flypaper is a 2011 american crime comedy film starring patrick dempsey and ashley judd , and directed by rob minkoff and written by jon lucas and scott moore .

flypaper ( 2011 film )

three additional feature films selected for 2011 sundance film festival ( binsidetv . net )
cast member patrick dempsey arrives for the premiere of the film
flypaper
during the sundance film festival in park city , utah january 28 , 2011 . ( xinhua / reuters photo )
how it entered my flickchart : flypaper > the core flypaper < sleeping beauty flypaper < an affair to remember flypaper > apollo 13 flypaper > the dresser flypaper < who framed roger rabbit flypaper < wreck - it ralph flypaper > national lampoon ' s vacation flypaper < the magnificent ambersons flypaper < the kid flypaper > the hangover final spot : # 915 out of 2280 , right above the hangover , which is really fun because apparently the writers for this are the same as they are for the hangover . so apparently their writing is similarly interesting for me here .
the film premiered at the florida film festival and the cmj music marathon and film festival in nyc .
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this film was estelle getty ' s final film before her retirement in 2001 and her death in 2008 .
the film was released to vhs and dvd on april 18 , 2000 . it was later released on a deluxe edition on may 21 , 2002 and on blu - ray disc on june 28 , 2011 .
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from the writers of the hangover , flypaper , like its more popular contemporary cousin , is an unapologetically dumb heist comedy .
producer mark damon andf wife maggie damon attend the cinema society & grey goose host a screening of ' the ledge ' at landmark sunshine cinema on june 21 , 2011 in new york city .
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this article is about the film . for the book , see stuart little . for the film series , see stuart little ( film series ) . for the television series , see stuart little : the animated series .
shooting in texas . it ' s an action based religious film . she will be going into prep on another film shooting in texas soon after she wraps
great cast in a stupid film . lower quality then a hallmark tv movie !
the sag signatory production was filmed in nyc during the summer of 2011 and was completed in january 2012 . the production worked closely with the nys governor ' s office for motion picture and television development as well as the city of new york mayor ' s office of film , theatre and broadcasting .
from left , adrian martinez , jeffrey tambor , ashley judd , pruitt taylor vince , tim blake nelson and matt ryan in
flypaper .
here it is , folks : the trailer no one’s been waiting for . after a lukewarm reception at this year’s sundance film festival , the patrick dempsey / ashley judd bank heist / comedy “ flypaper ” finally has a trailer courtesy of yahoo .
american film producer and director roger corman ( right ) with actress myrna fahey . . .
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mark damon , jean claude van damme and al munteanu during 2007 cannes film festival . . .
this film was one of the first condemned in the united states by the legion of decency .
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, the film has a score of 61 out of 100 , indicating
generally favorable
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; film critics are similarly divided , not so much about the quality of the film as their interpretations of it . described by many as about “the meaning of life” or “gender identification” or “the hollow existence of the
what she is most excited about at the moment is that the film she produced entitled
coming home
is an official selection at the montreal film festival 2010 and we wish her all the best of luck .
the language of the film is german . the indoor scenes were filmed in the schönbrunn studios in vienna .
, 66 % of critics gave the film a positive review . the site ' s consensus reads :
in the end , there ' s just a roomful of decent character actors in search of a point . for them , the titular
flypaper
may have simply been a paycheck .
the world premiere of the film took place on january 20 , 1933 in prague . in austria , the film was released on february 14 , but due to censorship problems , german cinemas did not show it until january 8 , 1935 .
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has enough twists and surprises to remain interesting in a closed - room , agatha christie kind of way . but it ' s never quite as clever or as hip as it thinks it is .
this is not the lowest grossing movie ever . the 2012 movie playback cost $ 7 . 5 million to film but only grossed $ 264 — the lowest - grossing film of 2012 . and 2006’s zyzzx road , starring katherine heigl grossed $ 30 .
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 .
my point is simple : unless we are utterly lacking in critical judgment , i doubt the critics actually watched flypaper . maybe one guy watched it , didn’t like it , told the others who all followed his leader .
for $ 500 for use in the film , unaware of its provenance . in 2009 , art historian gergely barki , while watching
flypaper is actually a good little comedy . it’s a spoof and a farce , a parody of bank heist movies plus a good deal of slapstick , technobabble , and a few good explosions . the dialogue is rather witty .
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the film is a heist - and - hostage comedy that reminds you that criminals , under pressure , are as neurotic as anyone else .
flypaper is funny . we enjoyed it . it’s up there with some of the zucker brothers nuttier comedies and a few of mel brooks’ later efforts . it’s as good as i’m gonna git you sucka ( 1988 ) and the same genre .
mark damon , jean claude van damme and al munteanu during 2007 cannes film festival - foresight party at majestic lounge pool in cannes , france .
if this all sounds as if it were trying too hard , it is . full of indie mannerisms — compulsive swearing , jokey violence , quirk - laden characters — “flypaper” can’t quite manage to find a style or a comic groove of its own .
although the ending is a little anti - climactic , you leave flypaper in a good mood . while hardly pitch perfect , it ' s not the complete swindle of your time that its straight - to - dvd nature suggests it could have been .
. they shot the whole film in 14 days on weekends only , in a mansion in whittier county ca . she ' s now discerning distribution .
, directed by oscar nominee vera famiga . this was miss famiga ' s first time out as director . she starred in the film as well .
i saw some daring , challenging films at this year’s sundance . some worked ( martha marcy may marlene ) , some didn’t ( tyrannosaur ) , but almost all of them felt like movies that should be part of an independent film festival atmosphere . flypaper was an odd flick to close out my sundance experience because the movie is so bland and forgettable , and my first year at the festival was anything but .
crew : camera ( color , hd , widescreen ) , steven poster ; editor , tom finan ; music , john swihart ; production designer , alex hammond ; art director , kevin hardison ; set decorator , dorree cooper ; costume designer , mona may ; sound ( dolby digital ) , itamar ben - jacob ; re - recording mixers , jonathan wales , richard kitting ; assistant director , john nelson ; casting , kerry barden , paul schnee . reviewed at sundance film festival ( premieres ) , jan . 28 , 2011 . running time : 84 min .
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is also an official selection for the upcoming 2012 newfilmmakers new york screening series , 2012 laugh or die comedy festival in chicago as well as the 2012 hoboken international film festival .
it ' s painfully unfunny , and the type of immediately disposable junk one wouldn ' t expect to see on cable , much less the sundance film festival .
“flypaper” shows you can find decent stuff if you take time to surf through the channels , check plot , director and cast . you don’t always strike gold but sometimes you get lucky as we did in this case . interestingly , i watched the film the night before last — in bed — without my hearing aids and went with just the closed caption . i found myself laughing out loud and then told marilyn — who was reading and not paying any attention to the tv that we needed to watch again with sound just to make sure it wasn’t my sleeping meds playing tricks on me . so , we watched again last night with sound and , voila ! ! , “flypaper” is a funny , little movie ! !
continued its run of special engagements this past weekend earning $ 25 , 800 in one theater . the only other film to reach the $ 10 , 000 mark was
the films i saw at sundance this year involved a variety of subjects ranging from hippies to shot - gun wielding hobos to cults to young love to hippies to puppetry to cults to euthanasia to hippies to roger corman to cults . i didn’t think my first year at sundance would close out with an inoffensive , innocuous movie like flypaper . a caper comedy that wants to be inside man meets clue meets ten little indians but never becomes a fraction as good as any of those movies , flypaper still manages some laughs due to its manic energy , non - stop jokes , and the brilliant tim blake nelson .
it ' s arguably one of the better scripts the hangover writers jon lucas & scott moore have pumped out , but that ' s not saying much as flypaper is essentially a raunchy inside man / clue - hybrid with flat jokes and a predictable twist , despite the best efforts of a terrific cast .
lacey has made great connections and has put those connections to good use in l . a . in january 2010 the production team she is involved with shot an independent horror film called
when heist movies go well , you get something slinky like the grifters or tricksy as house of games . when they go wrong you get ocean ' s twelve . flypaper has a tough job ahead , but it makes a quirky , stylish attempt to resurrect the genre which soderbergh and co almost successfully killed off .
