Spring 2002
CLOSING NIGHT SPRING 2002
SERIES
5/20 - THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES
"THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES is a romantic comedy of escalating
errors about an imperious ruler who rediscovers life as a regular person
– and the commoner who gets a tantalizing taste of power and fame
as his impostor. Ian Holm (“Lord of the Rings,” “Sweet
Hereafter”) plays both the autocratic Napoleon and the oafish deck-hand
who trades places with him. As both men explore their new fates, the
result is a moving and entertaining romp not only through history, but
also through identity, ambition, and love’s power to transcend
both."
Cast:
Ian Holm
Iben Hjejle
Tim McInnerny
Tom Watson (I)
Nigel Terry
Murray Melvin
Eddie Marsan
Ashley Artus
Hugh Bonneville
Clive Russell
FEATURED GUEST - DIRECTOR ALAN TAYLOR
ALAN TAYLOR'S Bio:
Film
• Kill The Poor
• The Emperors New Clothes
• Palookaville
• Forgetting Frankie
• That Burning Question
• Nells
TV
• Six Feet Under
• Sex and the City
• Maternal Instinct (pilot)
• Third Watch
• West Wing
• Now and Again
• The Sopranos
• Trinity
Hosted by MARSHALL FINE - GANNETT
Official
Site
5/13 - INSOMNIA
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Director Chris Nolan on 5/13
Cast:
Al Pacino
Hilary Swank
Robin Williams
Martin Donovan
Jonathan Jackson
Maura Tierney
Jay Brazeau
Paul Dooley
Larry Holden
Katherine Isabelle
Nicky Katt
Tasha Simms
Featured Guest - Director: Chris
Nolan (MEMENTO, FOLLOWING)
Hosted by Jami Bernard, Daily News
Official Site here
More info here
and here
5/6 Xingfu shiguang (HAPPY TIMES)
"Happy Times is a small but broad Chinese language comedy about human nature when it comes to love and the pursuit of happiness. Middle-aged Ding Shikou visits a matchmaker to find a wife. Finally, she sends him the perfect one. Desperate to impress her, Ding promises her a far more extravagant wedding than he can afford, leading her to believe he is rich. Then desperate, to make money, Ding refurbishes an abandoned railway car on Lover's Lane and charges admission for young couples wandering by. Up in the woods, he discovers a young blind girl who's just attempted suicide. He saves her life this time only to witness her attempt again. She tells him she wouldn't be so desperate if she had a job, so he offers one at his hotel, in hopes of re-instilling the will to live in her. Ding tells her a tangled and hilarious mess of lies in order to employ her. He even has a group of old retirees create a fake hotel environment in an abandoned factory, so she believes she has a legitimate job. Finally, he must tell her the truth and come clean to his fiancée, which turns out to be both a heartbreaking and hilarious life lesson for all involved." Link
Sunflower Productions / Pressman Films
/ Sony
Pictures Classics
Directed by:
Yimou Zhang
Cast:
Dong Jie
Dong Lifan
Fu Biao
Gong Jinghua
Zhang Hongjie
Zhao Benshan
Niu Ben
Li Xuejian
Leng Qibin
Guest: from the Chinese Institute, Nancy Travers
Hosted by Thelma Adams, US magazine
Bonus Feature:
Links: here
here
here
4/29 Bartleby
Based on the Herman Melville classic short story about a clerk who won’t
leave his job after he’s fired.
Directed by:
Jonathan Parker
Cast:
David Paymer
Crispin Glover
Joe Piscopo
CARRIE SNODGRESS
GLENNE HEADLY
DICK MARTIN
SEYMOUR CASSEL
MAURY CHAYKIN
Guest: JOE
PISCOPO
Joe Piscopo 4/29
BABY BEDAM (2000)
DEMOLITION DAY (1995)
TWO BITS AND PEPPER (1995)
DEAD HEAT (1998)
WISE GUYS (1986)
JOHNNY DANGEROUSLY (1984)
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (1980- 1984)
Link
Official Bartley Site: Link
More links: Here
4/22 AMERICAN SAINT
American Saint comically follows the exploits of an aspiring young actor
as he attempts to transform himself into one of the coolest characters
of American literature: Jack Kerouac. One night, while surfing the Internet,
New Yorker Miles Hotonian (Kevin Corrigan) finds an Open Casting Call
for a film of the Jack Kerouac story. The auditions are in two weeks
on a Hollywood studio lot. On the job as a waiter at the Times Square
Howard Johnson’s, Miles chats with long-time regular Charley Grebbini
(Vincent Schiavelli) – the last New York City Checker Cab driver.
