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Badfella : Henry Hill Arrested (Again!)
16 December 2009 3:28 PM, PST
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Down Hill: Henry's back in trouble with the law.
By Lee Pfeiffer
Henry Hill, who was the central character in Martin Scorsese's classic 1990 mobster film Goodfellas, is back in trouble with the law. The elderly one time Mafioso-turned-snitch has been arrested yet again on public intoxication charges stemming from an incident in which he appeared at a Larry Flynt strip club to sign autographs. Hill once feared for his life and was in the Witness Protection Program after testifying against fellow mob members. However, a pattern of lawbreaking led to federal authorities kicking him out of the program. If the mob is still after Hill, they must be The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, as Hill has lived a very public life since the release of Goodfellas and seems to attend even the opening of a refrigerator if it gets him some publicity. Hill admits frustration with his failure to combat his personal demons,
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Peter Jackson Answers Questions From The Auteurs Community
7 December 2009 8:56 PM, PST
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Director Peter Jackson has had one of the most unusual journeys in contemporary film history, going from frantic micro-budgeted shock-horror-comedy grossouts shot in his native New Zealand in the mid-80s to helming some of the biggest-budgeted and highest-grossing screen fantasies ever, notably the once-deemed impossible-to-film Lord of the Rings trilogy. His latest picture is an adaptation of the horrific and hopeful afterlife saga The Lovely Bones, based on Alice Sebold’s best-selling novel about a young girl’s quest for peace and resolution in the wake of her brutal rape and murder.
Jackson graciously consented to entertain questions from The Auteurs community members for a brief interview, which was conducted by Notebook contributor and former Premiere film critic Glenn Kenny. We were able to successfully pitch five questions; they, and their answers, follow.
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Kyle St-amour-brennan asks: What are your thoughts on the current economic climate in relation to film production?
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Exclusive: Robert De Niro and Kirk Jones for 'Everybody's Fine'
1 December 2009 9:10 PM, PST
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For his roles in such '70s and '80s classics as Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, Raging Bull and Goodfellas, Robert De Niro has been revered as the master of Method Acting. But of late he has been more closely associated with animated family fare (The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Shark Tale), thrillers that failed to deliver thrills (Hide and Seek and 15 Minutes) and slow plodding dramas (City by the Sea and Men of Honor). Even his recent reunion with Al Pacino in Righteous Kill failed to spark with audiences.
For much of this decade, many De Niro-led films have neither ignited the box office nor drawn critical kudos. But there have been a few notable exceptions. As Frank, the curmudgeonly soon-to-be-father-in-law in Meet the Parents, De Niro struck gold. The sequel, Meet the Fockers, raked in almost $280M in international ticket sales. And What Just Happened?
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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Gomorrah’ Galvanizes With Raw Portrait of Crime
1 December 2009 9:33 AM, PST
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Chicago – Matteo Garrone’s revelatory crime picture joins the esteemed group of worthy foreign film Oscar contenders (like “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days”) inexplicably snubbed by the Academy. But such accolades are meaningless compared to the reaction it has received, breaking box office records in its limited release, while acquiring the passionate support of film icons like Martin Scorsese. It has gained a reputation for being the “ultimate Mafia movie” (even though it’s actually about a different crime family), besting everything from “The Godfather” and “GoodFellas” to “The Sopranos.”
Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0
Yet Garrone doesn’t even attempt to mimic the larger-than-life style and scope of Coppola or Scorsese, and his film achieves an entirely different kind of greatness, stripping away any shred of romanticism or artifice to reveal the primal horror lying behind scenes of deceptively mundane life. His film also has the distinction of being set in modern-day Italy,
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Gretchen Mol to join Boardwalk Empire
18 November 2009 6:34 AM, PST
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Gretchen Mol, who was last seen in last season's short-lived American television version of Life on Mars and in the feature An American Affair, will be going to HBO for the series Boardwalk Empire. She's scheduled to have a recurring role as a showgirl. The series is being produced by Martin Scorsese.