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it received an academy award for best visual effects nomination , but lost to the matrix . the film , the first in the film series , spawned a sequel in 2002 , stuart little 2 , the short - lived tv show stuart little : the animated series in 2003 , and another sequel in 2005 , the direct - to - video stuart little 3 : call of the wild .
that night , he sits alone in a hotel room , while a fly tries futilely to get out through a closed window and several others are shown trapped in flypaper . downstairs , adam and eva are dancing when emil shoots himself . adam does not know of the connection between emil and eva , and she does not tell him .
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, a new indie that’s little more than a haphazard assemblage of clichés , clunky camera tricks and cringe - worthy dialogue , is just such a film . directed by rob minkoff ( best known for disney’s
people were those illegaly removed from the book of permanent sojourn after the independence of slovenia in 1992 . on july 20th the film was screened on the national televison channel slo1 in a prime time slot called
what is so difficult to understand about the hollywood system is how a no - star , zero - ambition , by - the - numbers action vehicle like this , will almost always acquire the necessary funding from somewhere . in the case of flypaper that funding has clearly been rather substantial , with absolutely no value for money being salvaged anywhere outside of the credits sequence . even more disappointingly the cast assembled for this effort deserved so much more , which when compared to movies like quick change or palookaville only magnifies the ways in which this film fails so miserably .
mark damon , gerard butler and randall emmett pose at the gerard butler cocktail reception for ' motor city ' photo call during the 65th annual cannes film festival on may 20 , 2012 in cannes , france .
what’s funnier than a gang of armed robbers ? two gangs . or so goes the thinking in “ flypaper , ” a mildly entertaining caper comedy that asks the cinematic question : what happens when competing sets of criminals — one super slick , the other backwoods bumpkins ( peanut butter and jelly , they’re called ) — rob the same bank at the same time ?
producer mark damon ( l ) and director peter berg attends the torch cannes - ' lone survivor ' breakfast during the 66th annual cannes film festival at torch cannes on may 14 , 2013 in cannes , france .
written by jon lucas and scott moore , the screenwriting team behind “ the hangover , ” and directed by rob minkoff , whose credits include “the lion king” and “stuart little , ” “flypaper” has enough twists and surprises to remain interesting in a closed - room , agatha christie kind of way . but it’s never quite as clever or as hip as it thinks it is .
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i actually liked this film when i first watched it 7 years ago . but i was 11 back then . i wish i had enjoyed it the same way lol . still made me chuckle in a few scenes . .
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american film producer and director roger corman ( right ) with actress myrna fahey ( 1933 - 1973 ) and actor mark damon ( left ) during the making of ' the fall of the house of usher ' , 1960 .
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the soundtrack album stuart little ( music from and inspired by the motion picture ) was released by motown / universal records on november 30 , 1999 , on audio cd and compact cassette . tracks in bold do not appear in the film .
flypaper only cost $ 5 , 000 , 000 to make , so they only lost $ 4 , 998 , 900 which , for a hollywood bomb , is small potatoes . the movie was universally panned , opened in just one movie house ( where ? ) on two screens , then disappeared , never to be heard from again until it popped up the other night on one of our cable movie channels .
flypaper is every bank heist movie you’ve seen with murphy’s law running rampant . absolutely everything that can go wrong does so in the most spectacular way . parts of the film remind me of wily coyote cartoons . you know something’s going to happen , but it doesn’t spoil the joke . the bomb is going to blow everyone to kingdom come . the fancy electronic computer gadgets won’t work . the money in the vault will be drachma , not dollars . you don’t care . the pacing is appropriately frantic , the actors manage to keep straight faces . the dialogue is funny and well - delivered . you have to listen because good lines are easy to miss if you aren’t paying attention .
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it’s the kind of movie that depends on being fast and funny enough for viewers to overlook big gaps in character and story logic ; unfortunately , many won’t be diverted enough to ignore them . for every good line there’s a clunker , and pic contributes to the current bad - comedy quotient of gay jokes . mostly , “flypaper” just fizzles , despite ( or partly because of ) the frequently shrill energy expended by helmer , thesps and john swihart’s incessant score .
went on to limited run in america without the hays seal , where it played in mostly independent art houses . some state censor boards such as new york approved the film but most others either only allowed it with restrictions , demanded substantial cuts , or in the case of
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one of my daughters bought this as a father’s day present last year as the plot sounded like it might be interesting and amusing . she was so wrong . the film was addictive and hilarious ! we laughed all the way through it . even now , i’m laughing at the memory of it as i type .
over the summer of 2010 he worked as a location assistant on a dutch movie called
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from academy award nominated director ben sombogaard ( he was nominated in 2003 for best foreign language film for
twin sisters
) . that was a great experience coming out of school to work on a professional movie set .
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thankfully , the film is far less smug or derivative than it could be . it ' s not quite as slick or sexy as the ocean ' s movies , but it is steeped in personality . the humour doesn ' t always work , but even when a joke falls flat , it ' s hard to dislike the affable nature of the delivery or the deliverer .
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suburbs” , the film has defied categorization by even the filmmakers . mendes is indecisive , saying the script seemed to be about something different each time he read it : “a mystery story , a kaleidoscopic journey through american suburbia , a series of love stories … it was about imprisonment … loneliness [ and ] beauty . it was funny ; it was angry , sad . ” (
flypaper ’s best moments are during the animated title sequence which has little of anything to do with what follows . after that , it goes increasingly downhill into clue and murder on the orient express territory , until the all - out appalling third act resolution . all through , dempsey’s performance ranges from overwrought to just - plain - awful , while the other actors fill roles that prove underwritten by the time their characters meet their demise . stealing the show are nelson and vince , both having played this sort of dumb - but - funny part before , but both remain so darn good at it . and by the time the movie’s keyser söze is revealed , chances are you’ve stopped caring . that is , if you ever cared in the first place .
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. over the next 6 months it will be his job to find young filmmakers , and help them develop their 1st short movies . other than that he will also help on features that the company will produce over the next year , as well as a tv show . on first official day on the job , he was
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, is joining the ensemble drama which tells the tale of an isolated young adult who must contend with his dysfunctional family the summer before he heads to college . ellen burstyn , marcia gay harden , lucy liu and stephen lang are already on board . roberto faenza is directing the pic , which adapts the novel by peter cameron and shoots next month in new york . john heyman of world prods . and elda ferri of jean viggo italia are producing . . the film she did just prior to this one was
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to be fair , it does sound like the film had its fair share of setbacks . according to dempsey in an interview with the wall street journal , there were a huge number of hurdles for the production to overcome . “we had lost our director , we got slammed into a location for the bank that we didn’t like , and we had to get rid of some department heads , ” says dempsey . “but that all comes from a lack of pre - production time . it would also have been nice to have had more time to rehearse the actors . ”
stuart little is a 1999 american live - action / cgi animated film directed by rob minkoff . it is loosely based on the novel of the same name by e . b . white . it combines live action and computer animation . the screenplay was written by m . night shyamalan and greg brooker . the plot bears little resemblance to that of the book , as only some of the characters and one or two minor plot elements are the same . the movie ' s sequel more closely resembles the original novel . this movie is minkoff ' s first live - action movie .
by the time mr . dempsey , drenched and sputtering like rain man after a few hours in a sweat lodge , discovers that the heists have been set up by a criminal mastermind named marcellus drum who wants everyone else dead and who numbers among the survivors in the bank ( “don’t you see ? the money’s like flypaper ! ” tripp exclaims , seemingly gleeful that he has uncovered the mystery of the title ) , it’s hard to work up any enthusiasm over whodunit . it doesn’t help that in lieu of real storytelling , mr . minkoff relies on a hodge - podge of flashbacks in which various characters theorize as to who the killer might be , and it doesn’t matter anyway , since none of the characters has been developed enough to make a convincing puppet master . the climactic reveal is suitably disappointing , and the final scene in which ( spoiler alert ? ) tripp and kaitlin ride off into the sunset is a big , hackneyed yawn—even with a weak twist ending thrown in for good measure .
