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Oscar Buzz, New Industry Players Stir Annual Toronto Film Festival – Wall Street Journal
Friday, September 14th, 2007
Montreal GazetteWall Street Journal - If the Sundance Film Festival is famous for discovering new talent, the Toronto International Film Festival, which closes its 32nd edition this weekend, is known for launching recognized names into the Oscar race. Taking place during the early weeks of September, the annual Toronto event coincides with the onset of Academy season, where Hollywood studios pump millions of dollars to put their best contenders forward.
At last year’s festival, Spanish-language hit “Pan’s Labyrinth,” Oscar-winner-to-be Forest Whitaker and cultural phenomenon “Borat” all jump-started their North American campaigns in the Canadian capital. In 2005, movies such as “Crash,” “Brokeback Mountain,” “Capote” and “Walk the Line” were galvanized by screenings at the festival, which is known for its welcoming audiences.
This year, critical buzz and positive word-of-mouth boosted a range of pictures and performances, from Focus Features’ adaptation of the Ian McEwan novel “Atonement” and its star Keira Knightley to George Clooney’s portrayal of a powerful lawyer in Warner Bros.’s “Michael Clayton.”… [Full Story]
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‘Brave One’ stalks box office – Variety
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
Variety - Jodie Foster returns to the bigscreen this weekend as a vigilante in Neil Jordan’s “The Brave One,” which Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures bow in 2,755 locations.
Violent, R-rated drama, which also stars Terrence Howard, has a clear shot at the weekend crown.
Other wide entrants are South Korean English-language monsterfest “Dragon Wars,” which Freestyle takes out in 2,275 locations. New Line opens laffer “Mr. Woodcock,” toplining Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott and Susan Sarandon, in 2,231.
New players will compete with the soph session of Lionsgate and Relativity Media’s “3:10 to Yuma.” Directed by James Mangold and starring Russell Crowe, Christian Bale and Ben Foster, the Western remake showed surprising strength in its debut, grossing $14 million and nabbing one of the top debuts for a dramatic oater. Pic plays 2,667 locations… [Full Story]
iW NEWS | Think Gets “Battle” – indieWIRE
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
indieWIRE - ThinkFilm has acquired U.S. rights to Stuart Townsend’s “Battle in Seattle,” the company announced tonight (Thursday) at the Toronto International Film Festival. Produced by Mary Aloe, Kirk Shaw, and Maxime Remillard, the film follows a mix of fictional stories connected to the World Trade Organization’s 1999 meeting in Seattle, which was met with widespread protests and civil disobediance. Cast members include Martin Henderson, Michelle Rodriguez, Charlize Theron, Woody Harrelson, Ray Liotta, Andre Benjamin, Rade Sherbedzija, and Connie Nielsen… [Full Story]
TORONTO ‘07 | Two Docs, “Jihad For Love” and “Surfwise” Stir Up Traditions in Both East and West – indieWIRE
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
indieWIRE - Defying tradition both openly and while hiding are at the root of two films screening here this week in Toronto. Parvez Sharma’s “A Jihad for Love” takes a look at a segment of the planet’s gays who are often left voiceless (along with those in other religious traditions). Exploring homosexual Muslims, the director said making the film was surprisingly abetted by the customs of Islam itself. And on the polar opposite spectrum, Doug Pray’s “Surfwise” chronicles the rejection of the material world and the pursuit of great surf by one couple and their nine children who grew up living in a camper traveling from beach to beach in search of the perfect wave and perfect health… [Full Story]
TIFF Interview: ‘It’s a Free World’ Director Ken Loach – Cinematical
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
