gary arnold of the washington post wrote ,
none of hill ' s dynamism will save the warriors from impressing most neutral observers as a ghastly folly
.
the genre intentions may have been lost on some audience members at the time , but the film has endured . it’s still regularly screened at repertory theaters and a favorite midnight movie . it has also been turned into a comic book series and a popular video game . now , we’re paying tribute to the warriors ’ real stars—the fictional street gangs who assembled for that midnight summit back in 1979 .
gordon and hill were originally going to make a western but when the financing on the project failed to materialize , they took the warriors to paramount pictures because they were interested in youth films at the time and succeeded in getting the project financed .
waites in particular had a unique experience making the warriors , having gotten notoriously fired by hill and kicked off set . in a bonus interview above , waites goes over the whole episode .
“‘warriors’ is such a perfect chinese - british project . the values ( in the books ) are british . but they are also chinese… there’s more that unites us than divides us . ”
the all - girl lizzies use their feminine wiles to coax three of the warriors back to their pad near union square , and come closer than any other gang to capturing—and killing—the titular crew . fortunately for the warriors , the gals don’t have great aim . they’re able to escape relatively unscathed ( even if they did need to punch and break a chair over the head of a couple of their female counterparts ) .
most of the combat scenes were duplicated from another universal film , to hell and back ( 1955 ) , which was the biography of war hero - - and later actor - - audie murphy .
the warriors opened on february 9 , 1979 in 670 theaters without advance screenings or a decent promotional campaign and grossed usd $ 3 . 5 million on its opening weekend .
“out of anger and immaturity , ” he adds , “i asked them to remove my name from the credits . ” but he keeps a positive attitude about it today , approaching the whole matter as a learning opportunity for young actors . “i’ve made all the mistakes for you … you don’t have to make them . ”
in 2005 , paramount home video released the
ultimate director ' s cut
dvd of the warriors . aside from a remastered picture quality and a new 5 . 1 surround remixed soundtrack , the film has been re - edited with a new introduction and comic book - style sequences between scenes . in july 2007 the
ultimate director ' s cut
was released onto blu - ray .
swan makes it to the union square station , but is promptly tailed by members of the punks . mercy also arrives , followed by the remaining members of the warriors who re - group . they lead the punks into a nearby male public restroom , where another fight ensues . the warriors , hurt but victorious once more ( with swan also picking up a knife dropped by the punks ' leader ) , then catch the last train on their journey back to coney island .
for the lowly protagonist , david mann , spielberg hand - picked character actor dennis weaver because he loved his performance as the jittery and feeble hotel night manager in orson welles’s 1958 film touch of evil .
also based in soho are the electric eliminators , rivals to the hi - hats , who are seen twice in the film : first as they make their way to the summit , in their satin yellow bomber jackets , and later in the confusion following cyrus’ murder .
written and directed by cary joji fukunaga , “beasts of no nation” is based on uzodinma iweala’s harrowing , linguistically dazzling novel of a child soldier’s life . mr . iweala’s distinctive prose style is sometimes echoed in agu’s voice - over narration , but the boy’s point of view is more immediately conveyed in the watchful eyes and sensitive features of abraham attah , the nimble young actor who plays him . agu is numbed by horror and hardened by the brutality he has witnessed and perpetrated . the commandant ( idris elba ) trains him and his comrades to be “warriors , ” which is to say war criminals . while the film , like the book , does not turn away from the atrocities they commit , it also doesn’t allow you to forget that they’re children .
and in a second bonus video , the cast members react to the news that a tv series adaptation of the warriors has been announced for the near future . most express curiosity , but the prevailing sentiment ? “good luck at living up to what we did . ”
the auditions felt pretty relaxed , using some of the techniques esther had taught us about intention and obstacle , but tying these in with games and scenarios to see how the actors interact with one another – important given that rosa’s film [ blood warriors ] has a central three - way friendship that underpins it . i was blown away by the level of talent and rather sad i wasn’t able to attend call - backs !
that is the tagline for wolf warriors 2 , the chinese box office hit that is equal parts testosterone - fuelled machismo - think blazing guns , explosions , and tanks - and chest - thumping chinese patriotism .