a while ago , garry and i watched what is i am sure among the lowest grossing movies of all time . i don’t say this lightly . in its theatrical run , it grossed exactly ( according to both wikipedia and imdb ) $ 1100 , which even in our world is not a huge amount of money . no , there aren’t any zeroes missing . that’s the real number .
garry didn’t recognize it , so he recorded it on the bedroom dvr . a couple of nights ago , while i was reading in bed ( my favorite indulgence ) , i noticed the bed was shaking . he was laughing . really laughing . garry doesn’t normally lay in bed laughing . he told me that he was going to save this one because he thought i’d like it . as a rule , there are a lot of things i find funny that he doesn’t think are amusing , but never has the reverse been true . if he thinks its funny , it’s funny .
the cast features ashley judd and patrick dempsey . it’s directed by rob minkoff . the writers were the same guys who created the characters from the hangover . rob minkoff is known for co - directing the lion king . so they’ve got their bona fides in order .
my first thought , as the credits were rolling , was that it reminded me of the credits for the pink panther . and , it turns out , the movie reminded me of the pink panther too , minus inspector clouseau . the same sort of “what else could go wrong” humor . it’s not a great movie , but it is fun . i would normally not write about it , but it’s gotten a bum rap : horrible reviews and no support from the studio . showing it for one week in one movie theater on two screens , with no advertising or pr is not exactly a big opening . it deserved better .
the writeups in both imdb and wikipedia demonstrate that whoever wrote them never watched the movie . the descriptions are wildly inaccurate . shame on whoever wrote them . i guess anonymity is not always a bad thing . i wouldn’t sign my name to that drivel either . then again , i wouldn’t write about something i’d never watched . call me old - fashioned , but it bothers me .
when i read movie reviews , i frequently wonder if the reviewer watched the same movie i did . or watched any movie at all . they heap praise on movies that are boring and sometimes much worse than that . they pan movies that are creative , unique and interesting . they apparently take special pleasure in negative reviews , the more vicious the better . meanwhile , they glorify obscure movies in which no one could possibly be interested .
back in 1999 , garry and i were visiting friends in michigan . our group consisted of a lawyer , an engineer , a tv journalist , and a writer . we decided to rent the latest movie on which critics were heaping praise . it was the must - see movie of the year : american beauty .
touted as a masterpiece , there were barely enough adjectives in the english language to say how wonderful it was . it was beloved of critics and grossed more than $ 350 million , won best picture , best director , best actor ( for spacey ) , best original screenplay and best cinematography .
it stunk . it was affected , artsy , pretentious and incoherent . did i forget annoying and dull ?
in essence , no one knew what , if anything , the movie was about , but it was so “au courant” no one was would admit they didn’t get it . after the fad ended , the movie disappeared . no one shows it on cable , no one rents it . it’s out of print . because it was crap . like in the story of the emperor’s new clothing , no one wanted to be the first to point out the king was bare - ass naked .
about half an hour into the movie , our little group of well - read individualists looked at each other and briefly conferred . was anyone enjoying it ? no ? then why were we watching it ? we promptly popped the movie out of the machine and moved on with our evening . pop corn goes well with conversation , too .
it reminds me of the woody allen movie hollywood ending . in it , a formerly prestigious director is broke and desperate for a movie project . he gets an offer to direct a big movie in new york . because the offer comes from his former wife ( téa leoni ) and her current boyfriend ( treat williams ) , he is reluctant to take the assignment , even though he needs the money and something to get his career on track .
he finally agrees to do it and is immediately struck blind by some kind of psychosomatic ailment probably induced by anxiety . the production hasn’t even started yet , but he decides to fake it . it costs $ 60 million and flops . but , there is a “hollywood ending . ” the movie becomes a huge hit in france . he happily proclaims , “thank god the french exist . ” he knows the movie is awful , the worst thing he’s ever done . he had no idea what he was doing , but the french read all kinds of deep meaning into it . there will always be people to love things that don’t make sense because they figure it must be full of secret meaning . i went to school with these people . didn’t we all ?
our favorite bit of dialogue is between two of the older bank robbers complaining that they miss the good old days when all you needed was a gun and a brown paper bag . this in the midst of what could only be called the most catastrophically unsuccessful bank heist ever attempted .
the ending is predictable … or maybe not . it depends how your mind works . if you bump into it on cable or somewhere , give it a look . it’s pretty good . really . i’m not kidding . i did watch it , including the credits .
available from amazon on dvd , blu - ray , and download , most people who actually watched it liked it . i’m still trying to figure out why the critics were so negative .
the more time i spend writing about movies , the less i understand critics .
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went to amazon to check it out for possible purchase and found that the dvr - buying reviewers gave it high marks – one of them insisting that , as you say , the critics were wrong . not sure i’ll buy the dvd , but will watch for it on dish network .
and this is why i so distrust “professional” critics . i frequently wonder who is paying them to say what they say …maybe if they don’t get ther payoff , they automatically pan the movie . at this point , i would believe anything .
of course , you have stirred up curiosity and it actually doesn’t sound that bad . i have seen some so - called “high” rated movies that weren’t worth watching beyond the first 30 minutes if even that far ! rave reviews does not always mean a rave movie : > )
well , life is hard and i figure anything that makes us laugh is a good thing . it’s interesting that most “user” reviews are favorable , completely different than those of the professional reviewers .
first time i watched “three amigos” i thought it was terrible . second time – because i was trapped into watching it by my son , i think – it was hilarious , and has remained so ever sine . it’s a really funny movie . f’rinstance , the meanest , awfullest mexican bandit chief’s men give him a present for his birthday . is it a naked girl ? a new gatling gun ? nope , “it’s a sweater , ” he gushes . in the sonoran desert , in the summer . funny movie . and then , there’s always ishtar .
this is a funny movie that’s supposed to be funny and is . there are , i grant you , more than a few accidentally funny movies … some of them downright hilarious … but this is a comedy and a pretty good one . oscar level ? hey , comedies don’t win oscars anyhow . but it’s fun and if you run across it , it’s worth an hour an a half .
i am a real fan of ashley judd , ever since double jeopardy . she’s a peach ! i’m gonna check this one out .
you’ll like it . we did . it’s silly and funny . what more can you ask of a comedy ?
it sounds like the producers wanted a tax break on this one . poorly publicised , marketed , and distributed ; yup smells like a tax dodge . it’s jumped to the top of my list and i’ve re - blogged and reddit - ed this . let me know if you get any referrals from reddit . cheers mate ! ! great , great post !
there are a lot more of these lost movies than i imagined . i always had assumed they were just bad . but maybe other reasons were in play . because many worse films than this were distributed and promoted . makes you wonder who insulted who ?
we have now watched it several times and each time , it is just as funny as the first time , truly the mark of a great movie . to hear that it grossed $ 1100 is both a great addition to it’s funniness and an insult . this makes it sound like it’s a modern version of “springtime for hitler”
i still watch the movie whenever it shows up on netflix or one of the cable channels . i have never stopped laughing at the crooks complaining how in the good old days , all you needed was a paper bag and a gun .
the studio that released it decided it wasn’t worth promoting , so it died without ever being seen . they’ve done this with a surprising number of pretty good movies . i don’t understand it , but when i bump into one of these good little movies , i like to tell people about them . glad you like it !
so glad i stumbled across this movie on cable… i watched it for ashley judd , patrick dempsey and the rest of the cast…and found a very funny movie ! i also assume that this was some weird tax write - off…ps thanks for the comments on american beauty , a movie i hated and which makes it very hard to ever watch kevin spacey in anything… . ugh
um… _ american beauty _ has not disappeared . it’s certainly not out of print . new bluray copies are in stock at amazon , for example , and the customer reviewers there ( not exactly an elite set ) give it 4 / 5 stars .
i know it hasn’t disappeared . but it also didn’t turn out to be the fantastic movie everyone made it out to be at the time . sometimes , movies get wildly overblown . that was one of them .