Miles tells Charley about the Internet Casting Call. A gambler at heart,
Charley offers to take Miles to LA in his taxi – with the meter
running....
Director: Joseph M. Castelo
Screenwriter: Joseph M. Castelo
Executive Producer: Michael Hausman
Director of Photography: Mark Petersson
Editor: Joel Hirsch
Music: Jim Dickinson
Cast:
Kevin Corrigan
Vincent Schiavelli
Bianca Bakija
Woody Harrelson.
Guest
DirectorJoseph M. Castelo
4/15 NINE QUEENS
Director: Fabián Bielinsky
Producer: Pablo Bossi
Screenplay: Fabián Bielinsky
Cinematography: Marcelo Camorino
Editor: Sergio Zottola
Production Designer: Marcelo Salvioli
Sound: Osvaldo Vacca
Music: Cesar Lerner
Cast:
Gastón Pauls
Ricardo Darín
Leticia Bredice
Tomás Fonzi
Graciela Tenembaun
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
Best Actor
Best Cinematography
Best Director,
Best Editing
Best Film
Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress
Links: Here
Here
Here
Bonus Feature:
MY BIG FAT
GREEK WEDDING
Produced by Playtone Pictures/Big Wedding Productions
Distributed by
IFC Films
Links here
here
here
4/8 HUMAN NATURE
SPECIAL LIVE GUEST APPEARANCES! STAR - PATRICIA ARQUETTE
and PRODUCER ANTHONY BREGMAN (ICE STORM, BROTHER'S MACMULLEN)
Taken On 4/8
Image Credit
Image taken at L.A.'s Westlake Studios in June 2000, shows Jean-Michel Bernard, Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry (top), Patricia Arquette, Tracy McKnight, and Anthony Bregman.
Links: here here
Monday April 1st - CAT'S MEOW
Live Appearance by Legendary Director Peter Bogdanovich (Paper Moon, What's Up Doc, Last Picture Show, Mask)
Hosted by Industry Personality Peter
Travers
Cast:
Edward Herrmann
Kirsten Dunst
Jennifer Tilly
Cary Elwes
Eddie Izzard
Joanna Lumley
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Based upon: The play of the same title by Steven Peros, which was itself
based upon the true story of the death (murder?) of Thomas H. Ince that
took place on the yacht of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst.
Movie fans probably know Hearst best as the "inspiration"
Orson Welles' Citizen Kane, as recently depicted in the excellent HBO
film, RKO-281. What exactly happened on the yacht has never been proven,
but this film offers one rumored scenario.
Premise: This movie takes a look at what might have been a scandalous murder (and the subsequent cover-up) of Thomas H. Ince (Elwes) on board William Randolph Hearst's yacht, Oneida, in 1924. The center of the story is the jealousy that Hearst (Hermann) feels about his extremely young lover, Marion Davies (Dunst), and what happens when he suspects that she's having an affair with Charlie Chaplin (Izzard). With gossip columnist (and Hearst employee) Louella Parsons (Tilly) and a gaggle of celebrities also on board, any "cover-up" is going to be tricky, at best... or is it?
Filming: Production started on this movie on November 12th, 2000, with locations to include Berlin and the Greek islands, and wrapped in mid-December, 2000.
Read About the Urban Legend
Official Distributor Synopsis: Lions Gate Films
Who's Thomas Ince?: Thomas Ince, the center
of this story, wore many hats in silent era Hollywood, including producer,
director, and writer, but he's best known for establishing the "studio
system" of producing many films at a furious pace. Film100.com
named him the #19 most influential figure in film.