“a boy is a dangerous thing , ” says the commandant , who leads an army of young soldiers fighting a civil war in an unspecified west african country . he’s talking about agu , a newly captured prisoner and also , potentially , a fresh recruit , who has fled into the forest hoping to escape the violence that has consumed his hometown .
what we see is awful , but the vagueness of the setting blunts the film’s political and moral impact . ( it’s also strange that the war - ravaged nation remains unnamed . imagine a fiercely realistic film about genocidal violence in the 1940s set in a place identified only as “europe . ” ) mr . fukunaga compensates by offering a complex inquiry into the psychology of power and the emotional logic of total war . when the commandant finds him , agu has lost his friends , his family , his home and any feeling of security he might have had . militia life offers a ready - made set of substitutes . he befriends another very young fighter , called strika ( emmanuel nii adom quaye ) , who never speaks . teenage soldiers like 2nd i - c ( kurt egyiawan ) become his surrogate older brothers .
yurick expressed his disappointment and speculated that it scared some people because
it appeals to the fear of a demonic uprising by lumpen youth
, appealing to many teenagers because it
hits a series of collective fantasies
. president ronald reagan was a fan of the film , even calling the film ' s lead actor , michael beck , to tell him he had screened it at camp david and enjoyed it .
cyrus , the leader of the most powerful gang in new york city , the gramercy riffs , calls a midnight summit for all the area gangs , with all asked to send nine unarmed representatives for the conclave in van cortlandt park . the warriors , from coney island , brooklyn , are one such gang .
the filmmakers did extensive casting in new york city . hill had screened an independent film called madman for sigourney weaver to cast her in alien and it also featured michael beck as the male lead . the director was impressed with beck ' s performance and cast him in the warriors . hill initially wanted a puerto rican actress for the role of mercy , but deborah van valkenburgh ' s agent convinced the film ' s casting directors to see her . the filmmakers wanted to cast tony danza in the role of vermin but he was cast in the sitcom taxi and terrence michos was cast instead . none of the central characters in yurick ' s book were white , but according to hill , paramount did not want an all - black cast for
commercial reasons
.
reports of violence , vandalism , and even three homicides were linked to screenings of the film , prompting paramount pictures to offer to pay the costs for additional security at theaters nationwide . it was a reaction that surprised hill , who had always intended for the warriors , which he adapted from sol yurick’s novel , to be seen as a fantasy film . “i felt very strongly that it certainly was not a very realistic book , and i wanted to make it even less so , ” hill recently recalled to esquire . “i wanted to take it into a fantasy element , but at the same time add some contemporary flash . ”
45 % of any profit from ‘warriors’ is going back to a trust in the maasai community , which will be used to create an education centre for young people in the region , where they will learn about their health , their rights , and cricket ! as part of this , we are starting the # wakethelion campaign , encouraging people from all over the globe to share their stories of how sport has changed their life , bound a community together , or even given them renewed confidence . there will be more extensive details shortly about how you can get involved .
the snakerama gas station seen in the film also appears in spielberg ' s 1979 world war ii comedy , 1941 , with actress lucille benson again appearing as the proprietor . the two elderly people weaver tries to flag down in a car also appear as helpless motorists in close encounters of the third kind .
alibaba pictures is the stock market - listed film arm of china’s e - commerce giant alibaba . the company inherited a small number of deals when alibaba bought apg’s predecessor company chinavision . since then , however , it has expanded rapidly .
the d . j . makes her final appearance and informs everyone that the early reports were wrong . she announces that she is sorry for the warriors and that
the only thing we can do is play you a song .
she plays them joe walsh ' s
in the city
as swan , mercy , and the rest of the gang walk down the beach , illuminated by the sunrise .
when day breaks , the warriors finally arrive home , but find luther and the rogues waiting for them ( with luther clinking empty bottles on his fingers and intentionally drawing the words ,
warriors , come out to play - yay ! ! !
) . the two gangs meet on the beach , where luther reveals he had no reason for killing cyrus , other than his own gratification . swan suggests he and luther fight a one - on - one duel . luther , rejecting this , pulls his gun , but swan quickly throws a knife into luther ' s wrist , disarming him the second he fires . before more violence ensues , the riffs arrive on the beach and acknowledge that they have learned the truth of cyrus ' s murder . masai compliments the remaining warriors on their skills and lets them go . the riffs then swarm onto the doomed rogues .
in his review for newsweek , david ansen wrote ,
another problem arises when the gang members open their mouths : their banal dialogue is jarringly at odds with hill ' s hyperbolic visual scheme
. frank rich , in his review for time , wrote ,
unfortunately , sheer visual zip is not enough to carry the film ; it drags from one scuffle to the next . . . the warriors is not lively enough to be cheap fun or thoughtful enough to be serious
.
the orphans , who reside in the tremont neighborhood of the bronx , aren’t the most sophisticated of the film’s street gangs . so much so that they weren’t even invited to the summit . as warrior member fox says of their reputation : “they’re so far down , they’re not even on the map . ” ouch ! of all the gangs they encounter , the orphans are the most pleasant , at least at first , and even agree to let the warriors pass through their neighborhood problem - free . but they change their minds about playing nice when a local girl , mercy , calls their leader “chicken” for not defending his territory . the encounter comes to an abrupt end when a molotov cocktail makes an appearance .