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you know there ' s something wrong with a comedy when you ' d rather see the main characters killed off than live happily ever after .
it ' s a mess from start to finish , but there ' s still fun to be had in rob minkoff ' s caper comedy .
there reaches a point , however , at which the rather limited nature of the movie ' s premise starts to become a problem . . .
minkoff doesn ' t bring a whole lot of originality to the picture , which could use a shot of surprise considering the snoozy bank heist conventions it employs . still , what he lacks in freshness he makes up for in velocity .
the real question is : how does a movie as weak as this get made ? who read this script and said ,
i have to make this movie
? . . it ' s not funny - and that ' s the real crime .
may not be well executed , too broad for a script that obviously wants to be a very profane and twisted black comedy , but it ' s not without a silly charm .
strictly amateur hour , despite the number of recognizable names in the cast . not sure what they were trying to do , but the premise is so lame that the whole thing collapses before it gets going . i just could not get into this movie . . .
me and peanut butter are like best friends , gay dudes in a bath tub , that ' s how fucking tight we are . ok ?
you mean that ? you are not just saying that because i have a gun pointed at your dick .
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a man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at the same bank desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he ' s secretly in love .
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tripp ( patrick dempsey ) walks into a bank to get some change and ends up as a hostage to two bank robber - teams , robbing the bank he is at . in an almost sherlock holmesian way he has to solve this agatha christie inspired mystery and win the girl ' s ( ashley judd ) heart . but not everything is at it seems , and there are many twists and turns in this comedy .
pruitt taylor vince ( jelly ) played father hennessy in the 2005 constantine movie and matt ryan ( gates ) played constantine in the 2014 nbc series .
the gun used to kill the very first victim is a beretta 92fs or us army m9 . it is a double - action handgun with open hammer design . judging by the trigger position , the pistol has already been cocked , but the hammer is not . moreover , we see the finger pull the trigger and the gun fire without any movement of the hammer , which is impossible in this situation .
: i mean it ' s not like i ' m an accountant or a comedy writer or something really jewy . i ' m a fucking bank robber , for christs ' s sake ! you know how many jewish bank robbers there are ?
this movie is funny comedy . congratulation rob minkoff . the story is very original , very effective scenes , actually every scene is funny on her own way , also , the scenes are short and that can be sometimes very funny . the end of the movie is unpredictable and that is the point of whole movie . for me it is excellent , end of the movie - something unpredictable , like it . from the beginning until the end of movie , there are funny talks , funny body moves , funny situations , all that with little black humor . so if you tired or bored this is excellent movie to relax and have beautiful smile on you face .
flyparer
- great 87 min .
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tripp kennedy ( dempsey ) ambles into a bank near closing time , just as two different gangs unwittingly converge to rob it . a shoot - out erupts , and tripp tackles the smart , pretty teller , kaitlin ( judd ) , to protect her . the gangs—one clearly made up of pros and the other a couple of buffoons named peanut butter ( nelson ) and jelly ( pruitt taylor vince ) —have deadlocked themselves in a mexican standoff . the bank ' s security system starts the end - of - day lockdown and seals everyone into the building . as the night evolves , a hilarious game of cat and mouse ensues as tripp and kaitlin try to save the day , escape being killed , and avoid falling in love . . . almost .
a man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at the same bank desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he ' s secretly in love . coming to theatres on starring : patrick dempsey , ashley judd , jeffrey tambor , mekhi phifer , tim blake nelson
urltoken starring : patrick dempsey , ashley judd , tim blake nelson , mekhi phifer and matt ryan a man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at the same bank desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he ' s secretly in love .
every once in a while a movie comes along that is so bad it makes you feel terrible for everyone involved .
you know there’s something wrong with a comedy when you’d rather see the main characters killed off than live happily ever after .
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what audiences will immediately notice is that the movie , directed by rob minkoff ( whose directorial career ranges from the lion king to the forbidden kingdom ) , never leaves the bank , and the police never have a function in the story . even though the robbers detonate plastic explosives and shoot firearms throughout the course of the movie , never is there a shot of the police forming a wall outside the building , nor is there a grizzled negotiator on the scene . to preserve the intended suspense of the emergent murder mystery , the movie remains self - contained . in a way , this is both the movie’s best and worst quality . without the police , it avoids another set of clichés and preserves the integrity of the enclosed , hostile environment . in doing so , however , it sacrifices any hope for even wishy - washy heist movie realism .


burglar is a 1987 canadian-american comedy film directed by hugh wilson and distributed by warner bros . the film stars whoopi goldberg and bobcat goldthwait .

burglar ( film )

with the headline : review / film bruce willis as a hip cat burglar .
nothing in
burglar
depends on or grows out of goldberg ' s sex .
kat ' s burglar is 7 year old pewter ' s first film appearance . being a very food motivated feline , his
great news for miguel gomes ' arabian nights arrive from sydney ! the film was awarded with the prestigious sydney film prize at the sydney film festival .
deepak rauniyar ' s white sun was named best feature film at the singapore international film festival 2016 .
it has just been awarded as best film in the baltic gaze competition at vilnius international film festival .
the film was adapted from the 1978 novel , the burglar in the closet by lawrence block . in the novel , the main character bernie is a white male and was the first r - rated live - action movie…
albüm by mehmet can mertoğlu has won the best film award at sarajevo film festival 2016 . congratulations to all the team !
i mostly enjoyed this when i was a kid . it was around the time police academy 4 was in cinemas and while i saw that film six times , i saw burglar twice . looking at it now , i ' m determined to never waste any more time on this film again .
in addition to miss goldberg and mr . goldthwait , the cast of ' ' burglar ' ' includes lesley ann warren , who plays a greedy dentist so dumb she can ' t figure out how many days are in 72 hours . that sounds far more amusing than it plays . ' ' burglar ' ' is a wasteland for everyone in it .
the american vitagraph company , formed by british - born americans j . stuart blackton and albert e . smith in 1896 . the company ' s first fictional film was the burglar on the roof , filmed and released in 1897 . it soon became the largest film company , turning out 200 films a year .
eran kolirin’s beyond the mountains and hills was named best feature film by the jury at the uk jewish film festival 2016 . congratulations !
my name is julia ross is one that i ' ll never forget - macready is absolutely chilling ! very good other features , the burglar i ' m reading the book now .
if you meant the second story , it should have been
a ' little person ' inherits a bad ring from his crazy burglar uncle . . . takes 4 movies to accomplish
more good news for  frenzy by emin alper . the film won 5 awards in its national premiere in adana golden ball film festival ' s national competition : best film , best editing , best art director , promising actor ( berkay ates ) and people ' s choice for best film .
kaweh modiri ( 1982 ) is a dutch filmmaker and writer of iranian descent . in 2010 he graduated from the image & language department of the gerrit rietveld academy . his graduation film “my burglar and i” is a true story about an artist who stalks his burglar over a period of a year and proclaims him to be the protagonist of his new film . the film had it’s worldwide première during the international film festival rotterdam 2011 and was awarded the rené coelho award from the dutch institute for media art . in april 2012 he published his debut novel “mr . sadek and others” at publishing house thomas rap . the novel was on the longlist for the academica literature award . bodkin ras , his debut feature film , was developed from a short story that he wrote after visiting scotland and is currently in it’s editing stage .
a film that taught me how painful watching until the credits roll can be .
in ' ' burglar , ' ' miss goldberg plays a retired san francisco cat burglar who ' s blackmailed into returning - reluctantly - to her trade by a crooked cop , who wants $ 20 , 000 in cash and a mink coat for his wife . even this so - called idea might be funny if the screenplay had really been written and not , as it appears to have been , talked into being at story conferences .
a dragon arrives ! was just named best film of the new visions plus section at the sitges international fantastic film festival 2016 . congratulations to the cast and crew !
compilation of classic films from columbia pictures in film noir genre . 3rd in series .
breakthrough films of edwin s . porter - the
father of the story film
:
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we are proud to announce that margarethe von trotta ' s ( hannah arendt ) new film forget about nick will world premiere in competition at the 30th tokyo international film festival in october .
