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RIP: Reel Important People -- June 2, 2008
Filed under: Obits »
Lorenzo Odone (1978-2008) - ALD Patient - His story inspired the film Lorenzo's Oil, in which he was portrayed by child actor Zack O'Malley Greenburg and others. He died May 30 in Fairfax, Virginia. (Washington Post)
- Cornell Capa (1918-2008) - Photojournalist - Founder and first director of NYC's International Center of Photography. He was also a still photographer on the set of The Misfits. He died of Parkinson's disease May 23, in New York City. (AP)
- Alexander Courage (1919-2008) - Composer - Oscar-nominated for co-scoring Doctor Dolittle and The Pleasure Seekers (both with Lionel Newman) and best known for composing the original Star Trek theme. He also wrote original music for Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Arthur Penn's The Left Handed Gun and André de Toth's Day of the Outlaws. As an orchestrator, he worked on Singin' in the Rain, Oklahoma!, Show Boat, Annie Get Your Gun, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Guys and Dolls, The Band Wagon, Funny Face, Porgy and Bess, Gigi, The Big Country, Hello, Dolly!, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Legend, Basic Instinct, Jurassic Park, Hook, L.A. Confidential, The Mummy, Mulan and many, many other films. He died May 15 in Pacific Palisades, California. (Variety)
- Bo Diddley (1928-2008) - Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist - Blues and Rock legend whose songs "Who Do You Love?" and "Mannish Boy" have appeared on multiple movie soundtracks. He also appears in Trading Places, Blues Brothers 2000, Rockula, Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! and a number of documentaries, including D.A. Pennebaker's short Keep on Rockin' and Taylor Hackford's Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll. For info on his death, see Monika's full post.
12 Days of Cinematicalmas: DVDs Your Kids Want, Even if They Don't Know It.
Filed under: Animation », Classics », Comedy », Lists », 12 Days of Cinematicalmas »
Your kids have been marketed to by the studios all year, and this year there's been an exceptionally crappy glut of kiddie films flooding the theaters. It's easy to overlook the classics amid the cacphony of shiny DVD cases pimping the latest crap that just oozed out of the multiplex (I'm talking to you, Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties).
Sure, there are a few gems here and there, but this Christmas/Hanukah/Kwanzaa/winter holiday of your choice, why not reach back a little into the past for some truly great children's films that your kids may not even know enough about to put on their wish list? Here are my picks for DVDs I actually wouldn't mind Santa slipping under our Christmas tree.
McGregor, Zellweger for Peter Rabbit
Filed under: Animation », Drama », Casting »
I'm not exactly sure what led anyone to believe
that there would be an audience for a movie about Beatrix Potter - the creator of Peter Rabbit - and her "struggle
for independence in Victorian England," but there's one on the way, so hopes must be high. The movie, which will
combine live action with animation (Perhaps she was secretly insane, and Peter Rabbit was actually a good friend?), is
to be called Miss Potter, and will be
directed by Chris Noonan, an Aussie who wrote and directed Babe so, if nothing else, he'll be able to
handle the live/animated mix without difficulty.Starring in the film are Renée Zellweger, who will play the author, and Ewan McGregor as publisher Norman Warne, whose death from leukemia a month after his secret engagement to Potter was a turning point in her life. Additionally, Emily Watson has recently joined the cast in an undermined role.
Slated for a 2007 release, the movie begins filming in early March.
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The International 'Iron Man 2' Poster Subtracts a Suit
Robert Duvall as Don Quixote?
Sundance Announces the 2010 US and World Competition Lineups!
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Everything You Need to Know About Peter Berg's 'Battleship'
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