“the rogues” is an appropriate name for this hell’s kitchen crew , as they operate by their own set of rules . it’s their leader , luther , who is the real shooter , and also the first to point the finger at the warriors . luther also has a knack for offering up some of the film’s most memorable catchphrases . though actor david patrick kelly has long been credited with improvising the now - famous “waaaaarriors , come out to plaaaay” line , he insists it was hill . “i’ll take credit for the bottles and how i said it , ” kelly told entertainment weekly in 2012 . “but i remember him kicking in the lines . ”
no matter how ingeniously it is varied , the non - stop fighting becomes oppressive in the long run . the film’s most memorable moments showing director wei’s dramatic flare and the actors’ surprising natural talent are quieter moments : the suicide by hanging of the seediq women who kill themselves rather than be a burden to their fighting husbands , and the extremely moving deaths of a mixed japanese - seediq family .
hill was drawn to the
extreme narrative simplicity and stripped down quality of the script
. the script , as written , was a realistic take on street gangs but the director was a huge fan of comic books and wanted to divide the film into chapters and then have each chapter
come to life starting with a splash panel
. however , hill was working on a low budget and a tight post - production schedule because of a fixed release date as the studio wanted to release the warriors before a rival gang picture called the wanderers . as a result , hill was unable to realize this comic book look until the making of the ultimate director ' s cut .
his first wolf warrior film came out in 2014 , but it didn ' t make much of an impact . mainstream movies , especially those promoting patriotism , usually don ' t do very well in china .
improbable aiming skills : while all maroons are trained to have good aim when using knives , slings and bows , tommy and uriah get to show their skills during the initiation trials to qualify them as young warriors . in one of the tests , the boys are expected to shoot arrows through four holes that decrease in size with each target ; while the other boys either miss the last target or have their arrows damaged while passing through it ( in charlie ' s case ) , tommy manages to get his arrow through all the holes without a problem . in the knife - throwing tests , they have to throw knives at a bull ' s - eye target and at a naseberry fruit that ' s been thrown into the air ; regarding the second test , uriah is the only one to send his knife right through the fruit and cause the knife to land on its point .
saw this movie once about 30 years ago . been trying to find it in some sort of print since . good sustained fight scenes in this movie . pretty graphic for the time . very young soldiers played by a cast of nobody ' s . lead guy , hakar freezes in battle but becomes hero , if memory serves me right . i can remember a scene where a soldier is screaming for hakar to help him while being bayoneted repeatedly . pretty intense for 1967 . pretty sure the action takes place around the battle of the bulge . maybe the least shown war movie ever made next to castle keep & none but the brave . i think that ' s right any info on this film would be appreciated ! ! !
when the tribes are at last contained by the japanese army , who view them as savages and set out to “civilize” them with schools and post offices , they sink into wage slavery and alcoholism . during this interlude in the film’s battle scenes , mouna rudo secretly organizes the surviving seediq clans in an uprising of 300 warriors . on a sports holiday , they stage a surprise massacre of the assembled japanese which mouna calls “a blood sacrifice to our ancestors” that includes abundant decapitation . in the guerrilla warfare that follows , the forest - wise seediqs do serious damage to the japanese army , until the generals call in airplanes , cannons , mortars and gas bombs to subdue them ( the year is 1930 . )
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nearly 40 years ago , writer - director walter hill introduced american audiences to a new vision of new york city street gangs with the release of the warriors . the movie—about a coney island gang trying to make it home from the bronx after being framed for the murder of the city’s most powerful warlord—is a cult classic today . but its initial release in 1979 was surrounded by controversy .
death glare : charlie ' s father gives him one when he initially fails to answer chief phillip ' s questions during the question - and - answer session of the initial trials . this is largely because the boys have had to study their people ' s history for some time prior to the day of the trials , and if a boy fails to answer the questions correctly , he has to wait a whole year before he can try again to become a young warrior ( and if he fails the second time , he ' ll never become one ) .