the score of wolfgang becker ' s me and kaminski was named best film music at the annual german film music awards on october 28 . congratulations to composer lorenz dangel and the team !
whoopi runs a book store in frisco by day & is a burglar also by day . she gets framed for murder then has to solve the murder herself . there ' s also something about hating the dentist ? i had my hopes up for a whoopi heist film which this isn ' t . some early john goodman mustache work as well .
by 1897 , the 35 mm film gauge became widely accepted as the standard gauge for motion pictures , although american mutoscope and other film companies continued to use other gauges . in 1909 , the 35 mm width with 4 perforations per frame became accepted as the international standard film gauge .
bernice
bernie
rhodenbarr is a burglar by trade , and she runs a bookstore as well . her friend carl hefler is a dog groomer . after a successful burglary , it ' s discovered that a dead body . . . see full summary »
chevalier director athina rachel tsangari received the berlin art prize in the film and media arts section .
maren ade ' s toni erdmann received the lux film prize 2016 awarded by the european parliament .
the nominations for the european film awards 2016 have been announced in seville and toni erdmann is represented in five out of five possible categories : european film , director , screenwriter , actor and actress .
we are proud to congratulate feo aladag for the best film award inbetween worlds has won at the são paulo iff 2014 in the category of new filmmakers competition for 1st and 2nd feature film ) .
an intense psychological portrait in which actions are more important than long dialogues , the burglar combines an intimate and realistic approach with a symbolic and oneiric dimension , which is achieved by depicting yaeli as a character who also becomes fascinated by a cheetah from the local zoo .
the gentleman thief uses a clever mix of archive , documentary , and fictional storytelling to paint a portrait of peter “the human fly” scott , london’s most notorious cat burglar . based in 1960s london , the film is a depiction of real events surrounding the robbery of sophia loren and peter’s relationship with the actress following a curse she places on him after the theft of her jewellery .
one of the earliest projects the edison studios created ( probably in july of 1897 ) was the advertising film admiral cigarette ( 1897 ) , promoting the slogan
we all smoke .
the 28 second - long silent film was the first prototype commercial for the admiral cigarette company . edison ' s film was the first advertising film , or commercial , to be submitted for copyright , on august 5 , 1897 .
sohrab bayat has studied audiovisual at the gerrit rietveld academy of art in amsterdam and obtained his ma fine art degree at central saint college of art & design in london . he has been working with kaweh modiri on previous projects such as modiri’s previous short “my burglar and i” . after some experience behind the camera on various jobs , sohrab took on the title role in kaweh modiri’s first feature film .
french - born alice guy ( blaché ) started in the film business as a secretary for léon gaumont in 1894 . in 1896 , she joined gaumont in his new company founded in paris in 1895 , the gaumont film company , and began making primitive sound films when she was promoted to be the head of motion picture production at the studio . she is generally acknowledged as the world ' s first female director in the motion picture industry ( with france ' s gaumont film company ) . her first film made in april of 1896 was the one - minute in length fictional film la fée aux choux ( the cabbage fairy ) . some historians consider it the first ever narrative fiction film . she became one of the key figures in the systematic development of the narrative film .
it featured a future western film hero / star , gilbert m . anderson ( aka
broncho billy
)
fatih akin ' s in the fade was named best foreign language film at the 23rd critics ' choice awards by the broadcast film critics association ( bfca ) and broadcast television journalists association ( btja ) in santa monica . congratulations !
film production offices are more frequently robbed during the summer when windows and doors are left open in the summer heat .
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san sebastián film festival has announced the participation of drifters by peter grönlund at this year ' s new directors competition .
we are happy to make the acquisition of the second mother by anna muylaert official . and we are also happy to announce that it will be world premiering at sundance film festival world cinema competition as the only one latin american film .
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urltoken columbia pictures film noir classics iii ( the mob / my name is julia ross / the burglar / drive a crooked road / tight spot ) : nina foch , george macready , broderick crawford , betty buehler , mickey rooney , diane foster , ginger rogers , edward g . robinson , dan duryea , jayne mansfield , joseph h . lewis , robert parrish , richard quine , phil karlson , paul wendkos : movies & tv
this is a scene from john maybury ' s love is the devil , subtitled
study for a portrait of francis bacon
starring derek jacobi as the painter , and daniel craig as dyer , bacon ' s lover , tormentor , victim and model . in the film , dyer , a hapless east end burglar , introduces himself by crashing through the skylight of bacon ' s tiny south kensington studio , while attempting a burglary . bacon responds by taking his burglar straight to bed . from here , we follow this odd couple on their drunken peregrinations through 1960s soho , new york and paris , to the bitter end – the result of too many nights , following dyer down into the desolation of booze , pills and despair that finally killed him .
film noir , vol . 1 : the naked kiss , kansas city confidential , the second woman , the . . .
congratulations to tarik saleh ' s the nile hilton incident . the film received five guldbagge awards at the ceremony in sweden :
emin alper ' s frenzy received the intercultural film award 2016 at the around the world in 14 films festival in berlin .
the full list of the 2015 european film awards nominees has been published . two of our titles received 3 nominations each :
7 nominations for victoria , 3 for the cut and 2 for phoenix . very exciting news from the german film academy !
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
the weekend brought good news from the göteborg film festival ! pietro marcello ' s lost and beautiful is the winner of the ingmar bergman international debut award 2016 and the second mother by anna muylaert was awarded the public choice award for best feature film .
we are thrilled that the tribeca film festival will host the world premiere of marios piperides ' smuggling hendrix in international narrative competition .
happy times come soon by alessandro comodin won the best film prize of the beatrice satory awards ! congratulations to all the team .
most recently the visit knoxville film office hosted dog years , an independent feature written and directed by adam rifkin and starring burt reynolds and ariel winter . executive produced by gordon whitener and neil mandt , the film will retroactively be eligible for the new incentive .
the international premiere of sara johnsen ' s rosemari will open the 58 . edition of the nordic film days lübeck on november 2 .
tim brown grew up in winston salem , nc . he discovered his passion for movies at an early age and studied film at the university of north carolina in wilmington . he currently teaches skiing to kids in colorado and continues to pursue his film career with freelance work .
“synergy between the visit knoxville film office and regal entertainment group makes perfect sense as we move forward to establish knoxville as a competitive option for production , ” said curt willis , visit knoxville film office director . “we’re grateful for regal’s support and are happy to offer filmmakers a possible solution to one of the biggest challenges they face once a film is wrapped—getting the final product in the hands of an exhibitor . ”
two brothers in berlin , germany - inventors emil and max skladanowsky - created their own film device for projecting films in november , 1895 .
junction 48 by udi aloni was the audience ' s favourite film of this year ' s berlinale panorama . congratulations to all the team !
belgica by felix van groeningen and wild by nicolette krebitz will make their world premiere in the world competition at the 2016 sundance film festival .
additionally the acca ( asociación de cronistas cinematográficos de argentina ) awarded rohrwacher ' s title with the best film of the international competition prize .
we are happy to announce that the following titles of our catalogue will take part of the 2014 edition of the rotterdam international film festival .
with the combination of film editing and the telling of narrative stories , porter produced one of the most important and influential films of the time to reveal the possibility of fictional stories on film . the film was the one - reel , 14 - scene , approximately 10 - minute long the great train robbery ( 1903 ) - it was based on a real - life train heist and was a loose adaptation of a popular stage production . his visual film , made in new jersey and not particularly artistic by today ' s standards - set many milestones at the time :
co - produced by leipzig / berlin - based outfit rohfilm , along with france’s les films du poisson and israel’s cinema group , the film is currently taking part in the hivos tiger competition at the 46 th international film festival rotterdam . german outfit the match factory handles the international sales .
certainly the most solid of the columbia film noir collections , # 3 contains some unexpected pleasures , particularly robert parrish ' s ' the mob ' .
good news arrive from asia . cemetery of splendour by apichatpong weerasethakul was awarded as best film and frenzy by emin alper received the grand jury prize !
