Winter 2004
Photos from this past Winter Series:
TIM BLAKE NELSON
Actor/Director Tim Blake Nelson, (O’ Brother Where Art Thou, Good Girl,
Holes, Minority Report – Director: Grey Zone, “O” Othello),
pays a special visit to the New York Film Critics Series to share his experiences
and to promote his new film A FOREIGN AFFAIR, (Below) ,starring his close friend
David Arquette and Emily Mortimer (Notting Hill, Elizabeth, Lovely and Amazing).
FOREIGN AFFAIR is about two Midwestern brothers who’s mother, who had always
done all of their cleaning, dies and the two brothers (Arquette, Nelson) go on
a "romance tour" of Russia to meet prospective women that the younger
brother can marry to bring back home to America to help them back on the farm,
which captures the attention of a documentary filmmaker (Mortimer).
Photo credit: WALTER STARK
2/9- final nite winter series
WILBUR WANTS TO KILL HIMSELF
"This is the story of two brothers in Glasgow, Harbour (Rawlins) and Wilbur (Sives) (who struggles with suicidal tendencies as the title suggests), who inherit a used bookstore. The brothers discover that a chance encounter with a cleaning lady at the local hospital, Alice (Henderson), who's the single mother of a little girl, Mary (McKinlay), prompts them to reconsider the choices they've made in life, which might change all four of their lives." Greg Dean Schmitz- Yahoo
Director: Lone Scherfig
Cast:
Jamie Sives,
Adrian Rawlins,
Shirley Henderson,
Lisa McKinlay,
Mads Mikkelsen,
Julia Davis
Screenplay: Lone Scherfig & Anders
Thomas Jensen
Producer: Sisse Graum Olsen
Co Producer: Gillian Berrie
Executive Producer: Peter Aalbek Jensen
Director Of Photography: Jorgen Johansson, dff
Production Designer: Jette Lehmann
Editor: Gerd Tjur
Featured Guest: MARK URMAN
Producer - filmography
1. Monster's Ball (2001) (executive producer)
... aka Bal du monstre, Le (2002) (Canada: French title)
2. Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
(thanks)
3. Jesus' Son (1999) (special thanks)
4. Curtain Call (1999) (public
relations)
5. Affliction (1997) (public relations:
Dennis Davidson Associates)
6. Killer: A Journal of Murder
(1996) (publicist)
... aka Killer, The (1996)
7. Box of Moon Light (1996) (unit
publicist)
8. Mother Night (1996) (publicist)
9. Big Night (1996) (unit publicist:
Dennis Davidson Associates)
10. Across the Sea of Time (1995)
(publicist)
... aka Across the Sea of Time: New York 3D (1995)
11. Blue in the Face (1995) (unit
publicist)
12. Death and the Maiden (1994)
(public relations: USA)
... aka Jeune fille et la mort, La (1995) (France)
13. Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
(unit publicist
This year's THINKFilm releases include Oscar-nominated hit doc "Spellbound," as
well as acclaimed Brazilian doc, "Bus 174," and Biblical adaptation, "The
Gospel of John." Upcoming releases include "The Agronomist," "Wilbur
Wants to Kill Himself," and "The Story of the Weeping Camel," Mongolia's
entry for best foreign language Oscar consideration.
Other ThinkFilm releases and Mark Urman
projects include:
Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Gerry
Love In the Time of Money
Mystic Masseur
Spellbound
World Traveler
Official Site: here
Links: here here
thinkfilmcompany
2/2- A FOREIGN AFFAIR
Two brothers from the Midwest go to Russia to bring home a traditionally-minded wife for the younger brother. They embark on a "romance tour" designed to pair the lonely American with beautiful Russian women who hope to find a better life through marriage.
Cast:
David Arquette,
Tim Blake Nelson,
Emily Mortimer,
Allyce Beasley,
Lois Smith
Directed by: Helmut Schleppi
Guest: TIM BLAKE NELSON
Filmography:
· The Good Girl (2002)
· Cherish (2002)
· Minority Report (2002)
· Down From The Mountain (2001)
· O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
· Hamlet (2000)
· The Thin Red Line (1998)
· Donnie Brasco (1997)
· Dead Man's Walk (1996)
· Joe's Apartment (1996)
· Heavyweights (1995)
· Amateur (1994)
· This Is My Life (1992)
HOST: PETER TRAVERS
Official site: here
Links: here here here
1/26 Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity
In LONG LIFE, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY, twelve-year old Mindy Ho (Valerie Tian) tries Taoist magic to fix her single mother’s (Sandra Oh) financial situation and seemingly hopeless romantic prospects. Mindy’s misdirected charms appear to cause an aging security guard to lose his job and a local butcher to win the lottery. The guard, the butcher and her mother’s stories all intersect, bound together by Mindy’s attempts at magic intervention. Set in the Chinese Canadian community, LONG LIFE, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY is a story of hope and the importance of keeping faith in this sometimes difficult world.
Cast
Kin - Sandra Oh
Mindy - Valerie Tian
Alvin - Russell Yuen
Bing Lai - Ric Young
Chuck Wong - Chang Tseng
Hun Ping Wong - Tsai Chin
Ada - Christina Ma
Peter Lai - Kameron Louangxay
Nelson Zong - Donald Fong
Director - Mina Shum
Writers - Mina Shum and Dennis Foon
Producers - Scott Garvie, Christina Jennings and Raymond Massey
Executive Producers - Mina Shum, Marguerite Pigott and Bryan Gliserman
HOST: THELMA ADAMS
Links: Here, Here Here
BONUS DOUBLE FEATURE:
Official Site: here
Opening Night
!
1/19 TOUCHING THE VOID - one of the most gripping survival stories
in mountain history!
"Production of this documentary took place over a two-year period from 2001
to 2003, at locations including the Peruvian Andes and the Alps. The bulk of
the dramatization reenactment filming started on July 22nd, 2002 (after a year
of preproduction, research and interviews)." Greg
Dean Schmitz
Cast:
Aaron Nicholas
Nicholas Aaron
Brendan Mackey
Richard Hawking
Joe Simpson
Simon Yates
Director: Kevin MacDonald
Producer: John Smithson
Screenwriter: Joe Simpson
Cinematographer: Mike Eley
Editor: Justine Wrigh
GUEST - Nivette Previd Director of Marketing
Host: Marshall Fine
Links: here here Review
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