king hrothgar of denmark , a descendant of the great king shield sheafson , enjoys a prosperous and successful reign . he builds a great mead - hall , called heorot , where his warriors can gather to drink , receive gifts from their lord , and listen to stories sung by the scops , or bards . but the jubilant noise from heorot angers grendel , a horrible demon who lives in the swamplands of hrothgar’s kingdom . grendel terrorizes the danes every night , killing them and defeating their efforts to fight back . the danes suffer many years of fear , danger , and death at the hands of grendel . eventually , however , a young geatish warrior named beowulf hears of hrothgar’s plight . inspired by the challenge , beowulf sails to denmark with a small company of men , determined to defeat grendel .
meanwhile , the other locally - based gangs regroup at their respective headquarters . masai , second - in - command of the riffs , takes charge as their new leader , and declares a bounty on the warriors . this sets the entire city ' s gang population out hunting for them , with a seemingly omniscient radio d . j . reporting on the events .
the riffs are visited by a gang member who attended the earlier gathering , a witness to luther firing the gun . meanwhile , on the train , the warriors gripe that cyrus ' plan was all
a load of crap
. when four clean - cut types , couples who are returning home from their senior prom , board the train , one of the prom dates drops her corsage upon leaving the train , and swan gives it to mercy .
to get both the location of mountain top and the plans to summon the mocho maroons .
what made it a success with young people . . . is that for the first time somebody made a film within hollywood , big distribution , that took the gang situation and did not present it as a social problem . presented them as a neutral or positive aspect of their lives . as soon as you said in the old days gang movies it was how do we cure the pestilence and how do we fix the social waste . we want to take these kids , make sure they go to college . . . this was just a movie that conceptually was different . accepted the idea of the gang , didn ' t question it , that was their lives , they functioned within that context . and the social problem wasn ' t were they going to college , but were they going to survive . it ' s the great hawksian dictum , where is the drama ? will he live or die ? that ' s the drama .
released on the same day as wolf warrior 2 , the founding of an army chronicles the events which led to the set - up of the pla .
in the hierarchy of street gangs , the gramercy riffs are at the very top . and it’s their leader—cyrus—who organizes the midnight summit in van cortlandt park that sets off the plot . cyrus requests that each of the city’s gangs send a handful of ( unarmed ) members to discuss how they might begin collaborating with each other instead of competing . it’s a groundbreaking idea , but it’s short - lived ; cyrus is gunned down in the midst of sharing his vision . the rogues are the ones who did it , but they successfully manage to blame the murder on the warriors . and the chase begins…
a young woman is gang raped and murdered in a california college town , sparking her brother kevin to take up arms by night with a gang of like - minded vigilantes from his fraternity , brutally punishing any miscreants they catch in a criminal act . in the meantime , kevin debates the issue of violent crime in the u . s . with his teachers and others during the day . as kevin and his gang head toward a final , bloody confrontation with the low - lifes who murdered his sister , other scenes show the difference between his character , now violent , and the normal people he is supposedly protecting .
when the warriors arrive at the 96th street and broadway station in manhattan , they are separated when they are chased by the numerous patrolling cops who are trying to round up all the gangs after the
rumble
in the bronx . vermin , cochise and rembrandt make the train to union square . fox is seen with mercy running to catch up with the others . he is then tackled by a police officer and is struggling to escape but can ' t . instead , he tells mercy to go on without him . mercy runs to catch up but then goes to union square with the police claiming they are looking for a ,
female in a pink top .
fox is seen again struggling with the cop but the cop notices a train is coming so he then throws fox in the tracks . the train then runs him over . swan , ajax , snow and cowboy run outside , where a rival gang , the baseball furies , lay in wait for them . the gang chases the four into riverside park , where a fight ensues with the warriors victorious .
it was injected with a cluster of film technology assets transferred from alibaba itself , has signed up other talent , including hong kong’s stephen chow , and has invested directly in a handful of hollywood movies including “star trek : beyond” and “mission : impossible — rogue nation . ”
dick dastardly stops to cheat : charlie , during the final test in the initial chapters , disobeys the rules of the foot - race by eating food and then turning back without completing the full length of the race .
the commandant is a demonic father figure , a seducer and a predator who rules his young charges less through fear than through the motivational grandiosity of a football coach . that mr . elba can be scary and charismatic at the same time will not be news to anyone who saw him in “the wire , ” but the commandant lacks the ambition and the entrepreneurial savvy of stringer bell . he is , to agu and the others , a larger - than - life figure , half monster and half wizard . gradually though , we see his weakness , his desperation and his status as a pawn in a much larger military and geopolitical game . he shrinks before our eyes , and in retrospect our amazement at mr . elba’s accomplishment only grows .