the full nominee list of the 2015 british independent film awards has been published with 6 nominations for 45 years by andrew haigh . the nominations include :
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…
katelyn laird is an actress and professional dancer from the west coast , now working in film and television in the atlanta area . her recent credits include
neighbors ii
( lionsgate ) ,
game of silence
( nbc ) , and the upcoming tv series ,
mist
. in her free time , katelyn enjoys screen combat , scuba diving , singing , ballet , and being crazy with her friends and family . she has enjoyed the creativity that acting in independent features has added to the experience of acting in feature films and shows , and had a great experience working with the cast and crew of
kat ' s burglar .
she thanks you for supporting the project and hopes you enjoy the film !
a colorful character ( in this case , a burglar played by goldberg ) is implicated in a murder . the police are convinced she ' s guilty . she has to prove she is innocent . that involves her with several bizarre characters . the movie ends in a chase scene . watching these parboiled elements on the screen , i felt a real sense of anger that goldberg was being forced to march through such cliches .
in the early years of cinema , film producers were worried that the american public could not last through a film that was an hour long , thereby delaying the advent of feature films ( 60 - 90 minutes in length ) in the us . according to most sources , the first continuous , full - length narrative feature film ( defined as a commercially - made film at least an hour in length ) was writer / director charles tait ' s five - reel biopic of a notorious outback folk hero and bushranger , the story of the kelly gang ( 1906 , australia ) , with a running time of between 60 - 70 minutes . only fragments of the film survive to this day . australia was the only country set up to regularly produce feature - length films prior to 1911 .
the first winners of the european film awards have been published ! congratulations to vasco pimentel & miguel martins for their sound design in arabian nights by miguel gomes .
victoria by sebastian schipper was the clear winner of the german film academy awards 2015 ( deutscher filmpreis ) being awarded for 6 out of the 7 nominations it received including best film , best director sebastian schipper , best actress laia costa , best actor frederick lau , best kamera sturla brandth grøvlen & best music nils frahm .
we proudly congratulate alex ross perry and his crew for listen up philip ' s special jury prize at this year ' s edition of locarno international film festival .
we are very excited about the good news coming from l . a . two of our films have been nominated for the oscar for best foreign language film .
what ' s happening to miss goldberg ( with , i assume , her cooperation ) is the kind of exploitation less often associated with people than with corporate takeovers . it ' s as if miss goldberg had been ' ' acquired ' ' by hollywood , which set about to liquidate her assets as quickly and heedlessly as possible . another movie as sloppy as ' ' burglar ' ' and the actress will have no credit left .
because of her talent , plus the fact she has no serious competition , miss goldberg is the premier black actress in american films today , but you wouldn ' t know it from her appearances since ' ' the color purple . ' ' there have been ' ' jumpin ' jack flash , ' ' a wan spy caper , and now the lamentable ' ' burglar , ' ' which opens today at the sutton and other theaters .
the line - up for the film festival locarno has been published today . we are happy to announce that two of our titles will have their world premieres there :
congratulations to peter grönlund for the special mention at the kutxbank - new directors award for his last film drifters at this year ' s edition of san sebastián iff .
good news arrive from argentina . le meraviglie by alice rohrwacher has won the astor de plata award for best script at the mar de plata international film festival 2014 .
if the horse from the slut symbolised all the sexual tension that the film contained , in the burglar , the tigress seems to be there to inspire yaeli to connect with her wild side . as her behaviour becomes increasingly proactive when it comes to seducing the german geologist – who initially resists but finally gives in – we also witness her desire for violence and revenge increase . but the script is clever enough to leave us wondering how far she will go to fulfil that desire , and makes us question whether yaeli’s most radical acts are indeed real or , on the contrary , a reflex of her most dangerous fantasies .
the toronto international film festival have expanded their line up for this year ' s edition . the next titles will so far represent the match factory in toronto this september :
parisian french film - maker georges méliès first film based on a trick of substitution ( one of the earliest instances of trick photography with stop - action - an early special effect ) was escamotage d ' une dame au théâtre robert houdin ( 1896 ) ( aka the conjuring of a woman at the house of robert houdin ) . the roots of horror films ( and vampire films in particular ) may also be traced back to georges méliès ' two - minute short film le manoir du diable ( 1896 ) ( aka manor / house of the devil , or the devil ' s castle , or the haunted castle ) , although it was meant to be an amusing , entertaining film .
in an effective , scary , full - screen closeup ( placed at either the beginning or at the end of the film at the discretion of the exhibitor ) , a bandit shot his gun directly into the audience . the film also included exterior scenes , chases on horseback , actors that moved toward ( and away from ) the camera , a camera pan with the escaping bandits , and a camera mounted on a moving train . porter also developed the process of film editing - a crucial film technique that would further the cinematic art . most early films were not much more than short , filmed stage productions or records of live events . in the early days of film - making , actors were usually unidentified and not even trained actors . the earliest actors in movies , that were dubbed
flickers ,
supplemented their stage incomes by acting in moving pictures .
bernice
bernie
rhodenbarr is a burglar by trade , and she runs a bookstore as well . her friend carl hefler is a dog groomer . after a successful burglary , it ' s discovered that a dead body was in the house she burgled . as she ' s the only one who can be placed at the scene of the crime , she has to use her criminal skills to clear her name of the murder and avoid getting charged with the burglary .
yaeli’s mother suddenly disappears without leaving a message , leaving her alone without any means of paying the rent , despite her two jobs – one at the local resort , another at a nearby zoo . as if a missing mother and two jobs weren’t enough , her house ends up being burgled , too . all of these events prove too much for her , apparently pushing yaeli to unexpectedly change her behaviour and unleash her wild side by becoming a burglar herself , too .
good news arrive from the other side of the ocean . felix van groeningen has been awarded as best director for belgica at this year ' s edition of the sundance film festival !
soon , the american mutoscope company became the most popular film company in america . they were formally renamed the american mutoscope and biograph company in 1899 ( and simply biograph by 1909 ) . they marketed their own films and their new biograph projector , thus becoming the foremost motion picture company in the us . the american mutoscope company ' s the haverstraw tunnel ( 1897 ) became its most popular film - it was the first
phantom ride
film in which a camera was mounted on the front of a train , and recorded its passage into a tunnel .
aki kaurismäki will be awarded the fipresci grand prix 2017 for his latest feature the other side of hope at the opening ceremony of the 65th san sebastián international film festival on september 22 .
worked as a fine art photographer , documentary filmmaker , writer , actress , producer and director . studied at duke university center for documentary studies and ucla business of film producing . recently awarded
knoxville— the visit knoxville film office along with the regal entertainment group today announced a new incentive for qualifying films produced in the east tennessee area . in addition to the many production advantages already offered locally , regal will screen films produced in knoxville for potential art house distribution within their network of cinema art theatres . the new initiative compliments regal’s rich history of supporting local film communities .
the first feature - length film made in europe was from france - michel carre ' s l ' enfant prodigue ( 1907 , fr . ) , an adaptation of a stage play , that premiered in paris on june 20 , 1907 . the first feature - length film produced in the us was vitagraph ' s les miserables ( 1909 ) ( each reel of the four - reel production was released separately ) . a second feature film , stuart blackton ' s vitagraph five - reel production titled the life of moses ( 1909 ) was also released in separate installments .
the jury statement was :
the cinevision award 2014 goes to ' le meraviglie ' by alice rohrwacher . the film has everything we love to see in cinema : an original voice , always suprising and a wonderful cast . with a personal visual language , alice rohrwacher creates a precise and poetic universe of an unusual family and their struggle to survive . the film enchanted us .
reformed bernie , a cat burglar out on parole also doubles up as a bookstore owner , who is forced to do one more job by a bent cop , and it all goes downhill from there onwards when a dentist ' s ex - husband is murdered - after she herself hires bernie to steal jewellery that was taken by him in a divorce . this movie , along with jumpin ' jack flash , had all but blew up whoopi in the big time , in terms of her popularity & made her a household name .
toni erdmann was awarded best feature film in international competition ( louve d ' or ) and best actor - peter simonischek at festival du nouveau cinéma in montreal , canada over the weekend . congratulations !
more good news arrive this time from malta ! anna muylaert received the best director award for the second mother ( que horas ela volta ? ) at the first edition of the valletta film festival .
good news from austria , where white god by kornél mundruczó , opening film of the festival , has received an honourable mention of the jury . viktória petranyi and zsófia psotta were there , too .
the match factory wants to congratulate the team of le meraviglie by alice rohrwacher for their success in this year ' s edition of filmfest münchen , where the film has won the cinevision award 2014 .