Gretchen Mol was on Life on Mars with Michael Imperioli, who was also on The Sopranos on HBO and was in Scorsese's Goodfellas. Boardwalk Empire star Steve Buscemi also appeared on The Sopranos. In short, all these people know each other and it's definitely a case of cast inbreeding. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Seriously, Gretchen Mol is a terrific actress and was fantastic in The Notorious Bettie Page. Given the talent already behind Boardwalk Empire, it was likely to be a fantastic series. Now its volume just went up to 11.
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Happy Birthday, Martin Scorsese: Wake-Up Video
17 November 2009 7:00 AM, PST
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Being a legend can be tough. Sometimes you're not entirely appreciated until after you die (or at least until after you stop making work that people pay attention to). Sometimes it's worse than that, and you're forced to toil under the burden of your past accomplishments, forever failing to live up to what you did decades ago. This is especially true in the film world. Because the lifespan of a director can cross over a number of eras, movements and business outlooks, it seems like a number of artists whose places in the annals of movie history were formerly secure now struggle to find relevance.
Martin Scorsese doesn't have that problem. He's a rare combination of living legend and active genius, constantly pushing himself to the limit and experimenting with his storytelling skills. He could have easily settled into a pattern of simple crime dramas for the rest of his career,
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Monty Miranda Has Got Skills Like This!
16 November 2009 4:10 AM, PST
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The director discusses his hilariously peculiar bank-robbing debut as it heads for DVD
Commercial director Monty Miranda makes his feature-length debut with Skills Like This, which hits DVD on November 17th, 2009. This exhilarating and humorous heist adventure follows aspiring writer Max (Spencer Berger) as he ditches his chosen profession to become a career criminal. Pulling his friends Dave (Gabriel Tigerman) and Tommy (Brian D. Phelan) along for the ride, the wild-haired Robin Hood-wannabe soon finds that a lot of emotional baggage comes with being an armed robber. When he falls hard for a bank teller (Kerry Knuppe) involved in his first heist, his life takes a startling turn for the better. We recently caught up with Miranda to chat about this terrific new film, and its home video release. Here's what Monty had to say:
Being quirky for quirky's sake is sometimes a huge misstep a lot of aspiring comedy directors seem to take.
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Scorsese to Receive DeMille Award at Golden Globes
14 November 2009 6:07 PM, PST
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You could give Martin Scorsese just about any award you want and I don't think anyone would protest. Though he emerged at a time when American film was really blossoming, you could really only argue that among his contemporaries, Steven Spielberg is on the same level. Even then, I'm not certain Spielberg has been as consistent or as daring as Scorsese has in his career. They're also shooting for different goals most of the time.
A couple years ago, Scorsese finally got his Oscar, even if it's not the best example of his work and certainly not the first time he earned the award. At the Golden Globes in January, Scorsese will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award for his "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field." Spielberg, incidentally, won this past year.
We know the movies by heart - Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, The Last Waltz, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ,
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- Colin Boyd
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Scorsese to Receive Honorary Golden Globe
13 November 2009 1:21 PM, PST
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The Hollywood Foreign Press will bestow its honorary Cecil B. DeMille Award to Martin Scorsese during the Golden Globes on January 17, according to Variety.
Scorsese, who is a few days from his 67th birthday, is responsible for several movies legendary for their gritty, sometimes expressionistic, portrayals of violence. These include Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and GoodFellas.
He also crafted many underrated gems that explored various social and cultural issues. These include The King of Comedy (the obsessions of celebrity culture), The Last Temptation of Christ (a non-Gospel, first-person telling of Jesus's internal struggle), Kundun (the life of the Dalai Lama), and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (the trials of single-motherhood).
The DeMille Award recognizes the lifetime achievement of various actors and directors. Recent recipients include Steven Spielberg, Robin Williams, and Al Pacino. Earlier recipients include Walt Disney, Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, and Alfred Hitchcock, among others. You can
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Martin Scorsese to receive the DeMille Award.
13 November 2009 5:30 AM, PST
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Martin Scorsese will receive the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards show which airs on January 17th.
This serves to recognize a person's outstanding contribution to the entertainment field. Winner is decided by a vote of the Hfpa board of directors.
Vera Farmiga made the announcment at a morning press conference on Thursday.
Scorsese is a two-time Golden Globe Award winner for best director for "The Departed" as well as "Gangs of New York." Other nominations were for his work on "Age of Innocence," "Goodfellas," "Casino" and "Raging Bull."