Cinematical - ”It’s all sorted! It’s all sorted!” Angie yells out at one point during an argument in It’s a Free World, the new film from Ken Loach. What she really seems to be saying, however, is ‘It’s all sordid,’ which it is. Angie, played by newcomer Kierston Wareing, is a 33 year-old wrangler of day laborers for the London work force. When the film opens she’s hungry and ambitious, expecting not to spend her life standing on the docks forever, but with a little luck to actually start her own firm and make some real money, connecting eager young Eastern European workers to part-time employers in the U.K. However, she soon learns that the real money is not in the ones with all of their papers in order, but the ones with no papers whatsoever. Cinematical had a chance to speak with Ken Loach at this year’s TIFF about the film, what it says about illegal immigration today, and what would drive him to make a dramatic, suspenseful fiction film around this topical and explosive premise… [Full Story]
TORONTO ‘07 DISCOVERY INTERVIEW: Mark Heller: “I hope people are entertained and I want to find the movie a great home.” – indieWIRE
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
indieWIRE - Fourteen filmmakers were given the opportunity to participate in an e-mail interview, and each was sent the same questions. Director Mark Heller is at Toronto with his feature film, “The Passage,” which TIFF describes as a “provocative first feature not for the faint of heart” that channels Alfred Hitchcock’s Morocco-set “The Man Who Knew Too Much.”… [Full Story]
TIFF Interview: Reservation Road Star Mark Ruffalo – Cinematical
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
Cinematical - In Reservation Road, Mark Ruffalo plays Dwight –a divorced lawyer drifting through life who accidentally strikes and kills a young boy with his SUV one night — and drives away, leaving shattered lives in his wake. Ruffalo’s performance is careful and yet raw, sincere and complex — and his work opposite Joaquin Phoenix (who plays the father bereaved by Dwight’s accident) has riveting power. Ruffalo spoke with Cinematical in Toronto about tackling tough characters, working opposite Phoenix and his character’s love of the Red Sox… [Full Story]
'Reservation Road' spotlights sombre mood in America – CTV.ca
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
CTV.caCTV.ca, Canada - Mark Ruffalo and Joaquin Phoenix are two Hollywood actors who get along.
Jabbing and joking like two brothers at a lengthy church sermon, the giggling pair roughhoused a bit during their press conference at the Toronto International Film Festival. Such camaraderie seems inevitable after working on a gut-wrenching new film such as “Reservation Road.”
Directed by Terry George and co-starring Mira Sorvino and Jennifer Connelly, this tragic tale follows two fathers and their converging lives after a terrible accident takes place one warm September evening. One family is driving back to their lovely Connecticut residence after their son’s concert. In another car a father and son head home after a great time at a baseball game.
Then in one fleeting instant at a gas station on Reservation Road, calamity strikes the two unsuspecting families… [Full Story]
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TIFF Interview: Reservation Road Director Terry George – Cinematical
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
Cinematical - Director and writer Terry George may best be known for his Oscar-nominated work on Hotel Rwanda; Reservation Road, his new film at the Toronto International Film Festival, may very well earn a few Oscar nominations of its own. George spoke with Cinematical in Toronto about working with an impressive group of actors (including Mark Ruffalo, Joaquin Phoenix, Jennifer Connelly and Mia Sorvino), the challenges of adapting John Burnham Schwartz’s novel and the difference between simple villains and complex characters… [Full Story]
Oscar Buzz, New Industry Players Stir Annual Toronto Film Festival – Wall Street Journal
Friday, September 14th, 2007Montreal Gazette | Wall Street Journal - If the Sundance Film Festival is famous for discovering new talent, the Toronto International Film Festival, which closes its 32nd edition this weekend, is known for launching recognized names into the Oscar race. Taking place during the early weeks of September, the annual Toronto event coincides with the onset of Academy season, where Hollywood studios pump millions of dollars to put their best contenders forward. Related Articles |
‘Brave One’ stalks box office – Variety
Thursday, September 13th, 2007 | Variety - Jodie Foster returns to the bigscreen this weekend as a vigilante in Neil Jordan’s “The Brave One,” which Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures bow in 2,755 locations. |
iW NEWS | Think Gets “Battle” – indieWIRE