“we could not be happier that knoxville - based regal is willing to work with the visit knoxville film office to make knoxville a more lucrative filming destination , ” stated visit knoxville president , kim bumpas .
the opening sequence involves leonardo da vinci and may momentarily give the impression that you are watching the wrong film ( as indeed you are ) . this episode , which is both jokey and confusing , gives way to a plot about the famed cat - burglar hudson hawk ( mr . willis ) , who is , as he eventually puts it ,
being blackmailed into robbing the vatican by a psychotic american company and the c . i . a .
thrillers have no doubt been constructed out of flimsier material , but
hudson hawk
isn ' t serious about its own plot anyhow . it ' s more an exhaustingly whimsical farce , filled with hip asides that have no discernible point , than a story trying to command real attention .
lord gowrie , chairman of the arts council when the film was in production , insisted on script changes before the film could get its £250 , 000 lottery funding . a particular sticking point was the part of muriel belcher ( played to the hilt by a heavily pregnant tilda swinton ) , queen of the colony room club , where bacon drank , who always referred to the artist either as
daughter
or
cunty
.
can ' t goldberg or anyone in her entourage tell the difference between a movie and a deal ? can ' t they read a script and see that it is simply recycled elements from hundreds of other movies ? films like
burglar
and
jumpin ' jack flash ,
her most recent films , will continue to be made as long as there are writers with nothing to say , agents with nothing to deal and directors who don ' t care what their films are about . but let them feed off each other . don ' t throw goldberg to those sharks .
in ' ' burglar ' ' she comes across as something of a freak , who apparently owns a bookshop ( though she ' s seldom in it ) , and , among other things , was the boxing champ of the prison where she served time . she lives alone in a fancily decorated apartment overlooking san francisco , and has , as her only friend , a dog - groomer , an asexual male who talks peculiarly . in this role , bob goldthwait , who was wonderfully funny in ' ' police academy 2 , ' ' is as lost as his co - star .
in the same year of 1896 , another englishman robert william paul also developed and manufactured a popular projector which he called a theatrograph . he became a pioneering film producer in britain through his the northern photographic works company .
the innovative lumiere brothers in france , louis and auguste ( often called
the founding fathers of modern film
) , who worked in a lyons factory that manufactured photographic equipment and supplies , were inspired by edison ' s work . they created their own combo movie camera and projector - a more portable , hand - held and lightweight device that could be cranked by hand and could project movie images to several spectators . it was dubbed the cinematographe and patented in february , 1895 . the multi - purpose device ( combining camera , printer and projecting capabilities in the same housing ) was more profitable because more than a single spectator could watch the film on a large screen . they used a film width of 35mm , and a speed of 16 frames per second - an industry norm until the talkies . by the advent of sound film in the late 1920s , 24 fps became the standard .
melies became the film industry ' s first film - maker to use artificially - arranged scenes to construct and tell a narrative story , with his most popular and influential film to date , cendrillon ( 1899 ) ( aka cinderella ) . he created about 500 films ( one - reelers usually ) over the next 15 years ( few of which survived ) , and screened his own productions in his theatre . melies wrote , designed , directed , and acted in hundreds of his own fairy tales and science fiction films , and developed techniques such as stop - motion photography , double and multiple - exposures , time - lapse photography ,
special effects
such as disappearing objects ( using stop - trick or substitution photography ) , and dissolves / fades . in late 1911 , he contracted with french film company pathe to finance and distribute his films , and then went out of business by 1913 .
w . l . k . dickson ' s filming of pope leo xiii in rome , m . h . pope leo in a chair ( 1898 ) - leo xiii was the first pope captured on film at the vatican
the first us documentary re - creation , sigmund lubin ' s one - reel film the unwritten law ( 1907 ) ( subtitled
a thrilling drama based on the thaw - white case / tragedy
) dramatized the true - life murder - - on june 25 , 1906 - - of prominent architect stanford white by mentally unstable and jealous millionaire harry kendall thaw over the affections of model / showgirl evelyn nesbit ( who appeared as herself ) , thaw ' s wife . the film was considered quite controversial for its sensational and scandalous story of murder and sex . [ alluring chorine nesbit would become a brief sensation , and the basis for richard fleischer ' s biopic film the girl in the red velvet swing ( 1955 ) , portrayed by joan collins , and e . l . doctorow ' s musical and film ragtime ( 1981 ) , portrayed by an oscar - nominated elizabeth mcgovern . ]
very good news from the emirates , where le meraviglie by alice rohrwacher has been awarded best film of the new horizons competition ( for 1st and 2nd feature ) with the black pearl award at the 2014 abu dhabi iff .
“we are proud to partner with the visit knoxville film office , ” stated greg dunn , president and chief operating officer at regal entertainment group . “this is an excellent opportunity to expand our hometown’s talent and economic development . ”
miss goldberg , however , is a far grittier , far more decisive film personality than mr . murphy . the yuppie image that mr . murphy wears with such grace - though in various disguises - looks foolish on her .
directed by michael lehmann ; screenplay by steven e . de souza and daniel waters , story by bruce willis and robert kraft ; director of photography , dante spinotti ; film editors , chris lebenzon and michael tronick ; music by michael kamen and mr . kraft ; production designer , jack degovia ; produced by joel silver ; released by tri - star pictures . running time : 95 minutes . this film is rated r . hudson hawk . . . bruce willis
american mutoscope company , founded in 1895 in new york city , ny by disenchanted edison worker william k . l . dickson , herman casler , henry marvin and pocket lighter inventor elias koopman . their first motion picture machine was the mutoscope - a peephole , flip - card device similar in size to a kinetoscope . instead of using film , a spinning set of photographs mounted on a drum inside the cabinet gave the impression of motion . this was followed by a projector - the biograph projector , that was first demonstrated in new york city in 1896 . it was the first time projected images from an american film company were shown to an american movie theatre audience . they also devised a hand - cranked camera called the mutograph ( originally called the biograph ) that didn ' t use sprocket holes or perforations in the motion - picture film . the company released its first film in 1896 , titled empire state express .
the first us feature film to be shown in its entirety was h . a . spanuth ' s five - reel production of oliver twist ( 1912 ) . the four - reel silent costume drama queen elizabeth ( 1912 , fr . ) ( aka les amours de la reine élisabeth ) ( starring sarah bernhardt ) was the third film to be shown whole , in its us premiere in july at the lyceum theatre in nyc . the five - reel richard iii ( 1912 ) is thought to be the earliest surviving complete feature film made in the us . although us production and exhibition of feature films started slowly in 1912 , the next few years demonstrated tremendous growth when foreign competition ( with often superior products ) encouraged development .
we are thrilled to announce that mario piperides ' smuggling hendrix won the best international narrative feature award at the tribeca film festival
for its unique , comedic exploration of a complicated absurd political situation told in a clear , personal compelling way
.
the further the screen version of ' ' the color purple ' ' recedes into history , the better it looks , especially steven spielberg ' s presentation of whoopi goldberg , the star of her first film in what became an oscar - nominated performance .
at a time when feminism is ( once again ) a hot topic , ben - asher has made a committed and unapologetic film laying out and embracing the complexity of the female universe , as she did in her previous work . an ideal choice for the lead , newcomer kornowski delivers a convincing and amoral performance as yaeli . she takes the film upon her shoulders , alternating between moments of loss , calculated coldness and uncontainable rage , showcasing all the complexity of a girl on the verge of becoming a woman .
because this film has actually made its way to neighborhood theaters , it must be surmised that the above and other individuals monitored it while it was in the works . but the finished product belies that notion . it ' s impossible to imagine anyone watching rushes of this film and walking away with the idea that things were remotely on track . every frame of
hudson hawk
- - even the peculiar , strained - looking photo of mr . willis that is used in the advertising art - - spells disaster .
now and then , a hollywood megabomb explodes with so much force that it actually sheds some light .
hudson hawk ,
a colossally sour and ill - conceived misfire , is at least a film from which someone may learn something , if only the hard way .
also in the film is sandra bernhard , outstandingly ghastly as half of a power couple ( with richard e . grant ) intent on even more power . frank stallone appears briefly as a gangster to whom mr . willis gives
directions even your brother could understand .
