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June 28, 2008

Sign Online Harrison Birthday Card!!

SIGN ONLINE HARRISON BIRTHDAY CARD!!


Click to go to online birthday card
 
Angela Lee in Milwaukee has designed this great online birthday card for Harrison. Why not click the image above to go to the relevant page and add your greeting (it's easy!!) in good time before the actual day
(=July 13)???

Big thanks to Angela for the great initiative!!!

Posted by Grethe at 12:39 PM

June 27, 2008

Weekend Blast from the Past and The Future

WEEKEND BLAST FROM THE PAST -- AND THE FUTURE

Anybody remember this little movie?? Let's go back to 1980 and to when this franchise was fun:






And here's a bit of vintage promo work on the Today Show -- done by Messrs. Hamill and Ford:

Part 1:

Part 2:


Finally: the latest installment of the Star Wars franchise: the latest trailer for the upcoming CG animated TV series Star Wars: The Clone Wars   (a.k.a Star Wars 2 1/2) coming to your TV screen on August 15 this year:



We recommend a look over at starwars.com for more videos re: the new series.

Big thanks to Lorrie for the vintage interview find!!!


Sources
YouTube
Starwars.com

Posted by Grethe at 02:15 PM

The Indy Future: Questionable, Still Indy is Ford

THE INDY FUTURE: QUESTIONABLE, STILL INDY IS FORD

IESB.net got an interview with producer Frank Marshall on the red carpet of the 34th Saturn Awards on Wednesday. Marshall had a few comments on Bourne 4 and the future of Indiana Jones.

On Jason Bourne:
Bourne will be heading South America way, he's still played by Matt Damon, shooting of the hitherto unnamed movie is planned for next summer and the release of the movie is set to 2010.

On Indiana Jones:
Will there be an Indy 5? Questionable, considering the time it took to get the last script written. A movie about Indy jr, perhaps? Quote Frank Marshall: "We didn't let  him take the hat. Still Indiana Jones is Harrison Ford".




Thanks to Aaron Aguilar for the tip!!


Source:
IESB.net

Posted by Grethe at 12:26 PM

June 23, 2008

Official Crossing Over Page is Up Still No Trailer

OFFICIAL CROSSING OVER  PAGE UP, STILL NO TRAILER
...plus pictures and a bit of hearsay


Click image above and 'Film Index'
on next screen to go to the
 Crossing Over home pages
 The Weinstein Co has had the official Crossing Over pages up for a while but nothing much has happened there since launch. There's still no trailer and the written info is sadly of the usual content free kind.
 
Only a few photos have been leaked to the press so far: you can see them in HFW Gallery 1.

Jeffrey Wells over at Hollywood Elsewhere has written a speculation about a possible awards marketing strategy for the movie. A commenter to his piece also has some interesting info: rumors from an alleged insider about artistic differences of opinion between director Wayne Kramer and Harvey Weinstein:

"I have a friend close to the Crossing Over production and he says Kramer has been battling Darth Weinstein for months over the cut. The film has always tested well above average, but Harvey keeps cutting away at it and removing any kind of disturbing content, mostly in the sex scenes between Ray Liotta and Alice Eve. Liotta is an immigration agent and he's blackmailing Alice Eve who is an actress from Australia into having sex with him for a green card. Harvey objected to the explicit tone of the scenes - and apparently the preview audiences singled them out as well - so Harvey has cut most of it out of the film. Kramer's position was that the scenes were supposed to make people feel uncomfortable because it's a sleazy situation, but things take a different turn later in the film and we need the earlier tough content to set it up. Kramer's also pissed off that Harvey restructured his film and took his bookend device with Sean Penn and stuck it in the body of the film, which he doesn't think makes any sense. I know he recently tested his preview version against Harvey's and Harvey won by quite a few points. The big reason was, again, the sex scenes. Now, I have seen only Kramer's version from a few months ago and I don't think the sex scenes are any big deal. They certainly serve the film - to lose them would definitely hurt the story. They're not even close to being as raunchy as The Cooler. I also think the opening with Sean Penn works great - it's an exciting opening and when all is revealed at the end, then it makes a lot of sense. I don't know how putting Penn later in the film wiill effect it. Doesn't seem the right way to go because of all the different storylines. Harrison Ford is excellent in the film and the actor who really shines is Cliff Curtis who plays his partner. Jim Sturgess has some great scenes as well, especially his immigration interview, which will go down as one of the classic scenes of 2008."

Big thanks to HFW member mrsskywalker for the tip about the Hollywood Elsewhere article!!


Sources:
The Weinstein Company
blackfilm.com
Hollywood Elsewhere

Posted by Grethe at 03:23 PM