friday’s workshop saw us reunite with all the puppet brilliance we’d created last week , to have a go at editing ! we had to [ look through ] every single piece of footage , known as rushes , find the shots we liked best , and edit them into a unique film . this was probably the only time in the history of the course so far that i found the workshop difficult , given that i personally found the software really fiddly and intricate to use that by the end i hadn’t produced anything i was happy sharing with the group . that being said , i did enjoy learning about the process and will practise more in future .
the auditions process for black cherry was much more intimate : involving a read through of kam’s script and being asked a few questions , all on film . the auditions i attended were brilliant , but i think it was decided that they needed more time to focus on finding their leads , specifically [ the character of ] ange . that in mind , more auditions were pencilled in for this evening
as io9 points out , this kubrick video may be a little “too good to be true , ” especially since there’s no definitive visual evidence that he’s actually talking . still , the explanation does hold weight when taken with clarke’s writing , but after 50 years and countless essays and theories on the subject , it ' s doubtful that this will put an end to the discussions on one of the most complex endings in all of film .
published by harper collins from 2003 onwards , “ warriors ” features several clans of forest - dwelling cats . the stories involve themes of adventure , forbidden love , nature versus nurture , and faith . they were written by three authors — kate cary , cherith baldry , tui sutherland — and an editor ( victoria holmes ) collectively working under the pseudonym erin hunter .
the studio would not allow baxley to bring any stunt men from hollywood and he needed someone to double for the character of cyrus so he did the stunt himself dressed as the character . actual gang members wanted to challenge some of the cast members but were dealt with by production security . the actors playing the warriors bonded early in the shoot , on and off the set . originally , the character of fox was supposed to end up with mercy , and swan was captured by a rival gang known as the dingos only to escape later . however , hill watched the dailies and realized that beck and van valkenburgh had great chemistry ; the script was rewritten so that their characters ended up together . this resulted in thomas g . waites being difficult on the set and arguing with hill , and so waites was fired eight weeks into principal photography .
mohammed was just three years old when he was sent away from somalia without his parents to a better life in england . as a teenager in london he got involved in crime and ended up in prison where he became radicalised . as a 19 - year - old he was extradited to somalia , where he landed straight in the arms of the terrorist organisation al - shabab . but when mohammed finds out that al - shabab is not a liberation movement , but kills innocent people , he decides to flee . as a 23 - year old he is living undercover in mogadishu in the hopes of hiding from al - shabab . here , he meets fathi who was born in london , but sent to somalia to be ‘reeducated’ . they get married and when fathi returns home to london she is pregnant with their child . ‘lost warrior’ follows the young couple’s attempt to be united as a family and to create a future for themselves and their son , yassir . but fathi and mohammed are caught in the global politics of the day . where to go ? and what are his options now ? they are also caught in their own culture , where the demands to maintain traditional and religious patterns is not at all consistent with being a young person in a modern world .
a ragtag band of civilians and military personnel evade the japanese in the philippines , utilising the so - called uss frankenstein .
since the end of the eight - film “harry potter” franchise heyman has been a producer on alfonso cuaron’s “gravity , ” children’s literary adaptation “paddington” and derek cianfrance’s romance “the light between oceans . ” he is currently riding high with the blockbuster theatrical openings of “potter” spinoff “fantastic beasts and where to find them . ” recent predictions point to “fantastic beasts” finishing this weekend with a global gross of over $ 200 million . it opens in china next week ( nov . 25 . )
tyson helped track down whether the movie rights to matheson’s story had been optioned , and eventually discovered that a teleplay was in development at abc and universal with producer george eckstein . spielberg took a meeting with eckstein , and brought a rough cut of his legendary 73 - minute series premiere episode of columbo , “murder by the book . ” eckstein was impressed , and gave spielberg the job to direct duel after a follow - up meeting where the filmmaker laid out how he envisioned the film from matheson’s screenplay in full .
for mann’s car , spielberg chose the relatively small red plymouth valiant to stand out in size and color from the enormous truck and the earth tones of the california landscape .
in the smokey mountain community located in tondo , people scratch a living through the production of charcoal . half of the people working there are under the age of 17 .
spielberg got his start directing for tv at the age of 21 , helming episodes of such shows as night gallery and marcus welby , m . d . but the aspiring filmmaker was desperately searching for a property he could turn into a feature film . it was spielberg ' s secretary , nona tyson , who found matheson’s story in playboy and first sent it to her boss to potentially adapt into a movie .