[ the film was remade many times , notably as director tony richardson ' s ned kelly ( 1970 ) with rock star mick jagger in the lead role , and as ned kelly ( 2003 ) with heath ledger , orlando bloom , geoffrey rush and naomi watts . ]
juan alexander is from barranquilla , colombia . at age 6 , his family moved to the united states . it was his freshmen year at river ridge high school where he found his love for acting . he excelled in drama and fine arts , performing in both musical and straight plays . after high school juan pursued his professional acting career . his first audition landed him his first supporting role as
mike
from the award winning short film
high contrast
, shown at the international film festival . a versatile actor , he has since appeared in numerous films .
sarah jenkins is an actor based in winston - salem , nc . she has appeared in the short films bad influences , a harry situation , and craven , and can be seen as “suzanne” in the independent feature film lost colony , which was a 2015 official selection at iffboston and the portland film festival , among others . she has also appeared onstage regionally at ncshakes , flat rock playhouse , the lost colony outdoor drama , fringenyc , and peppercorn children’s theatre . she is a producing company member of spirit gum theatre company and a graduate of the college of charleston .
we proudly announce the nominations for the german film awards 2014 . erwin wagenhofer ' s alphabet aspires to get the best documentary award . carla juri is nominated as best actress for her incarnation of helen memel in david wnendt ' s wetlands , which also competes for the best edition award .
does hollywood think whoopi goldberg recently arrived here from another planet ? do they think she has one of those invisible protective shields around her , like in the old toothpaste commercials ? do they respond at all to her warmth , her energy , her charisma ? sure , she looks a little funny , but why isn ' t she allowed to have normal relationships in the movies ? why is she always packaged as the weirdo from planet x ? the occasion for these questions is
burglar ,
a witless , hapless exercise in the wrong way to package goldberg . this is a woman who is original . who is talented . who has a special relationship with the motion picture comedy . it is criminal to put her into brain - damaged , assembly - line thrillers .
the spanish - american war in 1898 drew camera operators to cuba , but they were shut out by the us army . since they could not capture the battles on film , many went into studios and created them using models and painted backdrops - - the start of scale - model effects .
the film includes a scene at the dentist that is as funny as . . . . well , a trip to the dentist . also , is there any wonder people thought bobcat goldthwait really spoke like that when he actually did speak like that in everything he was in during the 80s ?
aside from technological achievements , another frenchman who was a member of the lumiere ' s viewing audience , georges melies , expanded development of film cinema with his own imaginative fantasy films . when the lumiere brothers wouldn ' t sell him a cinematographe , he developed his own camera ( a version of the kinetograph ) , and then set up europe ' s first film studio in 1897 . it was the first movie studio that used artificial illumination , a greenhouse - like structure that featured both a glazed roof and walls and a series of retractable blinds . it was an influential model on the development of future studios .
it was the first narrative western film with a storyline , and included various western cliches ( a shoot - out , a robbery , a chase , etc . ) that would be used by all future westerns [ note : the same claim was made for the earlier 21 - minute kit carson ( 1903 ) ]
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mr . lehmann , who has previously shown some flair for subversive humor , this time lets each of the film ' s characters wander off in a different and crashingly unfunny direction . mr . willis , who can seem so effortlessly charming , this time is made to seem insufferably smug . ( he is infinitely more appealing as a wife - beating sleaze in
mortal thoughts
than as this film ' s super - complacent hero . ) andie macdowell is resolutely sweet in an insane role that has her making dolphin noises by the end of the film . james coburn , as the mysterious figure who recruits hudson hawk , talks to four assistants who are named for candy bars . danny aiello , as hudson ' s partner , commits heists while singing duets with hudson ( of
side by side
and
swinging on a star
) in a manner that may make one long for the sinatra rat pack , who at least did such things with good humor .
the corbett - fitzsimmons fight ( 1897 ) , another filmed boxing match , reported to be 100 minutes in length ( the longest film ever to be released by that date ) , and shown by the veriscope company , had its debut on may 22 , 1897 at the academy of music in new york city . some consider it the world ' s first feature film . it included all fourteen 3 - minute rounds of the bout , in addition to a 5 - minute introduction , and non - stop filming during the one - minute rest period between rounds . running commentary was provided by an expert sports announcer from the side of the ring - the first of its kind .
not so much that you ' d notice , not that you ' d care , unless you were part of the current art world yourself . the painter chris ofili came with me to a screening of the film , on the day that this year ' s turner prize list was announced . ofili , smarting with too much publicity , hated the film . not for bacon ' s world , but for how awful it made the the current situation feel .
this ,
ofili said ,
is a movie for people who don ' t like art .
but then what should anyone expect ? it is a movie about the art world , which is a different thing altogether .
what faint coherence the film has is ruined by unfunny throwaway humor , as if anyone here had wit to spare . some of these bits have mr . willis pointlessly naming the playing times of familiar hit records ; some refer to nintendo ; some are just plain silly , like
673 wongs in the phone book ! hm . helluva lot of wong numbers !
mostly unfunny film originally written for bruce willis in the main role and whoopi as the friend . the script was re - written by director wilson to put whoopi in the lead . it stops trying to be a comedy completely towards the end . i would say bruce got off easy but he was in blind date in the same year , so . . . .
the official line up of this year ' s venice international film festival has been published revealing marco bellocchio ' s blood of my blood and emin alper ' s frenzy being part of the official competition . light years by esther may campbell will premiere at the international critics ' week and innocence of memories by grant gee will be shown for the first time worldwide in the venice days section .
this is both much more , and much less , than a biopic . the film charts a relatively short period of bacon ' s life , from his meeting with dyer in 1963 , to dyer ' s suicide in paris , on the eve of the opening of bacon ' s retrospective at the grand palais in paris , in 1971 , attended by georges pompidou , the president of france himself .
goldberg is good in the lead , and does a axel foley routine on occasion to make the film a comedy , but it ' s either not done enough or just not amusing . while it ' s cool to see bobcat goldthwait and g . w . bailey supporting , they aren ' t given much to make this anything memorable . in the end it ' s a very cheap whodunit .
early jewish film pioneer sigmund lubin ( aka siegmund lubszynski ) constructed the first purposely - built movie theater in west philadelphia , pa for the national export exposition , in 1899 . lubin ' s cineograph theatre was a small , modest portable theatre built on the esplanade or midway of the fair . it was possibly the world ' s first structure erected expressly for the presentation of motion pictures . for ten cents , patrons could view
continuous shows
of the spanish - american war , reproductions of boxing matches , and several of lubin ' s own home - made productions . the film billed as
the sensation of the hour
was the dreyfus court martial scene . it was evidence of lubin ' s early work as a motion picture distributor and exhibitor , to showcase his projectors , cameras , and films .
love is the devil is a devilish brew of naturalism , baconesque film effects , history and gossip . it is a warped anthropological detour into the fag end of 1950s soho bohemia , dragged too far into the 1960s but it is also a tragic love story , with astonishing performances and character cameos . it was always bound to be trouble , and was inevitably going to get into trouble , even before filming began .
the film uses no actual shots of the paintings , though there is a dreadful prop - maker ' s painting of a toilet which dyer manages to mistakenly piss into on a drunken trip to the lavvy one night . maybury is trying to create several kinds of worlds at once , all of them equally claustrophobic . for the most part , he makes us believe these places , these people , this awful world .