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Martin Scorsese to Receive Golden Globes' Cecil B. DeMille Award
12 November 2009 10:09 PM, PST
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For my money, Martin Scorsese is one of the most influential filmmakers working in Hollywood today, and his films are nothing short of inspirational, provocative labors of love and life. It seems the Hollywood Foreign Press Association also agrees as Variety reports that he will be this year's recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award recognizing a person's outstanding contribution to the entertainment field, which just last year was given to Scorsese's longtime friend, fellow filmmaker Steven Spielberg. Scorsese will be honored by several of his peers and collaborators when the show (hosted by Ricky Gervais) airs live January 17th.
Scorsese has received two Golden Globe Awards for his work as director on The Departed and Gangs of New York as well as nominations in directing for Casino, Age of Innocence, Goodfellas and Raging Bull. As overly-long and boring as the awards shows usually are, I love these lifetime achievement
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Martin Scorsese To Receive Cecil B. DeMille Award At The Golden Globes
12 November 2009 9:55 PM, PST
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Filmmaker Martin Scorsese is set to receive an honor at the upcoming Golden Globe Awards with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for his "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field."
The lifetime achievement award, named after the legendary film producer and director, was voted by the Board of Directors of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Recent recipients include Steven Spielberg (2009), Warren Beatty (2007), Sir Anthony Hopkins (2006), and Robin Williams (2005).
Scorsese is a two-time Golden Globe Award recipient for directing "The Departed" and "Gangs of New York." He received five more nominations, four as Best Director for "Casino," "Age of Innocence," "Goodfellas," and "Raging Bull," and one for Best Screenplay for "Goodfellas" along with Nicolas Pileggi.
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Martin Scorsese To Be Honored at 2010 Golden Globes with Cecil B. DeMille Award
12 November 2009 12:59 PM, PST
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In January, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) will bestow the Honorary Cecile B. DeMille Award to Martin Scorsese for “his outstanding contribution to the entertainment field,” to which we say “Congratulations, Mr. Scorsese.” Of course, any award honoring Scorsese’s career is well-earned by the prolific and influential director. His lengthy and diverse filmography naturally contains movies which flopped and received no support from film critics, but when you look at his hits, he has left an unforgettable stamp on not only American cinema, but on audiences the world over. That his work continues to improve and defy simple definition is an inspiration to aspiring filmmakers and a challenge to his peers. There’s only one complaint people have about the awards Scorsese receives: they’re overdue.
Hit the jump to read the full press release. The 67th Annual Golden Globes will air on January 17, 2010. Martin Scorsese’s next film,
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Martin Scorsese Scores Top Golden Globe
12 November 2009 11:32 AM, PST
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Martin Scorsese is a GreatFella. Just ask the folks behind the Golden Globes, who've tapped the legendary Oscar-winning filmmaker as the latest recipient of their highest honor.
Scorsese, 67, will pick up the the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the 67th Annual Golden Globes set to take place Jan. 17 and hosted by Ricky Gervais.
They're talkin' to you, Marty.
Scorsese will be saluted for a groundbreaking four-decade career that includes such films as Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, GoodFellas, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Age of Innocence, Gangs of New York, The Aviator and The Departed, which earned him
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Martin Scorcese Honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award
12 November 2009 5:35 AM, PST
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Martin Scorsese will be honored at The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 17 with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for his "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field." The award, voted by the Board of Directors of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, was announced by Vera Farmiga at a morning press conference. The show, hosted by Ricky Gervais, will be broadcast live coast to coast Sunday, January 17 on NBC (5 to 8 pm Pt, 8 to 11 pm Et) from The Beverly Hilton.
Scorsese received two Golden Globe Awards for "Best Director of a Motion Picture"; for The Departed and Gangs of New York. He received five additional Golden Globe nominations, including four as Best Director (Casino, Age of Innocence, Goodfellas and Raging Bull) and one for Best Screenplay for Raging Bull (with Nicolas Pileggi).
Recent Cecil B. DeMille winners include Steven Spielberg (2009), Warren Beatty (2007), Anthony Hopkins (2006), Robin Williams (2005) and Michael Douglas (2004).