Thursday, September 13th, 2007 | indieWIRE - ThinkFilm has acquired U.S. rights to Stuart Townsend’s “Battle in Seattle,” the company announced tonight (Thursday) at the Toronto International Film Festival. Produced by Mary Aloe, Kirk Shaw, and Maxime Remillard, the film follows a mix of fictional stories connected to the World Trade Organization’s 1999 meeting in Seattle, which was met with widespread protests and civil disobediance. Cast members include Martin Henderson, Michelle Rodriguez, Charlize Theron, Woody Harrelson, Ray Liotta, Andre Benjamin, Rade Sherbedzija, and Connie Nielsen… [Full Story] |
TORONTO ‘07 | Two Docs, “Jihad For Love” and “Surfwise” Stir Up Traditions in Both East and West – indieWIRE
Thursday, September 13th, 2007 | indieWIRE - Defying tradition both openly and while hiding are at the root of two films screening here this week in Toronto. Parvez Sharma’s “A Jihad for Love” takes a look at a segment of the planet’s gays who are often left voiceless (along with those in other religious traditions). Exploring homosexual Muslims, the director said making the film was surprisingly abetted by the customs of Islam itself. And on the polar opposite spectrum, Doug Pray’s “Surfwise” chronicles the rejection of the material world and the pursuit of great surf by one couple and their nine children who grew up living in a camper traveling from beach to beach in search of the perfect wave and perfect health… [Full Story] |
TIFF Interview: ‘It’s a Free World’ Director Ken Loach – Cinematical
Thursday, September 13th, 2007 | Cinematical - ”It’s all sorted! It’s all sorted!” Angie yells out at one point during an argument in It’s a Free World, the new film from Ken Loach. What she really seems to be saying, however, is ‘It’s all sordid,’ which it is. Angie, played by newcomer Kierston Wareing, is a 33 year-old wrangler of day laborers for the London work force. When the film opens she’s hungry and ambitious, expecting not to spend her life standing on the docks forever, but with a little luck to actually start her own firm and make some real money, connecting eager young Eastern European workers to part-time employers in the U.K. However, she soon learns that the real money is not in the ones with all of their papers in order, but the ones with no papers whatsoever. Cinematical had a chance to speak with Ken Loach at this year’s TIFF about the film, what it says about illegal immigration today, and what would drive him to make a dramatic, suspenseful fiction film around this topical and explosive premise… [Full Story] |
TORONTO ‘07 DISCOVERY INTERVIEW: Mark Heller: “I hope people are entertained and I want to find the movie a great home.” – indieWIRE
Thursday, September 13th, 2007 | indieWIRE - Fourteen filmmakers were given the opportunity to participate in an e-mail interview, and each was sent the same questions. Director Mark Heller is at Toronto with his feature film, “The Passage,” which TIFF describes as a “provocative first feature not for the faint of heart” that channels Alfred Hitchcock’s Morocco-set “The Man Who Knew Too Much.”… [Full Story] |
TIFF Interview: Reservation Road Star Mark Ruffalo – Cinematical
Thursday, September 13th, 2007 | Cinematical - In Reservation Road, Mark Ruffalo plays Dwight –a divorced lawyer drifting through life who accidentally strikes and kills a young boy with his SUV one night — and drives away, leaving shattered lives in his wake. Ruffalo’s performance is careful and yet raw, sincere and complex — and his work opposite Joaquin Phoenix (who plays the father bereaved by Dwight’s accident) has riveting power. Ruffalo spoke with Cinematical in Toronto about tackling tough characters, working opposite Phoenix and his character’s love of the Red Sox… [Full Story] |
'Reservation Road' spotlights sombre mood in America – CTV.ca
Thursday, September 13th, 2007CTV.ca | CTV.ca, Canada - Mark Ruffalo and Joaquin Phoenix are two Hollywood actors who get along. Related Articles |
TIFF Interview: Reservation Road Director Terry George – Cinematical
Thursday, September 13th, 2007 | Cinematical - Director and writer Terry George may best be known for his Oscar-nominated work on Hotel Rwanda; Reservation Road, his new film at the Toronto International Film Festival, may very well earn a few Oscar nominations of its own. George spoke with Cinematical in Toronto about working with an impressive group of actors (including Mark Ruffalo, Joaquin Phoenix, Jennifer Connelly and Mia Sorvino), the challenges of adapting John Burnham Schwartz’s novel and the difference between simple villains and complex characters… [Full Story] |
