First Images from Elijah Wood Pic, 'The Oxford Murders,' Arrive Online
Filed under: Drama, Thrillers, Newsstand, Movie Marketing, Images
Sometimes I wonder if these little tidbits and sneak peeks help or hinder a film's chances for success. With the nature of the Internet and lightening-fast communications, people often make snap judgments about a film and its relative merits, with only the minimalist of facts. It even happens to your humble Cinematical writers occasionally as well. So, to help facilitate your ability to make snap-judgments, the first pics from the upcoming Elijah Wood starrer The Oxford Murders have hit the web. Now, before you rabid Wood fans (you know who you are) click the link and rush over to the site, there's one caveat -- the site is in Spanish.
Don't get me wrong, I like Spanish. Its a great language. I just don't happen to read it well. If you don't either, all you'll be able to do is look at the pics and you will not get to enjoy any of the commentary on them provided at the site. However, the pics do pretty much speak for themselves and provide a few clues as to the nature of the film. As the film follows the story of students at a highly-regarded English school who investigate a murder, one would assume the pics would include students in various situations that follow that kind of story -- and you would assume correctly.
Among the pics are several featuring Wood looking concerned, discovering a clue and, of course, trying to escape the killer. There's also a pic of the requisite love-interest (played by Leonor Watling), the Sherlock Holmes-like professor who mentors Wood's character (played by John Hurt) and one or two behind-the-scenes photos where director Alex de la Iglesia works with Wood and his co-stars. So go, enjoy. And if any of you read Spanish, how about reporting back and telling us what the site says about the pics?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-16-2007 @ 7:06PM
whassup said...
of course, the TRULY rabid Wood fans (yes, we know) had those pix in our clutches days and days ago, even before they appeared on that spanish site. ;)
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4-16-2007 @ 7:13PM
filmichick said...
Attempted translation (let's see where 8 years of Spanish study have gotten me...):
Once more I have to see this movie. Oxford Murders is without doubt one of my highest hopes for the year. We fear that first you imagine what we publish already that they don't have supervisors for the department and the report for the film, we envy the boys of Tornasol Films who we are grateful to for the new photos which you can see here to make your mouth drop open.
We know the film is a change for Alex de la Iglesia and already it's his first "drama." I don't want to say what the others are not good, just made with various degrees of success, I think it's a the thriller pure and simple, without his characteristic black comedy. The film is the second work in English after Perdita Durango (best film of many, I think) and it is an adaptation of Guillermo Martinez's novel about a student at Oxford and his mentor who try to decipher a series of successful crimes that occur in the famous college town. Elijah Wood, John Hurt, and Leonor Watling are the three main characters. And now the photos.
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