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This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: November 3, 2009
3 November 2009 4:53 AM, PST
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Before we get into this week's releases I thought I would alert you to an upcoming 50% off Criterion Collection titles at Barnes and Nobles beginning on November 10 and running for two weeks. The full details, and a $5 off coupon, can be found in the DVD Talk forums.
Wings of Desire (Criterion Collection)
This is a huge week for major title releases on Blu-ray as Criterion's release of Wim Wenders's Wings of Desire is just the first of three titles I reviewed and most likely blew my word count for the next two weeks trying to get all of my thoughts squared away.
As for this title specifically, it was my first time seeing it and as it played on and on I began to enjoy it more and more. However, if you read my lengthy review, you will
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- Brad Brevet
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Martin Scorsese Imparts the Knowledge of His Craft to Younger Filmmakers
2 November 2009 9:43 AM, PST
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Cinematic evolution – the ability to take what has come before and advance it – is rarely a direct or strictly generational process. Filmmakers will usually have their own personal epiphanies in solitude, while connecting to the soul of a director through his film, not through personal knowledge of the individual. Martin Scorsese will admit the indelible influence that other filmmakers have had on him, and so to impart the knowledge of cinema on to other filmmakers, he has an apprenticeship, of sorts, in which he allows burgeoning directors to visit his set. Simon Schama has a very interesting article about in the Financial Times.
One of the most interesting things about the article is the way in which it illuminates Scorsese’s unique subversion. His inspiration for Goodfellas was not, perhaps, traditional gangster films, but a black comedy, which ensures that his films, while set in a particular genre, take the
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'GoodFellas' 20th Anniversary Blu-ray Art and Details
27 October 2009 6:07 PM, PDT
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Has it really been 20 years since GoodFellas? Wow. Just think: Sam Jackson played Stacks in that film for a fleeting moment, and has appeared in 108 productions since. I'm not sure where I'd rank it all time, but GoodFellas is in the upper tier. In terms of crime films/mob movies, I don't think you can have a reputable top five list that excludes it. It's Scorsese at the peak of his powers, vintage De Niro, the perfect role for Joe Pesci, and somehow, an overlooked tour de force by Ray Liotta. And I haven't even mentioned "Layla" yet.
Warner Home Video will unveil the 20th Anniversary Blu-ray on February 16th. A cast and crew commentary is among the highlighted features. You'll also get a Henry Hill commentary, which features a former FBI agent, and three featurettes - Getting Made, Made Men: The GoodFellas Legacy, and The Workaday Gangster. On top of that,
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Goodfellas Gets Re-Released in Blu-ray on February 16, 2010
26 October 2009 1:58 PM, PDT
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You can help celebrate Martin Scorsese's classic 1990 film when it gets a brand new Blu-ray edition this coming February. Goodfellas will be released in a brand new 20th Anniversary DigiBook Blu-ray edition on February 16. This new edition will be priced at $34.99 Srp, but we don't have any cover art as of yet. It was also said that this new edition will include a 34-page book with photos and facts from the film. The film stars Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci and Lorraine Brocco.
Based on Nicholas Pileggi's book Wiseguy, Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas is a wry, violent, and exhilarating film about the life of Henry Hill, an aspiring criminal who ends up in the FBI?s witness protection program after testifying against his former partners. As a poor Irish-Italian growing up in 1950s New York City, Hill rises through the ranks of his Brooklyn neighborhood's organized crime branch,
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Goodfellas Returning to Blu-ray
26 October 2009 9:27 AM, PDT
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Warner Home Video is prepping a 20th Anniversary Edition of Goodfellas for Blu-ray Disc with a February 16, 2010 release date per Home Media Magazine.
The revered mobster drama starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino was originally released January 17, 2007 on Blu-ray Disc. This new edition comes just over 3 years later.
The anniversary upgrade will see a bump up to Digibook packaging with a 34-page booklet and the following bonus features:
Commentary with Martin Scorsese
Commentary with ex-gangster Henry Hill and ex-fbi agent Edward McDonald
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film documentary
Three cast and crew documentaries
Trailers
Four Warner Bros. mob-themed cartoons
Goodfellas: 20th Anniversary Edition on Blu-ray has an Srp of $34.99. Pre-order information and cover art will be available in the near future.
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